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Good morning everyone. Good morning, thank you so much.
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Alderman. Rock Lamont Hughes here, present.
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Alderman Mitchell.
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Alderman Gutierrez.
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Lopez is Pierre. Alderwoman Silverstein Auto in Racine is
not here. I know, I know.
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How many?
Alright, thank you very much. There are 48 members.
President we have a quorum that's please rise for the
Pledge of Allegiance.
I play.
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. Thank you, please remain standing for the invitation,
which will be delivered by Reverend Patti, Nakai of the
Buddhist temple of Chicago.
Good.
Woodmore.
Good morning.
Is.
Is a member of the Buddhist Community. I'm very honored to
be here today to deliver the invocation. And as an
Asian-American, I'm very proud to be here on the last day
of Asian American native Hawaiian Pacific, Islander
Heritage Month.
Little.
Little quieter thoughts for a moment of meditation.
Let us.
Let us open our hearts and receive the words of the Buddha.
All.
All beings tremble before violence, all fear death, all
love life, seeing myself and others then whom can. I hurt?
What harm can I do?
The person who seeks Happiness by hurting those who also
seek happiness will never find happiness, but the one who
lives in quietness and virtue, who has ceased to harm all
other beings. He's a true Seeker with energy and virtue be
harmless. Be blameless, awaken to the teaching and free
yourself from solow.
Be.
these were
These words come from the scripture, dhammapada from a
chapter titled, the rod because in the Buddhist, I'm
twenty-five hundred years ago. Violence was seen as the
acts of eating a person or an animal with a rod. But now in
this city, at this time, there are people experiencing
violence in a variety of forms. Not just the violence being
struck by clubs or Bullis.
It is violence for people to not have enough to eat to not
have someplace to sleep. It is vitamins for people that
have their air and water Poison by Industrial Waste. It is
violence for people to be treated as less than because of
their skin color, gender identity, or immigration status.
None of none of us here once experienced such violence.
but,
But the Buddha I asked us to identify with all beings and
not be a party to inflicting such violence on others in the
Buddhist tradition. There's a cosmic figure called 1 yen
in. Japanese are guanyin is usually depicted as a male with
feminine features. But in Chinese culture guanyin is female
and often looks very motherly. The name guanyin means one
who perceives the cries of the world. It means guanyin
shears, cease feels the suffering of others in response to
their Qui show me images of gwangi and show her with the
many arms in each hand, is a different tool in recognition
that our human problems require a variety of tools to solve
them.
Today.
Today, I'm invoking.
Today, I'm invoking the spirit of lion because for all of
you here today, the mayor, the other person, the elected
and appointed officials. Your job is to be Guan Yin for the
city of Chicago. You are the ones who listen to the voices
of the people of Chicago and respond to their needs.
and I,
And I hope you not only hear the voices of those with
wealth and property, but that you listen to those who are
struggling to make ends meet, do those who may speak a
different language from you are. And to those who are too
young to vote now but are the future of our city like Wanya
and you have many tools and resources to use in your
communities. And you know, many problems require a patient
multi-layered approach and not a quick fix. So this is my
brother's invocation today that as you fulfill your
responsibilities from now to the end of your know that each
of you can be the manifestation of Guan Yin hearing the
voices of the people and responding to them and wise and
compassionate ways, know Mommy, that was namu myoho renge
Kyo, I'm in Shalom. Peace.
Thanks.
Thank you, made.
Thank you. Maybe she
Thank you, may be seated. Thank you.
I think.
I thank you all again. We have now entered the portion of
this meeting where we will have public comments, but if I
could, I understand that this a great deal of energy and
positions here, my hope is that this opportunity for
individuals who wish to speak this morning that we will
respect their ability.
and the
And their position.
Is.
It's also important as we move forward, that is individuals
wish to signify or have an amen corner. I would ask that
you would do it with some level of decorum. I believe that
we can have public discourse without demonstrating the
worst part of our debates. And so now we will proceed with
our public comments.
Lake.
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 Walt kindred.
Good morning.
More.
good morning, honorable mayor Brenda Johnson,
congratulations for your
let,
Alexa.
Election to mayor of Chicago and thank you consoled for
allowing us to speak and congratulation Destiny and see
where ever you are. My name is Walter and I'm a father or
grandfather. Entrepreneurial an active member UWF a
community activist born in Chicago raised in Chicago North
Lawndale and it's also in the South Shore. I attended
Chicago Public Schools. I'm here to support the emergency
spending to assist the recent immigrants to our city of
Chicago. But
I suggest that they should not be house in impoverished and
marginalized black and brown communities where we have
food, shortages and homelessness. What in more affluent
communities where there are many more resources
Another.
a number of you sitting here today, maybe immigrants and
first generation of immigrant parents, who are benefiting
How do?
I didn't say you, I said a number of people made please
I need.
I need you all to respect his brother's position and when
is your turn to speak, will do the same, okay? All I'm
saying, is the brother gets an opportunity to talk? We
called that democracy. Please continue sir, please continue
sir.
Thank you, hun.
As I said, are immigrant and a first-generation immigrant
immigrant parents who are benefiting from The Blood Sweat,
and Tears of my ancestors who enslave tortured and promised
reparations that were never received yet. I am here to
share my my are suffrage and my tax dollars to support
those immigrants that are in need 51 million dollars is a
lot of money. We need to match 51 million dollars, a power
wire, you to have year-round jobs and they don't need to
go, so they will not end up in jail. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. Kindred for your comments?
Our next speaker is Nathaniel Cole Meyer.
Good morning.
so, I want
So I want to come out just to start and say that I am in
support of this ordinance and you can do if you want but
just
Hear me out, alright.
art of
part of what I want to say that we'll here against this
argument is that it we can't invest in the refugee
population that comes here because we need to invest in
communities. That's what they'll throw against this
argument, right?
That's why.
That's what?
That's what they said but they don't mean invest in our
communities. When they say invest in our communities, they
mean bringing corporations like Walmart, okay? That's
exactly what they mean, how many subsidies, how many, how
much tax breaks were given to Walmart? And then they
decided to up and leave, they abandon Chicago and they're
going to 1,000 jobs.
so, I
So when they say invest in communities, that's not what
they mean. They don't mean real investment in communities,
what we need. And it's the same thing that these I don't
know if you've actually talked to these refugees who come
here, but what they need our homes and jobs the same that
the people who live here need as well.
We don't need to invest in mega corporations, like Walmart.
That will come here and then leave when it doesn't pay off
for them. We need actual Public Works program. We need a
job guarantee. They got you fighting each other.
Hey.
Nadeau.
it's
is the
Instead of asking, what's good for one group is not good
for me. We need to be asking what's good for everybody,
everybody.
A.
Everybody.
And that includes the people who live here and that
includes the people who are fleeing.
It's
Issues caused by our own government. That we do not benefit
from. We need stable jobs.
When?
We need investment and infrastructure.
That way.
That will help both the people here and the refugees that
are fleeing their own situations. I had more, I wanted to
say, but, you know, that's fine. I'm for the passage of
this organ. I'll say that an investment in Rio communities
in the community are real investment.
which,
Which doesn't just mean bringing corporations, but it means
public jobs, good, public jobs with good public benefits
that the people who live in Chicago can work, and the
refugees were coming here as well. Okay, anything else is a
lie. Anything else saying you're investing in communities
and bringing, in these mega-corporation, you're not
investing in communities. That's what I have to say. Thank
you for your time.
Thank you, mr. Kohlmeyer for your comments.
Are.
Our next speaker is Anushka kuchta.
They?
Thank you, Mayor Johnson and members of the city council,
my name is Anushka Gupta and I live in the 32nd Ward and
Wicker Park and I am an organizer with Asian Americans
advancing justice Chicago. I'm here today to speak in
support of funding for migrants and asylum-seekers and
I am here.
I'm
I am.
I am also here in support of increased essential resources,
going to all communities across Chicago. We have the
opportunity to come together to demand more from our city
and those with the most, well,
A b.
advancing Justice.
and,
Advancing justice, Chicago Works to build power for racial
Equity, with Asian Americans, and immigrant communities
across Chicago. We seen our folks struggle with accessing
Public Services because of language barrier, seen are used
to service because of a lack of CPS resources and seeing
our folks live in the fear of supper.
Mission.
Mission or Depot.
Mission or deportation, we believe in treatment, not
trauma, ending the game database, the pretrial Fairness Act
and the peaceful Gordon it. We know that racial equity and
not happen in a vacuum, because all of our communities are
being harmed by these systems of Oppression at the center
of our work, is the belief that people should be treated
with care and compassion, so they can live their lives with
dignity and respect.
How?
How are?
However, when recently arrived families are sleeping on the
floors of police station with nowhere to go, we know that
Chicago is not living up to its values. We have seen how
this humanitarian crisis has exposed, our City's existing
apps, and services and resources.
I am.
I am at all of the networks of mutual Aid that have
sprouted and are working day in and day out. But I also
know that the city must step in and address. These
immediate needs our organizations and members cannot
address is Crisis alone.
I am.
I am asking members of the council to support funding that
will go to address the most immediate needs for migrants.
But I also want to say that you cannot and must not stop.
Their city council has the opportunity to decide right now
to reverse Decades of disinvestment, in black and brown
communities, we shouldn't be here biting with one another
for resources.
Every.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive, not just
survive. We cannot keep playing games with people's lives
and I'm asking that this be the starting point rather than
the end. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you, Miss Snoop Dogg for your comments. My next
speaker is Andre Smith.
My name is Andre and I'm the CEO of organization called
Chicago against violence. I also stopped the migrant bus
going towards work and was arrested with my friend, Tyrone
Muhammad.
How dare?
This mayor.
and,
And city council have the guts to give migrants 50
$1000000.
Add.
I demand you to have the same passion and urges to pass the
city of Chicago reparations on.
Randolph.
It also.
Opus for Black America.
just,
Just like the new American.
We didn't have the luxury or the opportunity to cross the
border, we don't have to prove it to cross the border. We
came over here being raped stolen and a bottom of shrimp.
if you get marker 51 million dollars,
W forget who you are all under Michael Jackson when he say,
look in the mirror.
How old you?
How old are you?
Forget conscious, the realize, who you at?
I am.
I asked if you were looking at us.
And how?
And holding us accountable. Don't say you black, if you not
going to put your pants, where your mouth is,
the order of the city of Chicago reparations and
congratulations, man.
Play.
Thank you, mr. Smith for your comments. I next speaker is
Jocelyn bras.
Is it?
Is this song?
Is it North or so, thank you so much. Mary, Brandon
Johnson, that sounds real good to say congratulations and
the rest of the city council members, my name is Jocelyn
Bravo and I'm here with the Illinois Coalition for
immigrant and Refugee Rights. I live in Brighton Park and
I've called Brighton Park my home since I was four when I
myself immigrated from Mexico with my family. So for the
past eight months I saw ran, our numbers have been working
really hard to support asylum-seekers and migrants coming
to nacho Chicago Police surrounding suburbs and our members
have seen firsthand that need not only to address what's
going on. But see the cracks that have been within our
institutions long before last summer, Our Community
Resources
Been very stretchy.
Been very stretched. This is consequence of the distant bus
that we've seen in black and brown communities.
We?
