What stop are you?
At.
I'm saying north of California. Don't say North and Lake.
All right, that's what I wanted to hear.
7 minutes.
Um,
you do have time.
Ruth is on the train. She'll be here momentarily.
Why would I like Ruth was?
On pedestrian and traffic, safety is pulling into the
station.
the meeting of the committee on pedestrian and traffic,
safety is now called to order for septembar, 5th 2024
We will now have a roll call to establish Quorum chairman
laspata present. Vice chair Cruise
There we go.
Chairman Hopkins.
Uh, Ormond Robinson.
I believe, ottoman Quinn.
Ottoman. Moore president chairman Armand. Curtis
vice mayor Bernett.
There you go. Ottoman Iran.
Ottoman Knutson.
Ormond Lawson.
Ormond Martin.
And all women may not happen worth.
Online. We will shoot to the panelists side in a moment.
We have 9 members present. We have a quorum committee
members Robinson, Chico knutzen and Mana hoppenworth have
requested to participate in the meeting remotely, pursuant
to rule 59 uh
We currently have.
Alderman, Chico who we will now Motion in. Can I get a
motion to allow order? Chico to participate remotely?
So moved ottoman yensy all those in favor. Say I
All those opposed say, nay and the opinion of the chair and
the eyes have it.
Auto.
Thank you, chair.
At this time uh president by video conference and will be
counted accordingly for roll. Call at this time, we will
begin the public comment period out of respect for
everyone's Time. Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. We
will start with our virtual speaker. Peter says Nico Peter.
Thank you. Stop signs placed on residential streets without
accompanying. Traffic studies, violate state law and
violate National guidance. They are illegal Vice chair
cruise is now dealing with the Fatal aftermath of illegal
stop signs on Long Avenue.
Since May of 2024, I've left dozens of phone messages and
or email for C dot professional staff and the C Dot Public
Information. Officer with not 1, single message returned C.
Dot is violating state law and national guidance. By
recommending. Stop signs on residential streets without
accompanying traffic studies.
This committee is also violating state law and violating
National guidance by passing through committee direct.
Introductions for stop signs placed on low volume
residential streets without accompanying traffic Studies by
passing through Committee aldermanic overrides of stop
signs. Not recommended by cedat. By passing through
committee cedal recommendations for stop signs on low
volume residential streets, without accompanying traffic
studies.
Unnecessary illegal and unwarranted. Stop signs on low
volume residential streets and danger people. Walking
people riding bikes and drivers unnecessary illegal and
unwanted stop signs on low volume residential streets.
Promote disrespect for legal warranted, stop signs. I heard
you. Chairless badass say, before this meeting that quote,
stop signs are not to be used for speed control. End quote,
you are correct.
National guidance though, says should not be used for speed
control and perhaps C dot is using a misinterpretation of
that seeming loophole to act illegally and recommend that
illegal unwanted stop signs. Be placed on low volume
residential streets. As long as they avoid using the words
quote speed control and quote on December 19th 2023, a
final rule, adopting the 11th edition of the mutcd was
published in the Federal Register with an effective date of
January, 18, 2024 states must adopt the 11th edition of the
national mutcd, as their state legal standard for Traffic
Control within 2 years, 16 months from now that new
National guidance will change should to Shell and we all
know, or should know the legal implications of shell, as in
Shell not be used for speed control. The city taxpayers
will be liable for damages caused at unnecessary illegal
and unwanted stop sign locations on low volume residential
school.
Streets. But this committee and see that can change the
path now. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Sinka, our first in-person speaker is Mr.
George Blakemore.
And I can see you don't have a call. It's something
inherently wrong.
You don't have a call what you got. These means ran over
here, but you could have a call. Now, they are gone, and
you still trying to make law
Concerning sir that young man? Are you still the 1 to talk
about the illegal? Stop sign? Every damn thing down here is
illegal. They're all a piece of sh and when you go put the
it there, if you want to you I can't believe it. This 1
right here call except the chairman, he, this meeting is
supposed to be over, you have no code.
You, you make no laws now.
So, who you know what? It's terrible. But I said, no, I
said, I need to go and get my artwork, leave this whole,
political mess alone and make me some money. Oh, on the
Plaza. They say, you can't sell down there. I said it's
illegal. Because everywhere I said, let me come back here
and look what I came back to
I came back to nothing.
Nothing Mr. Blakeville will talk about these parking. Uh uh
permanent parking in residential parking where people just
say they, they don't have them driveway and they don't have
a car ride, so they gonna just have a plate 24 hours for
them. Well, that parking for the open to every citizen of
this city. That I'm against that. I'm against all of y'all
political doodoo.
and you looking at me like,
Look at focusing on me. It's, you are all a piece of that.
