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City

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of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public

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Meetings, 2023 to 2027.

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Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of

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Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the

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following rules of conduct for members of the public.

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These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing

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gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council

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or any of its committees. All individuals and their

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belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request.

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Individuals must remain seated at all times except,

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one, when entering or exiting the gallery.

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Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting

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set aside for that purpose.

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Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member

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of the City Council.

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Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,

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or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the

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judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may

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lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct

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of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting

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actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,

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throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,

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or other loud utterances are not permitted when in the judgment of the

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meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are

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disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.

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Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the

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Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

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Such items include but are not limited to, one, any

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pointed objects, including knives of any kind.

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Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.

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Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

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metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags,

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and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color,

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that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12

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are permitted and subject to search.

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And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,

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laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace pepper

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spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small

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handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,

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can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a

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manner that does not interfere with the ability of other

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individuals to view or hear the proceedings.

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Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules

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will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by

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the Sergeant at Arms.

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City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public

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For that purpose.

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Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member

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of the City Council.

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Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,

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or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the

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judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may

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lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct

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of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting

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actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,

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throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,

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or other loud utterances are not permitted when in the judgment of the

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meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are

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disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.

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Any item that poses a potential safety hazards as determined

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Good morning, members of the City Council.

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Please remember to log in your devices. The meeting will begin shortly.

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Thank you.

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Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal

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canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and

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sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do

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not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 are

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permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms,

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ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns,

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tasers, mace, pepper spray, and toy weapons.

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Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be

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placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated,

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and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere

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with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the

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proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to

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adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the

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remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.

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City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public

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Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of

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Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the

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following rules of conduct for members of the public.

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These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing

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gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council

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or any of its committees. All individuals and their

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belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request.

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Individuals must remain seated at all times except,

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one, when entering or exiting the gallery.

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Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting

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set aside for that purpose.

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Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member

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of the City Council.

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Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,

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or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the

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judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may

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lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct

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of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting

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actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,

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throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,

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or other loud utterances are not permitted when in the judgment of the

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meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are

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disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.

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Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the

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Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

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Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any

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pointed objects, including knives of any kind.

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Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.

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Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

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metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags,

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and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color,

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that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12

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are permitted and subject to search.

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And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,

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laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper

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spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small

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handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,

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can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a

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manner that does not interfere with the ability of other

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individuals to view or hear the proceedings.

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Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these

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rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the

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meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.

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City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public

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Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of

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Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the

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following rules of conduct for members of the public.

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These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing

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gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council

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or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings

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are subject to search at entry or upon request.

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Individuals must remain seated at all times except,

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one, when entering or exiting the gallery.

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Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting

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set aside for that purpose.

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Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member

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of the City Council.

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Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,

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or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the

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judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may

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lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct

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of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting

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actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,

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throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,

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or other loud utterances are not permitted when in the judgment of the

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meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are

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disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.

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Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the

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Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

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Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any

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pointed objects, including knives of any kind.

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Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.

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Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

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metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags,

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and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color,

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that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12

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are permitted and subject to search.

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And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,

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laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper

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spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small

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handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,

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can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a

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manner that does not interfere with the ability of other

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individuals to view or hear the proceedings.

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Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules

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will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by

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the sergeant at arms.

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City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public

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Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of

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Order and Procedure, the sergeant at arms sets forth the

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following rules of conduct for members of the public.

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What?

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When providing public comment during the portion of a meeting set

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aside for that purpose,

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or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member

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of the City Council.

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Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,

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or defamatory behavior or speech which, in the

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judgment of the meeting's chair or the sergeant at arms, may

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lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct

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of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting

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actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,

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throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,

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or other loud utterances, are not permitted when, in the judgment of the

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meeting's chair or the sergeant at arms, such actions are

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disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.

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Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the

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sergeant at arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

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Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any

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pointed objects, including knives of any kind.

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Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.

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Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

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metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags,

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and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color,

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that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12

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are permitted and subject to search.

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And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,

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laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper

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spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small

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handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,

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can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a

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manner that does not interfere with the ability of other

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individuals to view or hear the proceedings.

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Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules

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will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by

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the sergeant at arms.

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Good morning, members of the City Council.

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Please remember to log in to your devices. The meeting will begin shortly.

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Thank you.

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Procedure.

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Sergeant at arms.

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Following rules of conduct for members of the public.

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These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing

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gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council

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or any of its committees. All individuals and their

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belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request.

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Individuals must remain seated at all times except,

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one, when entering or exiting the gallery.

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Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting

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set aside for that purpose.

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Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member

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of the City Council.

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Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,

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or defamatory-

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Good morning.

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Can I have your attention, please?

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Silence.

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Silence.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's City Council meeting.

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The meeting will begin momentarily.

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At this time, please take your seats, silence your listening devices,

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and be respectful of your neighbors. Thank you.

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Poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the sergeant at

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arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

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Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any

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pointed objects,

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including

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Good morning. The council will come to order.

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Please take a quorum roll call.

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Open.

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Good morning.

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The quorum roll

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call is now open.

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Please use your e-device. The quorum roll is now open.

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If you need support, please raise your hand for your e-device.

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All right.

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I will now call for a voice vote if you have not used your

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e-device.

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Alderman Robinson. Not present in chambers. Alderman Hall.

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Not present in chambers. Alderman Mitchell.

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Not present in chambers.

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Alderman Beal.

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Beal is present.

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Alderwoman Ramirez.

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Ramirez is present.

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Alderwoman Gutierrez.

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Not present in chambers. Alderman Lopez.

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Not present in chambers. Alderwoman Coleman.

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Not present in chambers. Alderman David Moore.

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Alderman Moore is present.

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Alderman Curtis.

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Curtis is present. Alderwoman Taylor.

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Not present in chambers. Alderwoman Scott.

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Scott is present. Alderperson Fuentes.

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Not present in chambers.

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Alderman Quezada.

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Not present in chambers. Alderman Villegas.

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Villegas is present.

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Alderwoman Mitz.

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Not present in chambers. Alderman Vasquez.

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Vasquez is present.

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Alderman Riley.

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Riley is present.

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Quezada is present.

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Alderman Gardner.

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Gardner is present.

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I think Knutson. Alderman Knutson.

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Not present in chambers. Alderwoman Clay.

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Not present in chambers.

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Alderwoman Manna Hoppenworth.

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Manna Hoppenworth is present.

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Rodriguez is present.

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Anyone else I missed walking in?

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All right. Quorum is now closed.

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There are 38

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. Please, would I ask that those members that are here in the gallery,

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that you would hold to decorum, otherwise you'll be asked to be removed.

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I would ask that those individuals that are

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here participated in today's meeting, I would ask that

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those in the gallery

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to show some decorum and some respect,

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otherwise, I would ask that you be removed.

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Okay, I'll add him.

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I'm going to add Alderman Mitchell real quick.

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I'm going to add Alderman Mitchell to the quorum.

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Lopez.

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Alderman Lopez, I'm adding you to the quorum.

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Anyone else I missed coming in?

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Okay, the quorum is now closed.

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40.

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Oh, wait. I have Alderwoman Mitz. Before I really close the quorum and the

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mayor calls it, let me add you. Alderwoman Mitz added to the

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quorum.

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42.

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Okay, anyone I really missed?

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Okay, 42.

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Very well. There are 42 members that are present here.

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We have eight absent.

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We do have a quorum.

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There are two members that have asked to participate in today's meeting

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remotely for reasons stated in Rule

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59, Alders Lospada and Hall. Madam

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Clerk, could you confirm that Lospada and Hall

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are-

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Alderman Lospada is present in chambers.

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Can we confirm Alderman Hall is present online?

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Alderman Hall, are you there?

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No. And Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor, we will add her to the quorum as well.

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Very well. There are no members that are present online.

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We do have 44 members that are present that are here.

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We do have a quorum

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Thank you. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of

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America and to the Republic for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you. Please remain standing for invocation,

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which will be delivered today by Reverend Dr. Johnnie L.

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Miller of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church on the great west

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side of the city of Chicago.

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Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Mayor, and thank you for the

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proclamation.

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Psalm 121 says, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the

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hills from whence cometh my help. My help come from the Lord, which

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made the heavens and the earth." God, our Father, we pause now to

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thank you for your blessing, for the opportunity to come together,

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ask your blessing upon the mayor, upon this council, and all who

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have gathered. Guide them as they act on behalf of

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the city of Chicago, representing north, south, east, and

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west. We have come today to do business, and we thank you for the

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opportunity. Bless now as we go forth, for you have given us your

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word, and we thank you, first of all, for your presence.

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We thank you for your power. Thank you for provision.

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And then, God, we thank you for your protection.

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We claim it all now in the matchless and powerful name, our

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Christ, Jesus. Amen.

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Amen. You may be seated. Thank you.

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This is the-- The chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris.

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2901.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Good.

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Okay.

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All right. Very well. This is the portion of the meeting for the public comments.

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The council will now begin the public comment period, which is limited to a maximum

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of 30 minutes. Each speaker is limited to three minutes.

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Speakers cannot yield or transfer their time to another speaker.

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Any written comments that have been submitted will be posted and made available for

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aldermanic review. Our first speaker this morning is Edward Smith.

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Good morning.

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Mayor, members of the council, and community members, my name is Edward Smith,

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and I'm a union steward at ATU 241,

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where President Keith Hill is our president.

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I stand before you today to address our union officers

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and frontline workers who live in the daily reality driving a bus for

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CTA.

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CTA is on fire,

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and it's falling within the door-- within itself.

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Every day, our operators report to work

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not knowing if we're going to come home safe or not,

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not knowing if we're going to be spit on, beat on, or whatever that

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comes in harm's way.

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We're asking for city council to help us, aldermen to help us.

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Give us some sort of protection.

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Give us police for the bus. We need help. Yes.

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We've just lost two valuable members of our team this

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week or in, in the weeks before.

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We need help,

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and we're getting tired of it.

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Every day, am I coming home safe?

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Are you coming home safe?

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When you ride the bus, are you safe?

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We need help,

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and we're asking for help. Aldermen have failed us.

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Some have helped, some has failed.

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We have a president, a acting president,

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that's not doing nothing.

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Taking pictures,

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drinking coffee,

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talking about riding a scooter to the Ls.

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We need some strong leadership for CTA.

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We are tired of coming to work, again, not

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knowing if we going to make it home.

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When I kiss my baby goodbye, is that goodbye for real or is it...

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We don't know. So we're asking,

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Mr. Mayor,

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city council, aldermen,

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give us a hand. Help us.

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Help us move the city, because we move the city.

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No matter what we do, we are moving the city.

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We're keeping our promise. We're keeping our promise.

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We're doing what we're supposed to do.

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We need your help to help us.

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That's all. Protect us.

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We want to be protected now.

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We get on the bus, we got shields that

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are not shields.

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They're flimsy. We're in harm's way no matter what,

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on all streets, all streets of Chicago

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We need help.

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Can you help us?

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Will you help us?

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Will you help us?

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Will you help us?

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Will you help us?

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We need it. We need your word.

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Thank you very much for your comments.

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Our next speaker this morning is David Doig.

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Good morning, Mayor.

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Morning.

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Members of the City Council. My name is David Doig.

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I'm the president of Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives.

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But this morning, I'm here on behalf of Reclaiming Chicago, and I want

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to recognize the members of Reclaiming Chicago that are here with us in the

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audience today, if they'd please stand.

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We have over

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30 members with us.

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So Reclaiming Chicago is an initiative of United Power for Action and

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Justice, one of the oldest community organizing groups in the country.

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And our goal is to build 1,000 new homes on the west side and 1,000 new homes on

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the

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south side. To date, we've built

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over 200 new homes.

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We have 100 homes under construction.

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We have another 100 in pre-development.

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And we've raised $60 million of private money for our

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own construction financing fund.

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And we are building and selling homes to community residents

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for less than $300,000 a home. I want to

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repeat that, less than $300,000 a home.

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And the reason we've been able to do that is we've been able to secure $30 million

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from the State of Illinois to write down the cost of these homes

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and make them affordable for folks in our neighborhoods.

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We're in four neighborhoods. We're in North Lawndale on the west side.

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We're in Back of the Yards.

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We're in Roseland.

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We're in Chicago Lawn, and we're also in Woodlawn.

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So today, I'm here in support of an ordinance

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sponsored by Alderman Taylor and Alderman Martin,

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co-sponsored by Alders Quesada, Rodriguez, and

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Knutson, seeking $25 million from the

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City of Chicago through the Housing and Economic Development bond so that

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we can build 200 more homes for

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homeownership on the south and west sides.

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And with me today is one of those homeowners, Leo Garcia.

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Leo is a resident of Back of the Yards, and he's here to say a few

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words.

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Good morning, everyone. Good morning, Council.

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Excuse me. I'm sorry. Speakers cannot transfer their time to another

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speaker. Thank you very much.

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Okay, I'll say on behalf of Leo, then.

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Also, we've got Alderman Dowell, and she's one of our

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co-sponsors as well, Alderman Dowell, and she's agreed to hear this at the Finance

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Committee. Alderman Knutson is going around circulating copies of

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the ordinance, and we would love your sign on to-

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Thank you very much for your comments. However, your time has expired.

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Our next speaker this morning is Mike Barlage.

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Mr. Mayor, City Council. My name is Mike Barlage.

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I'm a part of a company called MGM Excavating.

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We're a excavating and site utility company out of

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Chicago.

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And I'd like to speak on behalf of

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the

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Quantum Project, IQMP.

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So having relatives that used to work at

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the U.S. Southworks and used to live at 84th and Brandon

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and 85th and South Shore Drive,

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seeing what happened there with

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the steel mill shutting down that

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was so important in that area,

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and with that property being vacant for so long.

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U.S. Steel was a pinnacle of Chicago industrial might.

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They produced products used all over the world, built this nation.

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Now we have a chance to be the center of the next

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industrial revolution, quantum computing.

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And I'd like to say that,

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for me, it's

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really amazing to be part of this project,

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linking the universities,

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linking cutting-edge technology to

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possibly make the city of Chicago one more time the center

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of industry in the United States.

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That's about all I have to say.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your comments.

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Our next speaker this morning is Derley Velarez.

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There are

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people that live over there.

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No. There's a new development. You don't live over there.

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You don't live over there, no.

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Please.

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Thank you.

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It's right here.

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Good morning, Mr. Mayor-

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Morning

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... and members of City Council. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak

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today in support of the proposed projects in the Seventh and Tenth

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Wards surrounding Quantum Shore My name is Darley Valadez.

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I am president of an MBE electrical contractor signatory to Local Union

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134. We are currently working on the PSI project in

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South Chicago. I believe these projects represent more than

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development. They represent an opportunity to invest in the future of

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Chicago's Southeast Side, and in the people who call these

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neighborhoods home. For too long, communities in

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Southeast Side have waited for meaningful investment and

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opportunities that can improve the quality of life for their

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residents. These projects give us a chance to move forward by creating

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jobs, improving infrastructure, revitalizing

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neighborhoods, and attracting new business and investments to the area.

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The Quantum Shore development has the potential to put Chicago on the

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map as a leader in quantum technology and innovation.

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But the success of this development should not be measured by the campus

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alone. It should also be measured by the opportunities it creates for surrounding

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neighborhoods.

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We

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need to make sure local residents have access to good-paying jobs,

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that small businesses have opportunities to

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participate, and the local contractors and skilled trades

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have a fair chance to be part of the growth.

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Supporting these projects is an investment in our workforce, our families,

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and the next generation. It is an opportunity to turn vacant and

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underutilized land into productive assets that benefit the

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entire community. I respectfully ask the members of the City of

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Chicago Council to vote yes and support these proposed

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projects while ensuring that community benefits, local hiring,

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and responsible development remain priorities throughout the process.

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Let's not simply build a development on the Southeast Side.

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Let's build opportunity, strengthen our neighbors, and create a future that

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residents can be proud of.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your comments.

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Our next speaker this morning is Katie Hillis.

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Good morning, Mayor and City Council.

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My name is Katie Hillis, and I am the vice president of Atrium, a

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WBE landscape construction company in the city of Chicago.

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Atrium has proudly participated in the Quantum Shore project to help

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bring back green space and restore the natural habitat

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of the former industrial site. I'm especially excited to be part of the

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Quantum Shore project because it thoughtfully honors the beauty and the

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history of this space by bringing back green space and restoring natural

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habitat. This project is creating a welcoming landscape by

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revitalizing soil, bringing back native plants,

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trees, grasses, and cultivating an environment where native birds and pollinators

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can flourish.

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As a Chicago resident, I am thrilled to see this site being remediated

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and revitalized. The opportunity to restore an overlooked industrial

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property with green space that includes native trees and plants represents a

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hopeful investment in our city's landscape and the well-being of our

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community as a whole.

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It is meaningful to be a part of a team working to bring life

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to the site, strengthen its connection to nature, and create a greener

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future for the neighborhood. For Atrium, participating in this

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project means contributing to both environmental restoration

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and economic opportunity. We are honored

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to help bring this vision to life and look forward to the positive impact and

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lasting value this project will provide to our community.

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And I would like to also just say that there is a lot of misconceptions out there

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that this is a data center. This is absolutely not a data center.

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It uses less water than a hospital would.

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So we are

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helping the environment here. We are helping the nature.

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We're helping something that was once all s**g and steel.

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And while it was great for Chicago with those jobs, we are now bringing back this

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environment to bring back

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green space for the community, for people to enjoy.

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And I know for myself, I'm part of the 34th Ward, and my

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opportunity to be a part, to have pocket parks, to be able to see that green

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space, to be experiencing something that's not just concrete and asphalt,

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is huge. It's great for everybody's well-being.

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It's great for everybody's mental capacity.

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It's just a wonderful thing to have, and I think that gets overlooked a lot of

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times with these projects. And I think it's vital to continue building this because

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not only are we bringing back jobs, but we're helping the environment as well,

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especially at a time when the environment is so crucial.

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So please continue to support this project. It is critical for the city of Chicago.

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It's critical for the people that live here. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your comments.

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Our next speaker is Jose Suarez.

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What's that?

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Did not activate. Take it to your computer.

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Good morning, Mayor. Good morning, City Council. My name is Jose Alfredo Suarez.

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I'm one of the founding members of Chicago Unidos in Construction.

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We are a Latino advocacy group. We focus on projects here in

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Chicago, supporting our members, some that are here in the stands today.

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I'm also a founding member of the Executive Latino Club.

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I look back, and I turned 45 years old,

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a milestone for me. I grew up in Chicago, born and raised Chicago.

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If I had to be honest, I didn't think I was going to live past 30.

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I grew up in gangs, violence. I grew up in the Humboldt Park

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community. It was a very, very

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violent place, and some of these neighborhoods that I see now

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remind me of

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Looking at what Humboldt Park is today and the developments and the positive

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changes that have happened in those communities have really given me hope in

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Chicago. And I know there's a lot of things that divide us,

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race, politics, religion, all those things.

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But I think one thing that does unite us is that we do believe that Chicago is the

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best city in the world. We are here to support Chicago together,

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and we believe in the belief of the city.

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And

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it was no surprise to see that Chicago was voted by Conde

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Nast Traveler, best big city in the world for the 10th consecutive

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year.

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Now,

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one of the projects that continues to help this cause is the

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Psych Quantum Project, the Quantum Project, the development that's happening in the

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710th Ward, everything that's happening, these are all positive things.

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These are things that are allowing our business owners to grow, allowing our

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communities to flourish, allowing neighborhoods to come back to life,

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and to eliminate some of the things that we're always combating as

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I was growing up. And to see Chicago take shape, to see Chicago take form

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when it comes to these issues, and being a part of it, is a special

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place. It means a lot to me, being able to advocate for my clients, being able to

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advocate for projects like this and partners such as Related Midwest that have

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been there and given these opportunities to these contractors,

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both Black and brown, that are helping turn this community

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around. So I want to thank you to continue to support

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these projects. I want to continue to keep believing

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that

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outside of all the noise that takes place, this is still a city to believe in.

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It's a city that continue to reside in, and a city that is a city of big

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dreams, and it continue to support the dreams of us and everyone here today.

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Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

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Thank you for your comments.

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Our next speaker is Marquel Williams.

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Our next speaker is Marquel Williams.

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Good morning, everyone.

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Good morning.

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Honorable Mayor, City Council,

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I represent ATU

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241 Assistant Business Agent.

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Also, I'm the 2026 President of the

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Legislative Council for all 18

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ATUs in Illinois.

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We're here today.

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We had too many deaths at CTA.

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Not just CTA workers itself, but even our

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passengers.

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Mayor,

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we need you. We need you to step up. When we say we need you,

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when we say step up, we need you to step up.

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We need you to get us leadership at the CTA who

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will come and help us. We don't have no one helping us.

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We're helping ourselves. We're fighting for ourselves.

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At this point,

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we're asking for every alderman who can help,

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everyone who can step up for us. Because guess what?

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We're a world-class transit.

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We're a world-class city.

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We deserve world-class protection as well.

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If you don't hear anything from us today,

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do not hear another death on CTA. Do not hear

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another, "We can't protect you. We're sorry," and all the

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rhetoric that we get. We get speeches, we get speeches, but we

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don't get action.

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No one's here to help us. No one's here to give us action.

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Stand up with us, help us, protect us.

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We're not getting respect, we're not getting protection,

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and they're not paying us

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no kind of money for being a caretaker for

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everybody

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in Chicago.

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We take care of all our city members.

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The whole thing is,

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that's right, we protect everyone that's on the bus.

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We don't have security, so guess what? Our operator's protecting everyone.

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Our operator's stepping up to be security.

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All we're asking for, the protection, the strength,

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and your leadership. All your leadership.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, City Council.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Mayor,

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and the council,

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we need a police force. We need our own police force

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to protect us. New York got their own police force to protect

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them. Everywhere got their own police force. We need our own, sir.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your comments.

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Our next speaker is Rhoda Rosiers.

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Oh.

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Our-

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Um.

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Oh.

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Our next speaker is Rhoda

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Rosiers.

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Our next speaker is Rhoda Rosiers.

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Oh.

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Okay

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Good morning, Mayor Johnson and members of the city council.

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My name is Rhonda Rogers. I am a GC project manager

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at Black Rock Construction, a certified minority and woman-owned

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construction enterprise, and a member of the Fifth Ward

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near 71st and South Shore Drive.

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I'm here today to urge your support for the continued development of the Quantum

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Shore.

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Earlier this year, Black Rock's construction division successfully poured the

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foundations for the phase one site Quantum building.

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For a business like ours, a development of this scale is more than another

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project. It's an opportunity to grow our business, invest in

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equipment, and continue to hire from our local neighborhoods,

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opening doors to skilled trades that offer good wages, benefits, and

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long-term careers. After earning my bachelor's degree in

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construction management at Eastern Illinois University, I returned to Chicago,

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where I was born and raised.

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And when I returned, I had a deeper appreciation for community development.

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That's why seeing this campus take

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shape on a site that had been vacant my entire life excites me.

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As a South Shore first-time homeowner, I understand that a development of this

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magnitude raises questions and concerns.

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And although they do deserve to be heard, as a Black woman in

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construction, I've also learned that progress requires us to consider

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what change can make possible.

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I see Quantum Shore as potential to create jobs,

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strengthen local businesses, and open doors for people in neighborhoods like mine.

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This is about more than building a campus.

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It's about building opportunities and ensuring that people who call

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Chicago home can share in its growth.

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I urge you to support the continued development of Quantum and the

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opportunities it can create for our residents, our city, our

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county, and our state. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your comments.

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Our next speaker is Colin Sampson.

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Two.

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Hello.

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Mr. Mayor and city council-

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Good morning

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... I'd like to thank you for your time today.

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I am here both as a Chicagoan and a representative of Nora

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Mechanical Plumbing Contractors, whose vast majority

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of work is in the city of Chicago.

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I am here in support of the site Quantum facility.

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First, I'd like to speak as a Chicagoan, as someone that frequently bikes around

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the city and bikes through this campus.

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Seeing this land lay vacant for so long, it is

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amazing to see development there now and soon to come.

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This historically has been an underutilized land

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that now with the site Quantum facility, will bring in

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both jobs now and in the future.

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00:51:58.584 --> 00:52:02.344
Along those lines, I am also very excited that Chicago will be part of a

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00:52:02.724 --> 00:52:05.584
cutting new industry. I am very proudly Chicagoan,

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00:52:06.484 --> 00:52:08.584
and I like to tell that to anyone from out of town.

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00:52:08.984 --> 00:52:12.724
And any time I represent Chicago, I like to bring up how that we are

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part of a very new cutting-edge

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00:52:16.244 --> 00:52:16.744
industry.

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00:52:19.304 --> 00:52:23.264
From what I've heard, there's been a lot of misunderstanding of what this facility

768
00:52:23.344 --> 00:52:27.224
is. It is not a data center. It does not use the resources of a data

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00:52:27.284 --> 00:52:31.104
center. It is quantum computing. It's something that I

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00:52:31.564 --> 00:52:32.304
wish I understood.

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00:52:35.584 --> 00:52:36.144
It uses

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00:52:37.184 --> 00:52:40.404
nanomechanics or something I don't even understand, but I know that it's not a data

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00:52:40.464 --> 00:52:43.904
center, and it is something that we should be proud to have in our city.

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00:52:44.364 --> 00:52:48.024
There are, to my understanding, very few, if not any, in

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00:52:48.064 --> 00:52:49.204
America, and we

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00:52:50.024 --> 00:52:53.784
could drive this industry through and be part of something cutting-edge.

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00:52:59.424 --> 00:53:03.404
We are coming out of a historically slow construction industry,

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00:53:03.604 --> 00:53:06.883
or time for construction, and this is coming at a critical time

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00:53:07.664 --> 00:53:08.504
for our city.

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00:53:10.524 --> 00:53:13.784
In the past couple of years, I have been part of multiple meetings where it's been

781
00:53:13.844 --> 00:53:16.164
said there are only three tower cranes in Chicago.

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00:53:16.604 --> 00:53:20.384
Now, we are on the outside of that, but this project helped brought

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00:53:20.424 --> 00:53:24.184
us out of that. This brings both construction

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00:53:24.244 --> 00:53:27.284
jobs now and maintenance jobs in the future.

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00:53:30.184 --> 00:53:34.164
So that is what I have to say. I am very much for this project as

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00:53:34.224 --> 00:53:37.044
a member of Nora Mechanical and a proud Chicagoan.

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00:53:40.684 --> 00:53:42.064
Thank you very much for your comments.

788
00:53:43.484 --> 00:53:46.204
Our next speaker this morning is Celia Colon.

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Good morning.

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00:54:00.404 --> 00:54:00.604
Good morning.

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00:54:00.644 --> 00:54:04.164
Good morning, Mayor and members of the Chicago City Council.

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00:54:05.164 --> 00:54:08.584
My name is Dr. Dame Celia Colon. I grew up in South

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Chicago. I'm a fourth-generation South Chicagoan.

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00:54:12.624 --> 00:54:16.144
The community where I also lost my little sister to gun violence

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00:54:17.604 --> 00:54:21.404
in that very same community. I stand before you today carrying

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00:54:21.484 --> 00:54:22.944
both heartbreak and hope.

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00:54:24.024 --> 00:54:27.964
After losing my little sister, Lupita Lopez, I gave my pain an

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00:54:28.004 --> 00:54:31.224
assignment. I created Pita's Promise for Peace.

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00:54:31.664 --> 00:54:35.504
I am one of the only women on the South Side that runs one of the largest

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00:54:35.564 --> 00:54:39.524
CVI programs. I have a very large peacekeeper program in my sister's honor.

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00:54:42.704 --> 00:54:45.584
A promise to honor her life by helping protecting others.

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00:54:45.724 --> 00:54:49.444
A promise to turn grief into action and help build the communities where

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00:54:49.524 --> 00:54:53.124
families can thrive and live. I serve my community with pride and

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00:54:53.244 --> 00:54:53.604
honor.

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00:54:54.088 --> 00:54:57.188
Through my not-for-profit called GOD, Giving Others Dreams.

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00:54:57.588 --> 00:55:00.428
Part of that promise is exactly what brings me here today.

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00:55:01.048 --> 00:55:04.808
Dignity, healing, access to jobs and opportunity is what we

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00:55:04.868 --> 00:55:08.808
need, and this is what I believe IQMP can bring

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00:55:08.868 --> 00:55:12.548
to my community. The advancements in medicine alone will

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00:55:12.628 --> 00:55:16.148
help everybody globally. A job cannot fix

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00:55:16.228 --> 00:55:19.308
everything, but it can change the direction of someone's life.

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00:55:19.528 --> 00:55:21.508
Could you all be quiet for a minute? Thank you very much.

813
00:55:21.948 --> 00:55:23.668
Which will transform the community.

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00:55:24.428 --> 00:55:24.808
It helps

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00:55:25.668 --> 00:55:29.648
a parent put food on the table. It gives a young person the reason to believe in

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00:55:29.708 --> 00:55:33.688
tomorrow. It can open a door for someone who has heard "no"

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00:55:34.108 --> 00:55:37.128
so many times and have stopped knocking.

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00:55:37.448 --> 00:55:41.428
When people have a chance to earn, build, and belong in

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00:55:41.488 --> 00:55:45.328
a community, hope can bring something that

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00:55:45.388 --> 00:55:49.048
nothing else can. Our community has talent, resilience,

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00:55:49.428 --> 00:55:52.748
we have determination, and we have people who are ready to work in that

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00:55:52.808 --> 00:55:56.728
neighborhood, who deserve a real pathway to a career.

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IQMP, I believe, will be that beacon of hope that we've been waiting

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00:56:01.168 --> 00:56:05.048
for by helping turning this lot into a potential

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00:56:05.148 --> 00:56:09.108
opportunity for stability in our families, which will stop violence

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in its track.

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I ask you to see the people standing behind you in this investment.

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The mother trying to provide, the resident returning, starting a

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00:56:19.028 --> 00:56:23.008
fresh start, the young person searching for a bright future right

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00:56:23.068 --> 00:56:26.588
there in their own backyard. My sister's life mattered.

831
00:56:27.008 --> 00:56:28.848
The lives in South Chicago matter.

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People around the globe are waiting for us and also matter with the changes that

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00:56:33.168 --> 00:56:37.008
will happen with IQMP. The decisions we make today don't

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00:56:37.068 --> 00:56:40.788
just impact South Chicago, it impacts the entire Chicago, and our

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00:56:40.848 --> 00:56:44.608
nation, and our globe. Let us give our community more reasons to

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00:56:44.668 --> 00:56:48.268
have hope, our world more opportunity to thrive, and a

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00:56:48.348 --> 00:56:51.828
future where people can live in peace, because that's something everybody needs.

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00:56:52.028 --> 00:56:52.968
Thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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00:56:55.088 --> 00:56:56.488
Thank you very much for your comments.

841
00:56:56.908 --> 00:56:59.648
Your Honor, there are no further speakers who have timely signed up for the public

842
00:56:59.708 --> 00:57:00.308
comment period.

843
00:57:00.368 --> 00:57:03.528
Very well. Thank you. This concludes our public comments portion.

844
00:57:04.088 --> 00:57:07.988
Alderman Hall has requested to participate in today's

845
00:57:08.068 --> 00:57:11.808
meeting remotely for a reason stating in Rule 59.

846
00:57:12.328 --> 00:57:14.008
Can we confirm his presence online?

847
00:57:14.368 --> 00:57:15.808
Online, Mr. President. Thank you.

848
00:57:15.828 --> 00:57:16.428
Alderman Hall?

849
00:57:17.088 --> 00:57:18.668
I'm online. Thank you so much, Mr. President.

850
00:57:18.688 --> 00:57:21.188
Can I get a motion for the approval of his remote participation?

851
00:57:23.208 --> 00:57:26.148
It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

852
00:57:27.128 --> 00:57:30.588
Any opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

853
00:57:30.908 --> 00:57:31.008
Thanks.

854
00:57:31.028 --> 00:57:34.088
Please add Alderman Hall to the quorum roll call.

855
00:57:34.528 --> 00:57:35.028
Thank you everyone.

856
00:57:35.068 --> 00:57:37.188
Recognizes Alderwoman Stephanie Coleman.

857
00:57:37.328 --> 00:57:41.268
Thank you, Mr. President. I ask to be added to today's quorum.

858
00:57:41.468 --> 00:57:41.668
Thank you.

859
00:57:41.688 --> 00:57:44.788
Please. Thank you. Let's add Alderwoman Coleman to the roll call.

860
00:57:46.628 --> 00:57:48.768
Chair recognizes Alderwoman Clay.

861
00:57:49.288 --> 00:57:51.288
Thank you, Mr. President. Please add me to quorum too.

862
00:57:52.108 --> 00:57:54.728
Yes, please add Alderwoman Clay to the quorum.

863
00:57:55.348 --> 00:57:57.148
Chair recognizes Alder

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00:57:59.508 --> 00:58:00.368
Jesse Fuentes.

865
00:58:00.988 --> 00:58:03.608
Good morning, Mr. President. I'd also like to be recognized for the purpose of

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quorum.

867
00:58:04.228 --> 00:58:05.828
Very well. Please add Alder

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00:58:07.148 --> 00:58:09.208
Jesse Fuentes to the quorum roll call.

869
00:58:09.608 --> 00:58:11.968
Are there any other alders that were not added to the quorum?

870
00:58:13.148 --> 00:58:16.468
Very well. Next up, we have resolutions.

871
00:58:17.348 --> 00:58:21.048
But before we attend to the resolutions, we do

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have four acknowledgments this morning.

873
00:58:25.048 --> 00:58:28.908
The first is Alderman Jason Ervin,

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00:58:29.488 --> 00:58:31.748
who would like to recognize Reverend Dr.

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00:58:32.228 --> 00:58:35.828
Johnny Miller for his many years of dedicated service.

876
00:58:36.308 --> 00:58:38.968
The chair recognizes Alderman Ervin.

877
00:58:39.548 --> 00:58:42.528
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President, and members of the council.

878
00:58:43.248 --> 00:58:46.888
I stand to acknowledge a great man,

879
00:58:47.528 --> 00:58:51.268
not only on the West Side of Chicago, but across our city, who is retiring

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00:58:51.908 --> 00:58:54.868
after 50 years of service

881
00:58:56.048 --> 00:58:58.968
to our community. 50 years of leading,

882
00:58:59.868 --> 00:59:01.088
50 years of caring,

883
00:59:02.148 --> 00:59:05.788
50 years of just outright work. And this the type of

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00:59:05.868 --> 00:59:09.528
guy, I don't care what's going on, he will show up.

885
00:59:09.848 --> 00:59:10.628
Hospitals,

886
00:59:11.447 --> 00:59:13.868
baby showers, wherever it is, he's there.

887
00:59:14.207 --> 00:59:18.028
He is a true pastor, a pastor's pastor, and I want to

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00:59:18.068 --> 00:59:20.788
congratulate you as you move on to this next chapter.

889
00:59:21.868 --> 00:59:25.728
And on the side, there were two people that walked in this room with me in January

890
00:59:25.768 --> 00:59:29.488
of 2011, my father and that man there. Thank you.

891
00:59:30.348 --> 00:59:32.228
Thank you. The chair

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00:59:34.308 --> 00:59:35.288
recognizes

893
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Alderwoman Pitts.

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00:59:39.668 --> 00:59:40.828
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

895
00:59:41.728 --> 00:59:45.448
I'd like to join in with my colleague, Alderman Ervin, to recognize

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00:59:45.568 --> 00:59:46.308
Reverend Miller

897
00:59:47.348 --> 00:59:50.488
of 50 years, and I see that you're getting ready to

898
00:59:52.648 --> 00:59:56.568
pass the torch on, so I want to stand and congratulate

899
00:59:56.628 --> 01:00:00.448
you for all the work that you've shown, not only in

900
01:00:00.828 --> 01:00:04.408
28th Ward, but throughout the entire city of Chicago,

901
01:00:04.908 --> 01:00:07.308
particularly there on the West Side of Chicago.

902
01:00:07.408 --> 01:00:10.728
I don't think there's a pastor around that don't know

903
01:00:11.168 --> 01:00:14.768
Dr. Miller, and I'm talking about Johnny Miller because there is

904
01:00:15.488 --> 01:00:16.148
three of them.

905
01:00:17.508 --> 01:00:21.328
And I have a hard time remembering which one of the

906
01:00:21.388 --> 01:00:23.048
brothers it is I'm talking to.

907
01:00:24.828 --> 01:00:26.788
All being minister except for one.

908
01:00:28.428 --> 01:00:32.288
But it is a pleasure to have worked with you over the

909
01:00:32.348 --> 01:00:34.108
years. Your voice,

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01:00:34.948 --> 01:00:38.848
I hope to continue to serve in the city that we live in and on the

911
01:00:38.908 --> 01:00:39.608
West Side,

912
01:00:40.988 --> 01:00:44.888
until your time that you decide to move on, but

913
01:00:44.968 --> 01:00:48.768
congratulations. Thank you so much for your service.

914
01:00:49.628 --> 01:00:50.568
Thank you, Alderwoman.

915
01:00:52.328 --> 01:00:54.248
Alderman David Moore, you are recognized

916
01:00:55.912 --> 01:00:58.572
Thank you, Mr. President. I have to stand up and

917
01:00:59.532 --> 01:01:02.572
support this resolution to honor this great man.

918
01:01:03.432 --> 01:01:07.252
And as Alderman Smith said, he does not just belong to the West Side, he

919
01:01:07.292 --> 01:01:09.532
belongs to the whole city of Chicago.

920
01:01:10.412 --> 01:01:14.032
Man who tried to work for the entire city, who can

921
01:01:14.092 --> 01:01:17.952
call people together to make sure that we listen so

922
01:01:17.992 --> 01:01:20.352
that we can move this city forward.

923
01:01:20.832 --> 01:01:24.732
I want to thank him, not only for his leadership in this city, but for

924
01:01:24.792 --> 01:01:28.572
him pouring into people like myself from a spiritual standpoint,

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01:01:29.432 --> 01:01:33.112
where you can grow. And so, thank you, Pastor Miller, and

926
01:01:33.632 --> 01:01:35.752
may God continue to bless you and keep you.

927
01:01:36.692 --> 01:01:37.852
Thank you, Alderman Moore.

928
01:01:39.292 --> 01:01:41.612
Chair recognizes Alder Taliaferro.

929
01:01:43.452 --> 01:01:46.752
Thank you, Mr. President. I, too, rise to support this acknowledgment

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01:01:47.432 --> 01:01:49.532
of a true legend on the West Side of Chicago.

931
01:01:50.292 --> 01:01:53.332
Pastor Miller, thank you so much for your prayers over our community.

932
01:01:54.232 --> 01:01:55.152
As I often say,

933
01:01:56.092 --> 01:01:59.971
we push hard on the West Side, but we know that God blesses us through

934
01:02:00.051 --> 01:02:03.972
prayer, and you have been a true representative of prayer on the

935
01:02:04.012 --> 01:02:07.872
West Side of Chicago. I am fortunate and honored to have

936
01:02:07.952 --> 01:02:10.592
all the Millers live in the 29th Ward.

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01:02:11.192 --> 01:02:11.412
And

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I say it's an honor because I certainly support you, I support your

939
01:02:15.872 --> 01:02:19.772
ministry and the sons that you've left on the West Side of Chicago

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01:02:19.832 --> 01:02:23.772
and their ministries will be a testament to the legacy

941
01:02:24.132 --> 01:02:25.832
that you leave. Thank you so much, Pastor.

942
01:02:26.292 --> 01:02:28.372
Thank you. Alderwoman Harris.

943
01:02:29.792 --> 01:02:33.292
Thank you, Mr. President. Today, I just want to say to

944
01:02:33.792 --> 01:02:37.612
Reverend Dr. Johnny Miller what a great example you have been

945
01:02:37.712 --> 01:02:40.752
to many folks as you travel across the city

946
01:02:41.352 --> 01:02:45.332
and you spread the good word, not just on the West Side, but you're

947
01:02:45.392 --> 01:02:48.752
in South Side churches, across the entire South Side,

948
01:02:49.112 --> 01:02:52.632
supporting young pastors, supporting young churches and young ministries.

949
01:02:52.952 --> 01:02:56.852
So today, I say after 50 years of service, how proud I

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01:02:56.972 --> 01:03:00.772
am that you are working in this work and continue

951
01:03:00.872 --> 01:03:03.892
and will, and I know you, you will continue to be out there

952
01:03:04.692 --> 01:03:08.232
working with other folks. So today, I say God bless you and God

953
01:03:08.372 --> 01:03:12.312
speed on whatever you decide is going to be the next journey in your life.

954
01:03:12.472 --> 01:03:12.872
Thank you.

955
01:03:14.812 --> 01:03:15.212
Thank you.

956
01:03:16.392 --> 01:03:20.072
Before we call on the next couple of alders, there's too

957
01:03:20.132 --> 01:03:22.932
much chatter coming from the gallery.

958
01:03:23.812 --> 01:03:27.492
So I'm going to ask that the sergeant at arms that if individuals

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01:03:27.532 --> 01:03:30.812
continue to talk and be disruptive, please remove them

960
01:03:30.872 --> 01:03:32.492
from the gallery, please.

961
01:03:33.352 --> 01:03:36.912
And I would ask those that are here to participate in today's meeting, that you

962
01:03:36.952 --> 01:03:40.792
respect this body here, please. The chair recognizes

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01:03:41.072 --> 01:03:41.992
Alderman Burnett.

964
01:03:43.732 --> 01:03:47.412
Thank you, Mr. President. I, too, want to rise in support of this resolution

965
01:03:47.492 --> 01:03:47.732
for

966
01:03:48.572 --> 01:03:52.532
Reverend Dr. Miller. And they say a man is judged

967
01:03:52.572 --> 01:03:56.552
not only by the actions he does while in his position, but the legacy he

968
01:03:56.592 --> 01:04:00.452
leaves behind him. And Reverend Miller has

969
01:04:00.552 --> 01:04:03.652
a tremendous legacy of leadership that follows after him.

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01:04:04.152 --> 01:04:08.112
His son, his nephews, and all of the many men he helped usher

971
01:04:08.692 --> 01:04:12.512
through the West Side of Chicago from high school beyond,

972
01:04:12.572 --> 01:04:16.492
including my brother. He has made sure to help everyone he can, and

973
01:04:16.532 --> 01:04:19.892
for that, we are tremendously grateful, not only for the work that you have done,

974
01:04:20.352 --> 01:04:22.472
but the standard you have set

975
01:04:23.532 --> 01:04:25.972
on the West Side of Chicago. So, thank you, Reverend Dr. Miller.

976
01:04:26.432 --> 01:04:29.152
Thank you, Alderman Burnett. Alderwoman Dowell, you are recognized.

977
01:04:30.092 --> 01:04:33.952
Thank you, Mr. President. To Reverend Johnny Miller, I

978
01:04:34.032 --> 01:04:37.592
wanted to stand and congratulate you on your retirement

979
01:04:38.212 --> 01:04:41.992
as a South Side alderman, but also someone who worked on the West

980
01:04:42.072 --> 01:04:45.492
Side. I know that I've seen you stand in the gap

981
01:04:45.592 --> 01:04:49.552
for the community, and I just want to thank you for your faithful

982
01:04:49.592 --> 01:04:52.532
leadership throughout the City of Chicago.

983
01:04:52.792 --> 01:04:55.232
May God bless you in your retirement. Thank you, Mr. President.

984
01:04:55.252 --> 01:04:57.752
Thank you, Alderwoman Dowell. Are there any other alders?

985
01:04:58.072 --> 01:05:00.492
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Stephanie Coleman.

986
01:05:01.112 --> 01:05:01.692
President.

987
01:05:02.732 --> 01:05:06.072
To one of the great deans of the West Side.

988
01:05:06.132 --> 01:05:09.692
I think Pastor Matthew Miller and Pastor Leon is here,

989
01:05:10.152 --> 01:05:13.892
and to your legacy, Pastor Johnny Miller,

990
01:05:14.052 --> 01:05:16.792
the next pastor of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church.

991
01:05:17.532 --> 01:05:21.232
I found a tape about three weeks ago of Pastor Miller

992
01:05:21.352 --> 01:05:24.132
speaking at Fellowship Church. I believe it was from

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01:05:24.172 --> 01:05:27.852
1983. And I have never met a West Sider

994
01:05:28.372 --> 01:05:32.312
that can come to the South Side and totally West Side and take over.

995
01:05:33.052 --> 01:05:36.852
So thank God for your life. I thank God for your ministry,

996
01:05:37.212 --> 01:05:40.912
but most importantly, when you walk into a room, you just have a

997
01:05:41.032 --> 01:05:44.812
oil and angelic presence about yourself, and I can feel it

998
01:05:44.872 --> 01:05:48.652
today. In the midst of everything that's happening right here in city council,

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01:05:48.752 --> 01:05:52.592
thank you for 50 years. Thank you for knowing that when it's time to

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01:05:52.672 --> 01:05:56.532
pass on over the torch. And that says a lot about our

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01:05:56.572 --> 01:05:58.352
community and our culture. God bless you.

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01:05:58.392 --> 01:06:00.332
We can't wait to celebrate you in a couple of weeks.

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01:06:01.212 --> 01:06:04.692
Thank you, Alderwoman Coleman. Are there any other alders?

1004
01:06:05.192 --> 01:06:06.592
Very well. Seeing no other hands...

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01:06:08.112 --> 01:06:10.032
Okay, one more time. Alderwoman Harris.

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01:06:11.392 --> 01:06:13.572
City treasurer. Be the last speaker.

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01:06:13.772 --> 01:06:17.452
Very well. Leave for the city treasurer to be able to speak, to

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01:06:17.552 --> 01:06:19.152
offer up her acknowledgments.

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01:06:20.272 --> 01:06:23.992
Leave is granted. Thank you. The chair recognizes our city

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01:06:24.052 --> 01:06:25.892
treasurer, Melissa Conyers Irvin.

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01:06:26.772 --> 01:06:30.132
Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council, for allowing me an

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01:06:30.212 --> 01:06:34.132
opportunity to speak on such a great man that

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01:06:34.172 --> 01:06:36.532
has made an impact on so many lives.

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01:06:37.272 --> 01:06:41.072
A lot of people know my life journey of being raised by a single mother.

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01:06:42.032 --> 01:06:45.872
Even though there was no man in my house, I had a

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01:06:45.952 --> 01:06:49.632
real-life example of what a good man looks

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01:06:49.712 --> 01:06:50.052
like,

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01:06:50.892 --> 01:06:53.192
what a strong man looks like.

