Okay.
Good afternoon, colleagues.
Uh, the committee I'm licensed
and consumer protection will now come to order.
We will begin with a roll call to establish Quorum
Silverstein is here.
Vice Chair Chico. Alderman Coleman.
Alderman Moore, alderman O'Shea
Alderwoman, Scott Alderman Cardona
Present, Alderman Wax back,
alderman Conway.
Alderman Viegas, Alderwoman Mitts.
Alderman Spto, alderman Napolitano,
alderman Riley, alderman Lawson, alderman Gardner,
Alderwoman Clay Alderman Martin.
There are 10 members present. We have a quorum.
We do have Alderman Woman, MITs, Alman, Martin, Martin
and Alderman Gardner on virtual,
um, alderman.
Bedo makes a motion to accept them in as part of a quorum.
All in favor? Any opposed?
Um, welcome to the three of you.
This time we will begin the public comment period.
The period is limited to 30 minutes out
of respect for everybody's time.
Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
Uh, George Blakemore is first.
Mr. George Blakemore to you young lady,
Mr. George Blakemore.
So you have ran all the public speakers away.
I think you ran some of them crazy, but maybe I'm crazy.
For, to stay and be the only one. The power of one.
And we are dealing with package stores
and liquor, uh, stores in the black community.
They have fabulous liquor stores.
I went in some of these good old liquor stores,
babbles Interior, but,
but who received those license Arabs.
White folk. Not black.
How many black people have liquorice in these wards?
How many black people?
Everybody come to the black ward and make money
and black people, uh, got treasures right there.
They can make money. How many black people
have Liquor of life?
And I see in one of 'em, uh, ultimate Coleman Ward.
She's, she's lifting that
where somebody else can come in and sell liquor.
I'm wondering if this person gonna be black.
I was out to the Regal yesterday there, landmarking it
and I said, let me go across the street.
What's going on over there?
I went there and a fabulous Arab liquor store
right in the heart of the black ghetto.
You know, something is wrong with black people.
This is dealing with business, the Committee on License
and Consumer Protection.
Money. Money.
And it's something wrong with black people,
that they're not getting the money
in their own neighborhood.
They don't open up business
and it's something wrong with them.
The educated one supposed
to teach the one who's not educated.
She's supposed
she supposed to teach me.
You supposed to inform me.
You supposed to engage you
and you represent me.
Now, I don't want to get on Mr. Moore.
I don't wanna be Joe, get on Mr. Moore.
I don't want to get on Stephanie.
If, if something happened to our black people
on the plantation, but they just don't think rational.
You go to Chinatown,
you don't see other ethnic groups opening up businesses.
Why do you see this in the black neighbor? Well,
So well, Thank you.
I would like to recognize Alderwoman Coleman as part
of Quorum and also, uh, non-members,
alderman Burnett Lee and Ramirez.
Did I miss anybody else? Okay.
I'm now gonna call, uh, pat Doer for Public Comment.
Good afternoon, uh, members of the committee
and unexpectedly,
actually this is the fifth anniversary of Mr.
Blakemore given pretty much that same comment
at a license committee hearing.
But hear me out, Mr. Blakemore. Don't interrupt.
You'll like this. He was absolutely right.
There is disproportionately low African American liquor
license ownership in Chicago.
I took that running once I was able to verify it.
We started a minority brewing program with Haymarket Brewing
and some other Chicago breweries that brought more members
of the African community into the industry.
And that has expanded into a scholarship program
for black brewers across Chicago
that we just helped host another fundraiser for a month ago.
There's could be something about a blind squirrel
to set here, but it worked out and it is.
His comments five years ago led to that brewing program
and it was almost exactly this time.
Now, if I can go on with why I'm here, uh, today,
alderman Valgas has an ordinance about a small business
protection rebate program.
It's being re-referred to the budget committee.
I would greatly appreciate on behalf
of our small business bar, restaurant
and music venue members we've worked for.
If many of you today would see fit
to become co-sponsors of that ordinance.
We are experiencing a historic rise in Chicago in expensive
burglaries and robberies of full service restaurants, bars,
and music venues.
They're getting very little money.
Local media carrier covers it every month,
but every time they do it's thousands of dollars in damage
to these businesses that is not covered
by their deductible in most cases.
In fact, many commercial policies exclude glass and burglar
or glass and door damage as part of these from coverage.
It is not a huge amount of money to this budget.
It is not a huge amount of money overall,
but it is a lot of money to these businesses.
So I hope you can see fit to co-sponsor the ordinance.
Let's get it over to budget and have a debate,
or at least a subject matter hearing on it on ways
we can help these businesses.