How look at you. So you know these are educated informed
citizen. You can't pull that on them. You don't have a car.
They they you've arranged them for. You got 2 me going on
at the same time then you go. Go for them over here. Like
you got go then after you let them in then you go send them
them back out. Well, now this is no longer a legal leader,
is not a legal meaning, you know, if we can't meet you, no
you, no longer have a car. He just 1, 2, 3 4. If you a tip,
it in,
Well, well, that was here when it started.
So something is wrong with you? Then the husband told me
about you, she said you didn't do nothing and private and
you're not doing nothing now.
You're just a disgrace, this whole thing is a disgrace,
they're mean uncomfort incompetent piece of whatever.
And I hate you and I'm going, read, you see? But because
they you you you and all of y'all.
It is very loud.
Thank you, Mr. Blakemore, our next speaker is Lola Wright.
What is this? Pull me out.
What is this? Yeah. So my name is Lola Wright. I live and
work on the 2700 block of North California Avenue. And I
share this gentleman's concern that there were a series of
aldermen that came in, at the beginning of the meeting that
are now gone. I think it breaches integrity and it also
undermines my confidence in the system that I can come here
and actually be heard.
so I I think that like please don't misunderstand the
delivery because I think a brilliant man like that can be
dismissed and I think he made some really important points.
Um,
On August 25th, I started a change.org petition because 66%
of parking was eliminated on our block, a block where there
are multiple small businesses and I live. Um, there was not
Community conversation about this Alderman laspata and I
met yesterday. Um, I don't believe that bike Lanes need to
exist in exclusivity of parking. I think parking and bike
Lanes, can coexist and I think that this should be
documented in a meaningful way. On City record that there
is a solution. The solution has not been found and there
are residents and business owners on the 2700 block of
North California that have been negatively impacted by an
ambitious and overly aggressive pursuit of bike Lanes. I am
married to a cyclist. My daughter rides, her bike from
Logan Square to fostering kadzi for school frequently. I am
not anti bike Lanes. This
Should not be a conversation about 4 or against bike Lanes.
It really should be about coming up with solutions that
serve all of the community. Not some of the community and
ensuring the community members are made adequately aware.
As I said to Alderman, Le body yesterday, I shouldn't as a
mother of 4 children, and multiple businesses that I own
and Lead, be expected to read the Tea Leaves of Sea Dot to
understand what's happening in my neighborhood. And, um, I
just want to reiterate, it's disappointing. That there were
a number of aldermen here that I was looking forward to
hearing my concern and they've now disappeared. So, I'm
hopeful that Alderman laspata, and I can come up with a
solution that works for our block our neighborhood, our
community, that engages the people in our neighborhood and
doesn't pit 1. Another against each other, such that either
you're 4 cyclists or against cyclists, that's just not
accurate. It's not true.
It's not in service of the community that I was born and
raised in which is the city of Chicago. And I like this
body to work with us to come up with a solution that
doesn't impede on the viability of small businesses on that
block. So thank you.
Thank you. Miss next speaker is Miss Jessica Jackson.
Very good.
Okay, pizza. So
committee on pedestrian and traffic, safety. All right, I
just want to live for the day.
As a pedestrian, in this city to enjoy being able to walk
down the street, you know, those days are long gone now
since about a year year and a half ago, where all these
illegals are here and Everywhere You Walk. You got to look
at this lady and kids leaned up against buildings begging.
Some of them had a breast out called their self
breastfeeding. I mean, I don't know, do they want the
sympathy? But that, because people been breastfeeding since
forever, you just asked a woman. You just take a towel and
cover it up.
I don't know. What does that mean?
when you have your baby uh tied to your back, to try to make
it look like, oh you're so poor when we've been putting
your baby right here down in this little thing and you wrap
it around you go ahead and do what you want to do. It has
nothing to do with being oh.
And this is what you're forced to look at you go down.
You're driving down the street in your neighborhood. Here
they come all on the corner. Begging come in. All through
the cars begging
why, when we got a billion dollars deficit in the city, all
behind immigration, illegal immigration, just as Citizens,
this is what we've been forced to look at. You can't even
go to the Magnificent Mile, no more. And just take a nice
stroll down the Magnificent. Mile to go over to your nice
stores. That you like, no, cuz the illegals.
They everywhere.
The streets. All dirty.
This is not Tijana.
We want our city back.
This is completely unfair.
Every Uber driver you get. Now it's a illegal immigrant
They driving all crazy. Can I tell you how many times I've
been in the Uber where somebody had to come and they get at
that Uber driver for driving all crazee. Now I'm in
jeopardy.
Just it's insane. This is insanity.