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01:06:55.232 --> 01:06:58.852
I really didn't feel like I was raised by a single

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01:06:58.932 --> 01:07:02.492
parent because I always had my pastor

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01:07:03.104 --> 01:07:05.984
For all 50 years.

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01:07:07.764 --> 01:07:09.864
I have faith beyond measure

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01:07:10.724 --> 01:07:14.284
because I've watched my pastor for 50 years

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01:07:14.824 --> 01:07:16.984
have faith beyond measure.

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01:07:18.164 --> 01:07:22.084
It's so hard to put into words, but I've watched him

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01:07:22.164 --> 01:07:26.124
take on challenges that many thought he could never do.

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01:07:27.364 --> 01:07:31.204
See, some folks would tell you to be strong, but you

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01:07:31.264 --> 01:07:34.384
witness them collapse themselves when

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01:07:34.464 --> 01:07:36.684
challenges are faced with them.

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01:07:37.684 --> 01:07:39.644
But over 50 years,

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01:07:40.564 --> 01:07:44.444
I've never seen Pastor Johnny Miller flinch.

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01:07:46.604 --> 01:07:50.384
He is a prime example of what it means to

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01:07:50.504 --> 01:07:52.424
love and help your fellow neighbor.

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01:07:53.444 --> 01:07:55.764
I used to think that I was his favorite,

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01:07:56.724 --> 01:07:58.744
and I later learned that we all are,

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01:08:00.344 --> 01:08:02.204
because that's just how he is.

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01:08:03.144 --> 01:08:06.944
He makes you feel special and helps any and everyone.

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01:08:07.364 --> 01:08:11.024
He is the premier example of it takes a

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01:08:11.084 --> 01:08:11.624
village

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01:08:12.984 --> 01:08:16.945
and what that looks like, because he not only stepped in to help

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01:08:17.044 --> 01:08:18.284
my single mother,

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01:08:19.084 --> 01:08:21.065
but he stepped in to help so many.

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01:08:22.445 --> 01:08:26.344
And Pastor Miller, when I see you today, all I can

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01:08:26.384 --> 01:08:30.025
think about is, after 50 years, this is the

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01:08:30.244 --> 01:08:31.065
best part.

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01:08:32.244 --> 01:08:36.164
Because you get to see what your many acts of

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01:08:36.264 --> 01:08:38.504
kindness has produced.

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01:08:39.364 --> 01:08:42.324
Doctors, lawyers, teachers,

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01:08:42.744 --> 01:08:46.664
preachers, aldermen, and yes, even

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01:08:46.724 --> 01:08:50.445
the city treasurer from Englewood and West Side of

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01:08:50.544 --> 01:08:51.284
Chicago.

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01:08:52.344 --> 01:08:56.244
So we love you. We are blessed to be in

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01:08:56.304 --> 01:08:59.784
your presence. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the city

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01:08:59.844 --> 01:09:00.364
council.

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01:09:01.264 --> 01:09:03.384
Thank you to our city treasurer.

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01:09:04.644 --> 01:09:08.624
Reverend Dr. Johnny Miller, please stand and receive all of your flowers while

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01:09:08.664 --> 01:09:09.485
you can smell them.

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01:09:28.844 --> 01:09:31.384
Very well. Thank you, Alderman Irvin, for that acknowledgment.

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01:09:32.684 --> 01:09:36.624
Next we have Alder Hatton, who would like to acknowledge the

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01:09:36.844 --> 01:09:39.864
50th anniversary of Good News Partners.

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01:09:40.544 --> 01:09:42.525
Alderwoman Hatton, you are recognized.

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01:09:43.124 --> 01:09:44.204
Thank you, Mr. President.

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01:09:45.324 --> 01:09:47.084
We're going to keep up with the good news.

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01:09:47.905 --> 01:09:51.664
So if I could ask the team from Good News Partners behind me to

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01:09:51.744 --> 01:09:52.344
stand.

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01:09:54.404 --> 01:09:55.304
Don't be shy.

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01:09:56.944 --> 01:09:57.864
Some of you aren't shy.

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01:10:00.704 --> 01:10:02.844
Members of the body and Mr. President.

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01:10:03.244 --> 01:10:07.004
This morning, I rise with a special recognition for a hidden gem on

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01:10:07.044 --> 01:10:09.104
Chicago's far north side.

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01:10:10.484 --> 01:10:13.604
All we seem to hear about affordable housing is bad news.

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01:10:14.284 --> 01:10:18.204
But today, I bring good news about a thriving community in

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01:10:18.264 --> 01:10:18.884
Rogers Park.

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01:10:20.824 --> 01:10:24.464
Good News Partner has quietly, and almost secretly, been providing

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01:10:24.584 --> 01:10:28.164
stability and homes to hundreds of people and their

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01:10:28.224 --> 01:10:30.584
families who've been experiencing homelessness.

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01:10:32.884 --> 01:10:36.384
People who have been in the most desperate of circumstances, Good News Partners

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01:10:36.424 --> 01:10:39.184
has, for 50 years, been there for us.

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01:10:40.944 --> 01:10:41.544
Behind me,

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01:10:42.384 --> 01:10:43.564
we have the leadership team.

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01:10:45.304 --> 01:10:46.924
Ken Johnson, our executive director.

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01:10:47.244 --> 01:10:49.404
Chaston Montgomery, the senior loan officer.

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01:10:50.064 --> 01:10:52.944
Jim Warens, the Good News Partners board member.

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01:10:53.004 --> 01:10:56.784
Jerome Hopkins, another board member. Marcos Ramirez, a property director.

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01:10:57.144 --> 01:10:59.484
Calvin Johnson, the New Life Shelter director.

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01:10:59.784 --> 01:11:01.864
Elena Gormley, the development consultant.

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01:11:01.944 --> 01:11:05.204
Sabrina Jackson, New Life Shelter resident coordinator.

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01:11:05.244 --> 01:11:07.664
And Steve Greenhow, their development director.

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01:11:08.644 --> 01:11:12.384
They represent the organization that, for 50 years, has been

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01:11:12.444 --> 01:11:15.964
doing some of the most important work in our neighborhood since their

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01:11:16.044 --> 01:11:16.684
start

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01:11:17.804 --> 01:11:20.084
as a Northwestern University Bible study group.

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01:11:21.804 --> 01:11:23.384
They've delivered on their ideals.

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01:11:23.804 --> 01:11:27.184
They bring shelter, hope, and a future for thousands of

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01:11:27.224 --> 01:11:28.124
Chicagoans

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01:11:29.044 --> 01:11:31.244
most in need over the last 50 years.

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01:11:32.504 --> 01:11:36.024
This organization, with their eight buildings, are also an anchor

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01:11:36.604 --> 01:11:38.224
in Rogers Park,

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01:11:39.124 --> 01:11:40.344
largely north of Howard,

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01:11:41.164 --> 01:11:43.704
in what can be a tough community.

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01:11:44.564 --> 01:11:44.904
Tough,

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01:11:46.204 --> 01:11:46.884
but resilient,

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01:11:48.024 --> 01:11:48.504
strong.

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01:11:49.484 --> 01:11:52.784
They've incubated several nonprofits that have become

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01:11:53.264 --> 01:11:56.764
anchors as well in our neighborhood and perform critical

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01:11:56.824 --> 01:11:57.444
services

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01:11:58.384 --> 01:12:02.304
for not just Chicagoans, but our neighbors to the north of us in Evanston

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01:12:02.344 --> 01:12:02.744
as well.

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01:12:03.904 --> 01:12:07.744
Good News Partners has been bringing literally the good news that we

1110
01:12:07.824 --> 01:12:11.144
need in our city, and we're honoring their work today.

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01:12:12.524 --> 01:12:16.484
The resolution that you'll have in your packets there tells the story of how

1112
01:12:16.524 --> 01:12:20.264
they got started. It's extraordinary and worth a read if you have a moment.

1113
01:12:21.104 --> 01:12:24.944
And to hear resident stories in their own words, you're also invited

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01:12:25.004 --> 01:12:28.724
to join their annual event next Thursday in Evanston.

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01:12:28.784 --> 01:12:30.364
Contact me if you are interested.

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01:12:31.324 --> 01:12:35.264
If you would join me in honoring 50 years of service

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01:12:36.204 --> 01:12:40.184
and exemplary Chicagoans. Thank you, Good News Partners, and

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01:12:40.244 --> 01:12:40.744
congrats.

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01:12:41.904 --> 01:12:42.984
Congratulations.

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01:12:43.964 --> 01:12:44.344
Thank you.

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01:12:55.144 --> 01:12:58.684
Lot of great things birthed in the year of 1976.

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01:12:59.524 --> 01:13:00.644
Thank you, Alder Hatton.

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01:13:01.644 --> 01:13:03.944
Next we have Alders Lee and Harris

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01:13:05.696 --> 01:13:09.356
Both would like to acknowledge Breast Cancer Awareness

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01:13:09.456 --> 01:13:09.756
Month.

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01:13:10.876 --> 01:13:11.896
Chair recognizes

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01:13:12.836 --> 01:13:13.856
Alderwoman Harris.

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01:13:14.436 --> 01:13:18.256
Thank you, Mr. President. Today, as a breast cancer survivor,

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01:13:18.736 --> 01:13:19.536
I want to

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01:13:20.936 --> 01:13:24.836
thank the many women and men who have had breast cancer, who have

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01:13:24.896 --> 01:13:25.616
survived it,

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01:13:26.936 --> 01:13:30.316
and talk about early detection. This is a disease

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01:13:30.916 --> 01:13:33.076
that will not kill you if you

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01:13:34.076 --> 01:13:35.176
do what you're supposed to do.

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01:13:36.256 --> 01:13:40.216
If you go and get your mammograms every year, women, you can

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01:13:40.896 --> 01:13:44.776
have early diagnosis, and you can have your chemo, you can have

1137
01:13:44.816 --> 01:13:47.156
your radiation and lose your hair, and

1138
01:13:47.216 --> 01:13:49.176
you could

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01:13:49.396 --> 01:13:53.216
have your surgery. So I'm

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01:13:53.256 --> 01:13:56.756
encouraging people to do it. It is daunting at

1141
01:13:57.096 --> 01:14:00.896
first look, and even at times you may be a

1142
01:14:00.956 --> 01:14:03.136
little afraid of the process. But

1143
01:14:04.016 --> 01:14:07.836
as I am six years out, I am grateful to

1144
01:14:07.896 --> 01:14:11.796
my sister who encouraged me to go have my mammogram that I

1145
01:14:11.836 --> 01:14:15.796
had not had for five years. So I always tell her, one more thing I got

1146
01:14:15.816 --> 01:14:17.636
to add to the list, that I owe her my life.

1147
01:14:18.536 --> 01:14:21.536
So I'm asking you all not to put yourself

1148
01:14:22.896 --> 01:14:26.596
back, to think of yourself. Be selfish when it

1149
01:14:26.656 --> 01:14:29.916
comes to making sure you do your annual mammograms.

1150
01:14:30.136 --> 01:14:33.876
It could save your life. Please go out there and

1151
01:14:33.956 --> 01:14:37.576
take care of yourself first. Some of these

1152
01:14:37.656 --> 01:14:41.416
jobs, as we're sitting in these seats, we get real busy,

1153
01:14:41.736 --> 01:14:45.656
and time goes by real fast, and before you know it, it's been two

1154
01:14:45.716 --> 01:14:49.096
years or three years. That could be the difference in your cancer

1155
01:14:49.156 --> 01:14:51.776
being a Volkswagen or a Mack truck.

1156
01:14:53.076 --> 01:14:56.956
So I'm asking you all to go and take

1157
01:14:57.056 --> 01:14:59.076
care of yourself, take care of your body,

1158
01:15:00.056 --> 01:15:02.936
and save your life, and save somebody else's life.

1159
01:15:03.016 --> 01:15:06.376
As we're on this journey, encourage other women to go and do their

1160
01:15:06.436 --> 01:15:09.996
mammograms. Again, it is one of the best things that you could do

1161
01:15:10.796 --> 01:15:14.676
for those. I want to thank the thousands of women that get out there on the

1162
01:15:14.756 --> 01:15:17.936
street walking and talking and supporting breast

1163
01:15:18.016 --> 01:15:21.876
cancer awareness. So I thank all of the

1164
01:15:21.956 --> 01:15:25.796
organizations that are out there for support of women

1165
01:15:25.856 --> 01:15:29.436
who are going through such a horrendous process.

1166
01:15:29.656 --> 01:15:32.376
This cancer can take on a different look.

1167
01:15:33.376 --> 01:15:37.196
It could be, like I said, that Mack truck, which is a very aggressive

1168
01:15:37.616 --> 01:15:39.516
cancer, or it could be a Volkswagen.

1169
01:15:40.156 --> 01:15:43.856
Get it while it's a Volkswagen, because when it's a beach ball, you

1170
01:15:43.916 --> 01:15:47.736
cannot wrap your arms around what you're going to have to do in

1171
01:15:47.796 --> 01:15:50.516
terms of getting treatment and going through a process.

1172
01:15:50.556 --> 01:15:54.296
So today, I'm truly encouraged. I want to thank Alderman Lee, who's

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01:15:54.396 --> 01:15:56.796
always at the forefront of women's issues and

1174
01:15:58.036 --> 01:15:59.016
acknowledging that,

1175
01:16:00.036 --> 01:16:03.896
and giving me a platform that I don't often take to talk about

1176
01:16:04.376 --> 01:16:07.276
take care of yourself. So thank you, Mr. President, too. Thank you.

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01:16:07.316 --> 01:16:09.416
You're welcome. Thank you, Alderwoman Harris.

1178
01:16:11.836 --> 01:16:13.716
Alderwoman Lee, you are recognized.

1179
01:16:13.916 --> 01:16:17.756
Thank you, Mr. President. I also want to rise in support of

1180
01:16:17.936 --> 01:16:19.116
Breast Cancer Awareness Month,

1181
01:16:19.956 --> 01:16:23.696
myself being now a nearly five-year survivor in May.

1182
01:16:24.896 --> 01:16:25.296
Thank you.

1183
01:16:29.956 --> 01:16:30.236
It is

1184
01:16:31.216 --> 01:16:35.016
no fun having that conversation in that doctor's office and hearing

1185
01:16:35.076 --> 01:16:37.896
that you have a positive cancer diagnosis.

1186
01:16:38.356 --> 01:16:42.276
My mom is a two-time survivor, and I think all too many of us have people in

1187
01:16:42.316 --> 01:16:44.216
our lives that have been touched by breast cancer.

1188
01:16:45.536 --> 01:16:49.156
We live at a really great time in history with medical technology,

1189
01:16:49.856 --> 01:16:53.596
and I cannot echo my colleague's sentiments enough about early testing.

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01:16:53.656 --> 01:16:56.696
Early testing made it possible for me to be standing here right by you.

1191
01:16:58.016 --> 01:17:00.796
I happened to get my diagnosis right before I was appointed, and there was a

1192
01:17:00.836 --> 01:17:03.436
decision point there as to whether or not I was going to move forward.

1193
01:17:03.476 --> 01:17:07.256
And obviously, we know how that worked out, and I'm blessed to have gotten through

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01:17:07.316 --> 01:17:07.536
that

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01:17:08.336 --> 01:17:11.976
with the support of my family and with the support of lots of friends, and people

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01:17:12.016 --> 01:17:12.996
in this room as well.

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01:17:13.796 --> 01:17:17.336
These jobs are all too often the things that we put first before

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01:17:17.376 --> 01:17:21.236
ourselves. So not just to the women in the room, but to the men

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01:17:21.296 --> 01:17:22.355
with women in your lives,

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01:17:23.936 --> 01:17:27.236
have that uncomfortable conversation about whether or not they've gone to, I'll

1201
01:17:27.276 --> 01:17:31.156
just say it, I know I'm on the record, got their annual boob squeeze.

1202
01:17:31.516 --> 01:17:35.316
It's no fun, but it absolutely saves lives, and we can't be afraid to have

1203
01:17:35.356 --> 01:17:39.076
these difficult conversations, because we do have to take care of ourselves.

1204
01:17:39.436 --> 01:17:40.316
So on

1205
01:17:41.296 --> 01:17:44.776
this day, as we're acknowledging Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to thank all

1206
01:17:44.836 --> 01:17:48.576
of the thousands of women out there who are fighting it today, who have fought it

1207
01:17:48.616 --> 01:17:49.096
and beat it,

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01:17:50.036 --> 01:17:53.976
and honor those that we've lost. To the multitude of organizations that

1209
01:17:54.016 --> 01:17:57.616
do this work, in particular Silver Lining Foundation, that works to provide

1210
01:17:58.756 --> 01:18:00.896
mammograms and diagnostic testing to

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01:18:02.136 --> 01:18:05.856
uninsured and under-insured individuals. Please seek out organizations like that.

1212
01:18:05.896 --> 01:18:09.336
There's no excuse not to get a mammogram these days. Thank you, Mr. President.

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01:18:09.776 --> 01:18:11.956
Thank you. Thank you to both alders.

1214
01:18:12.876 --> 01:18:15.756
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Mitts.

1215
01:18:17.016 --> 01:18:20.376
Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise in support of

1216
01:18:20.936 --> 01:18:24.796
Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Now, like my colleagues, I

1217
01:18:24.856 --> 01:18:28.796
haven't been diagnosed with it, but I do have family members

1218
01:18:29.116 --> 01:18:31.296
that I have had to work along with

1219
01:18:32.896 --> 01:18:35.136
to help get them through this process.

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01:18:35.636 --> 01:18:37.116
And for the last

1221
01:18:38.516 --> 01:18:39.376
10 years

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01:18:40.336 --> 01:18:43.876
in the 37th Ward, we always have a breast

1223
01:18:43.956 --> 01:18:45.256
cancer awareness

1224
01:18:46.556 --> 01:18:47.876
walk, and

1225
01:18:49.116 --> 01:18:52.916
the stories that the womens are telling, it's not just about

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01:18:53.036 --> 01:18:54.176
one individual.

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01:18:55.316 --> 01:18:58.936
The multitude of womens that are out here

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01:18:59.036 --> 01:18:59.476
now

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01:19:00.316 --> 01:19:01.536
who have survived,

1230
01:19:02.536 --> 01:19:04.596
those who are still going through,

1231
01:19:05.596 --> 01:19:05.916
and they

1232
01:19:06.956 --> 01:19:08.136
even talk about

1233
01:19:09.076 --> 01:19:12.996
The examination yourself of your breast just

1234
01:19:13.036 --> 01:19:16.216
to make sure you're checking if anything's wrong.

1235
01:19:16.276 --> 01:19:19.476
Now, I didn't say nobody else. I say you check,

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01:19:19.936 --> 01:19:23.916
because who knows your body better than you as to

1237
01:19:24.016 --> 01:19:27.276
if you feel something abnormal? And yes,

1238
01:19:27.676 --> 01:19:31.556
mammograms are important. Do you realize today with all

1239
01:19:31.616 --> 01:19:35.156
the technology, and they have been made simpler,

1240
01:19:35.896 --> 01:19:37.856
because when I did my breast cancer,

1241
01:19:39.276 --> 01:19:40.196
my mammogram,

1242
01:19:41.376 --> 01:19:45.296
the screening have changed. No longer do they have to

1243
01:19:45.936 --> 01:19:49.096
squeeze you in that cup until you can't hardly breathe.

1244
01:19:49.536 --> 01:19:52.776
It is much simplified. So for any young

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01:19:52.856 --> 01:19:56.716
ladies that think they don't want to go through that process, I'll

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01:19:56.776 --> 01:19:59.756
tell you it's well worth going through.

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01:20:00.996 --> 01:20:04.816
Just think of the loved ones that you done lost already,

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01:20:05.356 --> 01:20:09.036
and that if you can save your life, then you can help to try and

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01:20:09.116 --> 01:20:12.656
save others. So this Saturday, if you're not doing anything,

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01:20:13.136 --> 01:20:16.696
we'd love to have you over at the Breast Cancer and Awareness

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01:20:17.076 --> 01:20:20.516
Month, led by the Arthur Lockhart Resource

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01:20:20.616 --> 01:20:24.456
Institute, and see all the womens in pink and let's

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01:20:24.516 --> 01:20:28.076
get it, that walk on and exercise, enjoy,

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01:20:28.496 --> 01:20:32.376
and celebrate, and even talk about how important

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01:20:32.476 --> 01:20:35.496
it is to take care of each other. Thank you, Mr. President.

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01:20:35.536 --> 01:20:37.136
Thank you, Alderwoman. Thank you.

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01:20:37.176 --> 01:20:37.956
Thank all of you

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01:20:38.956 --> 01:20:40.236
for bringing this

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01:20:41.136 --> 01:20:42.896
important matter to this chamber.

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01:20:42.956 --> 01:20:44.456
We have one more acknowledgement

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01:20:45.416 --> 01:20:49.296
from Alderman Mike Rodriguez. Alderman Rodriguez, you are recognized.

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01:20:50.196 --> 01:20:51.316
Thank you, Mr. President.

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01:20:52.316 --> 01:20:55.476
As city's Committee on Workforce Development chair, I

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01:20:55.576 --> 01:20:58.836
stand along with my union brothers and sisters

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01:20:59.556 --> 01:21:03.016
to recognize the tragic loss of Julian Mobley,

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01:21:03.716 --> 01:21:07.276
a CTA rail maintenance worker and janitor who was murdered last

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01:21:07.336 --> 01:21:11.216
Thursday at the Green Line station at Lake and Damen while a

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01:21:11.276 --> 01:21:14.816
rider was attacking another union member, a customer service

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01:21:15.336 --> 01:21:15.736
agent.

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01:21:16.596 --> 01:21:20.576
Julian was a husband and a father. He leaves

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01:21:20.616 --> 01:21:24.556
behind his wife of 20 years, their 14-year-old child,

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01:21:25.096 --> 01:21:28.876
and their 18-month-old child. Our

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01:21:28.916 --> 01:21:32.396
hearts go out to his family, his loved ones, and his

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01:21:32.476 --> 01:21:35.956
coworkers during this incredibly difficult time.

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01:21:37.056 --> 01:21:40.776
I also want to recognize our ATU members and thank

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01:21:40.856 --> 01:21:44.436
Keith Hill and Penny McCoach for their leadership and

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01:21:45.156 --> 01:21:48.956
for representing nearly 11,000 Chicagoans who

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01:21:49.036 --> 01:21:50.616
keep our city moving.

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01:21:51.456 --> 01:21:55.096
We thank you, and especially your members for their

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01:21:55.196 --> 01:21:55.736
service

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01:21:56.636 --> 01:22:00.576
and partnership. We stand together in our commitment to the safety

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01:22:00.596 --> 01:22:04.476
and security of all Chicagoans, especially the men and women who

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01:22:04.556 --> 01:22:06.616
serve the public every day,

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01:22:07.456 --> 01:22:10.036
sometimes at great personal risk.

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01:22:10.576 --> 01:22:14.476
And in closing, I ask that we as a body observe

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01:22:14.876 --> 01:22:18.656
a moment of silence in memory of Julian Mobley.

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01:22:18.956 --> 01:22:20.496
Very well. This body shall stand

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01:22:23.176 --> 01:22:24.736
and hold for a moment of silence

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01:22:25.596 --> 01:22:28.976
in honor of our CTA worker and brother,

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01:22:29.296 --> 01:22:30.216
resident of this city,

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01:22:31.136 --> 01:22:31.696
Mr. Mobley.

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01:22:46.496 --> 01:22:47.136
Thank you, Mr. President.

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01:22:47.256 --> 01:22:48.776
Thank you, Alderman. You may be seated.

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01:22:55.736 --> 01:22:57.456
Now for our resolutions,

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01:22:58.636 --> 01:23:00.936
the chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.

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01:23:09.476 --> 01:23:10.996
Mr. President, I move passage of the omnibus.

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01:23:12.096 --> 01:23:13.136
You have the right piece here.

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01:23:13.216 --> 01:23:13.856
Oh, s**t.

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01:23:16.916 --> 01:23:18.596
What we got? No, we haven't done it.

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01:23:21.796 --> 01:23:24.736
Temporary suspension of the rules for the immediate consideration of these

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01:23:24.796 --> 01:23:25.435
resolutions.

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01:23:26.036 --> 01:23:27.135
My bad. Very well.

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01:23:30.456 --> 01:23:30.935
Thank you.

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01:23:33.116 --> 01:23:37.016
If the chamber and the gallery can come back to order, please.

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01:23:37.136 --> 01:23:37.656
Thank you.

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01:23:39.396 --> 01:23:42.936
There's a motion for the temporary suspension of the rules

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01:23:43.416 --> 01:23:47.136
for the immediate consideration of the resolution that we have

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01:23:47.176 --> 01:23:49.456
before us. That motion has been made.

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01:23:49.496 --> 01:23:51.196
Hearing no objection, so ordered.

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01:23:51.796 --> 01:23:55.716
In the interest of respecting the time, we will forego reading the

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01:23:55.756 --> 01:23:59.556
resolution and go straight to remarks from City

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01:23:59.656 --> 01:24:03.496
Council. Our resolution is Commemorating Domestic

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01:24:03.576 --> 01:24:06.256
Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

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01:24:06.596 --> 01:24:08.236
Are there any alders that wish to speak?

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01:24:08.636 --> 01:24:11.716
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Tabares.

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01:24:12.876 --> 01:24:16.696
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of this

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01:24:16.756 --> 01:24:20.496
resolution recognizing October as Domestic Violence

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01:24:20.616 --> 01:24:23.156
Awareness and Prevention Month in the City of Chicago.

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01:24:24.316 --> 01:24:28.236
Last year, this body passed a resolution to create

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01:24:28.296 --> 01:24:31.536
the Chicago and Cook County Violence Against Women task force.

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01:24:32.936 --> 01:24:35.236
The task force brought survivors,

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01:24:36.076 --> 01:24:39.876
the city, and Cook County together for six months to

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01:24:39.936 --> 01:24:43.716
document how the system fails victims.

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01:24:45.216 --> 01:24:48.876
This task force is survivor led, and

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01:24:48.956 --> 01:24:50.976
they are driving the work.

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01:24:52.356 --> 01:24:56.076
Phase one of that task force did something rare in government.

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01:24:56.796 --> 01:24:58.276
It produced results,

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01:24:59.176 --> 01:25:02.956
and it's because of the work of one of the survivors who is sitting in the box here

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01:25:03.016 --> 01:25:03.316
today.

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01:25:04.936 --> 01:25:06.676
That person is Sarah Brown.

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01:25:08.156 --> 01:25:11.416
Sarah has been a courageous voice for years.

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01:25:12.296 --> 01:25:14.576
She has spoken publicly about her story

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01:25:15.616 --> 01:25:19.476
I want to thank you, Sarah, for having the strength to

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01:25:19.536 --> 01:25:23.316
share your story, not once, but again and again.

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01:25:24.756 --> 01:25:28.136
Also in the box is Latina Watkins Lloyd, who

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01:25:28.216 --> 01:25:32.196
recently shared her story last week in the Public Safety Committee meeting

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01:25:33.236 --> 01:25:36.976
when we passed a resolution to create the second

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01:25:37.036 --> 01:25:40.116
phase of the task force, which is to put the

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01:25:40.156 --> 01:25:43.076
recommendations that we produced in phase one.

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01:25:44.276 --> 01:25:47.056
Sarah and Latina, I want to thank you both

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01:25:47.896 --> 01:25:48.856
for being here today.

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01:25:50.356 --> 01:25:54.316
I also want to give special recognition to two people who are with

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01:25:54.396 --> 01:25:58.096
us here in the gallery who have stood with this task force from the

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01:25:58.136 --> 01:25:58.556
beginning,

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01:25:59.496 --> 01:26:03.156
Diane Brown and Second Ward alderwoman from

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01:26:03.236 --> 01:26:05.236
Calumet City, Moné Wilson.

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01:26:06.436 --> 01:26:09.936
Diane and Alderwoman Wilson, you have stood with

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01:26:09.996 --> 01:26:11.436
survivors and with us.

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01:26:13.656 --> 01:26:16.976
Thank you for your consistent support and your

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01:26:17.056 --> 01:26:19.876
presence in all of the task force hearings.

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01:26:20.576 --> 01:26:23.996
I also want to thank Chairman Brian Hopkins for his leadership

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01:26:24.576 --> 01:26:27.916
on the Public Safety Committee, and I also want to recognize the All In

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01:26:27.976 --> 01:26:31.756
Alliance and Chicago 77 for pushing for

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01:26:31.856 --> 01:26:33.016
real accountability.

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01:26:34.556 --> 01:26:38.516
As we recognize Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, I ask

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01:26:38.556 --> 01:26:42.036
my colleagues to stand with the survivors who are in this

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01:26:42.096 --> 01:26:45.836
chamber and to stand with the city and Cook County Task Force.

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01:26:46.176 --> 01:26:46.496
Thank you.

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01:26:46.896 --> 01:26:50.496
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderwoman Monique Scott.

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01:26:51.436 --> 01:26:54.116
Thank you, Mr. President. I, too, rise in support of

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01:26:55.216 --> 01:26:56.856
Domestic Violence Awareness.

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01:26:58.756 --> 01:27:02.556
Domestic violence is not just a family issue, it's a community

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01:27:02.636 --> 01:27:02.956
issue.

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01:27:04.256 --> 01:27:07.876
It's something that affects individuals, the children, and also the

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01:27:07.956 --> 01:27:08.456
families.

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01:27:09.516 --> 01:27:13.336
As a resident of the 24th Ward, I want to acknowledge Juanita this

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01:27:13.396 --> 01:27:13.736
morning.

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01:27:14.696 --> 01:27:16.996
She works tirelessly in our community.

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01:27:19.136 --> 01:27:22.696
I can give her a name and a number, and she's going to work on it and try to find

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01:27:22.756 --> 01:27:23.296
placement and

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01:27:24.836 --> 01:27:28.716
housing and clothing and food for the families that are affected.

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01:27:29.936 --> 01:27:32.876
Your advocacy, Juanita, brings attention to the importance of

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01:27:33.816 --> 01:27:36.336
domestic violence. You show support

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01:27:37.336 --> 01:27:40.796
by standing up directly to the ones that are completely affected.

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01:27:41.836 --> 01:27:43.656
Through your domestic violence advocacy,

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01:27:44.736 --> 01:27:48.416
we can break the silence. We can connect with our residents.

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01:27:49.396 --> 01:27:53.176
We connect with survivors, resources, and you

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01:27:53.216 --> 01:27:55.116
continue to encourage our community.

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01:27:55.596 --> 01:27:58.136
I want to thank you and also the others in the box.

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01:27:58.316 --> 01:28:01.176
I don't want to not recognize your hard work and effort.

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01:28:02.876 --> 01:28:04.336
But we must continue this work

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01:28:05.856 --> 01:28:09.136
together to prevent any type of domestic violence.

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01:28:09.496 --> 01:28:10.676
In some shape or form,

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01:28:11.536 --> 01:28:12.076
I'm sure

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01:28:13.036 --> 01:28:16.456
99% of people sometimes are affected by this, and

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01:28:17.316 --> 01:28:21.236
we need to have a place where people can go and be heard and be

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01:28:21.336 --> 01:28:24.876
seen. And again, I want to thank everyone in that box for your advocacy.

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01:28:25.096 --> 01:28:25.476
Thank you.

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01:28:25.956 --> 01:28:27.936
Thank you. Alderman Mike Rodriguez.

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01:28:30.316 --> 01:28:32.336
Thank you so much, Mr. President, and

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01:28:33.196 --> 01:28:37.056
to all of you in the box, I just want to express my profound appreciation

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01:28:37.116 --> 01:28:38.076
for all of your work.

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01:28:40.336 --> 01:28:43.656
I think every year we do this in city council, and it gives me an opportunity to

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01:28:43.696 --> 01:28:47.276
talk about my mom, who I lost a long time ago.

1395
01:28:48.956 --> 01:28:51.756
But she was quite the saint as far as I'm concerned.

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01:28:51.836 --> 01:28:55.816
She ended her life after years as a union worker with the federal

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01:28:55.856 --> 01:28:59.536
government. She ended as a volunteer rape victim advocate,

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01:29:00.216 --> 01:29:02.636
and it was through her work that I learned

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01:29:04.096 --> 01:29:08.076
very intimately the challenges that the workers

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01:29:08.796 --> 01:29:12.776
in this space deal with, the traumas that you carry with

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01:29:12.816 --> 01:29:13.576
you every day,

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01:29:14.396 --> 01:29:17.116
for trying to be there for our most vulnerable.

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01:29:17.516 --> 01:29:20.056
And I just want to just stand and say that I just thank you.

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01:29:20.396 --> 01:29:23.076
I just thank you for your work. I know you shed a lot of tears.

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01:29:23.616 --> 01:29:27.556
I know you give a lot of hugs. I know you're there in the worst of

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01:29:27.596 --> 01:29:28.156
moments.

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01:29:28.996 --> 01:29:31.475
Juanita, I don't know how many times we've been together at some of those worst of

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01:29:31.516 --> 01:29:31.936
moments.

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01:29:33.056 --> 01:29:36.636
And many others here. I don't want to name any more because then I'd be doing a

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01:29:36.675 --> 01:29:39.756
disjustice here. But I just want to thank the sponsor of this,

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01:29:40.596 --> 01:29:44.296
raise my mom up in prayer, thank her for her guidance to me and my

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01:29:44.356 --> 01:29:44.716
life.

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01:29:45.736 --> 01:29:48.656
And as well, just thank you for your work.

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01:29:49.276 --> 01:29:52.476
So much of your work goes unpaid. It goes unrecognized.

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01:29:53.476 --> 01:29:57.196
So I just want to take a moment not just to say, yes, let's honor

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01:29:57.236 --> 01:30:01.096
Domestic Violence Awareness Month and what it brings, but also to honor the

1417
01:30:01.156 --> 01:30:05.056
workers who are mostly volunteering their time, sometimes

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01:30:05.096 --> 01:30:08.296
paid and most of the time not paid enough to do this work.

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01:30:08.336 --> 01:30:10.556
So thank you for everything you do. Thank you, Mr. President.

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01:30:10.596 --> 01:30:11.456
Thank you, Alderman.

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01:30:12.336 --> 01:30:14.036
Alderwoman Hatton, you are recognized.

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01:30:15.916 --> 01:30:19.596
Thank you, Mr. President. I, too, rise to be associated with this resolution.

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01:30:20.376 --> 01:30:22.516
I want to echo the gratitude

1424
01:30:23.356 --> 01:30:27.316
and appreciation that my colleagues have also extended to everyone

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01:30:27.336 --> 01:30:30.656
in the box and all the organizations and people you represent.

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01:30:32.756 --> 01:30:36.696
Between Friends, Apna Ghar, we've got fantastic organizations

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01:30:36.776 --> 01:30:40.736
in our neck of the woods that we certainly call upon when we are

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01:30:40.776 --> 01:30:44.096
trying to help constituents with things that I don't know how to help constituents

1429
01:30:44.156 --> 01:30:44.356
with.

1430
01:30:46.056 --> 01:30:46.916
I think

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01:30:47.876 --> 01:30:49.316
a couple things I want to

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01:30:50.196 --> 01:30:53.656
highlight as we recognize the issue.

1433
01:30:54.696 --> 01:30:57.396
One is that we're moving into budget discussions,

1434
01:30:58.276 --> 01:31:01.156
and we have not adequately funded

1435
01:31:02.316 --> 01:31:05.036
our gender-based violence and prevention work.

1436
01:31:05.876 --> 01:31:09.336
Though we have made progress over the years.

1437
01:31:09.396 --> 01:31:13.176
So I know this is coming up. So we're recognizing people this month,

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01:31:13.776 --> 01:31:17.704
but we need to fund people next month So I'll name that.

1439
01:31:19.284 --> 01:31:21.984
I also just want to lift up,

1440
01:31:23.664 --> 01:31:27.544
keep reminding us sometimes for organizations, keep reminding us

1441
01:31:27.624 --> 01:31:30.204
that you're there, and if you

1442
01:31:31.064 --> 01:31:34.604
aren't in touch with all the aldermanic offices, reach out

1443
01:31:34.664 --> 01:31:38.644
again. So again, we benefit greatly in the 49th

1444
01:31:38.704 --> 01:31:42.024
Ward from fantastic organizations and resources.

1445
01:31:43.164 --> 01:31:46.884
And sometimes though, as we are pivoting from place to place, we

1446
01:31:46.924 --> 01:31:50.744
might forget that you're out there, and certainly

1447
01:31:50.824 --> 01:31:52.484
so many constituents don't know.

1448
01:31:53.544 --> 01:31:57.364
People are isolated, they're afraid, they're juggling 100

1449
01:31:57.424 --> 01:31:57.904
things.

1450
01:31:58.744 --> 01:32:02.084
And so thank you for showing up

1451
01:32:02.144 --> 01:32:02.884
continually.

1452
01:32:03.904 --> 01:32:07.724
And I hope that we do right by your work this budget

1453
01:32:07.784 --> 01:32:09.404
season. Thank you, Mr. President.

1454
01:32:09.684 --> 01:32:11.364
Thank you. Alderman

1455
01:32:12.504 --> 01:32:14.204
Lampada, you are recognized.

1456
01:32:15.544 --> 01:32:17.004
Thank you very much, Mr. President.

1457
01:32:20.804 --> 01:32:24.764
We're talking about moms. The only photo of

1458
01:32:24.824 --> 01:32:28.724
my mom's childhood is from her senior year of

1459
01:32:28.764 --> 01:32:29.824
high school yearbook.

1460
01:32:30.664 --> 01:32:34.324
Despite the fact that she spent her entire childhood in New Jersey,

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01:32:34.484 --> 01:32:37.424
her yearbook is from a high school in Ohio.

1462
01:32:38.044 --> 01:32:41.824
That is because the violence that she experienced

1463
01:32:42.404 --> 01:32:43.104
as a child,

1464
01:32:44.304 --> 01:32:48.204
sexual and domestic violence at the hands of her brothers, at the hands of

1465
01:32:48.244 --> 01:32:51.984
her parents, was so severe that family friends

1466
01:32:52.084 --> 01:32:55.324
drove her out to the Midwest so that she could try to

1467
01:32:55.384 --> 01:32:57.264
restart her life out here.

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01:32:58.284 --> 01:32:59.224
My grandfather

1469
01:33:00.064 --> 01:33:00.824
came out here,

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01:33:01.644 --> 01:33:05.324
put her in a car, drove her back to New Jersey so that he

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01:33:05.384 --> 01:33:08.184
could control the rest of her childhood.

1472
01:33:09.204 --> 01:33:12.504
This is a memory that stays with me and

1473
01:33:13.284 --> 01:33:17.104
feels very deep when I share this photo with my daughter.

1474
01:33:18.304 --> 01:33:22.004
I am really grateful that this year we've actually seen a

1475
01:33:22.324 --> 01:33:26.124
44% reduction in domestic related homicides in the

1476
01:33:26.184 --> 01:33:27.103
city of Chicago.

1477
01:33:28.204 --> 01:33:31.804
I am distressed that despite a reduction in

1478
01:33:31.864 --> 01:33:35.344
shootings overall, there has been a 26% increase

1479
01:33:36.064 --> 01:33:38.544
in domestic related shootings in this city.

1480
01:33:39.504 --> 01:33:42.844
The work of keeping people safe in their

1481
01:33:42.924 --> 01:33:46.684
homes has never been greater, particularly, I would say,

1482
01:33:46.784 --> 01:33:50.244
with the insidious creep of the normalization

1483
01:33:50.904 --> 01:33:54.664
of domestic and sexual violence in this country that I think

1484
01:33:54.724 --> 01:33:58.064
comes from the highest levels of leadership in this country.

1485
01:33:59.004 --> 01:34:02.824
I am glad that Chicago stands as a bulwark against

1486
01:34:02.884 --> 01:34:04.944
that narrative and those values.

1487
01:34:06.024 --> 01:34:09.984
I'm glad to see us continue funding the Survivors Fund and various other

1488
01:34:10.044 --> 01:34:13.984
resources. I want to speak in this moment to a call that we've

1489
01:34:14.004 --> 01:34:14.304
heard

1490
01:34:15.204 --> 01:34:18.684
for at least the eight years that I've been in council to fund

1491
01:34:19.244 --> 01:34:22.984
community-based, compassionate and relevant victim

1492
01:34:23.044 --> 01:34:26.304
services in the communities where violence is being experienced.

1493
01:34:26.944 --> 01:34:30.464
I want to name that and hope to see that reflected

1494
01:34:31.244 --> 01:34:34.004
in the next week and the next months. Thank you, sir.

1495
01:34:34.404 --> 01:34:35.044
Thank you.

1496
01:34:36.944 --> 01:34:39.424
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Nicoli.

1497
01:34:40.744 --> 01:34:44.084
Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise in support of this resolution

1498
01:34:45.104 --> 01:34:47.184
honoring Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

1499
01:34:48.804 --> 01:34:52.044
As the chair of the Women's Caucus, this is an issue that hits really close to home

1500
01:34:53.224 --> 01:34:55.304
for us, the women on the council.

1501
01:34:57.544 --> 01:35:00.024
I don't know that we can ever do enough, actually.

1502
01:35:00.984 --> 01:35:04.784
I appreciate the acknowledgement from my colleague, Alderman Hadden,

1503
01:35:05.704 --> 01:35:09.264
especially as we are coming upon budget, and I know I've had some conversations

1504
01:35:09.304 --> 01:35:09.904
with some of you.

1505
01:35:11.004 --> 01:35:13.704
This is not an issue that should be in question

1506
01:35:14.884 --> 01:35:18.784
about whether or not we should fund things and find more funding

1507
01:35:19.864 --> 01:35:20.464
where we can.

1508
01:35:22.384 --> 01:35:25.624
I really want to acknowledge also the work of my colleague,

1509
01:35:26.184 --> 01:35:29.084
Alderman Tabaras, with the joint task force.

1510
01:35:29.924 --> 01:35:31.664
We need to do more work like this together, and I

1511
01:35:32.483 --> 01:35:35.904
give you my word, we are going to be rescheduling that subject matter hearing, and

1512
01:35:35.944 --> 01:35:38.024
we're going to have lots of our colleagues there on hand.

1513
01:35:38.144 --> 01:35:40.364
Alderman Taliaferro and I are going to work on that date.

1514
01:35:42.344 --> 01:35:45.004
We're going to keep our eye on the ball because we have to.

1515
01:35:45.044 --> 01:35:49.024
If we want to do anything about violence in our communities, that has to start at

1516
01:35:49.064 --> 01:35:49.384
home.

1517
01:35:50.224 --> 01:35:51.124
And all too often,

1518
01:35:53.924 --> 01:35:57.884
there aren't the resources out there to help those women and families who

1519
01:35:57.924 --> 01:36:01.624
are in the most need. I can tell you the first time as an adult

1520
01:36:02.064 --> 01:36:05.324
that I realized a friend of mine was in an abusive relationship,

1521
01:36:06.724 --> 01:36:09.604
it wasn't until she was telling me she was getting a divorce.

1522
01:36:11.444 --> 01:36:14.124
I got to tell you, I consider myself a pretty good friend,

1523
01:36:15.284 --> 01:36:17.304
and that I didn't know about it broke my heart.

1524
01:36:18.384 --> 01:36:21.524
It just broke my heart that she was going through this for as long as she did.

1525
01:36:22.544 --> 01:36:25.664
And she had the courage finally to leave her husband.

1526
01:36:26.304 --> 01:36:27.704
But it just led me to think

1527
01:36:28.504 --> 01:36:32.124
what had been going on for so long beforehand, and who was there for her?

1528
01:36:33.624 --> 01:36:36.044
I think that there's a lot of work yet to be done.

1529
01:36:36.224 --> 01:36:39.604
I think each and every single one of you that are sitting in that box,

1530
01:36:40.084 --> 01:36:41.444
whether you're a survivor, or

1531
01:36:42.384 --> 01:36:46.184
if you're an ally, if you work in the space, thank you for all that you do to

1532
01:36:46.224 --> 01:36:48.204
help each other and to help our communities.

1533
01:36:50.784 --> 01:36:54.004
We have to be there for each other. I want to call out in particular, I see folks

1534
01:36:54.024 --> 01:36:57.104
from the network, and I don't have everybody, so I apologize ahead of time.

1535
01:36:57.744 --> 01:37:00.824
But, will echo the sentiments regarding Sarah Brown and

1536
01:37:01.424 --> 01:37:03.384
Katina Watkins Lloyd.

1537
01:37:04.804 --> 01:37:06.804
Thank you for all that you're doing every day.

1538
01:37:08.064 --> 01:37:09.464
Kanwin, Abnagar,

1539
01:37:10.424 --> 01:37:14.364
those who work at our city agencies as well, and for all of us

1540
01:37:14.404 --> 01:37:17.124
who are just trying to be there for our friends and our colleagues

1541
01:37:17.984 --> 01:37:19.684
who may be going through something.

1542
01:37:20.884 --> 01:37:23.384
Appreciate that. Thank you for the opportunity, Mr.

1543
01:37:23.444 --> 01:37:25.744
President, and, again, thanks for all that you're doing.

1544
01:37:26.594 --> 01:37:28.714
Thank you. Thank you, Alderwoman Lee.

1545
01:37:29.094 --> 01:37:31.554
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Gutierrez.

1546
01:37:37.794 --> 01:37:38.794
Thank you, Mr. President.

1547
01:37:43.954 --> 01:37:47.694
Many of my colleagues didn't know the type of work that I was doing before

1548
01:37:48.014 --> 01:37:48.834
being an alderwoman,

1549
01:37:49.674 --> 01:37:53.474
and I think it's an opportunity this morning to share with the whole

1550
01:37:53.514 --> 01:37:56.814
council and people present here this morning with us.

1551
01:37:59.654 --> 01:38:01.634
Hello, before being an alderman,

1552
01:38:03.914 --> 01:38:06.834
as an immigrant, like you all know, I started my journey

1553
01:38:08.214 --> 01:38:08.874
working

1554
01:38:10.494 --> 01:38:13.034
in CPS as a counselor assistant.

1555
01:38:14.314 --> 01:38:14.674
And

1556
01:38:15.534 --> 01:38:19.454
I can tell you all the stories and all the parents, moms

1557
01:38:19.494 --> 01:38:22.994
and dads, that were experiencing domestic

1558
01:38:23.054 --> 01:38:23.614
violence,

1559
01:38:24.654 --> 01:38:28.474
and the work that we were doing to make sure that those kids and those families

1560
01:38:28.514 --> 01:38:29.174
were safe.

