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the City of Chicago City Council Rules of Convict
for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory, or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search L.
Food and beverages including in metal
canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the viewer.
Hearing of other individuals, individuals
or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive convict
and failure to comply will result in their being.
Subject to removal from the meeting by the Sergeant at arms,
The
City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Convict for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory, or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12.
Good morning Council members.
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Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments, speakers are permitted
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to see such disruptive conduct and failure.
Fear to comply will result in their being.
Subject to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at arms,
The city of Chicago City Council.
Rules of of Convict for Public Meetings 2023
to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search.
Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering
with the OR hearing of other individuals,
individuals, or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive conduct
and failure to comply will result in their being.
Subject to removal from the meeting by the Sergeant at arms,
The
City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Convict for Public Meetings 2023
to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search L.
Food and Beverages including in metal
canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive conduct
and failure to comply will result in their being.
Subject to removal from the meeting by the Sergeant at arms,
The City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings 2023
to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of conduct to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted
disruptive behavior including disruptive or disrespectful.
Conducting others presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags.
Good morning Council members.
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Putting in metal canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent.
Prior to entering the meeting room,
individuals must remain seated.
Public comments, speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive conduct
and failure to comply will result in there being subject
to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at arms,
The City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Convict for Public Meetings 2023
to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search.
Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive conduct
and failure to comply will result in there being subject
to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at Arms
You of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of conduct to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others' presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search L.
Food and Beverages including in metal
canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals
or groups Failing to adhere
to these rules will be asked to cease.
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and failure to comply will result in there being subject
to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at arms,
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Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search.
Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments Speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
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Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
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City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of conduct to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search.
Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive convict
and failure to comply will result in their being subject
to removal from the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.
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The City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct
for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others' presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search L.
Food and beverages including in metal
canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive convict
and failure to comply will result in their being.
Subject to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at arms,
The City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Convict for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARMS sets forth the following rules
of convict to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory or harassing behavior
and speech directed towards others is not permitted.
Disruptive behavior, including disruptive
or disrespectful conduct
during others' presentations is not permitted.
Banners, flyers or signage are not permitted.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search.
Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent prior
to entering the meeting room.
Individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive convict
and failure to comply will result in there being subject
to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at arms,
The City of Chicago City Council.
Rules of Convict for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49,
the sergeant at ARM sets forth the following rules
of conduct to be followed during the public comment period
and the duration of all committee and city council meetings.
Profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive,
or disruptive language is not permitted, demeaning,
discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech directed.
Good morning everyone.
Council members, please remember to log into your devices.
The meeting will begin shortly.
Backpacks, large bags and sharp objects are not permitted.
Clear bags not tinted in color that do not exceed 12 by 12
by six inches will be permitted in our subject to search.
Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent.
Prior to entering the meeting room,
individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
to stand only when providing public comment.
Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or groups.
Failing to adhere to these rules will be asked
to see such disruptive conduct
and failure to comply will result in their being.
Subject to removal from the meeting by the sergeant at arms,
the City of Chicago City Council.
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to 2027 Pursuant to the Chicago City Council rules of Order
and Procedure Rule 49.
Good morning. Good morning.
Can I have your attention please?
Welcome to today's city council meeting.
The meeting will begin momentarily.
In the meantime, please take your seats
and silence your listening devices.
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We appreciate your cooperation. Thank you.
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12 by 12 by six inches will be permitted in
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Health, food and beverages including in metal.
Canisters are not permitted.
Cell phones must be placed on silent.
Prior to entering the meeting room,
individuals must remain seated.
Public comments speakers are permitted
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Small handheld devices may be used only while seated,
and the user must refrain from interfering with the view
or hearing of other individuals, individuals or
Good morning. At this time, please take your seats
and silence all your listening devices.
The meeting is about to begin. Thank you.
Good morning. The council will come to order.
Madam Clerk, please take a quorum roll call.
Please log into your devices.
If you need support, please raise your hand.
Please log in your devices.
If you need help or support, raise your hand.
Um, you The quorum is now open.
I will now take a voice.
Vote for anyone who has not used the eev device.
Alderman Robinson. Alman Robinson is present.
Alderman, Alder person, hall.
Alder person. Mitchell. All the person. Mitchell is present.
Alder person. Quinn. Alder person. Quinn is present.
Alder person. Gutierrez. Alder person. Gutierrez is present.
Alder person. Coleman. Coleman is not present. Alder person.
More alder person. Moore is present. Alder person.
Curtis Alder person. Curtis is present. Alder person Taylor.
Taylor is not present. Alder person. Burnett.
Burnett is not present. Alder person.
Wapac Alder person.
Wapac, Alder person. Wapac is present.
Alder person. Ramirez. Rosa. Ramirez.
Rosa not present. All the person. Nugent.
All the person Nugent is present. All the person Vasquez.
Vasquez is not present. All the person Napolitano.
Napolitano is present. All the person Riley.
Riley is not present. All the person Nuon.
Knutson is not present. All the person Gardner.
Gardner is present. Alder person Clay. Clay is present.
All the person Hadden Hadden is not present.
Mayor, we have a quorum.
Very well. Uh, there are 41 members present
and eight members that are absent.
Uh, we do have a quorum.
There are two alders that have requested
to participate in today's meeting remotely
for reasons stated in Rule 49.
Can I get a motion to approve the remote participation
of Alders Taylor
Burnett and Komen?
There is a motion, um, for approval
of these threes to participate remotely.
All those in favor signify by saying aye.
All those opposed saying Ay um, the ayes have it.
Madam Clerk, please mark those following alters,
part participating remotely.
Taylor, Burnett and Komen.
Very well, thank you very much.
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
Please remain standing for invocation
and call to worship, which will be delivered
by Pastor Nelson Vargas from the Branch Community Church.
Amen. Let's pray.
Father, if we haven't done so yet today, we just wanna pause
and say thank you, uh, for the gift of today.
I know even in my own life, uh, there are several people
who were here last week who are, are not with us, uh,
during this week, father.
So we, we don't want to take this for granted.
God, it's a gift. The reason we exist,
the reason we have breath in our lungs is
because you will it, because you still have use for us here.
So we thank you for that Lord.
Father, your word teaches us that when the righteous rule,
when Godly people are an authority, um, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, there's mourning.
So Father, I pray for a continued increase in rejoicing.
Father, would you help, uh, our leaders that are, uh,
gathered together in this room, um, father
to do the right thing
for the right reason at the right time?
God. Um, Lord, I pray, Lord,
that you would grant them the ability
to accept the things they can't change, um,
and to to release control of certain things that are just
outside of their realm of authority
that you're not asking them to fix.
And also, Lord, the ability to have the courage
and the boldness to step up
and change what needs to be changed
and to say the thing, even if it's difficult,
even if it means it might offend someone, Lord,
if it's the right thing, there's, it's the right time
and the right place for God.
So help us, uh, to do your work today, God.
So before any reports get read,
before anything gets voted on, Lord, um,
your word also teaches us that you resist the proud,
but you give grace to the humble.
So, Lord, there's no doubt, a wealth
of knowledge in this room,
but God, we confess, we don't know everything there is
to know about everything Lord.
So help us to be open, uh, to viewpoints and, um,
and to be able tore, uh, disagree civilly God and,
and come to conclusions that are best, uh,
for the beautiful city of Chicago.
So we just thank you for that,
Lord bless every person here, their families.
And I just pray that there will be peace, uh,
in this room today.
Father, in Jesus name, amen.
Amen. You may be seated.
This is the portion of the meeting. Okay?
Thank you very much. This is the portion of the meeting
where we'll have public comments
and lemme just remind people during the portion of this,
this period, we ex accept your comments
and your participation,
but that I would ask you humbly to make sure that you are
speaking directly to an issue
and not provocating any personal dynamics.
And anyone in this room, if I find your speech
to be provocating to the point
where it could be threatening, we will cut your mic off
and we will ask that you participate next month.
Mr. Clerk.
The council will now begin the public comment period,
which is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes.
Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
Speakers cannot yield
or transfer their time to another speaker.
Any written comments that have been submitted will be posted
and made available for automatic review.
Our first speaker today is Jody Whitaker.
Good morning. Can you hear me?
Yes. Yes. Good
Morning, mayor Johnson in Chicago City Council.
My name is Jody Whitaker
and I'm speaking today on behalf of the Chicago Alliance
for Animals more than 3000 members
and millions more around the world who are urging you
to please ba pass.
Oh, 2023 dash 2 9 83, the Common Sense ordinance
to ban the sale of new fur in Chicago as soon as possible.
Almost every day there is a new article about the dangers
of her farming and the real risks of animal viruses jumping
to humans in this new and scary world of COVID-19.
This needs to be taken very seriously
and Chicago should be at the forefront
of protecting not only animals, but the public as well.
Here are just a few quotes from these
respected news outlets.
A nature article titled Fur Farming,
A Viral High Rate Highway that Could Spark Next Pandemic,
say, scientists dated September 6th, 2024 states
study in China finds viruses that could infect.
People are rampant in farms, breeding, mink, raccoon dogs,
and fox for their fur.
Researchers have long, long suspected
that these animals are reservoir of viruses that can jump
to people, says Alice Hughes,
a conservation biologist at the University of Hong Kong.
The analysis highlights that these concerns are valid
and that the diversity of viruses with known risks
to humans is even greater than was realized.
Hughes says the industry should mandate transitioning
to artificial fur from the Journal
of Science dated September 5th, 2024.
The team found 39 viruses.
It deemed at high risk of moving between species,
particularly concerning were mink
that harbor a bat coronavirus, similar to the one
that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome in humans.
The evidence that it jumped from bats
to farm mink must serve as an alarm bell.
As co-author Edward Holmes,
an evolutionary biologist at the University of Sydney
last year, he was part of a team that reported the link
between raccoon dogs sold at the Wuhan market
and Sars Covid two Holmes says, despite the huge toll
of COVID-19, the world still does not do enough
to prevent future pandemics.
Each one of these viruses we discover is just
another rule of the dice.
He says, our number will come up again.
We've heard from the chair of the licensed committee,
Deborah Silverstein, who stated she's in favor of the bill
and will support it, and
that it will come up sometime in October.
But she also said that she's waiting on Alderman Lopez
who introduced the bill to finalize it.
It was my understanding that the chair has the power
to put a bill on the agenda,
but whatever it takes, I hope that Alder Silverstein
and Lopez worked together
to get this on the next license committee agenda
for a discussion and vote as soon as possible
just like you banned horse carriages
and shut down the puppy mill stores.
It's now time to be the next progressive city
to ban the sale of new fur, protect the public and animals.
Thank you very much for your time,
consideration, and compassion.
You're welcome. Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Patricia Tatu.
Good morning mayor and city council members. Good morning.
My name is Patricia Tatum. I'm a resident of the 20th Ward.
I've lived in this community for over 40 years,
and I've worked as a healthcare worker, as a nurse
in this community for over 50 years.
I'm here today in support of the South Shore CBA ordinance,
which includes housing protections for South Shore
and the vacant lot on 63rd
and Blackstone to be used for affordable housing.
The Obama Center is almost done
and the Woodland Ordinance still hasn't been fulfilled
after four years of being passed.
The Woodlawn ordinance was passed in September of 2020
after five years of the CBA coalition organizing across
communities that were concerned about displacement.
Today, we are still waiting for the promises of
that ordinance to be fulfilled and we need 63rd
and Blackstone to be part of that fulfillment.
The reason that we need 63rd
and Blackstone to be part of that is
because it's the largest city owned lot closest
to the Obama Center, which would afford
the most affordable units for this community.
We need to see some of the promises
of the Woodlawn ordinance be fulfilled.
One that we have seen so far is the grant program
or long-term, um, homeowners
to do repairs on their properties.
This is important because many
of the long-term residents here, um, have only been able to
to just pay their mortgages and not do any repairs.
We like to see, um, the right to return
for our displaced neighbors who've been, um,
moved outta this community
after living here for 2, 3, 4 generations.
We'd also like to see the tenant rights of First Refusal
program activated so that
tenants in larger buildings will give the, um, right
to form a tenants organization
and associate themselves with an agreement
with a not-for-profit, affordable housing developer so
that they can purchase the building
and maintain it as being affordable.
Housing is a human right and folks have been
and are continue to be displaced in this community.
We cannot wait any longer.
We need to have the Southshore ordinance passed
and we need to fulfill the
Woodlawn ordinance as soon as possible.
Thank you for allowing my comment.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Ross Litus.
Good morning. Uh, my name is Ross Ligen House.
Adam, the founder, may managing partner
of Cavalry Real Estate Advisors, uh,
a national real estate consulting firm
located in Northern Virginia.
Um, I've spent about the last 20 plus years working, uh,
in the real estate industry with a, uh,
specific expertise in data center fiscal impact analysis,
uh, in state and local tax policy.
And I've also been following the data center residency
ordinance that you all are considering today pretty closely,
uh, since its introduction earlier this year.
Um, so I'd like to thank you for the opportunity
to speak on its merits, uh, and in support of the ordinance.
Um, more data center development is coming
to the Chicago land area.
Uh, it's inevitable. Uh,
it's a great location centrally in the United States.
Good fiber networks and cheap abundant power.
The question I think is
where in the Chicago land area will those data centers go?
Right now, uh, the suburban Chicago markets have benefited,
but not the city specifically.
And while the city may have less available land to offer
compared to the surrounding jurisdictions, I still believe
that you can use an ordinance like this
to get a piece of the pie.
Uh, and despite the mischaracterization by some, um,
this ordinance very clearly is not prohibitive
to more data center development in Chicago.
Matter of fact, it is just an incentive, plain and simple,
and one that doesn't cost you anything.
Uh, it's a well, well-structured bid preference, uh,
to incentivize greater hosting
of data within the city limits,
which in turn offers the city the opportunity, I think, uh,
to harvest some of the massive fiscal benefits that each one
of these buildings is gonna bring to the city coffers
and to the taxpayers.
Uh, because data centers down
for pound offer the highest tax revenues than any other real
estate asset type almost five times, right?
And with the $1 billion budget gap
and hiring freeze looming over the city,
incentivizing more data center development there in Chicago,
specifically through this ordinance,
is gonna help shoulder that burden.
And also wanna be clear, i I truly understand, uh,
the burden you all have to shoulder
and some of the painful decisions that's gonna have to make
to plug to plug some of these budget gaps.
Um, because I also serve, uh, as an elected official, uh,
I served on city council here in Northern Virginia,
which is also the biggest data center market in the world.
And being from Northern Virginia,
I've seen firsthand the revenue power these data centers
bring and how jurisdictions like Loudoun County can
encourage data center development through incentives
that now generate about a billion dollars per year,
a billion dollars per year in local tax revenue,
which is one third of that county's entire operating budget.
So I believe this ordinance is a logical, smart way
to bring substantial tax revenue to Chicago.
Uh, and it's based on the premise of data residency,
which is widely accepted in practice
throughout most of the developed world.
And conceptually, this ordinance delivers an incentive
that's not gonna cost you anything,
and the term brings the opportunity
for significant tax revenue
and jobs to the city of Chicago to the benefit
of every taxpayer.
So thank you for the opportunity to speak in front
of this elected body today.
I appreciate it very much.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is Frank Chapman.
Yeah, I'm unpopular by one.
Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to speak.
Uh, first of all, I wanna thank the city council for having,
uh, taken that historic step
in 2021 by,
uh, enacting the ordinance, establishing, uh,
the C committee for, uh, well, the comm,
the Community Commission
for Public Safety and Accountability.
This was a great step forward in establishing
community control over the police, that,
that word community control over the police.
That upsets a lot of people.
But let me explain something to you.
We are now over half a billion dollars paying
for police crimes in this city.
So this should be welcomed
when we talk about community control,
because the only way we're gonna stop the police crimes
that exist, I ain't talking about the ones that don't, is
that we have community control.
That means that we, that we the citizens of this city
have the right to say who polices our communities
and how our communities are policed.
That's democracy. Anything other than that
is, is is tending or morphing towards a police state.
And Chicago has taken a great step
in the direction against that.
And I hope you continue to do that
by supporting us when we call for referendum
To, to, to increase the powers of this, of the, uh,
community Commission for Public Safety
and accountability that needs to be done
because the, the new police contract, which puts us, uh,
some of the most grievous cases that we have in the hands
of arbitration, uh, is anti what we're doing.
And we need to change that.
And the only way we can change that is
by extending the democratic options that the people have
to say who polices our communities
and how communities police.
So we calling up on you for your support.
And just one last thing. Uh, don't do shots about it.
Don't throw that money away.
And the people who are, who are, who are advocating for it
so hard, or you, some of the same people that are
so tight about the budget, why you
so loose on the budget on this issue?
Because you are reactionary and
because you don't wanna see no progress in Chicago.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Pamela Shiman,
Esteemed alder people, please vote in favor
of the anti-slavery resolution being proposed
by Alderman Raymond Lopez.
We have all read about the abomination
of slavery in early America and thought it was over
and in the history books.
However, just days ago, I met Simon Dang
and heard his gripping testimony.
Simon is a South Sudanese
American human rights activist from the Shuk tribe of Sudan,
who was kidnapped at age nine
and given as a gift, as a slave to an Arab family,
he was treated as if he were subhuman and was beaten
and tortured at whim of his masters.
Several years later, he serendipitously recognized people
who looked like him with a special shuk tribe markings.
These individuals helped him escape
and reunited him with his family in South Sudan.
That was more than 45 years ago, Simon escaped.
But the nightmare of slavery continues according
to walk free an organization combating slavery
on any given day.
An estimated 7 million men, women,
and children, are living in modern slavery in Africa
and a report by Statista.
There are about 1,600,000 slaves in Nigeria alone.
I am here because black Africans, mostly Christians
and Muslims who don't want to give up their African
identity, are being slaughtered
and enslaved across the African continent from Darfur
and Sudan to Mozambique And Cameron
from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of Congo,
innocent villagers are being murdered, raped,
and kidnapped into slavery by Islamist extremists.
The world is silent because most people
don't know what is happening.
Today's resolution will help shine a light on slavery.
Today, America tore itself apart in a bloody civil war
over the issue of one man owning another.
Illinois was the first state
to ratify the 13 a amendment which abolished slavery.
The people of Chicago need to be on record.
We stand with the victims of racist and ethnic cleansing
and with the enslaved.
I urge this council to pass the important anti-slavery
resolution sponsored by Alderman Raymond Lopez
and stand in solidarity with slaves in Africa
and demand their liberation by all legal means possible.
I am here because silence is not an option.
We have to be activists for the enslaved who cannot act
or speak out for themselves.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Sean Campbell.
Oh, good morning. I'm here to commend the actions
of the Chicago Police Department during the week
of the Democratic National Convention.
They did a very good job with preserving the city
and ensuring widespread
they did it.
Now we're not doing that.
You can clap at the end of a comment.
We're not gonna shout across this chamber.
You're not gonna do it.
Pardon us, sir. You may recommend.
Yes, sir. Thank you, mayor. Uh, yes.
So they did a very good job in preserving the safety
and security of the city of Chicago.
So I'd like to give them their thanks
and their due, uh, for their, their safety.
I'd also like to thank you for making the decision to
not do a freeze on the Chicago Police
and Chicago Fire Department hiring.
We need to ensure safety and security in this city.
And I would also advocate for renewing shot spotter.
Uh, shot Spotter is something
that is very good in terms of a response.
We need to be able
to respond when violent crimes are committed.
And we see that there are still violent crimes out there.
The Chicago police had to deal with
items being thrown at them, glass bottles sticks.
Uh, these are things that happened
during the Democratic national prevention,
but also it happens in every day in the city of Chicago.
Even not directed towards police.
We have people that are targeted of violence
and these are people that everybody should be advocating
for the safety of, regardless of what your political,
ethnic, religious beliefs are, at the end of the day,
we need to come together and unite for the safety
of all Chicagoans, of all Americans.
And Shot Spotter is a successful program
that should be renewed.
I would also like to commend the actions
of the Chicago Fire Department,
who's also in attendance today.
They worked in well coordination
with the Chicago Police Department
during the Democratic National Convention
and had response to many medical situations.
And I seize the rest of my time.
I just wanna say thank you again for your consideration
of the renewal of Shot Spotter.
Thank you to Chicago Police Department.
Thank you to Chicago Fire Department.
God bless America, and have a great rest of your day.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is Dr. Vince Davis.
Good morning everyone. Good morning, council. Mayor.
Um, I'm kind of nervous. Uh, God, may God be the glory.
Um, um, this is about me in terms
of ICBA Chicago Police and I was wrongfully discharged.
And, um, and
what I have in my pre present is a fraudulent contract,
fraudulent contract
that was created in the pre procurement department.
And over $2 million was, was given to this company.
It has two fraud federal certifications.
It has a Ford signature of the mayor
and of the previous mayor, not the current mayor,
the previous mayors, they knew about this
and they conspired, they conspired within the police
department and held it so that, so that I,
I could not be reinstated again, the Secretary of State.
I have the detailed report, it was not registered.
And, uh, and I'm asking the city council
to revisit this again
because a resolution was put in, put in place.
However, uh, one of the alman held it in the committee
and it did not come on the floor.
And, but, but,
but since then, it, it affected my, my family and me.
But however, I went back to school, I got three masters.
I have a, I have a JD degree.
I went to law school, graduated from law school as well
as a LLM.
So this, that's this d uh, adversity made me a strong man.
So I'm asking the city council to revisit this here
because the Maggie Hinckley, uh,
she's the young lady that's handling the, the, uh, police,
divorce, uh, the decree, uh, uh, court decree.
She says that she's not gonna help me
and she cannot do individual cases.
However, again, if this,
if the, if, if something would've been done about this,
over over family members were separated due to this company.
Through this, uh, the Children family Services.
They were separated and they didn't do anything about it.
That was with the state. But subsequently, with the help
of me, the company got convicted.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Jame Pleasant.
Good friend. Good morning.
My name is Jame Pleasant.
I'm a 57, uh, year resident of South Shore.
I used to be in the fifth Ward, they remapped
to the eighth ward, and now we are in the seventh Ward.
The reason I'm here today is
because of the increase in housing.
I have children who are renting in South Shore,
they pay 16, $1,700.
You have landlords who say they came to fix something
and they haven't done it.
Uh, they're looking in Woodlawn to try to get apartments.
The rents are going 18 to $2,400.
So I truly believe in, uh,
the South Shore CBA
because it includes a rental registry which will keep track
of landlords and the type
of conditions they are providing the tenants
to hold accountable.
Uh, we have a tree that we need to be.
My mom and I, I'll be 60 this year.
So my mom's 83 to get a tree cut.
They told me 3000 to $7,000.
I'm retired. She's a retiree, so you running outta money.
But this way I support
the policy including the CBA South Shore ordinance, such
as property tax relief.
Homeowner repair grants are important
and will impact many person.
We need a CBA in South Shore.
This increased housing costs is affecting my loved ones,
which is why I care people are having to pay Peter
to pay Paul in order to pay their light bill
and God bill, someone forbid someone
has to go to the doctor.
I know this is already passed in Woodlawn in 2020,
that Desmond Yancy is supporting it in the fifth Ward.
We need the seventh and the eighth Ward Alder person,
alderman, to support this as well, so
that we can get a South shore CBA as soon as possible.
And thank you for your time. Welcome.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Daniel Bollard.
Sir, actually, my name is Daniel Boland
and I'm here on behalf of the, um, United for Better Chicago
and also for the Committee for Chicago Mayoral recall.
For those of you who don't know me, which would be most
of you, uh, I am a 33 year resident of Chicago
who was misrepresented
by this mayor on April 17th
as a dude from the suburbs who just, uh,
didn't believe in diversity or the formation of his cabinet.
I'm here to tell you, sir,
I've lived here 33 years, okay?
I have been raised by a single mother
and I have seven nieces
and nephews that look very much like some
of the aldermans sitting here today.
They're biracial.
Don't ever impute my character against, sir.
That's number one. Now, let's talk about United
for a Better Chicago, because we all should be concerned
about a better Chicago.
We also should be concerned that the current administration
of the city of Chicago has many radicalized
socialist activists who are influencing the policies
of our city to the detriment of our citizens.
They're more concerned about ceasefires in Gaza
than they are about ceasefires in Englewood
and Roseland and South Shore.
That is not right, sir.
We also are more concerned about people
who have come here by jumping our borders in the South,
and we've provided them with over $500 million
in funds to make a, quite frankly, a better life
for them here in Chicago.
But it's not a better life
for the people who've been waiting for community centers
who have been waiting for, you know, uh,
homeless shelters for themselves.
And I'm gonna tell you right now,
no homeless veterans should ever have
to sleep on the streets.
While a migrant sleeps on clean, on clean sheets.
We have to do more for our people first. That's number one.
United for a better Chicago also is requesting,
actually we're demanding that you remove your, uh,
current director for external relations.
There is no room in Chicago
and in a city government for someone who expunges
or expunges, uh, anti-Semitic
and anti-police rhetoric, be it a about,
uh, you know, the previous, uh, things
that they've said in podcasts
or on, uh, interviews that they've done.
The fact of the matter is this,
we expect better from you, sir.
That's why we elected you.
If you can't provide that, our Committee
of Chicago mayoral recall will make sure that that ballot,
which all 20, which 26 of you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
However, your time has expired.
Our next speaker is Mini Hill.
Hold on a second. Hold on a second.
Hold sir, I'm gonna have
to ask you to leave, sir.
Can't do that. Yes. You can't curse in the chamber.
Sir. Sergeant at arms can please remove the
gentleman with the shades in his head.
Sergeant at arms. Thank you. Can you please remove them?
Please remove them.
Please remove them, please.
Okay. This, this, um, with this meeting
will be in recess.
We will empty, empty out all of the chambers.
Please empty out. We're in recess.
Ladies and gentlemen. Can I have your attention please?
Silence. Please take your seats.
Those of you who have been asked to leave,
please follow the direction of the sergeant at arming exit.
Sergeant at Arms. Arms. I'm like, listen here,
Please take your seats.
Are you gonna sit down? Where are you sitting?
There's your seat. Have a have your seat.
Please take your seats.
If you don't take your seats within the next 15 seconds,
we will empty the chamber.
Please take your seats.
Alderman, please take your seats.
Those of you who choose not to sit down, please exit.
Good morning. Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
Those of you who plan to remain in the meeting,
please take your seat now.
Please take your seat.
The meeting will reconvene momentarily.
Uh, the meeting will come back to order, please.
This meeting has been called back to order.
Please have a seat.
Uh, the meeting will please come back to order.
Alders, could you all please have a seat so
that we can reconvene the meeting?
Thank you very much. Mr.
Clerk, please call the next public speaker.
The next speaker to this morning is Minnie Hill.
Good morning, mayor Johnson. Good
Morning. My
name is Minnie Hill.
I have lived in Chicago on the West side for 53 years.
I live in Christie. He's the alderman in the 29th Ward.
I am a home owner and have paid taxes for over 50 years.
I voted for you and I got my family
and friends to vote for you too.
I am a survivor from the last year flooding.
I appreciate the $5 million you put aside to help us
seniors, but we need more.
We need your help.
We need help with the application process
that you said did not exist.
We need more money because the damage to my basement
was over $30,000.
You need to meet with us to discuss this matter.
We are taxpayers Yeah.
And have been for many years
and deserve better than this when we,
when can we meet?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thank you. Thank you very much for your comments.
Your Honor, there are no further speakers
who have timely signed up for the public comment period.
That's all of them. Thank you very much.
This portion of the meeting is for resolutions.
I understand that there are two of them today.
One of which is celebrating the success in hosting the
Democratic National Convention.
And of course, there's a congratulatory retirement.
Miss Josie Cruz, alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, i, I move for the temporary suspension
of the rules, uh, for the immediate consideration of these
Resolutions. Hearing no objections,
so ordered in the interest
of respecting people's time.
Today, we will forego reading the resolutions
and go straight to remarks.
Sure. Those members, I will continue to move forward.
The box can be populated as I speak.
Our first resolution is celebrating the city's success
and hosting the Democratic National Convention.
While we all can agree with the sentiment, um, of
the success of this convention, I do wish to acknowledge
our president, pro Temp, wo and Sam Nugent.
Thank you Alderman Quinn and Napolitano,
and the city Clerk Valencia,
for bringing this resolution forward.
Um, since the pro temp is not here, if she wishes to close
with her remarks, we will offer her a deference to do that.
Does anyone wish to speak to this resolution?
This will be the time to be acknowledged as the rest
of the box, um, is situated.
Sit down. I get ready.
Very well. Thank you. Our box is situated.
The chair recognizes Alderman Quinn.
Thank you Mr. You, Mr. Chair.
Um, and congratulations to you as well, Mr.
Mayor, uh, on a job well done.
Um, I wanted to personally thank everybody in the box.
Um, great teamwork during the, the DNC, um,
Superintendent Snelling.
Um, I believe you deserve the same victory laugh that
Gary McCarthy took in in 2012 after nato.
Um, you're, you're, you led from the front lines.
Um, I had the privilege of going out
to White Sox Park on the Thurs the last, the last day
of the, the convention, uh, Thursday, uh, immense with pride
and how organized our officers were.
Um, I I should say shout out to Chicago, uh, FOP
for feeding all of the officers as well.
Um, the organization, uh, the commitment to detail, uh,
I was very, very confident.
And, and Thursday was gonna go off without a hitch.
Um, so congratulations to everybody in the box.
Congratulations to you, superintendent.
Um, and I would be remiss not to mention, um,
I called you Friday
after, uh, it was probably six o'clock in the evening.
And by surprise, you took the call
and we're ready for business.
How can I help you, alderman?
And that's a real testament to,
to your leadership superintendent
and your commitment to the city.