We shouldn't be fighting over scraps. We shouldn't be
fighting here, I guess each other for describe. So we
should be doing is looking for Solutions. Only for today,
but for the long-term, we need more housing, we need more
resources, we need more Community program and we need more
Revenue stream that will support this program's in the
long-term, but we're asking the city, so it's about. Yes,
not just for today is funding but we're funding for
tomorrow for the next one, for the next year. So that all
of our communities, all of us, all of us in the city of
Chicago. Thank you so much for your time.
Play.
Thank you, Miss Robert for your music, it's our next
speaker is Vanessa Dominguez.
Hello. My name is Vanessa Dominguez and I'm an organizer
with the Brighton Park neighborhood Council. And I am here
in support as an organization, we have supported hundreds
of families from September, 4th do case management. And
providing emotional and financial support. We've helped
families. Fine, stable housing, students enrolled in
schools and receive basic Medical Care, like prenatal
appointments, and vision exam families have been living on
the floor and police stations. This is unacceptable,
there's a continued need for food clothing and housing, the
51 million to start can help move these families out of
police stations and into their own safe, stable and
comfortable housing. Our elected officials to be investing
in our communities and busting in the South and West sides
and investing in our newest Chicagoans. This is not a
circle one, or the other issue we must transform the way we
View Care in the city. Every person is deserving of love
and care.
We?
Week.
We cannot continue to fall asleep. It communities against
one another. This city has too often told communities to
choose one option at the expense of others.
I hear.
I hear that song.
I hear that some of Alders don't want to allocate these
phones because they believe we should use that money to
invest in Chicago and I have been here longer, but let's be
very clear. We have not seen these Alders, we have not seen
his, all their sign on to treatment. I travel to Rio Pinar
clinics. We have not see these all their sign on to bring
Chicago home to meaningfully in best affordable housing for
a house with neighbors. We have not seen these, all their
sign out to the Peace book. That was developed by impacted
you that is providing long-term solutions to violence and
neighborhoods. So I don't want us to fall for these lies
because he's all those are actually not interested and
don't care about investing in our communities. All
Chicagoans are deserving of care and the city we need city,
council to step up and I'll look at these funds.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. Mega speaker comics
Are.
Our next speaker is Tasha, Ty sink.
Hello.
Hello, everybody. My name is Armijo.
I'm
I will.
I was dressed as a teenager by the honourable Fred Hampton
of the black stone Ranger.
oh,
All Praises due.
all praise is due to
You can't.
You came to the church Revival fries. Tell me you for the
story, and they talked about black economic empowerment. I
know I was a Dropout. I didn't know about that kind of talk
game, and when I heard that it did something to me and what
happened later,
I was.
I will.
I was introduced to a place called the topographical
resource in it. So long time. Some older folks might know
about that but I was researching. That's where I learned
about our history and I'll called you. And I story and that
changing as a result, I did go back to school.
and I,
and I got my GED and then I joined the Chicago Fire
Department, but the way I did the training, I did training
throughout the community and the reason why I'm saying that
is because I'm here for South Shore, High School
Give me.
Community. I'm saying that we need that structure for our
young folks like myself where they can go and have some
structure training to find out how to do if it was jobs.
But I don't know about it. You know we got seniors that's
in the community of invested all their lives and times in
there. We need to we need a few minutes to Center for them.
We got a we got a swimming pool that we can make it to the
Olympics cuz we don't practice swimming.
Don't let us cheap South Shore for the community. That's
it. I like the honorable mayor said it's enough for
everybody but we want to see that we want to see that. One
of the things is I'm just saying that a lot of folks, I
know and I and love, you know, I've been I've been in the
city council several times for Rescue and almost every
marriage has Blended but the but I'm saying you have an
opportunity to make sure that it's enough for everybody but
he'll Washington Redskins Harold, Washington found $670,000
found out that that was for the sidewalk he said put some
sidewalks on the North the west and the South didn't tell
me y'all might remember that. But I'm just saying some of
the old-timers know that you got a chance and opportunity
to do some
How do you?
How do you say?
These young men knows what you women. That's that that's
growing up and don't have an opportunity to do the right
thing.
I'll pray.
All praise be to God.
Are.
Our next speaker is Tosh, Thai sink.
Grand.
Grand risings everyone, I'm Ty, Ty, Chicago Teachers,
Chicago, public, teacher part of the Chicago. Teachers
Union, a boycott. It's you and protested you Brandy. But
you made it anyway. So no hard feelings. Congratulations.
Not salty at all. So
Weirdest.
You to say, we need an American freedmen Bureau. We need
that Barrel to take care of the black people that have
built the country and, you know, it in the house of
delegates meeting today. I'm going to bring it up to the
CT, you again, to adopt a resolution for reparation. You
didn't do it. When you were part of the city and you need
that, you need to tell him to bring it on. Now, we don't
want to have to recall anybody, we don't want to have to
protest anybody, but we are not going to be ignored Brandon
Johnson, we're not going to be ignored. That's our school
in South Shore. That's our building is
How short was promised us in 2014 to 2014? And we wanted
right now? I'm a certified swimming instructor water. Polo
coach in the certified Chicago public school teacher. I
will be in that building every day every week. Making sure
I'm student. Our children know how to become Chicago Park
District lifeguards. Make sure they know that they can make
money swim, but we can't do that. If you don't keep your
promise even though your new it was promised us on the BBB
Barbara, byrd-bennett the truck it was promised to us. Keep
that promise, don't make up rise up against you must work
together cuz we'll do it where come for you if you
You.
you know, it's
You know, it's the right thing to do. Where do your
foundational? Black American descendants of slaves. Like we
are or your black from the Caribbean or whatever. The right
thing to do is to make whole are people in the city of
Chicago right here, right now we have to have that because
will show up every meeting every week, every month, and we
will raise hell and you won't get anything done because
we'll be right up front. Making sure that you hear us, you
hear this brother right here. Look at this. Look at this
Elvis. He's got to come because he's ignored. Why is that?
What?
Black Power.
Brandon don't make up time for you. Mary Johnson. Do the
right thing, everybody. City of Chicago,
you want to turn up, don't do the right thing.
Godzilla. Thank you Miss Thing for your comments.
Make a mixtape for your comments.
Our next speaker is Carolyn rough.
Thank.
Thank you. I want to make sure
We were.
we want to make sure that every voice is heard. If you
could just please allow our public speakers the courtesy to
get through their testimony, please.
Name.
Name is Carolyn Ross on the founder of black lives matter,
Women of Faith, black lives matter. So, I'm here in
solidarity with our homeless people because I advocate for
the homeless, I understand that 51 million dollars are
going to be voted on today and I encouraged it all the
money.
The.
To please vote it down because number one, we have not
opened up the schools for our homeless. We see them in the
street every day. I made sure that the homeless are filled
with clothing. We need to take care of our community
community mental health. We have a lot of mental health.
People walking around needing. I don't want the picture of
Jordan Ellie. Our homeless people are the AL
Someone needs to tell her about homeless. We need to take
open up three centers for mental health.
What?
When?
When did the alligator? Some of this money for our black
children by the black community?
We have not done anything for our community and we are sick
and tired of being sick and tired enough. Yes? Or no. And I
voted for you Brandon Brandon.
I bought it for you. I worked hard to get you in there. You
did not send me an invitation to your, or your, your your
whatever I'm trying to say, but I still support you, I love
you, but please do the right thing for the black community,
for the brown Community for the community, for the homeless
community and the people that need help mentally. Thank
you.
Thank.
Thank you. Miss Rob your comments.
Our next speaker is Young wound. Han hello. Hello everyone.
Thank you. Mayor Johnson and members of the city council.
My name is Young Han from Little Village and I'm a
first-generation immigrant and thank you Scott opal
welcoming me. I'm here to speak on behalf of a Honda
Center. I'm here today to speak into
Porta.
Portal funding for migrants and asylum-seekers. And in
support of increase, is that your resources going to all
communities across Chicago?
Read.
Reese, Ohio city of Chicago and the state of Illinois,
stepped up to welcome new arrivals in the past year and I
order you to continue stepping up and support the current a
newly arriving, Chicago Inns
Planet.
Monitor works with the framework of CDC for all.
You know.
You never called to a pathway to citizenship for all
documented immigrant. We also believe, didn't save itself,
needs to be reimagined. It's the ability to live freely and
fully as a member of our city state and country with access
to Quality and affordable housing.
Half.
Healthcare education, nutrition for everyone, including
people immigrate to status race, tender age and ability
Fully supports l51 million appropriation for newly arrived
immigrants.
I'm a.
Among the many critical services in Honda Center provide to
the community. We recently provided Case Management
Service, for about 70 recently. Arrived migrants, we still
parked and the impact of our critical services and 51
million-dollar desperately made. It, I'm asking members of
the council to support funding that will address the most
immediate needs for my grits. But it is important that we
don't stop here.
this is,
This is a moment for the city council to reverse a case for
this investment in black and brown community.
We are the city council to provide full funding for a
portable housing and support services to all residents. The
city cannot take from one troubling Community to another
troubling Community. Everyone, everyone deserves the
opportunity to thrive, not just survive, let it be the
starting point to whether to the end. Thank you very much.
Thank you, mr. Han for your comments. My final speaker today
is the Sarah, Thomas Morgan,
Are Johnson and members of the city council. I'm the last
one. My name is Sarah, Thomas, Morgan. And I live in the
Fifth Ward. I'm here with Asian Americans, advancing
Justice.
Emma.
In the Illinois Coalition for immigrant and Refugee Rights.
I'm here today to speak in support of funding for migrants
and asylum-seekers and
Are.
and in support of increased essential resources, to all
communities across Chicago,
I care about this issue because my family immigrated to
Chicago from the Philippines in 1971 and access public
housing resources, at a critical time, in my family's
Journey. I'm a third-generation Chicago in and also a
third-generation care. Worker in the city, my family has
been doctors and nurses teachers throughout the city. And I
myself am a social worker, the housing resources, we access
impacted the trajectory of my family's lives and allowed us
to amplify those wreaths.
What does the help all those? In our communities? Access
healthcare education and housing as immigrants. Like my
family, have a ride to Chicago, to seek Asylum. We have
seen how this humanitarian crisis has exposed our City's.
Existing gaps in services and resources.
We cannot allow these resources to divide us. We know that
there is more than enough money to go around from City
Surplus, funding, as well as from untapped resources in all
parts of our city.
I am asking members of the city council to support funding
that will address the most immediate needs for migrants but
we cannot stop there.
B.
This is the moment for the city of Chicago to reverse
Decades of disinvestment in black brown and Indigenous
communities.
As.
I should call the winds, we shouldn't be here, fighting
with one another for these resources. Everyone deserves the
opportunity to thrive, not just survive.
let,
Let this be the starting point and not the ends. Thank you.
When?
Thank.
Thank you, Miss Morgan for your comments, your honor. There
are no further speakers. You have time we signed up for the
public comment. Thank you. This concludes our public
comments. Resolution
weed.
We do not have any commemorative resolutions today.
Thanks.
Next up.
What is Sergeant at Arms, please restore some level order
in the city council, please restore some order.
The sergeant of arms leaves restore order in the chamber.
Thank you.
Thank you Sergeant at Arms by restoring order.
Thank you.
Play.
Thank you.