And then the DNC comes and the city can miraculously get
spotless clean spotless. You gonna have the illegals and
stuff so that the people can think the DNC that Chicago was
handling, this immigration, this illegal immigration like
this when in fact that's the biggest lie then you go
throwing Obama and Michelle there. Like that's supposed to
mean something when they hold things over there. This place
in black people.
Are you kidding me right now? Get these people off our damn
streets like this. Don't nobody want to look at this
garbage.
This is not, we fail to live in this city.
Our next speaker is Doris Lewis.
Lady to come down, like she can speak to a committee.
And look at you, you you Alderman, this is very
disrespectful, it's very disrespectful to not have the
ultimate here who on this committee. Don't invalidate what
Mr. Blakemore is saying. Don't invalidate.
But the lady just said, you all are very disrespectful and
it's very disappointing.
I live across the street from uh at the Lakeshore Hotel,
you have illegal immigrants over there. It is a danger as
for me, as a pedestrian and others who live in that area
that area in front of that hotel. It it is. It's a public
their Affair. It used to be. We cannot even walk that way
anymore. If you go that way, you're getting into verbal
confrontations with these illegal immigrants, sometimes it
gets very physical. Something needs to be done about that.
I want that thoroughfare open for me, as a pedestrian. For
my, the residents in my building and the residents in that
area.
It needs to be open. It needs to be stated that residents
in this area can walk through that thoroughfare. I've been
over there. 50 years and I've never had anyone to tell me.
You can't go this way because it's private. How dare
someone in this country illegally, can tell me. I can't
walk through that area because they consider it, uh,
private. It's it's it's dangerous. It's dangerous. It is
literally dangerous around that area and the city is not
paying any attention to it, Alderman. Yes, he doesn't do
anything about it. You called the police, they may or may
not come. Why should I as a pedestrian? Why should the
resident
In that area as pedestrians. Be afraid to walk through an
area that we've been walking. Through 50 years I need some
answers. Something needs to be done about this and I'm not
going to let it go. We come down here to express. Uh
express, our civic responsibility. Our responsibilities.
You all want to ignore us. I will not be ignored. I'm a
taxpayer. And ultimate I want to know why is it that we are
having a problem at the Lakeshore hotel and Hyde Park as a
pedestrian, as a legal citizen of the city of Chicago and
the state of Illinois? I want some answers
why you don't have the office. This is not know. Thank you.
Miss Lewis. Our next speaker is Zoe Le
a damn game here.
Call the Jesus to come in here.
On 29th and King that stop sign. I mean that's stopped like
it needs to be longer when people have to. It's a lot of
students over there and you have 10 seconds to go across
King Drive, which is insane. Number 2 is, um,
I,
I grew up in New York so I grew up. I like I understand the
whole immigration thing, but this Invasion and the fact
that you guys have given them free bicycles, free mopeds
free scooters, they do not obey any of the traffic. Any of
the bicycle Lanes? Any of that, they act like they don't
speak English which some of them, the majority of them
don't and uh and um, and allow them to do. Um, but it's a a
scam. Um, that's going to continue. Um yeah definitely.
Alright, it is a scam. Um, but I just want to know like
There's no regulations. There's No Boundaries like y'all
just, not gonna do nothing like y'all. Just not gonna do
anything at all. Like y'all just let these people come over
here and just do whatever they want. Like the police can't
do anything. The you guys aren't doing anything. I mean,
tomorrow, there's going to be this this joint meeting with
immigration and housing worried about them but there's
black homeless everywhere. I mean on 4 4, 4 got killed on
the CTA train couple of days ago.
I mean and so on, still talking about that over you have
200, what's it?
300 million dollars, annually in homeless prevention money.
Where is that money going to like Michael Young Bae? He's
not here today but he can't. They they they kicked him out
of all the shelters. The 700000 day shelters, that y'all
are paying. They've kicked him out. All the shelters, he's
paying his own money to stay in the hotel but the Lakeshore
hotel that's family for families and he has a family. Y'all
seen his daughter, you've seen his wife, they can't get in
that Lake Shore hotel. But they've got brand new strollers
new strollers over their brand, new bicycles and free
parking, but everybody else got a paper parking in the city
a Citizens. Like, what is this? This doesn't make any
make any sense. And this yeah, this is, this is, this is
insane and you guys know it's insane and y'all aren't doing
anything about it. Like y'all are like, is the justice
department is coming? I promise you justice department is
coming.
Thank you very much.
So thank you, Mr. Blakemore, our next speaker is Mr. Taiwan
Sims.
And it keep on going.
