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The mayor. We have a quorum.
Thank you. There are 44 member, 45 members here present.
So we do have a quorum.
Um, there are a few alders that wish
to participate remotely per rule.
40 59. Apologies. Um, that is permitted.
So the following alders are Robinson, Julia Ramirez,
Alderwoman Taylor Alder, Byron Scho Lopez have requested
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Madam Clerk, please add all those respective alders, um,
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I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic for wishing scams.
One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
Please remain standing for the invocation,
which will be delivered today by pastor uh,
Christian Kun from the Urban Village Church.
Let us pray. Oh God.
We read in the Book of Exodus that you came
to Moses in a flame of fire out of a bush.
You encouraged him to take off his shoes
for he was on holy ground.
Moses was a man in exile, on the fringes in the wilderness.
And yet all that was around him, you declared
to be holy ground today.
Some go to the mountains or the oceans
and the belief that only these grand vistas can we
experience Holy ground.
But you are more than the mountains, more than the oceans.
In fact, there is holy ground all around us in all kinds
of unexpected places, including in our great city
of Chicago, from Austin to Lake Michigan, from Rogers Park
to Alt Guild Gardens.
We experience your sacred presence everywhere.
Thank you for that presence.
Help us to stop and rejoice in the diversity
and richness of this city so
that we might even take off our shoes
and recognize the holy ground beneath the skyscrapers
and in the cracked sidewalks.
You have given us freedom and responsibility
to care for this holy ground.
I pray that your spirit would be
here today in these chambers.
May it come upon these leaders who have the awesome task
of representing the millions of people
who call this holy ground their home.
Those residents who are descended from native tribes
who have been here for eons
and our migrant neighbors
who have been here only a few weeks,
wherever they stand, sit and lie down.
You are there in those sacred spaces.
May the decisions made here today honor each
and every one of our citizens,
especially the most vulnerable, so that when you appear
to them like you appear to Moses,
they may know your goodness and the love of their neighbors
and the embrace of our city.
Come oh Spirit into this space, bring peace, kindness,
and listening ears to this holy ground today. Amen.
Amen. May be seated.
The chair recognizes older woman. Doo
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
I move to suspend to briefly go out
of the regular order of business
to consider one item on my list of committee reports
and there's two on Alderman Irv on hearing.
No objection. So order,
Mr. President,
chairman Irvin and I requested defer and publish.
So 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 0 7 8 3 8
governing the issuance of general obligation and
or securitization corporation bonds for economic development
or affordable housing pro programs.
Thank you very much. This item will be deferred.
The chair recognizes Chair Chairman Irvin.
Thank you Mr. President, uh, Altman Vasquez.
And I wish to defer item number one
and item number two of the budget committee report.
Item number one is the annual appropriation ordinance year
2024 amendment within fund 9 2 5.
Ordinance 2 0 2 4 dash 8 3 4 5.
And item number two, which is an ordinance amended the 2024
annual appropriation ordinance,
which was a direct introduction from the director
of the Office of Budgeted Management.
Thank you very much. Those items will be, uh, deferred.
We will now return back to the regular order
of business public comment.
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.
Any speaker speakers cannot yield
or transfer their time to another speaker.
Speaker, our first speaker today is Patricia Tatum.
Good afternoon. My name is Patricia Tatum.
I'm a resident of the 20th Ward
and I'm here to support the South Shore CBA ordinance,
which includes housing protection for South Shore
and the vacant lot on 63rd.
And Blackstone has to be used for affordable housing.
In 2020, the Woodlawn Housing Preservation
Ordinance was passed.
Some provisions that have been really helpful
and useful in the community are the home
by the homeowner repair grants.
Many of the long term residents in Woodlawn
are fixed incomes and they've lived here a long time,
but were unable to do the repairs needed for their homes.
And I'm sure that at this, it's the same problems
that many people in South Shore are having right now too.
Um, they need this money to get the repairs done so
that they're not cited by the city
or in fear of losing their home.
We need these grants
and we need transparency around
where the grant money is going.
Ever since the Senate Obama Center was announced in 2015,
I've been receiving regular calls, emails,
text messages from investors who want to buy my property,
which I've been in for over 40 years now.
I've lived and worked in this community
for over 50 years as a nurse.
There should be some more support systems in place
for long term homeowners and tenants.
It is not right that we are a second priority to investors
and pe people looking to just make money
and not be a part of this community.
There are a lot of folks who've been displaced from Woodlawn
whose rents have gone up
because of investors who jack up the prices
and make people, um, unable to afford
to live in the community anymore.
This has also led to a lot
of people doubling up in someone else's home
or moving to other places such as South Shore.
This has been a traumatic experience for this community.
A lot of times we have two
to three generations living in one home and displacement
and gentrification means the new units that are being built
have only been built suitable for
occupancy by one to two people.
We need to stop this cycle of instability
and displacement by passing the South shore CBA ordinance.
In the closing, I want to point out that
in the last election there was a referendum
and two precincts of the seventh Ward, where over 77%
of the residents voted yes for South Shore CBA.
What I'm telling you today is by many people in South Shore.
So I urge you to support the South Shore CBA ordinance.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Michael Young Bay.
This $70 million $70 million
and not counting the press past millions of dollars
that this city done approved of or this state
and the county, et cetera.
$70 million.
Y'all won't even put a million dollars in one neighborhood.
A million dollars in one neighborhood.
Randy Mayor Johnson, you say that you
for the children, et cetera.
You for the youth, you know you want to have work programs
for the youth, et cetera.
Well, a million dollars for these work
programs for these children.
I say, I'm not gonna dress nobody in the room no more.