Next up, we now have communications.
Give me.
Communications, from the 30 clerk, clerk Anna, Valencia,
hereby informed that the council, that the following
documents were filed in my office relating to the
respective subject. As it is follows notification, is that
the nation of Eileen, Valia, Velazquez as additional proxy
to fix signature of Mayor to turn in documents Opera, the
inspector General's report on enforcement Chicago, Police
Department's, rule against false report,
Coming home.
What a?
When I ask that you would calmly.
What's the?
Store order.
Want to make sure that we can continue to conduct the
business of the people.
City of count the city council. If necessary will take a
breath and stand at ease for the next couple of minutes.
Turn.
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Next up, communications McClurkin, I city clerk Anna,
Valencia, hereby inform the city. Council that the
following documents were filed in my office relating to the
respective subject. Doesn't it as follows notification
destination, take Irene Black Flag, additional proxy to fix
signature of May or to certain documents office. Of
Inspector General report on enforcing Chicago. Police
Department's role against false report. I said, East 20th
and Parma, City Council. It all this matter to be
considered by the city council at the inaugural meeting
held, on May 15th, 2023, which required by Statute to be
published in book or pamphlet form, or one more newspapers
are published in pampered for my May 31st 2023 by being
printed in full tax and printed a copy of the journal.
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clerk, plenty often, pharmacy, Council that. All those
matters are considered by the city, council to convene
meeting held on May 24th. 2023 Street Glide bike.
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newspapers are published in Tampa for my May 31st 2023 by
being printed in full tax and printed a copy of the journal
proceedings of city council City, Chicago city clerk,
Valencia office has been here with various claims against
the city of Chicago is referred to committee on finance.
You're out of that. Includes the mayor's report are the
Corsican gation to the mayor and other City officers will
start their chair. Recognizes chairman Irvin
more.
Good morning on budget of government operations. Met
yesterday, May 30th 2023, the committee recommends passage
one item or this 2023 2083 a substitute for this with many
annual appropriation ordinance regarding committee. Budgets
what makes a person and I'll defer to anyone who wishes to
speak on this item. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do any of the
members wish to speak to this item?
This.
This one second, please. Thank you.
I reckon.
Chair recognizes ottoman more. Mr. President, after going
through Canadian and requesting information, that no, one
attempted to give me, I moved to the first part of this
item along with automobile.
All.
Automobile, do you wish to?
Dan.
and with the motion to defer,
Better. Yes. Absolutely.
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This matter will be deferred.
let,
let's,
Let's give me the report license committee. This will be
handled by our vice chair.
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Vice-chairman Chico chair. Recognizes Vice chair, Chico,
mr. President reporting for the committee of license and
consumer protection, which might yesterday and May 30th
2023. The committee recommended passage of one item 0, 2 0,
2 3, 2 2 0, 9, 3 on, Orleans to Atlanta Municipal Code by
adding a new article X outdoor tidy Street at chapter 10-28
and amendment of ancillary directions to dash to 5050 and
9-8 does 010, mr. President, I'll defer to anyone who
wishes to speak on this item. Thank you for sharing. Does
anyone wish to speak to this item?
The chair recognizes vice-chair Chico. I move passage by
Voice vote.
You know, Jackson's all those in favor. Signify by saying,
I
All those opposed signify by saying, no.
Okay, great. The eyes have it?
This.
This or this ordinance adopted ottoman Mitchell for the
motion to reconsider mr. President moved to reconsider
devote all those in favor to reconsider the boat signify by
saying I owe those that opposed say no.
The.
The motion fails of Congratulations by chair Chico. You're
a real Pro sir.
Is the price on this report, we're all going places. All
right, for the agreed-upon calendar matters on the greed.
Calendar, old woman Harris in Valencia, total of 18 items
proposed for their Greek calendar. Consisting of
congratulatory commemorative, contributory resolutions for
the following alderperson, alderport person Gutierrez. Call
the person call Matt's Auto Part.
Rodrigo.
Rodriguez all.
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persons pasado or the person Nugent, all the person, Riley,
all the person had. I moved that these past in the Omnibus
Thank.
Thank you Jared woman hearing no objections. So ordered
oh no.
oh, now
Now, new business, the clerk will call the words. Beginning
with the 50th. Ward this time.
Sodium is referred to the committee of zoning landmarks and
building standards and regulations traffic control signals
in traffic signs, which are referred to committee on
pedestrian traffic, safety. Grants a privilege on it, over
the public way. We shall refer to your transportation and
public way, exemption from physical access for parking
facilities, which are referred and public way.
I'm
Alma Vasquez has proposed ordinance for limit of Municipal
Code, chapter 10 money by modifying section. 10-20 150
regarding issuance of permits for work on and under public
way. Requiring residential disabled parking accommodations
in traffic. Safety, Vasquez also has proposed amendment of
Municipal Code chapter 2-40 by modifying sections 2-4-0 10
and 2 dish 42020 regarding regarding inclusion of
Visually impaired in.
Visually impaired and hard-of-hearing populations within
Department. Specific language, XS pro, access plans, which
is referred to give me an immigrant and Refugee Rights,
Vasquez. Also has the coldest chapter 2-44 by creating a
new section entitled. The version vacancies, deconversion
vacancies act, which is referred to be at housing and real
estate on the desk is also has proposed amendment of
Municipal Code chapter 2-8 by deleting replacing section
2-8-0, 80, requiring committee on transportation and public
ways to hold cordially. Hearings concerning, Chicago
Transit Authority service levels operations, and security
was referred to give me on transportation and public way on
the desk is also has been. Just remember to finish the code
chapter 2, Dash 80 by modifying section 2-8-0, 70 regarding
election of District councils which is reportedly on
Public. Safety is also has proposed ordinance for the code
chapter 8-32 by modifying section, 8-32 df140.
Douche.
Restrict use of noise producing machinery, and mechanical
equipment for construction, repair or demolition
operations. There a specified hours, within 600 feet of any
Residential Building or Hospital, which is referred to
committee on transportation and public weigh. Scales also
has proposed or just remember to finish the code to a 2-8 &
2-1, 56, by modifying sections, 2-8-0 41, and 2-1, 56090
regarding outside compensation for all the persons, which
is referred to give me an ethics and government. Government
oversight has orders for the issuance of permits for
science boards. Would you prefer to give me and Zoning
landmarks and building standards?
I'm
Tommy Lee, Sparta and others have a resolution calling for
hearings on traffic and pedestrian. Safety impact of street
closures for NASCAR, which is referred to giving a nestrian
and traffic safety.
I'm at Chico has a proposed ordinance for amendment of this
book. Code section for Des 60-0. 20 through 23 to allow
additional packages licenses on portion of South Union
Avenue, which is referred to me as a consumer protection.
How much teeth are also supposed to order for the issuance
of permits for sign sign boards at 3940 East 106th Street,
which is referred to committee and Zoning landmarks and
building standards Alma Rodriguez, has a street.
Designation is herman-veh Gaspar way, which is referred to
committee on transportation and public way.
I'mma tell if a
Let me tell if you are supposed to resolution to call for
president.
Miguel duvalier and Community, Advocate organizations to
appear before the workforce committee and education
committee.
We got.
Regarding regarding District map and representation which
we first met in education and child development.
On.
on the
How to tell if you're also supposed to a solution to call
for
We're.
Repositories for the Chicago Fire Department to appear
before the Committee on Public Safety regarding hiring and
promotion practices on Black and Hispanic applicants which
is referred to committee on police and fire.
Until?
I'm telling you.
I'm tell if you're also supposed to release remember the
title 17-17-17 hundred and 17th a 12-0 208 guarding digital
sign, regulations and standards which is referred to Indian
landmarks and building standards.
All the Riley.
All the Riley has opposed Orchestra members of national
code section. 8 4-0, 25. Regarding Street harassment
ordinance, which is referred to Committee on Public Safety.
On the Riley, also supposed to order form of Municipal Code
Section. 8 dash 48060 regarding vandalism, defined which is
referred to Committee of Public Safety. Almond, Martin has
supposed to order for Amendment of the 2023. Annual
appropriation. Ordinance regarding allowance, of all the
medical staff, which is referred to committee on the budget
and government operations on the Riley also has proposed
resolution for amendment of city council Rules of Order,
rule 41 regarding introduction of legislation, which is
referred too many activities and rules. You wanted a
completely automatic. Introductions, thank you.
Approve.
Approved.
Approval of the journal.
Ottoman.
What are the Metro for approval of the journal? I am not
aware of any corrections for the journal. From, the May
15th 2023 meeting. That was recess in continued on May 24th
2023 and moved out to be approved by both The Voice vote.
All those in favor. Say aye all those opposed know if any
of the chair eyes have it to Jenna was approved and now
unfinished business old man Mitchell president. I am aware
of one piece of Unfinished Business. And notice was filed
by Champion Irving, which calls for a vote on s02.
No, queso 202 3-1 605 which was the first published on May
24th 2023. Thank you old, man. The chair recognizes German
Irving.
What's?
Mr. President, I move passage of substitute ordinance, 2023
1605, and Amendment to the 2023 annual Corporation, or
ordinance to appropriate and vaping settlement funds into a
profound support. Recently arrived migrants, which was
deferred and Publix at the May 24th. 2023 city council
meeting by a roll call vote.
Thank.
Thank you. Joey members wish to speak.
Alyssa.
We'll decide on before we vote for president reserve, the
right to close.
Chair recognizes ottoman more.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
Let me.
let me first start out by saying,
The.
the soul of Chicago is
Some.
Some went on trial today. Regarding this ordinance.
as a
As I said, he and I listened to people.
Maha.
My heart.
My heart was sort of broken and certain ways. One, we use
the term, it takes a village to raise a child.
Mustang.
My stepmother came here from Mexico. She helped raised me
along with my mom, we live together. I have a community
Chicago Lawn Auburn, Gresham Englewood.
And which approximately at one time? 20%. But now I'm about
15% of my residence.
A Latino.
It.
It hurts my heart. As I hear people talk about trying to
make this a Bracken Brown issue.
Those politicians at the top of that mess, the people that
live in together, they're married, same racist, but they
having these conversations. And what they having
conversations about is, how am I living here as a resident
in Chicago and what's been given to me as a resident, have
some of my Latino residents saying, those same things as
they call me and their houses are falling through.
this Resolute this, this ordinance came up through the
Last Administration was passed through that committee and
I'm not sure if this administration supports it and so I
haven't I haven't heard from this Administration on this
issue. If no one called me and say that this in
administration supports this ordinance or not,
At.
Add.
I think the people should know that in phatic Lee whether
this administration supports this ordinance,
I'm
I went to a police station. 7th District, it was
And I saw little babies.
Turn.
some of
Some of them. Look just like me, if you didn't know any
better, you would have thought they were African American.
Call Finland on the floor.
They?
They escaped their conditions.
Come.
Come here.
Then I get calls and I hear from my singers.
Will pay.
Who have paid their taxes for 1670 years that are falling
down. That roofs are collapsing and yet they have to go to
a lottery.
They?
They have to go through a lottery.
It's
I try to stay in that house. Some of them end up homeless
then I have boys and girls.
and,
And I can park everybody. Want to push him from downtown.
You can't.