1561
01:38:30.833 --> 01:38:34.734
That led my work to being appointed as a women

1562
01:38:34.794 --> 01:38:37.134
issues commissioner for the seventh district in Cook County.

1563
01:38:38.054 --> 01:38:41.774
And we continue that work, and I'm glad to see some familiar

1564
01:38:41.914 --> 01:38:45.874
faces that we've worked in the county while my tenure also as a

1565
01:38:45.934 --> 01:38:48.234
district then director of Cook County Commissioner.

1566
01:38:48.614 --> 01:38:50.974
I know, Mayor Brandon, you were a commissioner at that time.

1567
01:38:51.374 --> 01:38:54.814
And we were working together with the county to help

1568
01:38:55.834 --> 01:38:58.114
our communities, our moms, dads, and kids,

1569
01:38:58.934 --> 01:39:00.714
not only in Chicago, but in the county.

1570
01:39:01.734 --> 01:39:03.574
And here I am now as an alderwoman,

1571
01:39:04.154 --> 01:39:07.894
continuing trying my best to continue that type of

1572
01:39:07.954 --> 01:39:08.254
work.

1573
01:39:09.574 --> 01:39:10.274
And with that,

1574
01:39:11.254 --> 01:39:15.014
I rise today in strong support of this resolution,

1575
01:39:15.754 --> 01:39:19.194
recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Prevention Month.

1576
01:39:20.014 --> 01:39:23.834
And it's not only about wearing purple and talking about these issues on

1577
01:39:23.894 --> 01:39:27.454
October. I think we all need to remember that these

1578
01:39:27.554 --> 01:39:28.474
issues happen

1579
01:39:29.434 --> 01:39:32.534
365 days a year, 24 hours.

1580
01:39:33.394 --> 01:39:36.914
And we need to continue to work hard, and now as aldermen, we need to

1581
01:39:36.953 --> 01:39:39.614
continue to empower our communities to understand

1582
01:39:40.894 --> 01:39:42.454
that what is happening is not okay,

1583
01:39:43.514 --> 01:39:47.234
that there's hope, that us now as government leaders could

1584
01:39:47.734 --> 01:39:51.614
lend a hand, but now with bigger resources and with

1585
01:39:51.694 --> 01:39:55.454
bigger reach. Because we are able to provide services in our own

1586
01:39:55.554 --> 01:39:58.934
offices. And when we all see a case like this,

1587
01:39:59.374 --> 01:40:02.634
even though people may think, "Oh, it's not a city thing," I can help you.

1588
01:40:03.314 --> 01:40:04.694
Yes, colleagues, we can help them.

1589
01:40:05.594 --> 01:40:09.314
We are in our duty as public servants to look for resources,

1590
01:40:09.994 --> 01:40:13.934
and there's great partners in this city that are helping lead this work.

1591
01:40:14.614 --> 01:40:17.654
And that's why I want to thank you all for the great work that you've done,

1592
01:40:18.774 --> 01:40:22.414
not yesterday, not this morning. You've done it throughout the

1593
01:40:22.474 --> 01:40:26.114
years from lived experiences.

1594
01:40:26.554 --> 01:40:30.474
And I know that it's hard and tough every day when you talk to someone,

1595
01:40:30.834 --> 01:40:33.814
and maybe they're dealing with something that you dealt before.

1596
01:40:35.274 --> 01:40:36.054
But for you all,

1597
01:40:36.934 --> 01:40:37.694
you're not alone.

1598
01:40:38.574 --> 01:40:39.454
We're in this together.

1599
01:40:40.374 --> 01:40:43.874
And you know I'm also a mom. I'm also a mom of three little ones,

1600
01:40:44.794 --> 01:40:48.734
that we're also teaching them to stay strong, to respect

1601
01:40:48.774 --> 01:40:51.974
each other, but also to demand respect for themselves.

1602
01:40:53.674 --> 01:40:57.414
So we're going to continue to work together because there's so much to get done.

1603
01:40:58.154 --> 01:41:01.954
As my colleagues have said, it's so unfortunate that 2026 and we're

1604
01:41:01.994 --> 01:41:05.894
still facing that, but of course we know why it's still happening.

1605
01:41:06.614 --> 01:41:10.334
But we need to continue to advocate and work towards

1606
01:41:10.974 --> 01:41:14.694
the end of this. We need healthy families in all

1607
01:41:14.814 --> 01:41:18.234
aspects. And with this said, I just would love to

1608
01:41:18.634 --> 01:41:22.254
mention a couple of guests. And I'm sorry I'm not mentioning everybody,

1609
01:41:22.994 --> 01:41:25.534
but I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the great work that

1610
01:41:25.574 --> 01:41:26.814
you've done throughout the years.

1611
01:41:27.374 --> 01:41:31.074
But I want a special shout-out to Berta Morin and Joel Rivas from Mujeres Latinas

1612
01:41:31.114 --> 01:41:34.834
en Accion, that we've been working with them for years, as I

1613
01:41:34.934 --> 01:41:36.434
mentioned before, since I was

1614
01:41:37.234 --> 01:41:41.014
a teacher. Like they say, right? Always when you work in a school, they will always

1615
01:41:41.054 --> 01:41:44.374
call you a teacher, right? Even though you were not teaching, but you were also

1616
01:41:44.434 --> 01:41:47.093
teaching something for those kids and families.

1617
01:41:47.794 --> 01:41:51.554
Also, Janet Hernandez, thank you for your work because your organization,

1618
01:41:51.614 --> 01:41:55.574
Corazon de Valor y Fortaleza, started in Chicago lawn in the 14th Ward.

1619
01:41:56.054 --> 01:41:59.694
And now she has a great community hub in La Villita where she

1620
01:41:59.734 --> 01:42:03.554
continues to serve not only La Villita or Southwest Side residents, but

1621
01:42:03.634 --> 01:42:05.994
everybody that needs help in Chicago.

1622
01:42:06.674 --> 01:42:09.434
And throughout the suburbs, because I know you go everywhere else too, and she's an

1623
01:42:09.494 --> 01:42:12.154
author as well. Thank you all for the great work.

1624
01:42:12.534 --> 01:42:16.274
And I cannot forget also giving a shout-out to Madeline

1625
01:42:16.354 --> 01:42:20.134
Barr from The Network. We also have a hub, a shelter for

1626
01:42:20.194 --> 01:42:23.914
families in the ward. Let's continue building, let's continue advocating,

1627
01:42:24.274 --> 01:42:28.214
and let's continue providing those vital resources that our communities deserve.

1628
01:42:28.434 --> 01:42:28.714
Thank you.

1629
01:42:29.354 --> 01:42:29.954
Thank you.

1630
01:42:30.914 --> 01:42:33.014
Chair recognizes Alder Vasquez.

1631
01:42:35.354 --> 01:42:36.534
Thank you very much, Mr. President.

1632
01:42:36.654 --> 01:42:39.494
I also rise in support of the resolution.

1633
01:42:42.774 --> 01:42:44.674
We can't thank you enough, and it is

1634
01:42:45.754 --> 01:42:49.374
unfortunate how much we've learned in the past term as far as the work that The

1635
01:42:49.434 --> 01:42:53.374
Network and other people do about the failings that we see

1636
01:42:53.974 --> 01:42:56.234
sometimes in the court system related to orders of protection,

1637
01:42:57.094 --> 01:43:00.894
as we see sometimes with CPD in acknowledging what harm

1638
01:43:01.094 --> 01:43:01.994
looks and feels like.

1639
01:43:05.394 --> 01:43:06.234
But I wanted to add,

1640
01:43:07.394 --> 01:43:11.034
domestic violence isn't only gender-based violence, it's also violence done to

1641
01:43:11.074 --> 01:43:11.534
children.

1642
01:43:12.374 --> 01:43:15.454
It's violence that starts at a very young age.

1643
01:43:16.514 --> 01:43:19.114
And we have to think about how that is normalized.

1644
01:43:19.574 --> 01:43:22.554
When you have people thinking that there's anything considered age-appropriate

1645
01:43:22.614 --> 01:43:25.454
discipline, and they're talking about beating their children,

1646
01:43:26.474 --> 01:43:28.354
it's something that we should think about.

1647
01:43:28.654 --> 01:43:30.754
It is not something that should be normalized.

1648
01:43:30.774 --> 01:43:34.706
And I say that Because sometimes we come from communities and cultures where we

1649
01:43:34.786 --> 01:43:38.746
think that's what discipline and order is about, when all it

1650
01:43:38.786 --> 01:43:40.266
does is cause more harm and trauma.

1651
01:43:40.346 --> 01:43:44.166
I say it as a victim myself growing up of domestic violence, and many of

1652
01:43:44.226 --> 01:43:45.126
us do.

1653
01:43:45.926 --> 01:43:48.266
It gets referred to as not sparing the rod,

1654
01:43:49.326 --> 01:43:53.286
when in reality you're teaching things that we have been taught from

1655
01:43:53.346 --> 01:43:57.306
vestiges of slavery and colonialism, rather than teaching our

1656
01:43:57.386 --> 01:43:59.766
youth how to actually be themselves.

1657
01:44:00.986 --> 01:44:03.806
If someone as an adult doesn't know how to

1658
01:44:04.666 --> 01:44:08.346
have a conversation with a child that doesn't involve a belt or another weapon

1659
01:44:08.406 --> 01:44:11.026
involved, then we need to reconsider what that means.

1660
01:44:11.106 --> 01:44:14.506
Because you all do a lot of work dealing with the symptoms, dealing with the

1661
01:44:14.606 --> 01:44:18.406
aftermath of what happens. We don't have enough conversations about changing

1662
01:44:19.506 --> 01:44:23.346
culture and understanding at the root of it all to actually address it

1663
01:44:23.406 --> 01:44:26.686
more. And so as we make sure that in this council we have enough

1664
01:44:26.746 --> 01:44:30.706
funds for you all to do the work that you do, let us also make sure

1665
01:44:30.746 --> 01:44:34.426
we spend the time, the energy, the funds, and the willpower to

1666
01:44:34.526 --> 01:44:38.086
change how we think about how we treat our children, because that is how it

1667
01:44:38.146 --> 01:44:41.726
starts. When you look at some of the men who don't know how to treat women

1668
01:44:42.626 --> 01:44:46.486
in their community, you go back to see how they were treated as children, and the

1669
01:44:46.526 --> 01:44:49.426
cycle keeps continuing. And so I just want to make sure we keep staying grounded in

1670
01:44:49.466 --> 01:44:52.306
that part of the conversation as well, because I don't hear that enough, and I want

1671
01:44:52.326 --> 01:44:54.726
to make sure it's something we do tackle. So thank you for your work.

1672
01:44:55.486 --> 01:44:55.806
We all

1673
01:44:56.846 --> 01:44:59.786
are going to work as hard as we can, hoping we work you guys out of a job, and

1674
01:44:59.826 --> 01:45:01.366
anyone else trying to do that line of work.

1675
01:45:02.426 --> 01:45:05.186
And I thank you for the opportunity for the resolution. Thank you, Mr. President.

1676
01:45:05.526 --> 01:45:09.006
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.

1677
01:45:11.646 --> 01:45:14.486
Thank you, Mr. President, and good morning members of the City Council.

1678
01:45:14.546 --> 01:45:16.826
Good morning to our guests who are here with us today.

1679
01:45:17.006 --> 01:45:19.426
I too rise in support of this resolution.

1680
01:45:20.226 --> 01:45:23.746
And it's something to be said that we have not one, not two, but three items

1681
01:45:25.146 --> 01:45:28.486
that were scheduled for discussion today with regards to domestic violence.

1682
01:45:31.046 --> 01:45:34.266
We'll talk more about the task force later, which I was honored to be a part of

1683
01:45:34.306 --> 01:45:35.026
that discussion,

1684
01:45:36.106 --> 01:45:39.786
and dismayed to learn of the failures, not just of the

1685
01:45:39.826 --> 01:45:42.606
institution, but of the people responsible

1686
01:45:43.426 --> 01:45:46.966
for the execution of justice and safety of our families and our

1687
01:45:47.026 --> 01:45:49.906
children, our brothers and our sisters in their times of need.

1688
01:45:51.166 --> 01:45:55.086
But this resolution should continue to put, as all of my colleagues have

1689
01:45:55.146 --> 01:45:58.286
said, domestic violence on the forefront of all that we do.

1690
01:45:59.226 --> 01:46:00.646
To know that there are things that work,

1691
01:46:01.446 --> 01:46:04.966
programs within our departments that we need to fund to

1692
01:46:05.006 --> 01:46:08.946
ensure that they remain available 24 hours a day to

1693
01:46:08.966 --> 01:46:10.706
the residents of the city of Chicago.

1694
01:46:11.766 --> 01:46:13.146
All of these things are true.

1695
01:46:14.106 --> 01:46:17.246
And yet, as one of our colleagues just mentioned, the root causes remain.

1696
01:46:18.806 --> 01:46:21.066
Whether it is because of the fact that

1697
01:46:21.986 --> 01:46:24.506
harmed children become harmful adults,

1698
01:46:26.386 --> 01:46:29.286
if it's because of the emasculinization

1699
01:46:30.226 --> 01:46:33.846
of individuals who think that they have to prove themselves when the doors close in

1700
01:46:33.886 --> 01:46:34.486
their homes,

1701
01:46:36.646 --> 01:46:40.566
or because of rampant substance abuse, whether it's alcohol,

1702
01:46:41.186 --> 01:46:42.146
drugs, or other things.

1703
01:46:43.026 --> 01:46:46.946
All of those are interconnected in what we see here and have to

1704
01:46:46.986 --> 01:46:47.366
deal with.

1705
01:46:49.146 --> 01:46:51.466
Mr. President, we are here today to ensure

1706
01:46:52.386 --> 01:46:56.086
that we do not allow this to simply become something that is just another

1707
01:46:56.146 --> 01:47:00.066
statistic in our neighborhoods, just a talking point in our

1708
01:47:00.106 --> 01:47:00.746
communities.

1709
01:47:02.486 --> 01:47:04.946
We know this happens more often than we care to admit.

1710
01:47:06.046 --> 01:47:08.366
We've seen it rise exponentially.

1711
01:47:09.086 --> 01:47:10.246
A 50% increase

1712
01:47:11.046 --> 01:47:14.126
to the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline this year alone.

1713
01:47:15.186 --> 01:47:18.686
Chicago can and will meet the moment, as we always do,

1714
01:47:19.586 --> 01:47:21.726
because this is something that impacts every community,

1715
01:47:22.646 --> 01:47:24.746
every ideology, every gender,

1716
01:47:25.646 --> 01:47:27.866
every person in some fashion or another.

1717
01:47:28.546 --> 01:47:29.786
And it is one of those few

1718
01:47:30.666 --> 01:47:34.506
things on our agenda that unites us all to ending once and for

1719
01:47:34.586 --> 01:47:36.266
all. Thank you, Mr. President.

1720
01:47:36.946 --> 01:47:40.226
Thank you. Alderwoman Stephanie Coleman, you are recognized.

1721
01:47:40.266 --> 01:47:43.446
Thank you, Mr. President. To every advocate here,

1722
01:47:44.286 --> 01:47:47.986
I cannot echo my colleagues' sentiment enough of saying

1723
01:47:48.046 --> 01:47:50.626
thank you. I want to specifically thank Ms.

1724
01:47:50.686 --> 01:47:54.626
Sarah Brown, whose family connection, her family church, is at

1725
01:47:54.926 --> 01:47:57.426
6000 South Ashland in the 16th Ward.

1726
01:47:57.746 --> 01:48:01.646
But in my most difficult season, you kept me informed and involved.

1727
01:48:02.086 --> 01:48:05.406
And not many advocates, not many Black

1728
01:48:05.466 --> 01:48:09.406
women are strong enough to be a victim,

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01:48:09.466 --> 01:48:13.346
but also tell the story of what a survivor looks

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01:48:13.406 --> 01:48:16.986
like. So I'm really grateful that you have the audacity and

1731
01:48:17.046 --> 01:48:20.286
courage to help other women in the struggle.

1732
01:48:21.006 --> 01:48:24.826
To Dorothy Tucker, Karen Freeman-Wilson, and the NAACP women.

1733
01:48:26.026 --> 01:48:28.886
Black women make up 16% of Chicago population.

1734
01:48:28.946 --> 01:48:32.826
However, we are one of three victims of every crime

1735
01:48:32.886 --> 01:48:36.666
statistic there is. Specifically for assault and batteries, Black

1736
01:48:36.706 --> 01:48:40.566
women account for 65% as it relates to domestic

1737
01:48:40.626 --> 01:48:44.466
violence. So as Alderwoman Hatton mentioned, funding

1738
01:48:44.526 --> 01:48:47.346
is so necessary, especially for the smaller

1739
01:48:47.726 --> 01:48:51.446
community-based organizations that are working with CPD and the

1740
01:48:51.506 --> 01:48:55.406
CAPS office and the domestic violence subcommittees

1741
01:48:55.486 --> 01:48:59.426
under CAPS. And ensuring that the least of these get the

1742
01:48:59.506 --> 01:49:03.246
help and the funding, especially on the South and West Sides

1743
01:49:03.646 --> 01:49:07.546
that cater to Black and brown women in the struggle.

1744
01:49:07.706 --> 01:49:11.606
October is just one month. We can discuss domestic violence every month.

1745
01:49:12.026 --> 01:49:15.606
And so thank you again for your advocacy, and I'm so glad that you all are here to

1746
01:49:15.666 --> 01:49:16.126
join us.

1747
01:49:17.126 --> 01:49:20.486
Thank you, Alderwoman. The chair recognizes Alder

1748
01:49:20.546 --> 01:49:21.266
Quesada.

1749
01:49:22.886 --> 01:49:24.726
Thank you, Chairman, and thank you, Mr. President.

1750
01:49:25.366 --> 01:49:27.746
I rise to speak in support of this resolution.

1751
01:49:28.926 --> 01:49:32.786
One of the most striking moments in my time in public service was

1752
01:49:32.846 --> 01:49:36.646
about seven or eight years ago, when I worked for the former alderman of the 35th

1753
01:49:36.686 --> 01:49:39.446
Ward, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, as the neighborhood service director.

1754
01:49:40.046 --> 01:49:44.006
And one morning a mother came into our office with three

1755
01:49:44.046 --> 01:49:47.546
of her children, and she was in a panic, and she was crying.

1756
01:49:48.126 --> 01:49:52.066
And she came in and she said, "I need help." And I said, "Absolutely.

1757
01:49:52.106 --> 01:49:54.866
What's going on?" And she said, "I just ran away from my house.

1758
01:49:55.486 --> 01:49:59.126
My boyfriend was beating me, and I'm not going to take it

1759
01:49:59.166 --> 01:50:02.006
anymore, and I didn't know where else to go to, so I came here."

1760
01:50:02.746 --> 01:50:03.226
And

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01:50:04.026 --> 01:50:08.006
I was in my early 20s, and I, as a child who grew up in a home of

1762
01:50:08.046 --> 01:50:11.486
domestic violence, you get into that fight or flight mode and

1763
01:50:11.546 --> 01:50:15.446
immediately just started to tend to her emergency, started

1764
01:50:15.486 --> 01:50:16.646
to ask her what she needed.

1765
01:50:17.526 --> 01:50:19.226
And I remember going through the

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01:50:20.106 --> 01:50:23.325
rigmarole of calling different organizations, and that's when I first came

1767
01:50:23.386 --> 01:50:25.506
across Mujeres Latinas en Accion,

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01:50:26.386 --> 01:50:30.126
and the great work that they do. And I remember calling their hotline,

1769
01:50:30.706 --> 01:50:34.046
and explaining the situation that this woman and her children are going through,

1770
01:50:34.426 --> 01:50:38.346
and they said, "Please send her to us immediately." And I ordered a Lyft,

1771
01:50:38.606 --> 01:50:42.526
I bought food for the kids, and sent them on their way

1772
01:50:42.946 --> 01:50:46.606
to Mujeres Latinas en Accion. I didn't hear from her for a number of months.

1773
01:50:46.666 --> 01:50:50.606
It was probably about five or six months later, and I was walking in Lincoln Park

1774
01:50:50.646 --> 01:50:54.286
one day, and I saw this mother walking out of the park with her kids,

1775
01:50:54.586 --> 01:50:58.546
and she looked a lot different. She looked healthier, she looked safe, she looked

1776
01:50:58.566 --> 01:51:02.446
at peace. And I remember we ran into each other on the sidewalk,

1777
01:51:02.486 --> 01:51:04.146
and she ran up to me. She remembered my name.

1778
01:51:04.186 --> 01:51:06.306
She said, "Anthony, thank you so much.

1779
01:51:06.746 --> 01:51:10.586
Thank you, you saved my life that day." But it wasn't me. It was a collective.

1780
01:51:10.686 --> 01:51:12.526
It was our community that came together.

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01:51:12.786 --> 01:51:16.446
But it was the work of Mujeres Latinas en Accion who put that woman in

1782
01:51:16.526 --> 01:51:20.366
safety and her children in safety and ensured that she was able to go back to

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01:51:20.426 --> 01:51:23.526
work, and that her children were able to go back to school.

1784
01:51:23.966 --> 01:51:27.406
That is the work that these organizations do day in and day out.

1785
01:51:27.886 --> 01:51:31.646
And because of this silent crisis of domestic violence, it has normalized the

1786
01:51:31.666 --> 01:51:34.146
violence that we have in our homes, but also that we see in our streets.

1787
01:51:34.626 --> 01:51:38.226
I'll never forget that in my first relationship, outside of high school, I

1788
01:51:38.286 --> 01:51:41.866
experienced domestic violence as well. But it was normalized.

1789
01:51:41.946 --> 01:51:45.866
I thought that that was an expression of love or admiration or

1790
01:51:45.926 --> 01:51:49.486
something. I didn't know it. Because of the domestic violence that I experienced at

1791
01:51:49.546 --> 01:51:52.586
home, it was normalized, that kind of violence.

1792
01:51:52.886 --> 01:51:56.026
So I do want to commend all the advocates that are doing the

1793
01:51:56.666 --> 01:52:00.606
silent work of saving people, women, men, children,

1794
01:52:01.086 --> 01:52:04.886
because this is something that cannot be tolerated any longer. Thank you very much.

1795
01:52:05.386 --> 01:52:08.446
Thank you. Alderman Sigcho-Lopez, you are recognized.

1796
01:52:10.686 --> 01:52:13.946
Thank you, Mr. President. I do also want to rise in support

1797
01:52:14.746 --> 01:52:17.206
of this resolution, in this important resolution.

1798
01:52:18.446 --> 01:52:22.106
I want to thank everybody in the box, all the leaders that keep

1799
01:52:22.566 --> 01:52:25.006
our families and our community safe.

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01:52:25.486 --> 01:52:29.386
As the women of Chicago goes, so the rest of the city and the rest of

1801
01:52:29.426 --> 01:52:32.586
our families. So I want to thank specifically and especially,

1802
01:52:33.706 --> 01:52:35.606
Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Berta Morfin,

1803
01:52:36.746 --> 01:52:40.466
and all the founders of Mujeres Latinas en Accion that have served our

1804
01:52:40.506 --> 01:52:42.206
community since 1973.

1805
01:52:43.246 --> 01:52:44.126
When I was a teacher,

1806
01:52:45.426 --> 01:52:49.066
serving in some of the poorest communities of the city, and I tell you,

1807
01:52:49.666 --> 01:52:53.446
it really takes a village. Sister K actually used to

1808
01:52:53.866 --> 01:52:57.466
help us a lot to welcome survivors and victims and

1809
01:52:57.506 --> 01:53:00.426
provide them shelter and immediate assistance.

1810
01:53:00.866 --> 01:53:04.386
In a time where people are scared and afraid, we remember that leaders are out

1811
01:53:04.446 --> 01:53:08.346
there. And there's many people here in the city who care and

1812
01:53:08.426 --> 01:53:09.346
who support each other.

1813
01:53:10.626 --> 01:53:14.406
I want to also recognize the work that needs to continue to be

1814
01:53:14.446 --> 01:53:14.686
done,

1815
01:53:15.766 --> 01:53:19.086
especially around housing. As the Chair of Housing and Real Estate,

1816
01:53:19.846 --> 01:53:23.786
we must recognize that survivors and victims oftentimes stay

1817
01:53:23.826 --> 01:53:27.406
with their abusers because of lack of shelter, because of lack of housing

1818
01:53:27.486 --> 01:53:30.146
options. And that is a fundamental change that

1819
01:53:30.206 --> 01:53:32.646
we need to address.

1820
01:53:33.646 --> 01:53:37.626
The rapid rehousing program that has housed 417

1821
01:53:37.686 --> 01:53:38.286
survivors

1822
01:53:39.106 --> 01:53:41.246
needs more funding, needs more support.

1823
01:53:41.566 --> 01:53:44.926
So our commitment here in the city of Chicago, to

1824
01:53:44.966 --> 01:53:48.086
protect all people, to protect their families, to protect their women,

1825
01:53:48.466 --> 01:53:51.706
LGBTQ, and the interconnectedness of these issues of violence.

1826
01:53:52.026 --> 01:53:55.506
When violence is not addressed, it spreads throughout the community, and that is

1827
01:53:55.546 --> 01:53:58.506
the rise of that violence is here at the highest level of government.

1828
01:53:58.846 --> 01:54:02.586
But here in Chicago, we must help and support each other, and that's why I want to

1829
01:54:02.646 --> 01:54:06.366
thank every single one of you in the box who are making the difference to make sure

1830
01:54:06.406 --> 01:54:09.365
that Chicago and our families are safe. Thank you, Mr. President.

1831
01:54:09.425 --> 01:54:12.686
You're welcome. Thank you. The Chair recognizes Alderwoman Pitts.

1832
01:54:15.306 --> 01:54:19.146
Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise to support the resolution.

1833
01:54:20.666 --> 01:54:23.686
And I was just thinking about one of the most

1834
01:54:23.886 --> 01:54:26.746
tragic accident that could happen to me

1835
01:54:27.766 --> 01:54:31.646
in my lifetime as being an alderman was to see

1836
01:54:33.386 --> 01:54:36.426
a man break into a lady's house,

1837
01:54:37.866 --> 01:54:38.726
threw a baby

1838
01:54:39.886 --> 01:54:40.746
out the window,

1839
01:54:41.666 --> 01:54:44.406
and then cut the lady's neck.

1840
01:54:45.686 --> 01:54:49.446
It just so happened I may have been in the area

1841
01:54:50.066 --> 01:54:52.406
to have witnessed this,

1842
01:54:53.446 --> 01:54:55.546
but it was something that stayed with me.

1843
01:54:56.626 --> 01:54:59.106
And what I see today

1844
01:54:59.986 --> 01:55:03.486
is that we need far more domestic violence

1845
01:55:03.986 --> 01:55:06.046
teaching for our youth

1846
01:55:06.866 --> 01:55:09.826
so that they know that they don't have to endure

1847
01:55:11.066 --> 01:55:13.026
it, that you need to know the signs.

1848
01:55:13.606 --> 01:55:16.826
First of all, the signs and when to get out and not

1849
01:55:16.946 --> 01:55:19.406
stay in relationship where

1850
01:55:20.326 --> 01:55:24.086
you allow it to start and then it get to a point

1851
01:55:24.126 --> 01:55:27.326
where you're overwhelmed and don't know how to get out.

1852
01:55:27.886 --> 01:55:31.866
And most of the time, they don't have family members or someone to help them to get

1853
01:55:31.966 --> 01:55:35.766
out. So I applaud you ladies and all of you who

1854
01:55:35.846 --> 01:55:38.286
are continuing to work on their behalf.

1855
01:55:38.386 --> 01:55:39.406
But yet,

1856
01:55:40.326 --> 01:55:43.606
work that's been done, there's still much more that need to be done.

1857
01:55:43.966 --> 01:55:45.206
So thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1858
01:55:46.046 --> 01:55:49.286
You are welcome. Are there any other alders that wish to speak to this resolution?

1859
01:55:50.606 --> 01:55:54.386
Very well. Seeing no hands, I do want to recognize and thank all of the

1860
01:55:54.466 --> 01:55:56.926
individuals that have joined us today in the box.

1861
01:55:57.366 --> 01:56:00.066
Thank you again to Sarah Brown Katina

1862
01:56:00.146 --> 01:56:03.926
Watkins-Lloyd, Juanita

1863
01:56:04.666 --> 01:56:07.766
Arreola, Julia Weiner, Sung Yeon,

1864
01:56:08.606 --> 01:56:09.366
Madeline Burr,

1865
01:56:10.326 --> 01:56:13.906
Min Kim, Mallory Morgan, Gladys

1866
01:56:14.786 --> 01:56:18.726
De La Torre, Emmanuel Heras, Esmeralda

1867
01:56:19.346 --> 01:56:21.086
Gonzalez, Claudia Rangel,

1868
01:56:22.166 --> 01:56:23.086
Joel Rivas,

1869
01:56:23.986 --> 01:56:25.066
Janeth Hernandez,

1870
01:56:26.326 --> 01:56:28.126
and Bertha Morin.

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01:56:30.426 --> 01:56:32.206
Every October we come together to

1872
01:56:33.446 --> 01:56:36.386
lift up the survivors of domestic violence.

1873
01:56:37.686 --> 01:56:41.566
We mourn those that we have lost, and we recommit ourselves to

1874
01:56:41.686 --> 01:56:42.566
end this violence.

1875
01:56:43.546 --> 01:56:47.246
We know that one in four women and one in seven men will

1876
01:56:47.306 --> 01:56:50.406
experience partner violence at some point in their relationship.

1877
01:56:51.286 --> 01:56:55.006
And due to systemic racism and inequities, there are

1878
01:56:55.086 --> 01:56:58.446
higher rates of domestic violence in Black, Brown, and

1879
01:56:59.146 --> 01:57:01.046
LGBTQ+ communities.

1880
01:57:02.546 --> 01:57:06.386
And that is why the city and this administration is working so hard to combat

1881
01:57:06.506 --> 01:57:09.786
and prevent domestic violence in Chicago.

1882
01:57:10.786 --> 01:57:11.786
We are working with

1883
01:57:12.846 --> 01:57:16.506
city and community agencies to educate, raise awareness,

1884
01:57:16.946 --> 01:57:20.026
provide resources for those experiencing domestic violence.

1885
01:57:21.286 --> 01:57:24.526
We have a full and robust gender-based violence task force

1886
01:57:25.206 --> 01:57:26.646
that is made up of survivors,

1887
01:57:27.466 --> 01:57:28.306
community members,

1888
01:57:29.806 --> 01:57:33.126
and liaisons with the LGBTQ+ Advisory Council

1889
01:57:33.766 --> 01:57:35.326
and the Women's Advisory Council.

1890
01:57:36.546 --> 01:57:40.326
We have partnered with DFSS to increase funding for the Survivor Fund,

1891
01:57:40.946 --> 01:57:43.906
enabling us to reach more than

1892
01:57:44.006 --> 01:57:46.606
16,000 survivors of domestic violence,

1893
01:57:47.926 --> 01:57:50.426
stalking, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

1894
01:57:51.766 --> 01:57:52.346
This fund

1895
01:57:53.166 --> 01:57:56.946
has also helped to house over 400 survivors and children, and the

1896
01:57:56.986 --> 01:58:00.166
Preventable program has reached more than

1897
01:58:00.226 --> 01:58:03.326
13,000 young people and adults.

1898
01:58:04.546 --> 01:58:08.146
And we have hosted several roundtables with at-risk communities to hear their

1899
01:58:08.206 --> 01:58:09.525
concerns, their wants

1900
01:58:10.386 --> 01:58:12.226
and needs surrounding domestic violence.

1901
01:58:13.186 --> 01:58:13.626
So today,

1902
01:58:14.426 --> 01:58:15.326
we all stand together

1903
01:58:16.266 --> 01:58:19.706
as we continue our efforts to not just raise awareness, but

1904
01:58:19.766 --> 01:58:23.446
support and protect survivors and create a world that is

1905
01:58:23.506 --> 01:58:25.006
free of domestic violence.

1906
01:58:26.206 --> 01:58:26.766
And with that,

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01:58:30.006 --> 01:58:33.866
Alderman Mitchell, can I get a motion for the passage of this

1908
01:58:33.906 --> 01:58:34.446
resolution?

1909
01:58:35.206 --> 01:58:36.986
Mr. President, I move passage in the ominous.

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01:58:37.746 --> 01:58:40.586
Very well. Hearing no objections, so order.

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01:58:41.306 --> 01:58:45.046
Thank you all very much for being here today and for all of your amazing work.

1912
01:58:56.006 --> 01:58:56.446
Very well.

1913
01:59:04.026 --> 01:59:04.706
Alderman Mitchell.

1914
01:59:05.626 --> 01:59:07.346
Move that we return to the regular order of business.

1915
01:59:07.386 --> 01:59:09.686
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

1916
01:59:10.306 --> 01:59:13.786
Alderman Bennett Lawson has requested to

1917
01:59:14.506 --> 01:59:18.086
participate in today's meeting, the remaining of today's meeting,

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01:59:18.146 --> 01:59:19.406
remotely for

1919
01:59:20.506 --> 01:59:22.106
reasons stated in Rule 59.

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01:59:23.686 --> 01:59:26.646
Can we confirm Alderman Bennett Lawson's presence online?

1921
01:59:27.366 --> 01:59:28.206
Alderman Lawson?

1922
01:59:29.406 --> 01:59:30.126
Present. Thank you.

1923
01:59:30.826 --> 01:59:33.886
Very well. Can I get a motion for the participation? It's been moved.

1924
01:59:34.006 --> 01:59:37.826
All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed say nay.

1925
01:59:37.866 --> 01:59:40.046
In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

1926
01:59:40.546 --> 01:59:42.066
Next up, communications.

1927
01:59:48.186 --> 01:59:50.966
Communications from His Honor, the Mayor, to the Honorable, the City Council of the

1928
01:59:51.026 --> 01:59:51.766
City of Chicago.

1929
01:59:53.066 --> 01:59:56.586
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the chief financial officer, I transmitted

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01:59:56.626 --> 02:00:00.286
with an ordinance authorizing the issuance of $500 million in wastewater

1931
02:00:00.346 --> 02:00:03.666
transmission revenue bonds. Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be

1932
02:00:03.726 --> 02:00:06.966
appreciated. Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

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02:00:07.146 --> 02:00:08.486
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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02:00:09.826 --> 02:00:12.666
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Housing, I transmitted

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02:00:12.706 --> 02:00:16.466
with an ordinance authorizing increased TIF assistance for the development of

1936
02:00:16.505 --> 02:00:19.765
1539 North Pulaski Elderly Apartments project.

1937
02:00:20.206 --> 02:00:22.526
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

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02:00:22.926 --> 02:00:25.666
Very truly yours, signed, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

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02:00:25.926 --> 02:00:27.226
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

1940
02:00:28.346 --> 02:00:31.266
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Housing, I transmitted

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02:00:31.306 --> 02:00:35.286
with an ordinance authorizing the execution of a TIF redevelopment agreement with

1942
02:00:35.386 --> 02:00:38.886
Oak and Larrabee LLC. Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be

1943
02:00:38.926 --> 02:00:42.546
appreciated. Very truly yours, signed, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

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02:00:42.726 --> 02:00:44.046
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

1945
02:00:45.126 --> 02:00:48.146
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Housing, I transmitted

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02:00:48.166 --> 02:00:51.226
with an ordinance establishing a new tax increment financing neighborhood

1947
02:00:51.286 --> 02:00:55.266
improvement program to allow the use of TIF funds for the home

1948
02:00:55.326 --> 02:00:58.946
repair program. Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

1949
02:00:59.266 --> 02:01:01.966
Very truly yours, signed, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

1950
02:01:02.226 --> 02:01:03.506
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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02:01:04.686 --> 02:01:07.926
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Housing, I transmitted

1952
02:01:07.966 --> 02:01:11.386
with ordinances authorizing the issuance of financial assistance for the Morgan

1953
02:01:11.486 --> 02:01:14.106
Park Commons Phase One housing redevelopment project.

1954
02:01:14.506 --> 02:01:17.526
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

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02:01:17.826 --> 02:01:21.146
Very truly yours, signed, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

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02:01:21.426 --> 02:01:22.706
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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02:01:24.286 --> 02:01:27.246
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Housing, I transmitted

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02:01:27.266 --> 02:01:31.246
with an ordinance authorizing the issuance of multifamily loan for the acquisition

1959
02:01:31.266 --> 02:01:33.226
and preservation of Palmer Place Apartments.

1960
02:01:33.586 --> 02:01:36.666
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

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02:01:37.046 --> 02:01:39.726
Very truly yours, signed, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

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02:01:39.986 --> 02:01:41.286
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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02:01:42.326 --> 02:01:45.166
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the superintendent of the Chicago Board of

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02:01:45.206 --> 02:01:48.966
Education, I transmitted with an ordinance authorizing the provision of permit fee

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02:01:49.006 --> 02:01:51.086
waivers for the Chicago Board of Education.

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02:01:51.486 --> 02:01:53.766
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

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02:01:54.106 --> 02:01:56.706
Very truly yours, signed, Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

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02:01:57.006 --> 02:01:58.306
Referred to the Committee on Finance.

1969
02:01:59.386 --> 02:02:01.586
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Planning and

1970
02:02:01.626 --> 02:02:04.826
Development, I transmitted with ordinances authorizing the

1971
02:02:05.006 --> 02:02:08.906
2027 budget, execution of service provider agreements, and other

1972
02:02:08.966 --> 02:02:12.826
amendments regarding various special service areas located within the city.

1973
02:02:13.262 --> 02:02:15.622
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

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02:02:15.962 --> 02:02:18.722
Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

1975
02:02:19.002 --> 02:02:21.762
Refer to the Committee on Economic, Capital, and Technology Development.

1976
02:02:22.722 --> 02:02:24.802
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Planning and

1977
02:02:24.822 --> 02:02:28.002
Development, I transmitted with ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned

1978
02:02:28.062 --> 02:02:31.282
lands. Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

1979
02:02:31.642 --> 02:02:34.422
Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

1980
02:02:34.682 --> 02:02:36.462
Refer to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

1981
02:02:37.802 --> 02:02:40.702
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Housing, I transmitted

1982
02:02:40.742 --> 02:02:44.302
with ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned land and the execution of

1983
02:02:44.362 --> 02:02:48.162
intergovernmental agreements for the development of housing units under the City

1984
02:02:48.262 --> 02:02:50.702
Lots for Working Families program.

1985
02:02:50.942 --> 02:02:53.342
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

1986
02:02:53.682 --> 02:02:56.362
Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

1987
02:02:56.642 --> 02:02:58.442
Refer to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

1988
02:02:59.322 --> 02:03:01.902
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the Commissioner of Business Affairs and

1989
02:03:01.922 --> 02:03:05.762
Consumer Protection, I transmitted with an ordinance amending the municipal code

1990
02:03:05.822 --> 02:03:08.782
regarding business licenses for bicycle messenger services.

1991
02:03:09.162 --> 02:03:11.402
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

1992
02:03:11.642 --> 02:03:14.362
Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

1993
02:03:14.622 --> 02:03:16.802
Refer to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.

1994
02:03:18.041 --> 02:03:21.062
Ladies and gentlemen, I transmitted with appointments to the Police and Fire

1995
02:03:21.122 --> 02:03:24.022
District Councils. Your favorable consideration of these appointments will be

1996
02:03:24.062 --> 02:03:27.642
appreciated. Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

1997
02:03:27.862 --> 02:03:29.522
Refer to the Committee on Police and Fire.

1998
02:03:30.402 --> 02:03:33.222
Ladies and gentlemen, I transmitted with appointments to various special service

1999
02:03:33.302 --> 02:03:36.482
areas. Your favorable consideration of these appointments will be appreciated.

2000
02:03:36.822 --> 02:03:39.622
Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.

2001
02:03:39.902 --> 02:03:42.842
Refer to the Committee on Economic, Capital, and Technology Development.

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02:03:44.042 --> 02:03:47.682
The following veto letter from the Honorable Brandon Johnson, Mayor, was filed in

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02:03:47.702 --> 02:03:51.602
the office of the city clerk on October 9th, 2026 at 3:33

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02:03:51.662 --> 02:03:52.042
PM.

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02:03:53.082 --> 02:03:56.602
To the Honorable, the City Council of the City of Chicago and City Clerk Valencia,

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02:03:57.382 --> 02:04:01.262
I return herewith, without my approval, an ordinance passed by the City Council on

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02:04:01.322 --> 02:04:04.382
September 29th, 2026, document number

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02:04:04.702 --> 02:04:09.362
02026-0026270,

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02:04:09.942 --> 02:04:13.842
requiring any debt issuance ordinance to be approved by a

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02:04:13.902 --> 02:04:17.462
three-fifths vote of alderpersons entitled by law to be elected.

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02:04:18.222 --> 02:04:21.742
Neighborhoods with the greatest infrastructure needs should not face

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02:04:21.822 --> 02:04:25.042
additional barriers to securing essential public investments.

2013
02:04:25.822 --> 02:04:29.282
Delaying infrastructure projects can increase construction costs, worsen

2014
02:04:29.342 --> 02:04:32.482
deterioration, and ultimately cost taxpayers more.

2015
02:04:33.122 --> 02:04:36.942
While this ordinance increases a voting threshold, it does not put into

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02:04:37.002 --> 02:04:40.842
place any additional measures around debt affordability, reporting

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02:04:40.862 --> 02:04:42.842
requirements, or financial oversight.

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02:04:43.562 --> 02:04:47.522
The vote requirement of three-fifths put in place for this particular matter

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02:04:47.962 --> 02:04:51.682
is greater than that of the City of Chicago's $16.6 billion budget

2020
02:04:52.182 --> 02:04:54.662
or any other critical matter that comes before this body.

2021
02:04:55.462 --> 02:04:58.922
For the above stated reasons, it is my duty to veto this ordinance.

2022
02:04:59.462 --> 02:05:00.702
Madam Clerk, please read

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02:05:02.462 --> 02:05:06.402
this letter at the October 14th, 2026 City Council meeting under

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02:05:06.442 --> 02:05:09.782
the heading of Reports and Communications from the Mayor and other City Officers.

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02:05:10.442 --> 02:05:13.102
Sincerely signed, Mayor Brandon Johnson.

2026
02:05:16.042 --> 02:05:16.822
Thank you, Mr. Clerk.

2027
02:05:17.522 --> 02:05:17.622
I-

2028
02:05:17.842 --> 02:05:20.802
Chair-- The chair recognizes Alderman Marty Quinn.

2029
02:05:22.342 --> 02:05:22.922
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

2030
02:05:23.922 --> 02:05:24.842
I move to adopt

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02:05:25.982 --> 02:05:30.742
02026-0026270

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02:05:31.442 --> 02:05:35.382
as previously adopted by the City Council at its regular meeting held on

2033
02:05:35.422 --> 02:05:39.162
September 29th, 2026. Notwithstanding the

2034
02:05:39.202 --> 02:05:42.722
mayoral veto submitted to the city clerk on October 9th of

2035
02:05:42.902 --> 02:05:46.702
2026 by a roll call vote. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to close the debate.

2036
02:05:47.002 --> 02:05:47.402
Very well.

2037
02:05:47.462 --> 02:05:47.862
Thank you, sir.

2038
02:05:48.382 --> 02:05:50.542
There's a motion to pass item

2039
02:05:51.462 --> 02:05:57.682
02026-0026270,

2040
02:05:58.342 --> 02:06:02.102
requiring any debt ordinance to be approved by a three-fifths

2041
02:06:02.162 --> 02:06:06.142
vote of alderpersons entitled by law to be elected.

2042
02:06:07.462 --> 02:06:08.702
This is despite the veto.

2043
02:06:09.822 --> 02:06:11.922
A yes vote means your support

2044
02:06:13.002 --> 02:06:16.962
of the ordinance's passage and an override of the veto.

2045
02:06:17.802 --> 02:06:20.602
A no vote means you support the veto.

2046
02:06:22.182 --> 02:06:24.722
Are there any alders that wish to speak to this item?

2047
02:06:25.062 --> 02:06:28.202
The chair recognizes Alderman Bill Conway.

2048
02:06:28.482 --> 02:06:29.942
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

2049
02:06:30.882 --> 02:06:34.842
Now, we've heard the argument and read that letter that requiring 30 votes

2050
02:06:34.942 --> 02:06:35.222
to

2051
02:06:36.082 --> 02:06:38.362
authorize borrowing will somehow delay

2052
02:06:39.822 --> 02:06:41.722
critical infrastructure projects.

2053
02:06:43.182 --> 02:06:44.002
But the facts

2054
02:06:45.062 --> 02:06:46.562
tell a quite different story.

2055
02:06:47.562 --> 02:06:51.502
The sales tax bonds the city issued just last week were

2056
02:06:51.602 --> 02:06:55.522
authorized by this council last December, 10 months ago,

2057
02:06:56.602 --> 02:07:00.442
and the general obligation bonds the city's expected to issue later this

2058
02:07:00.462 --> 02:07:03.442
year, we authorized those last December as well.

2059
02:07:04.222 --> 02:07:08.062
In fact, we, at this moment in time, have billions of dollars

2060
02:07:08.122 --> 02:07:10.862
of unused borrowing authorization.

2061
02:07:12.202 --> 02:07:15.722
Now, back when I was in banking, a major issuer could call us in one week, we'd

2062
02:07:15.782 --> 02:07:19.662
update the legal documents, line up the brokerage houses, and we could do the debt

2063
02:07:19.742 --> 02:07:21.502
offering the following week.

2064
02:07:22.602 --> 02:07:26.362
So the notion that requiring 30 votes instead of

2065
02:07:26.582 --> 02:07:30.362
26 will somehow delay infrastructure investment

2066
02:07:31.162 --> 02:07:33.962
simply doesn't square with the facts.

2067
02:07:34.862 --> 02:07:38.122
If there is any delay in this area, it is with the executive branch, certainly not

2068
02:07:38.162 --> 02:07:38.822
City Council.

2069
02:07:39.902 --> 02:07:41.062
Now, nobody here

2070
02:07:42.342 --> 02:07:44.562
is arguing against investing in infrastructure.

2071
02:07:44.602 --> 02:07:46.122
We need roads, bridges,

2072
02:07:47.042 --> 02:07:50.542
and public facilities that will serve Chicagoans for generations.