I'm gonna just address you whenever this is city council
because I gave you a hard draft of,
of what me and my family has experienced as far
as the discrimination against these, against me
and my child and my wife.
You know, that comes from places like the Safer Foundation
that come from all Chicago
that come from bring Chicago home.
You see that come from these ministers that y'all have.
You know, if you go look on bring Chicago home site,
you see all them reveres and things like that.
They got all these nice churches in these neighborhoods.
Mikes mega churches and our people homes.
And I want, I don't even wanna say our people homes.
'cause some people, we gotta be honest,
they do let their stuff go.
They do live up in trash, et cetera, but,
and willingly of they own will.
But what about the face, right? What about 79th Street?
You see what I'm saying? What about the face?
What about 71st Street?
What about all these different streets
with these abandoned buildings, with these empty lots
and then the churches come up and try to buy these locks?
That's why I say to the people come up, all her
come up AllOne.
That's why I says that come up out of there.
The snake is no good.
It don't matter who they put at the
head, he ain't running nothing.
We gotta be honest about this situation.
But I'm still gonna talk to you.
I'm still gonna call you out. I'm still gonna say the names.
And then I'm coming down here fighting about me
and my family housing and being discriminated
and retaliated against and I get attacked by Greg Mitchell.
But you know, and I,
and I still been trying to come here, be humble
and things like that and things and give honors
and respect and things like that.
But y'all ain't trying to hear that.
So now I'm gonna go prestige charges
and I'm gonna do this lawsuit.
I'm not finna play with y'all.
I told y'all and I got proof, I got evidence,
I got the video of me having you, the hard drive, et cetera.
You know what I'm saying? So I'm
Michael Young Bay to the meeting.
Thank you. Thank you very much for your comments.
However your time has expired.
Our next speaker is Kirby Kalen.
Hello and thank you for taking my public comment.
My name is Kirby Callen
and I'm an organizer in the 32nd Ward
where I focus on expanding public access
to mental healthcare, housing and public safety.
I'd like to start my comment by
addressing the GoDz the room.
And by that, I of course mean affordable housing.
Uh, the finance committee endorsed the proposal
for 1.25 billion
for affordable housing over the next five years.
So much of life as a Chicagoan these days is defined
by the transient nature of constantly moving every year
or two because you can no longer live in the community.
You want to place roots.
And so we need to build affordable housing.
Let's borrow money. Let's cut some tape
and build more affordable housing units across this city
with speed and safety.
I also want to address the, uh, substitute order
to change the future of shot spotter
to award by award basis.
We cannot do this.
We need to cancel the the shot spotter contract
and discontinue its use, discontinue its use citywide.
An aldermanic discretion of shot spotter would lead
to a patchwork across the city
of profiling oppression and aggression.
If we are truly to believe that policing can fight crime,
we don't need to be expending their resources on something
that leads to 85% of the time to incidents
where there's no evidence of a gun crime 90% of the time
with no evidence of a crime at all shot spot
or wastes our resources
and puts those that are most vulnerable at risk
of being profiled and damaged by our police.
And I also want to spend time speaking
on the migrant funding.
This is a crisis across our city,
but it is not because of the immigrants.
It is because our lack of allocation of resources,
this migrant crisis is a resource crisis.
And we need vast resources
to protect our new community members.
70 million, 70 mil.
Hey, you can, you can fight it
as much as you want, but it's true.
These are our neighbors.
These are now a part of our communities.
Immigrants are a basis for our future as a city,
ever since the beginning to now.
Immigrants are the lifeblood of this city,
and we need to support them not just in the 70 millimeter,
but to address the future of this city.
We need investments in affordable housing, public access
to mental healthcare so that these people are protected
and ensure that they can live in Chicago in a community
that is vibrant, depending not only them,
but the connections within the community.
70 millimeter, excuse me, $70 million
is a great way to start, but it's not enough.
It's possible for us to not spend enough on migrant funding.
It is not possible for us to spend too. Excuse me.
It's not possible for us to spend too much.
We're spending too little. Let's
expand the money for migrants.
They need our supports, our support.
They're not going anywhere. We are a welcoming city.
We're gonna stay that way. So let's make
sure they are protected.
Thank you. That's my public comments.
Whoa, thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Richard Poso.
Before our next speaker.
Before our next speaker, just a second sir.
Before our next speaker.
I would respectfully ask yet again that those
that are participating in democracy allow our speakers
to finish their presentation.
If you cannot adhere to that expectation, I'm going to ask
that our sergeant at Arms remove you,
give our speakers the respect
that they deserve their three minutes.
You may commence, sir.
Good afternoon, mayor. Good afternoon. Good
Afternoon, everybody here.
My name is Richard, last name is Paso.
I'm a store manager at a
automotive facility here in Chicago.
I'm a native to Chicago. It's near and dear to my heart.
The city doesn't feel the same anymore.
There's a lot of stuff going on right now
that's really hard to process.
There's a lot of people here
that have watched me on social media.
I'm a social media influencer
and I've heard the word getting back to me.
Some of the people that work
for you have gotten stuff back to me.
I'm gonna say what I have to say regardless,
you can come after me if you want.
You can try to slander me if you want.
Some of the aldermen can talk behind my back if you want,
but there's 31 out of 50 aldermen December 14th
that turn their back on the public that said, I will not
take their vote on this city continuing
to be a sanctuary city.
You turned it to yourself to speak for us.
You turned it to yourself to speak for the public.
We pay you, you work for us, we put you there.
How can you stand there
and say anything about, we don't want to take their vote.