You can talk about it, some cases cases, arresting them.
but,
What they say or do not want to go to the Fieldhouse B, 100
years old?
And it's falling apart and y'all can't get us no money for
that.
Mom.
Ma.
My heart hurts for both.
But I'm reminded when her watch instead.
Love.
Loving my people, love you. My residence don't mean. I hate
anyone else?
I have.
I have a diverse population.
and,
And I hear those same people black white Latino everybody.
Different races saying what about us? So people keep saying
there's enough to go around. I've heard that over and over.
I've heard that old.
I've heard that over and over. So if there's enough to go
around, get us past the ordinance. Will we see the Enoch?
I'm reminded when the flight attendant says, on the plane.
And in.
In an emergency.
Make.
Make sure you put your mask on first.
Before.
Before you help someone else, because if you die, you can't
be a blessing to no one else.
So,
So we have to put our masks on First and we have to help
the resident of this great City.
It's not an either-or. It's a both and
but,
But you got to show them together. The other part,
it's true.
Strategy about 51 million dollars, I haven't pooped it out
but I'm very confident that the money is already spend. We
got delegate agencies here, I'm sure. He is doing all the
work and waiting to get reimbursed.
but we
But we don't have here. Is someone saying, hey,
Is something for everyone. This is how we can best serve
everyone. So that that's in your can have that roof so that
senior can have that part.
And all.
And all of that.
And all of that becomes important, but if that strategy
isn't there, and I'll stay at this and committees. I've
said this in public, I've said it in private.
The county, the state, the federal government lets latest
at the city of Chicago.
I think.
I think the governor just passed 97 million for the entire
state.
And we talkin about 51 million just for the city of
Chicago.
It's not right? It's not fair.
It's not right? And it's not fair.
and,
It's
And so, we have to put a strategy together and not just
about a 51 million. We got to hold the Federal Government,
responsible, people got to get in those rooms at County,
have to have some some, some skin in the game. The governor
has to have some skin in the game.
And we're not seeing that, and it cannot be put on the
backs of the residence of Chicago without showing them that
they are getting something out of this. And so I asked my
colleagues to vote no on this item. Thank you so much.
Thank.
Thank you all and more.
Thank.
Thank you chair. Recognizes alderwoman Hadden.
Thank you, mister president.
Thank.
Thank you to my colleague Alderman, more. I appreciate
always appreciate your comments, David.
And I'm going to Echo, I think some of David's feeling of
listening to everybody. All of our public speakers but
also, you know, I'm a black American from Ohio. I was
talking to some of our speakers about as a
African-American, as a black American ass. And you know
American descendants of slavery is really challenging to
not have connection and not have real lasting connections
to our heritage and is really challenging and frustrating
to live in a country that hates us
just ask.
Discount.
This country hates black people, hate indigenous. People
hate other people, little bit less, but it hates them too,
if they're not mainstream,
I see.
Iceman.
I spent a lot of my time before getting into politics. I'm
organizing for my neighborhood. I'm in Rogers Park and I'm
sorry I'm not from Chicago but not everybody's perfect, you
guys. But I've been here for 20 years in Rogers Park has
been my home for almost all of that. So I spent a lot of
time organizing to keep my home after the economic crisis.
It was an Awakening for me as a young adult to try to get
my first home because I couldn't afford rent in the city
and so I bought a place and I was able to pay for it and
then we had the financial crisis, right? And I lost my
place and I lived in a place with school teachers and
police officers and sales clerks, everybody's first time.
And to go through a personal crisis, wear for several
years. On everybody up, top got bailed out and nobody at
the bottom did and I lost my home.
and,
And it was my first personal organizing experience. So
before then I tell people I voted, I read the newspaper, I
work full time I was in grad school part time. I
volunteered at a local organization actually helping people
pass their citizenship test center Romero. I knew my
neighbors and I felt involved in the economy fell apart and
I didn't know who to go to, for help. I went to my other
person, he couldn't help. I went to my community Nate like
organizations, they couldn't help. Matter fact, a lot of
the community organizations that have been set up to do
Community Development. I know you guys had this experience
to. They fell apart, they fell apart during the economic
crisis, right? They had to close going through. That is
what really put me in a space of wanting to know more.
Because once I started organizing on my issue with my
neighbors to save our building, I'm mad
Other people.
Other people outside of my block, I met her two people in
my neighborhood and I learned a lot and it made me angry
and made me very angry because there was nothing set up in
the city of Chicago to help me and my neighbors and Rogers
Park was like one of the neighborhood hit really hard but
it was all over Chicago right up and everywhere and this is
just that was just my first adult experience. We've had
many of them over the decade. Many of them.
Open.
Over the generations. We're Working Class, People
predominantly black people. Brown people new people to the
country were Working Class. People start to get a little
traction and then everything is pulled out from underneath
us. So, my Civic engagement led me into politics. I ended
up joining the black youth project. 100 Chicago, chapter
byp100. I organized and was part of organizations, right?
At the start of the black lives matter movement and a lot
of the things that drove me to that organization was a
belief in a black queer, feminist lens. So, there's a lot
of ways we can look at our organizing but making sure that
we sent her people most impacted, right. When we talk about
there is enough when we talked about how
Do we?
Doing this will help everybody. That's that's nice. And I
know people get upset about it when it's not specific,
right? But with a black, we're right, like feminist lens.
We get really specific of who's at the bottom of the
ladder, right? It's the black woman is a black Trans woman
if you get down to it, right? But it's black people. And so
if we do things to support our community, if we do what
we're supposed to to bring us up, everyone benefits.
Dairy.
. it's just
. It's just what it is. So that's a lot of in this first
term like this is our second meeting of my second term in.
Chicago city council. I did not think I would ever run for
elected office. I did not ever think that I would probably
wear the title of alderperson because there's so much that
goes with this local government body and this city, that is
shameful
Some.
So much of it.
And that's how it also is, right? Like there's a lot of
conflict in living in this country as a black American.
There's so much that shameful, but we can't change the
past. We can only do what's right going forward, as
alderperson of the 49th Ward. I have a constituency that's
30%. African-American about 30%, and about 10% Asian and
about 30% White.
and,
And in that like really crude racial categories, they're
people from everywhere or people of all religious
denominations from all different countries just last week.
Actually, thank you Mayor Johnson for providing a
proclamation for Africa day. I joined with members of the
regional African Union. We celebrated Africa, day at Loyola
University, where we got to join with people who are part
of the African Union and where the African Union has really
embraced our larger diaspora, right? As African peoples,
Those are the things that I like.
Those are the things that I like to do in Council and at
the same time, I'm going to support this because it's the
right thing to do in this moment. And I hate to be overly
pragmatic about it too. But I'm telling you guys like
Alderman, more said he's right or organizations in our
communities have already been there in the cost of this.
And to be fair, a lot of the migrants that you're seeing at
our doors and in our neighborhood, they didn't they didn't
Charter their own bus to Chicago, right? They weren't they
were sent here, right? So, that's also, just really
clearly. Our city is being a create, a conflict is being
created at a weak point in our city, and it's frustrating
cuz this week Point wouldn't exist if our city hadn't spent
decades,
Not.
Not so.
Not sorry.
Not serving black residence.
Right. So I want to I want to lift up and acknowledge what
a lot of our sneakers have said, right? Cuz it's true.
It's true and we do have to fix it. So I also I want to say
I know how we had. Last time we had we had ordinances
around reparation right led by Alderman, Sawyer. We had a
sub-committee formed by all the person Coleman here, I
supported that. And I still do want to speak to members of
the body, the audience, but also for general public, if if
there are some of you in the city or who are outside,
City who are shocked by some of the reactions from our
African-American Community. If there are some of you who
are confused, I've heard some of those conversations in my
neighborhood, amongst friends, and most people are the city
where some people are confused there, like wait a minute,
why are black people in Chicago and some community? So
angry, why, why is all this kind of anti-immigrant
sentiment coming up? And I want to explain to folks. It's
because if we cared as much about black people and had over
the decades, as we do about everyone else we wouldn't be
here. So I'm going to act all that cuz it's true. And also
I do care about the new arrivals and I do care about what
happens to them and we can't have people sleeping on the
floor as a police station. So I know our mayor has
challenged us with doing both. I'm standing before you are
as a promise to do as a promise to do so
I always.
I already told you. I'm saying. Yes, already told him
saying yes.
but I'm going to
I'm a.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
engaged. If you don't. I'm going to
Hold on. I'm I'm going to keep talking just for a moment.
It does mean something. But I want to say the anger that
people have
the anger that people have at not having to fight for
things for our communities is not right. So everybody
that's supporting this everybody that's been hustling to
support our new arrival. There's been a huge huge Mutual
Aid efforts, put together amongst our communities and it's
beautiful and everybody that's working hard for this.
You've got to show up for black Chicagoans with the same
energy.
And that does me money, right? We should be looking at
investments in South Shore, and Wadsworth like, we need to
be building out the community centers and I agree. We found
money. For those, we can find money for our other projects
going forward, but I want us to continue to be held
accountable for that. So, I'm urging my colleagues to vote.
Yes. Because it's the right thing to do. We've got to take
care of the folks who are here. They didn't choose to come
here, right? But right now. Not only is it in passing them,
it's impacting our police stations, it's impacting, our
community organization, it's impacting our neighborhood,
it's overwhelming. Our system is just pragmatically. You
got to do it. And also for everybody who's putting their
heart into this, you got to show up for black Chicago.
Thank you, mr. President, the chair recognizes
Autumn.
Ottoman laspada.
Thank.
Thank you so much, mr. President, I, I'll speak on two
things have been brought up today and then I'll set myself
back down or you very wisely said that, it takes a village
to raise a child. That is 100% true cuz I looked behind me.
And I see the village that has been raising these children
and these families since they got here. A lot of folks, not
in this room right now. Who did not waiting for us to put
forward this budget for this ordinance, you saw people
arrived and you showed up, and you showed up with blankets
and food and diapers and medicine. And there are folks who
wouldn't have eaten for the last few weeks. Few months, if
it hadn't been for you all, and I'm so grateful. And I
forgave and Graciela and Eloise and Commander Collazo and
started my Keaton's, the folks.
Who in my?
Who in my community have literally kept people alive for
the past few months and very very grateful for their work
cuz they're not getting reimbursed for any of this. The
folks who continuously drop off blankets and diapers and
food and formula at my office. 51 million isn't going back
to them. They are not submitting vouchers to my office for
how we take care of, folks.
Moving forward. So I'm very glad for what we're doing today
and I'll just say when we talked about the both end of this
work, putting forward an ordinance that proves that there's
enough for everyone. Why I'm so glad to be coming back to
this seat in 5 months because something tells me there's a
budget coming forward, the tubes out that both end that
proves out. Sure. Enough there is enough generosity and
largesse in this city to see, everyone far to see everyone
have dust it. So let's let's do that work. As far, I'm
excited for thank you, mr. President
Thank.
Lakeview Alderman laspada. The chair recognizes Alderman.
Mike Rodriguez.
Thank you mr. President stand.
You.
You know what?
You know, what's with very strong emotion. And I also
approach this issue, you know, we have a great City,
Our great city is due to the diversity, we have in the city.
that,
That comes from immigrants and migrants to this city.
That's why we're strong and resilient City.
When we?