2073
02:07:51.702 --> 02:07:53.002
But this is about

2074
02:07:53.982 --> 02:07:57.702
the difference between borrowing to build our city's futures

2075
02:07:58.422 --> 02:08:01.902
or borrowing to mortgage our city's future.

2076
02:08:02.862 --> 02:08:06.682
Chicago spends roughly $2 billion a year servicing its debt, a number that's due to

2077
02:08:06.722 --> 02:08:10.702
increase, and much of that burden is the consequence of decisions made

2078
02:08:10.762 --> 02:08:11.222
years,

2079
02:08:12.022 --> 02:08:15.582
even decades before many of us arrived in this chamber

2080
02:08:16.438 --> 02:08:19.678
Our predecessors borrowed money, deferred payments, and pushed

2081
02:08:19.778 --> 02:08:22.658
obligations onto future generations.

2082
02:08:23.538 --> 02:08:27.518
Well, we are those future generations, and the

2083
02:08:27.598 --> 02:08:29.438
bills are coming due.

2084
02:08:30.258 --> 02:08:33.898
We inherited those decisions, we inherited the debt, and we inherited the

2085
02:08:33.958 --> 02:08:37.598
consequences. And today, we're spending money servicing old

2086
02:08:37.658 --> 02:08:41.518
debts that could otherwise go towards parks, schools,

2087
02:08:42.158 --> 02:08:45.938
police officers, and mental health clinics, to name a few.

2088
02:08:46.678 --> 02:08:50.458
Now, we cannot change the decisions of the past, but we

2089
02:08:50.538 --> 02:08:51.998
can learn from them.

2090
02:08:53.058 --> 02:08:56.338
Borrowing is often necessary. We all understand that.

2091
02:08:57.078 --> 02:09:00.918
But when we're making financial commitments that will outlive our time in this

2092
02:09:00.978 --> 02:09:04.778
chamber, is it really too much to ask that 30 of

2093
02:09:04.838 --> 02:09:07.098
the 50 members of city council agree?

2094
02:09:08.538 --> 02:09:11.958
Do you really want to still allow 29 members of this council

2095
02:09:12.538 --> 02:09:14.398
to be able to mortgage our future?

2096
02:09:16.578 --> 02:09:18.238
This isn't about stopping investment.

2097
02:09:19.218 --> 02:09:21.077
It's about making better decisions today,

2098
02:09:22.018 --> 02:09:25.898
so future generations aren't forced to live with the consequences of

2099
02:09:25.958 --> 02:09:27.558
our mistakes tomorrow.

2100
02:09:28.598 --> 02:09:31.718
We inherited a city burdened by the debts of its past,

2101
02:09:32.518 --> 02:09:36.298
and our responsibility is to leave the next generation a city

2102
02:09:36.358 --> 02:09:37.038
less burdened

2103
02:09:38.118 --> 02:09:38.818
by ours.

2104
02:09:39.918 --> 02:09:43.858
So, on behalf of the taxpayers of today and the taxpayers of

2105
02:09:43.918 --> 02:09:46.238
future generations, heck, on behalf of my own children,

2106
02:09:47.418 --> 02:09:50.978
we don't need another mortgage on any of our futures.

2107
02:09:52.098 --> 02:09:54.878
Please vote to override this veto. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

2108
02:09:54.938 --> 02:09:57.898
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alder Matt O'Shea.

2109
02:09:59.038 --> 02:09:59.918
Thank you, Mr. President.

2110
02:10:02.218 --> 02:10:06.178
Now, there are people who are more knowledgeable about our financial predicament

2111
02:10:06.858 --> 02:10:07.818
than me in this body.

2112
02:10:09.158 --> 02:10:12.098
But what I want to talk about is something that's becoming more and more

2113
02:10:12.158 --> 02:10:13.158
frustrating to me.

2114
02:10:14.878 --> 02:10:15.738
We were elected

2115
02:10:17.598 --> 02:10:18.498
by our community

2116
02:10:19.618 --> 02:10:20.498
to come down here

2117
02:10:21.918 --> 02:10:23.158
and cast difficult votes.

2118
02:10:27.158 --> 02:10:28.598
Yes vote, no vote,

2119
02:10:31.038 --> 02:10:31.658
own your vote.

2120
02:10:33.918 --> 02:10:35.058
I've seen more people

2121
02:10:35.978 --> 02:10:37.138
duck out of this room,

2122
02:10:37.998 --> 02:10:41.718
scurry out of this room, tiptoe out of this room the past

2123
02:10:42.018 --> 02:10:44.578
three years than I did the first 13 I was here.

2124
02:10:46.978 --> 02:10:47.878
To my colleagues,

2125
02:10:49.598 --> 02:10:50.898
put your big boy pants on

2126
02:10:52.018 --> 02:10:52.958
and cast your vote.

2127
02:10:54.338 --> 02:10:57.538
You support it, you oppose it, but own it,

2128
02:10:58.958 --> 02:11:02.798
and stop hiding and stop ducking and stop

2129
02:11:02.878 --> 02:11:03.598
sneaking out.

2130
02:11:05.118 --> 02:11:08.918
Ladies and gentlemen, we have more than $30 billion

2131
02:11:09.838 --> 02:11:10.878
in outstanding debt.

2132
02:11:13.478 --> 02:11:15.038
I think oversight is a good thing.

2133
02:11:18.198 --> 02:11:20.558
So does the state of Illinois. They also have

2134
02:11:22.398 --> 02:11:23.418
a three-fifths majority.

2135
02:11:25.678 --> 02:11:27.118
So do many other large cities.

2136
02:11:28.938 --> 02:11:31.478
People like to throw around that word "transparency"

2137
02:11:32.318 --> 02:11:33.218
and "accountability."

2138
02:11:34.778 --> 02:11:35.638
That's what this is.

2139
02:11:36.978 --> 02:11:39.358
This is going from 26 votes

2140
02:11:40.318 --> 02:11:41.078
to 30 votes.

2141
02:11:43.218 --> 02:11:46.118
Does anybody really think that if there's a project

2142
02:11:47.398 --> 02:11:50.978
on the south or west side that's needed, a development that's needed,

2143
02:11:51.398 --> 02:11:53.138
infrastructure improvements that are needed,

2144
02:11:54.158 --> 02:11:56.358
we wouldn't all rally in support of our colleague?

2145
02:11:59.078 --> 02:11:59.498
Come on.

2146
02:12:03.118 --> 02:12:06.998
If you signed in today, whether you're up on that screen or you're here in

2147
02:12:07.038 --> 02:12:07.578
this room,

2148
02:12:08.578 --> 02:12:12.138
own your vote. And if you're hiding in your office down the hallway,

2149
02:12:12.698 --> 02:12:14.318
get your a*s back here in the chambers.

2150
02:12:15.518 --> 02:12:17.298
Alderman Knudson, you are recognized.

2151
02:12:19.318 --> 02:12:21.138
I was just confirming I was in quorum.

2152
02:12:22.098 --> 02:12:22.338
Yes.

2153
02:12:25.478 --> 02:12:26.378
It actually wasn't meant to be a-

2154
02:12:26.438 --> 02:12:27.238
Confirmation.

2155
02:12:28.298 --> 02:12:30.418
Chair recognizes Alder Lospada.

2156
02:12:32.597 --> 02:12:36.537
Thank you so much. I really appreciate all of the texts that

2157
02:12:36.597 --> 02:12:38.498
I've gotten about this. The

2158
02:12:39.538 --> 02:12:40.598
scurrying talk,

2159
02:12:41.678 --> 02:12:42.618
I take umbrage at.

2160
02:12:43.758 --> 02:12:47.038
Because I've had questions about my absence, talked about it in my newsletter,

2161
02:12:47.138 --> 02:12:51.118
happy to talk about it here. Listen, I would far prefer my daughter to

2162
02:12:51.178 --> 02:12:55.138
be in AM preschool than PM. Certainly has made for

2163
02:12:55.198 --> 02:12:57.298
complicated pickup and drop-off.

2164
02:12:57.878 --> 02:13:00.358
But that's what I do because I care about her education.

2165
02:13:01.118 --> 02:13:01.158
I

2166
02:13:02.118 --> 02:13:05.538
regrettably underestimated the lack of

2167
02:13:05.598 --> 02:13:08.078
dialogue around the passage of this ordinance.

2168
02:13:08.598 --> 02:13:11.998
Last time, I thought I would have enough time to log in by rule

2169
02:13:12.318 --> 02:13:16.238
59. By the time I was able to log in, the meeting was already over.

2170
02:13:17.098 --> 02:13:20.398
I apologize. I won't make that mistake twice.

2171
02:13:20.878 --> 02:13:24.678
But the notion that I've read now a lot of times

2172
02:13:25.218 --> 02:13:28.898
that I was trying to dodge my responsibility to

2173
02:13:28.978 --> 02:13:30.478
vote in this council,

2174
02:13:31.298 --> 02:13:31.838
I take

2175
02:13:33.278 --> 02:13:34.278
genuine umbrage at,

2176
02:13:35.078 --> 02:13:37.718
because that's not how I've tried to do my job for the last eight years.

2177
02:13:38.538 --> 02:13:40.498
I would've voted against it then.

2178
02:13:41.438 --> 02:13:45.078
I would vote against it today, and I plan to, because I

2179
02:13:46.078 --> 02:13:47.858
genuinely am baffled

2180
02:13:48.718 --> 02:13:49.058
by

2181
02:13:50.478 --> 02:13:54.078
this skepticism around the concept of

2182
02:13:54.158 --> 02:13:57.858
funding infrastructure based off of general obligation bonds

2183
02:13:58.678 --> 02:14:02.238
that just does not have merit in reality.

2184
02:14:03.398 --> 02:14:05.018
And I'm sorry to be someone to say that.

2185
02:14:05.438 --> 02:14:08.978
If this was about that we shouldn't take out short-term,

2186
02:14:09.178 --> 02:14:12.038
high-interest loans to cover operating costs,

2187
02:14:13.418 --> 02:14:17.398
I think that's fair. If it's about whether we should put operating costs

2188
02:14:17.898 --> 02:14:21.358
against bonds, that's something that I would definitely consider, and I voted

2189
02:14:21.418 --> 02:14:21.918
against that

2190
02:14:23.022 --> 02:14:24.662
Around this time last year,

2191
02:14:25.582 --> 02:14:28.622
the notion that bonds are

2192
02:14:29.482 --> 02:14:29.922
somehow

2193
02:14:31.382 --> 02:14:35.162
this unscrupulous means of funding infrastructure,

2194
02:14:37.082 --> 02:14:41.042
I'm really disappointed in the dialogue because I've seen over time how that

2195
02:14:41.102 --> 02:14:42.182
is leading to

2196
02:14:43.182 --> 02:14:45.982
decreasing infrastructure spend in the city.

2197
02:14:46.522 --> 02:14:46.722
When

2198
02:14:47.522 --> 02:14:51.342
if we actually look at our own budget numbers, the city's

2199
02:14:51.422 --> 02:14:55.421
general obligation bond tax levy is lower than it

2200
02:14:55.502 --> 02:14:59.362
was 10 years ago. That is the actual fact that

2201
02:14:59.402 --> 02:15:02.182
is related to this narrative about,

2202
02:15:03.362 --> 02:15:04.842
what is it? Out of control

2203
02:15:05.782 --> 02:15:07.182
debt for the city of Chicago.

2204
02:15:08.802 --> 02:15:11.002
So that's why I'm frustrated at this.

2205
02:15:11.242 --> 02:15:14.862
People can have various motivations on how they vote today

2206
02:15:15.322 --> 02:15:18.622
or not vote today, but the notion that some of us

2207
02:15:19.162 --> 02:15:23.062
were running out of the room to avoid our votes, at least for me,

2208
02:15:23.302 --> 02:15:27.142
is a false narrative on my vote, and the notion that we have

2209
02:15:27.901 --> 02:15:31.082
out-of-control general obligation spending is,

2210
02:15:32.042 --> 02:15:35.142
to me, based off of the facts, a false narrative.

2211
02:15:35.242 --> 02:15:38.382
This is what is informing my vote today. Thank you.

2212
02:15:38.702 --> 02:15:40.462
Thank you. Alderman Irvin.

2213
02:15:45.822 --> 02:15:47.542
Thank you, Mr. President.

2214
02:15:49.462 --> 02:15:51.102
I'm still trying... What's this?

2215
02:15:52.162 --> 02:15:55.762
Bison. The Riz c******s. The Riz

2216
02:15:55.822 --> 02:15:57.442
c******s. But

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02:16:00.102 --> 02:16:01.282
the business here

2218
02:16:02.622 --> 02:16:06.122
of the 51 of us here is the business of politics.

2219
02:16:09.122 --> 02:16:10.102
I know that

2220
02:16:11.402 --> 02:16:15.362
we talk about politics, and the politics is about who gets

2221
02:16:15.502 --> 02:16:15.902
what,

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02:16:16.702 --> 02:16:17.062
where,

2223
02:16:18.102 --> 02:16:21.982
when, and how. George Blakemore, he said, "Contracts, goods, and

2224
02:16:22.062 --> 02:16:22.822
services."

2225
02:16:23.882 --> 02:16:24.362
Thank you.

2226
02:16:25.782 --> 02:16:27.782
But in its true essence,

2227
02:16:29.502 --> 02:16:33.001
politics breaks down to one single word, and that's power.

2228
02:16:34.562 --> 02:16:37.662
And let me start with a question, and I want this to sit with you.

2229
02:16:38.362 --> 02:16:41.202
Who gives away their power?

2230
02:16:44.742 --> 02:16:46.642
This body continues to evolve.

2231
02:16:47.622 --> 02:16:50.722
When you look at the councils over the last couple of generations, you go back to

2232
02:16:50.763 --> 02:16:52.502
the '70s, 14

2233
02:16:53.402 --> 02:16:55.662
minorities sat in this body. 14

2234
02:16:56.683 --> 02:16:57.263
all happened to

2235
02:16:58.103 --> 02:16:58.882
look like me.

2236
02:16:59.683 --> 02:17:03.183
37 members of the majority. Think about this, 40% of the City of

2237
02:17:03.222 --> 02:17:06.683
Chicago's population was Black. We had 14

2238
02:17:06.763 --> 02:17:08.482
members in this body.

2239
02:17:09.362 --> 02:17:12.482
15% of the population is Latino, but yet

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02:17:12.882 --> 02:17:16.523
zero members in this body at that time.

2241
02:17:16.683 --> 02:17:18.142
It wasn't until the mid-'80s

2242
02:17:18.962 --> 02:17:22.622
when Mayor Harold Washington went all the way to the Supreme Court for the Latino

2243
02:17:22.662 --> 02:17:24.482
community to gain one seat in this room,

2244
02:17:25.642 --> 02:17:27.183
for the right for them to elect

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02:17:28.862 --> 02:17:32.162
a candidate of their choice. Again, who gives away power?

2246
02:17:34.082 --> 02:17:35.702
Nobody gives their power away

2247
02:17:37.042 --> 02:17:40.242
because when you get the power, you keep it, you protect it.

2248
02:17:41.142 --> 02:17:44.982
But power can also be taken back, and it doesn't always happen with a fist.

2249
02:17:46.002 --> 02:17:47.962
Sometimes it's just a subtle rule change.

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02:17:48.202 --> 02:17:51.862
And for as long as I can remember, 26 votes ruled the day in this body.

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02:17:52.042 --> 02:17:53.523
That's how democracy works.

2252
02:17:54.482 --> 02:17:56.302
You win with the majority, you move on.

2253
02:17:57.122 --> 02:18:01.082
And now this seeks to change that to three-fifths, which is an insult unto itself,

2254
02:18:01.122 --> 02:18:04.202
but I'll let you all get that in the parking lot, and do the math with me.

2255
02:18:04.982 --> 02:18:08.882
26 votes threshold governs, but with three-fifths, the

2256
02:18:08.923 --> 02:18:12.502
minority governs at that point. And again, a minority of the council

2257
02:18:12.982 --> 02:18:16.582
now will hold the key of how the city can invest in

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02:18:16.662 --> 02:18:17.263
itself.

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02:18:18.142 --> 02:18:20.442
Because borrowing is not abstract.

2260
02:18:21.603 --> 02:18:25.122
It's about investment. It's investment in our communities, the

2261
02:18:25.183 --> 02:18:28.582
libraries, the streets, the affordable housing, the stores, the

2262
02:18:28.642 --> 02:18:29.462
infrastructure.

2263
02:18:30.322 --> 02:18:31.782
It tells the community that

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02:18:32.603 --> 02:18:34.302
you matter and that we're coming to help.

2265
02:18:35.122 --> 02:18:36.702
And here's what I want you to notice.

2266
02:18:38.162 --> 02:18:40.381
For generations when that investment flowed

2267
02:18:42.141 --> 02:18:45.382
across this city, it missed a whole lot of communities.

2268
02:18:47.082 --> 02:18:49.023
Austin, Garfield,

2269
02:18:50.442 --> 02:18:54.423
Lawndale, Humboldt, Little Village, Rosemont,

2270
02:18:54.923 --> 02:18:58.882
Englewood, Altgeld. And now the money's starting to

2271
02:18:58.962 --> 02:18:59.263
flow,

2272
02:19:00.523 --> 02:19:04.142
and we want to change the rules. Again, who gives

2273
02:19:04.263 --> 02:19:06.322
away their power?

2274
02:19:07.642 --> 02:19:11.322
This history of this city has never been kind to Black and Latino

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02:19:11.382 --> 02:19:15.042
communities, and it's only been through the courts that we've had some

2276
02:19:15.122 --> 02:19:17.402
semblance of fairness. Again,

2277
02:19:18.402 --> 02:19:21.802
who gives away their power?

2278
02:19:22.802 --> 02:19:26.142
I know aldermen like Dawson, Lewis, Langford, Harris,

2279
02:19:26.843 --> 02:19:30.782
Beavers, Shaw, turning over in their graves, thinking that Black folks

2280
02:19:30.802 --> 02:19:32.183
are about to give away their power.

2281
02:19:32.622 --> 02:19:35.343
Again, I would mention Latino aldermen, but y'all haven't been here long enough to

2282
02:19:35.382 --> 02:19:39.322
have folks of that legacy. Again, why do the rules need

2283
02:19:39.362 --> 02:19:40.062
to change?

2284
02:19:41.482 --> 02:19:44.622
Who gives away their

2285
02:19:45.122 --> 02:19:45.603
power?

2286
02:19:47.183 --> 02:19:48.562
You want to call it independence.

2287
02:19:51.142 --> 02:19:52.122
It's ironic

2288
02:19:53.282 --> 02:19:55.822
that we only talk about independence

2289
02:19:57.342 --> 02:20:01.322
and executive oversight when the person sitting up there look

2290
02:20:01.362 --> 02:20:01.842
like me.

2291
02:20:03.222 --> 02:20:04.262
I can't run from that.

2292
02:20:05.482 --> 02:20:06.782
It happened under Washington.

2293
02:20:07.642 --> 02:20:11.562
It happened for about 15 minutes under Lori Lightfoot, and

2294
02:20:11.602 --> 02:20:12.422
it's been going

2295
02:20:13.722 --> 02:20:15.762
pretty much all the term here under Johnson.

2296
02:20:16.722 --> 02:20:20.702
Three Black mayors, and every time the rules all of a sudden become an

2297
02:20:20.762 --> 02:20:21.122
issue.

2298
02:20:22.522 --> 02:20:25.502
Now, again, call it independence. You want to call it reforms.

2299
02:20:25.522 --> 02:20:27.022
You want to call it checks and balances.

2300
02:20:27.762 --> 02:20:29.562
But again, where was that concern before?

2301
02:20:30.810 --> 02:20:34.690
Under Daley, under Emanuel, under the other Daley, where was the

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02:20:34.730 --> 02:20:35.570
concern then

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02:20:36.630 --> 02:20:38.390
when investment was going elsewhere?

2304
02:20:39.490 --> 02:20:43.070
Where was the passion for the threshold of greater than a simple majority

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02:20:43.450 --> 02:20:47.350
when folks was getting everything else and we were left out? Where was it then?

2306
02:20:52.150 --> 02:20:54.870
You're going to be here, too, George. I got you. But let me say this.

2307
02:20:54.950 --> 02:20:57.070
I think about people like Nancy Jefferson,

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02:20:57.990 --> 02:21:01.930
Birdell Trice in the Midwest Community Council, Ila Daggett, Ms.

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02:21:02.030 --> 02:21:05.870
Robinson, and people in Austin that had to file federal lawsuits to get a

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02:21:05.950 --> 02:21:08.470
swimming pool and swing sets in their communities.

2311
02:21:09.230 --> 02:21:12.490
Tell me, why would I give away

2312
02:21:13.330 --> 02:21:13.990
my power?

2313
02:21:17.270 --> 02:21:20.490
When the majority is comfortable, 26 is fine.

2314
02:21:21.050 --> 02:21:24.510
Now the city is changing. The old guard is shrinking.

2315
02:21:25.250 --> 02:21:28.010
The voters have spoken again and again,

2316
02:21:29.030 --> 02:21:31.270
and suddenly 26 is not enough.

2317
02:21:32.450 --> 02:21:33.510
Remember, I opened

2318
02:21:35.130 --> 02:21:38.310
with the council being 14 minority members.

2319
02:21:39.050 --> 02:21:40.130
Now fast-forward.

2320
02:21:40.930 --> 02:21:41.610
This council

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02:21:42.590 --> 02:21:46.250
is as diverse as it's ever been. Well, guess who's the 14 now?

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02:21:47.750 --> 02:21:48.610
Here's what I know.

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02:21:49.470 --> 02:21:52.930
What we win at the ballot box, we got to defend in the courtroom,

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02:21:53.970 --> 02:21:57.290
and now we're going to have to defend it in the rule book, because if you can't

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02:21:58.090 --> 02:22:01.410
beat people at their own game, you just change the rules.

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02:22:02.350 --> 02:22:04.710
We see that happening all over the country.

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02:22:05.690 --> 02:22:08.470
Again, you can't change the vote, just change the threshold.

2328
02:22:08.870 --> 02:22:11.170
You can't change the election, just make it matter less.

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02:22:11.990 --> 02:22:13.130
That's what this means.

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02:22:14.290 --> 02:22:16.310
The voters in this city elected a mayor,

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02:22:17.330 --> 02:22:21.230
they elected a council, and now a majority of the council

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02:22:21.270 --> 02:22:23.870
can say yes, but yet that's still not enough.

2333
02:22:24.190 --> 02:22:25.310
Help me understand that.

2334
02:22:28.970 --> 02:22:31.250
A minority says no.

2335
02:22:32.810 --> 02:22:36.370
That's not independence. That's a veto with a better branding.

2336
02:22:37.410 --> 02:22:41.170
There is no major city in this country, contrary to what was

2337
02:22:41.229 --> 02:22:41.569
said,

2338
02:22:42.790 --> 02:22:44.090
that has such a requirement.

2339
02:22:44.970 --> 02:22:48.570
Some may point to the General Assembly, three-fifths voting requirements,

2340
02:22:48.950 --> 02:22:52.050
but if we had the power of the General Assembly, I probably would agree with that.

2341
02:22:52.290 --> 02:22:55.670
They have way more power than we do to talk about having a

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02:22:55.710 --> 02:22:57.110
three-fifths majority.

2343
02:22:58.650 --> 02:23:01.810
And again, let me just say this. Reverend Jackson said it best.

2344
02:23:02.470 --> 02:23:06.330
He said, "We can win when the playing field is even, the rules are

2345
02:23:06.390 --> 02:23:10.370
public, the goals are clear, the referees are fair, and

2346
02:23:10.410 --> 02:23:12.690
the score is transparent." Let me say that again.

2347
02:23:12.890 --> 02:23:16.830
"We can win when the playing field is even, the rules

2348
02:23:16.850 --> 02:23:18.930
are public, the goals are clear,

2349
02:23:20.070 --> 02:23:23.070
and the referees are fair, and the score is transparent."

2350
02:23:24.130 --> 02:23:27.610
The playing field is even. Is it when 21 can run

2351
02:23:27.830 --> 02:23:31.350
26? When 21 weighs more than 26? Is that even?

2352
02:23:31.530 --> 02:23:33.570
Is that fair? Is that transparent?

2353
02:23:34.850 --> 02:23:35.350
Again,

2354
02:23:39.790 --> 02:23:41.590
when you look at who this benefits,

2355
02:23:42.970 --> 02:23:46.930
the goal looks a lot like holding on to the influence that

2356
02:23:46.970 --> 02:23:48.810
the voters have moved away from.

2357
02:23:50.190 --> 02:23:53.430
Again, who gives away

2358
02:23:53.890 --> 02:23:55.110
their power?

2359
02:23:56.130 --> 02:23:59.010
Nobody gives it. But when we don't pay attention

2360
02:24:00.390 --> 02:24:03.190
to what a technical amendment looks like on a Wednesday

2361
02:24:04.530 --> 02:24:08.050
and who benefits from that change, I will never

2362
02:24:08.590 --> 02:24:12.270
let anybody convince me that my vote counts less

2363
02:24:12.350 --> 02:24:15.010
today than tomorrow. It's not going to happen.

2364
02:24:15.610 --> 02:24:19.250
Again, my mentor, great lady, Karen

2365
02:24:19.290 --> 02:24:23.230
Yarbrough, said something to me 20 years ago that I didn't comprehend at the

2366
02:24:23.310 --> 02:24:26.110
time. Said, "In this business of politics,

2367
02:24:27.230 --> 02:24:31.150
there are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent

2368
02:24:31.210 --> 02:24:31.690
interests."

2369
02:24:32.870 --> 02:24:34.210
No permanent friends,

2370
02:24:35.030 --> 02:24:36.190
no permanent enemies,

2371
02:24:37.110 --> 02:24:40.630
just permanent interests. Ladies and gentlemen, we got to stop playing

2372
02:24:40.690 --> 02:24:43.230
checkers when everybody else is playing chess.

2373
02:24:43.790 --> 02:24:47.630
And I'm not mad at the author of this ordinance because he's doing his job.

2374
02:24:49.690 --> 02:24:53.270
He's trying to maintain his community's influence in a world that has changed,

2375
02:24:53.850 --> 02:24:57.690
and he's doing what he's supposed to do, come down here and get

2376
02:24:57.750 --> 02:24:58.250
power.

2377
02:25:00.910 --> 02:25:04.290
And again, more power to him, but not mine.

2378
02:25:05.150 --> 02:25:09.030
My community does not want to wait this long, work this

2379
02:25:09.090 --> 02:25:12.710
hard, organize this deep to see the investment of our

2380
02:25:12.770 --> 02:25:16.730
neighborhoods gets held hostage by the minority.

2381
02:25:17.170 --> 02:25:21.070
Again, nobody gives away their power, and I

2382
02:25:21.110 --> 02:25:23.230
didn't come down here to give up mine.

2383
02:25:23.830 --> 02:25:27.130
So again, this ordinance is not an attack on the executive branch.

2384
02:25:28.310 --> 02:25:32.250
It's an attack on this body perpetrated by those who've

2385
02:25:32.310 --> 02:25:35.010
seen their power diminish in every election since

2386
02:25:35.070 --> 02:25:36.710
1975.

2387
02:25:37.610 --> 02:25:40.070
This ordinance is not designed to make this council stronger.

2388
02:25:40.450 --> 02:25:43.570
It's to make the majority weaker. Again,

2389
02:25:44.190 --> 02:25:47.770
who gives away their power?

2390
02:25:50.890 --> 02:25:52.090
Voting yes on this matter

2391
02:25:53.570 --> 02:25:54.850
is giving away our power,

2392
02:25:55.790 --> 02:25:57.350
the power of the people that we serve.

2393
02:25:57.790 --> 02:26:01.590
Again, no permanent friends, no permanent enemies,

2394
02:26:02.090 --> 02:26:05.970
only permanent interests. And if you think that they

2395
02:26:06.030 --> 02:26:09.750
will put their community interests aside for ours,

2396
02:26:10.110 --> 02:26:13.650
history has given us that answer already, and

2397
02:26:13.730 --> 02:26:17.410
this is not in our interest. I urge a no

2398
02:26:17.490 --> 02:26:21.230
vote and to protect the power that generations have bled for, have

2399
02:26:21.290 --> 02:26:24.090
fought for, and have died for. Thank you.

2400
02:26:25.530 --> 02:26:25.990
Thank you.

2401
02:26:26.890 --> 02:26:29.710
The chair recognizes Alderman Riley

2402
02:26:32.190 --> 02:26:35.850
Thank you, Mr. President. I think we heard the word power used,

2403
02:26:36.150 --> 02:26:38.110
I counted, 18 times in the last speech.

2404
02:26:38.850 --> 02:26:42.390
And I can tell you, a lot of folks come to the city council for different reasons

2405
02:26:42.430 --> 02:26:43.470
and different motivations.

2406
02:26:44.310 --> 02:26:46.570
Some people came here to do public service.

2407
02:26:46.610 --> 02:26:48.710
It's something that's in their blood.

2408
02:26:49.790 --> 02:26:52.730
Others came here because they felt that they're on a mission to try and save this

2409
02:26:52.790 --> 02:26:56.050
city from a bad trajectory. And clearly, other people came here

2410
02:26:56.870 --> 02:27:00.070
for power. But that's not what this ordinance is about.

2411
02:27:01.290 --> 02:27:04.810
There's this fallacy being pushed around that a three-fifths

2412
02:27:04.870 --> 02:27:08.450
majority will somehow paralyze

2413
02:27:09.270 --> 02:27:13.030
any new infrastructure or development in this city, and that's absolutely

2414
02:27:13.090 --> 02:27:13.630
incorrect.

2415
02:27:14.590 --> 02:27:18.490
But I think it's important to remind my colleagues that Chicago has a

2416
02:27:18.570 --> 02:27:22.030
unique distinction among the 10 biggest cities in America

2417
02:27:22.830 --> 02:27:23.810
to be the only one,

2418
02:27:24.910 --> 02:27:27.770
the only one that requires a simple majority

2419
02:27:28.630 --> 02:27:30.050
to issue more debt like this.

2420
02:27:30.930 --> 02:27:34.790
So we're not looking to go out and stake new uncharted territory

2421
02:27:34.830 --> 02:27:35.110
here.

2422
02:27:36.010 --> 02:27:39.590
We're way behind the times. And so this isn't about

2423
02:27:40.290 --> 02:27:40.650
power,

2424
02:27:41.630 --> 02:27:44.950
it's about good governance. And some folks,

2425
02:27:46.070 --> 02:27:49.870
I think, have learned recently that there isn't a majority that

2426
02:27:49.910 --> 02:27:51.310
works with the executive branch.

2427
02:27:52.150 --> 02:27:55.090
We're seeing there's a majority of this council that's not.

2428
02:27:55.830 --> 02:27:58.870
And in fact, that number is, ironically, 30.

2429
02:27:59.950 --> 02:28:03.730
And so I'd say that the previous speaker's arguments, while passionate,

2430
02:28:04.590 --> 02:28:05.270
are flawed.

2431
02:28:06.190 --> 02:28:09.630
I'll give you a rundown very quickly of the other big cities and what they require

2432
02:28:09.650 --> 02:28:10.650
in order to issue debt.

2433
02:28:11.570 --> 02:28:15.050
New York City requires a two-thirds supermajority vote

2434
02:28:15.590 --> 02:28:18.150
of the city council to pass bond resolutions.

2435
02:28:18.790 --> 02:28:22.710
Los Angeles requires a two-thirds vote from the city council to place it on

2436
02:28:22.750 --> 02:28:23.330
the ballot,

2437
02:28:24.290 --> 02:28:26.230
and then the voters decide.

2438
02:28:27.510 --> 02:28:28.910
We all know about Chicago and our

2439
02:28:30.110 --> 02:28:30.590
failings.

2440
02:28:31.650 --> 02:28:32.030
Houston,

2441
02:28:32.870 --> 02:28:36.730
governed by Texas law mandating public ballot elections for any taxing

2442
02:28:36.770 --> 02:28:37.090
bonds.

2443
02:28:38.550 --> 02:28:42.410
Phoenix, Arizona, local ballot ratified by the citizens.

2444
02:28:42.530 --> 02:28:43.170
Philadelphia,

2445
02:28:44.090 --> 02:28:47.710
the council votes to authorize, but again, it becomes a question on the

2446
02:28:47.770 --> 02:28:51.510
ballot. San Antonio, same thing. San Diego,

2447
02:28:51.690 --> 02:28:54.870
two-thirds vote from the city council to authorize a ballot measure.

2448
02:28:55.490 --> 02:28:59.250
Dallas, Texas, same thing. San Jose,

2449
02:28:59.630 --> 02:29:01.610
California. The list goes on and on and on.

2450
02:29:02.370 --> 02:29:05.450
Some of these big cities require the voters to weigh in.

2451
02:29:06.150 --> 02:29:09.830
So let's talk about delays. We could go a lot further here,

2452
02:29:10.110 --> 02:29:13.890
Alderman Irvin, but I can tell you that this is

2453
02:29:13.930 --> 02:29:14.570
something that

2454
02:29:15.470 --> 02:29:18.390
a lot of folks have been talking about for previous administrations.

2455
02:29:18.430 --> 02:29:20.830
In fact, we had this conversation under Rahm Emanuel.

2456
02:29:21.450 --> 02:29:23.590
This was discussed under him when I was the vice mayor.

2457
02:29:24.250 --> 02:29:26.350
So we're not picking on specific mayors.

2458
02:29:26.870 --> 02:29:29.090
We've seen in other big cities this is good governance.

2459
02:29:30.230 --> 02:29:30.830
I would also

2460
02:29:32.090 --> 02:29:35.570
remind people that when it comes to debt load

2461
02:29:36.270 --> 02:29:39.010
per capita, per resident of Chicago,

2462
02:29:40.150 --> 02:29:43.890
the City of Chicago ranks second worst in the country

2463
02:29:45.410 --> 02:29:46.770
among big cities,

2464
02:29:47.690 --> 02:29:49.510
only eked out by New York City.

2465
02:29:50.570 --> 02:29:54.050
Their citizens have a slightly higher debt load per citizen

2466
02:29:54.790 --> 02:29:55.390
than we do.

2467
02:29:56.370 --> 02:29:58.410
So that's not a great list to be on either.

2468
02:29:59.870 --> 02:30:03.430
Look, I think that Alderman O'Shea said it very eloquently.

2469
02:30:04.310 --> 02:30:08.230
No one here is going to hold up good community investment in anybody's ward.

2470
02:30:09.210 --> 02:30:13.010
We're colleagues first, and we see a lot of that deference happen day to

2471
02:30:13.070 --> 02:30:17.050
day in our committee hearings. If it's important to the local alderman and they

2472
02:30:17.090 --> 02:30:18.410
make a good, compelling case,

2473
02:30:19.230 --> 02:30:21.450
they almost always get support for those projects.

2474
02:30:22.190 --> 02:30:24.390
So let's not try and divide this council

2475
02:30:25.250 --> 02:30:28.530
over hypotheticals and honestly,

2476
02:30:30.270 --> 02:30:32.610
divisive language. We'll just call it that.

2477
02:30:33.610 --> 02:30:37.250
This is really about good governance and I applaud my colleague, Alderman Quinn,

2478
02:30:37.290 --> 02:30:40.930
for bringing it forward, and I thank my colleagues in advance for

2479
02:30:40.990 --> 02:30:41.610
supporting it.

2480
02:30:42.770 --> 02:30:45.530
But let's not make this about power.

2481
02:30:46.350 --> 02:30:49.050
This is about doing right by the people we work for.

2482
02:30:49.630 --> 02:30:53.150
The Chicago taxpayers currently have a liability of around

2483
02:30:53.190 --> 02:30:55.890
$42,000 per citizen

2484
02:30:56.810 --> 02:31:00.450
for the debt that we've been extending for decades and decades and decades.

2485
02:31:01.190 --> 02:31:02.430
That's what this is really about,

2486
02:31:03.290 --> 02:31:07.270
fiscal discipline and good governance, and I urge my colleagues

2487
02:31:07.310 --> 02:31:08.390
to vote yes. Thank you.

2488
02:31:08.430 --> 02:31:10.670
Thank you. Alderman Lopez, you are recognized.

2489
02:31:13.310 --> 02:31:15.270
Thank you again, Mr. President. Good afternoon,

2490
02:31:16.310 --> 02:31:17.430
members of the city council.

2491
02:31:18.450 --> 02:31:20.750
I gather we're not done gaslighting each other today,

2492
02:31:22.370 --> 02:31:23.070
but I do have

2493
02:31:24.550 --> 02:31:25.070
some points

2494
02:31:25.910 --> 02:31:29.690
as I rise to support this effort to override this veto.

2495
02:31:31.690 --> 02:31:35.390
And I want to thank our colleague from the West Side.

2496
02:31:36.250 --> 02:31:39.170
I think I checked off every Irvinism that I've ever heard

2497
02:31:40.010 --> 02:31:42.270
in 12 years in this speech today.

2498
02:31:43.730 --> 02:31:47.470
But I believe the saying is that power is not given, it is

2499
02:31:47.530 --> 02:31:47.930
taken.

2500
02:31:48.990 --> 02:31:51.270
That's the application of that axiom.

2501
02:31:53.070 --> 02:31:55.010
And what we are trying to do today

2502
02:31:56.190 --> 02:31:58.210
is to have city council

2503
02:31:59.290 --> 02:32:00.230
regain power

2504
02:32:01.630 --> 02:32:02.410
over our future,

2505
02:32:03.870 --> 02:32:04.510
over the debt,

2506
02:32:05.710 --> 02:32:09.510
over the use of hiding deficits through more and more borrowing, to the

2507
02:32:09.590 --> 02:32:10.350
point where we have

2508
02:32:11.590 --> 02:32:12.690
$36

2509
02:32:13.510 --> 02:32:16.850
billion in debt just from our pension alone.

2510
02:32:17.850 --> 02:32:21.670
Almost double that once you start including all of the other various lines of

2511
02:32:21.730 --> 02:32:25.610
credit, which our colleague from the 2nd Ward-- From the 34th Ward, excuse

2512
02:32:25.650 --> 02:32:26.730
me, referenced.

2513
02:32:28.690 --> 02:32:29.330
Last budget,

2514
02:32:31.370 --> 02:32:33.390
we saw a refinancing of

2515
02:32:34.410 --> 02:32:38.390
open lines of credit going back to the Daley years, a shock to all

2516
02:32:38.450 --> 02:32:38.750
of us.

2517
02:32:40.594 --> 02:32:43.514
And yet as we're trying to have a conversation today

2518
02:32:44.334 --> 02:32:46.774
about how we finance future obligations

2519
02:32:48.374 --> 02:32:52.214
that go beyond just investment in our neighborhoods, but investment in our city as

2520
02:32:52.274 --> 02:32:52.734
a whole,

2521
02:32:54.334 --> 02:32:55.494
we're warned of

2522
02:32:56.994 --> 02:32:58.354
the vengeful minority.

2523
02:32:59.994 --> 02:33:00.994
It's been alluded to

2524
02:33:02.754 --> 02:33:05.834
numerous times today. We keep dancing around it.

2525
02:33:07.074 --> 02:33:10.954
So just come out and say it. Blame the evil white people who are

2526
02:33:10.994 --> 02:33:11.514
not going to let

2527
02:33:12.354 --> 02:33:15.634
African Americans and Latinos put sidewalks in their neighborhoods.

2528
02:33:16.294 --> 02:33:18.214
Say it. You're going to dance around it,

2529
02:33:19.114 --> 02:33:19.914
come out and say it.

2530
02:33:21.214 --> 02:33:24.894
Because that is the stupidest argument I think I've ever heard of anything in this

2531
02:33:24.974 --> 02:33:28.674
room in nearly 12 years as alderman.

2532
02:33:28.714 --> 02:33:29.394
What I know

2533
02:33:30.474 --> 02:33:33.434
is that all of us have supported investment in all our neighborhoods.

2534
02:33:34.334 --> 02:33:37.834
I've seen my colleagues stand as we've put millions of dollars in

2535
02:33:37.874 --> 02:33:41.754
investment in infrastructure in West Englewood, while we've

2536
02:33:41.814 --> 02:33:45.514
also simultaneously sat here and voted on every single project

2537
02:33:45.574 --> 02:33:48.354
going towards the 28th Ward.

2538
02:33:49.234 --> 02:33:52.634
Budget after budget, TIF request after TIF request.

2539
02:33:53.114 --> 02:33:53.794
We just said,

2540
02:33:54.674 --> 02:33:58.594
or I should say we will have a TIF request for CPS that they didn't even ask

2541
02:33:58.634 --> 02:33:58.834
for,

2542
02:33:59.974 --> 02:34:00.534
that we're giving.

2543
02:34:02.614 --> 02:34:05.734
And the same goes with debt and bonds and housing grants and things of that nature.

2544
02:34:05.774 --> 02:34:09.454
For example, the housing and economic development bond which we

2545
02:34:09.534 --> 02:34:12.254
passed, which was $1.2 billion.

2546
02:34:13.734 --> 02:34:17.174
None of us know where it went, but we said yes to it because your

2547
02:34:17.214 --> 02:34:19.614
administration, Mr. President, wanted it.

2548
02:34:20.834 --> 02:34:21.854
No one held you captive.

2549
02:34:22.734 --> 02:34:24.654
No one held the commissioner of housing captive.

2550
02:34:26.614 --> 02:34:29.834
We believe in investing in neighborhoods throughout the entire city of Chicago, and

2551
02:34:29.874 --> 02:34:30.514
that's what we did.

2552
02:34:32.194 --> 02:34:34.914
But the problem that we have right now is that

2553
02:34:35.734 --> 02:34:36.474
oftentimes,

2554
02:34:37.294 --> 02:34:39.334
yes, things have changed under the last two mayors.

2555
02:34:39.714 --> 02:34:40.974
And we'll go back to the last mayor,

2556
02:34:41.994 --> 02:34:45.794
because this used to be the body that was led by an administration that

2557
02:34:45.934 --> 02:34:49.174
sought to have consensus and support from all 50.

2558
02:34:50.374 --> 02:34:52.874
I think Mayor Daley famously would work

2559
02:34:54.234 --> 02:34:57.614
overtime to try to get budgets passed with maybe one exception.

2560
02:35:00.274 --> 02:35:03.854
And when she finally voted for his budget, it was front page news.

2561
02:35:06.014 --> 02:35:08.054
Mayor Emanuel, who many of us served with,

2562
02:35:09.394 --> 02:35:10.334
would work on the side,

2563
02:35:11.934 --> 02:35:14.954
gain our support so that we could present a united front for the city.

2564
02:35:16.094 --> 02:35:19.714
And then came the Lightfoot administration, who declared quite

2565
02:35:19.754 --> 02:35:22.354
loudly, "I'm only leading to 26."

2566
02:35:23.354 --> 02:35:25.514
Which means p**s on the other 24 of you.

2567
02:35:27.174 --> 02:35:30.674
That is what we are trying to get back from, get away from.

2568
02:35:31.514 --> 02:35:35.434
Saying that you could dismiss the concerns of 24 members of

2569
02:35:35.454 --> 02:35:39.434
this council once you get to 26. Because that means those 24

2570
02:35:39.514 --> 02:35:43.234
aldermen who you just said you don't care to discuss, who you don't care to engage

2571
02:35:43.274 --> 02:35:43.414
with,

2572
02:35:44.714 --> 02:35:45.334
they're out of luck.

2573
02:35:46.614 --> 02:35:49.214
As are the 56,000 people that they represent.

2574
02:35:49.594 --> 02:35:51.994
Nearly half the city of Chicago would be dismissed

2575
02:35:52.894 --> 02:35:56.614
because an administration chose not to

2576
02:35:56.654 --> 02:35:59.294
engage with anyone beyond the necessary 26.

2577
02:35:59.574 --> 02:36:03.194
That simple majority that we're fighting so hard to hold onto.

2578
02:36:05.874 --> 02:36:09.554
If we want to matter again, if our neighborhoods need to

2579
02:36:09.634 --> 02:36:11.774
matter again to an administration,

2580
02:36:12.734 --> 02:36:14.514
any administration,

2581
02:36:15.554 --> 02:36:19.054
then we need to raise the threshold in order to be able to

2582
02:36:19.114 --> 02:36:22.914
ensure that everyone has at least a chance of sitting at that table.

2583
02:36:25.294 --> 02:36:29.274
Four more chairs to that table is quite literally all we're asking for.

2584
02:36:29.954 --> 02:36:33.294
Four more people to talk to. Four more

2585
02:36:33.394 --> 02:36:36.914
aldermen to discuss what's going on so that you could go from 26 to 30.

2586
02:36:37.234 --> 02:36:40.374
And yet we're acting as though we're never going to be able to borrow money again

2587
02:36:40.414 --> 02:36:41.374
in the city of Chicago.

2588
02:36:46.354 --> 02:36:47.594
That is not the argument.

2589
02:36:49.754 --> 02:36:52.234
That is not the defense of saying no today.

2590
02:36:54.214 --> 02:36:55.094
And I would also

2591
02:36:55.914 --> 02:36:58.213
point out, Mr. President, to my colleagues,

2592
02:36:59.893 --> 02:37:00.794
that even your letter

2593
02:37:02.074 --> 02:37:05.314
raised eyebrows for me, and I'm sure for many others.

2594
02:37:07.494 --> 02:37:08.194
Because in it,

2595
02:37:11.474 --> 02:37:14.594
we talk about reporting requirements with regards to debt.

2596
02:37:15.494 --> 02:37:18.154
Something that I don't think I've ever heard this administration talk about in

2597
02:37:18.414 --> 02:37:19.654
nearly three and a half years.

2598
02:37:20.974 --> 02:37:24.314
We talk about financial oversight, which our committees have.

2599
02:37:25.754 --> 02:37:26.114
But yet

2600
02:37:26.954 --> 02:37:30.114
when we learn about what happens to the execution of bonds and where the money

2601
02:37:30.174 --> 02:37:33.574
goes, we have aldermen and chairmen who have talked about, how do you earmark where

2602
02:37:33.634 --> 02:37:35.974
projects go? How do you have the list of where money's going?

2603
02:37:36.854 --> 02:37:40.514
I believe our former chairman of economic capital and technology had been

2604
02:37:40.594 --> 02:37:42.194
asking for that for

2605
02:37:43.434 --> 02:37:45.534
three administrations now, if I'm not mistaken.

2606
02:37:46.174 --> 02:37:49.774
Give us the list of what you want to fund before we say yes to how much money we're

2607
02:37:49.794 --> 02:37:51.834
going to give you. That has never happened.

