Be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated,
and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere
with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the
proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to
adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the
remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.
City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public
Meetings, 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of
Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the
following rules of conduct for members of the public.
These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing
gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council
or any of its committees. All individuals and their
belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request.
Individuals must remain seated at all times except,
one, when entering or exiting the gallery.
Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting
set aside for that purpose.
Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member
of the City Council.
Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,
or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the
judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may
lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly
conduct of the meeting is not permitted.
Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet,
waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling,
booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not
permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at
Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly
conduct of the meeting.
Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the
Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.
Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any
pointed objects, including knives of any kind.
Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.
Three, food and beverages, including in glass or
metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags,
and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color,
that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12
are permitted and subject to search.
And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,
laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper
spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small
handheld recording devices must be placed in silent
mode, can only be used while seated, and can only
be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability
of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings.
Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these
rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the
meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.
City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public
Meetings, 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of
Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the
following rules of conduct for members of the public.
These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing
gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council
or any of its committees. All individuals and their
belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request.
Individuals must remain seated at all times except,
one, when entering or exiting the gallery.
Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting
set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked
to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council.
Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive,
or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the
judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may
lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct
of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting
actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,
throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,
or other loud utterances are not permitted when, in the judgment of the
meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are
disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.
Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the
Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.
Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any
pointed objects, including knives of any kind.
Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.
Three, food and beverages, including in glass or
metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large
bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in
color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by
12 are permitted and subject to search.
And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,
laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper
spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small
handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,
can only be used while seated, and can only be used in
a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other
individuals to view or hear the proceedings.
Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these
rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the
meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.
City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public
Meetings, 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of
Order and Procedure.
The Sergeant at Arms sets forth the following rules of
conduct for members of the public.
These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing
gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council
or any of its committees. All individuals and their
belongings are subject to search at entry or upon
request. Individuals must remain seated at all
times except, one, when entering or exiting the
gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the
portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose.
Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member
of the City Council.
Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive
or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the
judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, may
lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct
of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting
actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms,
throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting,
or other loud utterances, are not permitted when in the judgment of the
meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are
disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the
meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety
hazards, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in
the gallery.
Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any
pointed objects, including knives of any kind.
Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.
Three, food and beverages, including in glass or
metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags,
and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color,
that do not exceed 12 inches by six inches by 12,
are permitted and subject to search.
And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,
laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace pepper
spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small
handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,
can only be used while seated, and can only be used in
a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other
individuals to view or hear the proceedings.
Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these
rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the
meeting by the Sergeant at Arms.
City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public
Meetings, 2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of
Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the
following rules of conduct for members of the public.
These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing
gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council
or any of its committees. All individuals and their
belongings are subject to search at entry or upon
request. Individuals must remain seated at all
times except, one, when entering or exiting the
gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the
portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose.
Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member
of the City Council.
Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive
or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the
judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, may
lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly
conduct of the meeting, is not permitted.
Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet,
waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling,
booing, shouting, or other loud utterances, are not
permitted when in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at
Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly
conduct of the meeting.
Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the
Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.
Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any
pointed objects, including knives of any kind.
Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage.
Three, food and beverages, including in glass or
metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large
bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in
color, that do not exceed 12 inches by six inches by
12, are permitted and subject to search.
And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks,
laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace pepper
spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small
handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode,
can only be used while seated-
Mic check.
The meeting of the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic
Hello.
The meeting of the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety is now called to
order for July 7th, 2026. We will now have a roll call
to establish quorum. Chairman Laspada, present.
Vice Chair Cruz?
Alderman Hopkins?
Alderman Robinson?
Alderman Yancey?
Alderman Chico?
Alderman Quinn?
Alderman Moore?
Alderman Curtis?
Alderman Burnett? Alderman Irvin?
Alderman Knudson?
Alderman Lawson?
Alderman Martin?
Alderwoman Manar-Happenworth?
We have
one non-member present, one Alderman Vasquez.
There are eight members present. We have a quorum.
Alders Robinson, Moore, Quinn,
and Irvin have requested to participate in the meeting remotely pursuant to
Rule 59. Alderman Robinson?
Mic check, mic check. Alderman Robinson?
Robinson's here, Chairman.