We've had Irish and Italian immigrants in the late
nineteenth and early Twentieth Century. The great black
migration. From the south in the late 19th and early 20s
intimate 20 Century came in the late Twentieth Century me.
The late twentieth century is migrants from Puerto Rico and
immigrants from Mexico. The fact is that our city is great
because of this diversity, and this beautiful tapestry we
have enough, we will live
In a bun.
In abundance as a city. And I agree with my colleague about
in five months, coming back and putting our money where our
mouth has
We were.
We want.
We will not live in scarcity. I choose not to live in
scarcity. We do have enough Maher on the campaign Trail.
You said it so many times. We do have enough for all in our
society and when it comes to bring Chicago home, and all
the other issues, I encourage my colleagues to come back
and stand together. Once again to invest in all Chicago,
wants you to this issue. Thank you.
Do.
Do this issue in the last several weeks? In the last several
weeks? I am heartened that in my community in the last 2
weeks.
None.
Numbers of my community have delivered 20,000 meals.
10.
10, different respite, stations, and police stations. I'm
heartened by the fact that we've had over 200 people
welcomed in our welcoming Center in process there.
I'm parked by the fact we giving showers 266 people over
the last two weeks. I'm heartened by the fact that we place
fifty families in permanent housing in our community, we do
fancy that work. This will help us continue. This work is
so very important work. The fact, is that several weeks
ago? I remember the first my grand. I met at the 10th
District. Police station was a 8-month writing up a woman
who is eight months pregnant with the three-year-old son
sleeping.
on the
On the floor of a police station. None of us to stand here
right now and believe that is justice.
Try.
Try and provide a bit more Justice for these newest of
immigrants. Who, by the way, I'm looking forward to
welcoming hopefully into our schools and into our
communities, into the future, they will be the next
generation of this, great diversity of our city. And I'm
hoping that today, I know today that our Council Will Stand
United to vote for this.
Or.
Ordinance and Will Stand United in the future to vote on
the number of things that we need to do.
As we live in abundance, in our city to invest in all of
our vulnerable populations. Thank you mr. President.
Thank.
Thank you, ottoman.
Are recognizes.
Old.
Alderperson Puentes.
What? We are listening to today is historical and
generational, trauma.
Deck.
Deca.
Decades centuries of disinvestment in all black
communities, or we are listening to it pain.
Hey.
Hey, we have a moral obligation to resolve for when we
vote.
The.
The 51 million.
I see.
I expect the same city council to treat alternatives to a
car stereo system to disproportionately incarcerate black
people. I also expect us to create schools that does not
only
great pipelines to prison for black students.
Then.
Then I expect us to fully fund. All parts of black children
can experience Joy.
We have that obligation.
but,
But I dream. My colleague, all the person Harris and it
right now we also have an obligation to be pragmatic.
A police station or busting at it seems.
I'm taking several birthday cakes. Two to three year olds
who didn't choose to come here at police stations.
But we also have a moral obligation to reach out to our
colleagues. At the county in the state. Level are
congressional representatives in Washington. D.c. because I
also agree with our colleagues or other levels of
government needs skin in the game.
But we are a sanctuary City.
We are a city that loves everyone. We are a great City
because of the communities that we have the 77
neighborhoods that we all represent.
As.
I so we have an obligation to come back.
The path.
The pastor reparation ordinance.
to make sure that that ordinance is also representative of
what are black, siblings need in the city of Chicago,
but,
But we also know that folks who were sent here not by
choice.
Need.
Need the support today. Thank you, mr. President
Thank.
Thank you, older woman.
The chair, right?
The chair recognizes Alderman, six show Lopez.
Thank.
Thank you. Press it in and thank you for everyone who has
come today. I am
very proud to leave and raise my family to Chicago.
Receipt.
You were.
You want the parts of the country, when there's no
conversations happening.
They're actually elected officials getting kicked out or
Chambers?
Entire communities.
What?
Like in Jackson, Mississippi Agency on the termination has
happened here in the city of Chicago.
When?
When we kept seeing the school closures affecting.
9.
90% of black residents.
DeKalb Community to fight back.
Are there more?
Are there must be more Unity to change things around.
like,
Lake Alderman, War Mission. We have talked about how many
is Malcolm owners as traveling on a label to have a roof
over their head toward this investment.
Other.
Are there was very little questioning during the floor,
went to developers in 2019 to 51 million dollars is 2.3
billion lb.
Point.
2.3 billion dollars for luxury housing.
Now.
now that is what we need to talk about, Uncle benefits, but
that divide and conquer, but I've nothing
Bob.
Bobby financial interest.
I'm a.
I don't think this is the time and, again, about Century
cities, especially we going to be talking about reparations
because there are many of us who do believe in the right of
self-determination of our communities. Are we do believe,
Do we?
Do we have a responsibility to act as such in this
community? So every Community is part of the conversation.
So I would like to speak with actions towards the just last
week with her anymore. But nobody's pushing plans, we have
encountered them before but this is the time for all
communities to work together. A report besides as you
mention together nobody's pushing for this community is a
struggling in the South Side in the west side of the
southwest side and I'll shoot a frustration on the trauma.
but,
But we need to hear. It is also the humanity of one
another.
I'm
Under Humanity. That's a cup Turner.
Humana.
Humanity, Humanity, I'm going to wake up children.
My.
Miners.
Are we get better than pregnant? Women who lost their child
and police stations? We have to wonder who benefits.
but the
But this underway find answer the big financial interest.
Pray on our community, when we're lining with some
developers. The same developers in corporations that pay
low wages and exploit or communities against each other.
The political parties.
The phone, the order of the poor, I got your phone, that
one the port in the side of Chicago or they send me
pictures are from 10 to 1 and then come outside.
I'm guessing people are fleeing violence. It is clear that
the city of Chicago Cubs, many challenges,
I will.
I know we need to do if your speech on these atrocities
together.
I'll tell.
I'll tell you.
Okay.
I thought.
I told you that.
It is.
It is a lot of wisdom is a lot of wisdom in our sensors. I
need a lot of wisdom in the people in our community.
Because in the 12th District Police Department, we not only
found dozens of migrants looking for help but also
represent from Community, who came out, looking for help
because we only going to drive together with the kids
together.
I told you.
Don't.
But we are going to do joke.
The manager said that in the first congregation office,
we're going to work. So we going to pass free, Chicago
ordinance to a hundred million dollars or where we come
from.
We are conscious of almost 300,000 residents in the black
community. Has been displaced in the city of Chicago, have
a commitment.
The work together to undo many of those historic Injustice
has not revealed in public housing.
NFL.
An Italian. Today, we have an opportunity to come together.
The song addressing this Injustice has.
You talk.
You talk about money, this money going to camp for
communities to build infrastructure.
We?
We all.
We have to talk to make sure that we look at what the
funding is that because it we can pay the $51 that we
getting a $1 every time.
Go to do today. I'll tell you. This is a time for us to come
together. Are we going to stand up to the leaders of South
Shore? I asked to offer a cancer that we weren't together,
I like to say, finally,
Another.
I don't like to say, Bynum.
Got that l.
And I just recently, remember the nightie, what would it be
in 29 years?
Malcolm.
Malcolm X is very important. The framework I can use.
Malcolm X talk about the human rights and talk about the
self-determination over communities. And that's what we
talkin about you. How about you and write that you and
rights of every Community because we cannot have children
are starving, no matter where we are. We cannot have people
begging for shelter. When we got the resources today, we
can make a decision of the community their star on doing
this Injustice by investing in every single quarter of the
city of Chicago on the Stars today with you last week to
work together on a plan to invest in our community because
our communities
We?
We aren't.
We are also getting for every community. So today I have my
calling Dua with compassion to act with integrity and the
responsibilities of the moment.
Any financial interest on a political party, is that
promoting fascism in the country? We can afford for that
Guinness. Either Chicago, this intense to divide and
conquer. I'm going to be mad with Integrity, but I'll talk
with a plan to invest in, let your dress, in every corner
of the city of Chicago under the season that starts with us
today. I thank you for standing for Humanity to remind us.
This.
this is,
This is a point called in England, the English age by am I
important?
I'm
I said that you are my other me. If I do come to you.
I do care.
I do come to myself. If I love and respect you, I love and
respect myself. And that's what we're going to do. That's
on the conduct our business. In the 25th Ward, I asked my
darling, the work together for dressing justices, I work
with and you made it to be an investor in cheap. That's a
lot of work to do and we are committed to find funding so
that we can do and do the Injustice is in every Community
Bank of any much.
Thank.
Thank you Alderman, six show.
Thank.
Thank you, Alderman. Signature Lopez the chair recognizes
Alderman Vasquez.
Thank.
Thank you, madam president.
I am.
I have.
I asked everybody for the opportunity or say, my piece.
First, I want to thank all of our colleagues just spoke as
well as everyone. Who's come here to speak today. I'm
someone will come from an immigrant family but he was
raised by black Chicago cuz I'm from Chicago born and
raised. I have every understanding some understanding of
what a people goes through when they've been taken from
their motherland and brought into slavery in this country
only to be traumatized again and again and again we have
different groups of people here in Chicago. We've got our
native indigenous populations who had their land taken from
them. We've got the African descendants of slavery. No
choice ever brought here and have a city that also treated
them as left and divided them. And you got everyone else
who's come from another country through some generation, to
try to grow a family and have a future here to the
conversation.
I think we need to be having.
I think we need to be having here because I think everyone
is spoken in spoken truth and is a very difficult
conversation to have it. Something something that I take
from from the community helped raise me is a concept of
crabs in a barrel.
That.
That's what I see among all of us in Chicago. There there
three communities that try to advocate for first, and
foremost is black brown and broke because those are
supposed to continue to be beaten by. This government
doesn't provide for what they need and it's our opportunity
to change that narrative. I want to talk about reparations
cuz I know that's something that was mentioned. I am I
guess there was the vice chair of the subcommittee on
reparations, under the committee. How the human relations
in the last Administration we tried to get reparations
funding through the Cannabis funds to be able to establish
that kind of work.
I am not to disappear truth. The last Administration didn't
even provide the funding to establish a commission on
reparations to do the work to figure out that legislation.
So I get frustrated as I know many of our friends here do
at the fact that people talk about change but they don't
put money and they don't put the work to do it. And so when
I hear the anger and the frustration in the Heartbreak from
communities that haven't had that investment. I completely
understand that as someone who will be the share of
immigration and Refugee, right? I want you to know that's
Center in my heart when I think about it, because there are
immigrants who come for black as well, and what we need to
figure out isn't about either or we have plenty.
BP.
BP, what Chicago that are homeless. Now, in existing home
as we have a city that says, they care, they haven't built
the infrastructure to even deal with that. And now, we call
ourselves a welcoming City and I'm not built the
infrastructure to handle the situation either. So I
appreciate that. We all care about the situation. I don't
think a point the finger who we need to be pointing the
finger at
the better.
the federal government has not provided, the amount of
funds are City needs to deal with the situation nor has the
state of Texas, want to send the people here. We should get
some of the Texas funding coming up here as well. To build
an infrastructure and we don't do that. We have people
running for president who want to talk about how their
countries better, they're not providing Chicago, the
funding it needs to show that we are when we talked about
the general assembly meeting so that we can address the
situation when we asked for funding to get a fraction of
what we're asking for. That puts us in this situation, we
were fighting amongst ourselves. Know, we all need the
funds knowing that we don't need a lump-sum. Just going to
run out in two months, we need it. Revenue fund extreme, we
need a local government, distributed fun, increase the 10%.