2608
02:37:55.994 --> 02:37:56.914
Debt affordability.

2609
02:37:58.194 --> 02:38:00.654
We can't afford it. I can answer that question right now.

2610
02:38:02.654 --> 02:38:04.494
And the fact, Mr. President,

2611
02:38:06.374 --> 02:38:08.314
that even when the smallest

2612
02:38:09.894 --> 02:38:11.414
modicum of change is presented,

2613
02:38:12.574 --> 02:38:15.014
whether it's in the Committee on Finance or in this body,

2614
02:38:15.954 --> 02:38:18.694
this administration has said no time and time again.

2615
02:38:19.374 --> 02:38:22.474
When we've asked to review the language of our bond inducement ordinances,

2616
02:38:23.714 --> 02:38:24.334
the answer's no,

2617
02:38:25.174 --> 02:38:27.994
because this is how we've done it. It's how we've always done it, and it's how

2618
02:38:28.014 --> 02:38:31.474
we're going to keep doing it. When we're asked why we pay nearly double the

2619
02:38:31.734 --> 02:38:35.494
percentage points on the money that we borrow above the national

2620
02:38:35.574 --> 02:38:35.894
average,

2621
02:38:36.954 --> 02:38:38.734
can't change it. It's how we do things.

2622
02:38:39.774 --> 02:38:41.694
Sometimes how we do things needs to stop.

2623
02:38:42.774 --> 02:38:45.934
Sometimes how we do things needs to evolve, needs to change.

2624
02:38:48.630 --> 02:38:52.610
Some, throughout the city, Mr. President, had hoped that you would be part of that

2625
02:38:52.690 --> 02:38:53.170
evolution

2626
02:38:54.050 --> 02:38:55.170
and not the status quo.

2627
02:38:57.390 --> 02:38:58.910
Saying no to this

2628
02:38:59.750 --> 02:39:00.530
is the status quo.

2629
02:39:01.370 --> 02:39:04.450
Saying no to this override keeps us

2630
02:39:05.010 --> 02:39:08.750
borrowing, keeps us not knowing, and keeps us all in the dark,

2631
02:39:09.050 --> 02:39:12.550
which is why I encourage all of my colleagues to support this measure

2632
02:39:13.130 --> 02:39:17.050
of overriding the veto and bringing some true transparency to what we're

2633
02:39:17.110 --> 02:39:18.610
doing here today. Thank you.

2634
02:39:18.750 --> 02:39:20.950
Thank you. Alderman Moore, you are recognized.

2635
02:39:21.870 --> 02:39:24.530
Thank you, Mr. President. I had no idea that

2636
02:39:27.050 --> 02:39:29.190
Chairman Irvin, who usually go last, was going to

2637
02:39:30.270 --> 02:39:34.190
speak about this. And although he wrote stuff down, I could have

2638
02:39:35.150 --> 02:39:38.870
just sworn that he was all in my head and collected my

2639
02:39:38.910 --> 02:39:39.370
thoughts.

2640
02:39:40.450 --> 02:39:42.470
I didn't have it written down because I've lived it.

2641
02:39:45.890 --> 02:39:49.650
Reverend Jesse Jackson was my co-pastor, but before I even heard

2642
02:39:50.110 --> 02:39:51.430
him say what I'll say what

2643
02:39:52.670 --> 02:39:55.670
Jason Herman said, growing up in the projects, what I've heard was

2644
02:39:56.510 --> 02:39:58.370
money talk and b******t walk.

2645
02:39:59.670 --> 02:40:02.310
That's all I heard, and I understood that.

2646
02:40:03.410 --> 02:40:04.710
Now, you bring it full circle

2647
02:40:05.730 --> 02:40:06.230
to what

2648
02:40:07.090 --> 02:40:10.670
Chairman Irvin said, because I heard this from my co-pastor for

2649
02:40:10.730 --> 02:40:11.130
years,

2650
02:40:12.630 --> 02:40:16.490
when the rules are public and the playing field is even, I

2651
02:40:16.530 --> 02:40:17.210
can compete.

2652
02:40:20.230 --> 02:40:23.890
I got calls from constituents and people texting with my picture on it

2653
02:40:25.450 --> 02:40:26.010
saying, "Vote

2654
02:40:27.170 --> 02:40:27.630
against

2655
02:40:29.770 --> 02:40:30.690
the veto.

2656
02:40:31.830 --> 02:40:32.630
Vote against the veto.

2657
02:40:33.650 --> 02:40:36.890
Override the veto." I picked up a phone call and called two people

2658
02:40:37.610 --> 02:40:40.530
and I said, "You know what you're asking me to do?" "Yeah, override the veto."

2659
02:40:40.610 --> 02:40:44.570
"Why? What am I voting against?" "But we don't want the mayor to

2660
02:40:44.590 --> 02:40:47.550
have control over money." Da, da, da, whatever they said and all this stuff.

2661
02:40:47.650 --> 02:40:49.790
We don't want to be in no more debt. They were saying all this.

2662
02:40:50.170 --> 02:40:51.490
I said, "No, what you're asking me to do

2663
02:40:53.650 --> 02:40:54.030
is

2664
02:40:55.130 --> 02:40:55.630
give up

2665
02:40:56.950 --> 02:40:57.570
my power.

2666
02:40:58.470 --> 02:40:59.730
That's what you're asking me to do."

2667
02:41:00.690 --> 02:41:04.450
I don't think the gentleman from the 13th ward was

2668
02:41:04.510 --> 02:41:06.350
trying to do that. I

2669
02:41:08.650 --> 02:41:09.670
truly believe what he

2670
02:41:11.170 --> 02:41:12.130
feel he's doing is right,

2671
02:41:13.430 --> 02:41:16.170
but there are what we call unintentional consequences.

2672
02:41:17.070 --> 02:41:20.950
So what I put to my constituent, I said, "Right now, I got 20 members in the

2673
02:41:21.010 --> 02:41:21.790
Black Caucus.

2674
02:41:22.850 --> 02:41:25.730
All I need is six more votes." You asking me to go get

2675
02:41:27.130 --> 02:41:28.610
what? Four or five additional votes.

2676
02:41:29.650 --> 02:41:33.290
You asking me to make it harder for me

2677
02:41:35.450 --> 02:41:36.770
to negotiate,

2678
02:41:37.730 --> 02:41:41.590
to serve you. Not that my colleagues would vote for anything that I want.

2679
02:41:41.650 --> 02:41:42.470
I don't believe that.

2680
02:41:45.370 --> 02:41:45.750
But not

2681
02:41:47.770 --> 02:41:49.690
while I got the power. Do it

2682
02:41:50.710 --> 02:41:53.730
when it's more difficult for you, then I'll vote for it.

2683
02:41:55.230 --> 02:41:57.610
Money talk, BS walk.

2684
02:41:58.650 --> 02:42:02.070
And so while we have 20 votes,

2685
02:42:02.850 --> 02:42:04.270
it would break my heart

2686
02:42:05.090 --> 02:42:06.670
that any one of those 20

2687
02:42:07.670 --> 02:42:09.270
would vote to override this veto.

2688
02:42:10.210 --> 02:42:12.990
I would never tell people who to vote for, do what you need to do.

2689
02:42:13.090 --> 02:42:15.490
I'd never say that. Do what you want for your constituents.

2690
02:42:16.230 --> 02:42:17.510
But when your doo-doo get on me,

2691
02:42:19.350 --> 02:42:20.810
I got to say something then.

2692
02:42:22.290 --> 02:42:25.190
I have to say something. And so

2693
02:42:25.930 --> 02:42:27.530
today we have 20 votes

2694
02:42:28.770 --> 02:42:29.890
that we can work with,

2695
02:42:31.930 --> 02:42:35.350
leverage, talk. I'm not trying to increase that number today,

2696
02:42:36.350 --> 02:42:38.430
tomorrow, or next week.

2697
02:42:39.470 --> 02:42:40.710
Now, you take me down to five,

2698
02:42:41.670 --> 02:42:44.030
take me down to 10, I'll stand with you then.

2699
02:42:44.830 --> 02:42:48.610
But I'd never vote against my constituents because

2700
02:42:48.710 --> 02:42:51.070
I'd never vote against myself.

2701
02:42:52.050 --> 02:42:55.730
I urge my colleagues not to override this

2702
02:42:55.790 --> 02:42:56.970
veto. Thank you.

2703
02:42:57.790 --> 02:43:01.350
Thank you. And we thank you for the PG version of the back part of your comments.

2704
02:43:02.430 --> 02:43:04.810
Chair recognizes Alder Hadden.

2705
02:43:08.710 --> 02:43:09.710
Thank you, Mr. President.

2706
02:43:15.130 --> 02:43:18.090
I will not be supporting this veto override,

2707
02:43:19.870 --> 02:43:22.930
and for a couple of reasons. And I really appreciated, Mr.

2708
02:43:23.150 --> 02:43:25.150
President, all my colleagues' comments.

2709
02:43:25.870 --> 02:43:27.410
And in this

2710
02:43:28.750 --> 02:43:32.670
seventh year of my time in council, I

2711
02:43:32.710 --> 02:43:34.490
think our debates have gotten more interesting.

2712
02:43:36.190 --> 02:43:38.270
I look to my colleague over here,

2713
02:43:40.090 --> 02:43:43.670
and this is a body that's supposed to deliberate. We're supposed to debate.

2714
02:43:43.710 --> 02:43:45.270
We're supposed to challenge one another.

2715
02:43:45.950 --> 02:43:49.310
And we are supposed to look at the way things work and make

2716
02:43:49.350 --> 02:43:52.510
recommendations to change them if we think they're not working.

2717
02:43:54.910 --> 02:43:58.790
So I want to just share a couple of my thoughts and maybe

2718
02:43:58.830 --> 02:44:01.770
they'll influence you as you're deciding what you're going to do.

2719
02:44:04.190 --> 02:44:06.550
Before being an elected official,

2720
02:44:07.450 --> 02:44:11.030
there are several of you who I got to work with, and some of our

2721
02:44:11.090 --> 02:44:12.570
colleagues who have since retired,

2722
02:44:13.390 --> 02:44:15.330
on a process called participatory budgeting.

2723
02:44:16.370 --> 02:44:19.190
And I've had the great pleasure of

2724
02:44:19.890 --> 02:44:23.170
consulting with communities and elected officials around the nation,

2725
02:44:23.690 --> 02:44:26.370
and no greater pleasure than doing so in Chicago.

2726
02:44:30.170 --> 02:44:34.150
Our colleague, Alderman Moore here in the 17th Ward, was one of my first

2727
02:44:34.890 --> 02:44:36.730
alderpeople that I got to work with.

2728
02:44:37.630 --> 02:44:41.310
And so I want us to think about our physical infrastructure,

2729
02:44:43.070 --> 02:44:45.830
right? We're all here representing our communities.

2730
02:44:45.870 --> 02:44:49.670
We're talking about bond funds, we're talking about debt, we're talking about a lot

2731
02:44:49.710 --> 02:44:53.570
of ways in which we finance one of our core responsibilities as a city, and it is

2732
02:44:53.590 --> 02:44:54.570
physical infrastructure

2733
02:44:56.294 --> 02:44:58.894
This participatory budgeting process is really simple.

2734
02:44:58.954 --> 02:45:01.114
If you don't know what it is, it's just a democracy.

2735
02:45:01.594 --> 02:45:05.494
It's community members getting to directly decide how to allocate

2736
02:45:06.434 --> 02:45:10.074
money, that's their money, our tax dollars, in their community.

2737
02:45:10.674 --> 02:45:14.334
Right? It's adding this layer of deliberative democracy, bringing it a little bit

2738
02:45:14.374 --> 02:45:16.314
wider than from just one decision-maker.

2739
02:45:16.714 --> 02:45:19.554
As an alderperson, I continue this practice in the 49th Ward.

2740
02:45:19.594 --> 02:45:23.214
Many of you do as well, because I think it leads to better decision-making,

2741
02:45:23.574 --> 02:45:24.554
a more engaged

2742
02:45:25.914 --> 02:45:28.453
constituent base with higher civic education,

2743
02:45:30.074 --> 02:45:32.594
and we get cooler projects. Right? It's kind of fun.

2744
02:45:35.154 --> 02:45:38.994
I had been a volunteer in the first participatory budgeting

2745
02:45:39.034 --> 02:45:41.894
process in the 49th Ward. So I knew nothing about city government.

2746
02:45:41.974 --> 02:45:44.454
I saw a flyer that my predecessor put out,

2747
02:45:46.074 --> 02:45:48.474
and caught the democracy bug. Right?

2748
02:45:49.274 --> 02:45:50.374
Really got engaged

2749
02:45:51.354 --> 02:45:54.994
in going on to help start an organization that promotes this

2750
02:45:55.034 --> 02:45:56.134
process nationally.

2751
02:45:56.994 --> 02:46:00.954
When I got to do my first process in the 17th Ward, it was in 17,

2752
02:46:01.253 --> 02:46:05.074
45, 46, and 49, our first year of PB

2753
02:46:05.114 --> 02:46:08.754
Chicago. And I got to do the first neighborhood

2754
02:46:08.794 --> 02:46:11.954
assembly in Alderman Moore's ward. We were in his office.

2755
02:46:12.734 --> 02:46:16.374
John Roberson was your chief of staff, and his

2756
02:46:16.414 --> 02:46:19.494
community members showed up. They wanted to hear about this process.

2757
02:46:19.574 --> 02:46:23.134
And it's about our aldermanic menu, and you guys know,

2758
02:46:23.274 --> 02:46:26.834
sidewalks, streets, resurfacing alleys, what have you.

2759
02:46:26.894 --> 02:46:30.454
And coming from the 49th Ward, where we're 2.2 square

2760
02:46:30.514 --> 02:46:32.474
miles on the far northeast side of the city,

2761
02:46:33.294 --> 02:46:34.954
most of our infrastructure needs,

2762
02:46:36.134 --> 02:46:39.694
they get close to met, as close to met as you're going to get with a million

2763
02:46:39.754 --> 02:46:40.274
dollars.

2764
02:46:41.174 --> 02:46:44.614
When I got to stand before 17th Ward constituents

2765
02:46:45.214 --> 02:46:49.074
and say, "Hey, this is what this process is, and tell me your

2766
02:46:49.154 --> 02:46:52.834
ideas." And I will never forget one older

2767
02:46:52.894 --> 02:46:56.394
gentleman saying, "Why do we have to have a

2768
02:46:56.454 --> 02:46:59.714
process for me to tell you

2769
02:47:00.334 --> 02:47:03.334
that my street hasn't been resurfaced in 30 years?

2770
02:47:04.273 --> 02:47:04.993
So fix it."

2771
02:47:08.294 --> 02:47:12.174
I got to go on to work in about 13 different wards, and as someone

2772
02:47:12.214 --> 02:47:16.054
who's not from Chicago, I got to learn Chicago through

2773
02:47:16.114 --> 02:47:18.894
its infrastructure and through its infrastructure failings.

2774
02:47:19.274 --> 02:47:23.214
And those failings are not because of alderpeople specifically,

2775
02:47:23.614 --> 02:47:25.014
but because of a body

2776
02:47:25.814 --> 02:47:26.414
and

2777
02:47:27.234 --> 02:47:30.854
decision-making over generations that has

2778
02:47:30.914 --> 02:47:34.854
deprioritized poor, Black communities in the

2779
02:47:34.894 --> 02:47:38.514
city of Chicago. Latino communities as well, other

2780
02:47:38.574 --> 02:47:42.294
minority groups eventually. And as our city has shifted a little bit,

2781
02:47:42.794 --> 02:47:46.394
this is still one of the most segregated places I have ever set foot in

2782
02:47:46.474 --> 02:47:47.014
racially.

2783
02:47:48.014 --> 02:47:50.014
This body is also racially divided.

2784
02:47:50.074 --> 02:47:52.074
We can't get away from it.

2785
02:47:53.034 --> 02:47:54.974
And so to my colleagues who

2786
02:47:56.314 --> 02:47:58.654
want to brush aside talks of power,

2787
02:48:00.394 --> 02:48:04.154
not everybody who talks about power is trying to wield power for

2788
02:48:04.194 --> 02:48:07.674
themselves. And I'll say that those who

2789
02:48:07.754 --> 02:48:09.194
frequently dismiss

2790
02:48:10.074 --> 02:48:13.694
talk of power in this body, it's because you've

2791
02:48:13.774 --> 02:48:17.394
probably always had the privilege of

2792
02:48:17.494 --> 02:48:20.234
power, that you haven't had to fight for it.

2793
02:48:20.634 --> 02:48:23.294
You haven't had to collectively organize for it.

2794
02:48:23.634 --> 02:48:27.334
You haven't had not just your own experience, but the

2795
02:48:27.374 --> 02:48:30.714
experiences of a marginalized group of

2796
02:48:30.794 --> 02:48:34.474
people that you represent who are looking to you

2797
02:48:34.574 --> 02:48:37.994
to right injustices. So when we talk about power,

2798
02:48:38.654 --> 02:48:42.114
politics is organizing power to govern

2799
02:48:42.174 --> 02:48:42.774
ourselves.

2800
02:48:43.594 --> 02:48:46.534
And while I don't think that the intention

2801
02:48:46.594 --> 02:48:50.574
behind this change is rooted in that space,

2802
02:48:50.874 --> 02:48:54.194
so I might disagree with a colleague on that, I don't think it's coming from that.

2803
02:48:54.754 --> 02:48:58.434
I have seen in my work in many a city in this

2804
02:48:58.494 --> 02:48:58.874
country,

2805
02:49:00.894 --> 02:49:04.534
as a good governance advocate, I've often seen good

2806
02:49:04.614 --> 02:49:05.374
governance

2807
02:49:06.634 --> 02:49:09.634
used to undercut the

2808
02:49:09.694 --> 02:49:13.074
progress being made from minority

2809
02:49:13.134 --> 02:49:16.473
voices. "Oh, it's not good. We got to come in.

2810
02:49:16.793 --> 02:49:17.834
There's good governance.

2811
02:49:19.034 --> 02:49:22.874
We could be doing this better." And multiple things can be true at one time.

2812
02:49:22.914 --> 02:49:26.114
We could be doing things better. We've got lots of reforms.

2813
02:49:26.614 --> 02:49:29.914
I personally am interested in the charter efforts for our city.

2814
02:49:31.154 --> 02:49:34.054
I think that that's going to lead us to a lot of spaces for reforms.

2815
02:49:34.114 --> 02:49:37.994
But we need to have those deliberative democratic conversations in order to get

2816
02:49:38.074 --> 02:49:38.474
there.

2817
02:49:40.354 --> 02:49:43.954
In order to get there, right? So we can want reforms,

2818
02:49:44.934 --> 02:49:45.354
and

2819
02:49:46.154 --> 02:49:50.014
we can also know that there are still whole segments

2820
02:49:50.074 --> 02:49:52.854
of this city who are left out of conversations,

2821
02:49:54.054 --> 02:49:58.014
and whole segments of this city who have representatives here in this room

2822
02:49:58.054 --> 02:50:00.254
that are fighting for them, right?

2823
02:50:01.014 --> 02:50:01.474
And

2824
02:50:04.054 --> 02:50:05.754
this would be easier if

2825
02:50:07.874 --> 02:50:11.834
we all had more time, if we could have more deliberation, if

2826
02:50:11.874 --> 02:50:15.454
we weren't dealing with all the stresses and things that are competing, if we had a

2827
02:50:15.514 --> 02:50:19.394
more agnostic political space. But we don't live in a

2828
02:50:19.474 --> 02:50:21.554
dream world where

2829
02:50:22.434 --> 02:50:26.054
racism doesn't exist, where classism doesn't exist,

2830
02:50:26.414 --> 02:50:30.254
where historic racism has created divestment and segregation in the

2831
02:50:30.334 --> 02:50:34.194
city. We don't live in that ideal world, so we struggle

2832
02:50:34.254 --> 02:50:35.614
with these challenges.

2833
02:50:38.234 --> 02:50:42.214
I've been in this body, it's my second term, and so I've served under

2834
02:50:43.354 --> 02:50:45.774
you, Mayor Johnson, and under Mayor Lightfoot.

2835
02:50:46.594 --> 02:50:50.034
And I can't speak to people's intentions, but I've noticed a pattern.

2836
02:50:51.714 --> 02:50:55.554
Right? I've noticed a pattern. And some of those changes in wanting

2837
02:50:55.634 --> 02:50:59.534
to have more council control, some of them I think are healthy things

2838
02:50:59.594 --> 02:51:01.934
that should be part of our deliberative body.

2839
02:51:01.974 --> 02:51:03.694
And some of them, I don't know

2840
02:51:04.578 --> 02:51:07.298
The timing is weird, right? The timing is weird.

2841
02:51:09.358 --> 02:51:10.878
Folks reference Mayor Daley.

2842
02:51:11.758 --> 02:51:15.598
We're here complaining and suffering in our debt crisis

2843
02:51:15.638 --> 02:51:18.038
because of decisions made by Mayor Daley.

2844
02:51:20.178 --> 02:51:20.457
Right?

2845
02:51:21.518 --> 02:51:25.238
But people like the way he did things, and everybody got something.

2846
02:51:26.078 --> 02:51:27.418
That's why we're here.

2847
02:51:28.298 --> 02:51:29.798
People like the way he did things.

2848
02:51:30.978 --> 02:51:34.198
People got a park. They got a bone tossed their way.

2849
02:51:34.778 --> 02:51:38.438
I still drive around this city and see huge swaths of the city that have been

2850
02:51:38.478 --> 02:51:39.138
neglected

2851
02:51:40.638 --> 02:51:42.138
and just tossed aside.

2852
02:51:43.578 --> 02:51:44.398
I don't think

2853
02:51:46.098 --> 02:51:49.898
this change and this reform to have more alder people

2854
02:51:49.958 --> 02:51:50.938
on board for

2855
02:51:52.418 --> 02:51:56.018
debt issuing and the bonds, I don't think it's going to solve our problem.

2856
02:51:56.978 --> 02:51:58.238
I think it's a distraction.

2857
02:51:59.758 --> 02:52:01.498
I also, Mr. Mayor, will say,

2858
02:52:02.318 --> 02:52:05.978
we need the fifth floor. We need you and your team to

2859
02:52:06.098 --> 02:52:10.018
hear these concerns. And concerns and

2860
02:52:10.058 --> 02:52:13.778
critiques are difficult, and it is so hard to weed

2861
02:52:13.838 --> 02:52:17.158
through a lot of the BS and the hate,

2862
02:52:18.758 --> 02:52:21.458
and the opposition for opposition's sake.

2863
02:52:21.678 --> 02:52:25.338
There are people who give us opposition who want to see us fail.

2864
02:52:26.178 --> 02:52:28.898
There are people who give critiques and criticisms

2865
02:52:29.698 --> 02:52:33.678
for no good reason. And then there's

2866
02:52:33.738 --> 02:52:34.258
feedback

2867
02:52:35.058 --> 02:52:35.858
in the critiques.

2868
02:52:36.898 --> 02:52:40.818
There's valuable information in the criticism

2869
02:52:40.898 --> 02:52:44.778
sometimes. And one of the things that every single one

2870
02:52:44.838 --> 02:52:48.778
of us in this body have to contend with, and I hope that the fifth floor is

2871
02:52:49.378 --> 02:52:49.998
seeing this,

2872
02:52:51.958 --> 02:52:53.058
you can't control

2873
02:52:54.018 --> 02:52:55.518
people who are trying to make you fail.

2874
02:52:56.718 --> 02:52:59.298
We can respond to

2875
02:53:00.178 --> 02:53:03.998
and come up with our own reforms and adopt our own practices and

2876
02:53:04.038 --> 02:53:07.978
our own processes to address the concerns, and I feel like,

2877
02:53:08.058 --> 02:53:11.578
especially as we talk about race and as we talk

2878
02:53:11.658 --> 02:53:12.078
about

2879
02:53:12.878 --> 02:53:15.578
challenges that marginalized people face,

2880
02:53:17.378 --> 02:53:20.538
we know we always have to do that. We have to be better.

2881
02:53:21.198 --> 02:53:21.818
We have to think

2882
02:53:22.718 --> 02:53:26.538
more than 10 steps ahead. We have to take every

2883
02:53:26.638 --> 02:53:30.398
advantage that we can from allies, and the no

2884
02:53:30.458 --> 02:53:34.218
permanent enemies, no permanent friends, and the allies, and we need

2885
02:53:34.298 --> 02:53:37.618
to get ahead of the opposition.

2886
02:53:38.458 --> 02:53:42.398
We wouldn't be here having this conversation and you

2887
02:53:42.458 --> 02:53:43.618
having to have a veto

2888
02:53:44.798 --> 02:53:48.698
if we had better relations with council and your

2889
02:53:48.818 --> 02:53:49.358
office.

2890
02:53:51.378 --> 02:53:54.258
And it's just true. It's just true.

2891
02:53:54.538 --> 02:53:56.358
Some people are going to try and

2892
02:53:57.558 --> 02:54:01.538
totally jack the agenda, and they're going to do that, and they're going to keep

2893
02:54:01.598 --> 02:54:04.018
doing that. But that is not the majority of this body.

2894
02:54:04.078 --> 02:54:05.698
I do think the majority of this body

2895
02:54:06.618 --> 02:54:10.558
is really trying to do something good for their community, something good

2896
02:54:10.598 --> 02:54:11.658
for Chicago.

2897
02:54:12.778 --> 02:54:16.158
People are pretty direct. How can we come

2898
02:54:16.238 --> 02:54:20.018
together, and how can you help us come together so that we

2899
02:54:20.058 --> 02:54:23.878
don't end up in these places where folks who might be just

2900
02:54:23.938 --> 02:54:26.878
trying to jack an agenda, why do they have a majority?

2901
02:54:27.758 --> 02:54:31.438
Why do they have majority right now? What could we be doing differently?

2902
02:54:31.958 --> 02:54:32.498
So I

2903
02:54:33.858 --> 02:54:37.118
ask my colleagues to don't vote against the veto.

2904
02:54:37.478 --> 02:54:41.318
This is not the answer. This is not going to be better governance.

2905
02:54:41.738 --> 02:54:43.898
This is not going to fix your issue.

2906
02:54:45.818 --> 02:54:49.758
Unless you're just trying to give the mayor a black eye, this is pretty

2907
02:54:49.838 --> 02:54:50.718
unnecessary.

2908
02:54:51.978 --> 02:54:54.098
We could actually fix this in a different way.

2909
02:54:55.298 --> 02:54:56.718
And I understand why you're there.

2910
02:54:56.858 --> 02:54:57.118
So,

2911
02:54:58.058 --> 02:54:59.738
Mayor, I'm going to support your veto.

2912
02:55:01.078 --> 02:55:04.378
And I hope that we can learn from this

2913
02:55:04.458 --> 02:55:08.138
painful lesson, again, these lessons we keep

2914
02:55:08.198 --> 02:55:11.898
encountering, so that we can do better and

2915
02:55:12.318 --> 02:55:14.978
be better as we move forward.

2916
02:55:18.118 --> 02:55:21.438
We can't toss out all of the feedback in the

2917
02:55:21.878 --> 02:55:24.518
waves of critique, criticism, and opposition.

2918
02:55:24.818 --> 02:55:28.078
Otherwise, we will never learn, we will never change, and we will not get better.

2919
02:55:28.498 --> 02:55:28.758
Thank you.

2920
02:55:29.358 --> 02:55:33.018
Thank you. Alderman Quinn has asked for the right to close.

2921
02:55:33.598 --> 02:55:37.378
Are there any other alders that wish to speak before Alderman

2922
02:55:37.538 --> 02:55:40.718
Quinn closes? All right, I see two more hands.

2923
02:55:42.558 --> 02:55:45.998
Three more hands. The chair recognizes Alder Vasquez.

2924
02:55:49.858 --> 02:55:50.698
Thank you, Mr. President.

2925
02:55:51.538 --> 02:55:53.998
I appreciate my colleagues' thoughts.

2926
02:56:00.078 --> 02:56:03.578
So we had the vote come up for the debt

2927
02:56:04.598 --> 02:56:05.078
threshold.

2928
02:56:06.198 --> 02:56:08.058
I was somebody supportive of the 30 votes.

2929
02:56:09.438 --> 02:56:11.218
In listening to some of my colleagues,

2930
02:56:12.098 --> 02:56:16.038
I decided to take the time to figure out if there were other ways to resolve

2931
02:56:16.078 --> 02:56:19.978
the need for accountability and transparency related to bond votes that

2932
02:56:20.018 --> 02:56:22.258
didn't need to raise the threshold.

2933
02:56:23.098 --> 02:56:25.238
So I engaged in conversations over the weekend.

2934
02:56:26.658 --> 02:56:28.018
To date, we have not found agreement.

2935
02:56:28.238 --> 02:56:31.358
So I'd like to make the case of why I'm in support for the 30-vote threshold.

2936
02:56:32.918 --> 02:56:33.698
It begins

2937
02:56:34.578 --> 02:56:35.838
being born here in this city.

2938
02:56:37.378 --> 02:56:39.378
Every person in Chicago is born in debt.

2939
02:56:40.898 --> 02:56:44.778
Every single person that has been born, that is going to be born, has

2940
02:56:44.838 --> 02:56:48.818
money they owe without any decisions they've made as individuals.

2941
02:56:50.398 --> 02:56:52.018
And it's because of mayors.

2942
02:56:52.878 --> 02:56:54.298
It's because of the Daleys.

2943
02:56:55.438 --> 02:56:59.358
So we've heard every single person here talk about how the Daleys made such

2944
02:56:59.418 --> 02:57:03.158
a decision, and those decisions and that borrowing, which was not

2945
02:57:03.218 --> 02:57:06.558
fiscally responsible, is something that saddled everyone in here with debt.

2946
02:57:08.810 --> 02:57:09.770
Everybody said that.

2947
02:57:10.670 --> 02:57:12.910
I haven't heard anybody say, "The Daleys did a great job."

2948
02:57:13.770 --> 02:57:17.650
We need to change things. Everyone can acknowledge in this whole body

2949
02:57:17.690 --> 02:57:21.670
we have here that the borrowing that the Daleys did is what

2950
02:57:21.710 --> 02:57:25.390
has led us to the point where every single year we have near a billion dollar

2951
02:57:25.450 --> 02:57:28.250
deficit we have to make up for. And you get three options.

2952
02:57:29.090 --> 02:57:31.990
You raise revenue, you make cuts, or you borrow.

2953
02:57:32.950 --> 02:57:36.630
And you end up with mayors who don't have the guts to raise the

2954
02:57:36.670 --> 02:57:37.130
revenue.

2955
02:57:38.170 --> 02:57:40.989
They won't cut the department that spends the most amount of money.

2956
02:57:41.970 --> 02:57:43.690
So where do they go? They go right to borrowing.

2957
02:57:43.990 --> 02:57:45.450
It's the easiest way to get out of it.

2958
02:57:47.150 --> 02:57:50.550
We all know that's the problem. We call it out, and yet somehow there's the defense

2959
02:57:50.590 --> 02:57:51.890
of continuing that same

2960
02:57:52.790 --> 02:57:53.290
behavior.

2961
02:57:54.730 --> 02:57:57.230
Why is that something we think is going to lead to better things?

2962
02:57:57.930 --> 02:58:01.770
The decisions I make aren't because I'm a Chicagoan now, it's because I'm

2963
02:58:01.830 --> 02:58:05.570
going to be gone and our kids inherit this Chicago, and they're going to be saddled

2964
02:58:05.590 --> 02:58:08.410
with the debt the same way we have, except it'll be compounded.

2965
02:58:09.210 --> 02:58:12.750
And I don't understand why people want to stand and say it's responsible to

2966
02:58:12.789 --> 02:58:14.310
continue that behavior.

2967
02:58:15.370 --> 02:58:16.550
We want to talk about power.

2968
02:58:17.590 --> 02:58:21.390
What I've seen in my time here alive in this city

2969
02:58:22.410 --> 02:58:26.350
is that we suffer because of the consolidation and hoarding of power rather than

2970
02:58:26.390 --> 02:58:29.410
the sharing of it, rather than the conversations.

2971
02:58:30.470 --> 02:58:32.490
Let's go through history or let's go through government.

2972
02:58:32.810 --> 02:58:36.510
A mayor starts out, not this mayor, any mayor, with

2973
02:58:36.570 --> 02:58:38.750
15 to 20 chairs.

2974
02:58:39.910 --> 02:58:43.390
They get appointed with leadership, they get appointed with staff, they get

2975
02:58:43.430 --> 02:58:46.370
appointed with budget, and they get appointed with a conversation that says, "I

2976
02:58:46.410 --> 02:58:48.230
hope you'll be with me on these votes.

2977
02:58:49.370 --> 02:58:50.570
I hope that you're with me on these votes.

2978
02:58:50.670 --> 02:58:54.470
I want you to be a partner as we move forward." So a mayor doesn't start with

2979
02:58:54.530 --> 02:58:58.010
zero. A mayor starts with 15 to 20. So when you get to

2980
02:58:58.170 --> 02:59:00.430
26, you only need six more.

2981
02:59:02.010 --> 02:59:05.410
That's not an even playing field. That's not the rules being public.

2982
02:59:05.930 --> 02:59:09.470
That's conversations that happen behind closed doors, and we saw them under the

2983
02:59:09.510 --> 02:59:12.170
Daleys. Actually, we didn't see them. It's closed door.

2984
02:59:13.730 --> 02:59:17.170
You fast-forward, it doesn't change much. "Hey, I need your vote.

2985
02:59:17.450 --> 02:59:19.970
You need that park field house, right? I got you.

2986
02:59:20.810 --> 02:59:21.830
Let's get to 26."

2987
02:59:24.250 --> 02:59:27.990
That does not lead to a stronger government where people engage with each

2988
02:59:28.070 --> 02:59:31.990
other. It leads to more polarization because you don't need the whole body,

2989
02:59:32.330 --> 02:59:33.890
you only need the six or seven votes.

2990
02:59:36.130 --> 02:59:40.050
And again, that's not an issue with this particular mayor, it's the issue

2991
02:59:40.090 --> 02:59:42.550
with the way the government's been structured and how it operates.

2992
02:59:43.390 --> 02:59:46.510
It's the issue with the fact that a mayor that is supposed to be a weak mayor,

2993
02:59:46.590 --> 02:59:49.210
strong council, isn't that in practice.

2994
02:59:51.710 --> 02:59:54.790
So what's happened this term? But let's go back to last term,

2995
02:59:55.890 --> 02:59:59.670
because we like to think about this term as like, oh, this is a particular

2996
02:59:59.730 --> 03:00:02.550
time where a council's chosen to be oppositional to a mayor.

2997
03:00:03.910 --> 03:00:05.310
We came in in 2019,

2998
03:00:06.190 --> 03:00:08.850
a number of us, with what felt like an agenda.

2999
03:00:09.030 --> 03:00:12.430
And there were plenty of times that we were more focused on the messenger than the

3000
03:00:12.490 --> 03:00:12.950
message.

3001
03:00:14.390 --> 03:00:16.090
I had my disagreements with Mayor Lightfoot.

3002
03:00:17.410 --> 03:00:18.690
I'll say a decision that I

3003
03:00:20.490 --> 03:00:22.470
will apologize for, and it's definitely played out.

3004
03:00:23.150 --> 03:00:27.050
She raised the property tax in relation to inflation, a smart structural

3005
03:00:27.090 --> 03:00:30.430
decision that's better than borrowing and better than cuts that don't work,

3006
03:00:31.470 --> 03:00:34.130
and it would help us out to have less deficits.

3007
03:00:34.750 --> 03:00:36.990
What happened this term? Got rid of it. Why?

3008
03:00:37.290 --> 03:00:41.050
Because we were oppositional to begin with Mayor Lightfoot, no matter what decision

3009
03:00:41.090 --> 03:00:41.510
got made.

3010
03:00:43.550 --> 03:00:46.550
That's not good for city government, it is more polarizing.

3011
03:00:46.790 --> 03:00:48.750
So what we see now is that the council

3012
03:00:49.730 --> 03:00:53.210
reacts to whoever's in the seat. Whoever's oppositional

3013
03:00:53.310 --> 03:00:56.270
ideologically to that mayor is going to find ways to organize.

3014
03:00:57.210 --> 03:01:00.930
Now, if a mayor understands that the currency of the day isn't jobs now, because

3015
03:01:00.970 --> 03:01:02.550
that was way corrupt back in the day,

3016
03:01:03.370 --> 03:01:05.870
it's not the same level of funding that when Rahm Emanuel was around.

3017
03:01:06.110 --> 03:01:08.070
The currency of the day is relationships.

3018
03:01:09.170 --> 03:01:11.950
If you want to get to 26, you better know 50.

3019
03:01:12.610 --> 03:01:14.390
I'm a Democratic socialist, I got elected.

3020
03:01:14.430 --> 03:01:17.090
The first person I talked to when I got elected, Brendan Reilly.

3021
03:01:18.370 --> 03:01:20.750
Why? Because I thought we were going to find agreement on things? No.

3022
03:01:21.110 --> 03:01:23.330
I want to understand what the heck it's like over in downtown when you have to

3023
03:01:23.370 --> 03:01:25.650
govern over there, because that's different folks than what I've got to represent

3024
03:01:25.670 --> 03:01:29.329
in my neck of the woods. But the other reason is, if I need 26,

3025
03:01:29.710 --> 03:01:30.910
I better have a dialogue.

3026
03:01:32.270 --> 03:01:35.250
That's not what's occurred. It's been people coming in and saying, "You know, those

3027
03:01:35.270 --> 03:01:38.270
are the ops. That's opposition. They want to tear you down."

3028
03:01:39.210 --> 03:01:42.170
But I've seen this council work together with each other on different legislation,

3029
03:01:42.210 --> 03:01:43.850
depending on what the legislation is.

3030
03:01:45.010 --> 03:01:48.330
Now, a mayor in that position could understand. You know what?

3031
03:01:48.410 --> 03:01:50.370
I'm going to do lunch with all 50. Let me have breakfast.

3032
03:01:50.410 --> 03:01:51.830
Let me hear what's going on in your neck of the woods.

3033
03:01:52.050 --> 03:01:53.630
You do that in the first year, second, third, fourth.

3034
03:01:53.670 --> 03:01:57.210
You do it the whole time, you'll find your 26, you'll find your 30, you'll find

3035
03:01:57.230 --> 03:02:01.110
your 35. In absence of that, you're scraping by with the

3036
03:02:01.290 --> 03:02:03.270
20 you think you have and you're hoping to get six more.

3037
03:02:04.830 --> 03:02:08.670
What you've also done inadvertently, any mayor, is you ostracize the

3038
03:02:08.730 --> 03:02:10.370
other half. And the other half,

3039
03:02:11.390 --> 03:02:13.630
secret for the public, they don't even get along with each other.

3040
03:02:14.830 --> 03:02:18.470
They argue about things all the time, just the way we did with Mayor

3041
03:02:18.510 --> 03:02:20.170
Lightfoot. But we had one thing we agreed on.

3042
03:02:20.550 --> 03:02:23.570
Hey, man, we don't like what she's trying to push right now, or we don't like what

3043
03:02:23.610 --> 03:02:24.510
this mayor's trying to push.

3044
03:02:25.510 --> 03:02:27.710
That polarization does not serve Chicagoans.

3045
03:02:28.590 --> 03:02:31.250
It doesn't. It leads to less and less engagement.

3046
03:02:31.550 --> 03:02:33.990
You know what forces engagement? A higher vote threshold.

3047
03:02:35.390 --> 03:02:38.230
Hey, you've got to talk to 30 now. I know you got your 26.

3048
03:02:38.670 --> 03:02:40.310
Man, you might have to work a little harder to get just

3049
03:02:42.070 --> 03:02:43.110
four more votes.

3050
03:02:44.270 --> 03:02:46.150
That's less votes that you need to override the veto.

3051
03:02:48.630 --> 03:02:49.890
Why is that a tough thing to do?

3052
03:02:51.390 --> 03:02:55.270
I would imagine, and I know in my situation, I'd say, you know what I want? Data.

3053
03:02:56.070 --> 03:02:58.610
I want information. I want to know why you make these decisions and what you're

3054
03:02:58.650 --> 03:03:01.790
doing with the money. Because I got to go back to my constituents and my kids later

3055
03:03:02.230 --> 03:03:05.250
and tell them, "Hey, we borrowed money, but let me show you why it was important to

3056
03:03:05.290 --> 03:03:06.650
do so and how we're going to pay it back."

3057
03:03:08.610 --> 03:03:10.350
The absence of that isn't

3058
03:03:10.470 --> 03:03:14.370
about transparency, it's not about

3059
03:03:14.430 --> 03:03:16.010
fairness, it's not about justice

3060
03:03:18.394 --> 03:03:22.034
It's about having the steering wheel for a brief moment in time and hoping you

3061
03:03:22.074 --> 03:03:25.634
could drive the city to where you want to go, rather than asking everybody else if

3062
03:03:25.654 --> 03:03:27.294
we agree, and that's the direction to take it.

3063
03:03:29.034 --> 03:03:29.534
So I

3064
03:03:32.934 --> 03:03:34.694
wish we could get along more.

3065
03:03:35.894 --> 03:03:37.754
I wish we could have better conversations,

3066
03:03:38.574 --> 03:03:42.014
but because we don't necessarily do that in practice, sometimes you have to change

3067
03:03:42.034 --> 03:03:43.054
the rules to do so.

3068
03:03:44.654 --> 03:03:48.374
And maybe it'll make it harder to borrow, which might make it so y'all have to make

3069
03:03:48.414 --> 03:03:51.234
decisions like actually raising revenue. What do we have?

3070
03:03:51.654 --> 03:03:53.654
Property tax, corporate head tax.

3071
03:03:54.054 --> 03:03:57.114
Make a decision and figure it out rather than borrow and find a way out the back

3072
03:03:57.154 --> 03:04:01.114
door. Or find a way to find efficiencies when you've got one department takes up

3073
03:04:01.274 --> 03:04:04.694
53% of your operating fund, everything else takes a percentage of 1.9%.

3074
03:04:05.534 --> 03:04:08.534
Make the tough decisions because our city and our kids deserve it. Thank you, Mr.

3075
03:04:08.694 --> 03:04:09.054
President.

3076
03:04:09.314 --> 03:04:12.694
Thank you. Alderwoman Mitts, you are recognized.

3077
03:04:14.294 --> 03:04:17.814
Thank you, Mr. President. This is not something that I was

3078
03:04:17.874 --> 03:04:21.774
expecting to talk about, but so many done said what they need to say.

3079
03:04:22.094 --> 03:04:23.594
Let me tell you what I got to say.

3080
03:04:24.474 --> 03:04:25.834
My reason for not

3081
03:04:26.674 --> 03:04:27.434
supporting.

3082
03:04:30.074 --> 03:04:32.674
If I'm going to be bullied, Mr. Mayor,

3083
03:04:34.774 --> 03:04:37.214
and I got to vote on infrastructure,

3084
03:04:38.154 --> 03:04:39.894
and bullies come to me

3085
03:04:41.034 --> 03:04:44.714
and tell me, "If you don't vote on this, you won't get

3086
03:04:44.774 --> 03:04:45.074
that."

3087
03:04:47.894 --> 03:04:51.454
One thing that I am very passionate about is you messing with my

3088
03:04:51.494 --> 03:04:52.114
community.

3089
03:04:53.334 --> 03:04:57.134
When it come to that flood and the way the peoples is hit out there,

3090
03:04:57.334 --> 03:04:59.514
infrastructure. But what do I have?

3091
03:05:00.294 --> 03:05:00.954
I have

3092
03:05:02.234 --> 03:05:06.094
folks around me that didn't get flooded as bad as 37

3093
03:05:06.154 --> 03:05:09.874
Ward, and I can't get a report of where that money is going.

3094
03:05:11.354 --> 03:05:12.054
I'm p****d.

3095
03:05:13.334 --> 03:05:16.974
That's what I am, because we got folks' life in our

3096
03:05:17.054 --> 03:05:21.034
hand, and if you're going to do anything right before you say anything, be

3097
03:05:21.094 --> 03:05:21.554
right.

3098
03:05:22.534 --> 03:05:25.774
Now, you got budget chairs. Let me just say,

3099
03:05:26.514 --> 03:05:27.434
who handles the money?

3100
03:05:28.854 --> 03:05:29.854
Who handles your money?

3101
03:05:30.814 --> 03:05:32.134
Who have the oversight?

3102
03:05:33.554 --> 03:05:37.154
I want what's coming to the resident of the 37th Ward.

3103
03:05:38.154 --> 03:05:39.854
Those people should be made whole.

3104
03:05:40.074 --> 03:05:43.254
The number one ward for the 2023

3105
03:05:43.314 --> 03:05:46.714
flood. The number one person that stood here and

3106
03:05:46.794 --> 03:05:50.314
shouted and screamed about it. And then I'll be told,

3107
03:05:50.494 --> 03:05:54.454
"You don't vote for this, then you ain't going to get your

3108
03:05:54.514 --> 03:05:56.994
share." Well, I'm going to sit here doggone it to see.

3109
03:05:57.614 --> 03:06:00.614
Who going to get their share? Because if I don't get mine, ain't nobody going to

3110
03:06:00.654 --> 03:06:01.254
get theirs.

3111
03:06:03.574 --> 03:06:06.914
And that's why I'm here. So let me tell you, infrastructure,

3112
03:06:07.514 --> 03:06:08.734
I want my money.

3113
03:06:10.634 --> 03:06:12.994
Alderman Sposato, you are recognized.

3114
03:06:15.894 --> 03:06:16.994
Thank you, Mr. President.

3115
03:06:18.834 --> 03:06:18.874
I

3116
03:06:20.874 --> 03:06:24.094
had no intention of speaking. The old line, somebody has no intention of speaking,

3117
03:06:24.154 --> 03:06:24.994
but yet I'm speaking.

3118
03:06:26.634 --> 03:06:29.154
Mr. President, you've been a friend of mine for 10 years,

3119
03:06:29.994 --> 03:06:30.374
roughly.

3120
03:06:31.014 --> 03:06:31.434
12.

3121
03:06:31.754 --> 03:06:32.914
12, okay, 12 years.

3122
03:06:34.274 --> 03:06:37.794
Anything I do is not because you're a Black mayor

3123
03:06:38.234 --> 03:06:40.914
or because I dislike you, and I know you don't believe that.