So, uh, congratulations to everybody.
Superintendent, fantastic job. Thank you very much.
You made the city and the 13 board proud.
Thank you Alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman.
David Moore.
Thank you Mr. President.
First I wanna say thank you for this leadership team
that you have, um, chosen that's sitting here, um,
without your, um, selection process
and choosing them, we wouldn't probably be here, um, today.
So I thank you for having, um, the vision
to appoint such great people.
Um, without doubt, not only what happened downtown,
this thing is called operation, right?
It's a whole operation.
And, um, I'm not gonna try to call out everybody's name,
but when I talk, know that I'm talking about everybody in
unison from the Chief operating officer, um,
John Robertson, um, to executive director, Toto
to our superintendent.
Everybody and every commissioner, all of
that had to work together.
And people, a lot of people don't understand the
intricacies, um, of that, but we do.
And so what people saw downtown, the execution,
uh, from the uh, United Center to the McCormick Place
also saw that execution in the neighborhoods.
We didn't miss a beat in the neighborhoods.
We did not miss a beat.
And for that, I say thank you to all of you.
Um, any minor inci incident that arose.
People were saying, we are not gonna have a police there.
They were there. We had minimal incidents,
especially I know in my ward.
And so I wanna thank my commander.
I wanna thank everybody who made this happen.
And you all should stand up.
I tell everybody, we should have been, um,
talking about this on just TV and everything else afterwards
because had it gone the other way,
had it gone the other way, C-N-B-C-N-B-C-C-N-N
and every other n would've been saying otherwise.
And so thank you all so much.
God bless you and thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. The chair recognizes all the woman Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I'd like to thank you for your leadership
and taking a wonderful team
and a wonderful staff that made the city really shine.
Uh, but big shout outs to, uh, for a clean,
uh, city, for wonderful streets,
rideable streets, potholes gone.
Uh, really, uh, a great, uh, as I reflect back on,
I rode all the shuttles every day all through the city.
I felt wonderfully safe.
I felt completely proud as people saw our city,
commented on our city as I was on the shuttle buses
with people from all over the country.
I messed some really wonderful people.
But finally, I wanna thank the superintendent for making
everybody, every visitor, every citizen feel safe.
And so today, uh, I just again, wanna reiterate,
thank you all for everything that you all did
to make our city shine because we truly did shine.
I think people will want to come back and visit our city
'cause it is a beautiful place to live
and raise your family.
But you all showed us up, showed out
and did, made us really shine.
So again, thank you all.
Uh, and a shout out to Christie, uh,
who I wore out on the phone many days
and many nights into her wonderful team.
Um, and I'm, I don't wanna get into saying names
'cause I'll miss somebody, but I thank you.
I thank the entire team and the entire city.
If this has showed us, we have the ability
to work well together. Thank you.
Thank you all. The woman,
the chair recognizes all the alderwoman.
Deborah Silverstein.
Thank you Mr. Chair.
And I too wanna join my colleagues
and thanking everyone here today for a job well done
and for making our city of Chicago shine.
Um, I do wanna especially thank the superintendent as well.
I was talking to him over and over again prior to the DNC.
And every time he would say to me, don't worry, we're ready.
We are ready. And you definitely were ready.
And I wanna thank you personally for checking in on me
and my community through the DNC.
And, um, it was just
a really, a very well job, job well done.
So thank you to all of you so much.
Thank you. The chair recognizes all the woman Nicole Lee.
Thank you, Mr. President.
And also wanna congratulate you, uh, on a wonderful DNC.
Um, I wanna rise in support of this resolution
and thank you all, every single member in the box
and every single team member up under you.
Um, 'cause we know it was a huge effort on the part
of the city, um, to make sure that we showed up
and showed out, and we did.
Um, so I thank you for, for all of that.
Um, I, I know Superintendent Snelling, many
of us had conversations with you and,
and you continued to assure us, um,
and you delivered, uh,
every single member of the forest did.
And I thank you for all of that.
Um, and every effort that was made on the part of anybody
who had to give up a weekend
or work overtime, I know many of your staffs had to do that.
Um, I think it was all worth it at the end of the day.
It was a great showing. I, alderman Harris was, uh, was my,
was my seat buddy at the DNC.
So I didn't ride as many shuttles as she did.
But every time that I did, I had the same experience.
I will tell you that hearing from people
who maybe hadn't been to Chicago ever
before, um, were so pleasantly surprised
and talked about when they were,
when they were gonna come back
and all of the things that they weren't able to see, um,
during the convention
because there was so much to do during the convention, um,
that they were planning to come back.
And I think that that's going to be the, the true legacy
of this, um, of this convention is all
of the new visitors we're gonna get, um, down the road.
And Christie, great job to you and your team.
I know it was a lot of work. Um,
and hopefully well worth it.
And I hope each and every one of
you have gotten a little bit of rest.
Um, you know, this city doesn't sleep, so thank you
for all the work that you've done
on what you continue to do. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman, Mike Rodriguez
Uh, thank you very much, Mr.
Presidents. You know, conventions are monumental events.
The fact is, is that our great city has, by far
and away hosted more conventions than any other city.
That's 26 of them since 1860.
These are monumental events. What happened in 1860?
We nominated Abraham Lincoln here in this great city
for president of the United States.
This year, I believe, was just as monumental
where Democrats here in this great city
nominated Kamala Harris.
And the fact is, the monumental events
shape the perception of our city,
not only in our country, but to the world.
So your task was mon equally monumental.
And the fact is, you delivered the city of Chicago.
Our residents are the better for your efforts, mayor,
we're the better for the efforts of all
of our leadership in getting this great event to our city.
Uh, I can't think of a time where we needed
more positive coverage than we did now,
and we all delivered.
And I'm very, very proud that C Avenue in the 22nd ward was
as beautiful as it's ever been.
And we're gonna keep it that way.
I'm sure we're all healthier for all the long walks
around the United Center and McCormick Place and,
and all these other locations.
We gotta work on those, the roadmaps for, uh,
for elected officials.
Geez, it was aggressive,
but at the same time, it was much needed.
The fact is safety was the number one priority, uh,
but showcasing our great city was as well.
This was a monumental occasion,
and all the great Chicagoans in
that box stepped up to the task.
Thank you very much for your leadership as well, Mr. Mayor.
Uh, this was truly a monumental effort.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Knutson.
Thank you, mayor. I wanna thank everyone in the box
and so many other people.
I mean, the reality of this convention was
that it was at the tail end of a lot of events.
So the departments that worked together, um,
this wasn't the only one in the summer.
There was a lot of overtime being done.
There were a lot of tired people working, working
through the night to make sure
that this one was done correctly
because the world was watching this one
and the world saw a Chicago that was as nice
as it, uh, could be.
Whoever called in the favor on the weather. Good job.
I think that's gonna pay us dividends for a long time.
It was really reassuring to hear people, you know,
as a delegate, hear other delegates
say, I wanna move to Chicago.
I could totally see myself living in this city.
And that's a marketing piece that we really need
to double down on in, uh, in this city immediately.
And, and going forward.
There's so many exciting things happening in the city,
and the convention was really, um, just a strong one.
So thank you superintendent for your leadership.
I wanna thank Christy George and so many other people.
Um, and, uh, let's do,
let's think about doing another one in four years.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman Curtis.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to thank
and congratulate everyone in the box on the job.
Well done. Uh, this is exactly
what happened when the entire city come together, uh,
for whatever that common cause, uh, and common goal is.
I want to thank you, Chris.
You've done a wonderful, wonderful job.
Uh, police and fire streets are sand.
Y'all came together, the mayor's office.
OEMC guys, you've done a wonderful job.
Um, I know most of everyone in, in the box,
so I'm not really surprised.
So thank you all.
Um, uh, and congratulations again.
We need to do this coming together as a city more often
to reach all of our common goals.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alder Hadden.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to be associated with this resolution.
And, um, uh, Mr.
Mayor, you know, I congratulated you already,
but I'll say, you know, good job
for your team and your leadership team.
Like many of my colleagues, I, um,
I think had similar sentiments.
So a lot of pride and appreciation
for all of our city workers.
Uh, superintendent, uh, commissioner Stallard, right?
Our public safety team, our firefighters, OEMC.
Um, thank you for your coordination
and your hard work for always doing more in addition
to all the work that you're continuing to do.
Um, Christie, of course, thank you.
Um, the week right
after the DNCI was in Atlanta for a conference,
and there were people who had been here for the DNC
that were with me in Atlanta,
and they were just, they were still buzzing off
of all the positive energy.
And, you know, I had somebody telling me, you know,
I got family on the west side,
but I was only ever coming there for Christmas, you know,
and I, I haven't been
to Chicago in the summer in a long time,
and people just forgot all these wonderful things that, um,
we have to offer in our city.
Um, I also had folks though that were asking me, um,
oh my God, the DNC, did you go, were you so excited?
And I was like, I'm gonna be honest with you, as a Chicagoan
and as an elected official, I've spent
probably the year since it was announced,
really stressed out about how the DNC was gonna go.
Anxious, concerned, hoping we had the resources, hoping
that there weren't gonna be a million other things to,
to take away from those resources
during the summer in advance, hoping that, you know,
on the national level
and from the, the National Committee,
there was gonna be enough resources and support for us.
And of course, hoping that those things outside
of our control, all the people coming to the city
for this event, um, would be able to respect our city
and, um, have a good time, and that everyone would be safe.
Whether it was people here to demonstrate
and protest being safe,
or people here as delegates, that I wanted everyone
to be safe and be able to,
to raise their voice and participate.
And, um, you guys made sure that we accomplished that.
So, I am deeply appreciative.
The 49th board is deeply appreciative,
and I'll say a special shout out to,
from the police side down to our district level.
I know, um, our district commander
for the 24th district made sure that she sat down
with all her elders
and community leaders to make sure
that we had good communications plans, so
that we felt in the loop and knew what was happening.
Um, and I appreciated that.
So thank you very much, and thank you, Mr. President.
You're welcome. Chair recognizes Alderman Farro.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this resolution.
And, uh, thank you and congratulate you as well.
Uh, 16 months into your tenure, um, you took on one
of the biggest tasks that any mayor would have to do,
and that's, uh, put together a safe, uh, event, right?
I should have called it a safe conference of this size.
And, and so I certainly appreciate you, um,
and I wanna offer my gratitude to the leaders in the box.
Um, without your leadership, uh,
this could have been a failure.
You know, we, we have often used the term, we, world class,
city, uh, a lot of cities use it.
Um, but this was a true display of a world class city,
um, in your leadership.
And I want to extend, uh, my gratitude also, uh, to the men
and women that work with you.
Uh, the men and women of cdo, men
and women of the police department, um, the men
and women of streets and sand.
We were still able to take care
of our wards without missing a beat.
Uh, and so my gratitude is not only to you as their leaders,
um, but also to the men and women that work for this city.
They did a fantastic job.
Um, I don't think, uh,
there was a trash cart that was missed.
And, and, uh, commissioner started.
That's, that's a testament to your leadership.
Uh, CDOT continued to work, um, in our wards,
or got back to work in our wards without missing a beat.
Um, commissioner, um, um, uh, kearney, that's,
that's a testament of your leadership as well.
And, and I, I have to really express my gratitude to the men
and the women of the Chicago Police Department, uh,
who showed great restraint, if I'm not, uh, mistaken.
Uh, we had no major incidents.
Um, some wanted us to fail, some wanted us to have, um,
incidents that will be reported across this
world and across this country.
Um, but if I'm not mistaken, we had no major incidents.
And, and I please show great restraint,
and I certainly appreciate, um, them and, and,
and stand up for them any day of the week.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. You're welcome. Thank you.
The chair recognizes alderman, osha.
Thank you, Mr. President. I two rise in support.
Job well done. We really showed off our city.
I'd like to start by recognizing John Robertson
and Lori Lipson, who handled things from this building.
Terrific job as always.
Cole Staller, Tom Kearney, director Toronto. Thank you.
Job well done, commissioner Re getting all those people here
in the town on schedule.
Christy George, still upset
that we ever let you leave this building,
but you were the person for the task.
You worked with everyone. I'm not surprised. Job well done.
And in closing, this is such a positive event and,
and such a positive thing we should all talk about.
But there were, there were many
that talked for days, weeks,
and months about what a disaster this could be and,
and how concerned they were gonna be.
And I don't know that this could have gone any better.
And I wanna recognize the Chicago Police Department,
and I know, sir, it's not your style,
but it all starts at the top.
You led from the front, you put a command,
staff staffing of leaders,
and they did an unbelievable job.
The men and women with the Chicago Police Department,
who worked with days off away from their family, once again,
something that we're used to here over the last several
years, but it was needed.
They not only made sure
that the Democratic National Convention was success,
they looked after our communities.
Thank you. Thank you all.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Sdo.
I too support this resolution.
Uh, congratulations to you and everybody in the box.
Uh, I do wanna say I was thrilled, thrilled
that we got the convention.
I know that's surprising for some people
that I was thrilled we got to convention,
but, uh, I did have my concerns.
I was very worried. I did talk
to superintendent a few times about it.
He kept telling me, don't worry, don't worry.
Uh, I was very worried.
But, uh, boy, everybody came out just awesome. Worked hard.
I'm not gonna mention any names,
but I just wanna say, we really stepped up big.
Our your polling Mr. President went up big time.
Uh, the city's polling went up big time.
So, uh, on the national spotlight, we looked really well.
Um, even Fox News commended us for doing a great job.
So, um, but just wanna, once again, thank everybody.
I'm not gonna name any names I know.
I forget somebody, certainly only, only
unnamed people I mentioned is the men
and women of the Chicago Police Department that, you know,
some of the viral videos we saw were under pretty intense,
uh, situations, but they held strong and did a great job.
So, once again, congratulations
everybody, and congratulations, Mr.
President. Thank
You. Chair recognizes
Alder Fuentes.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too stand in support of this resolution.
Uh, and congratulations is in order.
You promised a safe and eventful event, and you delivered.
I, I respect having a large convention
that respects the people's right to protest, respects,
the delegates to come to do a job,
and the protects the citizens of Chicago
and every citizen that came across from the United States.
But I especially wanna thank the commissioners,
commissioner Thedo, commissioner Kearney,
and Commissioner Stallard.
It is difficult running city departments if you didn't know,
but to run a city department to make sure
that no war is impacted by such a large event,
and then deliver for that event is a victory.
And you all deserve such a large round of applause,
so folks can give them the
congratulations that they deserves.
I also, you know, Lori Lipson, you are magic.
And, uh, we appreciate having you here,
and you are a brilliant mind.
Um, and it was fantastic, uh, to,
to watch you work and to watch you lead.
Uh, superintendent Snelling, I'm,
I'm still excited about every time I call you, you answer.
Um, and his, his always punchline is,
how can I help all the person?
Um, and even during the weekend of the convention,
you didn't, you didn't let your phone go to voicemail.
And so thank you for not just leading.
Uh, but, you know, I had the privilege of,
of walking several blocks to get an affordable Uber.
Uh, I watched you on the front lines,
and then really in community and,
and watching you have conversations
and just making sure people got to
where they needed to be safely.
Uh, that's exactly how we lead.
And so it was an honor to watch all of you all work.
Um, and I hope that every camera
that's in this room will give you the headline,
uh, that you deserve.
And that's on the job. Well done. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alder Woman Cruz,
Mr. President,
I also rise in support of this resolution.
I wanna say thank you to everybody in the box,
but also congratulations.
You all did an outstanding job.
I was so proud to see everything,
how every day the city was moving forward
with a peaceful event, but also showcasing our city days
after the convention, I had the opportunity to, um,
text Superintendent Snelling and just thanking him
and everybody for, you know, the great job they did.
We wanna make sure that we take time
and appreciate those for your work.
But, you know, when it comes to strong leadership,
you all have demonstrated what is a, uh, strong leaders.
Do. You all plan and executed as one.
You had multiple departments from OMC Director,
rado, I'm so proud.
You're, you're part of that box.
Um, and also, you know, street and sanitation.
Um, also, um, CDOT
and everybody who else was part of this event?
Thank you so much for, for doing everything that you did
for the DNC, but not also for the DNC.
I also have to thank those, um, commanders from 16, 17,
and 25th District for the work they did in our communities.
I know at one point we were so focused at the DNC
and that some residents were concerned about communities,
our communities were taking care of.
So I also wanna say thank you to my commanders
for those districts, everybody who was part of this.
Again, I can't thank you enough,
but also to the administration, um, to also giving
that opportunity to, um, work with everybody.
Have a peaceful protestors.
They given them the space where people need it
to express their voice.
So thank you everybody. Um, and again, I'll support this a
Resolution. Thank you very much.
The chair recognizes
Alderman Napolitano.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise and support of this resolution.
Um, to every one of you in the box there, um,
you're gonna hear the same thing over
and over from each and every one of us.
It's, thank you. Um, probably go through all 50 of us,
but accept it because you did a job better than well done.
Um, I, like my colleague, was very skeptical of
how this was going to go.
It's not just noticed by this room,
but it's noticed on a national scale.
You did an incredible, incredible job.
I'm so proud to call all of you, my brothers
and sisters all working
for the same good of the city of Chicago.
Please do me one favor and as well as my colleagues, go back
and tell the men and women in your departments
and in your ranks that we love them
and we appreciate everything they
did during this time period.
Job. Well done. Put Chicago on the map. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank
You. The chair
recognizes wo Pat Dowell.
Uh, thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to be associated with this, uh, resolution.
When I heard we were getting the DNC and kudos to you
and your team for, uh, your leadership in this effort.
It was the job well done.
And when I think about the DNC, um,
people were always comparing it to 19 68, 19 68,
that the country was in such a divisive, uh, position, uh,
that we would not be able to carry this off without
having the spirit of 1968 come into 2024.
That did not happen.
And I just wanna thank all the people in the box,
the leadership from the various departments,
from the DNC host committee, um, everyone
for the job well done.
Um, I especially want to thank some of the little people
who do not always get noticed.
But I wanna thank, um, commander Harris
of the first district for the work that he did.
Uh, Sarah Mathers for, uh, helping us
to right size the perimeter around, uh,
McCormick Place in the hotels.
Um, Mary May for always getting those notices out.
Uh, these are the men
and women who help make our, uh, communities
and cities run smoothly.
And, um, I'm just couldn't be more proud of
how we did in Chicago.
Uh, people are still talking about this when you hear the
radios and the TV shows.
We have a good thing going about Chicago,
and we should take this and just keep it moving forward.
As you always say, mayor, this is the making.
What is it safe? You know what it is safe. What, what's the
Rest of the, the greatest f city in the world?
Not that one. Oh, better, stronger and safe.
Stronger. Yes. So, uh, we gotta keep moving
that forward. Forward. Thank you very much.
You're welcome. The chair
recognizes Alderman Raymond Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President
and good morning members of the city council.
I too rise in support of this resolution.
And if possible, ask to be added as well
to one of its co-sponsors.
Um, I have to say that as some of my colleagues,
I too was skeptical, fearful of what could have been.
They say you always have to hope
for the best, but plan for the worst.
And Mr. Mayor, your team, the leadership that is here
and the frontline workers that are
outside on the street, did exactly that.
And I commend you for that. Things went down smoother than a
shot of alert in the city of Chicago.
And it was because everyone was rowing the
boat in the same direction.
All oars were going forward. And that's important.
It showed that we can not only keep people safe,
that we can run government,
but that we could also reimagine ourselves and re
and reimagine it for others in a way
that people don't often get to see.
Some of my other colleagues have attested to.
I could not be prouder to be able to see where
services were still continuing, where
law enforcement was still responding,
all the while entertaining 20,000 people.
A president, three vice, three former vice pre three former,
two former presidents, excuse me.
And a vice presidential nominee. Truly, truly remarkable.
And for those that wanted
to make it greater than 1968, I'm glad they failed.
I am glad that they were not able to commandeer
our narrative here in the city of Chicago.
They tried, they protested,
they did their worst, burnt their flags, spewed their filth,
but it was overshadowed by the true positivity
that is this most American of American cities.
So thank you all that you did.
Thank you to all the employees, the frontline workers,
to all of our staffs too, who were helping out.
And again, thank you to you, Mr.
Mayor, for what you and your team did.
You inherited the convention,
but you pulled it off extravagantly.
And for that, we are all thankful. Thank you.
Thank you very much. The chair
recognizes Alder, woman mitts.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
I too would like to echo the sentiments of my colleagues
and saying thank you.
And I really do feel very proud of this city,
as they already stated, how skeptical we've been
for about a whole year.
Very nervous talking to my commander community folks.
But while I'm thinking you,
I wanna thank the outreach workers as well.
'cause they was out on the street doing their job,
making sure that we stayed safe.
But the most important thing out of, um, probably my fifth,
uh, DNC convention throughout my tenure in office,
I was more proud of this time than ever was before,
because I was at home, at home here in Chicago
where I thought that the west side was gonna be torn up.
And I gotta go over fixing up things you all say today.
None of that happened.
Now we are able to have business peoples wanna come here.
They saw the beauty of the city.
In fact, it was so beautiful. I'm saying, is this Chicago?
The expressway not dirty.
I don't see streets and sand Musta did a excellent jobs
and all the outreach workers, all of the,
not only in the box, but we had FBIs that was out here.
I think I saw, um, not only OEMC,
but we had other workers that was helping
to pull all of this together.
So the city just came together
and made us shine on a global, uh,
world throughout the world.
They show that Chicago can now be a place
where peoples don't have to be afraid to come to.
You can come here and spend your money,
and we welcome those dollars here.
I'm waiting to see how much revenue was generated,
because I know they got a good buck off of me at that hotel.
So I really wanna know what the numbers look like.
And now Chicago is open for business. So let them come.
Many as will let 'em come. Thank you all so much.
Keep up the good work. We wanna see it each and every day.
Thank you. Thank
You. The chair
recognizes Alderman Viegas.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I also wish to be associated with this resolution
and thank my colleagues, uh, for,
for putting forward this resolution.
You know, I sit on a couple of national boards
and I was talking with a bunch
of my colleagues from throughout the
country, and they were excited.
So was I, I was nervously excited though, right?
Because I knew we were gonna pull it off.
But the fact that
we had additional resources from the federal government in
the form of F-B-I-D-A-A-T-F, along with our men
and women from Chicago Police Department, fire Department,
and the other agencies, I felt really good
that we were gonna pull this off.
Um, I, I do want to thank, uh, John and,
and, uh, Laurie, uh, from the mayor's office
for really quarterbacking this
and working in conjunction with the commissioners
and superintendent, uh, and allowing them to do their work.
Sometimes being a good leader is just getting out the way
and allowing the subject matter experts to do their job.
Uh, you know, we've placed a lot of, uh, responsibility
and a lot of confidence in their professionalism,
and it definitely showed, uh, and,
and just really excited about that.
Now, when I go back
to a conference in November in Tampa Bay, going out there
with my chest out, because I'm gonna say, I told y'all
that we could pull this off.
Now, my, I did tell those, those, uh, folks
that came from different cities, uh, the delegates that,
you know, they were asking how, man, this weather's awesome.
And I said, yeah, this weather's year
round, ladies and gentlemen.
So, uh, uh, but just,
but just a great, just a great conference and,
and really appreciative of the, the hard work that the,
the men and women, uh, did for this great city.
And I would be remiss if I didn't, um, also give a shout out
to Christy George, uh, for leading the DNC.
You know, governor Pritzker tapped you to, to run this.
And, um, it was a tough job.
Um, but you had a lot of great partners here, a lot
of people that wanted to support
and see the, see the city showcased in the way
that we know the city is on a daily basis.
And from an economic development standpoint,
I too am also excited about seeing what
that revenue's gonna look like for that quarter,
given the fact that not only did people sh you know,
visit downtown, I was also encouraging my colleagues
to go into the 77 neighborhoods, take a look at some
of the best Mexican food, Puerto Rican food,
Thai Chinese food.
Take a look at some of the different communities where, um,
there're small businesses that are thriving
and really get, really get a, a taste of, of Chicago,
and why it is that we choose to pick this place as our home.
So, again, congratulations for the hard work.
A special shout out to superintendent Larry Snelling,
as well as, uh, OEMC director Rado, for the hard work
that you guys have done, and really
appreciate you representing us.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman, bill Conway.
You, uh, uh, Mr.
President, I, I, of course, also rise in support of this
and certainly want to congratulate you, Mr.
Mayor, on a successful DNC as well as all of the,
all the city departments involved in this.
And I certainly adopt the, the statements
of those who spoke before me.
But someone else I did want to add is
New 12th District Commander Jimmy Byer.
Uh, he became commander
of the 12th District about three weeks before,
before the DNC and is doing a great job.
Uh, and the DNC of course happened in the 12th District.
Not to mention we had a million events there during,
during the DNC.
And, and my ward happens to end at Paul, I almost,
right at the, right, at the eastern gate of the DNC.
So, I, I was very concerned,
and it was clear that our local police integrated very well
with state officers and federal law enforcement.
And that is a testament to, uh, to all of the,
the police department leadership, uh, as well as, as well
as all of our local officers who made that happen.
So I wanted to add that, uh, to, to all
of the officers all over the city and all the departments.
Thank you, Mr. President. You're
Welcome. The chair
recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I too, uh, would like to, uh,
thank everyone for their hard work.
And I, and I actually, uh, Altman Conway, uh,
took the words outta my mouth about Commander
Bear in the 12th District.
Uh, he did jump into this, uh, almost at the last minute,
but did a great job in, uh,
helping not only just the convention,
but the communities around the convention
where we did not feel the loss of service, uh, in relation
to what was going on in the, in, in the, at the DNC,
but also to the team that's here.
As they say, teamwork makes the dream work.
And the team that's been laid out in front of us, uh,
we will put up against any city,
anywhere in this world, not just in this country.
And again, finally, I'm glad.
One thing I will say is,
and I'm finally glad we got that helicopter, uh, out
of this deal, uh, to help everything else.
So again, when the federal resources come with
what we're doing, I think we can make a great team.
So hopefully they're listening.
They can help us on some other items as we have
to face in the coming months.
But again, thank everyone
for their hard work and making this happen.
Uh, superintendent, uh, chief of staff,
everybody in making this goal.
And also to Christie, uh, there, uh, I can't say it's a spot
for you here, but uh, if you need somewhere to come,
you can come hang out with me.
Uh, after all this is done. God bless you.
Thank you. I have one more speaker
before our closing speaker, which is Alderwoman, Sam Nugent.
Okay. Okay. Alright.
So the chair recognizes Alderman Lamont Robinson.
Chairman, I think that we can find a spot for Christie.
George Christie, we can find a spot for you.
We'll figure it out. Uh, but welcome
and thank you, uh, for the hard work, uh,
that you did putting Chicago on the world stage.
Many of my colleagues mentioned, uh, respectfully
that they were fearful
and a little skeptical of the DNC
Well being a year and a few months in this job, Mr.
Mayor, and working
with the folks in this box, I wasn't fearful.
I wasn't fearful because we got some great folks
and we're in a great city.
And so, really, the world needed to see
that Chicago gets things done.
You have champions in this body that know the great things
that you do 365 days a year.
And the DNC was no different to Superintendent Snelling.
This was just a large party, but your men
and women got it done.
And they do that, again,
365 days a year.
And so, again, the fear shouldn't have been there, Mr.
Mayor, because we got a great group of folks
that move our city forward,
and we were allowed to showcase that to the world.
Um, what was not mentioned was BSAP.
Our business community is the economic
engine of our great city.
And BSAP going out
and working with our businesses to let them know
the ins and outs of the DNC
and how to make sure that they can be open for business.
I want to give them kudos for their hard work.
Also, our great fire department, uh,
for a job well done as well.
Uh, thank you. And so, again, uh, to the folks in the box,
all of the different departments, uh, thank you
for making our city great.
And thank you for letting the world know
how great the city of Chicago is. Thank you.
Thank you. Chair recognizes Alderman Gardner.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this resolution,
and, uh, I will try to keep this short,
but also try to express my sincere gratitude, um,
as a lifelong Chicagoan.
I, I just wanna say, not only on behalf of myself,
probably everybody in this room and everybody in this city,
how proud you make us feel.
Um, I get a little choked up when I talk about,
um, when I see people from Chicago succeed.
And I, I know a lot of you in that box are Chicagoans
or you have moved here for quite, you've lived here
for quite some time, and you deserve the recognition.
You deserve the opportunity
to be in the positions that you are.
You paid your dues. Um, we could see
that in our police department.
We could see that in Street and Sanitation.
We could see that in cdot in various other departments.
You have all paid your dues.
And to me, it, what I was saying was that that's
what gets me choked up.
And I think it gets a lot of people in this room
that you've heard for over the last half an hour,
and you deserve to hear that.
Um, mayor, I know we differ on a lot
of v various views, um,
but I deliberately try to congratulate you
and, uh, thank you for enabling various Chicagoans,
uh, to have leadership roles.
Um, because this is just one example of
what we are capable of.
And I mean that sincerely, all of us, uh, many
of these people in this box are,
are from various different wards with throughout our city,
but you are a reflection of how great we are,
how hardworking we are, how smart we are,
and how, how capable we are.
So, again, I cannot put it into words adequately
how proud you make me feel in this entire city.
So thank you for your service
and mayor, thank you for enabling them
to be in these leaders leadership roles. Thank you.
You're welcome. Okay, those are all,
are there any other authors that wish to speak?
Alright, see you.
No other hands that you would like to speak again? Okay.
Sure. Alright, one more time. You all ladies.
And thank you, Mr. Chair recognizes Alderman Curtis. Thank
You, Mr. Man. I, I
couldn't, uh, I couldn't let this moment, uh,
pass us by because, and I want to go on record with this
because, uh, weeks
before the DNC, uh, everyone, at least half
of the city council members, uh, half of the media outlets,
uh, your office, everyone pound on the superintendent,
uh, when it comes down to the welfare
and the safety of Chicago.