We're gonna speak on their behalf,
and this is how it's gonna be.
It shouldn't work that way.
Any politician that feels like they deserve that type
of control over people,
they don't deserve to be politicians.
They don't deserve to be in the spot that they're in.
Second of all, I'm a veteran.
I served 15 months in a war zone
for this country where I got hurt.
Yes, I, the VA does take care of me.
But every year I'm hearing, let's take away,
let's take away, let's take away, let's give back,
let's take away, let's give back.
But we have immigrants that serve with us,
that put their life on the line, that are still fighting
for citizenship, that are in the military,
that deserve all the respect in the world.
And they don't get it. They come back.
They're still fighting for citizenship.
Some of them don't get it. They get deported.
These are people that put their life on the line
for this country, for all of you
to have the freedom and the jobs that you have.
And they don't get the respect to have somebody care
for them and help them through the process.
But all of you guys out here will vote for people that are
complete aliens to this country that have nothing.
ua, Venezuela, any, anything coming from the Dominican, not,
not do Honduras.
All these people are coming here.
They've cleared out these prisons years ago
and they're sending all these people here.
They don't want them there. They don't serve them a purpose.
They're showing up here in New York, in Chicago
attacking people in the streets.
The police are fighting with them in the,
in the shelters that you guys are funding.
You guys think it's a great idea,
but yet your police officers are getting attacked.
Your public's getting attacked.
You are putting our lives at risk
by doing what you're doing.
And none of you care about it
because the mighty dollar sits on top.
And as long as somebody's in your pocket that you're working
with, you're okay with doing it.
You don't care about the citizens.
At some point in time, there's gonna
be an answering for this.
What it is, I don't know. But it doesn't look good.
And I don't respect most of the people that are in here
because you turned your back on the citizens
and you said your voice doesn't matter.
Doesn't matter. Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Twan Sims,
The homeless, uh, what is it?
The HMIS, the Homeless.
Homeless Management Information Systems.
So my number would've been 3 5 5 0 6 1
That would've been issued July 15th, 2021.
We financed that endeavor, right?
The HMIS that's financed and budgeted, right?
Because this is what we here to talk about.
We here to talk about finance and budget.
However, I'm an individual in the room.
One individual, y'all mismanaging this failing actually.
'cause once again, July 15th, 2021, it's July.
What is it now? What anybody? April 17th.
I didn't sleep last night worrying about this.
I didn't sleep last night. Imagine, how do you talk
to these people to have them understand that, hey,
this is difficult to deal with,
especially when you a 43-year-old resident of the city
of Chicago versus being somebody who just got here,
who being treated just like you should be treated.
Right? I'm just saying.
So yesterday was my sons birthday if I had housing,
and we could have spent it pleasantly.
I didn't speak to him. I didn't speak to him.
His name Ian Wato by Sims.
I actually have an order of protection. His mom got it.
My son is a star pupil
and a star athlete in Everton High School.
However, his father support him to the utmost.
And yet, I'm, I'm attacked over this.
I'm attacked maybe because of my views
and the fact that to point out that our government,
our city government now that I understand
has done basically turned that back on black Chicagoans.
Y'all are implementing our demise here in the city
through financing and budgeting.
I sit in the room and actually get the understanding now
and it's disgusting the hardship
that I'm suffering and been suffering.
It seem like it's not only unintentional,
it seem like it's manufactured like I've been
pursued for the last four years.
Simply for my views or simply for pointing out the fact
that I'm not getting nowhere.
We talk about let's, let's repair it.
But you finna put 70 more, 70 million into a this mission,
600 million in Illinois alone.
275 million more
this year counted 150 million.
My HMIS number is 3 5 5 0 6 1.
How did y'all drop the ball for
so many years on one individual?
But y'all coming to budget and finance
and y'all coming to budget and finance the demise
of black Chicagoans here.
That's what y'all budgeting and financing.
Y'all whittling us out
and y'all doing it in such a gracious fashion.
Y'all representing us as y'all do it.
This what y'all doing.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Pray East Lay.
Good afternoon to the city of Chicago.
I am p ray of the 37th Ward.
Chicago Red is our organization
because we started this session with a prayer.
I wanna start my comment with the scripture one Timothy five
and eight says, but if any provide not for his own
and specifically for those of his own house,
he has denied the face and is worse than an infidel.
So I wanna talk to y'all today about not going to hell.
In the 37th ward, there was a family,
the Jones family am Maria Jones was standing in her family
building that they've owned for four years.
During the TikTok dance with her mother, a bullet came
through the window, hit her in the neck.
She fell to the ground in front of her mother
and bled to death a month ago on the Chicago mugshot page,
her mother was on that page.
Her mother had on her daughter's rest in peace T-shirt.
She washed it so many times
that it was completely faded out.
She was completely hot out of her mind
and the charge was possession.
Now, the first $51 million that this council gave
to the migrants came from the opioid settlement funds.
I am here on behalf of the Jones family, on behalf
of the 37th Ward, on behalf of black Chicago, on behalf
of the entire city to ask you all to vote no
and put that money back in an opioid settlement fund.
We need that money in my neighborhood.
We need that on my block.
That woman should not be at Cook County Jail
because she's grieving over a random act of violence
that caused her to lose her child in front of her face.
When the city of Chicago has millions upon millions upon
millions of dollars to give to people
who ain't paid a dime into the tax base.
We've been in my building for 52 years.
We about to pay some more taxes.
The Jones family has been in their building for 45 years,
paying taxes every year on time.
So I'm asking y'all to use our tax money for our people.
We need it. We got people leaning.
We got people rocking, we got overdosing.