There were over 733 burglaries and robberies of bars
and restaurants in the city this year.
That's up 20% from last year
and last year was 80% up from the year before.
Whatever we can do at this council
to help these small businesses get
through this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and I will be
around afterwards if anyone has any questions.
Thank you. Uh,
that concludes our public speakers
and we are gonna get started on today's agenda.
We have 10 items on today's agenda.
If we could have quiet in the chambers while
we're discussing this.
The the first item on the agenda today
is oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 1 3 1 27.
An ordinance to amend section four dash six zero dash 0 22
and four dash six zero dash 0 23 of the Municipal Code
of Chicago to disallow additional alcoholic liquor licenses
and package good licenses on a portion
of the 40 on on a portion of 43rd Street
in Alderwoman DOS Ward, the third ward,
the chair recognizes.
Brian, could you identify yourself please?
Thank you so much, chairman Silverstein.
My name is Brian Friedman,
third Ward Alderman Pat Dowells office asking
that the committee kindly support this ordinance.
Uh, this brings 43rd street in alignment
with the surrounding streets like 35th Street, 47th Street,
51st Street, which already have, um,
this restriction on them.
Uh, this is more of a residential area now than,
than it used to be, and the restriction would
help that development. Thank you.
Are there any questions? Alderman o OSHA moves to pass.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Any opinion of the chair?
The ayes have at the motion is passed.
S we're also
gonna recognize Alderman wax back for purposes of quorum.
Next on the agenda item number two,
which is oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 1 2 8 7 3.
An ordinance to amend the municipal code
of Chicago lifting subsection four dash
6 2 3 11
0.102 to allow the issuance
of additional package good licenses on a portion
of Morgan Street.
This is in the 11th ward.
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Lee.
Thank you Madam Chair.
Um, I'm here today
to seek the committee's favorable support on this, uh,
ordinance to lift the liquor moratorium on this
portion of Morgan Street.
Um, Morgan has gone through, um, a bit
of a renaissance over the years, um,
and now that I'm, uh, in office, we're looking to continue
that, uh, that move towards more businesses
coming onto the street there.
Uh, and we've got a a great, uh, we've got a great business
that's gonna be opening up a listening bar that's going
to specialize in just low key chill
and actually will serve, uh, both alcoholic
and non-alcoholic beverages.
Kind of first of its kind in the ward.
So very much looking forward to that
and looking forward to bringing
more life onto Morgan Street. Thank you.
Sounds nice. Are there any questions by the committee?
Although woman Scott moves to pass. All in favor say aye.
Any opposed? And the opinion
of the chairs the ayes have at the motion is passed.
Item number three on the agenda is oh
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 7 3 3 4
in ordinance to amend section four dash 6 0 0 2 3
of the Municipal Code of Chicago
to disallow additional package goods license on a portion
of Archer Avenue in the 12th ward,
the chair recognizes Alderwoman Ramirez. Awesome.
Good morning, Alderwoman.
Um, I'm here to support this item, um, an ordinance
to disallow additional packaged good licenses on a portion
of South Archer Avenue from Levit to Damon.
The reason for this ordinance is
to put a moratorium back into place, which was lifted
by my predecessor in 2019 to allow for CMAC produce, uh,
located at 34 35 South Archer
to obtain packaged goods, uh, liquor license.
I ask for your favorable consideration on
this item. Thank you.
Any questions from committee Vice chair?
Chico moves to pass. All in favor say aye.
Any opposed the opinion of the chairs? The ayes have it.
The motion is passed. Item four on the agenda.
Um, we're actually gonna take item four, five,
and six together.
Um, the first one is O2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 1 2 6 0 9.
And this one is
well miss the disallow.
This one is to allow, uh, that one is, um, an ordinance
to amend section four dash six zero dash 0 2 3
of the municipal code of Chicago
to disallow additional packaged goods license on a portion
of 63rd Street.
And then item number five is oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 1 2 6 1 1.
And ordinance to amend the municipal code
of Chicago lifting subsection four dash
6 0 2 3 1 0 2
and 16.147 to allow the issuance
of additional package goods license on a portion
of Ashland Avenue.
And the last one is oh 2 0 2 4
dash 0 0 1 2 6 1 2.
An ordinance to amend the municipal code
of Chicago lifting subsection four dash
6 3 6
to allow the issuance of additional packaged goods license
on a portion of Scene Avenue.
If we could, um, recognize Alder Woman Coleman
to talk about all of these.
Um, and then we'll vote, um,
just one time in all three of these.
Thank you Chairman Silverstein.