We need a real estate transaction. Text, we have the
funding to provide the housing, not only for the existing,
but also for the Refuge, they're coming in. And if we don't
do that, we're going to be here month after month fighting
on West each other. And talking about our values knowing we
share. Very similar values aren't taking the steps
necessary to get the funding to do.
Stop.
So, I'm glad that everyone's here, I'm glad they were
speaking the truth and I'm hoping that the general assembly
is watching. I'm hoping the Congress is watching. If this
is what we're dealing with day in and day out, don't tell
us how much you care if you're not busy, in the police
station and seems that you're sleeping on. Their don't tell
us how much you care if you're not want to go to
communities like South Shore that feel like they're being
invaded on because it never got anything to begin with. We
need to have conversations about it. Mean to have the
centers open help Refugee transition and in the long-term
to make sure those State community centers for the black
community. Has it gotten it. We can do that. If you have
the fun and if you had the infrastructure we have a new
Administration is like we too. So we have to make sure that
it's communicated out to the work that we're doing and that
we build that infrastructure and I think we needed the
council one unified voice just as we needed as a city to
make sure that the federal government and state governments
provide, the funds necessary to do so. Thank you mr.
President.
Play.
Thank you old man. The chair recognizes Alderman Villegas.
Thank.
Thank you very much. Thank you Sergeant at Arms for.
Ethan in restoring order.
The chair recognizes Alderman Villegas thank you mr.
President, must take a little bit of a different angle here
when you're talking about investment. Best in people that
just racing is talked so much about
when these migrants that are here in the county, towards
the census,
Every.
Every person that's counted. In a sense of regardless of
your status equates, to $14,000 per person for the 10,000
people that are here right now, equate 140 million dollars
at a come to the city. Chicago not not to mention the other
funny that have come with with Title 1 money for CPS.
so, you
So yeah.
So yeah, this is an investment. This is something that we
need to do. This is something that, unfortunately, governor
of Texas has put on, put it on the situation.
Unfortunately, the general assembly, and the governor have
not provided any funding regardless. That's where a
sanctuary state is, 102 counties in Illinois, but all of a
sudden it's the Chicago problem.
I all.
I also would say that the president needs to act quickly,
and provide a temporary protected status the same way that
he did for ukrainians, as well as Afghans that came to
this, these people that are coming here are coming here,
you're ready to work. They're ready to work and contribute.
Unfortunately, the federal laws prohibit that for at least
6 months while they're pursuing the right to work. So I
would say that this 51 million dollars that were talking
about Julie peanuts
let,
Last turn this body took a lot of initiative to start to
invest in the South and West sides of the city. Almost two
billion dollars have been invested. It's going to take time
for her to actually come to fruition. My understanding is
that the that the administration is going to continue these
types of the vessels cuz they're the long overdue. They're
long overdue at the South and West sides of the city have
historically, been this invest in him.
so, a
So as budget season begins, we have these conversations
again. But the reality is that we're going to continue to
have these discussions cuz these buses ain't stopping,
they're going to continue to come. And we need to continue
to urge the general assembly, as well as her our
Congressional Delegation the White House, that we need
funds to help deal with this crisis, is manufactured
crisis. That the governor of Texas is running for
president, is trying to put forward.
Listen.
Little late.
List of ladies and gentleman. We have to deal with this.
Now $51 is nothing
If?
It's nothing.
Play.
let,
Let's deal with the business now. So that way we can
continue to make the initial the other investors that we
need and deal with the real crisis. Public Safety jobs in
the southwest side of the city Investments through the
things that we need to focus on not this, this is nice.
We have.
We have serious issues in a plague in the city, start my
colleagues to support this. Let's move forward, so that we
can deal with the real issues that you thank you. Thank you
Alderman Villegas.
Are recognized as Alderman, Ervin.
Thank.
Think of this president.
just a
Just a second Alderman, Ervin.
He's the last person who is on the list. So if you wish to
speak, before we closed a modem intervention, is that fine?
Thank you. I don't know what the Parliamentary procedure
is, if they can you cut. Can I come back to you? Whatever
rule that is but the chair recognizes Alderman Lopez
Thank.
Thank you, mister.
Thank you, mr. President, forgive me, I didn't realize we
were at the end of our speaking list.
Where's?
First and foremost.
I was.
I want to thank my colleagues for deferring and Publishing
this item with me a week ago.
because,
because this robust discussion and its Community
engagement, would not have happened if this would have been
pushed through and slip through and voted on a week ago,
our rules have Merit, they have use and we've seen that put
to use in this discussion,
Before I talk on.
it's a
This amendment.
This carry over from The Lightfoot Administration, I want
to say something.
That.
This crisis.
This continuing immigration crisis is a failure of the
federal government 36 years in the making.
and I,
In 1987 then President Ronald Reagan saw that at that point
as well. The immigration system was broken.
and,
and he uses,
and he using great political,
Curry.
Courage, granted amnesty to every undocumented person in
this country to hit the reset to give Congress, the ability
to fix a system that no longer worked.
Men.
Many people.
Spanish.
Benefited from that many individuals.
Like members of my own family.
Forgive.
We're given a reprieve and a path forward, which is been
denied to so many.
Please pause.
These past 36 years. Since that day in 1987,
How may?
How many members of Congress have said? Representing this
city and other cities and other districts throughout this
country, regardless of party, both benefiting from
undocumented individuals coming to this country whether
politically or in a professional manner, everyone has made
them pawns at some point in the nearly four decades since
amnesty was granted,
What?
Which brings us to where we're at today?
This federal system is broken.
Roll.
Broken.
Now.
Now, Chicago 10.
Be.
Be a very compassionate City when it chooses.
To wrap.
To wrap itself around a United cause and we have seen that
time and time again when our leaders who have stood and
where you are standing now. Mr. President have inspired
this city to come together.
Well.
whether it's to help other from natural disaster War,
We?
we have come together to meet the challenge.
and,
And we are in this spot with this current predicament.
Because we have never heard the Clarion call to unite this
city to confront the humanitarian crises that have been
brought to us.
We?
We have never had a Citywide discussion that brought all
communities to the table to hear what exactly the plan is.
Lightfoot Administration began receiving the first busload
of individuals.
Oggy.
August twenty.
August 2022. Italy, 9 months ago, we've been receiving
individuals and in nine months, this chamber and the
previous administration never laid out the plan for the
public.
Never said, what can we do?
Address the situation.
and,
And I understand there's all kinds of politics when it
comes to immigration. I get it.
but,
But that the federal government issue, our issue is, they
are here now and we have to address this year now. And we
can't do that by hiding on the 5th floor, 64 day for the
10th floor. In any other floor that makes up this building
without telling the 2.7 million people that make up the
city? What we're going to do?
We come to learn.
About a month ago.
That.
That the administration.
Fire.
Prior to your arrival, sir. Spent 112 million dollars.
To address this situation, which one of my colleagues just
said Has individuals who wouldn't be alive, wouldn't have
food, wouldn't be able to eat if it wasn't for the
donations of others, where the hell did 112 million
dollars. Go.
this is a question, every single one of us should be asking
because,
because regardless of the issue of who's here, the real
question is, where did the money go?
where,
Where's the 51 million going? That's going to last us, only
to the end of next month and what happens July 1st when
we're broke again now.
We can talk about investment and other communities. We
could talk about investment in the black community. We can
talk about investment in the entire city of Chicago. And in
fact, ladies and gentlemen, we have in this book right
here. The 2023 Chicago recovery plan, which was a gift from
President, Joe Biden with over two billion dollars to the
city.
In 2023.
Arba American Recovery plan Act.
This body under the previous administration committed to
538.4 million dollars in the year 2023.
Project from affordable housing, homelessness
infrastructure, Youth Development, environmental justice
homeless Services, small business tourism violence,
prevention and other wonderful things.
If?
If you love.
If you'd like to see the book, I'm happy to share it but on
every single page, despite everything that we talked about
everything that were saying that we're going to do and
commit ourselves to do when you look at encumbered and
expanded. Year-to-date 0.
000.
Does.
Does not matter what people say they're going to do for
your community. If they don't spend dollar, want to do it?
now, as she was bolting for the exit,
Lower.
Lori Lightfoot issued a half a dozen executive orders as
you know, mr. President.
It is you.
it is your right to keep or to refuse or we do know that
she was trying to tie your hands but one of the things that
she was trying to do in advertently
it's
Is she told us?
in the
in this document, which is our budget, which many of you
voted for
They?
there are and anticipated.
Stick.
690 million dollars in free-floating money. Unassigned,
after Revenue, minus expenses, a budget surplus of the 700
million dollars, which in her executive order number,
whatever 5. She said that she could go to pensions that's
taxpayer money.
That's taxpayer dollars that were pulled for services.
You're never going to see whether it's hiring clinicians to
work in the Department of Public Health, whether it's
filling police vacancies, that is not free money, if you
are money and because it's your money,
She?
She thought it should go here.
What?
What it tells me is that this budget has more than enough
money,
To go around.
Because when you want to know where that money in the
budget has been going. Let's put, let's put something in
perspective here. Okay. 51 million is all we're asking for,
for two months. Was actually talking about a hundred and
sixty-three million. That would have been spent
year-to-date not to mention, whatever is going to be spent,
the December, Thirty one, but when you think of the fact
that we spent, we're trying to spend a hundred and sixty
million dollars, look at what the department of Streets &
Sanitation spends on an annual basis, 310 million dollars
for the entire city of Chicago.
We?
We are.
We are expending have spent half of what we do for
everything streets of Saint related up until this point,
that your garbage can that your tree trimming, which, by
the way, we only spend about 22 million dollars through the
entire city of Chicago, you talk about rats 13 million
dollars for the entire city, to keep the rodent control the
population under control. But yet we're already in 157
million dollars for 10,000 people.
We can go look at Sea. Which only spends 18 million dollars
on traffic safety. 41 million dollars to keep the street
lights on the mayor's office of people with disabilities.
Only spends 2.9 Million as an entire department to help
only put 500.
54.
Platform lift into homes throughout the city of Chicago.
Department of Housing, 44 million planning, and development
is a 99 million-dollar budget of which one of my colleagues
point. We only budget 6.1 million dollars a year for home
repair which by the way, is on a three-year backlog for a
roof for our seniors who raining on their beds, or for
furnaces, and have yet to be replaced.
This.
This body.
Alec.
Allocate 35 million dollars to itself.
As.
As well as 29.9 million for all Citywide electives.
This man.
This money is not insignificant, it's not a drop in the
bucket. Cuz when you look at where we prioritize everything
and many of you have said, time and time. Again a budget is
a representation of our values.
R-value so far being outweighed right now?
and I,
And there is money to address the other issues, the revenue
and manners that my colleagues have discussed homelessness.
For example, we've heard time and time again, getting
completed between the two issues in February 2023, the city
of Chicago receive in 60 million dollars from HUD
where,
Where do I go?
the problem that I have ladies and gentlemen of this,
Beanie.
Female body.
No.
Nobody wants to ask a question.