We got, uh, pass out lines.
You live on the west side, uh, mayor, mayor Johnson.
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
We need the money for us.
We need opioid treatment on the west side of Chicago.
We are the headquarters of the cartel
and everybody in here knows it.
They selling more drugs
and the law can allowing y'all giving money back to them
because they traffic those people up here.
So we paying 'em, going and coming. Absolutely not.
We pay too much. It costs too much
money to live in this city.
Help Wanda Jones help every other grieving mother
who feels like she has to go get high
and get over the loss of her child.
This is a woman who lived in that house.
She still sleeps in that living room
where her daughter passed out and bled to death.
So I'm asking y'all to say no.
Put these people on the back burner
and put the money back in the opioid fund.
We need that money. Thank y'all.
Thank you for your comments.
Thank you for your comments, Ms.
Easley. The next speaker is Mr. Denzel Dillard.
Yes. How you doing there? Uh, mayor. Um, good afternoon.
I come here for a different perspective.
I come here to give you praise.
I hope to soften the blow here.
Um, I think I've been sent here, you know,
after being evicted, um,
after all the turmoil that I'm going
through, I'm here to say thank you.
I think you're doing a great job.
You know, despite the disparities
that's going on within our communities, you know, shucks,
I don't care what mayor was here, it wouldn't be done.
But more, uh, importantly, I'm here to, um, to let you know
that I'm a, a struggling young man.
Um, I've, I've always at your tenure wanted
to work for your administration.
You know, my goal is to get hired.
I believe in your, your mission.
I believe in in, in the hope of the city.
Um, and then I see where your administration is going.
I want to be a part of the process, even if I do not work
for your administration, or I hope to, um, be hired
for some job, um, for the city.
And one of the reasons that I think the Lord, that I'm here,
because a lot of people don't think that I'll be hired.
They think that I won't be helped by you.
They think that, um, things can't happen,
you know, to good people.
I believe in you, I believe.
And my goal is hopefully to work
for your administration or for the city
and hopefully to even soften the blow
because I, I see so much here.
I almost wanna pray for this environment
because I do not let anyone steer me
wrong, just like you do.
You know, no matter what the bickering and the hollering,
because I adore
and I appreciate this whole administration,
this whole body here, even the people even that's behind me,
I, okay, kiss and,
and just like this, I want to be a, an asset to your,
to the city and to your administration
or to some part, um, working inside the administration.
I just wanna thank you. And I just wanna say this very
briefly, Lord, I wanna thank you
for this moment that you gave us.
Lord, I want you to, to, to continue to bless our city,
Lord, bless the people that's surround us, Lord.
Give them what they need. Lord, calm this spirit.
Lord, you've been never so gracious. Lord.
I wanna thank you for what you're doing, for
what you're done and the thing that's going to be down
and destroyed over our life.
And this city will be greater with our help and assistance.
I thank you in Jesus name. Amen. Love you Mayor.
Thank you for your comments Mr. Dillard.
The next speaker is Ms. Jessica Jackson.
Talk to me. So Christmas is coming early this year.
We going to check that list when they go up on that wall
for voting, and we're gonna check it twice
and we gonna find out who's been NAIA nice
based on how y'all vote.
And we gonna start it off with Maria Hatton. Yeah,
Chicago and some communities So angry.
Why, why is all this kind
of anti-immigrant sentiment coming up?
And I wanna 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. But the money from a
2020, all right?
That would be Maria Haddon stepping out there.
I see you don't get sarcastic
'cause we can get jiggy, right?
You set up here, but that first 51 million talking about
how you feel about black people
and how you have to have the same energy for black people.
And you ain't never stood on this floor
talking about money for black people.
You get on this floor and talk about black and brown
'cause you somewhere in the middle with it, right?
But I'll tell you this,
and I'm telling every other black alderman in here today.
You vote for the money for these immigrants today,
and we coming for them seats.
You can believe that you gonna stop pimping
the black people's plight to get brown people,
as y'all call it money.
You going to give us our press conference
up there on the third floor.
Keep talking to the mayor's boy
with the clink clink from his past.
That's why he gotta do what the mayor say, do him
and a lot of other ones in here with these shady passes.
That's why you gotta vote the way that you vote.
But all of us ain't got shady passes, some
of us free out here and we can vote how we wanna vote.
And we coming for those seats.
Now to align yourself
with somebody who's obviously a one term mayor,
if he even makes it that far,
you better be worrying about your job.
You better be worrying about your longevity
because we gonna vote and we gonna get you out.
'cause you ain't doing right by us. That's what time it is.
And for your law person that's next to you,
I'm gonna need you to check out that federal charge
that I got against those public administrators over there
for messing with black people's property.
It's federal case number two three
CV 1 4 5 9 0.
All right? And it's,
and on our on on on that note, on that note,
if y'all don't give us our money for the black community,
know this, we getting ready
to file a federal injunction against City Hall
for benign neglect to the south side and west side.
You got that? Boom.
Thank you for your comments Ms. Jackson.
The next speaker is Ms. Sarah Thomas. Lena.
Hello, my name is Sarah Tomas Lemna
and I'm a community organizer
with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago.
And I live in the Fifth Ward.
I'm calling on city council
to approve $70 million in funding
to support new arrivals until the end of the year.
Asian Americans advancing Justice Chicago has been working
on mutual aid with new arrivals across the city
for over a year now.
In addition, we have been part
of the Bring Chicago Home Campaign
and Stop Shot Spotter Coalition, as well as have advocated
for long-term solutions like treatment, not trauma.
The common thread in what you have heard today is our anger
in a broken system that we must reimagine together.