Thank you, sir.
Alderman Moore?
Welcome back to you, sir. Alderman Irvin?
Alderman Irvin is present.
Thank you very much, sir.
And we will await the arrival of Alderman Quinn.
Can I have a motion to allow,
for the moment, Alders,
because they are with us, Aldermen Robinson, Moore, and Irvin to participate
remotely?
Alderman Yancey so moves. All those in favor of saying aye.
Thank you. All those opposed say nay.
In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.
Alders Robinson, Moore, and Irvin are present here today by video conference,
and will be counted accordingly for the roll call.
At this time, we will begin the public comment period.
Out of respect for everybody's time, each speaker is limited to three minutes.
Speakers, in accordance with Rule 58 of the City Council Rules of Order,
please refrain from profane language, obscene conduct, or
disruptive comments. Our first speaker is Mr.
George Blakemore.
To this
so-called meeting,
and we have one, two, three, four, five
citizens that are here.
Five citizens.
It's unbelievable.
Somebody is not doing his or her job.
For you to have a committee meeting on public safety and
traffic,
and only five citizens or six
that's present,
it's unbelievable.
It's
unbelievable.
Five
people who are here.
Unbelievable.
So,
why are you having this meeting? Well, I see the agenda.
But until you
get the constituents, the people involved,
you have failed.
We have two,
four, six, by seven, eight aldermen.
What's going on here?
What is going on here?
Where are the people? Do you know your job as a elected
official, as an alderman, is to inform,
engage, enlighten, and involve your
constituents.
So
you have failed.
This is a failed system.
Not Mr. Blakemore,
you.
We all have failed
to continue
to do what you're doing and what we're doing.
I fail. I go live on Facebook and tell them all about--
Shut up!
Shut up over there.
And I go live, I want to go viral, I want people to see
what's going on. I fail.
And the citizens have failed. This is a
failing system.
And the only thing I--
I don't have a cure for this.
It's so corrupt.
It's just terrible.
It's just a terrible system. What makes you, Mr.
Blakemore, continue to come? What make you
continue to do what you do? And what make the people
let you get away with it?
So Trump, you need to come-
Thank you much, Mr. Blakemore. Our next speaker is Ms.
Zoe Lay.
Yes,
George, it is a failed
system.
So failed and so flawed that
I know majority of every alderman's personal
business in here. That's how long I've been coming here
and not receiving any help,
because you guys do it yourself.
You know?
You've got
people getting nonprofits, hurrying up and getting a
nonprofit,
and then
having it quick deed
to a nonprofit. So you may go to the land bank because
y'all are the politicians and got the plug, and go pick out whatever
y'all want over there.
And then y'all go and get a nonprofit, and then quick deed it to the
nonprofit,
and then now you don't got to pay no taxes on that house.
So I feel like everybody should do that.
I feel like everybody
should
put their home, their paid property,
or even if you got a mortgage, in a nonprofit,
and then don't pay no property taxes.
Just like y'all do.
It's legal, right?
It's legal? Because y'all do it all the time.
Stephanie Coleman mama did it twice, and then she get public funding
from y'all. So,
y'all knocked down my family's building.
My mom put it in a quick deed.
My godfather quick deed it too because y'all kept trying to steal it.
And then next thing y'all know, once y'all found out that y'all couldn't take it
for property taxes because she put it in a nonprofit,
then y'all just knocked it down.
Because y'all going to get it regardless.
Y'all think y'all getting back in office?
The city will be shut down with the Feds swarming this RICO.
This one big RICO that's happening.
All because none of y'all could figure out
how to make my family whole for the mistake that y'all did.
I told you I wasn't going nowhere until I made sure y'all get out of y'all
seats. This was the worst customer service I ever had in my life.
This concludes the public comment period.
Our first order of business is the Rule 45 report from June, which
was sent out via email and distributed to committee members.
Can I have a motion to approve the June Rule 45 report?
Alderman Martin so moves. All those in favor of passing the report, say
"aye." All of those opposed, say "nay." In the opinion
of the chair, the ayes have it. Moving on to the direct introduction
ordinances on pages two and three.
Can I have a motion to recommend approval of all direct introduction
ordinances on pages two and three by the same roll call vote?
Mr. Chairman?
Hello?