I ask for this committee's favorable support
to disallow packaged goods on a portion of 63rd Street, um,
street by street.
Thanks to your committee.
And I have to especially thank Carl for helping me, uh,
with the blind spots
as we have an inherited new territory in the 16th ward
and we are block by block, um, disallowing
and both seeing where the bad actors are
and then making sure that we have people
that are making proper investments in our communities.
And can you talk about Ashland Avenue also? Yes.
On, uh, the corner of 55th
and Ashland, uh, we have, uh,
the community is supporting a new operator that
a not a new operator,
but an existing operator in the ward that has taken on this
building that has not had any investment in the last 40
years that will not only, uh, bring forth arch,
but a tasting
and just a different culture of, um, business on 55th
and Ashland in addition to a devastation
that happened on abortion, a racing avenue
and operator that will be coming in
to literally light up the community
and make some investments not only in the building
but actually in the security
of the footprint of the business.
Okay. Thank you. Are there any questions?
Alderman Napolitano moves
to pass all three of these ordinances.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed the opinion of the chair?
The ayes have it. And, um,
the motions, the motion is passed.
We are moving on to item number seven, which is oh 2 0 2 4
dash 2 8 8 in ordinance to amend the municipal code
of Chicago lifting subsection four dash 6 0 2 3
to allow the issuance
of additional packaged goods license on a portion
of North Kedzie Avenue
and Al Woman Rodriguez Sanchez's board.
Do we have anybody?
Hi, thank you Silverstein. Uh, my name is Abraham.
Uh, we are requesting the lift of the main purpose being
for a transfer of ownership.
We did hold a public meeting
and held feedback open for two weeks
and we got majority in support from the community.
Um, and yeah, uh,
there is an existing liquor store there already.
It's simply just a transfer of ownership.
Are there any questions? Alderman
Beck moves to pass.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed?
And the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it
and the motion is passed.
Item eight on the agenda is oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 1 2 8 9
and ordinance to amend section four dash six zero dash 0 2 2
and four dash six zero dash 0 2 3 of the municipal code
of Chicago to disallow additional alcoholic liquor licenses
and package good licenses on a portion of Belden Avenue
and Alderman Ramirez Roses 35th Board.
The chair recognizes Lucio.
Hi, I am Luc. Hi, I am cio.
I'm the legislative and policy aid for the 35th Ward.
Here to testify for this item
and to kindly ask for the committee support, um,
this ordinance would establish a liquor
moratorium on Belden.
Recently, we've, uh, expressed support
to allow a mixed use development,
which would be a yoga studio
and coffee shop given the new zoning
and the feedback we received, which was
that the community members did not want a,
a liquor serving establishment to be allowed in the future.
We wanted to implement this moratorium, um,
hamper to answer any questions.
Uh, and we kindly ask that you support this item.
Are there any questions? Alderman Cardona moves to pass.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed the opinion of the chairs?
The ayes have at the motion is passed. Thank
You.
Item number
9 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 3 7.
An ordinance to amend the municipal code
of Chicago lifting subsection four dash 6 23
0.234 to allow the issuance of additional package,
good license on a portion of Illinois Street
and Alderman Riley's 42nd award.
The chair recognizes Joanna.
Good afternoon chairwoman and committee members.
My name is Joanna Ingrown with Alderman Riley's office.
I'm here to ask your favorable support for this ordinance
to lift a packaged goods moratorium on a portion
of East Illinois Street in Streeterville.
Um, the current liquor, uh, license holder,
a packaged goods liquor store called Uncork.
IT at 3 93 East Illinois is looking to sell their business.
Um, the new owner has met with the local community group,
soar and they also support this transfer.
Um, so we need to lift this in order
to allow that. Thank you.
Any questions? Alderman Conway moves to pass.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed any of the cheers?
The ayes have it. The motion is passed.
And lastly, we have
oh 2 0 2 4 dash
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and ordinance to establish a small business protection
rebate program for reimbursement of security hardware
and software costs by small business enterprises
and Alderman Vega's 36th Ward.
This ordinance is being re-referred
to the Committee on Budget and Government Operations.
Um, vice Chair Chico makes a motion
to recommend the re-referral.
All in favor say aye. Any opposed?
Um, the ordinance will be re-referred
to the committee on budget.
This concludes the agenda of the committee on license.
The past matters will be reported as a recommendation
to pass at the next city council on October 22nd, 2024.
There being no further business before the committee.
Can I get a motion to adjourn by Alderman sdo? Um, hearing?
No objection. So ordered the meeting is adjourned.
Thank you everyone. See you guys tomorrow.