It's the system that maintained generational disinvestment
in communities of color across Chicago.
And this is what prevents our city, one
of the richest cities in the world.
From paying a little bit more into the public safety net
system, while schools
and mental health clinics shut down in our communities,
food prices, rent and childcare costs rise,
and thousands of our neighbors continue
to sleep on the streets.
The common thread here is systemic racism.
And these death investments have kept communities
of color down for generations.
This systemic racism has also blocked any positive action on
immigration from Congress for almost 40 years.
Immigrants are simply not a priority in the federal system.
And so I want to speak today to urge you to vote on Friday
for $70 million, um, from which will be, uh,
pulled from city reserves, um, not from any sort sort
of funding to support individuals impacted
by the opioid epidemic.
In addition, into those se in addition to those $70 million,
we also need to start thinking about long-term solutions
to fund affordable housing
and economic development that will benefit all Chicagoans.
So on Friday, this council will have that opportunity
and I urge you to vote yes to borrow
$1.25 million over the next five years
and to make economic security a reality
for more of our neighbors.
In addition, I would like to urge council
to vote against the order that calls for alders to be able
to choose whether to remove shot spotter technology on award
by ward basis, and also calls for any decisions related
to violence prevention funding to be brought
to the Public Safety committee
and to a full city council vote.
We reject the intention and the outcomes of this order
and support Mayor Brandon Johnson's decision
to cancel the contract with shot spotter Citywide
Chicago has long been a welcoming city
and we are committed to ensuring that it remains that way.
We are facing a challenging moment,
but it's nothing we haven't faced before.
Thank you.
Thank you for your comments, Ms. Thomas.
Linda, the next speaker is Mr. George Blakemore.
The problem is racism. I guess you can hear me.
The problem is racism.
This is worse in communist channel.
All these people are sitting here, they're a member
of one party, the Democratic machine.
These black ones do not have our interest.
They work for the master.
These big head white men run this system.
And man, you can't. They run it.
And I, I was looking around saying, well,
how many white women do they have here?
You know, doing a, a suffrage.
A white woman didn't like that because she couldn't vote
and she was like a subject to a big head white man.
So looking here, I don't see many white women here,
Uhuh I one or two.
So the problem here in Chicago is racism.
Tism, uh, corruption,
a one party system.
These bighead white men run this,
this bighead man doesn't run this, okay?
But these black aucklands, but they don't have no power.
Who slaves them? Copper America.
Who runs corporate America? These bighead white men.
Now you can be in denial.
Now look at you over there, pastor. Right here.
Look at that while I'm talking. Young lady. Young lady.
Sit down. Sit down. Tell her to sit down.
Tell her, tell her to sit down. So wait a minute.
You don't like this? I'm going to tell you. Lemme finish.
I'm educating you, I'm informing you. I'm enlightened you.
These bighead white people that enslaved us,
brought us here.
Now, now they're giving money to another people.
Are they napping? Hair, big nose stick lift,
and a black booty hole like mine?
No. No, they not.
And they're giving millions and million of dollars to them.
Can't you see how arrogant shields, when I told her
to be c She's going stand up and go.
You work for us
Mr. Blakemore. Please stay
in the
microphone so we can hear you, sir. Thank you. Something
Is mighty wrong here, sir.
We are still on the white man's plantation
and I urge black people to be selfish.
Our selfish people.
Self preservation is the first law of nature. Focus on you.
They're giving millions.
They're they're showing you better than they can tell you.
They're showing you by giving.
They're not giving no money to them.
These big hair white men, we're still on the plantation.
Thank you for your comments, Mr. Blakemore.
Your time has expired, your honor.
There are no further speakers for public comments.
Thank you.
Thank you very much Mr. Blakemore.
Thank you. I need you all to stop shouting.
This is now your second warning.
I'm doing my best to remain patient.
We appreciate you participating in democracy,
but I would ask that you also display some decorum.
Thank you. Alright, resolutions.
Before we move forward with our resolutions,
the chair recognizes Alderwoman Lee, who wishes
to make an acknowledgement wo Lee. Thank
You very much, Mr. President
and I, I move for the temporary suspension
of the rules so that I may acknowledge, um,
and recognize seek awareness and appreciation month
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Thank you very much, sir.
Um, I, I wanna rise in honor today of, uh,
seek awareness and appreciation month
and the profound contributions
of the Sikh American community to our city.
And I'd like to acknowledge our guests in the chamber today
for attending the meeting, uh, despite the, the little
schedule changing that we've got here.
So if I may ask them to stand, uh, we have Mr.
Rajinder Singh Mago Sarwan Singh Raju
Shiva Singh ssa Sarwan Singh Raju n
Bain Binger Singh Gern
April holds a special significance for our Sikh neighbors,
as it marks the birth month
of the guru Nanette Dev g founder of Sikhism
and the establishment of the CALSA order.
These events epitomized Sikh values of truth, service
and equality values that we must uphold as a city.
For over a century, Sikh Americans have played a vital role
in Chicago's growth and prosperity.
And despite being the fifth largest religious community in
the world, with approximately 25,000 Sikhs res residing in
the greater Chicago community alone, Sikhs continued to be
among one of the population's most
vulnerable to hate crimes.
According to the most recent FBI report on hate crimes,
Sikhs still remain the second most targeted group in the
nation for religiously motivated hate crimes.
And it's our collective duty to stand against all forms
of discrimination, echoing, seek founding principles
of egalitarianism and respect for all.
And by officially recognizing April is seek, uh, awareness,
excuse me, seek awareness and appreciation.