3124
03:06:41.274 --> 03:06:44.294
Some of the nonsense some of my colleagues said, I am really offended by.

3125
03:06:44.734 --> 03:06:46.414
I mean, really offended. That's why I'm speaking.

3126
03:06:47.214 --> 03:06:47.734
I don't look at

3127
03:06:48.674 --> 03:06:51.434
I'm against you because you're a Black man, or I'm against some of my colleagues

3128
03:06:51.474 --> 03:06:53.474
probably just because they're a Black female or whatever.

3129
03:06:53.954 --> 03:06:57.874
I try to do what is right. And I was probably the last holdout of the

3130
03:06:57.934 --> 03:07:01.614
Common Sense Caucus to be part of the people pushing for

3131
03:07:01.814 --> 03:07:05.754
30 votes, and I'm like, "We're a dysfunctional group. We don't get along.

3132
03:07:06.054 --> 03:07:09.094
Maybe this will help us. Maybe we'll be willing to work together a little bit

3133
03:07:09.134 --> 03:07:10.574
more." I don't know.

3134
03:07:11.394 --> 03:07:15.254
I said it was worth a shot to me. But my intention was not to offend

3135
03:07:15.314 --> 03:07:18.454
you, to be against you. I'm just trying to do what I think is right.

3136
03:07:19.054 --> 03:07:22.454
But some people just can't help themselves interjecting race with this.

3137
03:07:23.354 --> 03:07:25.374
My close colleague over here,

3138
03:07:26.434 --> 03:07:28.734
won't mention his name. He's just north of me though.

3139
03:07:29.314 --> 03:07:30.534
He had a project in his ward.

3140
03:07:31.654 --> 03:07:33.934
Guess what? He didn't want it. Guess what?

3141
03:07:34.134 --> 03:07:36.754
People in here that believe in aldermanic prerogative

3142
03:07:37.614 --> 03:07:41.594
happen to be some Black people, all of a sudden voted against aldermanic

3143
03:07:41.654 --> 03:07:45.574
prerogative for my white colleague. He didn't take it as a Black white thing.

3144
03:07:45.814 --> 03:07:49.114
They just did what they thought was right. So I just...

3145
03:07:49.994 --> 03:07:50.594
Excuse me.

3146
03:07:51.434 --> 03:07:54.514
I just don't understand why anybody's interjecting race in this, so

3147
03:07:55.354 --> 03:07:59.214
I know, you know, everybody knows. Maybe my media friends over there don't know.

3148
03:07:59.594 --> 03:08:01.594
Let me give you the breakdown of the council, everybody.

3149
03:08:01.894 --> 03:08:04.194
This is the breakdown, racial breakdown.

3150
03:08:04.874 --> 03:08:08.474
First, I'll give you male and females. We have 32 males, 18 females.

3151
03:08:10.014 --> 03:08:13.814
Whites, 14, Hispanics, 14,

3152
03:08:15.534 --> 03:08:19.294
Asians, two, and Black, 20, okay? So the

3153
03:08:19.354 --> 03:08:23.314
Black alders can basically control anything they want, but I don't

3154
03:08:23.374 --> 03:08:26.334
think any of, or the majority of them aren't looking at this as a Black white

3155
03:08:26.374 --> 03:08:29.834
thing, okay? We're looking at it as a right or wrong thing. I'm not sure.

3156
03:08:29.894 --> 03:08:31.974
I don't think anybody's 100% sure what to do.

3157
03:08:32.274 --> 03:08:34.434
We know things didn't work the greatest in the past.

3158
03:08:35.194 --> 03:08:38.454
So I'm giving it a shot. Nothing personal to you.

3159
03:08:39.474 --> 03:08:42.554
I always believe, I've said this my whole life, I believe we should support our

3160
03:08:42.614 --> 03:08:44.434
mayor, our governor, and our president.

3161
03:08:45.234 --> 03:08:46.494
Of course, many of you just,

3162
03:08:47.374 --> 03:08:50.334
if it's a right-leaning president or a governor, then you're not going to support

3163
03:08:50.374 --> 03:08:52.294
him. If he's a leftie, then you will support him.

3164
03:08:52.334 --> 03:08:54.274
But I'm just, once again, I'm just

3165
03:08:55.574 --> 03:08:59.094
want to vent, just say I'm p****d off about some of the people's comments.

3166
03:08:59.134 --> 03:09:02.574
You have a right to say what you want, but my vote, I never, ever said anything,

3167
03:09:02.634 --> 03:09:04.354
I'm against somebody because of the color of their skin.

3168
03:09:04.714 --> 03:09:06.774
You all know you're welcome in my office anytime.

3169
03:09:06.814 --> 03:09:10.734
You could eat my food, drink my beverages, hang out there, use my office for a

3170
03:09:10.774 --> 03:09:11.274
meeting. But,

3171
03:09:13.114 --> 03:09:14.854
my vote is nothing personal against you, Mayor.

3172
03:09:14.874 --> 03:09:18.414
It's just something I think we need to try to work a little bit more together, and

3173
03:09:18.474 --> 03:09:21.934
I think the 30 threshold is maybe the thing to do. So, Mr.

3174
03:09:21.974 --> 03:09:23.474
President, thank you for all you do.

3175
03:09:23.514 --> 03:09:27.134
Thank you for your friendship, and I will be not supporting the veto.

3176
03:09:27.454 --> 03:09:28.274
Thank you, Mr. President.

3177
03:09:28.614 --> 03:09:29.414
Thank you, friend

3178
03:09:31.414 --> 03:09:34.754
Are there any other alders that wish to speak before Alderman Marty Quinn

3179
03:09:35.134 --> 03:09:39.014
provides the last set of remarks? Seeing no other hands, the chair

3180
03:09:39.074 --> 03:09:40.974
recognizes Alderman Marty Quinn.

3181
03:09:41.954 --> 03:09:42.854
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

3182
03:09:44.574 --> 03:09:48.094
It's a matter of fact that I've been fighting for council independence for

3183
03:09:48.854 --> 03:09:52.634
years now. It's a matter of fact that there was a period of time where the

3184
03:09:52.694 --> 03:09:55.854
gentleman from the 28th Ward was right next to me fighting for council

3185
03:09:55.914 --> 03:09:59.834
independence. So the hypocrisy in this room is a little thick

3186
03:09:59.894 --> 03:10:00.174
today.

3187
03:10:02.674 --> 03:10:04.814
But I'm not going to get into that.

3188
03:10:06.594 --> 03:10:10.334
It's also a matter of fact that my time in this council is

3189
03:10:10.374 --> 03:10:11.014
winding down.

3190
03:10:12.554 --> 03:10:12.834
And

3191
03:10:14.054 --> 03:10:17.954
many of you in the last 15 years have sought my advice, whether

3192
03:10:17.994 --> 03:10:21.974
you've come to my office looking to cross-train with my staff, whether

3193
03:10:22.034 --> 03:10:23.734
you want to talk about politics,

3194
03:10:24.594 --> 03:10:27.914
whether you want to talk about city services,

3195
03:10:28.414 --> 03:10:31.754
my door has always been open to the members of this council.

3196
03:10:32.094 --> 03:10:34.954
No strings attached. That's a fact.

3197
03:10:36.574 --> 03:10:39.954
So today I'm going to give you some unsolicited advice, right?

3198
03:10:40.594 --> 03:10:42.174
Because my time is winding down.

3199
03:10:43.854 --> 03:10:45.794
And my unsolicited advice is this.

3200
03:10:46.034 --> 03:10:49.254
In order to become a truly independent council,

3201
03:10:50.634 --> 03:10:51.774
you have to change the rules.

3202
03:10:52.614 --> 03:10:52.834
That's

3203
03:10:53.774 --> 03:10:57.754
real. In order to become truly independent, you have to

3204
03:10:57.814 --> 03:10:58.554
change the rules.

3205
03:11:00.014 --> 03:11:02.774
The facts are the rules have been used against

3206
03:11:02.854 --> 03:11:06.014
this legislative branch

3207
03:11:06.314 --> 03:11:07.174
forever.

3208
03:11:09.774 --> 03:11:11.254
The ordinance before us today

3209
03:11:12.654 --> 03:11:15.334
forces the mayor, whoever that mayor may be,

3210
03:11:16.394 --> 03:11:17.754
to find four more votes

3211
03:11:18.594 --> 03:11:19.674
on city debt issues.

3212
03:11:20.294 --> 03:11:22.914
That's it.

3213
03:11:23.774 --> 03:11:25.574
Four more votes, city debt issues.

3214
03:11:25.834 --> 03:11:29.434
The same debt that is strangling our budget-making

3215
03:11:29.474 --> 03:11:29.954
process.

3216
03:11:32.254 --> 03:11:33.854
So I'm going to wrap this up.

3217
03:11:34.894 --> 03:11:38.414
This is solid legislation. I stand by this legislation.

3218
03:11:39.214 --> 03:11:43.134
I think this legislation demonstrates to the taxpayers

3219
03:11:43.194 --> 03:11:44.154
that finally,

3220
03:11:44.994 --> 03:11:48.834
this council is clawing back some of the influence that we never had.

3221
03:11:49.574 --> 03:11:52.814
So with that, Mr. Mayor, thank you. I ask for a roll call.

3222
03:11:53.294 --> 03:11:54.334
Very well. Thank you.

3223
03:11:55.734 --> 03:11:58.514
There's a roll call vote that's being requested

3224
03:11:59.434 --> 03:12:01.074
for the passage of item

3225
03:12:01.634 --> 03:12:07.114
02026-0026270,

3226
03:12:08.314 --> 03:12:11.794
requiring any debt ordinance to be approved

3227
03:12:12.674 --> 03:12:13.934
by three-fifths

3228
03:12:14.754 --> 03:12:15.174
vote.

3229
03:12:17.954 --> 03:12:19.214
Madam Clerk, please

3230
03:12:20.434 --> 03:12:21.194
provide the

3231
03:12:22.494 --> 03:12:26.174
application for the alders to record their votes

3232
03:12:26.434 --> 03:12:27.114
at this time.

3233
03:12:36.494 --> 03:12:37.974
Okay, the voting is now open.

3234
03:12:40.094 --> 03:12:42.994
If you're having difficulty with your device, please raise your hand and we'll be

3235
03:12:43.034 --> 03:12:43.574
happy to help.

3236
03:12:50.534 --> 03:12:54.274
Very well. A yes vote means you support the ordinance's passage,

3237
03:12:54.934 --> 03:12:58.254
and therefore approving an override of the veto.

3238
03:12:58.774 --> 03:13:01.014
A no vote means you support the veto.

3239
03:13:02.954 --> 03:13:03.914
That you support the veto.

3240
03:13:47.834 --> 03:13:51.574
Okay, I will now call on those who have not yet cast their vote. Alderman Hall?

3241
03:13:52.034 --> 03:13:52.334
No.

3242
03:13:52.954 --> 03:13:54.474
Alderman Hall votes no.

3243
03:13:58.154 --> 03:14:01.834
Alderman Waguespack? Alderman Waguespack votes

3244
03:14:01.934 --> 03:14:02.394
yes.

3245
03:14:10.274 --> 03:14:11.154
Did you get Waguespack then?

3246
03:14:12.574 --> 03:14:15.054
Okay. Voting is now closed.

3247
03:14:25.834 --> 03:14:28.734
There were 33 yeas, 17 nays.

3248
03:14:30.854 --> 03:14:31.994
This motion fails.

3249
03:14:32.954 --> 03:14:35.614
Committees reports. The first committee

3250
03:14:36.434 --> 03:14:37.114
is the Committee

3251
03:14:38.034 --> 03:14:39.094
on Finance.

3252
03:14:42.014 --> 03:14:44.254
I'm sorry, Communications. We have more.

3253
03:14:48.754 --> 03:14:51.714
City Clerk Anna Valencia hereby informs the City Council that the following

3254
03:14:51.754 --> 03:14:55.214
documents were filed in her office relating to the respective subjects designated

3255
03:14:55.254 --> 03:14:58.934
as follows: Notification as to designation of Renee Hatcher

3256
03:14:59.334 --> 03:15:02.834
as additional proxy to affix signature of the mayor to certain documents and the

3257
03:15:02.874 --> 03:15:05.974
revocation of Mary B. Richardson Lowry as mayoral proxy.

3258
03:15:06.714 --> 03:15:09.954
Also, the certificate pursuant to Bond Ordinance for issuance of Chicago O'Hare

3259
03:15:10.034 --> 03:15:13.674
International Airport General Airport Senior Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds,

3260
03:15:14.074 --> 03:15:17.854
Series 2026. And certificate pursuant to Bond Ordinance

3261
03:15:18.054 --> 03:15:21.914
for issuance of Chicago O'Hare International Airport General Airport Senior Lien

3262
03:15:22.234 --> 03:15:24.974
Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2026C.

3263
03:15:25.694 --> 03:15:29.114
And the Office of Inspector General's response to the Rogue Towing explainer.

3264
03:15:30.510 --> 03:15:33.550
City Clerk Anna Valencia also informs the City Council that all those matters which

3265
03:15:33.590 --> 03:15:37.010
were considered by the City Council at the regular meeting held on September 23rd,

3266
03:15:37.230 --> 03:15:41.070
2026, and which were required by statute to be published in book or pamphlet form,

3267
03:15:41.330 --> 03:15:44.890
or in one or more newspapers, were published in pamphlet form on October

3268
03:15:44.970 --> 03:15:48.870
14th, 2026, by being printed in full text in printed pamphlet copies of the

3269
03:15:48.930 --> 03:15:51.150
Journal of Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago.

3270
03:15:51.950 --> 03:15:54.570
City Clerk Anna Valencia also informs the City Council that the call for the

3271
03:15:54.630 --> 03:15:57.790
special meeting and the appropriate documents thereto, which were considered by the

3272
03:15:57.850 --> 03:16:01.790
City Council at their special meeting held on September 25, 2026, and

3273
03:16:01.830 --> 03:16:04.830
which were required by statute to be published in book or pamphlet form, or in one

3274
03:16:04.870 --> 03:16:08.370
of more newspapers, were published in pamphlet form on October 14th,

3275
03:16:08.570 --> 03:16:12.230
2026, by being printed in full text in printed pamphlet copies of the Journal of

3276
03:16:12.250 --> 03:16:14.070
Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago.

3277
03:16:14.630 --> 03:16:17.530
City Clerk Anna Valencia also informs the City Council that all those matters which

3278
03:16:17.550 --> 03:16:20.590
were considered by the City Council at the regular meeting held on September 29th,

3279
03:16:20.730 --> 03:16:24.510
2026, and which were required by statute to be published in book or pamphlet form

3280
03:16:24.570 --> 03:16:28.070
or in one of more newspapers, were published in pamphlet form on October 14th,

3281
03:16:28.230 --> 03:16:31.670
2026, by being printed in full text in printed pamphlet copies of the Journal of

3282
03:16:31.690 --> 03:16:35.569
Proceedings of the City Council. City Clerk Valencia also transmits the following

3283
03:16:35.610 --> 03:16:38.510
miscellaneous communications and reports requiring City Council action.

3284
03:16:38.910 --> 03:16:41.850
Zoning classifications of particular areas which will refer to the Committee on

3285
03:16:41.910 --> 03:16:43.250
Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards.

3286
03:16:43.630 --> 03:16:46.210
Claims against the City of Chicago, which are referred to the Committee on Finance.

3287
03:16:46.710 --> 03:16:50.510
And the establishment of Chicago Transit Authority Modernization Act in support of

3288
03:16:50.550 --> 03:16:53.530
improvements to transit stations and bus stops, which is referred to the Committee

3289
03:16:53.550 --> 03:16:54.850
on Transportation and Public Way.

3290
03:16:55.190 --> 03:16:57.730
Your Honor, that concludes the reports and communications from the mayor and city

3291
03:16:57.810 --> 03:16:58.170
officers.

3292
03:16:58.290 --> 03:17:00.230
Very well. Thank you. Now for the committee reports.

3293
03:17:00.270 --> 03:17:01.910
We will begin with the Finance Committee.

3294
03:17:02.330 --> 03:17:05.010
The chair recognizes Chairwoman Dowell.

3295
03:17:05.710 --> 03:17:08.110
Thank you, Mr. President and members of the City Council.

3296
03:17:08.190 --> 03:17:12.070
Reporting for the City Council's Committee on Finance, which held committee

3297
03:17:12.110 --> 03:17:16.050
meetings on October 5th and October 13th, 2026.

3298
03:17:16.550 --> 03:17:20.450
The following items received the do pass recommendation from the committee.

3299
03:17:21.330 --> 03:17:24.570
Item number one is an ordinance authorizing the issuance of

3300
03:17:24.630 --> 03:17:28.150
multifamily program funds and other financial

3301
03:17:28.230 --> 03:17:32.130
assistance to Harvest Homes Apartment LLC,

3302
03:17:32.610 --> 03:17:36.250
and conveyance of city-owned land for the housing project at

3303
03:17:36.550 --> 03:17:40.470
3415 through 3449 West Jackson

3304
03:17:40.550 --> 03:17:43.270
Boulevard, and 3414 through

3305
03:17:43.590 --> 03:17:47.350
3456 West 5th Avenue in the 28th

3306
03:17:47.490 --> 03:17:51.110
Ward, in an amount not to exceed $11 million in

3307
03:17:51.150 --> 03:17:54.990
multifamily program funds and $11.5

3308
03:17:55.050 --> 03:17:58.990
million in TIF. Mr. President, unless someone wishes

3309
03:17:59.030 --> 03:18:02.790
to speak on this item, I move passage of this item by a

3310
03:18:02.850 --> 03:18:03.850
roll call vote.

3311
03:18:04.110 --> 03:18:06.990
Seeing no hands. Members, please use your e-vote

3312
03:18:07.690 --> 03:18:10.650
application to record your vote at this time.

3313
03:18:21.650 --> 03:18:25.590
Voting is now open. Voting is now open. Please use your device.

3314
03:18:25.910 --> 03:18:27.910
If you're having difficulty, please let us know.

3315
03:19:21.550 --> 03:19:24.970
I will now call on those who have not yet cast their vote. Alderman Hall?

3316
03:19:27.670 --> 03:19:28.010
Yes.

3317
03:19:28.710 --> 03:19:30.430
Alderman Hall is a yes.

3318
03:19:31.270 --> 03:19:32.090
Alderman Mitchell?

3319
03:19:34.970 --> 03:19:37.050
Alderman Mitchell not in chambers.

3320
03:19:38.010 --> 03:19:39.050
Alderwoman Gutierrez?

3321
03:19:42.290 --> 03:19:43.910
Alderwoman Gutierrez is a yes.

3322
03:19:45.170 --> 03:19:45.550
All good.

3323
03:19:47.250 --> 03:19:48.209
Alderwoman Scott,

3324
03:19:49.230 --> 03:19:50.529
not present in chambers.

3325
03:19:51.110 --> 03:19:55.010
I've done Rule 59, so I have to get approved to get in, but

3326
03:19:55.530 --> 03:19:55.770
yes.

3327
03:19:55.870 --> 03:19:56.010
Okay.

3328
03:19:57.190 --> 03:19:59.790
So we can't take your vote because you haven't been approved. I'm sorry.

3329
03:20:00.030 --> 03:20:02.150
Alderman Taliaferro?

3330
03:20:03.210 --> 03:20:04.990
Alderman Taliaferro is a yes.

3331
03:20:06.130 --> 03:20:08.190
Alderman Mitchell, one more time.

3332
03:20:09.850 --> 03:20:12.090
Okay. Voting is now closed.

3333
03:20:13.630 --> 03:20:17.050
There are 48 yays, zero nays. This motion

3334
03:20:17.170 --> 03:20:20.870
passes. Alderwoman Harris on the motion to reconsider.

3335
03:20:21.230 --> 03:20:22.150
Move to reconsider the vote.

3336
03:20:22.230 --> 03:20:25.970
All those in favor of the reconsideration of this vote signify by saying "aye."

3337
03:20:26.330 --> 03:20:27.470
Any opposed say, "nay."

3338
03:20:28.490 --> 03:20:29.630
This motion fails.

3339
03:20:32.370 --> 03:20:35.710
Alderwoman Monique Scott has joined us

3340
03:20:35.790 --> 03:20:38.550
online and has requested to participate

3341
03:20:39.410 --> 03:20:42.990
in the remaining of this meeting remotely for reasons stated in Rule

3342
03:20:43.170 --> 03:20:46.870
59. Can we confirm Alderwoman Scott's presence online?

3343
03:20:47.350 --> 03:20:47.950
I'm present.

3344
03:20:48.810 --> 03:20:49.470
Alderwoman Scott?

3345
03:20:49.470 --> 03:20:51.910
Alderwoman Scott is present. Can I get a motion-

3346
03:20:51.970 --> 03:20:51.970
Aye

3347
03:20:51.970 --> 03:20:52.670
... for the approval?

3348
03:20:54.050 --> 03:20:57.210
It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying "aye."

3349
03:20:58.370 --> 03:21:00.810
Any opposed say, "nay." This motion passes.

3350
03:21:01.810 --> 03:21:03.770
The chair recognizes Chairwoman Dowell.

3351
03:21:05.570 --> 03:21:09.470
Item number two is a substitute ordinance approving the execution

3352
03:21:09.530 --> 03:21:13.010
of the 66 amending agreement with Summerkor

3353
03:21:13.530 --> 03:21:17.050
504 Inc. to increase the grant fund amounts in

3354
03:21:17.130 --> 03:21:21.110
various redevelopment project areas, amend the Small Business

3355
03:21:21.170 --> 03:21:25.030
Improvement Fund program rules, and authorize Summerkor

3356
03:21:25.090 --> 03:21:28.330
to continue providing administrative services

3357
03:21:29.470 --> 03:21:33.370
for the program in 39 wards. I move passage

3358
03:21:33.430 --> 03:21:37.010
of this item by the first most favorable roll call vote of the Committee on

3359
03:21:37.130 --> 03:21:40.610
Finance report and the associated unsuccessful motion to

3360
03:21:40.670 --> 03:21:41.270
reconsider.

3361
03:21:41.670 --> 03:21:44.130
Hearing no objections, so ordered

3362
03:21:45.182 --> 03:21:47.062
Item number three is an ordinance

3363
03:21:49.182 --> 03:21:53.021
executing a redevelopment agreement with BTH

3364
03:21:53.122 --> 03:21:57.002
Development NFP to provide housing and

3365
03:21:57.102 --> 03:22:00.422
economic development bond funds for the Altgeld

3366
03:22:00.542 --> 03:22:04.322
Gardens Youth Center at 13122

3367
03:22:04.402 --> 03:22:08.322
South Ellis Avenue in the 10th Ward, in an amount not

3368
03:22:08.382 --> 03:22:12.162
to exceed 7.3 million. I move passage of this item by the

3369
03:22:12.242 --> 03:22:12.942
same motion.

3370
03:22:13.582 --> 03:22:15.242
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3371
03:22:15.602 --> 03:22:19.302
Item number four is an ordinance executing a redevelopment

3372
03:22:19.362 --> 03:22:23.322
agreement with North Lawndale Catalyst Initiative NFP

3373
03:22:23.922 --> 03:22:27.782
to provide housing and economic development funds and tax

3374
03:22:27.842 --> 03:22:31.362
increment financing assistance for the Fillmore Linen

3375
03:22:31.522 --> 03:22:35.362
Services at 920 through 922 South Campbell

3376
03:22:35.862 --> 03:22:39.382
Avenue in the 28th Ward, in an amount not to

3377
03:22:39.442 --> 03:22:40.782
exceed five million in

3378
03:22:41.722 --> 03:22:45.462
bond funds and five million in TIF funds.

3379
03:22:45.582 --> 03:22:48.002
I move passage of this item by the same motion.

3380
03:22:48.262 --> 03:22:50.122
Hearing no objection, so ordered.

3381
03:22:50.762 --> 03:22:54.442
Item number five is an ordinance executing a redevelopment

3382
03:22:54.502 --> 03:22:58.202
agreement with Hudson Michigan Avenue owner LLC,

3383
03:22:58.722 --> 03:23:02.522
to provide housing and economic development funds for Hudson

3384
03:23:02.622 --> 03:23:06.402
House at 2222 South Michigan Avenue in the

3385
03:23:06.522 --> 03:23:10.482
Third Ward, in an amount not to exceed five million in

3386
03:23:11.542 --> 03:23:15.162
bond funds and 10 million in

3387
03:23:15.502 --> 03:23:19.482
city grant funds. And bond funds, five million in a loan,

3388
03:23:19.602 --> 03:23:23.542
10 million in a grant. I move passage of this item by the

3389
03:23:23.622 --> 03:23:24.322
same motion.

3390
03:23:24.402 --> 03:23:26.362
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3391
03:23:26.702 --> 03:23:30.142
Item number six is an ordinance executing an intergovernmental

3392
03:23:30.222 --> 03:23:34.202
agreement with the Chicago Board of Education to provide TIF funds

3393
03:23:34.242 --> 03:23:38.042
for the improvements at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary

3394
03:23:38.202 --> 03:23:41.942
School at 3444 West Wabansia Avenue

3395
03:23:42.382 --> 03:23:45.882
in the 26th Ward, in an amount not to exceed

3396
03:23:45.982 --> 03:23:49.802
$1,150,000 in TIF. I

3397
03:23:49.842 --> 03:23:52.162
move passage of this item by the same motion.

3398
03:23:52.362 --> 03:23:53.982
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3399
03:23:54.502 --> 03:23:58.062
Item number seven is an ordinance executing an intergovernmental

3400
03:23:58.162 --> 03:24:02.122
agreement with the Chicago Board of Education to provide TIF funds

3401
03:24:02.662 --> 03:24:06.282
for improvements at Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary

3402
03:24:06.422 --> 03:24:10.102
School at 2022 West Washington Boulevard in the

3403
03:24:10.302 --> 03:24:13.902
27th Ward, in an amount not to exceed a million

3404
03:24:13.962 --> 03:24:17.882
dollars in TIF. I move passage of this item by the same motion.

3405
03:24:17.922 --> 03:24:19.502
Hearing no objection, so ordered.

3406
03:24:19.982 --> 03:24:23.622
Item number eight is a substitute ordinance as amended,

3407
03:24:24.842 --> 03:24:28.522
amending municipal code chapter 10-8 regarding

3408
03:24:28.622 --> 03:24:31.122
charitable solicitation on the public way.

3409
03:24:31.702 --> 03:24:35.362
I move passage of this item by the same motion, with the exception of

3410
03:24:35.462 --> 03:24:38.962
Alderman Lopez and Sposato, who both wish to be

3411
03:24:39.002 --> 03:24:41.062
recorded as voting no on this item.

3412
03:24:41.182 --> 03:24:43.382
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3413
03:24:43.982 --> 03:24:47.502
Item number 9A through P is an order

3414
03:24:47.622 --> 03:24:51.082
authorizing the corporation council to enter into and

3415
03:24:51.162 --> 03:24:54.962
execute settlement order in the following 16

3416
03:24:55.042 --> 03:24:58.942
cases. Bhutto versus Guevara, Flores

3417
03:24:59.062 --> 03:25:02.862
versus Guevara, Juan and Rosendo Hernandez versus

3418
03:25:03.002 --> 03:25:06.742
Guevara, Lugo versus Guevara, Davila

3419
03:25:07.162 --> 03:25:11.042
versus Guevara, Abrigo versus Guevara,

3420
03:25:11.162 --> 03:25:15.082
Martinez versus Guevara, Kelly versus Guevara,

3421
03:25:15.322 --> 03:25:18.642
Geck versus Guevara, Quill versus

3422
03:25:18.762 --> 03:25:22.662
Guevara, Rivera versus Guevara, Robinson

3423
03:25:22.742 --> 03:25:26.642
versus Guevara, Ortez versus Guevara et al,

3424
03:25:27.342 --> 03:25:31.242
Williams versus Guevara et al, Kruger versus

3425
03:25:31.702 --> 03:25:35.242
Guevara et al, and McDowell versus Guevara

3426
03:25:35.622 --> 03:25:37.582
et al, in an amount of

3427
03:25:37.602 --> 03:25:41.442
$260,814,000.

3428
03:25:42.022 --> 03:25:45.902
I move passage of this item by the same motion as was applied to

3429
03:25:46.002 --> 03:25:46.862
item number two.

3430
03:25:47.142 --> 03:25:49.542
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3431
03:25:50.202 --> 03:25:53.922
Item number 10 is a communication transmitting reports of

3432
03:25:54.002 --> 03:25:57.942
cases in which verdicts, judgments, or settlements were entered into for the month

3433
03:25:57.982 --> 03:26:01.702
of September 2026. These will be placed on file with the clerk.

3434
03:26:02.762 --> 03:26:06.602
Item number 11 and 12 consist of orders of authorization for the

3435
03:26:06.681 --> 03:26:10.522
payment of various small claims against the City of Chicago, and

3436
03:26:10.562 --> 03:26:14.042
the denials of payments of various small claims against the City of

3437
03:26:14.102 --> 03:26:16.362
Chicago. And if there are no objections, Mr.

3438
03:26:16.602 --> 03:26:20.222
President, I move that these items be placed for passage in the omnibus.

3439
03:26:20.322 --> 03:26:21.822
Hearing none, so ordered.

3440
03:26:22.002 --> 03:26:23.182
That concludes my report.

3441
03:26:23.202 --> 03:26:27.022
Thank you, Madam Chair. For the Committee on Aviation, the chair recognizes

3442
03:26:27.622 --> 03:26:28.522
Chairman O'Shea.

3443
03:26:31.902 --> 03:26:34.022
Mr. President, members of the city council.

3444
03:26:35.022 --> 03:26:38.862
Reporting for your Committee on Aviation, which held a meeting on Tuesday,

3445
03:26:39.522 --> 03:26:41.622
October 13th, 2026.

3446
03:26:42.842 --> 03:26:45.742
The committee recommends passage of the following item.

3447
03:26:47.082 --> 03:26:47.502
Ordinance

3448
03:26:47.782 --> 03:26:52.842
2026-0029003,

3449
03:26:53.602 --> 03:26:54.222
as amended,

3450
03:26:55.142 --> 03:26:58.762
is a concession, lease, and license agreement with All Clear

3451
03:26:59.182 --> 03:27:02.862
LLC for TSA services at O'Hare

3452
03:27:03.342 --> 03:27:04.302
International Airport

3453
03:27:05.102 --> 03:27:07.062
and Midway International Airport.

3454
03:27:11.242 --> 03:27:12.462
Sorry, I didn't hear a motion.

3455
03:27:14.882 --> 03:27:18.702
Mayor, I move passage of this ordinance as amended by the first favorable roll

3456
03:27:18.762 --> 03:27:22.742
call vote of the Committee on Finance, an associated unsuccessful

3457
03:27:22.782 --> 03:27:23.722
motion to reconsider.

3458
03:27:24.022 --> 03:27:26.802
Very well. Hearing no objection, so ordered.

3459
03:27:27.722 --> 03:27:30.142
Mr. President, this concludes my report.

3460
03:27:30.962 --> 03:27:32.002
Thank you, Mr. Chair.

3461
03:27:34.142 --> 03:27:35.062
Chair recognizes

3462
03:27:36.362 --> 03:27:37.042
Alderman Mitchell.

3463
03:27:37.182 --> 03:27:40.662
Mr. President, I would like to be recorded as a yes vote for the first item on the

3464
03:27:40.702 --> 03:27:41.922
Committee on Finance report.

3465
03:27:42.102 --> 03:27:43.162
Very well. Please add

3466
03:27:44.002 --> 03:27:47.062
Alderman Mitchell as a part of the roll call vote

3467
03:27:48.042 --> 03:27:49.102
as affirmative

3468
03:27:50.914 --> 03:27:54.733
While we have a break, Alderman Moore has requested to participate in

3469
03:27:54.794 --> 03:27:56.834
today's meeting remotely for

3470
03:27:57.734 --> 03:28:01.394
reasons stated in Rule 59. Alderman David Moore,

3471
03:28:01.894 --> 03:28:03.774
can we confirm your presence online?

3472
03:28:04.874 --> 03:28:04.934
Present.

3473
03:28:04.994 --> 03:28:05.534
Alderman Moore,

3474
03:28:06.334 --> 03:28:06.454
you there?

3475
03:28:06.534 --> 03:28:07.314
I'm here. Yes.

3476
03:28:07.354 --> 03:28:10.914
Very well. Can I get a motion for the approval of his remote participation?

3477
03:28:10.954 --> 03:28:14.814
It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying "Aye." Any

3478
03:28:14.874 --> 03:28:17.134
opposed say "Nay." In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it.

3479
03:28:17.934 --> 03:28:19.294
Alderman David Moore will be added

3480
03:28:20.774 --> 03:28:24.654
as a remote participant. Now, next up for the

3481
03:28:24.714 --> 03:28:28.414
committee on Budget and Government Operations, the Chair

3482
03:28:28.454 --> 03:28:30.514
recognizes Chairman Ervin.

3483
03:28:31.194 --> 03:28:33.294
Thank you, Mr. President and members of the City Council.

3484
03:28:33.354 --> 03:28:37.234
Reporting for your committee on the Budget and Government Operations, which held

3485
03:28:37.274 --> 03:28:39.554
the committee meeting on October the 13th.

3486
03:28:40.014 --> 03:28:43.654
The committee has a series of report recommending passage of the following

3487
03:28:43.754 --> 03:28:47.194
items. Go out of order and take items two through 12, which are

3488
03:28:47.234 --> 03:28:51.134
communications recommending transfer of funds for the following wards,

3489
03:28:51.354 --> 03:28:55.334
all for year 2026. Ward numbers 4, 12,

3490
03:28:55.534 --> 03:28:58.854
14, 16, 4, 43, and

3491
03:28:59.074 --> 03:29:02.454
44, along with the Committee on Workforce Development,

3492
03:29:02.974 --> 03:29:06.354
Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Committee on Health and Human Relations,

3493
03:29:06.854 --> 03:29:10.514
and the Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy.

3494
03:29:10.834 --> 03:29:14.294
I move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote of the Committee

3495
03:29:14.354 --> 03:29:15.234
on Finance and the

3496
03:29:16.194 --> 03:29:18.694
associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3497
03:29:18.814 --> 03:29:20.474
And your motion is for all of those items?

3498
03:29:20.974 --> 03:29:21.394
Yes, sir.

3499
03:29:21.654 --> 03:29:25.294
Very well. Seeing no hands and hearing no objections, so ordered.

3500
03:29:26.394 --> 03:29:29.934
All right. Item number one is a communication recommending a proposed ordinance

3501
03:29:29.974 --> 03:29:33.754
concerning the appointment of Juan Pablo Prieto as the

3502
03:29:33.814 --> 03:29:36.854
Commissioner of Fleet and Facilities Management.

3503
03:29:38.174 --> 03:29:40.314
After comment, I reserve the right to close.

3504
03:29:40.374 --> 03:29:44.154
I move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote of the Committee

3505
03:29:44.194 --> 03:29:47.194
on Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion to-

3506
03:29:47.234 --> 03:29:49.514
Very well. The Chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris.

3507
03:29:50.654 --> 03:29:54.134
I'm requesting leave of the body to allow Clerk Anna Valencia to speak.

3508
03:29:54.794 --> 03:29:57.974
Very well. May we have leave from this body to allow for the clerk to speak?

3509
03:29:58.594 --> 03:30:00.054
All right, leave has been granted.

3510
03:30:00.313 --> 03:30:02.834
The Chair recognizes Clerk Valencia.

3511
03:30:03.134 --> 03:30:04.234
Oh, I didn't know I'd start.

3512
03:30:05.794 --> 03:30:09.514
I just wanted to give my congratulations to a dear friend,

3513
03:30:09.654 --> 03:30:13.454
Juan Pablo Prieto. I got to work with him at the CTA

3514
03:30:13.914 --> 03:30:17.434
when they started the first citywide hiring fairs.

3515
03:30:17.474 --> 03:30:19.214
That started with 200 people arriving.

3516
03:30:19.274 --> 03:30:22.454
We had 900, almost 1,000 participants this time around.

3517
03:30:23.134 --> 03:30:26.114
And he has a heart to serve the community, but he's also a doer.

3518
03:30:26.534 --> 03:30:29.794
So I just wanted to congratulate the mayor for a great

3519
03:30:30.094 --> 03:30:33.854
choice for having someone that really cares about our

3520
03:30:33.934 --> 03:30:36.014
city, that really is going to show up,

3521
03:30:36.834 --> 03:30:38.554
take the aldermanic calls. Good luck.

3522
03:30:38.594 --> 03:30:42.454
There's 50 of them, 50 plus one, and the city treasurer, so 52

3523
03:30:43.314 --> 03:30:46.354
calls you'll be getting. But this was a great choice.

3524
03:30:46.394 --> 03:30:50.254
So I just want to congratulate you on this appointment, and I

3525
03:30:50.274 --> 03:30:52.234
look forward to working with you in future days.

3526
03:30:52.914 --> 03:30:55.994
Thank you, Clerk Valencia. Are there any other alders that wish to speak to this

3527
03:30:56.094 --> 03:30:58.834
item? Chair recognizes Alderwoman Hadden.

3528
03:31:00.774 --> 03:31:04.274
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of this appointment.

3529
03:31:04.814 --> 03:31:08.634
Good choice. And I know I got to congratulate you

3530
03:31:08.714 --> 03:31:09.794
and meet your family

3531
03:31:11.334 --> 03:31:15.234
before you came in, but thank you for accepting the role, and thank

3532
03:31:15.254 --> 03:31:16.254
you for the work you're going to do.

3533
03:31:17.954 --> 03:31:21.014
As the clerk said, we all have a list,

3534
03:31:22.314 --> 03:31:25.994
and we'll be following up with you, and especially as you're

3535
03:31:26.074 --> 03:31:27.074
stepping into this space.

3536
03:31:29.254 --> 03:31:31.194
Let us know or reach out if you've got

3537
03:31:32.414 --> 03:31:34.954
questions or ideas as we move into budget season

3538
03:31:36.074 --> 03:31:38.654
around what we should be kind of thinking about and centering.

3539
03:31:38.934 --> 03:31:41.294
Thank you for your service in advance. Thank you, Mr. President.

3540
03:31:41.294 --> 03:31:44.654
Thank you. You're welcome. Alderwoman Gutierrez, you are recognized.

3541
03:31:46.174 --> 03:31:49.394
Thank you, Mr. President. I also rise in support of this great

3542
03:31:49.434 --> 03:31:50.254
nomination.

3543
03:31:51.614 --> 03:31:54.854
I've had the pleasure to work with Juan Pablo before,

3544
03:31:55.834 --> 03:31:59.614
and I just want to mention something really important, and Ruth may also be with

3545
03:31:59.754 --> 03:32:00.554
me in this one.

3546
03:32:01.654 --> 03:32:05.014
We all three are fellows of the Chicago Latino Caucus Foundation.

3547
03:32:06.454 --> 03:32:10.013
Different cohorts, but we've been part of that amazing

3548
03:32:10.073 --> 03:32:13.374
program that some of my colleagues started years back.

3549
03:32:14.334 --> 03:32:16.414
And yes, we are a product of this city.

3550
03:32:16.494 --> 03:32:18.634
We're a product of a great program that the

3551
03:32:20.034 --> 03:32:23.674
city Latino Caucus has. But also, when we

3552
03:32:23.774 --> 03:32:27.634
are in a task of choosing

3553
03:32:27.694 --> 03:32:31.214
and recommending people for positions, right, in

3554
03:32:31.714 --> 03:32:31.974
this

3555
03:32:32.874 --> 03:32:36.694
great city that we're working on in the council and all working

3556
03:32:36.754 --> 03:32:37.214
together,

3557
03:32:38.234 --> 03:32:42.114
oftentimes there's discussions about race, unfortunately, right?

3558
03:32:42.574 --> 03:32:46.234
"There's only appointees of certain race." "There's always these type of

3559
03:32:46.294 --> 03:32:50.014
workers," and blah blah blah. Things that happen so often.

3560
03:32:50.714 --> 03:32:52.914
But we need to continue to look more

3561
03:32:53.994 --> 03:32:57.934
and above that. It's about electing or choosing

3562
03:32:58.094 --> 03:33:00.854
or appointing the right person.

3563
03:33:01.754 --> 03:33:05.694
Also, in our seats, it's not about being a Latino alderman or so and

3564
03:33:05.774 --> 03:33:09.674
so. It's about having the person that is really going to step up and

3565
03:33:09.734 --> 03:33:13.594
cater and work for their people. And not only their wards,

3566
03:33:13.654 --> 03:33:16.134
but the whole city of Chicago. So, Mr.

3567
03:33:16.194 --> 03:33:18.194
Mayor, thank you for allowing

3568
03:33:19.934 --> 03:33:23.234
Juan Pablo Prieto, his family, and all of us to work

3569
03:33:23.274 --> 03:33:26.994
together in this great position. Thank you, Juan Pablo, for

3570
03:33:27.074 --> 03:33:30.354
saying yes. Thank you to the wife and family because also,

3571
03:33:31.374 --> 03:33:35.134
these positions requires not only a Monday through Friday job, 9:00 to

3572
03:33:35.574 --> 03:33:39.494
5:00. It requires a ton on the family as well, and we all know about

3573
03:33:39.554 --> 03:33:43.194
it. So let's continue building together. Congratulations. Thank you, Mayor.

3574
03:33:43.714 --> 03:33:47.274
You're welcome. Chair recognizes Alder Cruz.

3575
03:33:50.194 --> 03:33:50.694
Thank you, Mr.

3576
03:33:51.694 --> 03:33:55.054
President. I also rise in support of this

3577
03:33:55.114 --> 03:33:55.714
appointment

3578
03:33:56.570 --> 03:34:00.450
And I want to say how proud I am to call Juan Pablo

3579
03:34:00.670 --> 03:34:04.010
my friend. Juan Pablo brings many years of

3580
03:34:04.069 --> 03:34:07.730
experience, many relationships that he has built

3581
03:34:07.770 --> 03:34:11.530
throughout the years, but also a clear vision to

3582
03:34:11.590 --> 03:34:15.310
this department. And that's why Juan Pablo came in with so many letters of

3583
03:34:15.350 --> 03:34:18.910
recommendations, because everybody here, we can talk about

3584
03:34:19.470 --> 03:34:22.690
truly the work that you have been doing throughout this years.

3585
03:34:23.050 --> 03:34:26.410
And that's why it is an honor and pride to call you my friend.

3586
03:34:26.770 --> 03:34:30.410
But you're also a proud 30th Ward neighbor

3587
03:34:31.230 --> 03:34:34.670
and a true community leader for many

3588
03:34:34.750 --> 03:34:36.350
years in the ward.

3589
03:34:37.210 --> 03:34:39.190
And again, a friend.

3590
03:34:40.070 --> 03:34:43.970
And together we are the true example about building

3591
03:34:44.050 --> 03:34:47.730
together, not tearing apart, but really building

3592
03:34:47.790 --> 03:34:51.310
together. And to see you in the box today with your

3593
03:34:51.390 --> 03:34:54.790
family, with your wife, with your mom, and with

3594
03:34:55.630 --> 03:34:59.610
your son, Gabe, it's truly inspiring for me that you

3595
03:34:59.670 --> 03:35:03.470
and I are in the same place, that we can work together and

3596
03:35:03.530 --> 03:35:07.350
continue to build something that we have started four years

3597
03:35:07.430 --> 03:35:11.210
ago. You and I were going for the same thing, but now we

3598
03:35:11.230 --> 03:35:14.650
are here in the same place working together.

3599
03:35:15.070 --> 03:35:18.770
And again, we are that example of what really working

3600
03:35:18.830 --> 03:35:22.810
together means when we truly talk about

3601
03:35:22.890 --> 03:35:26.830
our communities and doing the right thing of our communities, and you have

3602
03:35:26.890 --> 03:35:30.850
shown that in much respect to you, Juan Pablo.

3603
03:35:31.350 --> 03:35:35.230
And to the family, you're going to be sharing his time a little bit

3604
03:35:35.290 --> 03:35:36.350
longer with us.

3605
03:35:37.270 --> 03:35:41.170
But again, he is much needed in the city right now, and

3606
03:35:41.510 --> 03:35:42.010
we are

3607
03:35:42.930 --> 03:35:46.810
working together to change the city and really having the leadership that we

3608
03:35:46.850 --> 03:35:50.770
need in these departments, and Juan Pablo is that person.

3609
03:35:51.670 --> 03:35:55.570
So I just want to say felicidades. To your mom, I have

3610
03:35:55.610 --> 03:35:59.470
to address your mom. Mommy, you have done a great job with

3611
03:35:59.510 --> 03:36:03.450
Juan Pablo, showing really the values of family,

3612
03:36:03.770 --> 03:36:07.690
culture, and again, I can

3613
03:36:07.730 --> 03:36:11.610
be here hours and hours talking about you, Juan Pablo, and to also

3614
03:36:11.650 --> 03:36:15.570
say how we are in the same family when it comes to the Chicago Latino Caucus

3615
03:36:15.970 --> 03:36:19.730
Foundation as well. So again, I look

3616
03:36:19.790 --> 03:36:22.670
forward working with you. Y que viva Colombia.

3617
03:36:24.590 --> 03:36:25.170
Viva.

3618
03:36:26.110 --> 03:36:29.050
The chair recognizes Alderman Raymond Lopez.

3619
03:36:31.570 --> 03:36:32.670
Good afternoon, Mr. President.

3620
03:36:32.690 --> 03:36:33.390
Good afternoon.

3621
03:36:33.650 --> 03:36:37.070
Members of the City Council. I wish to rise in support and

3622
03:36:37.110 --> 03:36:38.990
congratulate you in your appointment today.

3623
03:36:39.790 --> 03:36:43.650
Juan Pablo actually came with, I think, 47 witnesses yesterday to

3624
03:36:43.750 --> 03:36:44.770
speak his high praises,

3625
03:36:45.670 --> 03:36:49.070
and all of them were true. I'm just glad that we didn't have the entire speakers

3626
03:36:49.110 --> 03:36:49.330
list

3627
03:36:50.230 --> 03:36:50.730
today.

3628
03:36:52.130 --> 03:36:54.190
And I also want to thank him for being very proactive

3629
03:36:55.090 --> 03:36:58.050
in addressing some of the concerns that we referenced in committee,

3630
03:36:59.730 --> 03:37:00.810
and encourage him

3631
03:37:01.670 --> 03:37:02.650
that thanks to our new

3632
03:37:03.690 --> 03:37:07.450
override, if he needs to borrow some money to fix the infrastructure, you only need

3633
03:37:07.710 --> 03:37:11.270
26 votes to do it. So I think you've got more than that to get it done, and look

3634
03:37:11.330 --> 03:37:12.550
forward to working with you. Thank you.