Did Jerry?
The Jerry Maguire made. So famous show me the money.
where,
Where is?
Where is it?
because,
because all I know is that we can help
the end.
The individuals that are here. It'd be nice. If we help the
individuals that were already here, like the tens of
thousands of undocumented individuals who we forgot about
that were already here.
We?
We could help everybody on the south and west side cuz even
though we said, it's invest off, Wes was a 2 billion dollar
operation. How many
G.
Grand opening. And ribbon-cutting? Can we go to until we
see something actually built?
Weed.
We don't have to fight each other.
We?
We do have to account for the money that we keep allocating
the money. We keep saying is coming and then show people
what we're going to do. Mr. President, I do not blame you
or Envy you for having to preside over this. This
humanitarian crisis is solely Lori, Lightfoot
responsibility but this is your city.
Is there?
This is the city of Chicago of which you are the chief
executive.
We have to bring the city together. We have to
Give.
Get through this. And more importantly, we have to have a
solution that gets us Beyond two month increments and I
think if we are able to have a public discussion in this
body, a plan to be made discussion and a path can be
charted or we cannot do it. When we are rushing things
through committee, when we are quietly trying to push
ordinances through that, nobody knows about. And when we're
surprising residence for, and against is the one way to
truly hard, and everyone's heart is to turn a deaf ear to
the concerns that they voice and mr. President, when
applicable, I would ask if this be voted on as a roll call
vote, please thank you.
Thank you. Ottoman Lopez just says, a, a note here. We have.
Play.
Please, thank you.
Thank.
Thank you very much. There are at least
the chamber please stay in order. Thank you. Thank you.
Almond Lopez. Just as a note, there are at least four other
speakers before I close. That is a courtesy that I wish for
all to have the full opportunity to be able to express
their position. But there are at least four other folks,
and I am not sure if Jeremy Squires next room over the
chair, recognizes ottoman Napolitano.
Take.
Thank you, mr. President for the opportunity, speak on this
site, probably look a lot like him though. So
Yeah, I appreciate that the conversation here in the debate
and what I appreciate most is this is a very calm debate. I
don't think anyone's going to leave here thinking the
right. I don't think I'm going to leave. They can hear the
wrong. But the opportunity to debate this to the council is
what we're supposed to do where I stand on this since it's
50 $1000000 Sunday, did not say it's a lot of money but it
is a lot of money. Surplus money taxpayers dollars. What
scares me the most about this is this has a deadline to
July.
And I don't think that.
And I don't think that this movement or this sending of of
immigrants to Chicago is going to end anytime soon. So I'm
assuming, we'll be back to the table again. After July, ask
me for another 51 million and I don't think it's going to
end in September. I don't think it's going to end in
November. Don't think it's in end of December.
Call.
Problem is what will we do? Agree me and my colleague here.
We agree. Very strongly. This is should be put on a federal
government. They should be put on our state or what. I also
want to bring up on that same point is two or three years
ago, a lot of people in this chamber. Were celebrating the
open border, they were celebrating it. That's a good thing.
Everybody come in.
so, don't get
So don't get cancelled out. I am a son of an immigrant came
here when she was 8 years old, for a whole entire family
came here. Like mostly all of you, some people weren't
immigrants. They were forced to come here.
What?
What in in the, in the process of celebrating that
open borders, we have to remember 1985. We declared herself
a sanctuary City reaffirmed Again by mayor. Rahm Emanuel
2011, carved out in 2021 by mayor Lightfoot.
Philip Roth.
The problem is here is in the frustration. We all want to
yell and point fingers at Texas, the governor in Texas I
heard it one point trafficking all these people here that's
not right.
Weed.
We declared herself a sanctuary City, so therefore that
Governor is going to send these people.
These poor people have nowhere to go, nowhere to eat in
order to sleep. Nowhere to shower two places that have
declared themselves. Sanctuary that falls on us, we never
prepared in 85, we never prepared in 2011, we never
prepared in 2021. We're dropping it on all of you. My
colleague in 2023 to give up 51 million dollars.
and,
In-N-Out.
And then another 51 million and then another 51 million. We
have to represent our constituents who vote or don't vote
for us because he's our tax dollars. So we don't have the
right to yell at each other. And point fingers in me. And
my colleagues we got pretty heated. When we squashed it, we
fixed it. We don't see eye-to-eye on this but we understand
each other's points.
Sulphur.
So, for that being said, this is a great debate. This is
the way it's supposed to be done. I don't support this
because it's not going to end.
It.
It is not going to end. The one thing that scares me, most
down here to is in this conversation, we're kind of
constantly talking about bringing these revenue streams.
Does.
just,
To support this, that's Texas.
That's my.
That's more taxes.
This surprised that you're stepping into it, what we've
done over the last six years, it had a text on its axis.
You have a big job on your shoulders and I think we're all
down here to help it and make make you the best mayor we
possibly can. But we're texting people out of the city on
top of bringing more people into the city who we can't give
Sanctuary to.
So I'll end with this. I appreciate what all of you have to
say? I have no malice in my heart for what side of this
that you are on. But I'm going to stick up for my
constituents. I'm going to stick up for the city of
Chicago, and I'm going to stick up for the people who don't
see any of this money because not a dime of this can go to
our own homeless or on Port and that hurts my father before
he passed. I always bring my father up in that laundry and
I apologized but he was my hero.
and he,
And his right.
And his wife.
And his grandfather told him a city that can't take care of
their sick or their poor should not be called a city there,
nothing, you are nothing. We're not even taking care of her
own. We're not even take care of her for sticking around
bored. So thank you. Thank you, mr. Presents, the
opportunity to speak on this.
Thank.
thank you all my
Thank you old man. Napolitano the chair recognizes alderman.
Sposato.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
All right.
Play.
Please, thank you sir. Thank you.
All.
Almond Pizarro. Thank you, mr. President, first, I want to
say, I like the way you handle these meetings, because
sometimes people get passed over and always make sure if
somebody has something to say, in your to meeting, and I
appreciate that, cuz I didn't raise my hand fast enough for
this one and until you did the recall. So I appreciate
that.
Pretty obvious where I stand on this, but let me explain
everybody way to 51 million. And I've said in the past,
If we would had a substitute off ordinance, it said 251
million is for all homelessness. I'd have zero problem with
it but the fact is only for a certain group of people that
you're my problem is, I'm a compassionate person. I'm out,
I have a loving caring, generous Community, I come from
unlike, with some people said about a hateful Community, we
have our country. I don't agree with that. I pretty much
agree with that. Everybody has said, and I appreciate how
they felt about this. But my community was basically
ambushed about what an asylum seekers in a college with no,
talking to me about it. Anything I found out by accident
with an anonymous phone call.
I worked out. We had to commute.
I worked out. We had a community meeting, we knew it was a
done deal for the most part, probably a little bit more of
her against a network for it. But my people are at Wright
College and stepping up big-time gone are bringing food
clothing toys. Just visit enough to help the people out.
Also, I've been hearing that the thing I really like from
everybody, even a lot of people that don't remotely agree
with that. This is the fed's Fault people. They're not
doing a damn thing for us here. They're not doing a damn
thing, so they're not offering us any money. They're being
sent by Governor Abbott and I heard some vile things. Some
of my colleagues said about Governor Abbott, Governor
Abbott is doing these people. A favor Brownsville Texas and
Port Town, the size of Aurora. They cannot, we can
accommodate thousand and we think they can accommodate a
hundred thousand that happening. He's doing them a favor.
So now we have to step up and figure this out. Going to be
very complicated, I feel like Freedom are confident. We
could work this out his account. So hopefully everybody can
respect everybody and we can be civil about this. I know we
all sign of Civility, whatever, heck we sign last time, so
we should have sinus Civility, and decorum piece of paper,
but no bill, but the bottom line is
Rosa.
Rowe Sanctuary City. We've been bragging about it forever.
We did nothing to prepare for it. If the 51 million was for
all the homeless, I have a homeless guy, three blocks away
from from the Respite Center at Wright College, my homeless
man cannot go to that Respite Center. So with that you guys
are both where you're at. You're not going to both the way
I'm asking about. I'm just folding. No only only a simple
reason it's not for everybody it's not for everybody for
their everybody. I would support it. Thank you mr.
President.
Thank.
Thank you. Almond was Pizarro before, almond Irvin closes.
There's one last speaker.
Just checking. All right, so the chair recognizes
alderwoman catheaters.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
As.
As you all know, you have a new face after 54 years that's
been here for city of Chicago.
As.
As you all know, I'm the other person from the 14th Ward
The first woman, the first Latina mom of two little ones to
represent this word.
and,
And yes, my heart is pounding.
Because it's the first time speaking. But also, I couldn't
not say something in regards to this important issue.
Ask.
As we all know, we all represent different area, different
communities in our beautiful city of Chicago.
Me, as many of you.
Came to this country. Seeking better opportunity.
I'd be toast Chicago to raise my family. That's how I
understood. It was a great City.
Do that.
Oh, that we had a lot of work to get done.
and,
Any are diligent in our duty, not only have to like to do
facials but also its residents of this amazing City to
stand up for what we deserve.
As.
as we said,
Week.
We come.
We come from different backgrounds. We come from different.
Albert.
Opportunities.
and,
And we have our own history in our own story.
What?
What I love about being an older person of these new cohort
is all we got together with all the new other person
elected.
and,
And we spoke about the way we were going to pop out our
city and how we were going to talk to each other and even
those who have different opinion with her, always coming to
the table and proposing things for the better of our
community.
Add Beyond.
Yes, we got elected by our Wards. We got elected for a
community but whatever we vote on, it's important for a
whole city.
And this is my commitment with my ward. And with my Speedy,
where I said, I chose to raise my two girls.
and I,
And as I've always said, our kids are watching our own kids
are watching us today.
I don't.
I understand that we need to continue to work together. We
can continue to point finger
Add.
At the past we're here Crafton May 31st and God bless.
We're going to continue to serve a VCR. So on let's
continue to work together at the city.
You.
You know, I'm a former County employee. Let's continue
talking to a colony.
Babe.
States and federal elected officials. Let's continue
working together.
let,
let's,
Let's go back to our community, talked to her communities
and arrested in
How?
Have them have a seat in the table as well with us.
I love.
I like,
I love computer to push forward City.
As I said, it's not about pointing fingers, pointing
fingers and blaming others, not going to get us anywhere.
As soon.
As you know, I represent now and 89% Latino Community, but
it's not only about Latinos.
Is.
Isabel.
It's about every single residence in the city of Chicago.
I race today.
Body.
Voting. Yes, for the
But I will orange everybody to continue having this
conversation and put forward a plan.
That.
that we
That will help us release matter.
Add.
Again, respecting each other.
Tell me.
Coming.
Coming together.
Does it?
is it windy by if we continue dividing us and
We?
We just need to, I do respect every single person and I've
also disturb respect.
and I,
And as a member of the city council, if we don't respect
each other and constituents or respect us, if we don't
respect them, nothing is going to get time. Let's continue
pushing forward and working together with respect and
always remembering their Community, our kids and our heart
needs to be in the community needs to be in our decision.
Thank you so much. Thank you all woman.
Thank.
Thank you.
We?