And I know he got so tired, uh, of hearing
what's gonna happen, what's gonna happen.
And I just want to make sure we thank him
for keeping his promise,
because I remember, uh, uh, he, he said,
nothing's gonna happen in the neighborhoods.
We got this under control.
I promise you, I got this under control.
And I want to thank you for keeping your promise.
And that's exactly what, uh,
the paper should say tomorrow morning.
Superintendent kept his promise.
Thank you so much for keeping your promise,
keeping our city safe.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. You are welcome.
Thank you. Okay, the chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris,
Thank you. I like to
suspend the rules to allow the Clerk
of the city to speak
Very well, hearing no objection.
So ordered Madam Clerk,
We get up to speak.
But, um, this just felt so exciting and to be a part of.
So thank you to Alman Nugent and all the person, Quinn
and Napolitano, for allowing me
to join you on this resolution.
I agree with everyone that everyone's saying.
I really hope the media writes about this
because the media wants
to write a lot about the negative things
that happen in our city for when we travel
around the country and the world that we can be seen, um,
as a certain way in certain stigma.
And people in the world
and in the rest of the country need to see us standing tall,
bright, shining, thriving, that we are a place
that you wanna raise your families here.
So, I'm just so grateful for all of you.
And like Lamont, I had no worries.
I was walking around the city of Chicago talking
to business leaders, like, no, I know
the people who have this.
And the folks like Anthony Vicente, who,
um, was one of the firms.
I'm so proud of the work that Christie did.
Kiana, Shauna, um, the others, Kaitlyn Fahe, Leah Israel,
Ann Kapa, governor Pritzker, Senator Duckworth,
even Mayor Lightfoot.
They worked really hard to make this
as inclusive as possible.
Convention. And the numbers were staggering of
how many black and brown people got contracts
and locally to do this work
and the investment that's going to make
for their firms was huge.
So I wanna shout out the women of the DNC
because as all women led at the host committee,
and I wanna make sure that people know that.
And then to our commissioners, you are so right, mayor,
thank you for allowing them to lead
and trusting them to say that they have it.
We did our part of staying outta the way,
making sure you had the resources to do your job,
making sure they raised almost a hundred million dollars
of private money, private dollars
that weren't taxpayer dollars to put this on
with federal resources.
So I just wanted to give it up also to soup Snelling.
I know you, um, don't like your flowers in public,
but you really should embrace them today.
'cause you have a really hard job, a very tough job.
And every police officer I saw on that street,
I said, thank you for your service.
Thank you for keeping us safe. And they said, thank you.
'cause their days were canceled.
Like Matt Oche said, they didn't see their families,
they were, didn't have a lot of water or food
or any of those things out there.
And so we appreciate them keeping us safe and,
and their attitudes of welcoming our visitors
and to Commissioner Streets
and Sands, C-O-O-M-C aviation, I,
I even heard Jamie Re was like,
making sure those bathrooms were clean when all
those airplanes landed.
Um, thank you to all of you
that just do the work without needing the recognition,
but I really, really hope that the press
and the community see it,
and that we do more of this for all of our city team members
because you deserve that boost.
And all of our team members not here on the floor, deserve
that extra boost and morale today. Thank you.
Thank you. So, Alderwoman Harris,
I'm gonna interpret your motion to suspend the rules.
As for leave for for floor privilege
for the clerk to, to speak.
You are welcome. Let's hear it one more time
for Alderman David Moore.
The chair recognizes David Moore.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I didn't see, um, Kiana
and uh, Shauna in the, um, corner there.
Mm. Um, th this started from somewhere.
And this is gonna be important and you're gonna recognize,
and you're probably gonna say it yourself.
Um, when we heard it was coming here, um, you all know me.
What's in it for the black people?
What, what, what we getting?
And I immediately called, um, Kiana, she answered,
'cause I was trying to find out who was executive director.
They hadn't picked anybody yet.
They were still trying to go in there.
Then somebody told me to reach out to,
to Kiana Glen Charles graduated from Sion High School.
He's also raised in Inglewood.
Um, has an exhibition company.
And never
before has a black man had an opportunity
to put on an exhibition, um, like this.
And given that opportunity, it started
with these ladies and he did it.
I mean, a herculean job
and making sure that convention was set up well.
And I just wanted to, um, recognize you all
and for everybody who had to get tickets.
And, you know, everybody had they mama
and they grandmama calling them.
And who did you all call? Johnna, can you help me?
Can you help me? And, and,
and she was, these people were coming through.
That's part of that hard work that I think Alderman.
Um, um, what's your name over there?
Um, on that west side, Jason Irvin said,
and that's what it's all about.
Teamwork does make the dream work.
Thank you so much for giving me
that opportunity, Mr. President.
You are welcome. Our final speaker is our pro temp chair
recognizes Alman, Sam Nugent.
Thank you Mr. President.
And first of all, thank you Mayor
and your team for such a wonderful convention.
Congratulations. It was truly, uh, amazing
to see our city this way.
So thank you and and your team for all of that.
Uh, I too rise in support
of this resolution today honoring Chicago's first
responders, our public servants, our volunteers,
and our organizers whose collaboration made the 2024
Democratic National Convention,
just the shining star in success.
That it was, this convention was the perfect opportunity
to illustrate how our city can shine.
And we did, but it would not have been possible without the
contribution of countless individuals.
In particular, I wanna thank our first responders
and our colleagues from
C-P-D-C-F-D-O-E-M-C-C-D-A, streets
and Sand and CDOT for all
of your work in keeping everyone safe.
Thousands of visitors came to our city for this convention,
and you showcased everything our great city has to offer
with a smile, with heart and with a can-do attitude.
Leading this charge of showing the heart
of Chicago was you Superintendent Snelling.
And I just wanna point out for a moment that you set
a tremendous standard for what leadership looks like.
And you led from the front.
And myself,
my colleagues in this city is forever grateful for you for that.
We are the greatest city in America.
And Chicago showed up for the DNC.
We could not have done that without all of you in the box,
without you mayor and your team.
So with that, thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you very much. So along with the body, this council,
I speak in favor of this resolution
and a very profound thank you to all of our city workers.
Um, you know, Chicago has been, has been stated already.
It's been stated that Chicago has hosted 26 national
political conventions bringing thousands of delegates from
around the country, really around the world.
Um, but this is not the largest event that we actually hold.
And so Chicago is really good at hosting large scale events.
Uh, during the DNC, the people were able to exercise,
which I think is very fundamental to our democracy.
They were able to exercise their First Amendment freedoms.
And that was something that was dear to me.
I promised that we would have a safe
but yet vibrant convention in the City of Chicago display
that democracy still does work.
Visitors and residents were able
to experience our amazing city
travel from neighborhood to neighborhood.
They didn't just hang out downtown
or on the west side around the United Center.
They did truly get to explore the full tapestry
of the greatest city in the world.
But, you know, we also were able to make history again,
because I think this is actually most valuable
because our democracy is so precious.
We had a peaceful and joyful convention that nominated, um,
the Vice President Kamala Harris
and Governor Walls to be the democratic nominees.
And these are historic moments within themselves.
I did have the honor and privilege to hang around, um,
many different sections of the city during the convention.
And I was so overwhelmed
and overjoyed by the way the residents
of Chicago embraced this moment
because it wasn't just the inconveniences
that people were somewhat anxious about.
It was also about whether or not the city
of Chicago will be able to move
with expediency without any disruption.
And the reason why that was able to happen, not just
because of the workers, but the city
of Chicago were nimble, we're flexible.
You know, the success of this DNC is really the work
of dedicated and very talented leaders,
and that's who the individuals are in this box.
Um, we had some incredible support from volunteers as well.
We had so many volunteers, um, that we, um, were not able
to slot all of them.
That's how convinced people were that this was going
to be a very powerful convention
to Alderman David Moore's point.
The fact that we were committed to equity.
And it wasn't just about making sure
that we had equity in terms of how black
and brown folks perceive a chance to participate.
This was also about making sure
that we had the most accessible for individuals
with disabilities, as well
as in an environmental justice, um, convention.
We were able to do all of that to the fire department,
the police departments reaching sanitation, OEMC,
and of course, um, all of the various departments.
I do want give a special thanks to, um, John Roberson.
You know, John Robertson, the son of south side of the city
of Chicago, that box, he had to pull everybody together.
It wasn't enough just to create a vision, which
that was my responsibility, but someone had to deliver
and execute it, and to bring our superintendent
to bring our fire department commissioner
to bring our commissioners together.
And John Robertson did that. And he did it boldly
again, to the host committee
and to the leadership of Christy George
and Keana Barrett, along with Minan Moore.
Three incredible Chicago women who led this convention.
And of course, to my superintendent,
superintendent Snelling.
You know, he is a pretty cool brother, first of all.
And, um, you know, his leadership, his steadiness,
and I will say this about Superintendent Snelling in the
entire police department, if 1968 is the example of police,
police brutality, then 20, 20 24 is the example of
what constitutional policing looks like.
And we've changed the course of direction for policing,
not just for the city of Chicago,
but for the rest of the world.
You can serve, you can protect,
and you can do it with dignity.
So thank you superintendent
for embracing constitutional policing.
Because my time has expired, I will ate
with another thank you to Governor JB Pritzker
and to the entire state of Illinois
to our Cook County Board President,
Tony Pek Winkle, and the entire team.
And again, to the Chicago 2024 host committee.
And again, everyone across the country had a chance
to fully experience while we truly are the greatest
freak in city in the world.
And with that Alderman Mitchell, a motion
for the passage of this resolution.
I move passes the BU hearing, no objections. So ordered.
We have one final resolution as the box clears
very well.
Thank you very much. We will come back to order.
We have one final resolution. This has been brought to us.
Um, first of all, this, this resolution is congratulating,
um, the retirement of Miss Chelsea Cruz on her retirement.
And Alderman Rodriguez has asked to be allowed
to give the opening remarks.
So with that, the chair recognizes Alderman Mike Rodriguez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It is, uh, it's an absolute honor, uh, to stand,
uh, here before my great colleagues,
before the city of Chicago, before the mayor,
and, uh, the thousands upon thousands
who are watching online, uh, to honor a great Chicagoan.
Uh, but more than just a great Chicagoan,
a great 22nd ward residence,
and a great little village residence.
Uh, we, you know, lived, uh, just, uh,
down the street from one another for many years.
And Josie Cruz, the crew
and all of her family have been amazing
leaders in our community.
But not only are they amazing leaders in our community,
not only are they great examples to our community
because their house is s**c
and span, uh, the lawn is always cut.
Uh, but she has served our great city
for almost 30 years in the capacity.
Yes, almost 30 years
as a servant to our city.
A servant in many capacities.
Uh, ending as a deputy commissioner, uh,
she was very important.
Not just, not just making sure, uh, that the,
uh, four-legged friends were not, uh,
prominent in our great city,
but the bad two-legged friends as well.
Uh, were also, uh, checked, um, as a neighborhood leader in,
in, in my great ward, in my great neighborhood.
It's, it's with a full
and heavy heart at the same time that I, on behalf
of the great city and our residents, say thank you,
thank you for your years of service.
Thank you for picking up that phone call,
answering that text.
And God knows what hour you were always there.
And you always pick up that phone and that text.
And you always showed the best
of the little village community, the best of the 22nd ward
and the best of the city of Chicago, I think Alder Woman,
uh, Nugent, she beat me to the punch by a day in, in,
in filing a resolution.
So I thank her for that.
I was just about to do it, but then she had beat me to it.
So I, I just, you know, we're of great minds together.
So thank you very much for doing that.
But, uh, from the bottom of my heart, thank you Mayor,
for allowing me to speak first in the bottom of my heart,
thank you to your family
and friends, to my guy K**e, uh, for being
so awesome and so amazing.
And I can go on for about an hour on this,
but we, it's been a long day so far.
So I'm gonna stop there. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you for your service. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank
You. The chair
recognizes Alderman Napolitano.
Thank you Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this resolution.
Uh, commissioner, what a difficult position, uh,
and department that is to, to, to handle,
but to you and your crew, thousand percent
every time we called, thousand percent we got from you.
Anybody in your office, anyone we talk to, any help
that we ask for in a in difficult times when, when dealing
with what we deal with when it comes to rodents,
um, you are gonna be missed.
You are absolutely loved by myself, my ward superintendent,
and the 41st Ward.
And I know many of my colleagues.
Please enjoy your retirement.
Please, as you walk away, know
that you were a big part in Chicago
and you will be missed immensely.
And you have an incredible staff.
And I'm sure whoever falls in those rinks, um,
is gonna have a great booklet on, on how
to handle the issues that we have.
Um, but I love you, love you to death
and just enjoy every bit of it right off into the sunset.
God bless you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank
You. The chair
recognizes Alder woman. MITs.
Thank you Mr. President.
I too rise, um, in supporting this resolution.
Uh, Josie, you know, uh, we go way back.
Uh, I remember when we first came in, you had always worked
with the, um,
did you call it the four-legged and the two-legged.
She's actually been out on the street, uh, cutting grass
and making sure that, uh, we kept lots and areas clean.
Um, been some years ago since, uh, streets and sand.
'cause I've been getting a little old here, Josie.
So I guess if you leaving, uh, I don't know
what I supposed to be doing, huh?
Because I think I was here before you came into streets
and saying, but you know, you've done an outstanding job.
And that's, uh, you are a truth servant
because you never changed from day one.
Always taking care of the community, going out,
doing a great job, doing the best that you could do,
answering your calls when people needed you.
Not only, uh, in 22nd Ward over there.
Think you done taking care of 37 Ward
and everybody else ward in the city of Chicago.
So streets and sand, you all going to, uh,
have a very faithful servant, uh, that's been there in
that position hoping that, uh, we can find someone else.
But you do deserve a retirement.
And, uh, I'm wishing you very well on it.
I know that you just won't sit down
because you're too hot of a worker to just sit.
So you'll find something else to do with your time.
But happy retirement and, uh, congratulations. Thank you.
Thank you, Al Woman,
the chair recognizes all woman Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to support this resolution.
Josie, I wanna thank you.
I'm gonna start with thanking you on behalf of the Ward
'cause you've been fabulous to my ward on behalf
of the staff, the staff, especially Barbara, wanted me
to tell you how much she loves you
and has loved working with you,
and how much she appreciates you.
And then on behalf of myself, Josie, uh,
we've been in the trenches together.
So I thank you and I appreciate you for being kind
and being compassionate and being understanding
and always working not just with me,
but with all my colleagues.
So sometimes I wanted to say it's just special me,
but you have worked with all of us
and treated us all with that same special, uh, compassion
that only you can deliver.
So thank you. I God bless you on the
next phase of your life.
Um, you have truly been valuable to the city of Chicago.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman Curtis.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President Joseph.
We said we wasn't gonna cry. We gotta keep eye promise.
It is been such a honor.
It is been such a honor
and a privilege working with you,
working under your leadership for the 11 years
that I spent in Streets and Sand.
I, um, you've always, you always
got everything that I needed for my community.
Um, we talked 10 years even
after that, uh, becoming autumn.
And and you still did, did the same.
Um, uh, of course the city is gonna miss you.
Uh, thank you family for lending us to.
So, uh, you could go back home
and do what do in your what water aerobics.
So thank you so much for a job well done.
We definitely gonna miss you. Cole, you lose a star.
Thank you so much, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. We'll hear from you again shortly.
Chair rec, I'm teasing. Chair recognizes Alt Woman Lee.
Thank you, Mr. President.
This will be my only appearance for this one.
Um, Josie, um, I I've only known you a short time you have,
uh, just in my second year here.
Uh, but I can say without a doubt that the city is going
to really miss your presence.
Um, I wanna thank you on behalf of the residents
of the 11th Ward, um, for all of your service, all
of your dedicated service, and
for every time someone yelled at you on the phone
or complain to you about some problem
that you actually could do nothing about.
We know a little bit about that every now and again.
Um, I, I thank you for coming back to work every single day
and your dedication to all of your years of service.
Um, I, I'll echo that.
What, uh, what Alderman Curtis just said to, to Cole,
you are, uh, you're, you're losing a, a star.
And I know that you know that, but I know
that you've done a great job, um, with your team as well.
So I have every confidence that, um, whoever comes
behind you, uh, will grow into your shoes, uh, well, uh,
with the team that Cole and that Streets and Sands has.
Um, so thank you for all of your years of service.
Thanks for all that you've done. Um,
and you know, good luck
to you on a well earned, uh, retirement. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman, osha
Thank you Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this resolution
On behalf of the 19th Ward, I just wanted to say thank you.
You're a class act, always appreciated your
communication and follow through.
As has been said, commissioner Stallard, uh, has big shoes
to have someone fill.
But, uh, just wanted to say thank you.
God bless you and your family. Enjoy your retirement, Joe.
Thank you Alderman. The chair
recognizes Alderman Raymond Lopez.
Thank you, Mr. President and good afternoon.
Members of the City Council. I,
I too rise in support of this resolution.
I was tempted to make a motion to amend it to require her
to work for 10 more years.
But I think, I don't know who would be more upset
with me, Josie or her husband.
Um, I had the great pleasure
of working right down the hall from Josie
nearly 25 years ago.
Wow. Long time when I was in special events
and you were still in streets and sanitation
and it's amazing where our trajectories bring us.
Positions come and go. They can be filled, but your presence
and your grace and your leadership, uh,
as we hear testified by so many today will be sorely missed.
I know that the department has the pipeline,
but for so long you have been the standard
not only within the department,
but for Latina leadership in the entire city of Chicago.
Because at one point you were the highest ranking Latina
in streets and sanitation, something
that we should all be very proud of.
Something I know your family is very proud of.
Um, having had the pleasure of knowing your family
for decades, um, I know that
you are an inspiration to them.
I know you have been an inspiration
to many who've always looked as has your brother.
I have to give him a special nod to, um,
to help people get involved in government,
to get involved in their communities.
That's something that we don't see too
often in a positive way.
And you guys, and you we're always a reflection of that.
So thank you for all that you
and your family have done,
not only in the little village neighborhood,
but throughout the entire city of Chicago.
Uh, and especially from the 15th Ward where we've done
so much together where I try
to keep my craziness to a minimum.
And you, you ignored me rightfully every time.
Um, but thank you. Enjoy retirement
and I'm glad to hear you are going
to be retired and enjoy it.
Um, because that is definitely something
that is well earned and deserved.
So thank you, Mr. President.
Welcome, chair recognizes Alderman Beal.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I too rise to support this resolution.
Um, you know, when you look at people like this,
you think about when you first came in
and you meet public servants, that that's what they do.
They serve the public.
I just want to thank you for everything that you have done
to make the city, to make our wards,
to just help us on a day-to-day basis.
The fruits of your labor are still ahead of you,
but we can never thank you enough for everything
that you have done to help us along the way.
You know, you're one of those people
that we could never yell at that
because when we called you that, that soft voice,
and when we see you, that beautiful smile,
you just bring us right on down and say, Hey, I got it.
I'm gonna take care of it. Don't worry about it.
And you've always put us at ease.
So thank you for everything you ever done to help us out.
Thank you for helping this city.
God bless you and you know, on your retirement
and the fruits of your labor. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes wo doo.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
I rise to support this, uh, resolution as well.
Josie, we love you in the third ward
and we're really sorry that, uh, you are leaving us.
Um, but we know that, you know, things happen
and that's what you wanna do.
But I want you to know
that we have always appreciated your service.
And when we think of outstanding public servants,
you're gonna be at the very top of that list.
You are always so responsive
and you help us solve complicated issues in our communities.
Areas where, for example, it's ch a's responsibility
and not the city's responsibility.
But we have to coordinate that, those efforts
or it's the city's responsibility and,
and CP S's responsibility.
And we have to coordinate those efforts.
We appreciate your attention to the detail,
and I wish you the very best in, uh, your retirement
and know that you have made an impact
on this city. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman.
You, Mr. President, I rise in support of this resolution.
And Josie, I'm just so, um,
so congrat congratulatory towards you.
Your commitment to Chicago shows over almost 30 years.
It's incredible. I know you've done many things in, do
so many things, but in the 43rd Ward, you have so many bands
as the Rat Czar, um, the Rat Czar title has, uh, has,
has en enigma around it.
And you've helped us recently with so many, um,
rat evictions, some bigger, larger scale rat evictions
that were grateful for.
And you've, um, you've taught so many of us about
that process, um, which I think is really important.
It's, um, the work that Streets
and Sands does is really the work that touches all of us.
It's the work that makes people wanna
live and stay in Chicago.
And I'm so grateful to have an education from you.
Um, you're always so patient, you always break things down
for my team, and I'm just happy for you
that you're going into retirement
and you're gonna focus on your health like you told me,
which is so important for all of us.
So thank you for the work that you've done for our city.
Thank you. The chair recognizes al the woman Silverstein.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I stand in support of this resolution. Wow, Josie.
All I can, all I can say is thank you.
Um, as I mentioned to you just a few minutes ago,
we're secretly locking all the doors in
the building, so you can't leave.
Uh, none of us wants to see us go, see you go.
But we really, really do appreciate all of the hard work
that you have put in.
I hope you enjoy your travels, your, I hope you love life,
and I hope you enjoy your retirement.
I know your replacement is gonna have huge shoes to Phil.
You are really a class act, so thank you so, so much.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Sdo.
Thank you, Mr. President. I too support this resolution.
Josie, can't thank you enough.
Just like everybody else here, uh,
happy for your retirement.
I am a little bummed about one thing.
I always thought you were from the 38th Ward based
on the service I got from you.
Now, I just found out you're from the 22nd ward, so,
but you're welcome to move to 38th if you'd like to.
Um, but no, we just, we just can't thank you enough.
Uh, I, I know this happens a lot with people
that do awesome jobs for us,
and you move on to a happier and better thing.
You have a well-earned, uh, uh, vacation now.
So, like everybody said, hopefully you'll just kick back
and enjoy life and enjoy your family.
Uh, thank you so much.
People like you make people like me look really good.
So, uh, really appreciate you
and God bless you and your family.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. You're welcome. The chair
recognizes Alderman Cardona.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I rise in support with this resolution.
Joie, I just wanna say thank you, thank you, bottom
of my heart for serving the city of Chicago for 30 years.
Um, I do remember when I got elected the first time
and I was trying to learn departments
and trying to learn how rodent control actually works.
You took the time to, for me to learn the job itself.
And I thank you for taking the time, explaining to me
how the process goes.
Uh, 'cause every situation
or every, um, rodent issue has a, you know, it's very,
some hard places and some easy, easy places to go to.
But I just wanna thank you, uh, for your service.
Um, commissioner Cole, I don't know
who you're gonna replace in that position,
but I know that person better, you know, have shoes
and be willing to serve the city like she, she has
for 30 years, especially in that department.
Um, but 31st Ward residents and myself,
and as you can see, all the accolades
with my colleagues, we appreciate you.
We're gonna miss you. But at the end, you have
to enjoy your retirement and you deserve it.
And please, when you retire, you leave. Do not look back.
Just go and enjoy the Sunshine State. Thank you.
God bless you. Thank you, Mr. President.
Alright. You're welcome.
The chair recognizes Alder Hadden,
I too rise, uh, to be associated with this resolution.
And, uh, good afternoon, Josie.
Um, like many of my colleagues, um, I have nothing
but positive things to say about you.
All the education, the information, the help
that you've given to 49th Ward constituents to my team, um,
especially, you know, coming in
as new older people with new staff.
There's a ton that we don't know.
Um, so it is always
of high value when you can find someone in, um, one
of our million city departments who not only is kind, uh,
and compassionate and responsive,
but also super knowledgeable, um,
and effective at their job.
Um, I know we're gonna keep talking
and we're gonna make you cry over there
and I'm sorry about that.
Um, but, uh, congrats on your retirement
and thank you Alder Lopez.
Um, thank you for your service.
Um, I think that you know us in electeds
and you know, my colleague, uh,
alderman Spto just said this about
you guys making us look good.
Our public employees are one
of the greatest treasures of the city of Chicago.
So you, your colleagues, people who sign up for these roles
are frequently, um, maybe people that we only know, right?
Your department knows you.
Maybe the, the electeds know you, some other,
some other folks in some other city departments.
And so many of the constituents whose lives you make better,
they don't get to know who you are.
So I really appreciate, uh, Mr.
President, you bring in the resolution.
I'm glad we're able to give you these accolades
and make this on record.
Um, I wish we could do it for more of our city workers
because you guys are what makes the city work.
You are what make us look good.
We could not deal with these issues, right?
That's why you're here.
And so without you, we would be nothing.
Thank you for your service
and I look forward to hearing from you.
Maybe you come visit us in Rogers Park, huh? Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman David Moore.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It's customary that we stand
and say, I too rise in support of this resolution.
I'll be lying. I I'm not, um, and in support of it.
Um, but I'm in support of you for what you want to do.
Um, I just called Sharon
and I said, did you know Josie was retiring?
She screamed and said, what?
I literally just got off the phone with her.
I had not heard about this.
Um, I'm happy for you, but this is a sad day.
Uh, I'm glad I came up under a pastor like Reverend Claman.
'cause he taught us don't allow people
to choose your friends for you.
People would say things about people, you'll believe 'em,
and then you will lose some good friends.
Uh, when I became art, when I came on here,
you know, people get in your ear.
Watch this person do that. Because of him.
I learned to tune people out
and I just accept who I'm going to accept as my friends.
And I don't listen to naysayers.
Or even if it's people that's saying good
'cause it be saying
about good, about somebody that they know.
They may not be worth crap.
But Josie, you worth every salt in your body,
every salt in your body, not only did you make us look good,
you make our communities look better.
This stuff is not for everybody.
I tell people that's two people I keep my eyes on anybody
saying they want to be a preacher.
And anybody that want to be a public servant,
it's something you, you know,
it's not something you run too.
You run from it. And it's a calling
because you serve with grace, you serve with love,
and you serve with a passion to want to do this work.
And again, I'm happy for you, but I'm not as supportive.
You leaving because what we have to deal with out
through on a daily basis, it takes a person with a heart,
with a smile to say, yeah, I got this.
And you can go to sleep knowing that that person got it.
That's the type of person. I can't go to sleep a lot.
If I give something to John, I can go to sleep.
I can't get a, I won't call no other names,
but there's some people I, I can give it to
and I can't go to sleep, but I can give things to you Josie,
and I know I can go to sleep
and rest on it, that it's gonna get done.
And so my staff, on the behalf of the residents
of the 17th Ward, we just thank you.
We thank you. We thank you, thank you is not enough for
what you do, especially in some
of these challenging areas when we get that call.
Cole, I appreciate your leadership.
You know that none like it.
And I have no doubt that you're gonna find
somebody she can't be replaced.
We know that that's a given.
But for find somebody that can at least have the heart
and the passion that you have.
I love you. My staff love you,
and I, I I really wish you well.
God bless.
Thank you. Alderman Moore.
Madam Clerk Alderman Moore would like to be recorded
as a no on this.
Re the chair recognizes Altman Scott Wapac.
Thank you Mr. President.
Uh, Josie, just on behalf of Pedro o Carey, the rest
of our staff and of course our residents and businesses.
Just want to thank you for your years of great service
to our entire city.
Thank you, Mr. President.
You're welcome. The chair are, are there any other elders
that wish to speak?
Otherwise we will have Alder woman,
Sam Nugent be our final speaker.
Seeing no other hands, the chair recognizes
Alder woman, Sam Nugent.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I obviously rise in support of this resolution, Josie.
Uh, I wish you well in your retirement,
but we, I gotta say a few things about you
before we we drop that box.
First of all, um, you're just a doer
and I think everybody's comments here today completely
illustrate and reflect that you were the first,
you became the first female general superintendent in 2000,
followed by your promotion to become the first female deputy
commissioner for DSS.
Um, in your role, you implemented new strategies
that addressed rodent, um, challenges across the city.
And these things might seem small now, but they're big deals
and they change the lives of, of all of our constituents,
door to door abatement,
projects including flyer distribution, knocking on doors,
inspecting backyards, garbage carts.
These things matter to our community and our residents.
Um, I am so personally grateful for those services
and I would be remiss if I didn't bring up my staff
who asked me to tell you how excited they are for you
to start this new chapter,
but they wanted me to make a point to mention
how much they've adored working with you
and you always taking their calls all the time.
So I wish you nothing
but relaxing, uh, good time in your retirement.
Congratulations. You deserve this. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
You're welcome. There are a number of people
that are in the box with, um, our, uh, retiring sister, uh,
Josie, her husband and family members.
I also noticed, oh, we have a commissioner.
Um, the former Alder of the 17th Ward, Natasha Thomas,
I think I saw her as well.
Um, along with this body, this, this council is, is,
you know, clearly articulating, um, not just their support
of this resolution, but their value for you as a person.
And that is, um, incredible testament
when your person is bigger than the position that you hold,
that is truly the embodiment of a public servant.
And so today we celebrate you
and we recognize all of the historic moments
that you have been a part of.
Rising through the ranks in city government, I can tell you,
is not easy, but you've done that
and your career, you have been charged to address,
um, some of the most significant challenges
that city residents experience.
And not to limit you to those challenges
the people of Chicago appreciate you addressing them head on
that takes a awful lot of dedication as well as innovation
and most importantly, hard work.
And you've done that and you've inspired people around you,
your coworkers, they are all remembering
and reflecting special moments that they've had with you.
I hope that after 28 years, uh, Josie,
that you believe in your heart, that you've done everything
that you could possibly do to build a better, stronger,
safer Chicago and a government that works for everyone.
You should be confident.
And so now you can take this moment
and embark upon new adventures,
explore new opportunities, and enjoy life.