3635
03:37:12.910 --> 03:37:16.050
You're welcome. Alderman Mike Rodriguez, you are recognized.

3636
03:37:17.650 --> 03:37:18.390
Congrats, Mayor.

3637
03:37:20.030 --> 03:37:22.650
Congrats, Mayor. Forgive me. On this wonderful appointment.

3638
03:37:24.890 --> 03:37:26.930
Juan Pablo, JP, you have

3639
03:37:28.010 --> 03:37:30.050
demonstrated over the years your excellence.

3640
03:37:30.390 --> 03:37:34.250
You dot I's, cross T's. That's what we need in city leadership in

3641
03:37:34.270 --> 03:37:38.110
these commissioner roles. The diversity in folks who have recommended you, the

3642
03:37:38.150 --> 03:37:41.490
diversity of folks who wrote you letters of recommendation and spoken out

3643
03:37:42.210 --> 03:37:46.010
in your favor means that you know how to be a true Chicago leader that's working

3644
03:37:46.070 --> 03:37:49.430
across aisles, that's talking to different folks in different parts of the city to

3645
03:37:49.470 --> 03:37:53.410
get things done. I'm sure anybody on this council

3646
03:37:53.470 --> 03:37:55.210
that needs your cell phone, they will have it.

3647
03:37:55.550 --> 03:37:58.590
They will be able to get in touch with you 24/7/365.

3648
03:37:58.650 --> 03:37:59.850
I'm very sorry to your wife.

3649
03:38:00.670 --> 03:38:04.550
That will be your new norm. But I know Juan Pablo is

3650
03:38:04.590 --> 03:38:06.350
ready for that. And,

3651
03:38:08.230 --> 03:38:10.050
algo muy especial, señora.

3652
03:38:11.310 --> 03:38:11.890
No hay

3653
03:38:13.429 --> 03:38:16.730
niños sin sus papás y los grandes son sus papás.

3654
03:38:17.130 --> 03:38:20.270
Entonces hoy día no es de Juan Pablo, es usted, señora.

3655
03:38:20.670 --> 03:38:24.450
Today doesn't just belong to Juan Pablo, but to his family,

3656
03:38:25.310 --> 03:38:28.110
mostly to his mother. I know how this stuff works.

3657
03:38:29.270 --> 03:38:32.150
And I just want to say congratulations once again, and thank you, Mr.

3658
03:38:32.230 --> 03:38:33.830
Mayor, on an excellent appointment here.

3659
03:38:34.190 --> 03:38:36.890
Thank you. Alderman Villegas, you are recognized.

3660
03:38:37.690 --> 03:38:41.330
Thank you, Mr. President. I stand, too, to support this appointment.

3661
03:38:41.510 --> 03:38:42.130
I've known Juan

3662
03:38:42.990 --> 03:38:44.150
Pablo for almost 15 years,

3663
03:38:45.010 --> 03:38:48.690
and sad to see him leaving the CTA because he was doing such a great job

3664
03:38:49.530 --> 03:38:53.110
of making sure that small businesses were participating

3665
03:38:53.730 --> 03:38:55.610
in government-funded contracts.

3666
03:38:56.210 --> 03:38:58.490
And he was very successful at doing that.

3667
03:38:58.510 --> 03:39:02.370
And so we're going to be very hopeful that you're going to do that

3668
03:39:02.450 --> 03:39:05.890
same thing in 2FM and incorporate technology into the way

3669
03:39:06.570 --> 03:39:09.610
that we deliver services. And so I'm very excited about what you're going to do

3670
03:39:10.730 --> 03:39:14.690
at 2FM. And this body is going to continue to support you.

3671
03:39:15.510 --> 03:39:19.490
I think there's a great opportunity to take a look at ways to find savings

3672
03:39:19.510 --> 03:39:22.990
and efficiencies. And so looking forward to hearing what some of those ideas are

3673
03:39:23.010 --> 03:39:26.490
going to be. And to your family, your lovely bride and your son that are here

3674
03:39:27.230 --> 03:39:29.070
today, this is a proud moment

3675
03:39:30.710 --> 03:39:33.350
for the Preto family. This is something that

3676
03:39:34.350 --> 03:39:35.710
our community is excited to see as

3677
03:39:36.510 --> 03:39:39.950
a fellow who went through the Latino Caucus Leadership Program.

3678
03:39:40.350 --> 03:39:43.850
This is what the results are of these types of programs and

3679
03:39:43.890 --> 03:39:44.570
investments

3680
03:39:45.510 --> 03:39:48.290
that we hope to garner. So we wish you good luck

3681
03:39:48.950 --> 03:39:51.750
on your new endeavor.

3682
03:39:52.690 --> 03:39:56.430
And make sure that you engage the body to make sure that we can provide

3683
03:39:56.970 --> 03:40:00.950
any type of assistance that you need. So good luck, and congratulations.

3684
03:40:01.210 --> 03:40:01.710
Thank you, Mr. President.

3685
03:40:01.830 --> 03:40:04.090
Thank you. Alderman Chico, you are recognized

3686
03:40:05.406 --> 03:40:07.826
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I too support this appointment.

3687
03:40:08.426 --> 03:40:12.346
Juan Pablo, I got to know you in depth through your work at the Red Line

3688
03:40:12.386 --> 03:40:12.946
Extension,

3689
03:40:13.926 --> 03:40:17.586
with it ending in my Altgeld Gardens community, and it was there I saw your

3690
03:40:17.646 --> 03:40:21.186
passion and commitment to the project, but also the 10th Ward.

3691
03:40:21.246 --> 03:40:24.806
So I look forward to your work in your next role, and I look forward to the

3692
03:40:24.826 --> 03:40:25.866
partnership. Thank you.

3693
03:40:26.286 --> 03:40:29.266
Thank you, Alderman Chico. Are there any other alders that wish to speak to this

3694
03:40:29.866 --> 03:40:33.566
item? Very well. Seeing no other hands, the chair recognizes Chairman

3695
03:40:33.966 --> 03:40:34.286
Irvin.

3696
03:40:34.886 --> 03:40:38.566
Thank you, Mr. President. And again, excellent appointment

3697
03:40:38.646 --> 03:40:42.566
here with Mr. Prieto. And in our conversation I said, "Hey,

3698
03:40:43.146 --> 03:40:46.926
if we don't hear anything, you must be doing a great job." Because the

3699
03:40:47.386 --> 03:40:51.226
2FM really is the backbone of everything that happens in this

3700
03:40:51.286 --> 03:40:51.606
city,

3701
03:40:52.426 --> 03:40:54.606
from our fleets, from our buildings.

3702
03:40:54.946 --> 03:40:58.866
And again, no news is good news. And so again, I do not

3703
03:40:58.906 --> 03:41:02.386
look forward to hearing from you. I don't expect to hear from you, because I think

3704
03:41:02.406 --> 03:41:04.086
you're going to do a great job. With that, Mr.

3705
03:41:04.306 --> 03:41:08.246
President, I move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote of

3706
03:41:08.266 --> 03:41:11.746
the Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3707
03:41:11.846 --> 03:41:14.646
Very well. Hearing no objection, so ordered.

3708
03:41:14.906 --> 03:41:15.966
Congratulations, JP.

3709
03:41:23.946 --> 03:41:25.126
It's on my box now.

3710
03:41:27.666 --> 03:41:29.406
They put the box on my thing now.

3711
03:41:39.246 --> 03:41:41.286
Spritz, spritz. Spritz crap.

3712
03:41:48.286 --> 03:41:48.666
All right.

3713
03:41:58.966 --> 03:41:59.986
Fire. It's completely in our yard.

3714
03:43:31.086 --> 03:43:32.886
How about one more time for our new commissioner.

3715
03:43:32.966 --> 03:43:35.646
Let's give it up, Commissioner Juan Pablo Prieto.

3716
03:43:40.566 --> 03:43:43.046
Chairman Irvin, does this complete your report?

3717
03:43:44.306 --> 03:43:47.146
I believe this does complete the report of Chairman Irvin.

3718
03:43:48.506 --> 03:43:51.306
Our next committee is on Economic, Capital,

3719
03:43:52.186 --> 03:43:55.466
and Technology Development. The chair recognizes...

3720
03:43:56.686 --> 03:44:00.546
The vice chair will do this. The chair recognizes Vice Chair Mosley.

3721
03:44:00.886 --> 03:44:00.946
Thank you.

3722
03:44:00.966 --> 03:44:04.386
Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of Chair Curtis

3723
03:44:04.926 --> 03:44:08.666
and members of the City Council, reporting for the Committee on Economic, Capital,

3724
03:44:08.686 --> 03:44:12.306
and Technology Development. On Thursday, October 8th,

3725
03:44:12.486 --> 03:44:16.446
2026, the committee held a meeting to recommend passage of the following

3726
03:44:16.546 --> 03:44:19.946
items. Items one through nine on the report are appointments and

3727
03:44:20.066 --> 03:44:23.505
reappointments of the following people to the following special service

3728
03:44:23.606 --> 03:44:27.005
areas. For appointments, David Gasman, number

3729
03:44:27.106 --> 03:44:29.906
17-2025, Central Lake

3730
03:44:30.006 --> 03:44:33.286
View/Wrigleyville. Alvin Bell, number

3731
03:44:33.466 --> 03:44:36.946
81, 87th Street. Josh Mercer,

3732
03:44:37.326 --> 03:44:40.246
number 4, 95th Street. Maysoon

3733
03:44:40.826 --> 03:44:43.066
Farhouer, number 32,

3734
03:44:43.566 --> 03:44:47.546
2014. Arvin Gresham, Martha McKnight,

3735
03:44:47.826 --> 03:44:51.426
number 32-2014. Arvin Gresham,

3736
03:44:52.006 --> 03:44:55.686
Dominique Gamble Brewton, number 81, 87th

3737
03:44:55.806 --> 03:44:59.366
Street. For reappointments, Mark Astro, number 60,

3738
03:44:59.906 --> 03:45:03.206
Albany Park. Alejandro Gonzalez, number

3739
03:45:03.366 --> 03:45:06.926
47, 47th Street in Cottage Grove. Darlene

3740
03:45:07.086 --> 03:45:10.906
Orts, number 2, Belmont Central. Marilyn Davale,

3741
03:45:11.206 --> 03:45:14.526
number 2, Belmont Central. Kelly Chong, number

3742
03:45:15.386 --> 03:45:19.206
34, Uptown. David

3743
03:45:19.306 --> 03:45:21.726
Gasman, number 18, North Halsted.

3744
03:45:23.486 --> 03:45:27.446
Again, for appointments, Jason Kaiser, number 19, Howard

3745
03:45:27.566 --> 03:45:27.946
Street.

3746
03:45:29.146 --> 03:45:32.766
Todd Hyatt, number 17-2025,

3747
03:45:32.966 --> 03:45:34.426
Central Lake View, Wrigleyville.

3748
03:45:35.006 --> 03:45:38.826
And continuing on for reappointments, Eldora Davis, number

3749
03:45:39.626 --> 03:45:43.186
69, 95th and Ashland Avenue. Todd

3750
03:45:43.306 --> 03:45:45.646
Israel, number 34, Uptown.

3751
03:45:46.506 --> 03:45:50.346
Dominic Ippiano, number 34,

3752
03:45:50.466 --> 03:45:52.846
Uptown. Jason Cross, number

3753
03:45:53.126 --> 03:45:56.726
21-2016, Lincoln Square.

3754
03:45:57.266 --> 03:46:00.386
And Dominique Gamble Brewton, number 69,

3755
03:46:00.886 --> 03:46:02.006
95th and Ashland.

3756
03:46:02.806 --> 03:46:06.226
Mr. President, I move for the passage of these items by the first favorable roll

3757
03:46:06.286 --> 03:46:09.946
call vote on the Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to

3758
03:46:09.966 --> 03:46:10.446
reconsider.

3759
03:46:10.506 --> 03:46:11.906
Hearing no objection, so ordered.

3760
03:46:12.306 --> 03:46:16.166
Number item 20 on the agenda is a substitute resolution calling for a hearing

3761
03:46:16.226 --> 03:46:19.886
on establishment of business improvement districts, number one,

3762
03:46:20.246 --> 03:46:24.066
the Magnificent Mile. I move for passage of this item by the first favorable

3763
03:46:24.126 --> 03:46:25.126
roll call on

3764
03:46:25.966 --> 03:46:29.906
the Committee of Finance and the associated

3765
03:46:29.966 --> 03:46:31.446
unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3766
03:46:31.686 --> 03:46:33.186
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3767
03:46:33.766 --> 03:46:37.646
Items number 21 to 34 on the agenda are a series of scopes of

3768
03:46:37.726 --> 03:46:41.546
services, budget and management agreements, or calls for public hearings

3769
03:46:41.866 --> 03:46:45.586
regarding extension of tax levies for special service areas.

3770
03:46:45.966 --> 03:46:49.446
The following items have scopes of services, budget and management agreements for

3771
03:46:49.486 --> 03:46:53.026
the year 2027 in the following special service areas.

3772
03:46:53.386 --> 03:46:57.246
Number two, Belmont Central. Number 18, North Halsted.

3773
03:46:57.506 --> 03:47:01.186
Number 19, Howard Street. Number 24, Clark

3774
03:47:01.326 --> 03:47:04.046
Street. Number 27, West Lake View.

3775
03:47:04.366 --> 03:47:07.946
Number 28, 2014 West Lake View. Number

3776
03:47:08.126 --> 03:47:11.986
31, Greater Ravenswood. Number 43,

3777
03:47:12.246 --> 03:47:15.386
Devon Avenue. Number 48, Old Town.

3778
03:47:15.666 --> 03:47:18.766
Number 54, Sheridan Road. Number 79,

3779
03:47:18.986 --> 03:47:22.786
Lawrence/Pulaski/Elston. The following calls for

3780
03:47:22.846 --> 03:47:26.446
public hearings on extensions of tax levies and expansion of the special service

3781
03:47:26.546 --> 03:47:30.266
areas for the year 2027 located in the following special

3782
03:47:30.346 --> 03:47:33.886
service areas, number 22, number 26,

3783
03:47:34.106 --> 03:47:38.026
and 73. I move for passage of these items by the first favorable

3784
03:47:38.086 --> 03:47:41.906
roll call vote on the Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to

3785
03:47:41.946 --> 03:47:42.466
reconsider.

3786
03:47:42.506 --> 03:47:44.026
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3787
03:47:44.766 --> 03:47:47.986
Mr. President, I move for item number

3788
03:47:48.646 --> 03:47:52.366
35 on the agenda is an ordinance in support of a class 6B tax

3789
03:47:52.406 --> 03:47:55.866
incentive for the property at 1120 West

3790
03:47:55.926 --> 03:47:59.846
Exchange Avenue. I move for the passage of this item by the first favorable roll

3791
03:47:59.886 --> 03:48:03.806
call vote on the Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful

3792
03:48:03.846 --> 03:48:04.566
motion to reconsider.

3793
03:48:04.566 --> 03:48:06.006
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3794
03:48:07.226 --> 03:48:10.926
Item number 36 on the agenda is an amendment of an authorizing

3795
03:48:11.006 --> 03:48:14.886
ordinance in support of a class 6B tax incentive for property

3796
03:48:14.966 --> 03:48:18.886
at 1001 West 119th Street. I move

3797
03:48:18.926 --> 03:48:22.806
for the passage of this item by first favorable roll call vote on the Committee of

3798
03:48:22.966 --> 03:48:26.006
Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3799
03:48:26.066 --> 03:48:27.626
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3800
03:48:27.866 --> 03:48:31.406
Item number 37 on the agenda is an ordinance in support of a class

3801
03:48:31.766 --> 03:48:35.566
7D tax incentive for property at 5567

3802
03:48:35.646 --> 03:48:39.426
West North Avenue. I move for the passage of this item by the first

3803
03:48:39.486 --> 03:48:42.906
favorable roll call vote of the Committee on Finance and associated

3804
03:48:42.986 --> 03:48:44.326
unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3805
03:48:44.466 --> 03:48:46.086
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3806
03:48:46.366 --> 03:48:50.046
Item number 38 on the agenda is an ordinance that amends the municipal code

3807
03:48:50.106 --> 03:48:54.006
section 2-45-165 by including

3808
03:48:54.086 --> 03:48:57.506
additional review and decision-making criteria when considering

3809
03:48:57.566 --> 03:48:59.846
revocation of a property tax incentive.

3810
03:49:00.246 --> 03:49:03.766
I move for the passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote of the

3811
03:49:03.826 --> 03:49:07.726
Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to

3812
03:49:07.746 --> 03:49:08.306
reconsider.

3813
03:49:09.146 --> 03:49:11.186
Very well. The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.

3814
03:49:12.846 --> 03:49:15.066
Good afternoon, Mr. President, members of the city council.

3815
03:49:15.786 --> 03:49:16.306
I rise

3816
03:49:17.226 --> 03:49:20.866
not only in support of this substitute ordinance, but also to thank you and your

3817
03:49:20.926 --> 03:49:24.426
team, Department of Planning, Department of Law, for working on a common sense

3818
03:49:24.446 --> 03:49:28.126
solution for an issue that many of us have raised numerous times,

3819
03:49:28.586 --> 03:49:30.006
which is this:

3820
03:49:31.066 --> 03:49:34.846
how do we address those who receive tax incentives by this body

3821
03:49:35.406 --> 03:49:38.686
that do not meet the obligations consistent with

3822
03:49:39.086 --> 03:49:42.466
their plans or with the expectations of this body?

3823
03:49:43.086 --> 03:49:46.566
I want to thank Chairman Curtis and his team, as well

3824
03:49:46.786 --> 03:49:50.606
as Mark Alvarez from my office and others, who

3825
03:49:50.686 --> 03:49:54.326
came forward to put in place mechanisms that will

3826
03:49:54.406 --> 03:49:57.966
allow us to hold businesses that fail to meet the

3827
03:49:58.026 --> 03:50:00.666
mark accountable for the actions therein.

3828
03:50:02.106 --> 03:50:05.906
Would encourage and welcome all of my colleagues to join in support, because this

3829
03:50:05.946 --> 03:50:09.886
not only continues the progress that we're able to make in advancing our

3830
03:50:09.926 --> 03:50:13.346
neighborhoods, but also maintains the standards that we expect all of those

3831
03:50:13.366 --> 03:50:17.046
developers to adhere to, and ask for its favorable passage. Thank you.

3832
03:50:17.826 --> 03:50:20.226
Thank you. The motion on the floor still stands.

3833
03:50:20.726 --> 03:50:23.086
Seeing no other hands, hearing no objections, so ordered.

3834
03:50:23.766 --> 03:50:26.486
Congratulations, Alderman Lopez, and thank you, Mr. President.

3835
03:50:26.526 --> 03:50:27.966
This concludes the report.

3836
03:50:29.326 --> 03:50:32.506
Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy, the

3837
03:50:32.546 --> 03:50:34.066
chair recognizes Chair Hadden.

3838
03:50:35.446 --> 03:50:37.466
Thank you, Mr. President, members of City Council.

3839
03:50:37.566 --> 03:50:40.646
Reporting for your Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy, which held a

3840
03:50:40.685 --> 03:50:43.266
committee meeting on October 8th, 2026.

3841
03:50:43.846 --> 03:50:47.506
The committee has four reports and recommends the passage of the following items.

3842
03:50:48.146 --> 03:50:50.186
The first item is Substitute Ordinance

3843
03:50:50.366 --> 03:50:53.906
2026-0025472,

3844
03:50:54.306 --> 03:50:57.946
amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-92 by adding new

3845
03:50:58.026 --> 03:51:01.686
section 2-92-591, prohibiting city

3846
03:51:01.726 --> 03:51:04.986
departments from procuring disposable food service containers composed of

3847
03:51:05.046 --> 03:51:08.886
polystyrene foam. I move passage of this item by the first favorable

3848
03:51:08.946 --> 03:51:12.926
roll call vote of the Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion

3849
03:51:12.946 --> 03:51:13.566
to reconsider.

3850
03:51:13.826 --> 03:51:15.366
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3851
03:51:15.626 --> 03:51:17.766
The second item is Substitute Ordinance

3852
03:51:17.966 --> 03:51:22.266
2023-0002972,

3853
03:51:22.706 --> 03:51:26.686
amendment of Municipal Code Titles 5 and 11 regarding utility billing relief

3854
03:51:26.726 --> 03:51:28.746
program. This item was held in committee.

3855
03:51:29.946 --> 03:51:31.926
The third item is Resolution

3856
03:51:32.146 --> 03:51:35.926
2026-0028725,

3857
03:51:36.126 --> 03:51:39.466
calling on the City of Chicago departments to prioritize heat mitigation,

3858
03:51:39.926 --> 03:51:43.686
maintain and expand cooling centers, and install heat resilient infrastructure.

3859
03:51:44.146 --> 03:51:47.226
I move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote of the Committee

3860
03:51:47.266 --> 03:51:49.806
on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3861
03:51:49.826 --> 03:51:51.466
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3862
03:51:51.506 --> 03:51:54.446
And the fourth and final item is Substitute Resolution

3863
03:51:54.626 --> 03:51:58.546
2026-0028728, calling on the

3864
03:51:58.606 --> 03:52:00.946
Illinois General Assembly to pass the POWER Act.

3865
03:52:01.846 --> 03:52:04.906
I move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote of the Committee

3866
03:52:04.966 --> 03:52:08.006
on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3867
03:52:08.526 --> 03:52:10.006
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3868
03:52:10.106 --> 03:52:11.686
Mr. President, this concludes my report.

3869
03:52:11.726 --> 03:52:15.106
Thank you, Madam Chair. For the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight, the

3870
03:52:15.146 --> 03:52:17.166
chair recognizes Chair Martin.

3871
03:52:18.038 --> 03:52:19.098
Thank you, Mr. President,

3872
03:52:20.138 --> 03:52:23.258
and good afternoon, colleagues. Reporting for your Committee on Ethics and

3873
03:52:23.298 --> 03:52:26.898
Government Oversight, which held a committee meeting on Tuesday, October 13th,

3874
03:52:28.518 --> 03:52:31.058
the committee recommends passage of the following 10 items.

3875
03:52:31.538 --> 03:52:34.237
Item number two was appointment

3876
03:52:34.438 --> 03:52:38.338
2026-0028990, which is

3877
03:52:38.378 --> 03:52:41.318
the reappointment of Ryan Cortazar as a member of the Board of Ethics.

3878
03:52:41.538 --> 03:52:44.158
This item passed unanimously among all members present.

3879
03:52:44.598 --> 03:52:47.838
I move passage of this item by the first most favorable roll call vote of the

3880
03:52:47.878 --> 03:52:50.778
Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3881
03:52:51.178 --> 03:52:53.338
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3882
03:52:53.818 --> 03:52:55.198
Item three is appointment

3883
03:52:55.398 --> 03:52:59.378
2026-0028989,

3884
03:52:59.438 --> 03:53:03.318
which is the appointment of Michael Schlesinger as a member of the Board of

3885
03:53:03.398 --> 03:53:05.458
Ethics. This item also passed unanimously.

3886
03:53:05.838 --> 03:53:09.218
I move for passage of this item by the first favorable roll call vote on the

3887
03:53:09.258 --> 03:53:12.658
Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3888
03:53:12.758 --> 03:53:14.398
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3889
03:53:15.098 --> 03:53:18.998
Items four through 11 are the appointments of Dushun Branch,

3890
03:53:19.278 --> 03:53:22.597
Stevie Vaez, Jane Ruby, Ellison Radick,

3891
03:53:23.118 --> 03:53:26.938
Brianna Champion, Christian Taylor, Frank Lawley, and Sophia Franco as

3892
03:53:26.998 --> 03:53:30.838
members of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Senior Advisory Council on

3893
03:53:30.918 --> 03:53:34.538
Access to Democracy. All items passed unanimously among members

3894
03:53:34.578 --> 03:53:38.538
present. If there are no objections, I move for passage of items four through 11 by

3895
03:53:38.578 --> 03:53:41.518
the first most favorable roll call vote of the Committee on Finance and the

3896
03:53:41.558 --> 03:53:43.598
associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3897
03:53:43.638 --> 03:53:46.058
Hearing none, so ordered. Thank you for your work on that, Chairman.

3898
03:53:46.238 --> 03:53:48.478
Thank you. And thank you, Mr. President. That concludes my report.

3899
03:53:48.758 --> 03:53:51.198
Very well. We have a group that has just joined us.

3900
03:53:51.898 --> 03:53:53.038
I would ask that this body

3901
03:53:54.478 --> 03:53:58.138
recognizes and acknowledges the Explore Chicago

3902
03:53:58.198 --> 03:54:01.898
class from the DePaul University Blue

3903
03:54:01.958 --> 03:54:04.798
Demons. Thank you all for being here this afternoon.

3904
03:54:06.478 --> 03:54:08.818
Please stand so we can see your faces.

3905
03:54:15.278 --> 03:54:15.838
Very well.

3906
03:54:17.838 --> 03:54:19.638
I'm sorry you missed all the action already.

3907
03:54:21.298 --> 03:54:24.958
The Committee on Housing and Real Estate, the chair recognizes Chair

3908
03:54:25.078 --> 03:54:25.978
Sigcho-Lopez.

3909
03:54:28.678 --> 03:54:30.998
Thank you, Mr. President and members of the City Council.

3910
03:54:31.078 --> 03:54:34.938
Reporting for your Committee on Housing and Real Estate, which held a meeting on

3911
03:54:34.998 --> 03:54:38.738
Thursday, October 8th, 2026. The following is a

3912
03:54:38.778 --> 03:54:42.418
report recommending passage of 13 ordinances that

3913
03:54:42.458 --> 03:54:44.938
included mayoral appointments and various land sales.

3914
03:54:45.618 --> 03:54:48.038
Item number 1 is substitute appointment

3915
03:54:48.218 --> 03:54:51.898
2026-0029000. This

3916
03:54:51.958 --> 03:54:55.938
appointment will be called back in committee as we have to clear some

3917
03:54:56.818 --> 03:54:59.278
matters. That is the appointment for Vernell Givens.

3918
03:55:01.458 --> 03:55:02.658
So this will be held in committee.

3919
03:55:04.698 --> 03:55:06.938
Item number two is substitute ordinance

3920
03:55:07.078 --> 03:55:10.958
2026-0029001, appointment of Mary

3921
03:55:11.018 --> 03:55:13.558
Gardner as Commissioner of Chicago Housing Authority.

3922
03:55:14.118 --> 03:55:17.918
I move passage of this item as substituted by the first most favorable roll call

3923
03:55:17.978 --> 03:55:21.718
vote on the Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3924
03:55:22.498 --> 03:55:24.118
Chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.

3925
03:55:25.898 --> 03:55:29.298
Thank you, Mr. President. Alderman Napolitano joins me in deferring and publishing

3926
03:55:29.338 --> 03:55:29.758
this item.

3927
03:55:30.638 --> 03:55:31.598
Alderman Napolitano?

3928
03:55:32.798 --> 03:55:33.638
Thank you, Mr. President.

3929
03:55:33.638 --> 03:55:34.898
Very well. This item will be

3930
03:55:35.978 --> 03:55:37.058
deferred and published.

3931
03:55:41.238 --> 03:55:44.578
The remaining items are from the Department of Planning and Development.

3932
03:55:44.878 --> 03:55:46.478
Item four is ordinance

3933
03:55:46.638 --> 03:55:50.238
2026-0029008, sale of city-owned

3934
03:55:50.278 --> 03:55:54.038
property at 11414 South Halsted Street to Far

3935
03:55:54.158 --> 03:55:58.018
South CDC under the Low Income Housing Tax Credits, for

3936
03:55:58.078 --> 03:56:00.178
redevelopment of Morgan Park Commons.

3937
03:56:00.738 --> 03:56:02.578
Repeal and replacement of the ordinance

3938
03:56:02.718 --> 03:56:06.618
2026-0026567 in its

3939
03:56:06.698 --> 03:56:10.558
entirety in the 21st Ward. I move passage of this item

3940
03:56:10.598 --> 03:56:14.278
by the first most favorable roll call vote on the Committee on Finance and

3941
03:56:14.358 --> 03:56:16.838
associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

3942
03:56:16.938 --> 03:56:18.598
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3943
03:56:19.058 --> 03:56:20.638
Item five is ordinance

3944
03:56:20.818 --> 03:56:24.658
2026-0029007,

3945
03:56:25.118 --> 03:56:28.778
sale of city-owned property at 1335 South Springfield

3946
03:56:28.958 --> 03:56:32.878
Avenue to MKB Business Strategies LLC in the

3947
03:56:33.038 --> 03:56:35.958
24th Ward. I move passage of this item by the same motion.

3948
03:56:36.038 --> 03:56:37.738
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3949
03:56:38.377 --> 03:56:39.678
Item six is an ordinance

3950
03:56:39.877 --> 03:56:43.698
2026-0029020, sale of city-owned

3951
03:56:43.738 --> 03:56:47.298
property at 2830 West Wilcox Street,

3952
03:56:47.898 --> 03:56:51.598
2860 West Cermak Road, 1516 South Christiana

3953
03:56:51.698 --> 03:56:55.238
Avenue, 7713 South Dobson Street,

3954
03:56:55.858 --> 03:56:59.538
5008, 5010, 5012, 5014, 5016, and

3955
03:56:59.798 --> 03:57:03.738
5018 South Troop Street to various buyers under

3956
03:57:03.798 --> 03:57:07.478
Chic Block Builder Open Space Platform in the 27th,

3957
03:57:07.658 --> 03:57:11.578
25th, 14th, 8th, and 20th Wards. I move passage

3958
03:57:11.618 --> 03:57:13.218
of these items by the same motion.

3959
03:57:13.618 --> 03:57:15.138
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3960
03:57:16.018 --> 03:57:19.878
Finally, items seven through 13 are grouped

3961
03:57:19.918 --> 03:57:23.658
together for convenience. They are for the market rate sale of various

3962
03:57:23.698 --> 03:57:27.238
city-owned properties under the Chic Block Builder platform in the

3963
03:57:27.298 --> 03:57:30.958
16th, 27th, 4th, 3rd, 5th, and 28th

3964
03:57:31.038 --> 03:57:34.398
Wards. The ordinance numbers are as follows:

3965
03:57:35.778 --> 03:57:51.638
2026-0029009-0029010-0029012-0029011-0029016-0029017

3966
03:57:51.758 --> 03:57:55.558
and -0029018. I move

3967
03:57:55.618 --> 03:57:58.258
passage of these seven items by the same motion.

3968
03:57:58.798 --> 03:58:00.618
Chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.

3969
03:58:02.398 --> 03:58:05.778
Thank you, Mr. President. In accordance with Rule 14, with regards to item number

3970
03:58:05.958 --> 03:58:09.598
seven, I wish to recuse myself out of an abundance of caution of my relationship

3971
03:58:09.638 --> 03:58:09.998
with the-

3972
03:58:10.118 --> 03:58:12.198
Very well. With the exception of item number seven,

3973
03:58:13.618 --> 03:58:16.098
with the Alder of the 15th Ward has

3974
03:58:17.418 --> 03:58:19.478
asked to be recused from this particular item

3975
03:58:20.662 --> 03:58:23.042
Hearing no other objections, so ordered.

3976
03:58:23.782 --> 03:58:25.422
Mr. President, this concludes my report.

3977
03:58:25.442 --> 03:58:28.542
Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.

3978
03:58:29.382 --> 03:58:30.502
Chair recognizes

3979
03:58:31.482 --> 03:58:32.482
Chair Silverstein.

3980
03:58:35.562 --> 03:58:37.862
Thank you, Mr. President, and members of City Council.

3981
03:58:38.002 --> 03:58:40.942
I am reporting for the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.

3982
03:58:41.962 --> 03:58:45.822
We held a meeting on October 7th, 2026, and the following items were

3983
03:58:45.882 --> 03:58:46.782
passed by the committee.

3984
03:58:47.582 --> 03:58:51.422
O2026-0029055,

3985
03:58:51.882 --> 03:58:53.762
amendment of the Municipal Code, Section

3986
03:58:54.002 --> 03:58:57.482
4-8-037 regarding

3987
03:58:57.582 --> 03:58:59.962
operation of mobile food vendors. Mr.

3988
03:59:00.202 --> 03:59:03.942
President, I move that the City Council concur in the recommendations of the

3989
03:59:04.002 --> 03:59:07.782
License Committee by the same roll call as item number

3990
03:59:08.002 --> 03:59:11.922
one of the Committee on Finance report and the associated unsuccessful

3991
03:59:11.962 --> 03:59:12.962
motion to reconsider.

3992
03:59:13.002 --> 03:59:14.562
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

3993
03:59:15.042 --> 03:59:18.782
O2026-0027679

3994
03:59:19.282 --> 03:59:23.182
and O2026-0026775,

3995
03:59:23.862 --> 03:59:25.742
amendment of Municipal Code Section

3996
03:59:26.002 --> 03:59:29.622
4-244-140 regarding

3997
03:59:29.702 --> 03:59:32.342
peddling in the second and 19th wards.

3998
03:59:32.722 --> 03:59:36.682
I move passage of these items by the same motion, if there's no objection.

3999
03:59:36.882 --> 03:59:38.322
Hearing none, so ordered.

4000
03:59:38.822 --> 03:59:42.322
Items four through 30 on the summary of reports designating

4001
03:59:42.382 --> 03:59:45.982
precincts of the 15th and 31st wards as

4002
03:59:46.022 --> 03:59:49.642
restricted residential zone prohibiting additional shared

4003
03:59:49.702 --> 03:59:53.682
housing units. I move passage of these items by the same motion if there's

4004
03:59:53.742 --> 03:59:54.322
no objection.

4005
03:59:54.362 --> 03:59:56.022
Hearing none, so ordered.

4006
03:59:56.802 --> 04:00:00.542
Items 31, 32, and 34 through 42

4007
04:00:00.982 --> 04:00:04.782
on the summary reports. There are 11 ordinances regarding liquor

4008
04:00:04.842 --> 04:00:08.482
moratoriums in the sixth, 25th, 28th,

4009
04:00:08.702 --> 04:00:12.682
30th, 31st, 33rd, 34th, 35th, and

4010
04:00:12.922 --> 04:00:16.862
48th wards. Item number 39 was a substitute ordinance.

4011
04:00:17.862 --> 04:00:21.742
I move passage of these items by the same motion if there's no objection.

4012
04:00:22.002 --> 04:00:23.242
Hearing none, so ordered.

4013
04:00:23.502 --> 04:00:25.522
Mr. President, this concludes my report.

4014
04:00:26.682 --> 04:00:27.562
Thank you, Madam Chair.

4015
04:00:31.122 --> 04:00:35.102
For the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, the chair recognizes Chair

4016
04:00:35.142 --> 04:00:35.802
LaSpada.

4017
04:00:36.822 --> 04:00:40.522
Thank you, Mr. President. Reporting for your Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic

4018
04:00:40.582 --> 04:00:43.382
Safety, for which a meeting was held on Friday, October 9th,

4019
04:00:43.962 --> 04:00:47.602
2026. Before the committee, there were three non-routine

4020
04:00:47.742 --> 04:00:48.122
items.

4021
04:00:48.942 --> 04:00:52.542
O2026-0028871,

4022
04:00:53.062 --> 04:00:56.342
the amended operator agreement with Lyft Bikes and Scooters

4023
04:00:56.542 --> 04:01:00.462
LLC for operation and management of the Divvy for Everyone bike-sharing

4024
04:01:00.562 --> 04:01:03.982
system, sponsored by Mayor Johnson, was held in committee.

4025
04:01:04.782 --> 04:01:05.742
The committee passed

4026
04:01:06.402 --> 04:01:10.202
SO2026-0028833,

4027
04:01:10.822 --> 04:01:14.442
an amendment of the Municipal Code Chapter 9-108,

4028
04:01:15.062 --> 04:01:18.582
revising the area covered by the Smart Streets program, sponsored by Alderman

4029
04:01:18.662 --> 04:01:22.262
Vasquez, myself, and others. This ordinance makes the Smart Streets

4030
04:01:22.462 --> 04:01:25.982
pilot, which is currently set to expire December 21st,

4031
04:01:26.582 --> 04:01:28.842
a permanent program and expand it citywide.

4032
04:01:29.542 --> 04:01:33.442
If there are no objections, I move passage of this item by the first most favorable

4033
04:01:33.502 --> 04:01:37.202
roll call vote from the Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful

4034
04:01:37.242 --> 04:01:38.582
motion to reconsider the vote.

4035
04:01:38.662 --> 04:01:40.242
Hearing none, so ordered.

4036
04:01:41.122 --> 04:01:42.642
The committee also passed Order

4037
04:01:42.862 --> 04:01:47.222
2026-0028783,

4038
04:01:47.302 --> 04:01:51.182
an order that directs the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct a feasibility

4039
04:01:51.302 --> 04:01:54.222
study for pedestrian-focused redesign of the public ways

4040
04:01:54.782 --> 04:01:58.422
immediately surrounding Palmer Square Park, sponsored by myself.

4041
04:01:59.442 --> 04:02:03.242
If there are no objections, I move passage of this item by the same motion.

4042
04:02:03.282 --> 04:02:04.662
Hearing none, so ordered.

4043
04:02:05.182 --> 04:02:08.942
Before the committee, there were also 322 routine traffic items

4044
04:02:09.362 --> 04:02:12.642
and the Rule 45 report from September, all of which passed.

4045
04:02:13.202 --> 04:02:16.862
If there are no objections, I move passage of these items by the same motion.

4046
04:02:16.902 --> 04:02:18.702
Hearing none, so ordered.

4047
04:02:19.022 --> 04:02:21.302
Thank you, Mr. President. That concludes my report.

4048
04:02:21.402 --> 04:02:25.042
Thank you, Mr. Chair. For the Committee on Transportation and Public Way, the chair

4049
04:02:25.082 --> 04:02:27.202
recognizes Chairman Mitchell.

4050
04:02:32.502 --> 04:02:36.102
Mr. President, members of the City Council, reporting for your Committee on

4051
04:02:36.142 --> 04:02:39.562
Transportation and Public Way, which held a meeting on October 7th,

4052
04:02:39.702 --> 04:02:43.502
2026. The following items passed by the majority of members present.

4053
04:02:44.842 --> 04:02:47.462
Page two includes item Resolution

4054
04:02:48.382 --> 04:02:51.982
2026-0028877. Page three

4055
04:02:52.042 --> 04:02:53.742
includes ordinance

4056
04:02:53.882 --> 04:02:56.962
2026-0028751.

4057
04:02:57.502 --> 04:03:01.102
Pages four through eight include 34 ordinances and one amendment

4058
04:03:01.462 --> 04:03:05.222
for miscellaneous items introduced by the local alderman from wards one, two,

4059
04:03:05.362 --> 04:03:09.242
three, six, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19

4060
04:03:09.322 --> 04:03:12.862
through 22, 26, 27, 28, 32,

4061
04:03:13.382 --> 04:03:17.142
35 through 42, 45, and 46. Page

4062
04:03:17.242 --> 04:03:18.602
nine includes items ordinance

4063
04:03:18.762 --> 04:03:22.522
2026-0028919, a

4064
04:03:22.582 --> 04:03:24.322
resubdivision ordinance item,

4065
04:03:26.242 --> 04:03:26.522
ordinance

4066
04:03:26.662 --> 04:03:33.602
2026-0029052,

4067
04:03:34.122 --> 04:03:36.982
a resubdivision ordinance item, ordinance

4068
04:03:37.162 --> 04:03:40.982
2026-0029223,

4069
04:03:41.502 --> 04:03:43.022
a subdivision ordinance,

4070
04:03:43.842 --> 04:03:45.122
and item ordinance

4071
04:03:45.282 --> 04:03:48.962
2026-00294053, a

4072
04:03:49.002 --> 04:03:52.482
resubdivision ordinance. Page 10 includes item ordinance

4073
04:03:52.642 --> 04:03:56.422
2026-0028839, a

4074
04:03:56.442 --> 04:03:58.102
vacation ordinance, item

4075
04:04:00.162 --> 04:04:03.722
ordinance 2026-0020753, a

4076
04:04:03.762 --> 04:04:06.222
vacation ordinance, and item ordinance

4077
04:04:06.382 --> 04:04:10.342
2026-0027066, a vacation

4078
04:04:10.382 --> 04:04:14.322
ordinance. If there is no objection, I move passage of these items by the

4079
04:04:14.382 --> 04:04:18.022
first most favorable roll call vote of the Committee on Finance and the

4080
04:04:18.082 --> 04:04:20.262
associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

4081
04:04:20.742 --> 04:04:22.162
Hearing none, so ordered.

4082
04:04:22.502 --> 04:04:24.402
Mr. President, that concludes my report.

4083
04:04:24.542 --> 04:04:26.962
Thank you, Mr. Chair. For the Committee on Workforce Development, the chair

4084
04:04:27.042 --> 04:04:27.582
recognizes

4085
04:04:32.492 --> 04:04:36.052
Very well. We will do the Committee on Zoning and

4086
04:04:36.152 --> 04:04:36.892
Landmarks,

4087
04:04:37.872 --> 04:04:41.572
and Building Standards. The chair recognizes Chairman Villegas.

4088
04:04:43.932 --> 04:04:45.972
Thank you, Mr. President and members of the City Council.

4089
04:04:46.592 --> 04:04:49.932
I'm presenting a series of reports for the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and

4090
04:04:50.012 --> 04:04:53.732
Building Standards. We held a meeting on October 13th, 2026.

4091
04:04:53.792 --> 04:04:57.192
The following items were passed by a majority of members present and are grouped

4092
04:04:57.252 --> 04:05:00.312
for convenience. Page one contains document number

4093
04:05:00.592 --> 04:05:03.932
R2026-0028815,

4094
04:05:04.492 --> 04:05:07.692
regarding the establishment of a Problem Landlord and Housing Coordination Task

4095
04:05:07.752 --> 04:05:11.392
Force to examine and recommend improvements in response to chronic and repeat

4096
04:05:11.432 --> 04:05:15.212
housing code violations. I move passage of this item by this last most favorable

4097
04:05:15.272 --> 04:05:19.132
roll call of the Finance Committee report and the associated unsuccessful

4098
04:05:19.172 --> 04:05:20.012
motion to reconsider.

4099
04:05:20.212 --> 04:05:21.872
Hearing no objection, so ordered.

4100
04:05:21.912 --> 04:05:23.852
Page one also contains document number

4101
04:05:23.972 --> 04:05:27.332
O2026-0028463,

4102
04:05:28.052 --> 04:05:32.032
allowing lawful cannabis dispensaries to modify to include medical cannabis.

4103
04:05:32.672 --> 04:05:36.632
I move passage of this item by the same roll call. Uh, strike that.

4104
04:05:36.692 --> 04:05:39.892
I move passage of this item by the same motion, if there's no objection.

4105
04:05:42.352 --> 04:05:44.372
Thank you. Hearing no objection, so ordered.

4106
04:05:45.372 --> 04:05:47.812
Page one, uh, also contains document number

4107
04:05:47.912 --> 04:05:52.732
O2026-0025391,

4108
04:05:53.392 --> 04:05:56.952
regarding transit-oriented development in the 40th and 47th wards.

4109
04:05:57.632 --> 04:06:00.772
I move passage of this item by the same motion, if there's no objection.

4110
04:06:00.932 --> 04:06:02.172
Hearing none, so ordered.

4111
04:06:02.312 --> 04:06:06.092
Page one also contains a fee waiver for historically landmarked

4112
04:06:06.132 --> 04:06:10.072
property located at 208 South LaSalle in the 42nd Ward.

4113
04:06:10.612 --> 04:06:13.332
I move passage of this item by the same motion, if there's no objection.

4114
04:06:13.552 --> 04:06:15.372
Hearing none, so ordered.

4115
04:06:15.552 --> 04:06:19.332
Pages one through two contain various large signs, over 100 square feet in

4116
04:06:19.412 --> 04:06:23.212
area, 24 feet above grade in wards one, two,

4117
04:06:23.652 --> 04:06:27.292
eight, 11, 19, 27, 29, 32,

4118
04:06:27.852 --> 04:06:31.812
34, 41, 42, and 45. I move passage

4119
04:06:31.812 --> 04:06:33.972
of these items by the same motion, if there's no objection.

4120
04:06:34.192 --> 04:06:35.732
Hearing none, so ordered.

4121
04:06:37.892 --> 04:06:41.372
Lastly, pages three through 13 contain various map amendments

4122
04:06:41.852 --> 04:06:45.272
in wards one, three, five, six,

4123
04:06:45.612 --> 04:06:46.012
11,

4124
04:06:46.832 --> 04:06:50.272
16, 20, 23, 24, 25,

4125
04:06:50.512 --> 04:06:54.472
26, 27, 28, 32, 36,

4126
04:06:55.192 --> 04:06:56.992
37, 39,

4127
04:06:59.872 --> 04:07:03.292
40, 45, and 49, and also 15.

4128
04:07:04.052 --> 04:07:07.752
Um, Mr. President, I've been notified by my colleague from the

4129
04:07:07.812 --> 04:07:11.532
15th Ward that he wishes to apply the Rule 14.

4130
04:07:13.292 --> 04:07:13.992
For which item?

4131
04:07:15.952 --> 04:07:16.492
For the-

4132
04:07:17.252 --> 04:07:20.852
The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez. Which item would you like to apply Rule 14?

4133
04:07:21.412 --> 04:07:23.092
Thank you, Mr. President. With regards to

4134
04:07:23.572 --> 04:07:27.252
O2026-0027173,

4135
04:07:27.732 --> 04:07:31.412
map amendment, I wish to, in accordance with Rule 14, out of an

4136
04:07:31.472 --> 04:07:33.452
abundance of caution, recuse myself from this vote.

4137
04:07:33.692 --> 04:07:36.952
Thank you. The clerk has made that note.

4138
04:07:38.032 --> 04:07:40.912
Um, Chairman Villegas, on your motion...

4139
04:07:41.172 --> 04:07:44.052
I move for passage of this items by the same motion, if there's no objection.

4140
04:07:44.072 --> 04:07:45.452
Hearing none, so ordered.

4141
04:07:45.492 --> 04:07:46.972
Mr. President, that concludes my report.