Month we reaffirm our commitment
to fostering religious diversity, tolerance
and understanding in our city.
And I extend my deepest gratitude
to the Sikh American community
for both their tireless efforts in shaping the city
and their tireless insistence that we can
and should do better by one another. Thank you, sir. Thank
You. Old woman Lee, please
thank you for being here today.
Thank you for that recognition.
Um, alderman Robinson has also asked that we, uh,
take a moment for another acknowledgement.
The chair recognizes Alderman Lamont Robinson.
Mayor, thank you very much.
As part of this legislative body, it's an honor
to introduce a resolution commending the
Chicago Bar Association.
This organization has been a leading advocate for changes
to significant parts of Illinois law, including
participation in two constitutional conventions, one in 1920
and the other in 1969,
and a passage of Illinois constitution in 1970.
The Chicago Bar Association, since its inception,
has been dedicated to serving vulnerable populations.
This association has made waves
of changes throughout its history.
It was a main proponent of establishing a juvenile court
protecting millions
of our children from being lost in the adult
penitentiary system.
Currently, the CBA is operating numerous programs
that benefit the public, including the law, excuse me,
including law at the library, call a lawyer
and lawyers in the classroom, all of which serve residents
of Chicago and provide legal resources for free.
I would like to again, congratulate the Chicago Bar
Association on its hundred and 50th anniversary,
and thank you for your contributions
and molding our legal system for, for the betterment
of the citizens of the city of Chicago. Thank you, mayor.
Thank you Alderman Robinson. Thank you. Congratulations.
150 years. Thank you for being with.
I believe the rules have already been suspended, um,
but for just the se for the exercise.
Um, and I appreciate both Alders Lee
and Robinson, uh, for those recognitions.
So now we have a couple of resolutions commemorating
the life and the legacy of Cook County
Clerk Karen Yarborough.
We are celebrating Arab American Heritage Month
and we are honoring the Lesbian Visibility
Week Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I move for the temporary suspicion for the
for of the rules, for the immediate consideration of these
Resolutions. Thank you very much.
Hearing No objection. So ordered.
Um, in the interest of time, we will forego the reading
of these resolutions and we will go straight
to city council members who wish to make remarks
regarding these resolutions.
Our first resolution, again, is commemorating the life
and the legacy Cook County clerk.
Karen Yarborough chair
recognizes Alderman Rodriguez.
Thank you Mr. Presidents. It's with a very heavy heart.
We stand here today, uh, memorializing
the giants of our community.
Um, while she did not live in the city of Chicago,
she was very influential, uh,
to everything that happened here.
Um, we sat on the executive committee,
the Cook County Democratic Party together,
and I got to learn upfront
and personal what a force Karen Yarborough was.
It wasn't a day that went by in our proceedings
where she didn't fight for her community,
but fight for equity and justice for all as well.
Um, her loss, your loss is all of our loss.
And I very humbly stand before you
and rise to say that our society, our county, is
so much better off for having our clerk Yrn,
bro Yarborough serve our community for such a long time.
Thank you for sharing her with us
and our love, our respect to you, to Yarborough
and the rest of the Yarborough family.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.
Recognizes Alderman David Moore.
Thank you. Um, Mr.
President, uh, I wish we would've just taken the time
personally to read that resolution.
I know it's time sake, but she was more than worth that time
'cause I haven't gotten a copy of that resolution.
Um, but I, I will say this, uh, personally for me, um,
over the past like 15
or 16 years that I've known, um, Kirk Yarbro, uh,
we mainly just saw each other at events, hugged each other,
talked and loved on one another.
And it was more through her cool husband Henderson, who I,
the mayor, the former Mayor Henderson that I would see.
And just like, man, the way you loved on
that woman was just, just something to behold a man
to see in terms of the way you all loved on one another.
And that's the epitome and excellence of, um, black love.
But it was the end of February, the middle of February
to the end of March that we spoke on the phone almost every
day over that last 15 years.
We never talked like that.
Um, Henderson's not there because we didn't care.
We just didn't, we just,
more or less when we saw each other.
But from the mid-February
to March 20th was the last day I spoke with her.
Um, she was still, we had no idea. Just no idea.
Because what she was doing was laying the foundation,
talking about the work that needs to be done, um,
in our communities.
And when I think of her, ya bro, her, I think
of that name, Karen Kind.
And for the first time, we sometimes use that name,
the word kind interchangeably with nice.
They are two very different words.
Um, when you are kind, uh, you are willing
to make waves when something isn't right,
especially when people are being mistreated.
When you're kind, you're most concerned with doing
what is right and willing to speak up and take a stand.
Nice. People never wanna rock the boat.
Her jab rocked it and she did it with tact and class.
And so, um, her name itself, if you look it up, means
pure, which points out to the wonderful in innocence
of childhood and the loving pure nature, A baby embodies.
That was her spirit because she lived up to her name and
because I know unequivocally she had a personal relationship
with God, she is resting in purity to this family, um,
to all of her friends, to, um, the, the staff at the, um,
county, the clerk's office.
You all are in our prayers,
not only today, but continuously.
And for me personally, whether he Henderson,
whether it's picking up a broom,
whatever I need, I've told you that.
Big or small, I'm here and I'm gonna be checking in on you.
God bless you, and I will keep you all in prayer.
And thank God, thank you so much her family
for sharing her with us.
God bless you. Thank
You Alderman. The chair
recognizes alderman. Derek Curtis.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I two rise forth, uh, this resolution.
I want to give my, uh, condolence to the, to the family.
I've known Karen for, oh my God, uh, almost 30 years.
Uh, she's always been a person, uh, with integrity.