We're proud to stand with you, sister.
We're proud to honor your life, your work, and the legacy
and the indelible contributions that you've made
to the most amazing city in the world.
Here's to Josie
Alderman Mitchell, can I get a motion
to pass this resolution?
Mr. President, I move passage in the honorable hearing.
No objections. Sole ordered
Alderman Mitchell to return back
to the regular order of business.
Mr. President, I move that we return
to the regular order of business.
Okay, one moment please.
Before we return back to the order of business, uh,
the chair, Alderwoman
Silverstein would like to be recognized.
Yes. Thank you Mr. President.
Before we, we return to the regular order of business,
I wanna recognize something
that has been weighing very heavily on my heart
and the hearts of my community. Alright,
Very well. Well, can we
just hold that just for a moment? Absolutely.
And allow box to be cleared so
that we can hear what's on your heart
Very well.
Pardon me. Alderwoman Silverstein, you may commence.
Thank you. On August 31st, Israel recovered the body
of Hirsch Goldberg, Poland, an American hostage
who was murdered in a Hamas tunnel in Gaza.
Not only was Hirsch the face of the hostage crisis
for many American Jews,
but he also has very close ties to Chicago Hirsch's parents,
John Poland and Rachel Goldberg grew up in Chicago
and much of his extended family, including his grandmother,
still live right here in the Chicago land area.
We all heard Hirsch's mother speak
so powerfully at the DNCA few weeks ago.
And now I wanna share a few words, few of the words.
She spoke at her son's funeral.
Hirsch, for all of these months I have been in such torment,
worrying about you every millisecond of every day.
It was such a specific type of misery
that I've never experienced before.
I tried hard to suppress the missing you part
because that I was convinced would break me.
So I spent 330 days terrified, scared, worrying,
and frightened it closed my throat
and made my soul throb with third degree burns.
Part of what is so deeply crushing
and confusing for us is
that a strange thing happened along this macab path upon
which our family found itself traveling
for the past 332 days.
Amidst the inexplicable, agony, terror, anguish, desperation
and fear, we became absolutely certain
that you were coming home to us alive.
That was not to be when you wrote
to us from the bomb shelter,
you had just seen honor get killed, you had your,
lost your arm and you thought you were dying.
You wrote to us, I'm sorry
because you knew how crushing it would be
for us to lose you.
So you fought to stay alive all this time,
but now you are gone.
Okay, sweet boy. Go now on your journey.
I hope it's as good as the trips you dreamed about
because finally my sweet, sweet boy.
Finally, finally, finally, finally, you are free.
I just wanna have a brief moment of silence in memory
of Hirsch Goldberg, Poland.
May his memory be a blessing, may his death not be in vain
and may we bring the rest of the hostages home. Thank
You. Thank you. Let's have a
moment of silence please.
Thank You. Thank you Alderman Mitchell.
The motion to Reba return
back to the regular order of business.
Mr. Spread. I move that return to the direct order
of business hearing, no objections.
So ordered. I would like to,
before we get to communications, um, I would like
to again acknowledge uh, two of our former alders
that are on the floor with us today.
We have Alder Woman, uh, Latasha Thomas
and Alderman Roderick Sawyer.
The Black Caucus just grew by 13% today.
Congratulations Kennedy. Thank you all for being here today.
So next up, communications.
Communications is honor the mayor
to the Honorable City Council, the City of Chicago.
Ladies and gentlemen, that request the Commissioner
of Housing and Transport here
with an ordinance authorizing the seat, the seating
of tax exempt private Act activity volume cap
to Illinois Housing Development Authority in
the Chicago Housing Authority.
Your favorable consideration
of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor for the Committee on Finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, the request
of commissioner of planning and Development.
I transmit here with ordinances authorized
and execution of redevelopment agreements
to provide tip funds for special specified
projects within the city.
Your favorable consideration
of this ordinance will be appreciated very until yours,
Brandon Johnson, mayor referred the committee on finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the commission our
plan planning and development.
I trans been here with ordinances authorizing the execution
of intergovernmental agreements with the Chicago Board
of Education regarding the provision of TIF funds
for improvements at specified
public schools within the city.
Favor able a consideration this
consideration, this ordinance to be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor for the Committee on Finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, at the request the Commission
of Housing and Transman here
with an ordinance authorizing the issuance
of financial assistance for the adaptive reuse
and conversion of the building located at
79 West Monroe Street.
Your favor, consideration,
thats ordinance to be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor for the Committee on Finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, the request the Chief financial
officer to hands here with an ordinance
regarding the refunding of general obligation sales tax
Securitization Corporation bond.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance
will be appreciated very two years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor for the Committee on Finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, requested a Chief financial Officer a
ment here with an ordinance regarding the refunding
of the wastewater revenue bond consideration.
That ordinance will be appreciated by truly years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor for the Committee on Finance Ladies
and gentlemen, requested commission of Housing a ment here
with an ordinance authorizing the issuance
of financial assistance of the redevelopment
of city owned land located 36 0 1.
36 25 West Chicago Avenue.
Favorable consideration this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor for the Committee on Finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the commission of Housing
and transmit here with an ordinance authorized an issuance
of financial assistance for the Sacred Department's project.
Favorable consideration. This ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson
Mayor referred the committee on finance.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the budget director at hands
transmit here with a fund 9 25 amendment your favorable
considerations this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very true. Yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor referred the comm Committee on budget
and Government Operations Ladies
and gentlemen, request the
commissioner are planning and development.
I transmit here with ordinances approving the budget
authorizing uh, I think
that's author authorizing the execution
of service agreements
and the holding of public hearings regarding term extensions
and establishments of specified special service areas.
Your favor, consideration of this ordinance be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on Economic Capital
and Technology Development.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the
commissioner Planning and Development.
I transmit here with ordinances authorizing favorable tax
incentives for specified properties located within the city.
Favorable consideration this ordinances will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor referred the committee on economic Capital
and Technology Development.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the commissioner planning
and development I transmit here within ordinance amending
the municipal code regarding the
Chicago Development Commission.
Favorable consideration
of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the Commissioner
of Housing a transman here
with the ordinance authorizing ownership structure chart
change for the Renaissance St.
Luke Senior Living Facility. lp.
Your favor, consideration
of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very true years. Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the community on housing and real estate.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the Commissioner of planning
and Development I transmit here
with ordinances authorizing the lease of city owned parcels
for specified public outdoor plaza projects prevail.
The consideration, those ordinances will be appreciated.
Very true years. Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
Ladies and John request the
Commissioner of planning and Development.
I transmit here with ordinances authorizing the
sale of city owned properties.
Your favorable consideration of
these ordinances will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor Per the Committee on Housing and Real Estate, ladies
and Johns request, the commission of Housing
and Trans transmit here with an ordinance allowing,
allowing the sale transfer of ownership
and assumption of city debt
to the permanent supportive living facility located
8,200 South Ellis Avenue.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be
appreciated very truly years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee of Housing and Real Estate.
Ladies and gentlemen of the commissioner, uh,
request the Commissioner on Fleet
and Facility Management transmit here
with an ordinance authorizing the purchase
of Armory Building at Midway Airport.
Your favorable consideration
of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the
Commissioner Planning and Development.
I transmit here with ordinances authorizing the expenditure
of open space impact funds
for specified projects within the city.
If failure consideration,
these ordinances will be appreciated.
Very two years. Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on Special Events Cultural
Affairs and Recreation.
Ladies and gentlemen, request
of Commissioner of Planning and Development.
I transmit with ordinance amending the municipal code
regarding the Michigan Avenue
and State Street Wabash Avenue special signed districts.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance would be
appreciated very two years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Ladies and gentlemen, request
the Commissioner of Planning and Development.
I transmit here with an ordinance amending the municipal
code regarding the Adopt A Landmark Program.
Your favorable consideration
of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly years. Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on zoning,
landmarks and Building Standards.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have appointed Sharon Bush
as the commissioner of the Chicago Park District
for a term effectively meeting
and expiring June 30th, 2027 to complete an expired term
of Mighty Hamilton who has resigned.
Your favorable consideration of
this appointment will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson,
mayor Ver the Committee on Special
Events Cultural Affairs and Recreation.
Ladies and gentlemen, I transmit here with appointments
to various special service areas.
Your favor, consideration,
these appointments will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, mayor Ver,
the Committee on Economic Capital
and Technology Development Ladies and gentlemen,
and I hear Matt here, here with appoint appointments
to the advisory council New Americans, your favorable ation
of these appointments will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the Committee on Health and Human Relations.
Ladies and gentlemen of transit here at the appointments
to the Public Building Commission.
Your favorable consideration of these
appointments will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, mayor
for the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, I city clerk Anna Vacia
hereby informed the city council.
The following documents were filed in my office relating
to respective subjects as the need is followed notification
as designation of Charlotte Roberts as additional proxy
to affix signature to mayor
to certain documents on their revocation
of proxy designation of Tiana L Hinton.
Notification of sale of City of Chicago,
multifamily housing revenue bonds,
United a United Yards one, a project series 2024,
notification of sale of City
of Chicago General Obligation Bond series 2024,
a amendment number one
to diversity slash Chicago tax increment financing,
redevelopment project and plan, codification, codification
and insertion of past ordinance number 0 0 2 0 2 4
dash 0 0 8 3 7 3.
New section of eight dash four dash 70
in chapters eight dash four Chicago Municipal Code Office
of Inspector General's audit report of Department
of Finance, civilian Workers Compensation Program
Administration Office Inspector General's report
regarding sworn Chicago Police Department members assigned
with patrol duties Office
of Inspector General's advisory on city monitoring of
con uh, concessionaire agreements to compliance
with minority and women-owned business enterprise
requirements Office of Inspector General's Year 2023,
annual public safety section report Office
of Inspector General's report on Togo's campaign finance
rules, explainer on law and its gaps.
I city clerk also informed the city council
that all those matters which
were considered by the city council.
The regular meeting held on July 17th, 2024,
which are required by statute to be published in book
or pamphlet form or in one or more newspapers
or published in pamphlet form on September 18th, 2024.
But being printed in full text
and printed pamphlet com, copies of the journal Proceedings
of City Council City Chicago I city clerk Valencia Law Trans
also transplant here with the following miscellaneous
communications or reports requiring city council action
zoning reclassification.
A particular area is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks Building standards
claims against City of Chicago, which referred
to the Committee on Finance recommendation
by commission on Chicago landmarks for designation
of Mars Candy Factory at 2019 North Oak Park Avenue Chicago
Landmark, which is referred to committee on zoning landmarks
Building standards, your Honor, that concludes the reports
and communications from the mayor and other city officials.
Thank you very much for committee reports.
I believe we have 14 of them today.
The chair recognizes the finance chair Dowell.
Uh, thank you Mr. President
and members of the city council reporting
for the City Council Committee on Finance,
which held a committee meeting on September 16th, 2024.
The following items received a due pass
recommendation from the committee.
Item number one is an ordinance concerning the issuance
of financial assistance
and execution of a TIF redevelopment agreement
for care manner affordable housing project
at 45, 31 through 45, 33
and 45 49
through 55 West Washington Boulevard in the 28th Ward.
Mr. President, unless someone wishes to speak on this item,
I move passage of this item by a roll call vote.
Very well see and no hands.
Madam Clerk of this vote has been
requested to be passed through.
Roll call. Uh, please use your EVO application
to record your vote at this time.
Please use your eev device.
If you need support, please raise your hands.
The voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Second,
I will now call on folks
who have not used their Eev device.
Derman Hall. Alderman Hall is a yes. Alderman Beal.
Alderman Beal is a yes. Alderman Quinn.
Alderman Quinn is a yes. Alderwoman Taylor.
Oh, um, Alder person. Burnett.
Okay, Alder person. Knutson, yes. Alder person.
Knutson is a yes. Have all those that voted who wish?
Okay, voting is now closed.
Thank you very much Madam Clerk.
There are 48 yays and zero nays. This matter has passed.
Alderman Mitchell on the motion
to reconsider President moved to reconsider the vote.
All those in favor signify by saying Aye.
All those that are opposed, say no. No. This motion fails.
Chair recognizes Chair Dow.
Thank you Mr. President.
Item number two is an ordinance concerning the issuance
of financial assistance
and the execution of a TIFF redevelopment agreement
for Legend South A three mixed income housing development at
45 20 South State Street.
In the third ward. I move passage of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote in the Committee
on Finance report
and the associated on unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Item number three is the substitute ordinance
concerning the issuance of multifamily housing,
revenue bonds, and other financial assistance for
MHL two Prairie District Apartments Project at 1801
South Wabash Avenue.
In the third ward. I move passage
of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Item number four is an ordinance concerning the issuance
of financial assistance
for MHL three Prairie District Apartments Project at 1800
South Michigan Avenue in the third ward.
I move passage of this item by the same motion hearing.
No objection. So ordered
Item number five is an ordinance
concerning the First Amendment
to the intergovernmental agreement
with the Chicago Park District for the provision
of TIF funds for improvements at Kes Park at 1714
and 7 24 North Kedzie Avenue in the 27th Ward.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item six and seven consist of orders of authorization
for the payment of various small claims against the city
of Chicago and the denial of payments
of various small claims against the city of Chicago.
If there are no objections, I move
that these items be placed in passage for the omnibus
Hearing. None so ordered.
Item number eight are proposed orders
authorizing charitable solicitation on the public way
for the Salvation Army North
and central Illinois division citywide from
November 1st, 2024 through December 24th, 2024
and save the Children Federation Incorporated
for September 18th, 2024
through December 31st, 2024.
These will be placed on file with the clerk.
Item number nine is the report of cases in which verdicts,
judgements or settlements were entered into for the month
of July, 2024 and August, 2024.
These will also be placed on file with the clerk. Item 10.
Item 10 A is an order authorizing corporation counsel
to enter into and execute a settlement order in the case
of McClendon versus City of Chicago
and the amount of $150,000.
I move passage of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance report
and the associated unsuccessful unsuccessful
motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item number 10 B is an order
authorizing corporation counsel to enter into
and execute a settlement order in the case
of Cheryl Hahn versus City of Chicago
and Felicia White in the amount of $300,000.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Item number 10 C is an order
authorizing corporation counsel to enter into
and execute a settlement order in the case
of Wadi versus City of Chicago in the amount of $500,000.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Item number 10 D is an order
authorizing corporation counsel to enter into
and execute a settlement order in the case
of Liggins versus City of Chicago at all in the amount
of $2.5 million.
I move passage of this item by the same motion,
Hearing no objections. So ordered
Item number 10 E,
excuse me, y'all.
Item number 10 E is an order authorized incorporation
counsel to enter into
and execute a settlement order in the case
of Jakes versus Boudreaux et al in the amount
of $11.6 million.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
with the exception of Alderman Mitts
who recused herself from voting on this matter under Rule 14
as the plaintiff is a relative.
Mr. President, this concludes my report
from the Committee on Finance
Very well by hearing no objections.
Did you make the motion? I did
for all the woman meds to be refused.
Very good by hearing no objections. So ordered.
Thank you Madam Chair, the committee on budget
and government operations.
The chair recognizes Chairman Irvin.
Thank you Mr. President. Members
of the city council reporting for
for the committee on budget and government operations,
which held the meeting on September 5th, 2024.
Committee has a series
of reports recommended passage of the following items.
Item number one is a communication recommending proposed
ordinance concerning annual appropriation ordinance year
2024 Amendment amongst fund within fund 9 25.
Move passage of this item by the first favorable roll call
of the committee on financing the associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item number two is,
is a communication recommending a proposed amendment
to municipal code section 16 dash 14
concerning the neighborhood opportunity fund program
amendment same motion?
If there is no objection,
Hearing none so ordered.
Item number three is a communication recommended proposed
adoption of a redevelopment agreement with plant Chicago NFP
concerning provision of neighborhood opportunity funds
for the renovation of the former firehouse at 44 59
South Marshfield.
I move passage of this item, uh,
by the first favorable roll call the communal finance
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Uh, item number four is a transfer
of funds within the Committee on Workforce Development
for year 2024.
I make the same motion if there's no objection,
Hearing none so ordered.
I'm Item number five is a transfer
of funds within end the 30th ward wage allowance
and automatic expense account for year 2024.
I make the same motion. If there is no
Objection, hearing none so ordered.
Item number six is a transfer
of funds within the 40th ward wage allowance
and automatic expense account for year 2024.
I make the same motion if there is no objection,
Hearing none so ordered.
Mr. President. That concludes the reports.
Thank you very much Mr. Chair for Committee on Aviation.
The chair recognizes Chairman O'Shea,
Mr. President members,
the city council reporting
for your Committee on Aviation,
which held a meeting on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024.
The committee has a series
of reports recommending passage of the following items.
Item number one, ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 4.
Two is the third amendment to phase one lease.
Second amendment to phase two lease
and first amendment to phase three, lease
with Aero Chicago Chicago facility operations at Chicago
O'Hare International Airport.
Mr. President, I move passage of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on finance,
an associated unsuccessful motion reconsidered
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item number two.
This ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 9 7 1
is a lease agreement with United States Cellular Corporation
and FCA partners LLC for office space.
For this item, the text
of the lease was inadvertently excluded from the ordinance.
We have sent the substitute ordinance
that includes the lease to all city council members.
I move for acceptance of the substitute ordinance
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance
Hearing no objections.
So ordered
I move passage of the substitute ordinance
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Thank you Mr. President.
Thank you Mr. Chair for the Committee on Rules chair
recognized for the Committee on Committees and Rules.
The chair recognizes Chairwoman Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, we met on September 16th, 2024, um,
approval of the July, 2024 rule.
Um, monthly rule 45 report for the committee on, uh,
committees was and rules was approved.
Item
1 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 9 6 7 0.
Submission of the public question by referendum
to the Chicago voters at the next regular election
regarding the, uh, change to the commission
of the Public Safety and accountability membership from
seven members to 11 members
and amendment of the municipal code chapter two dash 80
by modifying various sections regarding term limits,
qualifications, duties, elections for
and appointments of the commission for the Commission
for Public Safety and Accountability.
Uh, received a do not pass.
Item
2 0 2 0 2 2 4 9 9 0.
Amendment of the municipal code section nine dash 12 dash
seven establishing, um, maximum speed limit of 2020
of 25 miles per hour on streets.
Fifth, uh, on streets, 15 miles per hour in alleys
and absolute statutory non-verbal limits
of 55 miles per hour.
Re-referred to the Committee on pedestrian
and traffic safety.
Item three, uh,
R 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 9 5 Called
to rename the conference room 2 0 1 a
as the Honorable Harold Washington meeting
room was approved.
Item four was a direct introduction, um, a resolution call,
calling for the resolution.
Identifying the sergeant at Arms of the City Council
of the City of Chicago for the 2023 to 27 term was approved.
Item five was a direct introduction,
a resolution amending the resolution,
identifying the chairman, vice chairman
and members of the standing committee of the City Council
of the City of Chicago for the 2023.
2027 term was approved. That concludes my report
Very well.
Thank you. Um, Madam Chair, as you know. Right.
So for the items 3, 4, 5, and six
Approval of those items by the first most favorable
world Call of Finance.
Very well hearing. No objection. So ordered.
Thank you Madam Chair for the Committee on Contracting
and Oversight and Equity.
The chair recognizes Chair mitts.
Thank you Mr. President and members of the city council
and reporting for the Committee on Contracts
Oversight and Equity.
We held a meeting on September the 10th, 2024
to the consider the following items,
item number one A
2 0 2 4 1 2 7 2.
A direct introduction, appro an introduction appointment
of Charlotte Roberts as Chief Procurement Officer sponsored
by the Mayor Mayor Johnson.
Mr. President, I moved
that the city council concurring the recommendation of the
Contract Oversight and Equity Committee
by the same roll call vote as item number one
of the Committee on Finance report
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Wo admits. I do apologize
there is a slight delay, uh,
with the appointee, uh, the nominee.
Um, so can you do me a favor?
Um, I'm gonna come back to you. Okay.
And then we'll come back to your, to your committee.
Is that all right? Absolutely. Thank you. All right.
Very well. Thank you all. So then with
that then I will recognize the next committee
for Economic Capital and Technology Development.
And that is Chair Viegas. The chair recognizes Chair Viegas.
Thank you Mr. President, members
of the City council reporting
for the Committee on Economic Capital Technology Development
on Wednesday, September 11th, 2024.
The committee held a meeting and
recommend the pass of the following items.
Items one through 800 report are series of appointments,
the reappointments of various special service areas,
items one through three, reappointments of Loreno Ramirez,
Alexis JS an appointment of Jose V. Chavez
to SSA Number five, the Commercial Avenue Commission.
Item four, reappointment of William J. Shepherd.
It's a member of SSA number eight Lakeview East Commission.
Items five through seven reappointment
of Christopher Murphy in the appointments
of Richard Buck Water and Daniel Eel as members
of SSA number 28 dash 20 14 6 Corners Commission.
Item eight, appointment of Brandy Ann Amala, mark Wild,
Tiana Chante as member
of SSA number 54 Sheridan Road Avenue Commission.
I move for passes these appointments reappointments
by the first favorable roll call the Committee on Finance
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Very well hearing no objections. So ordered.
Item nine of the report is an amendment
of municipal code two dash 45
regarding favorable tax incentives.
And this item, the committee
passed the substitute ordinance.
I move for pass of this item
by the first favorable roll call
of the Committee on Finance in the associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider hearing.
No objection. So ordered
Items 10 through 12 on the report are a series
of tax incentives voted on by the committee.
Item 10 on the report is in ordinance
to support the Class six B tax incentive
for property at 7 14 74 West Hubbard Street in First Ward.
Item 11 on the report is a direct introduction
to approve the issuance of Class C property tax incentive
for property at 25 12 West 24th place LLC in the 25th Ward.
And item 12 on the report is an ordinance
to approve the issuance of a Class seven D tax incentive
to establish rehabilitate grocery store
and beneficial easements from former Dominics at 32 50 West
87th Street in 18th Ward.
I move for pass of these items
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance and the associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item 13 on the report is an ordinance
to amend municipal code two dash six eight
by adding section two dash six eight dash 50 requiring city
data to be processed, store transmitted
and dispose of within jurisdictions of the United States
and inciting the committee passed the substitute ordinance.
I move for passes this item by the first favorable roll call
of the Committee on finance and the associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Thank you Mr. President. That concludes my report. Thank
You, Mr. Chair.
Um, now we will, uh,
return back to the Committee on Contracting
Oversight and Equity.
With that, the chair recognizes Chair MITs.
Thank you Mr. President and members of the City council.
I am reporting for the Committee on Contracts
Oversight and Equity.
We held a meeting on September the 10th, 2024
to consider the following item number one
A 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 1 2 0 7 2.
Direct introduction, the appointment
of Charlotte Roberts F Chief Procurement Officer,
sponsored by Mayor Johnson.
Mr. President, if anyone doesn't wish to speak,
I move to Concur.
Uh, make the full motion.
Motion and then I will open up for this.
I move to Concur in the recommendation of the, of the
Committee on Contracts Oversight
and Equity by the first roll call
of the Committee on Finance
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.
Fair? Well, there's a motion
and are there any individuals that wish
to speak to this appointment?
Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Um, thank you Mr.
President for, um, recognizing me
and I stand in support of this appointment.
There's a spiritual song
that says My good days outweigh my bad days.
And, and, um, this is a good day.
Um, this is a good day, uh, Mr.
Mayor, because yet you have made another
excellent appointment, um, to your, um, cabinet.
And, um, I, I cannot help
but to say when I was vice chair of Contract Oversight
and equity, um, Charla, Ms.
Shala Roberts came in
and gave us some insight on the things that we needed to do
to make sure that we had, um, equity, um, in this city
as we were trying to do that.
Um, unfortunately I didn't get named as chair.
We didn't get a chance to move on those things,
but I knew she had the knowledge as I began to look more
and, and tour and,
and find out more about her, the things
that she did at the state level, things
that she did at the University of Villa, um, no, um,
has just been so exceptional.
And I have no doubt, um, that we're going to get
to the point where we need to get to
where we are not sitting up here every budget hearing,
every, um, meeting, asking, um, um, what's our,
what our numbers looking like for, um, African Americans.
And people always know, and I say that
because I tell you, when black people win,
everybody benefits, everybody benefits.
And I'm so happy to have her, um, here to make sure
that there's equity, um, in the city of Chicago for, um,
contracts, not only on, um, um, contracting in terms of,
um, just building,
but also contracts in terms of service, some that's, um,
left behind sometimes.
So I definitely stand in support of this appointment.
I thank you, Mr.
Mayor, um, for, um, listening to your team
and making this appointment. Thank you so much.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alder Hadden.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I too rise in support of this appointment.
Um, chief, uh, it was really great to have some time to get
to meet with you, um, to get to walk
with you to your committee meeting.
And, um, I appreciate you taking on this role.
So I know from our conversation that, um,
you've got great experience.
You've got a lot of enthusiasm for, um, something
that I was excited to hear about, but workflows
and processes and making sure that this department is going
to work the way the city of Chicago needs it to work.
Um, so this is, um, enjoy this moment
and thank you for continuing your career of public service
with the city of Chicago.
Um, we will be demanding a lot, just letting you know.
Um, so for the family, we're gonna ask a lot.
And, um, so as you, as you come into service with us, um,
please know that even when we are asking a lot of questions
or demanding things
or, you know, hitting you with a lot of information,
that we've got faith in your leadership
and we look forward to working
with you in partnership. Thank you.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman O'Shea.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this appointment. Uh, good choice.
Um, Mr. Roberts, I look forward to working with you.
Your resume, uh, speaks for itself.
Um, whatever I can do to be helpful.
Uh, when I say that I, I'm speaking for many
of my colleagues here on the floor, I think we all know
how important, uh, procurement is and,
and what we've seen over the past year or so.
We have a lot to make up for, um,
procurement touches every single department in our city
that I can speak on, on my own experience with aviation.
Um, we've got a lot of making up to do.
Uh, appreciate your willingness to take on this challenge.
Um, you've got some good people around you, uh,
just make sure we do make, get enough, better people
around you, give you a hand moving forward.
But, uh, whatever I can do to be helpful, best of luck
and I'm glad your family's here with you today.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to be associated with this.
Um, and I wanna thank you
for your leadership in picking someone
who genuinely will come in, uh, bust the doors down
and work hard every day.
Um, uh, your candidate
and I have worked together in other governments,
and I know how hardworking she was when she was there.
I know she brings that same dedication commitment
to the city of Chicago
and couldn't be more thrilled to have the opportunity
to work with you again. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, first off, uh,
congratulations on your appointment
and, uh, you've got a few more minutes
to figure out if you really want to jump into this fray.
Uh, I first met, uh, Ms. Roberts at a block party.
She's actually a resident of the 28th ward and,
and is done us proud in the work
that she's done in her previous life.
I think she's been in government since she was about nine,
and she's, that's about 15 now.
But, uh, she's done great work.
And I, I know that the work that you do, uh, is difficult.
Uh, trying to hustle
and get, uh, folks in line to see a vision,
to see the value in diversity
and what we do with our dollars
and how those dollars impact communities throughout our city
is not an easy job.
But I do know that you are up to the task.
Uh, I wish you the best and if there's anything
that we can do legislatively to make your job simpler
or to push policies
that will help not only diversify the spending of our city,
but to diversify the outcomes that we have
so sorely not seen in the past few years.
So, again, we stand with you in support of you
and wish you the best in your work.
And again, whatever assistance that we need
to provide, please let us know.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.
The chair recognizes Alderman VGAs.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also stand
to be associated with this appointment.
You know, my grandma used to tell me, I'll tell you
who you are about who you hang with,
and I know that the, the support agencies, C-M-S-D-C, hasia,
IHCC, black contractors, owners
and executives, uh, all came out in support
of the appointment of Ms.
Charlotte Roberts. And that's a testament really,
to the fact that she's been someone
that's been in the industry, uh, for, for quite some time
and really has been a leader in making sure that diversity
and parody are at, at the forefront
as she conducts her work.
So I'm really looking forward to working with her
and really challenging, uh, the status quo
and making sure that we can get more minority women
and veterans to be prime contractors, uh,
not just in the construction side,
but also in the professional services side
where low bid is not part of the process,
where it's evaluated through a qualified base selection
where we can get more, again, minority women
and veterans to be primes.
And so really working,
really looking forward to working with you.
Uh, please lean on the body, um, uh,
because during budget season, um, surprisingly,
we're not talking much about the budget so much
as we're talking about the, the folks
that are getting contracts
and the people that the city of Chicago is hiring.
And so I think this is an opportunity for you
to really challenge, um, us in making sure
that we're putting forward policies
that impact residents of the city of Chicago.
So look, happy to support this appointment.
Looking forward to working with you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
And again, good afternoon members of city council.
I wish to, uh, congratulate
Ms. Roberts on your appointment.
You and I have not had the opportunity to sit down,
but I believe that we have that coming shortly.
Uh, but I echo many of the comments made here today
that your department is so crucial in expanding opportunity.
Um, throughout every corner of the city of Chicago, all
of us have WMBE licensed registered businesses
in, in the city of Chicago.
But there are many challenges even now with all
of those businesses out there
and getting them to wanna do work with the city of Chicago.
And that is truly a failure on all of us.
When we talk about the same players getting the same
contracts year after year
after year, we must be able to address those barriers
that are stopping people from wanting to do business
with the city of Chicago.
Your office gives out monthly reports of things
that are being bid out by every department,
by every sister agency,
and yet we are still struggling
to get individuals into those bids.
And those things must be addressed together.
We cannot point the finger at you while
we are silent in here.
So I, I want to offer my hand and help to the department
because there are many things that we've kind of just taken
for granted over the years.
Even the very language of the RFPs is outdated
for the 21st century.