4142
04:07:47.012 --> 04:07:48.872
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do apologize.

4143
04:07:49.172 --> 04:07:51.932
Committee on Public Safety, the chair recognizes

4144
04:07:54.572 --> 04:07:55.332
Chairman Hopkins.

4145
04:07:56.592 --> 04:08:00.132
Thank you, Mr. President. Reporting for your Committee on Public Safety, which held

4146
04:08:00.172 --> 04:08:03.972
a meeting Thursday, October 8th. The committee recommends

4147
04:08:04.032 --> 04:08:07.712
passage of the following items in addition to approval of the Rule 45 report.

4148
04:08:08.192 --> 04:08:10.852
Your committee considered proposed Resolution

4149
04:08:11.272 --> 04:08:15.052
28875, a substitute resolution calling for the

4150
04:08:15.092 --> 04:08:18.832
reinstatement of the joint City of Chicago, County of Cook Violence

4151
04:08:18.872 --> 04:08:22.432
Against Women Task Force for the second phase of

4152
04:08:22.532 --> 04:08:26.512
operations. And Mr. President, I understand two members of the committee, uh, wish

4153
04:08:26.572 --> 04:08:27.472
to speak to this item.

4154
04:08:27.832 --> 04:08:28.272
Very well.

4155
04:08:29.612 --> 04:08:31.192
Thank you. Your motion first.

4156
04:08:33.232 --> 04:08:36.412
Uh, I do move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call in the

4157
04:08:36.452 --> 04:08:39.772
Committee on Finance and unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

4158
04:08:39.932 --> 04:08:43.332
Very well. There's a motion. Are there any members that wish to speak to this item?

4159
04:08:45.092 --> 04:08:47.512
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Tabares.

4160
04:08:48.372 --> 04:08:52.072
No, thank you. I just want to thank Chairman Hopkins for

4161
04:08:52.632 --> 04:08:56.432
taking up the Violence Against Women Task Force resolution of phase

4162
04:08:56.532 --> 04:08:59.212
one and phase two. There's still a lot of work ahead of us.

4163
04:08:59.692 --> 04:09:03.592
Phase one is where we gathered for six months and talked

4164
04:09:03.632 --> 04:09:07.432
with survivors and groups about what we need to do to change the system to help

4165
04:09:07.472 --> 04:09:09.632
victims. Those were the phase one.

4166
04:09:09.672 --> 04:09:12.612
Now, phase two is putting those recommendations to work.

4167
04:09:12.772 --> 04:09:16.612
So, I'd like to thank the body for supporting phase one of the

4168
04:09:16.952 --> 04:09:19.592
task force, and I ask for an aye vote on phase two.

4169
04:09:19.952 --> 04:09:22.232
Very well. The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.

4170
04:09:24.592 --> 04:09:27.952
Thank you, Mr. President. And again, good afternoon, members of the City Council.

4171
04:09:28.072 --> 04:09:31.692
Thank you to Chairman Hopkins and Alderman Tabares for this resolution.

4172
04:09:32.272 --> 04:09:35.972
Um, we spoke earlier at length about victims of domestic violence.

4173
04:09:36.432 --> 04:09:40.332
What I think needs to be repeated is what we learned from this hearing,

4174
04:09:40.952 --> 04:09:44.492
which are the shortfalls within the criminal justice system, and in particular,

4175
04:09:45.312 --> 04:09:47.152
the lack of empathy coming from the bench.

4176
04:09:48.052 --> 04:09:51.752
It's outrageous to me, both as an alderman, as

4177
04:09:51.812 --> 04:09:55.192
committeeman, and as a human being, to hear that we have

4178
04:09:55.272 --> 04:09:59.072
judges who literally threaten victims of domestic violence in the

4179
04:09:59.112 --> 04:10:03.092
courtroom, who kick out witnesses and participants because they

4180
04:10:03.132 --> 04:10:06.912
don't want to be seen how they mistreat people in their most vulnerable

4181
04:10:07.012 --> 04:10:07.392
state.

4182
04:10:08.692 --> 04:10:11.672
Some of those individuals are up for retention this year.

4183
04:10:12.912 --> 04:10:16.532
So I would ask all of my colleagues to educate yourself,

4184
04:10:16.892 --> 04:10:20.472
and to the public as well, when judges who are in the domestic

4185
04:10:20.512 --> 04:10:23.752
relations court ask for your vote, ask to be retained,

4186
04:10:24.532 --> 04:10:28.272
that you hear from survivors, hear from those individuals who've been before them,

4187
04:10:28.792 --> 04:10:30.832
and find out if they are deserving of such a spot.

4188
04:10:31.452 --> 04:10:35.372
It's an eye-opening experience when you hear that they've threatened to take

4189
04:10:35.412 --> 04:10:39.080
people's children away simply because they were crying in a courtroom It's

4190
04:10:39.160 --> 04:10:41.480
sad, it's disgusting, and our

4191
04:10:42.660 --> 04:10:44.600
residents deserve so much more than that.

4192
04:10:45.260 --> 04:10:48.560
That's just one component of the many things that this committee, this task force

4193
04:10:48.620 --> 04:10:52.460
is charged with, but it's a very real human aspect

4194
04:10:52.500 --> 04:10:55.080
that's lost in all this conversation. Thank you, Chairman.

4195
04:10:56.400 --> 04:10:58.820
You're welcome. The chair recognizes Alder Fuentes.

4196
04:11:00.180 --> 04:11:03.860
Thank you, Mr. President. You know Alderman Tavares and I don't always agree,

4197
04:11:05.000 --> 04:11:06.040
but we do agree on this.

4198
04:11:07.460 --> 04:11:11.140
I've watched so many constituents, neighbors, and

4199
04:11:11.200 --> 04:11:13.280
relatives operate in fear,

4200
04:11:14.220 --> 04:11:17.180
because the justice system didn't always get it right.

4201
04:11:18.020 --> 04:11:22.000
The justice system didn't always value the voice of

4202
04:11:22.080 --> 04:11:25.820
those who have experienced violence in their homes or intimate partners or

4203
04:11:26.040 --> 04:11:27.120
friends or on the streets,

4204
04:11:28.000 --> 04:11:31.440
and have had to make difficult decisions on how they protect

4205
04:11:31.480 --> 04:11:33.440
themselves because the system couldn't do it.

4206
04:11:34.600 --> 04:11:38.520
I look forward to the realization of the recommendations from the victims

4207
04:11:38.560 --> 04:11:40.600
who have spent months

4208
04:11:42.020 --> 04:11:42.820
reflecting,

4209
04:11:43.660 --> 04:11:47.540
reiterating, re-articulating the trauma that they have had to go

4210
04:11:47.600 --> 04:11:49.980
through so that our system can be better.

4211
04:11:50.520 --> 04:11:54.480
And so I support this resolution. I want to thank Alderwoman Tavares

4212
04:11:54.520 --> 04:11:57.940
for her work on this, and I ask all of our colleagues to support it.

4213
04:11:58.120 --> 04:11:58.720
Thank you, Mr. President.

4214
04:11:58.740 --> 04:12:01.260
Very well. You're welcome. There's a motion on the floor for the passage of this

4215
04:12:01.380 --> 04:12:05.060
item by the most favorable roll call vote, the first one in the Committee on

4216
04:12:05.120 --> 04:12:08.960
Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

4217
04:12:09.140 --> 04:12:10.160
Seeing no other hands,

4218
04:12:11.900 --> 04:12:12.460
so ordered.

4219
04:12:14.600 --> 04:12:16.480
Mr. President, this concludes my report.

4220
04:12:16.620 --> 04:12:20.060
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Now finally, for the Committee on Workforce Development, the

4221
04:12:20.120 --> 04:12:22.380
chair recognizes Vice Chair Gutierrez.

4222
04:12:25.180 --> 04:12:27.640
Thank you, Mr. President, and members of the City Council.

4223
04:12:28.280 --> 04:12:32.040
Reporting for the Committee on Workforce Development, which held a meeting on

4224
04:12:32.080 --> 04:12:35.300
October 8th. I'm so sorry, on October 7th.

4225
04:12:36.820 --> 04:12:38.520
There was one item on the agenda,

4226
04:12:39.140 --> 04:12:43.980
A2026-0029002,

4227
04:12:44.740 --> 04:12:48.560
the appointment of Tahira L. Hinton as Commissioner

4228
04:12:48.640 --> 04:12:49.980
of Human Resources.

4229
04:12:51.040 --> 04:12:54.980
I'm proud to say that Tahira L. Hinton received

4230
04:12:55.020 --> 04:12:56.480
the full support of the committee,

4231
04:12:57.300 --> 04:13:01.160
and it was impressive to see so many of my colleagues come

4232
04:13:01.220 --> 04:13:04.200
out and voice strong support for her appointment.

4233
04:13:05.380 --> 04:13:08.760
The appointment of Tahira L. Hinton received complete

4234
04:13:08.820 --> 04:13:11.520
support from those present at the committee meeting,

4235
04:13:12.420 --> 04:13:16.180
and I move passage by the first most favorable roll

4236
04:13:16.240 --> 04:13:18.940
call vote of the Committee on Finance.

4237
04:13:19.940 --> 04:13:21.960
And the unsuccessful-

4238
04:13:22.780 --> 04:13:22.920
Motion

4239
04:13:22.940 --> 04:13:25.600
... motion to reconsider that's associated with that item.

4240
04:13:25.820 --> 04:13:26.000
Yes.

4241
04:13:26.040 --> 04:13:26.740
Very well.

4242
04:13:28.100 --> 04:13:29.860
Thank you for that, Madam Vice Chair.

4243
04:13:30.080 --> 04:13:32.900
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Mitts.

4244
04:13:34.300 --> 04:13:34.700
Thank you, Mr.

4245
04:13:35.920 --> 04:13:39.900
President. I rise to speak on behalf

4246
04:13:39.960 --> 04:13:43.300
of Tahira Hinton because Tahira,

4247
04:13:45.040 --> 04:13:48.580
I had the opportunity to work with her from the Department of

4248
04:13:48.620 --> 04:13:52.140
Procurement Services in the City of Chicago,

4249
04:13:53.420 --> 04:13:55.920
where she had served as the first deputy there.

4250
04:13:56.320 --> 04:13:56.580
And

4251
04:13:57.560 --> 04:13:58.820
she stood for

4252
04:14:01.060 --> 04:14:03.160
what she believed in. She stood out.

4253
04:14:05.220 --> 04:14:09.200
Her professionalism, her dedication, and her genuine

4254
04:14:09.260 --> 04:14:13.140
commitment to understanding how city services

4255
04:14:13.220 --> 04:14:13.600
work.

4256
04:14:14.640 --> 04:14:15.900
But more importantly,

4257
04:14:18.400 --> 04:14:21.520
she understood that our job is to serve

4258
04:14:22.640 --> 04:14:25.020
the residents of the city of Chicago.

4259
04:14:26.440 --> 04:14:28.280
Tahira is a strong leader

4260
04:14:29.420 --> 04:14:32.100
who brings experience,

4261
04:14:33.380 --> 04:14:34.140
integrity,

4262
04:14:35.400 --> 04:14:36.700
and a willingness

4263
04:14:37.620 --> 04:14:39.800
to get things done.

4264
04:14:41.000 --> 04:14:42.620
She knows how to work with people,

4265
04:14:44.040 --> 04:14:45.480
build relationships,

4266
04:14:46.880 --> 04:14:48.480
and make tough decision

4267
04:14:49.280 --> 04:14:52.660
while treating everyone with respect.

4268
04:14:54.360 --> 04:14:55.440
I believe that

4269
04:14:56.400 --> 04:14:57.139
Tahira

4270
04:14:58.759 --> 04:15:00.940
has the knowledge and the leadership

4271
04:15:02.020 --> 04:15:05.700
and the heart to serve as the Commissioner of

4272
04:15:05.740 --> 04:15:06.960
Human Resources.

4273
04:15:08.440 --> 04:15:09.640
I am proud today

4274
04:15:10.440 --> 04:15:11.420
to stand here

4275
04:15:12.480 --> 04:15:16.060
to support her and hope that the support of the

4276
04:15:16.140 --> 04:15:20.120
council as well for a positive difference for

4277
04:15:20.160 --> 04:15:22.900
the City of Chicago. Thank you, and God bless you.

4278
04:15:23.320 --> 04:15:27.160
Thank you, and God bless you as well. The chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.

4279
04:15:29.860 --> 04:15:33.620
Thank you, Mr. President. Again, excellent appointment.

4280
04:15:33.860 --> 04:15:35.980
This young lady has done great work not only

4281
04:15:36.980 --> 04:15:40.120
in her role in procurement, but just in the

4282
04:15:40.160 --> 04:15:44.060
community of Austin as a whole, along with her husband,

4283
04:15:44.100 --> 04:15:46.760
who's also the pastor in their co-ministry.

4284
04:15:47.140 --> 04:15:50.640
And again, these are the type of people that have come up in our community that

4285
04:15:50.680 --> 04:15:54.500
have now risen to a point where they can have the ability to lead across our

4286
04:15:54.560 --> 04:15:56.920
city. So great appointment. Congratulations.

4287
04:15:57.220 --> 04:16:00.740
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Taliaferro.

4288
04:16:02.160 --> 04:16:06.060
Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise in support of this appointment

4289
04:16:06.580 --> 04:16:09.520
and just want to really take this opportunity to congratulate you.

4290
04:16:10.380 --> 04:16:12.840
Mr. Mayor, you made a great selection, one that

4291
04:16:14.160 --> 04:16:14.780
comes with

4292
04:16:16.060 --> 04:16:19.980
a legacy already built in the city with the great services and great work

4293
04:16:20.620 --> 04:16:24.580
that the commissioner has done. But not only that, the work that she's doing on the

4294
04:16:24.620 --> 04:16:28.360
West Side of Chicago. Keep praying for the West Side, you and your family and your

4295
04:16:28.380 --> 04:16:31.860
husband, and God will continue to bless you and the West Side

4296
04:16:32.240 --> 04:16:35.360
because of your hard work and prayers. Thank you so much, Mr. President.

4297
04:16:35.400 --> 04:16:37.700
Thank you. Alderman Sposato, you are recognized.

4298
04:16:40.404 --> 04:16:41.544
Thank you, Mr. President.

4299
04:16:42.564 --> 04:16:45.984
Tahita, best wishes to you. I know we had the opportunity to talk.

4300
04:16:46.544 --> 04:16:49.124
I can once again assure you that nobody will be calling you more than me.

4301
04:16:49.664 --> 04:16:53.304
So, hopefully I'm not too much of a pest, but I think I have a lot of good ideas,

4302
04:16:53.344 --> 04:16:56.384
and I think I know where a lot of the problems are, certainly with police and fire

4303
04:16:56.443 --> 04:16:58.644
tests. So, I look forward to working with you.

4304
04:16:59.564 --> 04:17:02.344
Used to live not too far from you, but I moved a little further north.

4305
04:17:02.384 --> 04:17:06.344
So once again, best wishes. Mr. President, I also forgot to

4306
04:17:06.444 --> 04:17:10.064
add that people are coming out of the woodwork to support her, saying nice things

4307
04:17:10.104 --> 04:17:13.204
about her. So, great hire, Mr. President. I look forward to working with her.

4308
04:17:13.344 --> 04:17:14.004
Thank you very much.

4309
04:17:14.204 --> 04:17:17.064
Thank you. Are there any other alders that wish to speak to this item?

4310
04:17:18.224 --> 04:17:21.764
Very well. Seeing no hands, there is a motion on the floor for the passage of this

4311
04:17:21.864 --> 04:17:24.004
item and the approval of this appointee

4312
04:17:25.344 --> 04:17:28.904
with the most favorable roll call on the Committee on Finance and the

4313
04:17:28.964 --> 04:17:31.584
associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.

4314
04:17:32.084 --> 04:17:33.904
Seeing no other hands, hearing no objections,

4315
04:17:35.164 --> 04:17:37.304
so ordered. Congratulations, Commissioner.

4316
04:18:59.064 --> 04:19:00.704
Madam Vice Chair, do you have any other items?

4317
04:19:02.924 --> 04:19:05.784
This concludes the report of the Committee of Workforce Development. Thank you.

4318
04:19:05.804 --> 04:19:08.484
Very well. Thank you. For the matters on the agreed-upon calendar-

4319
04:19:10.704 --> 04:19:11.064
Thank you, Mr.-

4320
04:19:11.224 --> 04:19:13.584
Chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris

4321
04:19:14.344 --> 04:19:16.684
Thank you, Mr. President. I've received from,

4322
04:19:17.504 --> 04:19:20.984
the City Clerk Andrea M. Valencia, a total of 78 items

4323
04:19:21.044 --> 04:19:24.424
proposed for the agreed calendar, consisting of

4324
04:19:24.464 --> 04:19:28.144
congratulatory, commemorative, and tributory resolutions from the following

4325
04:19:28.784 --> 04:19:30.004
automatic sponsors:

4326
04:19:30.884 --> 04:19:34.044
Alderperson Harris, Alderperson Chico, Alderperson Quinn,

4327
04:19:34.624 --> 04:19:38.544
Alderperson Coleman, Alderperson Irvin, Alderperson Rodriguez

4328
04:19:38.604 --> 04:19:42.324
Sanchez, Alderperson Quesada, Alderperson Metz,

4329
04:19:42.384 --> 04:19:45.564
Alderperson Vasquez, Alderperson Knutson, Alderperson Lawson,

4330
04:19:46.024 --> 04:19:49.324
Alderperson Gardner, Alderperson Clay, Alderperson Hatton,

4331
04:19:49.844 --> 04:19:51.244
Alderperson Silverstein,

4332
04:19:52.104 --> 04:19:55.824
with two additionals, one from Alderson Dow, and

4333
04:19:57.004 --> 04:19:59.564
one additional from Alderperson Harris and Mitchell.

4334
04:20:00.064 --> 04:20:01.644
And I move these in the omnibus.

4335
04:20:01.724 --> 04:20:03.244
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

4336
04:20:03.704 --> 04:20:07.404
Now for new business, the clerk will call the wards, beginning with the

4337
04:20:07.484 --> 04:20:07.924
first.

4338
04:20:11.184 --> 04:20:13.824
Zoning amendments, which are referred to the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and

4339
04:20:13.884 --> 04:20:16.944
Building Standards. Traffic regulations, traffic control signals, and traffic

4340
04:20:17.024 --> 04:20:19.664
signs, which are referred to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.

4341
04:20:20.304 --> 04:20:23.484
Exemption from physical barrier requirements for commercial driveway alley access

4342
04:20:23.484 --> 04:20:26.644
to parking facilities, which are referred to the Committee on Transportation and

4343
04:20:26.724 --> 04:20:27.284
Public Way.

4344
04:20:28.144 --> 04:20:31.224
Alderperson Lospada has proposed orders for amendment of the annual appropriation

4345
04:20:31.284 --> 04:20:34.744
ordinance to transfer funds from the First Ward wage allowance account to the

4346
04:20:34.804 --> 04:20:38.284
automatic expense account for the year 2026, which is referred to the Committee on

4347
04:20:38.304 --> 04:20:39.584
the Budget and Government Operations.

4348
04:20:40.204 --> 04:20:43.404
Alderperson Robinson has proposed ordinance for donation of City Fire Department

4349
04:20:43.464 --> 04:20:47.284
ambulance to the Public Hospital Authority of the Bahamas, which is referred to the

4350
04:20:47.324 --> 04:20:50.904
Committee on Public Safety. Alderperson Beale has proposed ordinance for amendment

4351
04:20:50.944 --> 04:20:54.464
of municipal code Titles IV and XIII, establishing window

4352
04:20:54.504 --> 04:20:58.284
obstruction restrictions for storefront public-facing

4353
04:20:58.324 --> 04:21:01.524
windows, which is referred to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.

4354
04:21:02.504 --> 04:21:05.664
Alderperson Lee has proposed ordinance for an honorary street designation, and its

4355
04:21:05.744 --> 04:21:09.624
Honorary Belkemo Funeral Home Way, which is referred to the Committee on

4356
04:21:09.664 --> 04:21:13.484
Transportation and Public Way. Alderperson Quinn has proposed ordinance

4357
04:21:13.544 --> 04:21:17.204
for renewal of designation of 1st and 40th Precincts of the 13th

4358
04:21:17.364 --> 04:21:21.164
Ward as restricted residential zone prohibiting additional shared housing and

4359
04:21:21.204 --> 04:21:24.024
vacation rentals, which is referred to the Committee on License and Consumer

4360
04:21:24.084 --> 04:21:27.384
Protection. Alderperson Quinn also has proposed ordinance for amendment of the

4361
04:21:27.424 --> 04:21:30.944
annual appropriation ordinance to transfer funds from the 13th Ward wage allowance

4362
04:21:31.004 --> 04:21:34.964
account to the automatic expense account for the year 2026, which is referred to

4363
04:21:35.004 --> 04:21:36.744
the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations.

4364
04:21:37.444 --> 04:21:40.844
Alderperson Lopez has proposed ordinance for approval of the Canaryville

4365
04:21:40.904 --> 04:21:44.364
Resubdivision, which is referred to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.

4366
04:21:44.924 --> 04:21:48.564
Alderperson Coleman has proposed ordinance for honorary street designation as Baron

4367
04:21:48.604 --> 04:21:48.824
Murph

4368
04:21:49.744 --> 04:21:53.404
Senior Avenue, which is referred to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.

4369
04:21:54.224 --> 04:21:57.804
Alderpersons Taylor, Dowell, Rodriguez, Cruz, Quesada,

4370
04:21:58.284 --> 04:22:01.224
Knutson, Martin, and others have proposed ordinance for

4371
04:22:02.184 --> 04:22:05.484
authorization to utilize proceeds from the 2024

4372
04:22:05.904 --> 04:22:09.664
bond funds for working families to purchase new construction affordable homes

4373
04:22:10.304 --> 04:22:13.944
produced by Reclaiming Chicago Initiative, which is referred to the Committee on

4374
04:22:14.004 --> 04:22:14.464
Finance.

4375
04:22:15.624 --> 04:22:18.404
Alderperson Mosley and others have proposed orders for amendment of the Municipal

4376
04:22:18.464 --> 04:22:22.444
Code Title 17 by modifying permitting requirements for specified

4377
04:22:22.624 --> 04:22:26.324
residential use group living subcategories in various

4378
04:22:26.364 --> 04:22:29.824
zoning districts and modifying use standards for community homes,

4379
04:22:30.144 --> 04:22:33.644
transitional residences, and transitional shelters, which is referred to the

4380
04:22:33.684 --> 04:22:35.664
Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards.

4381
04:22:36.444 --> 04:22:39.824
Alderperson Irvin has proposed orders for the issuance of permits for sign ball

4382
04:22:39.864 --> 04:22:43.544
boards at 555 West Roosevelt Road, which is referred to the Committee on Zoning,

4383
04:22:43.924 --> 04:22:45.164
Landmarks, and Building Standards.

4384
04:22:46.344 --> 04:22:49.784
Alderperson Cruz has proposed a resolution for submission of public question by

4385
04:22:49.824 --> 04:22:52.444
referendum to Chicago voters of the 30th Ward

4386
04:22:53.344 --> 04:22:53.964
at the February

4387
04:22:56.584 --> 04:23:00.504
23, 2027 election on support for adoption of ranked choice

4388
04:23:00.584 --> 04:23:04.484
voting for mayor, treasurer, clerk, alderpersons, and district councilors of

4389
04:23:04.524 --> 04:23:07.184
Chicago, which is referred to the committee on committees and rules.

4390
04:23:08.084 --> 04:23:11.044
Alderperson Cardona has proposed ordinance for amendment of Municipal Code Section

4391
04:23:11.304 --> 04:23:15.244
4-60-023 to allow additional alcoholic liquor and package goods

4392
04:23:15.304 --> 04:23:19.084
licenses on portions of North Central Avenue and Westbury Avenue, which is referred

4393
04:23:19.104 --> 04:23:21.044
to the committee on license and consumer protection.

4394
04:23:21.704 --> 04:23:24.324
Alderperson Waguespack has proposed order for the issuance of permits for

4395
04:23:24.364 --> 04:23:28.164
signs/signboards at 1885 West Fullerton Avenue, which is

4396
04:23:28.184 --> 04:23:30.644
referred to the committee on zoning, landmarks, and building standards.

4397
04:23:31.244 --> 04:23:33.584
Alderperson Conway has proposed order for the issuance of permits for

4398
04:23:33.644 --> 04:23:37.464
signs/signboards at 600 West Adams Street, which is referred to the committee on

4399
04:23:37.524 --> 04:23:39.064
zoning, landmarks, and building standards.

4400
04:23:39.684 --> 04:23:42.044
Alderman Quezada has proposed order for the issuance of permits for

4401
04:23:42.084 --> 04:23:45.824
signs/signboards at 2401 West Diversity Avenue, which is referred to the

4402
04:23:45.864 --> 04:23:47.904
committee on zoning, landmarks, and building standards.

4403
04:23:49.024 --> 04:23:52.724
Alderperson Quezada, Fuentes, Rodriguez, Sanchez, and others have proposed

4404
04:23:52.784 --> 04:23:56.484
ordinance for amendment of Municipal Code Title 17 by modifying permitting

4405
04:23:56.524 --> 04:24:00.404
requirements for single-room occupancy, temporary overnight shelters, and

4406
04:24:00.464 --> 04:24:03.564
transitional shelters in various zoning districts, which is referred to the

4407
04:24:03.584 --> 04:24:05.564
committee on zoning, landmarks, and building standards.

4408
04:24:06.264 --> 04:24:09.124
Alderperson Villegas and others have proposed ordinance for amendment of Municipal

4409
04:24:09.164 --> 04:24:12.864
Code Section 2-44-055, establishing

4410
04:24:12.984 --> 04:24:16.864
scoring criteria for 9% tax credits, which is referred to the committee on housing

4411
04:24:16.924 --> 04:24:17.544
and real estate.

4412
04:24:18.644 --> 04:24:22.284
Alderperson Villegas has a proposed resolution for a tribute to Michael Keller

4413
04:24:22.524 --> 04:24:25.824
Ditka, which is referred to the committee on committees and rules.

4414
04:24:26.984 --> 04:24:29.944
Alderperson Vasquez has proposed resolution for submission of public question by

4415
04:24:29.984 --> 04:24:33.504
referendum for the voters of the 40th Ward at the February 23,

4416
04:24:33.644 --> 04:24:37.444
2027 election on whether Chicago should support a moratorium on the

4417
04:24:37.484 --> 04:24:41.424
establishment, construction, or expansion of new data center facilities

4418
04:24:41.464 --> 04:24:44.364
within the City of Chicago, which is referred to the committee on committees and

4419
04:24:44.424 --> 04:24:48.084
rules. Alderperson Vasquez also has proposed ordinance for amendment of the annual

4420
04:24:48.124 --> 04:24:50.964
appropriation ordinance to transfer funds from the Committee on Immigrant and

4421
04:24:51.004 --> 04:24:54.864
Refugee Rights for the year 2026, which is referred to the committee on the budget

4422
04:24:54.924 --> 04:24:58.224
and government operations. Alderperson Vasquez also has proposed ordinance for

4423
04:24:58.264 --> 04:25:02.224
amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-165 by modifying requirements for

4424
04:25:02.284 --> 04:25:05.904
businesses to enter into a debt transaction with the City of

4425
04:25:05.944 --> 04:25:08.164
Chicago, which is referred to the committee on finance.

4426
04:25:09.004 --> 04:25:11.724
Alderperson Riley has proposed ordinance for amendment of the annual appropriation

4427
04:25:11.784 --> 04:25:15.604
ordinance to transfer funds from the 42nd Ward Alderperson expense account to the

4428
04:25:15.664 --> 04:25:19.084
personal services account for the year 2026, which is referred to the committee on

4429
04:25:19.124 --> 04:25:20.444
the budget and government operations.

4430
04:25:21.124 --> 04:25:24.324
Alderperson Knutson and Alderperson Lawson have proposed ordinance for designation

4431
04:25:24.384 --> 04:25:27.844
of segments of West Diversity Parkway right of way on Map number

4432
04:25:28.164 --> 04:25:31.384
7-G as a pedestrian street, and amendment of Municipal Code Section

4433
04:25:31.484 --> 04:25:35.204
17-3-0503D, modifying pedestrian

4434
04:25:35.264 --> 04:25:38.204
streets on portions of West Diversity Parkway, which is referred to the committee

4435
04:25:38.244 --> 04:25:39.864
on zoning, landmarks, and building standards.

4436
04:25:40.544 --> 04:25:43.184
Alderperson Clay has proposed ordinance for amendment of Municipal Code Section

4437
04:25:43.284 --> 04:25:47.264
17-17-0104Y to include

4438
04:25:47.364 --> 04:25:51.044
animal services, sales, and grooming in residential support services,

4439
04:25:51.344 --> 04:25:53.784
which is referred to the committee on zoning, landmarks, and building standards.

4440
04:25:54.504 --> 04:25:58.244
Alderperson Manaa-Happenworth has proposed ordinance

4441
04:25:58.264 --> 04:26:01.624
directing the Commissioner of Transportation to update Alderperson Menu Program to

4442
04:26:01.644 --> 04:26:05.404
include additional eligible uses for Alderperson Menu Program funds, which is

4443
04:26:05.444 --> 04:26:07.564
referred to the committee on pedestrian and traffic safety.

4444
04:26:11.684 --> 04:26:14.464
Two committees have been called, the committee on pedestrian traffic safety and the

4445
04:26:14.484 --> 04:26:17.004
committee on transportation. The matter is referred to the committee on committees

4446
04:26:17.024 --> 04:26:17.504
and rules.

4447
04:26:22.804 --> 04:26:25.464
Alderperson Manaa-Happenworth also has proposed ordinance for amendment of the

4448
04:26:25.524 --> 04:26:28.424
annual appropriation ordinance to transfer funds from the 48th Ward Alderperson

4449
04:26:28.464 --> 04:26:32.244
expense account to the wage allowance account for the year 2026, which is referred

4450
04:26:32.264 --> 04:26:33.984
to the committee on the budget and government operations.

4451
04:26:34.684 --> 04:26:37.344
Alderperson Hadden has proposed ordinance for amendment of the annual appropriation

4452
04:26:37.384 --> 04:26:40.264
ordinance to transfer funds from the Alderperson expense account to the wage

4453
04:26:40.324 --> 04:26:43.164
allowance account for the year 2026, which is referred to the committee on the

4454
04:26:43.184 --> 04:26:44.504
budget and government operations.

4455
04:26:44.864 --> 04:26:47.224
Your Honor, that concludes the presentation of Alderperson introductions.

4456
04:26:47.464 --> 04:26:51.044
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. For the approval of the journals, the chair

4457
04:26:51.084 --> 04:26:52.484
recognizes Alderman Mitchell.

4458
04:26:53.064 --> 04:26:56.064
Mr. President, I'm not aware of any corrections to the journals from the September

4459
04:26:56.264 --> 04:27:00.204
23rd, September 25th, and September 29th meetings, and move that they

4460
04:27:00.244 --> 04:27:00.744
be approved.

4461
04:27:00.924 --> 04:27:04.604
Hearing no objection, so ordered. For unfinished business, Alderman Mitchell.

4462
04:27:04.844 --> 04:27:07.064
I'm aware of two pieces of unfinished business.

4463
04:27:07.384 --> 04:27:10.364
They are filed by Alderman Sigcho-Lopez.

4464
04:27:10.424 --> 04:27:12.804
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Sigcho-Lopez.

4465
04:27:14.364 --> 04:27:18.184
Mr. President, I file a Rule 41 notice with the clerk of my intent to call

4466
04:27:18.884 --> 04:27:20.504
for a vote on substitute appointment,

4467
04:27:21.504 --> 04:27:25.424
0027373 concerning the appointment of Ramona

4468
04:27:25.484 --> 04:27:29.284
Westbrook as commissioner of the Chicago Housing Authority, which was defer and

4469
04:27:29.384 --> 04:27:32.664
published at the City Council meeting held on September 23,

4470
04:27:33.224 --> 04:27:36.404
2026. I move passage of this item by roll call vote.

4471
04:27:36.564 --> 04:27:39.344
Very well. There's a motion on the floor for the passage of this item by roll call

4472
04:27:39.384 --> 04:27:41.824
vote. Does anyone wish to speak to this item? Very well.

4473
04:27:41.944 --> 04:27:45.864
Seeing no hands, members, please use your e-vote application to record your

4474
04:27:45.904 --> 04:27:46.584
vote at this time.

4475
04:28:00.024 --> 04:28:02.244
Madam Clerk, just for a second. Madam Clerk?

4476
04:28:02.324 --> 04:28:02.464
Mm-hmm.

4477
04:28:02.644 --> 04:28:03.784
Hold for a second. Just a

4478
04:28:16.124 --> 04:28:19.544
second. Very well. Before the vote actually starts, there's a member who have

4479
04:28:19.944 --> 04:28:23.884
requested to participate in the remaining of this meeting remotely for reasons

4480
04:28:23.904 --> 04:28:24.884
stated in Rule 59.

4481
04:28:25.844 --> 04:28:29.444
Alderman Mike Rodriguez, can we confirm his presence online?

4482
04:28:30.784 --> 04:28:32.004
Alder Mike Rodriguez, you there?

4483
04:28:37.684 --> 04:28:38.584
Alder Rodriguez?

4484
04:28:44.704 --> 04:28:45.904
Very well. I see his name, but he

4485
04:28:45.944 --> 04:28:49.964
has

4486
04:28:50.004 --> 04:28:52.344
not confirmed his presence online. Very well.

4487
04:28:53.304 --> 04:28:53.944
Madam Cl-

4488
04:28:55.844 --> 04:28:56.664
Roll call for what?

4489
04:28:57.704 --> 04:29:00.004
Oh, just a second. The chair recognizes Alderman Beale.

4490
04:29:00.324 --> 04:29:01.464
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President,

4491
04:29:03.084 --> 04:29:06.744
I just wanted to speak on this issue for a quick second since

4492
04:29:06.864 --> 04:29:07.824
voting via closed.

4493
04:29:07.884 --> 04:29:09.264
Which issue? Oh, the actual item?

4494
04:29:09.544 --> 04:29:09.804
Yes.

4495
04:29:09.864 --> 04:29:10.164
Very well.

4496
04:29:10.364 --> 04:29:10.764
Absolutely.

4497
04:29:12.064 --> 04:29:13.004
Mr. President, I

4498
04:29:15.324 --> 04:29:18.244
have known this individual for a long time,

4499
04:29:19.224 --> 04:29:22.664
and it really pains me to even stand up to

4500
04:29:23.384 --> 04:29:27.364
talk about this issue. But I think we have to look

4501
04:29:27.384 --> 04:29:28.444
at the big picture.

4502
04:29:29.344 --> 04:29:32.944
And the big picture is, you all, it's very important that we

4503
04:29:32.984 --> 04:29:36.644
understand that we have a very capable, willing,

4504
04:29:37.664 --> 04:29:41.004
and talented person leading CHA.

4505
04:29:42.684 --> 04:29:43.044
And

4506
04:29:44.044 --> 04:29:47.624
when you look at the mad dash to fill these

4507
04:29:47.684 --> 04:29:50.984
appointments, it should really cause pause with all of us,

4508
04:29:51.964 --> 04:29:53.824
because we've seen appointments

4509
04:29:54.764 --> 04:29:56.284
be open for over a year,

4510
04:29:57.104 --> 04:29:58.344
some a year and a half.

4511
04:30:00.164 --> 04:30:01.784
But there's a mad dash

4512
04:30:02.664 --> 04:30:05.844
to put these people in these

4513
04:30:06.304 --> 04:30:07.804
commissioner spots over at CHA.

4514
04:30:08.664 --> 04:30:09.624
And I will tell you

4515
04:30:11.024 --> 04:30:11.924
that it is a

4516
04:30:13.864 --> 04:30:17.564
movement ahead to try to get rid of the

4517
04:30:17.744 --> 04:30:19.444
current CHA CEO.

4518
04:30:21.704 --> 04:30:21.904
And

4519
04:30:23.344 --> 04:30:24.304
people have said

4520
04:30:25.384 --> 04:30:26.084
directly

4521
04:30:27.284 --> 04:30:29.104
that we're going to flip the board

4522
04:30:31.324 --> 04:30:32.204
to get rid of

4523
04:30:33.284 --> 04:30:34.964
the CEO of CHA.

4524
04:30:36.804 --> 04:30:37.264
And so

4525
04:30:38.764 --> 04:30:42.504
when you look at what this agency does,

4526
04:30:43.444 --> 04:30:44.144
its mission,

4527
04:30:45.344 --> 04:30:47.744
I think it's really important that we make sure that we have

4528
04:30:48.604 --> 04:30:52.564
the right people in place, and I believe that we have

4529
04:30:52.584 --> 04:30:55.164
the right person at the right time in place.

4530
04:30:56.364 --> 04:30:56.824
And so

4531
04:30:58.304 --> 04:31:00.124
I'm asking each and every one of you

4532
04:31:01.644 --> 04:31:05.624
not to vote in favor of these new commissioners because they

4533
04:31:05.683 --> 04:31:08.364
could not answer a point-blank question

4534
04:31:09.304 --> 04:31:12.704
on if they were being put in place to get rid of the

4535
04:31:12.784 --> 04:31:14.924
CEO of CHA.

4536
04:31:16.224 --> 04:31:18.004
If you can't answer that question

4537
04:31:18.844 --> 04:31:22.764
and you're going in, you have ulterior motives, and I encourage everybody

4538
04:31:22.784 --> 04:31:24.764
to vote no on these appointments. Thank you.

4539
04:31:25.324 --> 04:31:27.564
Thank you. Alderman Mike Rodriguez,

4540
04:31:29.644 --> 04:31:29.764
is-

4541
04:31:29.824 --> 04:31:31.384
Yes, sir. I am present.

4542
04:31:31.404 --> 04:31:31.744
Madam Clerk,

4543
04:31:33.144 --> 04:31:35.664
Alderman Mike Rodriguez is confirming

4544
04:31:36.584 --> 04:31:40.124
his presence online. Can I get a motion to approve his

4545
04:31:40.164 --> 04:31:42.544
participation in the remaining of this meeting remotely?

4546
04:31:43.564 --> 04:31:46.144
It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying aye.

4547
04:31:46.724 --> 04:31:47.844
Any opposed say nay.

4548
04:31:47.884 --> 04:31:48.124
Nay.

4549
04:31:48.364 --> 04:31:50.024
In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

4550
04:31:51.224 --> 04:31:54.904
Madam Clerk, you may now proceed with providing the

4551
04:31:54.984 --> 04:31:58.824
e-vote application so that members of the body can record their votes at this time.

4552
04:32:00.404 --> 04:32:03.704
The voting is now open. The voting is now open. Please use the e-device.

4553
04:32:03.764 --> 04:32:04.824
The voting is now open.

4554
04:32:59.004 --> 04:33:01.644
I will now call on those who have not used the e-device. Alderman Hall?

4555
04:33:03.044 --> 04:33:03.704
Hello. Yes.

4556
04:33:04.525 --> 04:33:05.525
Hall is a yes.

4557
04:33:09.324 --> 04:33:10.504
Alderwoman Gutierrez?

4558
04:33:12.164 --> 04:33:13.304
Gutierrez is a no.

4559
04:33:14.764 --> 04:33:15.865
Alderman David Moore?

4560
04:33:19.084 --> 04:33:19.824
Not present.

4561
04:33:21.764 --> 04:33:23.064
Is he on virtual?

4562
04:33:23.884 --> 04:33:25.644
No. Okay. Alderwoman Taylor?

4563
04:33:28.724 --> 04:33:29.624
Alderman Mosley?

4564
04:33:32.384 --> 04:33:33.264
Alderwoman Scott?

4565
04:33:33.884 --> 04:33:34.084
No.

4566
04:33:37.865 --> 04:33:38.884
Alderwoman Cruz?

4567
04:33:43.064 --> 04:33:44.104
Alderman Sposato?

4568
04:33:47.764 --> 04:33:48.884
Sposato is a no.

4569
04:33:51.705 --> 04:33:54.164
Alderwoman Hadden

4570
04:33:56.404 --> 04:33:58.845
is not present. Alderman Rodriguez?

4571
04:33:59.564 --> 04:34:02.144
Yes. Could you repeat that?

4572
04:34:03.284 --> 04:34:04.424
Yes. Okay. Aye.

4573
04:34:06.904 --> 04:34:08.224
All right. Anyone I missed?

4574
04:34:09.584 --> 04:34:11.025
Okay, the voting is now closed.

4575
04:34:13.664 --> 04:34:14.784
16 yays, 30-

4576
04:34:15.104 --> 04:34:18.984
There are 16 yays, 30 nays. This motion fails.

4577
04:34:54.464 --> 04:34:55.104
He voted for it.

4578
04:34:55.924 --> 04:34:56.664
He voted for it.

4579
04:34:57.185 --> 04:35:00.644
Oh, I'm sorry. Alderman Mitchell, on the motion to reconsider.

4580
04:35:00.984 --> 04:35:02.045
Motion to reconsider the vote.

4581
04:35:02.045 --> 04:35:04.504
All those in favor of the reconsideration of this vote signify by saying aye.

4582
04:35:05.401 --> 04:35:08.020
Any opposed say nay. This motion fails.

4583
04:35:15.000 --> 04:35:17.020
Alderman Sigcho-Lopez, were there other items?

4584
04:35:17.920 --> 04:35:21.620
Mr. President, I file a Rule 41 notice with the clerk on the intent to

4585
04:35:21.940 --> 04:35:24.581
call for a vote on the subsequent appointment, appointment

4586
04:35:24.700 --> 04:35:28.300
0027382, concerning the appointment of John Barlett as

4587
04:35:28.320 --> 04:35:32.120
Commissioner of Chicago Housing Authority, which was the item published at the city

4588
04:35:32.160 --> 04:35:33.960
council meeting held on September 23rd.

4589
04:35:34.940 --> 04:35:37.200
I move passage of this item by roll call vote.

4590
04:35:37.820 --> 04:35:40.581
Very well. Does anyone wish to speak to this item?

4591
04:35:41.480 --> 04:35:43.040
The chair recognizes Alderman Bill.

4592
04:35:43.241 --> 04:35:44.960
Thank you, Mr. President. In the

4593
04:35:47.640 --> 04:35:51.561
issue of time, I make a motion that we use the same roll call on the

4594
04:35:51.620 --> 04:35:53.660
last item and the same motion to reconsider.

4595
04:35:56.180 --> 04:35:56.500
Very well.

4596
04:36:03.000 --> 04:36:04.940
Very well. Hearing no objections then,

4597
04:36:05.840 --> 04:36:06.460
so ordered.

4598
04:36:07.300 --> 04:36:11.241
This motion fails, and the motion to reconsider it is also

4599
04:36:11.300 --> 04:36:12.140
part of that motion.

4600
04:36:13.320 --> 04:36:17.200
Very well. Alderman Mitchell, are you aware of any other further unfinished

4601
04:36:17.241 --> 04:36:17.640
business?

4602
04:36:20.721 --> 04:36:23.620
I'm not aware of any further pieces of unfinished business.

4603
04:36:23.721 --> 04:36:25.381
Miscellaneous business, Alderman Mitchell.

4604
04:36:26.600 --> 04:36:29.500
Except for the ordinance setting the date and time of the next meeting, I am not

4605
04:36:29.561 --> 04:36:30.980
aware of any miscellaneous business.

4606
04:36:31.340 --> 04:36:33.820
Very well. For the date and time of the next meeting, Alderman Mitchell?

4607
04:36:34.100 --> 04:36:37.000
I've handed up an ordinance to the clerk setting the date and time of the next

4608
04:36:37.040 --> 04:36:37.320
meeting.

4609
04:36:37.500 --> 04:36:39.200
Madam Clerk, please read the ordinance.

4610
04:36:40.741 --> 04:36:44.401
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago, section one, the next

4611
04:36:44.440 --> 04:36:46.840
two regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Chicago

4612
04:36:48.381 --> 04:36:51.520
shall be held on Tuesday, December 8th,

4613
04:36:51.780 --> 04:36:55.620
2026, beginning at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 9th, beginning

4614
04:36:55.660 --> 04:36:59.500
at 10:00 a.m., in the council chamber on the second floor in City Hall, 121

4615
04:36:59.540 --> 04:37:01.120
North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.

4616
04:37:01.561 --> 04:37:04.860
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from after its passage.

4617
04:37:04.901 --> 04:37:06.420
Gregory Mitchell, Alderman, 7th Ward.

4618
04:37:07.440 --> 04:37:07.901
Very well.

4619
04:37:10.020 --> 04:37:10.200
Ord-

4620
04:37:11.360 --> 04:37:15.241
The dates, Tuesday, December 8th, 2026, at

4621
04:37:15.300 --> 04:37:18.980
10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 9th, 2026, at

4622
04:37:19.120 --> 04:37:19.680
10:00 a.m.

4623
04:37:20.600 --> 04:37:20.940
Very well.

4624
04:37:22.000 --> 04:37:22.680
I said December.

4625
04:37:23.420 --> 04:37:26.760
Very well. The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez. I just needed- Very well.

4626
04:37:26.960 --> 04:37:27.100
Need a-

4627
04:37:27.960 --> 04:37:28.680
Alderman Mitchell.

4628
04:37:29.901 --> 04:37:33.640
I move that matters in the omnibus be passed by the first most favorable roll call

4629
04:37:33.680 --> 04:37:36.241
vote by the Committee on Finance and the unsuccessful-

4630
04:37:36.280 --> 04:37:37.940
Hearing no objections, so ordered.

4631
04:37:38.680 --> 04:37:40.460
Alderman Mitchell, on the omnibus.

4632
04:37:41.760 --> 04:37:42.561
That was the omnibus.

4633
04:37:43.640 --> 04:37:47.360
Oh, understood. We took your initial motion for the omnibus to

4634
04:37:47.440 --> 04:37:48.460
pass that ordinance.

4635
04:37:48.581 --> 04:37:49.140
I jumped the hill.

4636
04:37:49.180 --> 04:37:50.280
Now, for the omnibus.

4637
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I move that matters in the omnibus be passed by the first most favorable roll

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call vote by the Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful motions be

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reconsidered.

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Hearing no objections, so ordered.

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We just did that. We just did that. Alderman Mitchell, on a motion

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to adjourn.

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There being no further business before this body, I move that we adjourn.

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Hearing no objections, so ordered. The meeting is adjourned.