Uh, she, she, uh, joke around a lot,
but she was serious.
She was really, really serious about
the changes that she wanted to make, not only, uh,
in her community, uh,
but for the entire county and the state.
Uh, her, her life has been, has been really awesome.
Uh, I, I know I call her a lot of times, uh,
for advice.
She will al always answer.
And if she didn't, if she didn't answer,
she would definitely, uh, always give a person a call back.
So again, with heavy hearts, uh, you know,
earth has no sorrow.
Of course, the heaven can't heal.
So we stand in here with you and the family.
Uh, thank you so very much for lending her to us.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you Alderman. Are there any
other alders that wish to speak?
Chair recognizes Alderwoman, pat Dowell.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to be associated with this, uh, resolution.
Uh, and unto the family
and friends of, uh, cook County Clerk Karen Yarborough,
on behalf of the residents of the Third Ward, um,
we extend our sympathies
and heartfelt sympathies to you on your loss.
Um, I didn't know Karen for a very long time.
I did serve with her as a member
of the Cook County Democratic Party.
Um, when I joined the executive board for a very short time,
she was, uh, someone that I looked to
because I really didn't know what I was doing.
And, um, uh, she was kind
and, uh, thoughtful, uh, strong and assertive.
And I appreciated that about her. I admired that about her.
She was also an encourager, somebody who would, uh,
give you some sense of how you should be moving, um,
how you should be thinking about, uh, the world of politics.
And I appreciated that.
I also wanna say that when she gave you her word,
she backed it up with action.
She just wasn't a mouthpiece.
She was, uh, sincere about, uh, her support.
When she gave it, she meant it.
And I truly appreciated that.
Her losses of great loss to the city of Chicago
and to Cook County.
And, uh, her memory will not be forgotten.
And again, my sympathy to you all. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Alderwoman.
Are there any other alders that wish
to speak to this resolution?
Alderman. Alderman, the chair recognizes Alderman Ray Lopez.
Good morning and thank you Mr.
President, members of the City Council
and to the fa to the Yarborough family.
You know, my colleagues and I join you today,
but I would be remiss if I did not also stand up
and sing the praises of Karen.
Um, I first met her 12 years ago when I was elected
Democratic committeeman.
And as we've heard, she was, you know, we know she was kind.
We know she was loving, but she was a great mentor
to everyone that was willing to listen.
And I believe that more leaders like her are necessary.
Her spirit lives on
and all who knew her, not just in her,
not just in this room,
but through all of you, all of you who had the pleasure
of living with her and seeing all parts of her personality,
all parts of her spirit.
And as someone who could always count on the truth,
coming from her lips to my ears, uh,
and being able to receive it for well over a decade, um,
I like to think that she helped mold me into a better
elected official than if I had just arrived on the scene
being crazy.
Raymond Lopez. Um,
her words never fell on deaf ears when they came to me.
And that smile was infectious.
And for whatever, it's where she could teach you how
to hug a porcupine and still love every minute of it.
And that is a rarity in politics.
It's a rarity in leadership for someone to be able
to be welcoming to all without being divisive
even when you disagreed.
Um, so thank you for making the time to be here,
for allowing us to not only share in this moment,
but share in a lifetime that has meant so much to so many.
And to you, Mr. President, thank you
for giving the opportunity to this body to join, uh, in
with you to make this sentiment known.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you Alderman. The chair recognizes Alderwoman.
Stephanie Coleman.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, to the Yarborough family, to Mr. Henderson.
I'll never forget, before I was elected Alderman,
we went over to Broadview Baptist Church and
after church we went to make authors
and I think it was Governor Pritzker's first time having
some baked chicken and dressing and macaroni together.
And I'll never forget having lunch with you all
and talking about your love story
and the amazing work, not only in Provideo,
but the impact that, uh,
your family has had on the west side
and in Chicago to legacy to Cedric.
Um, I don't know how you all did it
with Clark Yarborough when the recorder
of deeds office was phased out
and having to run a primary, a general,
and then having to rerun less than two years later.
It's so good to see you, pastor Brooks and First Lady Brooks
and seeing the support for this amazing family.
And Judge Travis Clark Yarborough was one of the first women
to welcome me into Alpha Kappa Alpha.
She was one of the first women
that I called in the African American
women here at the city council.
We have, uh, we'll be fouling our resolution in addressing
violence against black women here in Chicago.
It was Clark Yarborough who gave me some courage
to address some things happening in the Cook County
Democratic Party when I was a little afraid to,
and she gave me that extra oomph
and that wisdom to expose some things.
And it worked out in our benefit in our community to he,
Mr. Henderson, to the entire family,
to the entire clerk's office.
Thank you for being her grace
and mercy, having her back, being that support Officer Curry
and sharing her with us in Cook County, an amazing woman
and Ivy on the wall.
And we are so grateful for her life
and her service of 24 years here in Cook County,
in the city of Chicago.
God bless you all, and my prayers
and blessings are with you.
Thank you, Alderwoman.
Are there any other alders wish to speak to this resolution?
Okay, seeing other hands for the final, um,
speaker will be alderman.
Jason Irvin, the chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
I met Karen
25 years ago
at the time, I had no idea
what impact she would have on me.
She literally just walked up to, up to me
and said, I need you to come out to Maywood
to help me back.
Then we tallied up election results on paper
and you didn't have the computers
and all of that stuff that we have today.
And she asked me to come out and, and help her with.
At the time Henderson was running for, uh,
trust out in Maywood.
Just weird, you know, just walked up, Hey, come do this
and that.
That began one
of the most phenomenal relationships that I've ever had.