And that is something that I think we need to address.
We need to look at expanding our
requirements 26 and six.
I still think that we could go higher.
I still think we can go better.
We have many new categories that we're including,
and oftentimes that means
that we are now fighting against each other.
Chicago is big enough where we don't need
to fight against each other, where we can expand
and we can even have a finally have a discussion on having
a, uh, a classification for the American descendants
of slaves as being a bid opportunity
for individuals here in the city of Chicago.
Those conversations are long, long overdue.
I believe also, Mr.
President, that the opportunity must also present itself,
as we've seen in other departments
where we've gotten away from the fact that we are not,
we are not following our own laws when it comes
to language access, which I believe is another hindrance
to why individuals do not participate in our bid process.
Municipal code says we must provide language in all in
multiple languages so that everyone can access them equally.
And yet we do not. That remains a challenge, not only
for the department that you'll be leading,
but for many departments.
And I again look forward to working with you on that.
But I think we have the opportunity, as many have said,
and we'll say to reimagine how we do bids to reimagine
how we do put out the work.
And I think that the one thing that I hope we never hear is
that this is how it is
and it's too much work to start doing things differently.
We cannot allow that to happen,
especially when we have departments that spend billions
by district, by zone,
and yet still leave so many people in the dark.
So I wish you all of the best, look forward to our meeting
and look forward to voting for you
today. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. The chair recognizes all the
woman Monique Scott.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I stand as well with my other colleagues, uh,
in support of this appointment.
I look forward to working with you
and the continued work that I've been doing
with Emma this year with, uh,
educating African Americans on, uh, contracts.
Uh, we know that we are at a 3% rate for African Americans
and blacks, well blacks, African Americans,
whichever one saying, uh, receiving contracts.
Um, and so we need to raise that number
and we can do that with you and not separately from you.
And so we don't wanna put the burden all on you.
We wanna continue to work with you as elders
and make sure that we get the job done so there was fair
and equitable throughout the city so
that we can see more less disparity with, uh,
blacks in these contracts, uh, because they're there
and we need to educate them on how and why and just go
after those contracts.
So I look forward to continue to, to the continued work and,
and the excellent appointment. Again, thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes all the Coleman.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I too rise in support of this excellent appointment
and to commend not only yourself,
but to our Chief Roberson, uh, for vetting such a capable,
competent, and qualified candidate.
Uh, while you live in the 28th Ward, uh, like your alderman,
you were raised on the south side.
So as a proud south sider, we are so proud.
And now I am so glad as a member of the contract
and equity committee, that now we have a partner, uh,
uh, chair Chairman, MITs.
Now we finally have a partner in the procurement officer
that will help us, uh, look into the antiquated colds
and ordinances that have prevented African Americans from
doing business with the city of Chicago.
Uh, I have, I don't recall in the last five years,
not only the black, uh, organizations,
but also Latino led organizations that have just written
so much support and that has supported you
for the last 30 years to present day.
And we are looking forward
to rolling our sleeves up, doing a lot of work.
Doing a lot of reading. But I know you eat, breathe,
and live the law.
So congratulations, Charlotte. I see your daughter.
I know you are proud of your mother,
and, um, you're gonna get on this journey along with us.
All right? God bless you. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. Uh,
before I turn it back over to the chairwoman,
are there any other alters that wish to speak
to this, uh, resolution?
The chair recognizes there are two more.
The chair recognizes Alderman Lamont Robinson.
Mr. Mayor, thank you. Uh,
and I would like to rise to echo the sentiments
of my colleagues, uh, but I think it's important, uh, Mr.
Mayor, that while we have the Roberts family here, uh,
that we go down memory lane
and on the history of who we have in front of us,
Charlotte Roberts comes from a great stock.
Uh, in 1960,
her father, Herman Roberts, knowing
that black folks in this town, some
of our greatest entertainers that could go to Paris
and London and stay at some of the greatest hotels,
could not stay in our great hotels
here in the city of Chicago.
Some of those artists and actresses, Sammy Davis Jr.
Red Fox, Della Reese,
Mr. Roberts created this hotel
because these folks could not stay in downtown hotel.
He created a space for our folks not only to be able to stay
in a comfortable space, but also to come
and entertain in their own community.
At one point, Mr. Roberts had 35 taxis,
eight hotels, a nightclub, bowling alley, skating rink.
The brother even had oil well,
but in the midst of that, he put people to work.
And that area around that hotel was safe and sound
because people were working.
And us bringing for Charlotte Roberts is a testament to
how this city needs to move forward.
We know that we have issues around public safety
in the city of Chicago, particularly in black
and brown neighborhoods.
The reason that we have that is
because folk don't have opportunities,
and Charlotte Roberts knows about that.
And so procurement is so important
because if we put folks to work
again, if we put folks to work, they don't have
to worry about gang banging,
worry about selling drugs.
Mr. Roberts did this years ago.
Now we have his daughter here
that comes out of the same stock.
And so, Charla, we're not putting all this on you.
We in this body are here to help you
transform the city of Chicago through procurement,
because again, through procurement,
we can create opportunities,
and that is what this city needs.
And so, God bless you for taking on this big assignment
to the Roberts family.
Thank you for continuing to build on the legacy
of Herman Roberts through Charla Roberts.
And so Charla, God bless you, and thank you so very much.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman Hall.
So President, uh, today is a day
that I believe we've been waiting on for a long time.
And in the $16 billion economy, we know
that you see things differently.
And I think that today the little people finally become big,
the people who never get access
to this $16.1 billion economy,
now we get an opportunity to compete.
And so we, we are grateful
that you will give people an opportunity not only
economically, but an opportunity to be a part
of this beautiful city through their work
and through their dedication and their businesses,
their contribution to our society.
So, as my colleague just mentioned,
it's in your DNA to build build.
And so we are looking forward to seeing what you build
for others as we make better the city for everyone.
So I'm excited about it.
I'm looking forward to working with
you. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. There's a motion on the floor,
and the chair will recognize chairwoman mitts again.
Thank you, Mr. President. Be before I, um, make my motion.
I too would like to echo my colleagues
and saying, welcome Charlotte.
Um, we've had conversation
and, you know, um, I've shared my vision about
the history of what have been in procurement
and where we at.
I've talked to everyone in the council,
the mayor, administration.
We have got to change the way we are doing things.
And now that we have you here, I'm excited.
Hopefully we have a meeting now, we can move forward
and we can get some things done.
You have a great team,
but the team was held hostage, so now we are free.
There's, there's nothing holding us back no more, Mr. Mayor.
So we ready to hit the ground running
and let's see what we can do by all these billions
of dollars that we have here in contracts.
And yet, peoples are not able to get jobs yet.
We can't find, uh, vendors who are able to look like us
to do business in our community.
It is sad and it's sickening, and we gotta change it.
So I'm glad you have the passion.
The stomach such as myself, I like a good fight.
I like to see stuff messed up and come up and fix it up.
And that's what we are looking to do here.
So thank you so much. Thank your family.
Thank you for the history that, uh, was given
by Derman Robinson, uh, the father and all of his legacy.
So that means I don't have to worry about you
because you are young.
You got energy and we can put, put the whip
to the fire and make it work.
So thank you so much, Charlotte. I'm looking forward to you.
I see we have your team here with us that came
to witness this moment, witness this moment of, uh,
another history being made of a black woman being ready
to handle the Chief Procurement Office for contracts,
oversight and equity.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you for allowing us, uh, John, for your, uh,
leadership in this role,
and we look forward to getting the work.
And with that, Mr.
President, I move that the city council concurring the
recommendation again of the Contracts Oversight
and Equity Committee by the same roll call
as item number one of the Committee on Finance report
and the associated Unsu motion to reconsider
Well hearing no objections.
So ordered. Congratulations. Thank
You.
You got one more Madam Chair? Do you have one more item?
Chair recognizes chair. There we are.
You're good, Madam Chair. Okay.
Uh, second final item on the agenda.
Item number
0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 3 5 2,
executive or professional service agreement
with Urban Land Institute for Advisory Consulting Service
regarding land redevelopment Project area
sponsored by Mayor Johnson.
Um, Mr.
President, I move passionate of this item
by the same motion, uh, with the exception
of Alderman Dowell voting no
Very well despite the division, uh,
and hearing no other objections.
So ordered.
Mr. President, that concludes my report. Thank
You. Thank, thank you, Madam Chair.
So now we will move down
to the Committee on Environmental Pro.
Yeah, here we go. Environmental Protection and Energy.
The chair recognizes Chair Hadden.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, reporting for your committee on Environmental Protection
and Energy, which held a committee meeting on
September 10th, 2024.
The committee has two reports
and recommends the passage of the following items.
Item one is substitute resolution 20 24 0 dash
zero zero one zero eight five five.
Uh, a call on US Congress to expand the scope of enforcement
of railroad safety standards.
I move passage of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
with, uh oh.
Uh, and it looks like, uh, we have somebody
who would like to speak on this item.
Okay. Was the motion all the way already made? Yes. Okay.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you, chairman. And again, again,
good afternoon, members of the City council.
I want to personally rise
and thank our chairwoman for having this hearing, um,
and also for discussing about having further hearings about
safety of the railroads.
Many of us, particularly, uh, in this column here,
are impacted by several railroads
that intersect all throughout the city of Chicago,
but especially in West Englewood, new City
and back of the yards in Canaryville.
We definitely want to have conversations
with our railroad partners, not only about the safety of
what they're transporting through the city of Chicago,
but what they're doing to get more investment to deal
with many of the aging structures all
throughout the city of Chicago.
Many of the crumbling walls and, and,
and rails that we see that were not covered, uh,
in previous federal action.
And I believe it's imperative that we as the center
of the United States, as the rail hub of the United States,
continue to have those conversations with the major rails
that operate in the city of Chicago, so
that we can get those investment dollars into our
neighborhoods to uplift many of the issues that we see so
that our taxpayers, our Chicago taxpayers, are not forced
to deal with this manner themselves.
So with that, I, I thank the chairwoman for her commitment
to having further discussions on this,
and as well, many of my colleagues who are very anxious
to have those conversations as well. Thank you. Very
Well. Are there any other
orders that wish to speak to that item,
but hearing no objections, seeing other hands?
So ordered.
Thank you. Item two is substitute ordinance O 2024 dash
0 8 8 6 6 amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash 31
by inserting new section two dash 31 dash 0 4 5,
establishing the Chicago Shoreline Advisory Board to develop
and update the Shoreline Management Plan.
I move passage of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance and associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So order.
Mr. President, This concludes my report.
Thank you. Chair. Chair for you have housing?
Yes. So the Committee on Housing
and Real Estate for the Committee on Housing
and Real Estate Chair recognizes chair Scho Lopez.
Thank you. Uh, thank you Mr.
President and members of the city council reporting
for your committee on housing
and real estate, which held an in-person regular meeting
and a subject matter hearing on September 11th, 2024.
The committee has a series of reports recommending passage
of 12 ordinances, including land sales,
a municipal code amendment, loan restructuring,
and an ALMAN introduction.
We start with the second item
or more summary for our first ordinance pass.
Item number two is appointment 2024 dash 0 0 11 0 21.
Appointment of Juliana Gonzalez Cruzi as Commissioner
of the Chicago Housing Authority.
Um, I move passage of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote on the Committee
on Finance and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.
Could you repeat your motion?
Um, the motion on the appointment
for the Chicago Housing Authority Board Board.
Um, so I just moved the passage of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote on the Committee
on Finance and associated
and successful motion to reconsider
Very well, the chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Um, thank you, um, Mr.
Um, president sometimes, um, this vote without Senate.
I just want to thank, um, both, um, candidates.
Um, and we were in committee
and, um, Fuentes thank you as well.
They did meet with the, um, central Advisory Council.
That was important for me that they do that.
And, um, central advisory council leadership called me
and they were in support of both of these, um, appointments.
And so therefore, since they're the elected leaders, um,
of the, um, CHA residents, I do stand with them, um,
in support of this and move to pass on this item.
Very well. Thank you. Are there any other orders
that wish to speak to this item?
Well, hearing no objections
and seeing other hands, uh, so ordered.
Thank you Mr. President and thank you Alderman Moore.
Um, next is another appointment in the Chicago
Housing Authority Board.
Item number three is appointment 2024 dash 0 0 11 0 22.
Appointment of Brian Za Malone as Commissioner
of the Chicago Housing Authority.
I'm not sure if anybody has any. No.
Otherwise I'll move passes of this item by the same motion.
Hearing. No objections. Seeing no hands. So ordered.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Item number four from the Department
of Public Health is Ordinance 2024 dash 0 0 11 0 43
license agreement for city
and agents to access property located at the South Southwest
of intersection of East Avenue O at South 120 sixth Street
to conduct, conduct environmental testing and or abatement.
Described hearing in the tent ward a move passage
of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item number three is an al manic introduction.
Ordinance 2024 dash 0 0 11 0 3 designation
of North Milwaukee Avenue from no North Windsor Avenue
to now North Kesy Avenue
as low affordability community in the 35th Ward.
A move passage of this item by the same motion
That is item number five, correct?
That is I'm the, oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Okay.
Item number five. I'm the number five, correct.
Well, hearing no objection. So ordered.
Uh, the next six items are grouped together from the,
the Department of Housing and item number six
is Ordinance 2024 dash 0 11 0 4 5.
Financial restructuring
and sale transferable ownership,
adding city vacant lots transferred
regarding AIDS Care campus parcels from previous principles
of Phoenix House Development,
Harline property holding interest in wellness center lots,
multi-purpose lots, garden View lots, Sawyer Garden Lots
and Ali's rights now
to C-H-A-S-S-A-S South Casie lots.
L-L-C-C-H-A-S-S-A Phoenix house,
L-L-C-C-H-A-S-S-A garden view, LLC, commonly known
as 1251 South Soer Sawyer Avenue, uh, from 1214
to 1230 second, uh, south Casie Avenue
and 12 40 12 42
to 1256 South Kasie Avenue in the 24th ward.
Um, item number seven is Ordinance 2024 dash
0 0 11 0 94, restructuring of June, 2016,
city Home Impr Home Investment Partnership program, uh,
mortgage to extend the 2026 maturity date
and secure the new senior loan
for senior suits Chicago South Shore Limited Partnership at
20 23 45
to 25 61 East 67th Street in the fifth ward.
Item eight is Ordinance 20 24 0 0 11 0 84, restructuring
of September, 2000 subordinate City Home Investment
Partnership program Mortgage to extend 2032 maturity date
and secured new senior loan
for senior suits Chicago Hedge witch LSC at
13 5 5 0 South Avenue.
Oh, in the 10th ward.
Item nine is Ordinance 2024 dash 0 11 0 88.
Restructuring of the January, 2002 Subordinate City Home
Improvements partnership program.
A mortgage to extend 2032 maturity date
and secure new senior loan for senior suits in Chicago,
Jefferson Park, LLC at 5,400 North Northwest Highway
in the 45th ward.
Item 10 is Ordinance 2024 dash 1191,
restructuring of November, 2003 Suburban Net City
Home EMB Partnership Program Mortgage
to extend maturity date of 2035
and secure new senior loan for senior suits Chicago,
west Humber Park LSC at 36 56 West HU
Street in the 27 20 seventh Ward.
And item 11, uh,
ordinance 2024 dash zero zero ten nine five eight.
Amendment of municipal code chapter two dash 44,
providing loan restructuring authority
to Commissioner of Housing.
I move passage of these items by the same motion hearing.
No objection. So ordered. Thank
You, uh, Mr. President.
The last two items are from the
Department of Planning and Development.
Item item 13 on the summary was held in committee Item 12,
the PA, uh, pass
as a substitute ordinance
0 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 9 7 9
negotiated as ease sale of vacant city owned property
regarding child block builder platform at 63 37 South
Carpenter Street to Gloria Allen,
2055 North Harding Avenue to Leys Edwards,
51 29 South Winchester Winchester Avenue
to Devereux Larson, 54 36 South Line Street
to Santiago Trujillo, 70 26 South Aberdeen Street
to Jeffrey Shalong.
And six, uh, 61 29 South Laffy Street
to Nanette Tucker 44 0 1 South on Road Street
to Juan Ignacio Gonzalez,
and 44 28 South Wood Street
to Juan Ignacio Gonzalez in the 15, 16th and 20
and 37 wards.
Item 14 is Ordinance 2024 dash 0 0 11 0 86,
sale of city owned properties in the 20th ward
to adjacent neighbors under Chi block, build their platform.
Uh, move passage of these items by the same motion,
Hearing, no objections, so ordered.
Finally, the Committee on Housing on Real Estate held a
subject matter hearing in collaboration with Cook County,
the Cook County Board of Review, commissioner George Gardner
and Institute of Taxation on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Uh, commissioner Cardinal's team gave a presentation on the
circuit breaker tax proposal,
and em presented an analysis on other municipalities
who have established similar circuit breaker programs.
No votes were taken on the matter. Mr.
President, this concludes my report.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
For our next committee, we have license
and consumer protection.
The chair recognizes Chair Silverstein.
Thank you President and members of City Council.
I'm reporting for the Committee on License
and Consumer Protection.
We held a meeting on September 11th, 2024
to consider three ordinances
regarding liquor moratoriums in the 46th,
47th, and 50th wards.
The committee has recommended
passage of each of these items.
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 1 0 0 5 8 5,
and others ending 1 0 3 1 3 and 1 0 9 8 1.
Mr. President, I move
that the city council concur in the recommendations
of the license committee by the same roll call
as item number one of,
of the committee on fi on finance report
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing no objection.
So ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 8 6 5 in Ordinance
to amends, section 2 4 4 dash 1 4 0 of the Municipal Code
of Chicago prohibiting peddling
in portions of the eighth ward.
I move passage of these items by the same motion.
If there's no objection,
Hearing none. So
ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 1 0 3 4 6 1 0 3 5 6,
and 1 0 8 7 0 3 ordinances
designating precincts in the 23rd ward
as restricted residential zone
prohibiting additional shared housing and vacation rentals.
I move passage of these items by the same motion.
If there's no objection,
Hearing none. So ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 1 0 3 4 8
and 1 0 3 6 1 2 ordinances designating precincts
of the 23rd Ward as restricted cannabis zones.
I move passage of this item by the same motion.
If there's no objection,
Hearing none. So ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 0 7 7 5 4
a substitute ordinance to amend titles two
and four regarding lithium ion battery safety standards
for micro mobility devices.
I move passage of this item by the same motion.
If there's no objection,
Hearing none so ordered.
Mr. President, this concludes my report. Thank
You, Madam Chair for Pedestrian Traffic Safety.
The chair recognizes Chair LaSpada.
Thank you Mr. President reporting
for your committee on pedestrian traffic safety for
what the meeting was held on Thursday, September 5th, 2024.
Before the committee, there were 400 routine traffic
items, all of which passed.
If there are no objections, I move passage of these items
by the first most favorable roll call vote from the
Committee on Finance and the associated
unsuccessful motion to be considered
The vote hearing no objections. So ordered.
That concludes my report.
Thank you. Thank you Mr. Chair for police and fire.
The chair recognizes Chair Talia Farro,
Mr. President and
members of City Council reporting
for your Committee on Police
and Fire, for which a meeting was held September 17th, 2024.
There was one item before the committee
for which the committee recommended a due pass.
Um, item number one A 2024 dash 9 2 5 4.
The appointment of on Hail Ruby Navar is Commissioner
of the Community Commission
for Public Safety and Accountability.
If there are no objections, I'll move the passage
of this item by the first most favorable roll call,
Relax. Let 'em finish
The first most favorable roll call vote in the Committee
on Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion
to reconsider with the exception that pursuant
to rule 14 out of an an abundance of care,
all the women may not hop in wishes to recuse herself
from the vote as the appointee is an is an
employee in her office.
Chair recognizes wo Nugent.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I I just wanted to make sure
that we had a roll call on
That Very well.
So a roll call vote has been requested
for this particular item.
Thank you, Madam Clerk.
So Alders, please use your EVO application
to record your vote at this time,
Please log into your evo.
If you need support, please raise your hand.
The voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Please use your Eev device
and raise your hand if you need support.
The voting is open.
I will now call any of those
who have not used their Eev device for the vote.
Alderman Mitchell not present.
Alderwoman Harris not present.
Alderwoman Taylor Alderman Burnett Alder person.
Burnett. All right. Not present.
Alder and Alder person. Mana Haworth is a recusal.
The voting is now closed.
3 1 14.
Thank you very much. Um,
there are 31 yays 14 nays.
This motion passes Alderman Hall
on the motion to reconsider.
Thank you. Just make the motion to reconsider. Yes, sir.
All right. So there's, there's a motion made
by Alderman Hall, the reconsideration of this vote.
All those in favor of the reconsideration
of this vote signified by saying Aye.
All those opposed say no. This motion fails. Thank you.
Chair recognizes Chair Talia Farrow. Mr.
President, that concludes my report.
Very well, thank you very much.
Um, our, our next committee is on special events
and cultural affairs
and recreation that's chaired by Nick Podo.
The chair recognizes Chair Podo. Thank
You Mr. President. Also
known as the Happy Committee, uh, reporting
for your committee on special events,
cultural Affairs and Recreation.
Uh, um, which held a meeting on September 4th, 2024.
The committee recommends patches of the following items,
A 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 1 1 0 2 0 appointment
of Marlon e Everett as Commissioner.
My may change that. Dr.
Marlon e Everett as Commissioner
of the Chicago Park District.
Is he here? No, is not here.
Okay. Did you make the motion?
I thought he was here. I'm sorry. He is. He is here.
Yeah. I don't believe he's here. It's okay.
I'm sorry. Then I thought he was here.
So I move patches to the site on
by the first favorable roll call, a vote
of the Committee on Finance
and an associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider hearing.
No objection. So ordered
SO 2 0 24 dash
0 1 15 8 amendment
of municipal code chapter 16 dash 18
by modifying section one 16 dash 18 dash
0 4 0 To adjust open space impact fee costs
and schedules, I move passes of this item
by the first favorable roll call
and vote of the Committee on Finance
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Fairwell hearing No objections.
So ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 1 0 9 6 1.
Expenditure of open space impact fees, funds
for improvements at Gray Elementary School Play area 3 7 3 0
North LA Laramie.
And move passes to this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Oh 2 2 4 dash 1 9 6 2.
Expenditure of open space impact fee funds for cost related
to development of Larrabee Gateway Plaza Plaza.
I move passes of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
And lastly, oh 2 2 4
dash 9 63.
Expenditure of open space impact fee funds
for improvements at Stone Elementary School Nature Play Area
6 2 3 9 North Levitt.
I move passes of this item by the first favorable roll call
vote on the Committee of Finance.
And associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider hearing.
No objection. So ordered.
Thank you Mr. President. This concludes my report.
Thank you Chairman. Our final two committees,
transportation and public way chair
recognizes Chairman Mitchell,
Mr. President and
members of the city council reporting
for your committee on transportation in Public Way,
which held a meeting on September 4th, 2024.
The following items passed
by the majority of the members present.
Page two includes Item ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 1 9 6.
A mayoral ordinance introduced by the mayor's office.
Lo by the mayor's are located in the 45th Ward.
Page fi, page three, I'm sorry, includes an amendment
of municipal code 10 dash 20 dash 55 items.
Substitute ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 9 1 3
introduced by the local alderman from the 36 ward.
Pages four through seven includes 29 ordinances
for miscellaneous items introduced
by the local alderman from wards
1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43,
and 47 pages eight.
Page eight includes item ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 8.
A transportation item introduced
by the local alderman from the 42nd ward.
Page nine includes the following items.
Ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 6 0 4.
A reef subdivision ordinance
for a property located in the 25th ward.
Item ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 7.
A re subdivision ordinance
for a property located in the 30th ward.
Item ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 9 8 5.
A re subdivision ordinance
for a property located in the 42nd ward.
And item ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 7 6 9.
A subdivision ordinance
for a property located in the 50th ward.
Page 10 includes item substitute ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 2 8 2,
A vacation ordinance
for a property located in the 34th ward.
If there is no objection, I move passage of these items
by the first most favorable roll call vote
for the Committee on Finance and the unsuccessful
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Very well hearing none so ordered.
Mr. President concludes my report. Thank
You Mr. Chair. Our final
chair, final committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards chair recognizes Vice Chair Lawson.
Thank you Mr. President members
of the city council presenting a series of reports
for the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, which held the meeting on
July 16th, 2024.
The following item was passed
by a majority of members present.
Page one, CONT contains map amendment number 2 2 4 8 9 dash
T one with the address commonly known as 2333
through 58 North Sealy Avenue in the 32nd Ward.
And with passage of this item
by the last most favorable roll call vote
of the finance committee report
and the unsuccessful motion to reconsider hearing
None, no objections. So ordered
Mr. President, that includes
my first report, um,
presenting a series report
for your committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, which held the meeting on
September 17th, 2024.
These reports are grouped for convenience.
The following items were passed by majority members Present.
Page one contains document number oh 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1,
a text amendment of the municipal code titles five
and 17 by adding new chapter entitled five dash 11
Tenant Opportunity
to purchase Block 6 0 6 district pilot program
and by modifying section seven dash seven dash oh five 90,
redefining boundaries of 6 0 6 District.
Um, I'm not sure if some of my colleagues wanna speak on
that and then I'll make a motion.
You can make the motion though.
There is one that I no has.
After a comment, I move passage
by the last most favorable roll call mo vote
of the finance committee and on an associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
Yeah, first off, we'd just like to, um, uh,
recognize Vice Chair Lawson
and his service as serving
as his acting chair, which will come to,
Uh, come to mad.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you.
And Nelson, I certainly don't mean to put this next.
I think we should recognize the, uh, presence
of Reverend Jackson here as well.
Always great to have you
With us. So,
You know, we have a, a housing shortage in this city.
I don't need to tell that to any of you.
Uh, and to alleviate that, we need to cut red tape
and we need to incentivize development here.
Um, and this ordinance does the opposite on,
on both counts in several places.
Even just looking at the right of first refusal in section,
uh, five 11, uh, oh six oh, it would add
90 days to a closing for, for a, um,
a building with four or less units.
And it would add a 210 days
or more for a building of, of five or more units.
Now, buyers or investors
or developers are gonna be less likely to want to, to deal
with that in this area, which will restrict investment and,
and the building of new housing.
Now this isn't my, this isn't in my ward.
I, I acknowledge that it probably indirectly helps my
ward if anything.
But if we as a city want to be cutting red tape
and encouraging investment in our neighborhoods,
we should not be constricting the supply of housing.
And I believe this will have the opposite effect of
what we're trying to do in terms of affordability
of housing now.
Um, and I hope that we can all recognize
that we can't talk about
disinvestment in our neighborhoods if we are literally
disincentivizing investment in our neighborhoods.
So I have, I have no motion at this time,
but I can't, I can't help
but speak up on what I think is,
is terrible economic policy.
Uh, I see this is listed as a pilot program.
I think that's more for the geography for, with regard
to the section I talked about for the geography as opposed
to the time.
But I hope as time goes on, if, if, if, um, some of
what I said turns out to be true,
I hope we'll reconsider it.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. President and Mr.
Chair recognizes Alder LaSpada.
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
Uh, we come at this ordinance, those of us
who are co-sponsors from the lived experience
of the previous pilot because maintaining
and developing housing stock is incredibly important.
It's important to our communities.
It's important for affordability.
So imagine living in a neighborhood
where you walked down the street and saw two
and three flats being demolished on a daily basis,
seeing them completely gutted out
for 4,000 square foot family homes.
I do not take that away from any single individual
of my neighbors, but in the aggregate,
the impact was a dramatic loss of housing
in our communities, which we continue to see.
The powerful thing about this work is that it actually does
encourage more housing.
It preserves housing
and it also influences the quality
of new zoning cases that we're seeing.
When people know, for instance,
that demolition is off the table
or discouraged, they find ways to add
to those buildings, add to the stock.
We've seen this in myriad zoning cases in the first ward
alone over the past five years,
which is why I feel not only comfortable
but enthusiastic about
what we're putting forward in this pilot.
But talk about cutting red tape. Let's talk about that.
One of the hardest red tapes in the city of Chicago is
to build more than just a single family home.
In this pilot area, you will now be able
to build a two flat BuyRight on any rs dis
RS dash three zoned lot.
We are opening up incredible development potential
across this entire geography in ways
that I think are actually gonna be received enthusiastically
by the development community.
And that may be why in this ordinance,
we've threaded the needle with endorsing organizations
who are both pro preservation and pro-development.
To have Logan Square preservation
and urban environmentalists both endorsing the same
ordinance tells me
that we are doing something very special here.
And it's why I'm very encour encouraged
and excited to see
how this work plays out on the northwest
side. Thank you, sir.
You're welcome. The chair recognizes a Ramirez. Rosa,
Uh, thank you so much, Mr.
Chair. You know, I wasn't, uh, planning to stand up
and speak on this item today.
Um, because like so much of the business
that the zoning committee takes up, we defer to one another.
Uh, we work with one another to figure out
what are the best land use
and zoning policies
that we believe should be implemented in the best
interests of our neighborhoods.
And in this instance, uh, a group
of aldermen representing portions
of the northwest side in Logan Square,
Avondale Mosa Westtown
and Humbold Park came together with our community
to craft this policy.
Because we've been doing the research,
we've been doing our homework,
and we know that action must be taken
to preserve the housing affordability in our communities,
to preserve the character of our communities
and to preserve the diversity of our neighborhoods.
Last term, we came together with Alderman Roberto Mardo
Alderman, uh, uh, Daniel LaSpada
and others to pass the, uh, 6 0 6, uh,
demolition surcharge and preponderance of block ordinances.
And what these, uh, ordinances did is they worked
to protect the naturally occurring affordable housing.