Damn thing. They gonna have a real also noting, Alim
investigates president as a non-member. Bye bye, Mr. Sims
um, so
The phone you got recently, we attended a meeting. What,
what was that at? Um, usabo Museum down there, the freedom
move Coalition was there.
and what they was talking about is the lack of
You know what's going on as far as like, pedestrian safety
and traffic and what?
so, the freedom move,
Coalition is focusing on pretextual traffic stops and I
want to focus on that also because I had a case in the
northern districts, case number
22 CV 5691 in the Northern District where I was attacked
July 22nd of 2020 by
Criminal Netta Scott, who's star number is 18908. And
Victor Al Alcazar 111046
And still, I had that case dismissed without prejudice for
lack of prosecution. I've been homeless since
forever. I'm unemployed. So but I feel also that this has
been manufactured in a lot of ways in 2020. Since I've
caught this case for the last 4 years, I found myself in a
consistent decline, I found myself always at odds with, um,
CPD.
As if I'm targeted, as if my social security, number is
targeted anywhere I'm at or I'm flagged in some way.
So I would like for this case to be bought back up the
corporate we got, we do have corporate attorneys that take
care of these things for the citizens, we got a civil
rights attorney here, Mr. Matt, Martin, um,
There's some there's some resolve or resolution. I can get
in this.
instead of these criminals being,
Taken care of the way. They've been taking care of because
I don't got 16.4 billion dollars behind me. I don't have
corporate lawyers. I don't have any of that but I'm sure
that the little tax plan dollars, that I have put in, can
Aid me in this and that this can be bought back up.
because it was yet a moment where we spoke about pretextual
stops, and I suffered it
I could have been killed. I was jailed locked up.
Um,
Attacked by judges threatening with warrants had to deal
with this for 2 years or better.
To know resolve. But now I want. Now, I want some
resolution as a citizen, so maybe we can bring this back
up.
In the next official meeting because Mr. Blakemore said,
It's not a meeting y'all. Y'all don't have a court room
here. Thank y'all for hearing me out though. 1 2 3. Thank
you Mr.
Sure it would encourage you to look around the corner.
Alderman, Hopkins is here with us as well.
So we now have ottoman Robinson.
Online to so. So like at this point,
We have to move on with the rest of the agenda. So we're
going to ask quiet while we're going through the agenda and
then we can talk more afterwards. If you interrupt motions
that are happening, I will ask have to ask you to step out.
Thank you very much.
may I ask for a motion for order Robinson to participate
remotely via rule 59 Ormond Martin so moves all those in
favor say I
All those opposed say, nay in the opinion of the chair that
I have it.
This now concludes the public comment period.
we all, uh, also received 1 written comment that was
distributed to members via email
Our first order of business, is the rule 45 report from
July, which was sent out via email and distributed to
committee members, can I have a motion to approve? The July
rule, 45 report,
Old person Hopkins. So moves all those in favor of passing
the report. Say I
all of those opposed say, nay in the opinion of the chair,
the eyes have it. We will now begin with the items before
the committee. We will begin with the direct introduction
ordinances on pages. 1 through 4. Can I have a motion to
recommend approval of all? Gotcha of all, direct
introduction, ordinances and Pages, 1 through 4 by the same
roll call vote as was applied to determine Quorum all the
person Martin so moves hearing no objections so ordered let
us turn to Pages 5 through 15 for the recommended portion
of the agenda.
can I have a motion to recommend approval of all
recommended ordinances on pages 5 through 15 by the same
roll, call vote, as was applied to determine Quorum or the
person Martin so moves hearing no objections. So ordered
We will now turn to Pages 16 through 21 for the not
recommend, no recommendation portion of the agenda which
are items that received no recommendation, from City
departments. These ordinances were submitted as overrides
are on the agenda at the request of the order person or do
not require a departmental approval.
Can I have motion to recommend approval of all ordinances on
pages? 16 through 19 and items 1 through 8 on page 20 in
the Same by the same roll call vote as was applied to
determine quarum Walter person. Martin so moves hearing no
objections. So ordered
For item 9 on page, 20. We received a substitute ordinance.
That makes a minor correction to the residential permit
parking Zone. The Substitute ordinance was emailed out and
distributed today. Can I have a motion to accept the
substitute ordinance all ottoman Hopkins, so moves hearing
no objections. So, ordered with that, can I have a motion
to recommend approval of the substitute ordinance? So, 2024
0001032 item, 9 on page 20, but the same roll call vote as
as was applied to, to determine Quorum older person. Martin
so moves hearing no objections. So ordered finally, can I
have a motion to recommend approval of items 10 through 15
on page 20 and all items on page 21 by the same roll call
vote as was applied to determine quarrel.
All the person Hopkins. So moves hearing no objections. So
ordered
We will report these items out at the next regularly
scheduled city council meeting.
With there being no further business before the committee,
can I have a motion to adjourn?
I'll take it as a tie and I will give this 1 to all the
person Hopkins. So moves all those in favor signify by
saying I
So moved, we are adjourned. Thank you, gentlemen.