We have one final speaker before old Minerva and closes but
I do want to thank all them and Chico or igniting a flame
with all of the new older persons. They are just rocking
and rolling because of you start the chair recognizes
alderwoman Taylor.
Blue.
Please. Excuse me for not standing. My knees are on fire.
I'm conflicted.
And I'm just, I don't know how to bring anything else to
the table, but being honest.
And as a black person who was imported to this country, cuz
I think we forget that, sometimes it was an odd choice to
choose to come here. And if we was told to go back today,
half of us wouldn't know where to go.
I am so tired of when it's a crisis for everybody else we
go. We got to do something.
But when we having this violence in the black community,
nothing gets said or nothing gets done. And that's why all
of us, it ain't just on elected officials is on all of us
and don't let these tears fool you. Cuz when I had these
tears, just use because I'm mad as hell and I want to
fight. But I know that ain't my position. That ain't my
place as black people who have been hurt continuously by
the city and Country loves it, ain't our responsibility to
take care of everybody else and we're tired cuz we do that.
Movie.
When we fought for civil rights and we fought for a seat at
the table and we fought just to drink out of a damn. It was
us.
But her people don't hurt other hurt people.
Go.
go to a police station and see, a one-year-old being
breastfed by his mama, who can barely breathe
who is Bailey living and don't, give me that they came up
here because we didn't
we didn't this wasn't my choice. I wouldn't have never
chose to live in a space. That hurts me everyday.
Do.
Do you know what? It's like to get on with this rocks. Can
you don't?
You're?
You don't.
and,
and I,
And I'm conflicted because in my heart, I know what's
right? I know it's like to want to help other people cuz
that's black people. That's what we do. But where the hell
are y'all going to help us?
What?
What are you about to be a black woman or black elected
official? It ain't enough to be a black Mary and I don't
care what we become. So some of y'all we still out and it's
wrong.
Is.
Is wrong.
I do.
I got a community that divided. I've been getting calls for
the last 3 days, you should vote on this. You shouldn't
diss is wrong. This, it it's all wrong.
And the federal government is responsible. So I hope when
people who are in government going to run for president,
y'all had is same damn energy. How to save energy. We got a
governor they said one word not one but of course you're
going to throw it on the black man cuz I was really what we
think is the white man's blood is cold. I'm just, I'm
sorry. I'm just here to speak my truth.
Boulder.
Boating say no.
Does a?
Doesn't mean that I want to hurt migrant families.
Vote.
Voting app does not mean I don't care about black Chicago
and don't give me that if I go. Yes because I'm the same
woman that went on a hunger strike when they closed schools
and half of the people didn't say you said nothing, you did
nothing people staying in this body, voted for those
supposed to be closed and we still reeling from that. Y'all
talked about your people not being able to go there. What
could they do in our communities. So you have nothing in
the 20th. Ward. I don't have a bowling alley, I don't have
a Chuck-E-Cheese, I don't have a theater.
It's not on.
It's not on me.
It's not on mannequin, statue. It
Are you parked?
Parkway Gardens in my Wars, people who are princess and
they all go home every day. But we got people like Milana
Midwest who going to get the 78? Something that we didn't
want in the first place. So what I want us black folks to
do and I'm talkin to y'all right now is how this thing
energy and come up with an agenda for black Chicago. Cuz
right now we all over the place, all we know if we don't
want them to have 50 $1000000. Who the hell is them? It's
us. That's the shitt that got us here from the get-go. This
pitting us against each other. At the end of the day, this
is a city of a third, a third and a third. Let's be honest.
Let's be real about that and we can get ours. We try to
block Chicago and we got a hurt or disrespect or be rude to
anybody else. We don't know that the type of people we all
black people
It's 400 years. I'm tired, too. But that don't stop me from
fighting everyday and me saying, yes, to this does not
question who I am as a black woman, whose rights are black.
George has had a black hole that don't conflict me, but
when I've been talkin to me in October, it was freaking.
When?
When I see.
When I put this at Walmart, that was cricked. Nobody said
nothing and protesting them and hurting them at the city
hall. That's what you should have been doing.
That's what you should have been doing. That's what you
should have been doing at the end of the day late and
light-footed. Y'all like to call her created this chaos
because I have to have them in October. Am I correct did
not have to have a conversation and talk about transparency
but now we having a different conversation. Say what you
want about all the woman Taylor black and I'll go to bed
black everyday and I'm proud to be a black woman but that
don't mean I'm going to hurt and s*** on anybody else. I'm
not going to do. Y'all love how much are Christian and
y'all back. Y'all love the Lord brilley and mistreat people
who ain't got nothing off. Quick to talk to Mike about it
but I don't see a lot of y'all standing with us.
oh, y'all are
Oh y'all help gas and I was like that's it you're leaving.
We all got the support. George right? More comes to these
meetings every month every time and I don't get the
automated thing we have disagree. How is sanctuary City?
Everything else? We agree on it because I just don't
believe in hurting other people and I'm not today. So might
as well if that bothers you. So be it if you take away my
vote. So be it. But you need to look at yourself in the
mirror. You need to look up and say who are you sometimes.
People don't hurt people. Thank you mr. Taylor.
Make.
make a
Thank you, Lord.
and by,
And finally,
and,
and finally, thank you very much.
I would respectfully ask that are public participants.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, remain in order.
They?
Thanks.
Thank you very much. All the women Taylor, did she
We respectfully ask that this chamber respects the order
and decorum of this body of government. The position has
been stated your position, opposition has been heard and
I'll finally, we will recognize
Jeremy.
German Irving. Thank you, mr. President, I believe that the
all the person from the 20th, Ward sum this up in the, in
the most and her most eloquent way, that requires, no
further conversation for many of us. And with that being
said, I moved basketball, roll call vote.
Battle.
Madam clerk clerk, please call the roll.
The.
The Voting is now, open. Please refresh. Your device and
submit your vote. The Voting is now open.
Take a Voice vote for those who have not cast their vote.
All.
Alderman, Hopkins, not present.
All.
All I'm sorry. Alderman, Hopkins, not in chamber Alderman.
David Moore.
All.
Autumn.
Alderman, David Moore about snow.
Yeah.
Yes, the Voting is now closed.
Thanks.
Thank you very much. There are 34 years. There are 13 days.
This matter is pad.
All.
Older woman down in a motion to reconsider.
I have.
I asked that we reconsider this boat, mr. President. All
those in favor,
although,
All those in favor. On the motion to reconsider by older
woman Del all those in favor signify by saying I
All those.
All those opposed say no.
The motion fails.
You know, I will recognize the chair recognizes Alderman
Mitchell on any further, unfinished business.
They are out the chair recognizes automobile, just for the
record. This is miscellaneous. Business chair, recognizes
automobile. I along with more motion to withdraw. Are the
front published on the item on the budget committee.
Southern motion. Thank you. Owen, bill has
Been presented to withdrawal the dnp alderman, Alderman
more. So, with that being said, then the chair recognizes
Alderman in this position. Hard me, the chair recognizes
chairman Irvin
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr. President, with all them bills and all of
them boys motion, I move it move passage aboard this 20,
22-20 83. Stupid ordinance to amend the annual
appropriation or disregarding committee budgets,
I move.
Remove passage by roll call vote.
Thanks.
Thank you, the clerk. Would you please call the roll?
Party.
Pardon me Madam, clerk chair. Recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you, mr. President, do we need to spend the rules to
go out of order since you've already left the committee
report.
Play.
Thank.
Thank you. Almond Lopez. The committee reports are part of
the regular order of business and we are just simply
returning to the regular order of business. So, no need to
suspend the rules. Thank you chair. Recognizes German,
Irvin get him. A cigar roll combo. I don't flirt with you,
please call the roll.
The Voting is now open. The building is out open. Please
refresh your device and submit your vote.
St.
Almonds besotted with a, yes.
I'll
I will now take a Voice vote for those who have not voted
Alderman, Hopkins. It's not present and Chambers.
Alderman Rodriguez.
Alderman Rodriguez today. Yes Alderman. Teacher Lopez
All.
Alderman. Seto Lopez as a yes. Almond Cardona.
All.
Alvin Cardona is a yes.
All.
Oldman Riley is not present in Chambers.
All.
Alderman Gardner.
Okay, I'll micardis meditate
and,
any other older people.
The boat.
Voting.
I'll
Alderperson, Riley is not present in Chambers.
Vote.
Voting is closed.
Thank.
Thank you. Madam Clark.
Afford.
43 days. Three days motion, passes hardly, this ordinance
passes, ottoman Mitchell on the motion to reconsider his
present must be considered a boat.
They?
Thank you.
Thank you, ottoman Mitchell. All those in favor of
reconsidering this both signify by saying, I all those that
opposed say, no, if this motion fails
Back to.
Back to me.
Back to miscellaneous Alderman Lopez. This would be the
appropriate time of the chair, recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you, mr. President, there's no objection. I'd like to
speak for
Speak for the body regarding, please. Thank you.
Play.
Ladies and gentlemen, of this historic body, I shared with
you earlier today, this pain. I think it's very appropriate
as we enter into the summer months.
Run.
Friend of mine, dr. Eugene Lipoff. Many of you may remember
testified before this body, the creator of the Gods shot
which deals with trauma and PTSD, saw a pin that I wore,
which was the chalk outline of a victim of the Chicago flag
in it.
Known as chalking.
Now, that logo talking, quite famous in circles, but my
friend, dr. Lipp off and his wife. Then, why do we have to
celebrate the victim? We should be pushing for no more
victims of violence, in the city of Chicago. So doctor
Lipoff, and his wife provided me with these to share with
you and gladly will share with anybody would like them. It
says, we seen this Memorial Day Weekend, where 49 people
were shot, 11, people were killed
Victims cannot.
Victims cannot be faceless. They cannot just be headlines
that we forget about the can't just be statistics that we
move on from. They have to be a focal point of everything.
We do. Encourage you all to wear this with pride where the
senior community and show that we are going to never forget
the victims of the violence that we see. So often plaguing
every single one of our communities this summer. Thank you
mr. President
Thanks.
Thank you Alderman Lopez.
Turn.
There. Any other miscellaneous. Thank you very much now
date and time of our next meeting the date and time of the
next meeting chair. Recognizes ultimate Mitchell surprise.
I've handed up an ordinance to the clerk, send the date and
time for the next meeting.
Thank.
Thank you madam clerk. Please read the ordinance ordained
by the city. Council the city, Chicago Section 1. The next
regular meeting of the city council to say, Chicago shall
be held on Wednesday, June 21st, 2023, beginning at 10 a.m.
and the council chamber on the second floor and City Hall
121 North LaSalle Street Chicago. Illinois section to this
ordinance. I'll take it back and be enforced from from and
after its Passage
Thank.
Thank you, the chair recognizes ottoman, Mitchell, as I
move passage and the ominous.
Hey hearing no objections. So ordered here, recognizes I'm
sorry. I'm the bus ottoman Mitchell. I move the matters and
the Omnibus be passed by both the boys. Both are good. I'm
all those in favor signify by saying, I all those opposed
to know and then send you the chair, the eyes have it, the
Omnibus is ass.
Are recognizes.
Are recognizes ottoman Mitchell for a German. This
President there being no further business before the body.
I move that we adjourn.
Hearing no objections is it always this hot in here. So
order this meeting is adjourned.