So that's housing that isn't receiving government subsidy,
that's housing that, uh, isn't rent restricted by law.
Um, but it's housing that's naturally affordable
to the families that call our neighborhoods home.
That's the vast majority of housing affordability
that exists in the city of Chicago.
And if you look at working class
and middle class families,
where we live is in the two flats, three flats
and four flats in our neighborhoods.
It's true of Garfield Park, it's true of Logan Square,
Avondale, Humboldt Park, Mosa, and of course Logan Square.
And so when the 6 0 6 Trail was built, which is a beautiful,
wonderful amenity, what we saw was
that people were purchasing these two flats, three flats
and four flats, and they were tearing them down,
or they were turning them into luxury single family homes.
And we lost that density that is so
critical for affordability.
We lost that density that provides the students
that our schools need,
that provides the customers that our businesses need.
And our communities began to suffer as a result.
So we worked with the Department of Housing.
We worked collectively with all of you
who served last term alongside us,
and we passed the ordinance around the 6 0 6 trail.
And then we collected data for years.
And the memo that was issued by the Department
of Housing found that these policies are working,
that they're helping to preserve
that density in our communities, that they're helping
to preserve that middle housing.
What's middle housing? Middle housing is the vast majority
of housing that families in our city live in.
Of course, there's single family homes,
of course there's skyscrapers in the 34th ward
and in the 42nd ward and, uh, in the South Loop.
But in the neighborhoods, the vast majority
of people live in middle housing.
It's your multi-unit, condo building.
It's your courtyard building.
It's your two flat, three flat and four flat.
So we wanna promote that middle housing.
And so that's why this ordinance, in addition
to preserving the middle housing
that our communities already have, it also makes it easier
to build that middle housing through legalizing two flats
by right in the, uh, neighborhoods
that are covered by this ordinance.
So this ordinance has the support of a powerful coalition,
a broad coalition, a diverse coalition, elevated Chicago,
which worked on the connected communities ordinance,
which we as a body supported, endorses this ordinance.
Urban Environmentalists, which has come to so many meetings
to advocate for more liberal zoning policies to allow people
to build more dense housing in neighborhoods,
supports this ordinance.
Balen Logan Square Neighborhood
Association supports this ordinance.
The Chamber of Commerce supports this ordinance.
We actually sat down
and spoke with realtors
who have real experience selling properties in our community
to talk about what this would do to the market.
And they support it. They got on board,
landlords in our community got on board with this ordinance.
So we've done the work to make sure that we craft a policy
that's in the best interest of our neighborhoods.
Um, and I certainly hope
that we can count on your support the same way
that we would count on your support, on the same way
that you could count on our support
to implement your preferred zoning
and land use policies for your awards.
Thank you so much.
Chair recognizes der Fuentes.
Thank you, Mr. President.
As others, we are elected to represent the needs
of our constituents.
I represent Humboldt Park, Logan Square,
and Moosa and Belmont.
Craig, you wanna know the number one concern
that I get every day in my office?
I can't afford to live here anymore.
I just got my tax assessment. I'm done.
I have to sell because I've been priced out.
When you deconvert three flats, two flats
or four flats across our wards,
and you turn them into many mansions
and you sell them for two to $3 million a piece, it
displaces families
that have lived in those communities for decades.
I grew up in a three flat graystone on Kedzie in
between Beach and Hirsch.
That same building today across the street from one
of the largest parts in our city, is being sold
for $3 million.
Every family on that block is going
to be displaced if we don't begin to regulate
what happens in our community areas.
This legislation is not a citywide ordinance.
It is local hyper-focused on the war represented
by the all the people that signed on
and sponsored this ordinance.
We're asking this body to trust the people that were elected
to represent those wards, to do what's best
for the people that put them in office.
And I need to go back to the 26th Ward
and let residents know that I fought for them,
that when they couldn't pay rent, I looked at data
and policy to resolve the problem.
And that this is just one tool in a large box to resolve
what many Chicagoans are facing in our city,
being priced out out of the city that they love so much.
People don't deserve to open a tax bill
and wonder if they're gonna be able to pay it.
People shouldn't look at a renewed lease and see a $600 hike
because that landlord has
to bear responsibility for that tax hike.
We have to be able to pass smart strategic
and data sound policy.
That's exactly what the Northwest Side
Preservation Ordinance is.
This is about putting families first,
about preserving naturally affordable housing.
And it has support of over 50 organizations
that have been doing the work in our community for decades.
And so I wanna make sure that folks understand
this was a process.
We spoke to attorneys, we spoke to organizations, we spoke
to banks that hand out loans to purchase.
This is the most sound thing that we can do locally
for the families that have been displaced
and for the families that are on the verge of displacement.
And so respectfully, I asked Alderman Conway
to support an ordinance that we are doing
because we know what's best for our residents in our wards.
Thank you, Mr. President
Chair recognizes Alder Sik Lopez.
Thank you, uh, chairman.
And I was also prepared or wasn't planning to speak,
but I do think it's important to, uh, to recognize
and I'm glad, um, Reverend Jackson is here.
I'm very glad to see, um, civil rights leaders to continue
to fight for housing justice.
Um, ironically, I was, uh, I was prepared
to celebrate the naming of 2 0 1 a as
Mayor Washington's, uh, room
and thank you Alderman Talia Faroh.
'cause I do think it's important to know the history here.
Um, when we come to protecting our communities, I do think
that is important to recognize the diversity
and the differences that we have
and recognizing the beauty that that is.
I had the opportunity to represent the West Loop South
Loop Chinatown.
As much as I now have the honor
to represent communities like Pilsen and Little Village.
We do have differences.
And I think that when,
when we talk about the differences in our community,
we also recognize as Alderman Queen had mentioned,
the importance of the small homeowners.
Uh, the importance of making sure that we know
that we have three flats and two flats,
and many people who live in single family homes.
Not everybody leaves on condos and luxury units.
I understand that there's some areas where alderman want
to incentivize development,
and you do have every right
to incentivize development, if you may.
There is a due process now when it comes to
lecturing other older persons in their community.
I do take an issue when we are commenting late on matters
that have been been worked for years.
Uh, the, the, the demolition fees, for instance, that we had
to implement in Pilsen were recognized by the Department
of Planning as a significant issue that we have to deal with
because we have hedge fund managers that continue
and big developers that continue to buy blocks,
entire blocks or single family homes.
That's why we need protections.
And that's why we have collaborated with many aldermen so
that we can protect
and have proper protocols
to help those small homeowners in need.
I tell you, if anything about the housing shortage
that we say have been caused by these are speculators
that continue to speculate on land.
Just yesterday in zoning, I had the unfortunate,
uh, that I was the unfortunate recipient of some people
who wanted to tell our community what's best for us.
We the further item so that we have more time.
But this intrusion on IC matters that have been discussing
for for years had to do a lot more with those
who are causing the housing shortages.
Hedge fund managers that have empty buildings,
80,000 units vacant across the city
and no other, the hedge fund managers, some
actually having the audacity to speak on the council have
represented and continue to represent.
So when we talk about the housing shortages that we have,
we have 80,000 units that are vacant.
How immoral that is when we have 69,000 people un house.
That is a problem. Also, we said
that is small homeowners in our community
who we have protected by helping address the issue
of demolition fees are going to benefit by these policies
anti the conversion ordinances
that are welcoming our community
and many other neighborhoods.
What I will say it is important
to help those small homeowners that are being burdened
by property taxes that are paid by the small homeowner.
While big developers, including hedge funds like Blackstone,
have received juicy decreases in property taxes.
A company that received 18 million
that makes $18 million a year in profit
had a decrease on 80% in the property taxes while
we are paying those taxes.
So I'll take an issue,
I'll take an issue when we talk about the housing,
the houses injustices,
when we talk about hedge fund managers, developers trying
to go down do own bid.
So when we talk about collaboration,
let's make sure it's clear.
We had a subject matter hearing to discuss property,
property taxes and the issues with the small homeowners.
We have talked about how we can protect the loss of density.
We have talked about how we can develop
with the proper protocols
and with the communities always at hand.
I do not have any intention of hearing hedge fund managers
or developers crying
that they're not making that much money.
I am here to represent the small homeowners,
the people in the city of Chicago
that can make barely make ends meet.
So I take issue and I urge your colleagues to work
with our committee so that we develop solutions that go
beyond incentivizing and incentivizing,
but actually representing the best interest of the public,
the city of Chicago, the smoke home owners
and tenants that are barely making ends meet.
So thank you so much
and I hope that my colleagues welcome
a collaborative effort in zoning that was passed for many,
many years to come so
that we can protect communities like mine, Pilsen,
that have been victim of all sorts
of atrocities, including corruption. Thank you very much.
The chair recognizes, the chair recognizes alderman sdo.
Sorry, Mr. President.
I'm trying to recover from,
I almost got knocked out from hypocrisy in this room.
So, so let me, let me bring you all back down memory lane.
I know a lot of you weren't here.
Okay, first of all, I do support whatever you guys wanna do.
It's your, your board, your business.
You guys do what you want.
But the hypocrisy here is just out of control.
I'm bringing it back down memory lane.
I know many of you weren't here, so it doesn't apply to you,
but many of you were here and that's December 15th, 2021
after, I don't know, Anthony, two
or three years of fighting against development in his ward
where he had 8,500 apartments all reasonably priced.
Then range was maybe 15 to $1,700 a development
that some rich developers wanna put in there.
A 300 unit development with $3,000 rent for apartments for.
So-called airport workers
that are gonna spend $3,000 a month for rent.
Three years ago when the places loaded with apartments,
8,500 of them, 8% vacancy over there.
But yet, but yet, 33 members of this council found,
found it in themselves not
to honor all the manic prerogative
that ramped something down his throat that he didn't want.
Your, some of your hypocrisy in this room is unbelievable,
should be ashamed of yourselves.
Once again, I support what you guys wanna do in your
community, but your hip accuracy,
the hop hypocrisy in here about housing is out of control.
And I just had to bring you all back down that memory lane.
And I just wanted to say one thing
about those poor families.
Yeah, okay, maybe people can't live there,
but how about Mary and John Smith that bought there
and went through all the hard times and everything
and now that $50,000 billing they bought
is now worth $2 million.
What? They just get screwed. Is that the way it works?
Hey, your community, you do what you want,
but remember what you did on December 15th, 2021.
All you that were here, we could look it up
and tell you who you were, but I'm sure you know
who you were that voted against him.
And just so you know, that plate,
that building was one mile away from my ward and my house.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank
You. The chair
recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Man, I thought it was two o'clock already.
Good afternoon, Mr. President. Good afternoon.
And members of the city council,
there's a very sanctimonious double standard
on display here right now.
And I will be the first to say that I do support
what my colleagues wanna do in their ward.
But if you were to change the wording, I swear our arguments
for gunshot technology, were used for this.
We know what's best for our residents.
We are people working for housing with
and knowing what the local aldermans want
this intrusion on aldermanic matters
on things discussed for years.
We have talked with the experts in the community and,
and with experts and with our community.
We need to do what's in the best
interest of the city of Chicago.
We need to protect our communities like mine.
I thought this was the two o'clock meeting for a minute
Because it's incredible, incredible
that everybody who wants their aldermanic right,
protected, understood, and
and accepted has the audacity to tell the 34 of us
that what we want in our wards doesn't matter
because the minority knows better than we do.
How is that possible
that we could have such a raging double standard in this
room on full display in the same meeting
do for me, but not for thee?
That's what we're talking about here today.
How can anybody look any of us in the eye
and say, that is not what we're doing today.
You somehow know better than what we, the 34
and indeed 36 Mr.
President, that support a continuation
of something in our communities
that the 16 no better than we do.
But yet that same 16, several of them
want their communities respected their choice,
respected their decision making process respected,
their lived experience, respected,
but to hell with all of you.
That is not how this works. Ladies and gentlemen.
We have seen, as my colleague said previously,
where an alderman's prerogative was ignored
for the greater good of housing.
We've had this discussion
and even though we'd saw how it turned out,
that alderman has still always respected
other people's prerogative.
But this conversation about doing what's in the best
interest of the city of Chicago using arguments
that you would gladly ignore from other people, save it
because that does not work for the common sense members
of this body who hear
and see exactly what you're doing,
the duplicitousness nature of what you're saying.
And as my colleague said, the hypocrisy of it all,
I hope everyone that just said that they think
that you should listen to what the local alderman says.
Votes in favor. In the next few items of what the rest
of us want for our wards, I hope that everybody
who just said we are the local subject at matter experts
stands up for the local subject matter experts when it comes
to the gunshot technology in our wards for the lies
that are being lost and saved.
I hope that you remember your words in the next hour
because you'll have to explain to everyone,
watching everyone listening
and everyone seeing how you could talk outta
both ends simultaneously.
Because I would love to see that explanation.
I do support what you're gonna do
and I challenge you to remember that fact
and do the same when we have our turn next.
Thank you Mr. President.
The chair recognizes Alderman Quinn.
Thank you Mr. Mayor. Um, uh,
to the northwest side.
Uh, northwest side Alderman.
I I I respect what you're doing.
I do and I'm gonna support it.
Um, I also trust that you'll support my endeavor
of keeping ADUs out of the 13th Ward.
I think that's fair. Um,
neighborhood integrity is a big deal and I hear that loud
and clear and it's been said by, by all the alders here.
Um, but in the 13th ward, I've, for the last seven years,
I've, I've worked with my residents to keep Airbnbs out.
I'm the only ward in this entire city,
doesn't have Airbnbs by precinct.
Over 10,000 residents have signed that petition.
So I hope that in, in the future, I'm,
my residents aren't gonna get ADUs jammed down our throat.
So I trust that this conversation will move forward.
Like I'm gonna move forward
with you all today. Thank you Mr. Mayor.
Are there any other alders that wish you?
Welcome the chair recognizes Alderman Napolitano.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I'll try to make this quick
'cause my blood is just boiling
and um, I hope you guys can respect it.
But, um, December 15th, 2021.
I sat back there when we were all separated from each other
and I told you that this day was gonna come.
That was my exact lying to you is it's me today,
but it's going to be you tomorrow.
And a lot of you, I lied
through your teeth to the paper,
to city council and to the city of
what was happening on the northwest side.
You lied because you wanted to push something through.
You dropped 279 apartment.
Excuse they so that you can
direct your comments to me, sir. Yes
Sir. I'm sorry. I'm
sorry. Mr. President, you had pointed out
279 apartments that you wanted
to build in the 41st Ward feet, not miles,
feet away from 8,500 apartments that already existed,
that weren't all rented out.
And to correct my colleague, they were being rented out
for 85, I'm sorry, 850
to $1,100 for these apartments.
Apartments owned by residents of my ward that lived there,
that invested in that neighborhood.
And you came in here or we came in here.
I can't say you because you weren't here, Mr.
President, but this body came in here
and jammed it down my throat
and said, Nope, we don't care about the northwest side.
We don't care what you want as an alderman,
this is what we're going to do.
And I said, today is me.
Tomorrow is going going to be you.
And that's exactly what happened.
And since that day, I've supported all of you when it came
to this exact issue that you had in your wards.
So much so that we pointed it out that, hey, you got me,
but I'm gonna support you
and I'll support you again today with it
because that's the way it's supposed to be.
Because I'm supposed to advocate
for my neighborhood the best way that I know how.
Like I know that that's what you are doing.
So sometimes you gotta look past certain lines.
Sometimes you gotta look at where the better good is
for our whole city and for our awards.
And don't follow an agenda all the time
and follow what your colleagues are all down here
to do the same exact thing for their neighborhoods.
Mr. President, I'm sorry I didn't address it to you,
but you weren't here so I can't put that on you. No,
It's okay. But that's
de decorum.
It's just directed at me. You're good. You're fine.
To be honest and finish, I'm not mad at you guys for this.
God bless you. Did something like this.
I'm mad at what happened then.
Let's not let it happen again.
Give us the strength to protect our neighborhoods,
however we feel best and have the conversation.
Thank you for the opportunity to
speak on this, Mr. President. You
Are welcome. The chair
recognizes Alderman Bill.
Thank you Mr. Chairman. Mr.
Chairman, I was not going to speak up
on this particular item,
but like my colleagues, as I'm sitting there listening
to the argument, like Alderman Lopez says,
it's the same exact argument
that we're having on the other side.
I reached out to some of my colleagues this morning
and I said, we don't always agree.
I don't agree with what you want to do in your ward.
You may not agree what I want to do in my ward,
but in this body sometimes you just have to give and take
and work with aldermen who know best in their wards.
That's what makes this body great
because we can agree to disagree for the betterment
of our wards and the city of Chicago, so to say.
We not gonna give y'all what y'all want to save lives,
but you want us to give you what you want
to keep your property values down.
Now I'm with you. I got y'all.
You got my vote. 'cause that's
what you wanna do in your ward.
But help me save lives and mine.
Help me save people who need help
immediately, because 80%
of the people in this city are not calling 9 1 1.
That's what this thing is all about.
So if you all wanna be great,
you wanna make the city a wonderful place,
swallow your pride
and vote to do the right thing for what we want in our ward.
Just like you all want us
to vote what you want in your ward.
So I'm here today to let you know you got my support.
Give me yours. Thank you, Mr. President.
Are there any other Als that wish to speak to this item?
Hearing, seeing no other hands?
The chair, the chair recognizes Vice Chair Lawson.
Uh, thank, thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I just in closing on this, uh,
I raised some concerns on this ordinance as well.
Uh, not from an aldermanic, uh, prerogative standpoint,
but from a, a pro-growth, uh, standpoint.
'cause I'm concerned that, uh, the preservation means
that it's far more attractive
to develop somewhere else than the northwest side.
Um, I, I don't know that I got all the data
that I was looking for and I,
I didn't really mention it yesterday,
but I'd like to revise my motion to have a roll call vote.
Thank you.
Okay, so there is a motion on the floor for a roll call.
Vote for this item. Adam.
Clerk, please use your EVO
application to record your vote.
Voting is now open. The voting is open.
Please mark your vote on your device.
If you are having difficulty, please raise your hand.
Okay, I will now call on those
who have not yet cast their vote.
Alderwoman Lee. Alderwoman Lee is a yes.
Alderwoman Taylor.
Alderman Mosley.
Alderman Burnett. Alderman Fdo.
Alderman Spto is a yes. Alderman Napolitano.
Alderman Napolitano is a yes. Yes.
Everyone in chambers has voted
and the voting is now closed.
There are 44 yays, 13 Nays three, three, sorry.
44 yays, three nays.
This motion passes Alderman Mitchell
on a motion to reconsider.
There's a motion to reconsider this vote.
All those in favor signify by saying Aye.
All those opposed say no, no. This motion fails.
Chair recognizes Vice Chair Lawson.
Page one. Also contains document number oh 2024 dash
0 0 1 0 9 0 4.
Historical landmark designation
for the Mova Theater Building at 35 0 8
through 35 18 South Halstead Street.
I move passage of this item by the same motion.
If there is no objection, hearing
None so ordered Page one also contains three fee
waivers of historical landmarks in the 34th,
fourth and third wards.
I move passage of this item
by the same motion. If there's no objection,
Hearing none so ordered. Moving
To pages one through 15,
contain various map amendments in the first, second, third,
fourth, sixth, ninth, 11th, 12th, 14th, 19th, 20th,
22nd, 26th, 25th,
27th, 28th, 30, 33rd, 34th, 37th,
38, 30 ninth 40th, 44th, 45th, 46th, 48th,
and 49th wards.
And will passage of those items by the same motion.
If there is no objection, hearing
None so ordered.
Lastly, page 15 contains various large signs over
100 square feet in area.
24 feet above grade in the third, 12th, 22nd, 23rd,
25th, 27th, 32nd, 35th, 41st, 42nd,
47th, and 48th ward wards.
I will passage of these items by the same motion.
If there is no objection,
Hearing none so ordered. Thank
You Mr. President. That
concludes my report.
Thank you Mr. Vice Chair. And again, Mr. Vice Chair.
Um, thank you for doing an exceptional job over the course
of these last several months.
Thank you. Maintaining and keeping order.
And before we move on to the agreed upon calendar,
I would like to give of our very special guests a very
proper recognition, um, today, uh,
joining us in the chamber, uh, a month ahead
of his next birthday coming up in October,
which we're all gonna celebrate
and shut down the entire city of Chicago on your behalf.
Um, thank you for taking time to come and visit us today,
but I also would like to recognize, um,
your incredible contribution, um, to history.
You know, this convention, there was a lot
to be said about those who worked hard to ensure
that this convention would be safe and vibrant.
But what has not been lost is that we know that
that convention was yours
and that those who benefit from the historic moment
that occurred just a few weeks ago,
that there would be no Vice President Kamala Harris.
There would be no President Barack Obama.
There would be no Mayor Harold Washington.
There would be no mayor Brandon Johnson.
There would be no justice the way we are experiencing it in
this city, in this country, in this globe, without the
Reverend Jesse Jackson Senior appears to you, sir.
Thank you very much. And I see we have another member
of the Black Caucus who has arrived today.
Alderwoman Shirley Coleman is here
and you all give her a round of applause
for the agreed upon calendar.
The chair recognizes, uh, Alderwoman Harris.
Thank you Mr. President.
I received from the city clerk, Anna
and Valencia, a total of 135 items proposed
with the agreed upon calendar consisting of, uh,
congratulatory, commemorative and tribulation resolutions.
Uh, and from the following, Alder persons order, person,
Hopkins order, person, hall order person, Harris,
all the person Lee, all the person.
Quinn, all the person. Lopez, all the person.
Coleman, all the person. O'Shea, all the person.
Rodriguez, all the person. Tobias Al the person.
Fuentes all the person. Waba all the person.
Conway, all the person.
Ramirez, Rosa, all the persons pdo, all the person Nugent,
all the person Riley, all the person Lawson Alder person,
Gardner and Alder person Manna Howorth.
And I move these into Omnibus
Hearing no objections sole ordered for new business.
The clerk will call the wards beginning with the first ward
Zoning, reclassification zoning amendments which are
referred to the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, traffic regulations,
traffic control signals and traffic signs,
which are referred to the Committee on Pedestrian
and Traffic Safety and Exemption from physical barrier
requirements for commercial driveway alley access
for parking facilities which are referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Almond Laa has proposed orders for the issuance of permits
for signed sign boards, which are referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Almond Laa also has proposed orders for a transfer
of funds within the Committee on Pedestrian
and Traffic Safety for the year 2024, which is referred
to the committee on the Budget and Government Operations.
Um, Batta also has the proposed
ordinance for amendment of Ms.
BA code chapter two dash 45
by adding a new section two dash 45 dash one 50 establishing
online database to track MBE
and WBE Utilization compliance, which is referred
to the Committee on Contracting Oversight.
Amman Hopkins has proposed Almond Hopkins has opposed
ordinance for designation of 1565 North Clyburn Avenue
as a low affordability community, which is referred
to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
Mondal has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section nine dash 48 dash 45,
restricting operation of petty cabs, an area bounded
by West Roosevelt Road, south Indiana Avenue,
east 21st Street and South Columbus Boulevard
or South, excuse me, south Columbus Drive, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
Almond Dowell also has proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at 3 39 East 47th Street,
which is referred to the Committee on
zoning landmarks and building standards.
Almond Robinson has proposed orders for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards, which are referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Alman Harris has proposed ordinance
for honorary street designation as Joyce Chapman Way,
which is referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Public Way, while the person Chico has proposed
ordinance for amendment of municipal code section four dash
60 dash 0 23
to disallow additional package goods licenses on portions
of South Ewing Avenue, which is referred
to Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Lee has proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at three 30 West 26th
Street, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Ramirez has proposed ordinance for amendment
of MS code section four dash 60 dash 23
to allow additional package
'cause licenses on portion of South Archer Avenue,
which is referred to the Committee on License
and Consumer Protection.
All the person, Quinn and others have proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code chapter 14 B dash 15
by adding a new section 14 b dash 15 dash 1516
regarding low slope roof edges
and chapter 14 R dash three
by adding new section 14 R dash three dash 3 0 6
regarding roof replacements
and skylights, which is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Lopez has a proposed ordinance
for parking meters for installation of parking for removal
of parking meters on South Mozart Avenue
and West 55th Street, an installation
of parking meters on South California Avenue
and West 55th Street, which is referred
to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.
All the personal Lopez and others have proposed ordinance
for an amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance
for the year 2024, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and government Operations.
All the personal Lopez
and others have also have a proposed resolution expressing
support for the victims of slavery, which is referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Relations.
All the person Coleman has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code sections four dash 60 dash
0 22 and four dash 60 dash 0 23
to disallow additional alcoholic liquor
and package licenses on portion of South Halston Street,
which is referred to the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Coleman also has proposed ordinance
for honorary street designation as Annie Mae Patterson Lane,
which is referred to the Committee Committee on
transportation and Public Way.
All the person Mosley has proposed ordinance for a transfer
of funds within the 21st ward wage allowance,
all the thematic expense account for the year 2024,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations Alder person Rodriguez has a
proposed order for the issuance of permits
for signed sign boards at 37 50 West 26th Street,
which is referred to the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards Other person,
Rodriguez has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code chapter four dash 2 36
by modifying various sections regarding parking lots
and garage operation taxes, which is referred
to the Committee on finance Other person the bar has a
proposed ordinance for designation of the 10th precinct
of the 23rd ward
as a restricted residential zone prohibiting additional
shared housing units and vacation rentals, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person the virus also has a proposed ordinance
for designation of the 10th precinct of the 23rd ward
as a restricted cannabis zone, which is referred
to Committee on License and Consumer Protection
and a proposed ordinance for designation
of the fourth precinct of the 23rd ward
as a restricted cannabis zone, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Ccho Lopez has proposed has proposed orders
for the issuance of permits for signed sign boards,
which are referred to committee on
zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person uh, CCHO Lopez also has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation as Pet MA Anova GAAN Way,
which is referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Public Way.
Almond one has proposed ordinance for transfer
of funds within the 26th award.
Al thematic expense account for the year 2024,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations.
All the person Burnett has proposed order for the Eastern
of permits for signed sign boards at 800 North Kedzie
Avenue, which is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Burnett also has proposed ordinance
for vacation, a portion of West Superior Street in the block
bounded by West Chicago Avenue, north Willard Court,
west Huron Street,
and North INE Avenue, which is referred
to Committee on Transportation and Public Way while the
person Burnett also has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section 17 dash six dash 400
prohibiting eating and drinking establishments in planned
manufacturing district two from being larger than 800 square
feet unless otherwise approved for up
to 12 12,000 square feet, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Burnett also has proposed orders
for the issuance of permits for signed sign boards,
which are referred to committee on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
All the person Irvin has proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at 39 40 West Madison
Street, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Irvin also has proposed orders for
for amendment of, for amendment of the, for a transfer
of funds within the 49th
and 15th ward wage all allowance,
all thematic expense accounts for the year 2024,
which was referred to the committee on the
budget and government operations.
All the person TE Firo has proposed order for the use
and S permits for signed sign boards at 5,500 West Madison
Street, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person TE Firo also has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation
as honorary Willie FBA Junior Way, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
All the person Cruz has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation
as Leticia Leti Cortez Ramos Lane, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way
while Laers Cruz also has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation as Dwight h Perkins Way,
which is referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Public Way.
Alder person Cardona has proposed ordinance for transfer
of funds within the 31st ward al the medic expense account
for the year 2024, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and government operations
Alder person Waga back has proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at 29 34 North Ashland
Avenue, which is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Rodriguez Sanchez has proposed ordinance
for amendment of MS code section nine dash 64 dash one 70
allowing commercial pickup trucks
or vans weighing less than 8,000 pounds
to park on both sides of the 4,200 block
of North Monticello Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.
All the person Rodriguez Sanchez also has a proposed
resolution to call for hearings on the impact
of algorithm price fixing for housing availability
and affordability, which is referred
to the committee housing and real estate.
All the person Conway has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to allow additional package goods licenses on portion
of West Kinsey Street and north of Plain Street,
which is referred to the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
All the person. Conway also has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of MSPA code section four dash 60 dash 22
to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portion
of West Kinsey Street and north of Plain Street,
which is referred to the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
All the persons Viegas
and Hopkins have proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code chapter four dash 2 27
by modifying various sections
and adding a new section four dash 2 27 dash 0 75
and four dash 2 27 dash one 50
regarding vehicular towing fees, penalties, obligations
and authority, which is referred to the Committee on License
and Consumer Protection.
All the person says also has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code section four dash two 80
dash one 30 requiring
that franchise fees collected be deposited into the city's
corporate fund, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and government operations.
All the person, person, Viegas
and others have proposed ordinance for the superintendent
of police is directed to designate certain areas of the city
of Chicago as public places for enforcement of gang
and narcotics related loitering prohibitions which is
referred to the Committee on Police and Fire.
Two committees have been called the Committee on Police
and Fire and the Committee on Health and Human Relations.
The matters referred
to the Committee on Committees and Rules.
All the person Nuen has a proposed or all the person.
Nuen has a proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code at section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to allow additional packaged good licenses on portion
of North Pulaski Road, which is referred
to the Committee on licensed and Consumer Protection.
All the person Vasquez has a proposed resolution to call
for hearings on barriers of housings faced by immigrants,
migrants, and refugee communities in the city of Chicago,
which is referred to the committee
as Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
All the person in Napolitano has proposed orders
for the issuance of permits for signed sign boards,
which are referred to the committee on zoning
landmarks and billing standards.
Alman all the person in Napolitano also has proposed
Alderman Riley has proposed orders for amendment
of MS code sections 10 dash 36 dash 180 5
and nine dash 64 dash 20 prohibiting parking
of non-authorized vehicles on any Chicago Park District
property, which is referred to the Committee on special
Events Cultural Affairs and Recreation.