Mr. Chairman, it's Alderman Irving.
Yes, sir.
I have a question. So I noticed that there was a series
of parking meter removals
that are on
the agenda. And it seems like that there were
a hefty number of them. And the question, as I read the
agenda last night that I emailed, was
what was the revenue implications of these
removals? And if there were
others put back to
make it a one-for-one transition, because I always
understood it was that we could remove meters if we were
replacing them like kind with other revenue, which doesn't
necessarily have to be the same number of meters, but the revenue matched up.
And I didn't recall getting an answer back on that.
And I'm just trying to understand what the impetus is
and what the revenue implications of removing these meters
would be.
Thank you so much for that, sir. I believe that Amanda from
CDOT actually emailed back in response to that question
just prior to our committee meeting, sir.
She just sent it?
It should be in your inbox. Yes, sir.
Okay. I haven't seen that
related to...
I apologize, but I don't see that.
I'm being told that-
I mean, if you can answer the question, then that'd be fine, too.
But I don't
have that in my inbox, and I'm looking at it right now.
No, I appreciate that, sir. I'll check in on that.
I know that they had installed other meters in a prior
ordinance.
With your permission, we would
pass today in committee, and then should your questions
not be wholly satisfied by council,
we can take action to address that. Does that sound fair?
That's fair. I'm reasonable. I think we're all reasonable
people here. But I think as we go through these
conversations around these meters,
that we definitely need to make sure that we're not creating more
challenges than we're solving. So,
that's my
primary concern around that particular
issue. So...
Top of mind for me as well, sir.
I appreciate that.
I will make sure if for whatever reason that email has
not made it to your inbox, we will have Amanda reach out to you directly.
Yes, Alderman Lawson.
Can you send that email to the entire committee?
Because this is something that we, as a budget issue every year, that we
pay for the meters that are taken out of service.
And so to understand that as we do take meters out of service, I think is really
important. So if you could share that with the whole committee, I'd appreciate it.
Truly, no one is here endeavoring at all to increase our
true up costs. So I will make sure
that it is wholly addressed before this comes through our committee report at
council. Alderman Vasquez.
Thank you very much, Chair. Yeah, I appreciate the fact that this is a conversation
we're having. I think also
something that maybe should be practice and policy is when we're talking to CDOT
related to any of the parking meter changes to know where they're moving to, what
that looks like, so that we're not adding to the bottom line at the end of the
year. So I think it's a very fair question and appreciate that it's coming
up now. Thank you, Chairman.
Very much fair, and again, to affirm, we have been told
that we're essentially net neutral on meters, but we will make sure that
those details are provided not only to committee members but to the full
council prior to any vote in the full city
council. Noting Alderman Hopkins and Alderman Moore with us
for purposes of quorum. Very good to see you, gentlemen.
With these points
made,
I would thank you. May I have a motion to recommend
approval of all direct introduction ordinances on pages two and
three by the same roll call vote as was applied to determine quorum?
Alderman Martin so moves. Hearing no objections, so ordered.
Let us turn to pages four through 14 for the recommended
portion of the agenda. Can I have a motion to recommend approval of all
recommended items on pages four through 14 by the same roll
call vote as was applied to determine quorum?
Alderwoman Manahappenworth so moves.
Hearing no objections, so ordered.
We will now turn to pages 15 through 18 for the no
recommendation portion of the agenda, which are items that received no
recommendation from city departments.
These ordinances were submitted as overrides, are on the agenda at the request of
the alderperson, or do not require departmental approval.
For items two, 10, and 13 on page 17,
we received substitute ordinances that make changes to the language per
CDOT's recommendation. Can I have a motion to accept these substitute
ordinances?
Alderman Lawson so moves. Hearing no objections, so ordered.
And can I have a motion to recommend approval of all no
recommendation items on pages 15 through 18, including the
previously accepted substitutes by the same roll call vote as was
applied to determine quorum? Alderwoman Manahappenworth so
moves. Hearing no objections, so ordered.
I will asterisk pending
satisfaction of the concerns related to parking meter
ordinances in this committee. We will report these items out at
the next regularly scheduled city council meeting.
With there being no further business before the committee, can I have a motion to
adjourn?
Alderwoman Manahappenworth so moves. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
We are adjourned. Thank you.