All the person Riley also has proposed order
for the Eastern Supremist for sign signboards at 77 West
Huron Street, which is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and billing standards
and a proposed ordinance for amendment
of Ms Poko section 17 dash four dash 0 2 0 7 requiring
permits for indoor urban farm operations in DC
and DX zoning districts, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Riley also has to proposed ordinance
for amendment of MR code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to disallow additional package licenses on portion
of North State Street and West Huron Street,
which is referred to C license
and Consumer protection Almond Riley also all the person
Riley also has proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to allow additional package good licenses on portion
of West Ohio Street and North State Street,
which is referred to license consumer protection.
All the person Knutson has a proposed ordinance
for an honorary street destination
as Drew price way which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
All Knutson also has proposed orders for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards, which are referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Der der person Lawson has a proposed ordinance
for an honorary street destination as Rich
Pfeiffer Parade Way, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way while the
person Lawson also has proposed ordinance for amendment
of Ms Bako section four dash one 60 dash 100 extending
repeal date of Wrigley Plaza Ordinance
to February 1st, 2028, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Gardner has a proposed order for designation
of 39 55 North Kilpatrick Avenue
and 38 65 North Milwaukee Avenue
as a low affordability community which is referred
to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
All the person Martin has a proposed ordinance for transfer
of funds within the 47th Ward wage allowance,
all the medical expense account for the year 2024,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations.
All the person. Martin also has proposed order
for the Houston of permits for signed sign boards at 44 50
North Clark Street, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and billing standards.
All the person Martin also has proposed resolution
to call on yellow Illinois General Assembly
to enact legislation establishing pilot geothermal energy
projects which is referred to the committee in Energy
and Environmental Protection.
All the person Martin also has proposed ordinance
for a transfer of funds within the committee on ethics
and government operate
and government oversight, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and government operations.
Allman Mana Haworth has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation
as all the person Mary Ann Smith Way, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Al Alder person Man Haworth also has a proposed ordinance
for a transfer of funds within the 48th Ward wage allowance
Alderman expense account for the year 2024,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations Alder person hadn't
and der person Vega have proposed ordinance for amendment
of Ms mc code Title V
by adding a new chapter five dash 25 entitled Accountable
Housing and Anti-Discrimination Wait List Act,
which is referred to Committee of Housing
and Real Estate Older Person Silverstein has proposed order
for the eastern of permits
for signed sign boards at 71 30 Northwestern Avenue,
which is referred to the Committee on zoning
landmarks and billing standards.
Your Honor, that concludes the presentation
of all automatic introductions.
The clerk for the approval of the journal,
autumn Mitchell, Mr.
The President. I am not aware of any corrections
to the journal from the July 17th, 2024 meeting
and move that it be approved
Hearing no objections.
So ordered for new, I'm sorry
for unfinished business, alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'm aware of one
piece of unfinished business.
It was filed by Alderman Martin and I defer to him.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman Martin.
Thank you very much Mr. President.
I filed a Rule 41 notice with the clerk of my intent to call
for a vote on substitute ordinance 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 0 9 6 6 4 regarding amendment
of municipal code section two dash 56 dash 4 4 5
prohibiting lobbyists from making direct or indirect
or sorry, direct
or in-kind contributions to mayoral uh,
political committees Mayor, which was deferred
and published on June 12th, 2024.
I first moved to substitute this ordinance with a version
that includes the same content as the underlying ordinance
and adds content from a second ordinance oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 1 0 1 61
to amend municipal code chapter two dash 56
by modifying section two dash 56 dash 60
concerning financial disclosure requirements
for city officials, candidates
and employees involving entities which perform business
with City of Chicago in previous calendar year.
I move that this amended substitute ordinance be accepted.
There is a motion. Thank you.
There is a motion to accept an amended substitute ordinance
that includes all of the content from the substitute
ordinance that was deferred
and published on June 12th as well as the content
of 0 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 1 1 6 1.
All those in favor signify by saying aye.
All those opposed say no.
This motion passes Alderman Martin,
I move for pass passage
of the amended substitute ordinance by voice vote.
Alright, are there any
alderman alders wish to speak to this?
All right, seeing no hands, there's a motion
to approve this ordinance by VO voice vote.
All those in favor signify by saying aye.
Any opposed say no.
This motion passes on the motion
to reconsider Alderman Mitchell.
Reconsider the vote. All those in favor
to reconsider this vote signify by saying aye.
All those opposed say no. This motion fails.
Altman Mitchell,
Mr. President, I
am not aware
of any further pieces of unfinished business.
Very well. Thank you very much for Ms.
Seline business, Altman Mitchell. Alright,
There are three Rule 41 notices filed by Alderman Moore,
alderman LaSpada and Alderman Gutierrez asking to discharge
the Committee on Committees and Rules
and the Committee on Police
and Fire for consideration of various ordinances
for the items noticed by Alderman LaSpada
and Alderman Gutierrez.
The relevant committees have met
and considered the notice items
and have reported on them today.
Therefore, only one notice filed
by Alderman Moore must be heard today.
Alderman Moore filed a Rule 41 notice of an intent
to discharge on September 10th, 2024
and I defer to him for details.
Very well. Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Thank you so much, Mr. President at the rules committee
meeting on 9 16 20 24.
Item number oh 2 0 24 dash
0 0 1 1 0 3 2 was laid on the table
and um, I notably the applicable section
of Rule 41 only speaks
to when a referral matter shall not have been reported
by the city council by the committee to which we refer
with regard to how or why it was not reported back.
As such, the timely Rule 41 notice still apply and such.
The Rule 41 um, notice indicates the intention to call, uh,
for a vote on this ordinance.
Um, it also complies with the 48 hour post requirement
of the Open Meetings Act as, um,
as we move forward with this.
So I move that this item be discharged from further
consideration in accordance
with my timely filed Rule 41 notice.
Mayor, well, alderman Moore has made a motion
to discharge the rules the rules committee from further
consideration of
0 2 0 2 4 0 0 dash
0 0 1 1 0 3 2.
Um, this is for a roll call vote.
Yeah, Sure. Okay.
The chair recognizes alman bill
Be passed by the face most favorable item on, um,
on finance in the same unsuccessful motion to reconsider.
Alright. There's a roll call, vote very well.
Uh, please use your evo. Thank you both.
Please use your EVO application
to record your vote at this time.
Yep. Remember this is just a vote to discharge it.
This is not an actual vote on the item.
This is a vote to discharge it from rules.
It's coming. It, it's, it's coming.
We are just making sure we put up the right vote.
Okay. The voting is now open. Oh,
Just a second. Before you open
it. Was there a question
the chair recognizes on this
For clarification on this vote? If that's okay? Yes.
So again, this is a motion to have this item discharge
dis which pla which places it before the, for the
before the council for consideration
So that alderman could express their,
what they wanna do in their communities.
Correct.
At some point you will, alders will be able
to express their thoughts towards the item. Thank
You, Mr. President,
Whatever those thoughts are. Okay. All
right. Thank you. As long as those
thoughts are directed towards me. Yes.
Thank you. Voting is open. Please mark your vote.
Okay. I will now call on those
who have not yet cast their vote.
Alder person Robinson not present.
Alderwoman Taylor not present.
Alderman Mosley not present. Alder person.
S Cho Lopez, Alder person S Cho Lopez is
nay Alderman.
Burnett not present.
Voting is now closed.
There are 37. Yay.
Nine nays. This item has been discharged. Now.
Does anyone wish to speak to this item
very well.
So before we actually speak, my apologies
before we speak to the item, the chair recognizes
Alderman Moore of your
I'll go last. Um,
Mr.
President, if you don't mind
and other people can speak to it if need to be.
Alright. Very well. So the debate is now officially open.
Um, alderman Moore wishes to go last to speak last.
The chair recognizes all I understand
I move for the adoption, um, of this ordinance, um,
by roll call vote,
but if anyone wanna speak on the matter they can very
Well. We would've accepted that
motion eventually, but thank you.
Does anyone wish to speak to this item?
Um, in the meantime, we know that Altman war wishes
to be recorded as the final, um, voice on this item
chair recognizes Altman Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President.
If we could just rewind what I said from 20 minutes ago,
that would be wonderful, but I will reiterate
what my colleague said.
We know what's best for our residents.
People working, know people working with local aldermans
know what the community wants.
This is an intrusion on aldermanic matters
that have been discussed for years.
We have talked with the experts.
We have talked with community.
This is for the best interest of the city of Chicago
'cause we want to protect communities like mine.
Mr. President, as you are undoubtedly aware,
this technology is for some reason
a hot political issue.
A technology that alerts us when police
alerts us, when shootings happen in our communities
that brings first responders
to a situation when oftentimes 9 1 1 calls aren't made.
Where 1,976 individuals have been saved
by this technology since the beginning
of 20 23, 14 months of your tenure.
We have seen lives saved.
53 million has been spent along
with s DSCs
and other things that we know in our, our districts
that have this technology to help us strategize
with the subject matter experts on the gun violence
plaguing our streets.
The police, our commanders, our superintendents,
all of them know the value of this technology.
We, those of us who have this technology
know the value of this technology.
We have seen firsthand what is possible
and we know what is going to happen when it is gone.
Now I understand that it's always prudent to look
for what's our best options out there.
And I think it's great Mr.
President, if you want to put this out
to bid this technology again to make sure
that we're getting the best deal, to make sure
that we're using the most up-to-date technology.
And we should be having those conversations.
But to go dark in four days,
to leave our communities in a lurch to tell
families that we were not willing to pay
to keep their loved ones safe,
that their lives didn't matter enough for us to continue,
especially when our service provider has dropped the price
of this product 48% so that we can keep this in existence
until 20, the end of 2025.
That deal has been presented to all of you in this room.
So you can see that I'm not just speaking out of turn.
Our service provider has given the administration a letter
of intent that if we were to continue with
gunshot technology today,
they will not go dark in four days.
They will offer us a price that is cheaper
for the same service just so that we can
power down, so to speak, in a way
that does not threaten people's lives.
That does not put people in harm's way
that is responsible leadership.
Mr. President, that is what is in the best interest
of the city of Chicago right now.
There's fear in the communities.
I hear folks talk black
and brown, black and brown all the time.
Well, African American
and Latino communities are very concerned
that we are playing a game of chicken
with their lives right now.
That we are using them
as pawns to make a political point,
to maintain a political message, to live up
to a political promise that is unobtainable.
And they are not wrong.
They see through this subterfuge of what this is all about.
36 of us in here know and want to act
and have offered to work
with the administration to keep this going.
To find collaborative ways to have this discussion so
that our communities do not have to feel even more afraid
to not be told by people outside of their neighborhoods
who don't look anything like them.
What's in the best interest for them.
As somebody who gladly represents diverse communities on the
south and southwest side, I can tell you for sure
that my residents know that the police need this tool.
They know that wanna make sure that if something happens
to them, that someone will be notified
and someone will be coming.
I for one, Mr. President,
do not wanna be the elected official that has
to go to the first family.
Once this technology goes dark to the family
of a victim, to a family of someone murdered
and say, your family, your son
or daughter was not worth the money,
was not worth the effort, it was not worth the conversation.
I'm fairly confident, Mr.
President, you don't want to be that person either.
We can do the right thing today, Mr. President.
We should have done the right thing months ago.
But we are here at the cliff staring into the
abyss and we have a decision.
Do we jump blindly into it
and hope that there's something cushy waiting for us?
Or do we take a step back, take a deep breath
and reposition ourselves in our city.
With this discussion, 36
of us already know what we wanna do.
And as many of my colleagues said earlier,
we are the subject matter experts in our wards.
We are the ones who know how this impacts our communities.
We are the ones who understand the will of our residents.
And for a small yet vocal minority
of hyper extreme individuals who are playing politics
with public safety, I call on you to listen to us for once.
Thank you, Mr. President
Chair Recognizes Ottoman Lasa.
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
Uh, as long as we're rewinding the tape, I'm, I'm happy
to rewind on my words as well.
If we go back to the ordinance we were talking about on
housing, I, I would go through the transcript of my comments
because I don't believe that there was a point
where I asked anyone here to vote based off
of my prerogative, based off of me being the sole arbiter
of how housing and zoning
and development should function in my ward.
There's nothing that I've asked for
or proposed in terms of policy
that I did not believe was good and sound
and effective housing policy
and that potentially would serve good
and effective purposes for the whole of the city.
And then when I read the ordinance here,
'cause I'm looking at it right now, it,
it does not talk about automatic prerogative.
It doesn't talk about contracts on a ward by ward
or even district by district basis.
It is asking the superintendent of police
who represents the whole of the city
to enter into a contract on behalf of the whole of the city.
So when I read that, it makes me consider
that this is less about prerogative
and more about are we making investments on behalf
of the whole of the city in evidence-based solutions
that reduce gun violence, that prevent loss of life.
And as someone who has reviewed the last, the evidence
that we've received from CPD going back to 2017, as someone
who did sit down with the lobbyists for shot spotter
and for sound thinking, I still remain
unconvinced that this is an effective and sound
and reliable technology.
That is not to say that Chicago does not deserve effective
and sound and reliable technologies.
Only the ShotSpotter
and sound thinking based off of the evidence
that they have presented to me
and the evidence I believe they have presented to counsel
is not that technology.
That is what I am grounding my vote in into today.
Believing that we should always make
decisions on investments not grounded on our emotions
and anxieties and our fears,
although those are powerful things for ourselves
and our communities, but based off of best practices
and evidence for what will save lives and reduce violence.
And I can say these things
because I believe your administration
is making those investments, is saving lives every day.
And that is tangible when we see the results
that we've seen over the last 18 months.
So that, that is
where I'm grounding my vote today. Thank you sir.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alder Sig Cho Lopez.
Thank you. Um, Mr. President and I just wanna be clear
because I think there, there is an attempt
to mix issues here.
Uh, demanding prerogative on zoning is very different on
contracting that goes to the executive.
So I just wanna be very clear when we talk about the due
process and we talk about what is within our prerogative,
and again, I accepted what it was a discussion
in a committee, even though I did not agree with it.
Now, I think when we talk about prerogative
and we talk about the due process,
I think it is within the preview of the executive
to decide on how to sign contracts.
That is not the preview of the Chicago Police Department,
not the superintendent.
This follows within the executive.
So I wanna make sure that this, again, is not weaponized
when we talk about the due process
and the donning process has a due process.
I do accept and I do recognize we may have disagreements
and I'm glad that we have a conversation.
'cause you know, the same people who are claiming to be
so respectful of prerogative oftentimes derail the process.
But in terms of this particular issue, wanna be clear,
my position is respecting the due process
that I elected a mayor who made a campaign commitment.
And I think it's within the process
and within the city process to respect
that in terms of contracting.
And now we're not gonna set a bad precedent trying
to break a process to benefit a software company trying
to sell a sub word that Inspector General has already
deemed it is faulty.
And further, I'll say in the committee, we have discussed
to try to reconcile the data that was
provided by the software company with the data
provided by the Inspector General.
I again agree in this case with the executive,
but the analysis that was also a commitment made
to the people in the city of Chicago.
Thank you
Chair recognizes Alderman Beal.
Thank you Mr. President. Uh, Mr. President.
I, um, I appreciate the dialogue.
Um, but I also wanna bring back to the fact that
what my colleague said, that we have a contract
that has been sent to the law department
that is 48% less
than the previous contract in order
to keep ShotSpotter alive and well in our community.
That's somebody that's give and taken.
And the one thing that I love about the democracy is that
that was a vote to discharge.
Well, you know what y'all,
you get another bite at the apple,
you can see the light at the end of the tunnel
and come on over to the side
and show this city that we are united
and moving forward for the best interest of everyone
in vote in favor of this ordinance.
That's the beauty of democracy. Another bite at the apple.
So I think it's, I'm not going to prolong this
because we've been here a long time,
but I will make a com I will make a commitment
to everybody here today that if this ordinance passes
or when it passes, I will stand up
and I will cancel the next meeting
so we can go home and be with our family.
Thank you so much Mr. President
Chair recognizes Alder Vazquez.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President.
Um, I'll be honest,
I was pretty conflicted As things have been moving
forward about this conversation.
Um, I, I've lost a brother to gun violence
and just last month lost a friend who, um, also got shot
and killed.
Um, it's not an easy conversation
to have when we talk about, when we hear from our colleagues
who have the most shootings in their wards.
Um, I don't believe this is a
conversation about prerogative.
I think sound thinking is a shoddy business.
I think when they first came in,
they said it was gonna reduce violence,
it was gonna increase convictions, it did not do that.
Studies showed they did not do that to the point
that they had to change their brand
and were no longer shot spotter and became sound thinking.
Uh, then they were not about that.
Now it's all about first response.
I think had they been forthcoming in the beginning
to say it was about first response,
it might be a different conversation,
but they were selling a bill of goods to try to get
as much money as they could, which is why they go from whole
food prices to your local corner store
and slashing it down 48% hoping they could lock in a
contract if they could.
If they're so easy to do that,
why didn't they start off at
48% of what they were charging us?
'cause they want to keep the money coming.
So I have a bit of an issue with that.
I've always said from the beginning, we wanted
to get the best technology and the best deal for the city.
'cause that is what keeps people safe.
When Rah Emanuel moved forward with this,
there wasn't a competitive bid.
There wasn't a request for proposal.
You weren't able to see what was out there.
You weren't able to put down the metrics of
what you want safety to look like.
Because when you look at the OIGs report, it doesn't say
what some people say about ShotSpotter.
What it says is the information is inconclusive
and it doesn't do the things
that shot spotter said it would do in the beginning related
to higher conviction rates.
It doesn't, it just does not do that.
Does it provide some level of response? Yes, that's fair.
Do I think others could do better? Yeah, probably so.
Which is why I think we should move forward with it.
My other issue with this particular, um, rule 41
and for the special meeting conversation is the way
they look to solve the problem.
There's multiple ways to try to solve the problem.
If you have an issue with a contract that a mayor signs
because it's not about anything,
but that it is a little bit ridiculous to think
that you could remove the power from a mayor
and then give it to their employee as if
that changes anything.
Hey, I'm gonna give it to the superintendent
who's appointed by the mayor.
Maybe he's gonna go against the guy who appointed him.
Not proper logic. Maybe it's an administrator at the Office
of Public Safety Administration who was hired by the city
and the mayor also not gonna cause a thing.
So if my colleagues really were serious about the matter,
what they would do is write an ordinance that says
that the council needed to ratify the agreement the way we
do FOP agreements and everything else.
Other than that, it appears to me to be either misguided
or theater just
to continue talking about this in the press every other week
or else we would have that matter
and have a serious discussion.
'cause I think we do need technology
that works and it keeps people safe.
I just think sound thinking, isn't it?
And so I wanna see what this administration does related
to a plan, related to what the next thing could look like.
Because I do also understand from our colleagues
and our constituents that just removing it
and not having any answer at all is frightening.
So what I hope to do is work with our colleagues
to figure out what that next is gonna look like
so we actually get something that works.
And we aren't just sold a bill of goods
by somebody looking at slash prices just to keep a deal.
Thank you Mr. Merrit.
The chair recognizes Alder woman. Monique Scott.
So I'm not gonna talk long,
but you know, I, I did wanna say Vasquez,
you had some great points, but many of us have a iPhone
and we went from a 12 to a 13 to a 14 to a 15 to a 16,
maybe a month ago at
and t wasn't working for a lot of us, right?
But it works right now.
And so 95% of the time your phone works
and it's a 5% time that something doesn't work.
And so if we always rely on this data here, this data here,
I don't, I think that when a, when a tool comes out,
people think that that's what it wants to do.
But once the data starts coming in, then you see
that it's, it's a detection.
I don't know, I wasn't in those early meetings
to know if they said that it was supposed to save lives,
but we got cameras that
that can show the shooter running from A to B
to Z to D to F.
But that's not saving a life. But it works. But it works.
But it's a tool. And these are just tools to have so
that the officers have in their pocket
because we don't have a tool
that fights us when we're getting in our car at six
or seven o'clock in the morning.
When you see those videos throughout the internet
of people being robbed
and murdered, what tool do they have then?
How can you identify,
how do you know if you are laying in your bed
and you hear 30 shots and your windows up
and you can hear the 30 shots and you can hear the return,
the re the return guns.
How do you know where they're coming from? It's a detection.
And I don't understand why we keep getting the issue of a
saving a life versus a detection.
I would rather have a detection so that I know
where the 30 shots are coming from because I hear them.
I live off of Surmac. I live off of Roosevelt Road.
I hear shots all day, all night.
Just this morning I got a text at 1245 in the morning.
A 23-year-old was shot 41 0 1 West Arlington,
that's directly behind my office.
And how he was found was through Shock Spotter.
It's working, it may not work for the people
who don't want it to be here, but it's working.
The detection is working, it's detecting
that bullets are flying and that they're coming.
It's detecting that that woman just in on the north side,
the bullet just came through her car
and slid through her forehead.
She wasn't on the west side, she was north,
she was in Rogers Park.
She, it works.
So we're just asking if we don't have a plan,
like you don't just snatch something and without a plan.
That makes me scared. I'm scared.
I'm scared for my residents, I'm scared for my daughter.
I'm scared for myself. I'm afraid. And we all should be.
We are not dealing with regular the kids when I was in high
school and maybe carried some Mason a knife.
No, we're dealing with switches. AK 47 Dracos.
Okay. You know, the young man told me, and,
and I'm glad I I got him some help through cred,
but he told me he was running down the street with the Draco
and the officers were chasing him.
I said, did you have it? Or they had it? I had it.
That's what our officers are up against Dracos.
Why they have they 45 on they side
that's gonna shoot about nine guns, nine bullets,
and they can shoot about 30 in two seconds.
We need help. I don't know what do we need help?
So we talk about investments.
We need investments in our community. We need jobs.
So to, to circumvent things.
You know, alderman Hall talked about jobs
and reinvest in our communities.
We need that, but we also need something
that's gonna help us along the way.
And you might not wanna vote for shots spider
because you say it doesn't work well.
The people that live in the probably the 50th ward don't
have to worry about what's in the 24th ward.
You don't have to worry about somebody laying eight people
out because they wanna party in their backyard.
You don't have to worry about 13 people being
shot at a Halloween party.
You don't have to worry about, um, fentanyl
overdoses every other day.
You don't have to worry about some of the the things
that are common in a disinvested community.
So I wanna protect my residents.
I wanna protect everybody that's in this city.
And no, maybe, maybe, maybe there is options
that we can look at, but we just don't snatch it.
And I'm not, no, no disrespect to you.
You said you have a campaign promise,
but you can't put a life over a campaign promise.
Put those people that you promised that to on hold
to protect everybody in this city.
It's not about you. You can't put a dollar amount to safety.
The chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
You know, um, I know a lot about finance,
I know a lot about the law.
I don't know a heck of a lot about
acoustic gunshot recognition technology.
But in this way, I appreciate the views
of Superintendent Snelling.
I appreciate the views of people have used it
like Alderman Chico.
I appreciate the views of the University
of Chicago Crime Lab,
and I think we can all agree
that Superintendent Snelling is doing a fantastic job.
Heck, we sat here for an hour telling him
what a great job he was doing earlier in this meeting.
And I don't think that we should thank him
by putting him in the middle of a conflict between
city council and the mayor's office.
So, but that said, I am going to vote for this.
I'm vote gonna vote to keep ShotSpotter, but I will say, Mr.
President, you say to, to address you.
I I hope that, um,
you execute this contract
or you direct Superintendent Snelling
to execute this contract.
And feel free to blame this council.
Say, look, we have a billion dollar budget deficit
and you know, we just had to move on,
move on from this issue.
And, and I hope with that,
that we can move forward. Thank you, Mr. President.
The chair recognizes all due women do.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
When, uh, this decision came down sometime in February,
I think I reached out to you to tell you I disagreed
with the position you were taking.
And I still disagree with that position today.
Um, people talk about this is violence reduction strategy
or to stop gun violence.
That's not what this is.
This is about a gunshot detection strategy
so that we know where gunshots are coming
from and we need that.
I would ask that you keep this in place
until we come up with uh, uh, uh, another way.
But I just wanna tell you about three things
that happened in my ward this year with, with,
um, shot spotter.
I had a young man shot on 46th
and State Street, if you know that area.
There's not a house on that block.
There is a factory on one side, there is a school on another
and vacant lots.
This happened about in the wee hours
of the morning, had not shot.
Swatter alerted the police.
That man would've died just laying in the street.
'cause nobody was gonna call 9 1 1.
The police went over there and that young man lived.
He got to the University of Chicago Hospital and he's alive.
About three weeks ago, I had some shots go through one
of my senior buildings.
The seniors called, they didn't know
where the shots were coming from.
We called the police. We sent the violence intervention
people over there to see if there was some kind
of gun conflict.
Uh, turns out there wasn't a gun gun conflict.
One week later, some man is shooting a gun
out of a third floor apartment across the street.
Police, nobody called the police,
but Shot Spotter picked that up.
Those police went over there. That man shot at the police.
He was arrested and charged. And it's been quiet over there.
Now lastly, I had a, uh,
a person I know who lives on Swan in Princeton,
30 shots at night.
She didn't know where the shots were coming from.
Didn't call the police
because she had no idea what to tell them.
But the police went over there
and they were right there, Johnny on the spot,
which is what we want.
And I think that we should support this technology
until we find a replacement.
It is just a tool, as Alderman Scott said,
and I feel so strongly about this, that it does work.
It, it is working that I just needed to stand up
and say that to you today. Thank you. Thank you.
The chair recognizes Ottman Napolitano.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, my colleagues kind of hit it outta the park, so I'll try
to keep mine as brief as possible.
I think the onus falls on us as a council
and in the media to promote the story the way
that it's actually written.
Um, said this
before, when we had this conversation,
this tool originally came out under the name
of Shot Spotter, not Shot Predictor.
Um, so we have to understand that it, it's after the fact.
It's after the fact that the incident happened.
It's a tool that helps the entire city of Chicago.
And what I mean by that is I don't even have it in my ward,
but once again, I'm gonna
support my colleagues that need it.
A lot of us aldermen on the northwest side don't have this
in our wards, but we're going to support it.
And how this happens, or how this helps in a, in, in a,
the effect of like a trickle down effect
is when there's more technology,
when we have less police officers,
that's the less reallocation of our officers to other parts
of the city because we have tools out there
that can help neighborhoods.
So I think we need to look at that.
This is a tool hopefully for more tools to come
that we shouldn't be eliminating.
It's a tool based on the unfortunate fact that our city
sees more shots fired probably anywhere else in the world.
And I'm talking in war torn countries,
we might see more violence and more shots fired.
I always bring up the same terms,
and I know you're tired of hearing
it in the last eight years.
We have over 25,000 people shot in the city of Chicago.
I would assume we need shot spotter.
I would assume the logical thing is when they do create shot
predictor, that we get that one as well.
If there is a 45%,
or I'm sorry, a 48% cut in this, that means
that they're willing to work with the city of Chicago.
It shouldn't be scoffed at
or laughed at it, be looked at as a, Hey, this is,
this is a tool that they're willing to work with us
until maybe we find another one
or until they come out with a different version of it.
But to eliminate it while the city, unfortunately,
we're eliminating lives.
To put your name behind that vote tonight, you're gonna have
to wear that because crime's not going down anytime
soon, unfortunately.
But together we can make decisions here to come up
with tools that can help bring those, that crime down.
We could do it as a city council.
I'm telling you, I I've told you
before, I've been out there, I've seen it.
I know many of you have as well.
I've been shot at, I've been on the
scene where I'm dealing
with unfortunately, children that have been shot.
I know a couple of my colleagues have done that as well.
L if we're, if we're scoffing
or we're, we're, we're denying tools
when we're missing enforcement.
We're doing, we're making the wrong decision down here.
We really need to think about what we're doing
before you vote no up there and you,
and you vote to get rid of shot shot spotter or shot thinker
or shot predictor, whatever we want to call it.
Let's, let's, let's cite on the favor
of technology right now. Thank you, Mr. President.
You're welcome. And just for clarification, just so
that everybody knows what we're voting on, um,
this is not an ordinance to keep shot spotter, um,
because if that was in the ordinance,
that would be considered a no bid contract.
So this is not about,
I just wanna make sure everybody's
clear about what we're voting on.
This is not an ordinance to keep shot spotter. Okay.
Just for the record chair recognizes Alderman O'Shea.
Thank you, Mr. President. I've heard a lot
of what's been said so far this afternoon and,
and a couple things I wanna, I wanna point out.
Um, it's been concerning to me these last few days
that it appears to be an effort to pit the police department
against the fifth floor.
And, and following up on what my colleague pointed out,
we spent an hour and 15 minutes heaping praise
on the leadership of the police department.
Someone who I entrust implicitly,
like just about everybody in this room agreed.
But I also think it's important that we look at,
over these past five years, we have nearly 2000
less police officers patrolling our neighborhoods.
Think about that for a minute.
Less than 2000 police officers,
and I don't know how many people have looked into it,
there's not a lot of people looking
to become Chicago police officers who are going to continue
to see less people willing to put themselves out there.
And frankly, we have a much lesser caliber of person
that is willing to sign up
for this incredibly difficult job.
So because of that, all of us should be looking at
where we can invest in technology to help
make up that difference.
And every other big city,
every other big police department is doing that.
They're all investing significantly more than we
are now.
There are those in this room that don't believe
that shot spotter is all that it's cracked up to be,
or they have an issue with something about it.
My question to everybody is what's gonna replace it?
Everybody's been talking about a lot of different things.
I've been talking the last six months about
what are we doing to invest, to replace it?
What's next?
I've yet to have one person tell me, well, we're,
we're looking at this piece of tech,
or we're looking at this, or we're looking at this.
And folks, everybody who's getting paid big money in this
city and this building, I've asked about it.
So what's the plan? What's the plan?
What are we looking to do
in neighborhoods like South Shore or Garfield Park
or, or Roseland?
I represent a much safer community.
Fortunately for me,
I don't have shots about anywhere in the 19th Ward,
but I trust people in law enforcement
that tell me, Matt, this is a valuable tool.
It's helpful.
It's the best we've got.
I think we're making a huge mistake.
If we don't extend this contract while we work
to find maybe that better piece of technology,
I think we're doing a tremendous disservice to the people
that all of us were elected to represent. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Chico.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Once again, as the only council member
who has used ShotSpotter, once again, I affirm my belief
that it works, that it saves lives.
And as becoming the alderman of the 10th War,
I think about the families.
I've seen the effect, like the little girl in Vet's Park
who had a bullet go through her window,
wasn't doing nothing wrong, wasn't
outside causing any problems, but was shot.
Or the senior citizen in South Chicago
who was walking from the store
and happened to be the target of gun violence.
The response time that Shot Spotter provided was invaluable.
And many times I go to those scenes
where people have been shot, and I talk to the families
and those families, they're very happy
that Shot Spotter was in place
because they don't know what the outcome could have been.
If we waited another one minute, two minute,
or three minutes, it could have been very different.
I believe investing in people just
as my all the rest of my colleagues do.
We want to invest in people each and every day.
But what better way to invest in somebody
and to save their life, providing a technology
that saves their life?
That's the investment I'm talking about.
And we need to look into. Thank you. Thank you. The
Chair recognizes Alderman Yancy.
Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, most folks comments,
they were pretty confident and cut
and clear about where they stand on this,
but for me, I'm conflicted.
Just to be honest, shot Spotter might be an imperfect
solution to prevent gun violence,
but 72% of Fifth Ward residents support Shot Spotter
or some similar technology.
It's not lost on me that the data tells two different
stories though, right?
One tells the story of a system
that is an investigative tool that saves lives.
And another that paints shot spotter is Inex, I'm sorry.
Uh, expensive, efficient, and ineffective.
The real question at Ham though is, do Chicagoans feel safe?
And for many, that answer is no.
And for many, and the use
of this technology will make them feel less safe.
So, just to be clear, my support
for this ordinance is in response
to community feedback from community surveys sent
to residents via our Ward newsletter, emails,
calls from constituents in communities
that have been plagued by gun violence,
violence intervention groups working in South Shore
and Greater Grand Crossing,
and feedback from residents
that have attended community ward
and public safety meetings since February this year.
From those interactions,
there's overwhelming support for the technology.
But I want to add that, you know,
gunshot detection technology isn't the be all end all
to preventing gun violence.
It's an arrow in our public safety quiver,
and it's an investigative tool that according to CPD,
triggers other tools like pod cameras
and license plate readers,
which assist police in their investigations.
The police use this technology along with community policing
and violence intervention organizations as other tools
as part of an ecosystem to help keep communities safe.
But while Shot Spotter is imperfect,
many would say the same thing about community violence
intervention programs.
Is there a suggestion that we in those two?
So I'm, again, I'm conflicted on this ordinance
as I personally believe that the mayor has the right
to determine what tools we as a city use to keep us safe.
And me as an alderman have the right to disagree
with your position, um, to discontinue the use
of shot spotter without the consideration of Alderman
and their constituents who live with the consequences
of gun violence every day.
Like this is a complex issue that needed
probably a different type of form
or different timing to have this conversation.
But, you know, here we are.
And in all honesty, I prefer
to see money spent addressing our gun violence epidemic
directly like an Office of Gun Violence Reduction
with a singular mission to eliminate gun violence.
Or maybe more funding for programs like the Peace Book
to assist young people in addressing their trauma
so they don't have to resort to gun violence
every time there's a conflict.
Or if we're gonna use gunshot detection technology
to fight crime and save lives in the city,
let it be effective and let it not be so expensive
that we wonder if we're getting what we're paying for.
You know, again, I, I'm conflicted here,
but I told my constituents
that if I found myself looking at a vote
where my constituents are in conflict
with the fifth floor outside with them.
So unfortunately, here we are.
The chair recognizes Alder Hatten.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I won't be supporting this ordinance today.
The primary reasons, you know,
Alder Vasquez spoke to this a little bit.
I appreciate the impact
that this ordinance is trying to have.
I appreciate, um, alderman Moore and,
and the many others who are supporting
this, the intent behind it.
I know we can say this is not gonna,
this isn't about shot spotter.
'cause technically it's not. The language is not,
which is also why I'm not gonna support it.
Um, I don't think it's right for us to give this type
of contracting authority to the superintendent.
I I think it's gonna cause a lot of problems for us
and what we might have to legally defend.
I understand the impact and the intentions.
I don't think this is the way we're gonna get there.
Um, so I'll be a no on this.
I do also hear, um, what so many
of our colleagues are saying,
and especially with this additional information.
Mayor, I would implore you to really look at,
I know we've got the, the, you know, re request
for information coming out.
I know the community safety team has been
meeting and reviewing this.
I hope that you can meet with some of my colleagues
and talk to them about what this,
what's gonna be the stopgap solution, right?
Should you consider with this new offer
an extension while this other work is happening?
I don't have the answers to that.
You have the power to do that,
which is why I'm not voting for this ordinance.
'cause this is the contracting authority that,
that you've got, you represent the entire city.
Um, you've got the 50 of us here
representing all the very diverse needs of our wards
and our constituencies.
And, um, you know, Alder Conway mentioned this to
the superintendent, reports to you, the,
the Public Safety Administrator reports to you.
So again, this ordinance doesn't make a lot of sense.
Um, and also I think that we, we need a solution.
Um, we need some path forward.
I know that in the 49th Ward, um,
we don't support ShotSpotter for the most part.
We've seen the data. We have similar concerns.
I share concerns about this particular technology.
I also understand
and hear from my colleagues that they prefer
to have some technology over none.
And so this is, again, we keep coming back here.
And I don't think this forum is the space where
we are going to solve this problem.
Um, and I'm really hoping that whatever the outcome
of this vote, um,
'cause again, if this passes,
it's really not gonna change anything.
In my opinion. It's not gonna change anything.
It's gonna come down to a decision that you have
to make either in directing your superintendent
or a public safety administrator.
And we are still gonna have to figure out
what is the solution for the gap and for the future.
So I look forward to working with you
and your office in a continued way to do that.
Um, won't be supporting the ordinance,
but really implore you to see how we can bring our alders
to the table to make sure that they're part
of the conversation so that we can find a path
and a solution forward that is good for all Chicagoans.
And that makes sense for what we need to do
with technology for public safety. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes older Sam Nugent.
Thank you, Mr. President. So here, here's what I know.
Um, the Chicago Tribune editorial board recently wrote a
piece saying, Chicago, we need to keep this technology.
The Chicago Sun Times recently wrote an editorial piece
saying, city of Chicago, you need
to hold onto this technology.
Representatives from the University of Chicago Crime Lab
recently wrote a piece saying, Chicago, you need
to hold onto this technology.
And our superintendent of our police department,
who we've all mentioned, we gave accolades to all morning,
said, this is good technology.
Um, and some
of my colleagues on the northwest side said earlier today,
we don't have it on the Northwest side.
I don't have it in the 39th Ward.
But that doesn't mean that it's not critically important.
Um, I support this technology because I care about the city
and I care about our first responders.
And I support technology
that gives our officers out there situational awareness so
that they have an idea when shots are fired.
And I support technology
that gets first responders into my colleagues communities so
that it can get out there
and provide lifesaving care to people
when somebody is shot or hurt.
Every single second matters when you have
to apply a tourniquet to somebody.
And I will always support a technology
that supports our officers and supports each other
and supports our residents.
And the truth is, is that I, I don't know
what the best technology is, Mr.
Mayor, but it's the only technology we have right now.
And for that reason, I, I implore you to continue
to support it until we have something better.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. Are there any other alders that wish
to speak to this item?
The chair recognizes Alder vie Viega.
Ladies first the chair recognizes
Alder woman, Emma mi
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Coming out of the Austin community
and being your oldest council member in the city council,
I can tell you how I have literally sit here
and big my colleagues over the years about gun violence.
Some of you might have still been in high school or college
or wherever, but let me tell you,
and going to funerals every day, every weekend shootings,
even at the funerals, I wouldn't stand here
to tell you that my community wanted me
to not support shot spotters.
Because guess what, over the years of being
with the CAPS program, peoples are not calling the police.
They're not going to call the police.
Now, what other recourse do we have?
And I applaud Mary Manuel when he came along
with the shot spotters just to show us the technology.
And in the 15th district, they showed us
as we was interviewing the technology
and learning how it worked, Lord
and behold, somebody was doing some shooting right
outside the, out of the house, and we were able to see that.
I'm like, my Lord, maybe I,
this can give me a breathing room, some breathing room.
They didn't care then.
But let me tell you something, you should care more now
than back then because there's more guns on the street.
Do you realize there's more guns out here?
You ain't gonna, if they wasn't calling in, I, I help us
and every police district.
Now, everybody is saying,
when we get these texts over
and over again on our phone from our commanders
shot spotters alerted somebody being shot,
whether they save their life
or whether they was able to get 'em there
and take 'em to the hospital,
or whether they was able to get some help for 'em.
All that matters. Let me say this.
Saving one life, you can't put a price on it.
You can't put a price on it, even if it's one life.
And I don't know why we even discussing this.
And for some that don't even know about
what goes on in these neighborhoods, don't say nothing.
Just don't say nothing.
If you ain't gonna say what you know, then stop talking.
Stop talking. I'm telling you what I know.
I'm telling you what I done went through with.
I'm telling you the trauma that I have had and my community,
and not only my community, I'm sure others have it too,
whether it's black, seem like
to me the brown don't have none though.
But I guess it's all black.
But let me tell you, the guns are still out there
and the police cannot do all that work.
So they need, we need shot spotters.
And if we not going to have the shot spotters,
if it was good for the DNC,
then it's good for us.
Now, don't move. Nothing.
Chair recognizes Audrey Viegas.
Perhaps I should have went before her.
Ladies and gentlemen. You know, uh, I have the privilege
and honor of serving as the Chairman
of Committee on Economic Capital and technology.
And technology is something that I think we need
to utilize more on government.
And so when I was making a decision
around shot Spotter, uh, when it first came on board
and people were talking about the negativity around it,
I went to my district in 25th district, um,
and they have, we have shot spotter there.
And I asked the commander, the sergeant, um,
how is this technology working?
Is this something that's making your job a little easier
to identify, uh, uh, uh, shooters, crimes,
whatever, whatever it is that they deal with.
Again, they're the subject matter experts.
They said it's, it's, it's a tool that helps them.
And so the same way that I go to Commissioner Kearney
and CDOT to talk about transportation issues,
or I go to the commissioner in public health
to talk about public health issues, I, you know, I go,
I rely on the superintendent, the subject matter expert
around public safety to tell us
what are the tools that he needs.
And I've asked him, I said, can you, is this a tool
that is really a waste of money?
And he's like, no, he needs this tool.
And so we've charged him, the mayor selected him,
body confirmed him, and said, Hey,
you're in charge of public safety.
Um, we need you to do a good job of that.
And he said, that shot spotter is
the technology that he needs.
And so, um, I'm not going to
go against the subject matter expert person
that we've selected to provide a quality, good quality life
for our residents because of the fact
that he said he needed this tool.
And so, when we're taking a look at the gunshot victims over
the last 14 months, 1,976 gunshot victims were,
were identified with shot spotter.
No, 9 1 1 calls 1,976.
So if we do get rid of Shot Spotter, I would hope
that we put some other technology in.
And technology is gonna be the way moving forward
around public safety.
Whether it's drones, whether it's license plate readers,
whether it's additional helicopters.
We need to have technology in the toolbox in order
to make sure that we're dealing
with public safety on a daily basis.
So, um, you know, the mayor has made a decision.
He has said that the contract ends on 22nd.
Um, he also said that, that
around no bid contracting, and I,
and the, the executive has the ability to,
in the better interest of a city to extend a contract.
'cause I'm sure there's extensions that are allowed there.
Um, and I know that we're in the process,
or I've heard that there's a process of an RFI request
for information around technology.
Um, but we should have been doing that early on.
So that way once this contract ended,
then we can select the vendor.
But I think we're putting the, the,
the cart before the horse here.
And so while we're RFI is, people are responding to the RFI,
we should allow the contract to be extended.
So that way once the responses come in,
then there's an ability to analyze
and that procurement could do its job and, and,
and selecting the most responsible bidder.
So that's a process that's in place that we have.
And so, um, you know, it's been implored
that the mayor should continue the, the, uh, contract
until there's, uh, the R FFI has been completed.
And I think the body's, that's what the body's asking, is
to figure out if there's a way to extend it, um,
based on facts, based on the fact that 70%
of people want this technology.
Um, it is in the 25th district in, in, in an area.
Uh, and again, I went to the subject matter experts,
which is the superintendent who said he needs this tool.
So I'm not gonna go and,
and, uh, second guess the subject
matter expert that we hired.
Uh, we wanna support him.
So with that, I, I ask that we continue
to have this contract in place until we get a,
we get a, uh, different solution.
Alright, thank you, Mr. President. Thank.
Are there any other alders that wished this chair recognizes
Alder woman Stephanie Coleman.
Thank you, Mr. President.
August 8th, 2022,
Woodridge man arrested
for randomly firing shots into a Inglewood Park.
Police said they arrested 29-year-old Alexander Parky
of Woodridge, Illinois last Thursday
after a shot spotter alerted them
to a single round being fired near Moran Park.
According to a police report, it was a city pod camera
that captured a man to appear
to be a shotgun into the park.
They captured him in a minivan turned with three handguns,
an AR 15 style semi-automatic rifle,
1000 rounds of ammunition in a hatchet,
which all firearms were readily accessible
and ready to be fired.
In addition, police also recover a large number
of handwritten notes that allegedly
contain incoherent rents about references
to mass shooting events at three 30 in the morning.
So mayor, this technology, um, driven tool
is a little personal for me
because Moran Park is the park
that I grew up at at summer camp.
Um, Moran Park is the park that, um,
I visit frequently every week.
And also a park that we're getting a new investment in.
Uh, thanks to the Inglewood tiff, if it were not
for this shot spotter in this pod camera
to capture this gentleman from Woodridge, Illinois
that traveled all the way to 57th
and race scene, just to randomly
what we would think would've been a mass shooting
or a massacre of a community.
I don't know how to consciously go back to my community
and say that we don't, we don't have an alternative.
And what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
I do hope that, um, whatever decisions are made
regarding the technology, um,
that is an inclusive process just
as your administration has been, that we look for better,
that we look, um, to be fiscally responsible,
but that we always remember the lives
because I could have attended funerals instead
of the graduation ceremonies that year.
So I thank you. I thank you for this healthy discussion.
I don't know who the best expert will be in making this
decision, but certainly I know that a number
of us have personal stories
and testimonies about our communities
and what this technology has done. So thank you, Mr.
President. Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you. Uh, thank you, Mr. President.
Um, this said there are three things that, uh,
I wanna touch on, uh, in this, in this conversation.
Um, the first part deals with
if you put a person in a desert
long enough, you can give them a saltine
and they'll think it's a Ritz
gunshot detection technology sits in
west side, south
side communities.
A phrase that, uh, alderman, uh,
Mitchell always talks about,
and it kinda rings true here, is that we need
to stop playing checkers when other folks are playing chess.
What I've seen in this technology,
and I'm glad that Altman Mitch brought this up, was
that in the 15th district, what I saw Commander Parham
or Sergeant Ry Roba and their Dios
and the SDSC team do, and that district has been amazing.
The question that I raised though is why wasn't
that done in the 11th district, in the fourth district,
in the third district, in the second district
and all the other districts with the technology?
The question that I ask is the crime drop
that we saw in Austin, we didn't see anywhere else.
So it got me to, it got kinda got me to thinking,
I think the police department needs to understand
what the tool is.
If you ask them, do I need the tool?
Of course they're gonna tell you that they need the tool.
The question is how is the tool being used?
And quite frankly, the tool is not being used properly,
which is why the inspector general,
which is why the state's attorney, which why everybody
that looks at the data of the tool is not supportive
of the tool because the department did not
use the tool properly.
Again, had they done in the other districts
what happened in the 15th districts?
I don't even think we'd be having this conversation.
The other part of this is that this, this work,
this incentives disincentivizes community participation.
If, if you ask superintendent today,
would he rather have shot spotter or well engaged
and informed people in this district,
I guarantee you he would say he would want a well-informed
and engaged constituency in these districts.
And again, if you leave folks in a desert long enough,
you can give 'em a saltine
and they will think that it is a rich,
and again, yes, are there anecdotal stories about, Hey,
it did this, it did this.
Yes, there are, but the challenge here is
that the department has ultimately brought this on itself
by not using the tool the way it was purported to be given
to us back in 2016 to 2017.
Again, one district did it.
Why the rest of 'em didn't do it, I don't know.
But what I do know is that we have now had more people
stop calling 9 1 1 when we need them to participate.
We've had less people come
to CAPS meetings when we need them to participate.
And guess what it's happening at on the south
and west side of Chicago.
Again, we gotta start playing chess and not checkers
because this type of technology continues to drive community
away from what needs to happen.
And that is engagement with the police department.
And again, we can argue,
guy dropped the price, the 48% of whatever he did.
Of course you got, we, I've been talking to folks all week.
Hey, we need to keep this lobbyists. Hey, yeah, need to.
But again, what is this going to do
to benefit the relationship between the police department
and our communities?
And as I said before, where's this happening?
It's not happening in Sauganash,
it's not happening in Mount Greenwood.
Where is this happening at folks?
It's on the south and west sides of Chicago.
So again, I think we gotta think a little deeper
beyond just this point
and understand what is it that we really want.
Ultimately, we want safe communities.
Is this the one tool that can deliver it?
It could have if it was used right,
and drove crime down like they told us
that it was going to do.
And again, I've had conversations with the mayor about this
as well, just many of us have, have done.
But again, what we find is
that the tool was not used properly.
Goes back to, and, and I, I don't wanna take this step back,
but recall, remember when p Police used
to just roll up on the corner and lock everybody up?
Remember that? Remember that when they just rolled up on you
and hey, just jump on in.
Just get on in. So again, we talk about if you give tools,
everybody wants, if you ask them,
I want to keep that tool too.
I want to keep every tool possible in order for,
to make my job easier.
But we've gotta do the hard work of engaging
and getting people back on track
between the police and the community.
The second part, which I think that Alderman, um,
hadn't brought up, again, we all talk about democracy.
This is one of those things of democracy.
They say elections have consequences.
This is one of those things.
We talk about democracy
and that we want to make sure democracy works,
but we can in the same breath strip
or attempt to strip the executive office of
what their constitutional right is.
We might not like it, but again, the man was elected
and he had made a decision.
He has a right to make a decision and it is what it is.
So today we go through this gyrations back
and forth about something
that we don't even have the authority to do,
but yet we want to, we want to continue the chaos, continue
to continue the foolishness, continue going
around in circles, and again, still playing chapters,
not truly understanding what's going on,
not truly understanding what,
what we're talking about on from investments.
Not, not not truly understanding what the overall
decision of this is.
Ladies and gentlemen, we've been elected to lead, not react.
We've been elected to lead, not react.
And what we've witnessed from the police department over the
last six or seven years
with this technology has not been leading.
It has been reacting. It has not been leading.
It has been reacting. Yeah, they've been running out.
They drive down Jackson, where I live flying,
run into a gunshot detection.
But why not take that technology to kinda infer
what might happen and be there
and deal with it they did in the 15th district.
Why can't that be replicated?
So again, I understand that this is one of those issues.
Of course, we're, we're in challenging times with,
I'm not concerned about the budgetary impact of this.
Uh, it, it, it's a, it's a number. We can deal with it.
But I think that we have to think a little deeper here.
And I think that our constituents will want us to try
to figure out something better than just trying
to lay this problem and say
that it's just a gunshot detection issue.
And we've got a deeper, more challenging concern
that we must work to deal with.
And that is the relationship
between the Chicago Police Department
and the citizens on the south and west sides of Chicago.
That is probably the best gunshot detection technology we
could ever have to get people back, people
and police back together on the same page.
And again, let's stop playing checkers, y'all. Thank you.
Thank you. And our final speaker, um, thank you very much.
The chair recognizes Alderman, David Moore.
Thank you so much Mr.
President after hearing some of this stuff.
Um, and I'm gonna still stick to what I was going to say
and I'm not going to address some of these just
ignorant comments that were made
because I want to be, uh, positive when we had the
superintendent here just now.
Um, well, it, it, it was a feel good moment.
It, it, it was like togetherness and Mr. Mayor.
That's what I appreciated.
Um, as I'm sitting here, I I'm thinking about it
and I'm going back to 20 14, 20 15, um,
when we first even met on the Dr.
Clarice Mason show.
The, the, the, the person that I fell in love with
that energy and all those things.
And it's still there because
what other people may not know is
I know your heart is right.
What nobody else say, I, I know your heart is right.
But when we get to a point when we are talking about
the Inspector General's data and all that stuff,
and what the Inspector General said, it's so strange
that people are not looking at the University of Chicago.
I didn't like the, who I respect our Inspector general.
They done a great job. I take over almost
anybody any day of the week.
But at the end of the day, she was making determination
on some data that wasn't properly reported.
If you put junk in, you get junk out,
you put junk in, you get junk out.
And so that's all she was reporting.
But when we look at 91
lives, non fatally shot call, I mean non fatally nonfatal
lives saved on a shot spot
or alert to no 9 1 1 calls.
That's major. I don't recall.
Now somebody else may recall pull it,
ev pull it up or whatever, whatever.
I know the, the briefings I was in when they was talking
about shots spot, nobody ever told me it was gonna reduce
crime by 50%.
I I never heard that.
But they said it was gonna be a tool to help with crime.
But even when that report came out
previously before the University of Chicago data,
as I was looking at this Florida data, I'm like,
something is not right because I'm living this thing.
You can call me crazy girl going down the street.
Do what I do. But I'm living this thing.
And I know for a fact when those
guys are cutting off the cameras that we have,
'cause they cutting the lights.
I don't know how many times I done called CDOT to go back
'cause they need their pod cameras put back on.
But the shot detection system is still working.
And so that SD SC room, they're tracking.
Otherwise you just got a big system there
that's sitting there not doing anything.
And so this is what helps us.
I want us to get to the point
of when we're talking about democracy, when we,
when we brought this up initially,
everybody know I'm just a up and down guy.
I can take a loss on any vote when people's voice.
That's democracy. But when people start playing political
maneuvers and all that, that's
what get us in this craziness.
'cause this could have been done with a long time ago,
a long time ago.
And so and so now we find ourself here
and we still have an opportunity to look at the data,
to hear what everybody is saying.
We wanna work nobody more than me
with this administration to say, okay, yeah, I don't like it
because X, Y, Z but this is what we need
to do to replace it.
Because contrary to what people say when they don't read
and they don't know their stuff, saying, we can use
that money to invest in our communities.
It has to stay at the police department
and technology know your stuff before you speak.
It has to stay there.
So what other technology are we gonna use?
I'm okay with that. I ain't married
to no corporation or nothing.
I'm married to keeping my people safe.
I'm married to to, and I'm,
and I'm offended by what was said in Carter, you saying,
Hey, a person, you ask them what they wanna keep,
they're gonna say they need it anyway.
You calling our superintendent ignorant, he's not ignorant.
It's a smart man. He knows what this technology does.
He's lived it and he sees it from the, from, from,
from the ground up.
And so we got an opportunity here to unite.
Let's not let this divide us.
We got an opportunity to, to unite.
And so let's, let's, let's get this past there.
Let's talk and say, okay,
yeah, we gave it to superintendent.
Everybody know I'll amend anything. I'll amend anything.
I'll work to amend anything, but let's keep moving.
Let's keep moving in the direction.
That's what leadership is. Hey. Yeah.
Based on the data that I saw before, that's what I thought.
But I'm seeing this new data now and here it is.
We'll work with the city council.
Let's let all work together to do what's best for our city.
Let's do that. That's all I'm asking. Nothing.
I hate not being able to sleep at night,
but when I make a decision,
I can sleep at night when I know it's right.
But I can't sleep at night when I hear people say, uh,
do we think we need to call the alderman?
No, he's a foe of the mayor. Man, that hurt me to my heart.
There's not a lot of people,
there are not many people in this council
that if you got in trouble
that I wouldn't stand up and box for you.
Some people I just call the police and wait and,
and if they get their butt kicked
until the police get there, that's fine.
But you one of 'em that I jump in that fight with.
And to hear people from your administration say, I'm a fo
brother, y'all don't know me at all.
Nor try to sit down with, with me.
When you do that, then we can be, we can move forward.
We can help our city as a whole.
What is the best way to do that?
If is is it another technology?
Because I know, I know, I know
for a fact that this is helping.
And the other data that is not
capturing because I've seen it.
I'm out there with the guys.
Dude, man, I'm glad that gunshot technology was out here
because the police, yeah, they showed up.
But these guys was about to come back and hit us again.
You not, you can't capture that.
They didn't come back and hit again. And guess what?
No innocent person got shot.
I know this for a fact,
but if that innocent person gets shot,
then we had another funeral just crying.
Yeah, no, this is not checkers.
This is real chess because it saves lives.
It saves lives. And that's all we want to do here.
And we wanna work with you. Um, Mr.
Mayor know that, know that if you don't know nothing else,
know that we want you to succeed.
I want you to succeed.
And we want to just work together to make sure
that we have the proper, if it's another company, fine.
If it's another technology, fine.
But let's work together to make sure we got the right tools
to do what we need to do for our community.
And my last thing, when people talking about engagement
of people from BlocPower president to, uh, caps, um,
be facilitator, everything still was doing all that stuff
before Alderman Steel go and
before Shots Spotter came in, they combined,
they combine, um, the different beats
because enough people weren't showing up.
Don't blame it on Shot Spotter.
Stop with the ignorant talk that happened
before Shot Spotter and the fact that people are not engaged
and not calling 9 1 1 1 9 1 1.
We have to do something. We have to do something.
If there's an alternative, Mr.
Mayor, more than anybody, I'm willing to work
with you on that alternative.
Know that. Thank you so much. Thank
You very much. There's
a motion to pass the ordinance. Okay, please.
Thank you. There's a motion
to pass the ordinance 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 11 0 3.
This is before US members, please use your EVO application
to record your vote at this time.
All right. Voting is open. Voting is open.
Please use your Eev device. The voting is now open.
Please raise your hand if you need help.
I will now take a voice.
Vote for anyone who's not used the system.
Alderman Alderman Robinson. Alder person Robinson.
Not cha, not in chambers. Okay, that's it.
The voting is now closed.
There are 33 yays. 14 nays.
This motion passes on the motion
to reconsider Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I move, reconsider the vote.
All those in favor of the reconsideration
of this vote signify by saying Aye.
All those opposed say no. This motion fails.
Chair recognizes Alderman. Bill.
Thank you Mr. President. Mr. President.
Uh, based on the outcome of that vote, me
and my colleagues move
to withdraw the special meeting. Following this meeting.
Very well. All the members. Thank you Alderman.
Bill, all the members, um,
who co-signed for the special meeting.
I take your word that you are in agreement
with Alderman Bill's motion to withdraw.
Very well. We'll accept that for the date
and time of the next meeting.
Chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I've handed up an ordinance
to the clerk setting the date and time of the next meeting.
Very much. Thank you very much.
Madam Clerk, please read the ordinance,
Be it ordained by the City Council of City
of Chicago, section one.
The next regular meeting of City Council of City of Chicago
shall be held on Wednesday, October 9th, 2024,
beginning at 10:00 AM at the Council Chamber on the second
floor, city Hall 1 21 North LaSalle Street, Chicago,
Illinois, section two.
This ordinance shall take effect
and be enforced after its passage.
Gregory Mitchell, alderman Seventh
Ward. It's a second Madam Clerk,
just hold on.
The meeting is not adjourned. You all please.
We're just about there. Keep your voices down
please. Thank you Madam Clerk.
The next regular, the next
regular meeting of the city council.
City of Chicago shall be held on Wednesday,
October 9th, 2024,
beginning at 10:00 AM in the council chamber on the second
floor, 1 21 Northwest
Illinois. Excuse,
Could you all please, we are
literally trying to end the meeting.
Could you just quiet please.
Last time. Next regular meeting of the city council.
The city of Chicago shall be held on Wednesday,
October 9th, 2024,
beginning at 10:00 AM And council
Chambers on the second floor.
City Hall 1 21 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Gregory Mitchell, alderman Seventh Ward,
Alderman Mitchell, President.
I move passage in the omnibus hearing. No objection.
So order
Hold on.
Meetings. Meetings not adjourned.
Sergeant at arms, could you all please restore some order?
If they're disruptive, just take 'em out.
I'm with you.
Yeah, I'm with you. No, we still got it.
Ain't no Johnny Jackson.
Please remove these individuals from the chamber.
Thank you.
Sergeant Arms, please continue
to escort them out the room, please.
Okay, thank you.
City Council members, could you all just please respect the
process so that we can complete this meeting
with some dignity and some order please.
Alderman Mitchell for the omnibus roll call.
Mr. President, I move that matters in the omnibus be
passed by the first most favorable roll call vote
by the Committee on Finance in the
associated unsuccessful motion. Re to reconsider
Hearing No objections.
So ordered Altman Mitchell on a motion to adjourn Ms.
Per there being no further visit
before this body. I move that we adjourn
Hearing no objections.
So ordered. This meeting is adjourned.