Karen was like a mother to me.
She hugged us when we needed to be hugged.
She chastised us when we needed that too.
And people talk about,
and I was talking to the family earlier about this kind,
Karen and I don't know that kind Karen.
'cause Karen was always tough on us
because she demanded and expected excellence.
She demanded and expected us to do what we were capable
to do and what we should be doing.
And she taught me about what I call a pragmatic
progressivism and was laser focused on everything
that she wanted us to accomplish.
And not only did she work tell us what to do, she worked
beside us in doing it.
She always told us that we can always be better
and strive for us to do that.
Even in my last conversation with her, it
was about an issue around housing
and about, didn't I tell you to do A, B and C?
I said, yes, we'll get it done. You don't have time.
You think you have time, but you don't get it done.
Said yes. Same conversation. She talked about retirement.
Like, wow, that's a different one.
Unfortunately, uh, we didn't get a chance
to finish that conversation.
Uh,
God finished it for us.
I love you.
Thank you Alderman. This entire body, this council.
We love you. The Yarborough family.
You know her career as a public servant, state rep, court
of deeds and county clerk.
She was a barrier breaker.
You know, it's a lot when you have a first black,
it's different when you have a first black woman.
I happen to believe that first black woman is
the creation of humankind.
And throughout her time as a public servant, Karen
has passed some of the most remarkable legislation
to improve the lives of so many people.
Karen fought for social justice, women's rights,
accessible healthcare, fair housing
efforts are recognized around the globe.
The beauty of her leadership.
It's not just defined by how long her legacy will last
because it will last forever.
The beauty of Karen is that her love endures
and it certainly endures through you.
Henderson Yarborough, her family, her friends,
her faith community,
our indelible contributions will be remembered
for generations to come.
And the entire city of Chicago.
Though we mourn and we grieve, you have our condolences.
Know that the people of Chicago are proud
to have served alongside of one of the greatest
persons to serve in her capacity.
So with that Altman Mitchell, like for you
to offer up a request here,
I request that we pass this resolution by rising vote
Members. Please rise.
So as we prepare, just want
to give a shout out to a few folks.
Thank you again to Mr.
Um, Yarborough, Vicky, Tammy, Antonio, Carmen, Sarah,
Denise, Cheryl, Victor, um, McKayla, Christopher Deandre,
Curtis Keith, her pastor, uh, Darius, uh,
Brooks, Tim Curry.
Thank you all again. We love you. God bless you.
Our next resolution
is for Arab American Heritage Month.
Mm-Hmm.
As our guests arrive, are there any alders that wish
to speak, uh, to this resolution honoring the Arab
American Heritage Month?
Alright, the chair recognizes Alderman LaSpada.
Thank you so much, Mr. President.
It is genuinely an honor to stand in recognition
and support of this resolution.
For all of those in the box
who serve in our communities,
who start businesses in our communities
who make beautiful poetry and music
and life in our communities, I I'm gonna take a moment
and be grateful for my mother, who, uh,
from an early age tuned us into the poetry
and the writing of Khalil.
LeBron from an early age was bringing Arab American art into
our lives as a family.
I will say I am really proud
that I serve in an incredibly diverse body.
I hope that I serve long enough
to serve within Arab American older person.
I am so grateful to serve
with folks in the Mayors administration like vi Atar.
I hope that I serve long enough to see, uh, deeper
and more, uh, comprehensive
Arab American representation in that office as well.
There's so much talent, there's so much professional talent
and passion and giving in the Arab American community.
I hope and I hope you will hold us accountable
to see more representation of your community
in this August body in this room.
Uh, not just the many wonderful faces in this box.
Thank you so much and thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you Alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman VGAs.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I stand to, to be associated with this resolution as well
during Arab American Heritage Month.
And it was just a couple years ago that this body
took a step in, um, putting forward a resolution
that identified the MENA community, uh,
and took a look at, at incorporating it into the way
that we identify with hiring procurement
and put forward a disparity study,
which is still being worked on.
We were the first city in the country
to put forward such a resolution
that is now garnered some support at the federal level.
And so hopefully in the next census,
you'll now see forward a new category that states Mina, so
that way your community can be identified instead
of being identified in a subcategory
that you don't recognize with.
So I just wanted to congratulate the Arab American, uh,
community and be associated with the resolution.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes
Alderman Mike Rodriguez.
Thank you, Mr. President
and I, I joyfully rise to support, uh, this resolution.
Many friends in the box there.
And, um, it's not lost upon me
that particularly Latino culture is so influenced
by, uh, Arab culture.
I think about one
of my favorite vacations was visiting La the la, uh,
in Granada and understanding that many, uh,
Spanish words derived from, uh, the Arab language.
It, it speaks to the fact that not only
do we live together in community,
not only do we eat together at tables,
but our very essence as communities is tied together.
And we are greater when we are one.
So today I stand to say I am one with my brother
and sisters in the Arab American community,
and it's an absolute pleasure, uh,
to be in such relationship with all of you,
uh, today and every day.
And I gotta give a special shout out to a good friend
of mine, state Representative Albu Nas Rashid, who, uh,
I enjoyed knocking on doors
for him over the last couple of elections.
He's a very good friend, uh,
and has taught me so much about being a leader
and an ally in so many of the issues that we tackle day in
and day out in our lives.
So thank you so much very much
for presenting yourselves today
and every day, uh, as such leaders, not just in the era
American community, but in our great city
of Chicago. Thank you so much.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alder Maria Hadden.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to be associated with this resolution.
Um, it was nice to get
to meet a few folks in the, in the holding room.
And again, I'm just pleased so many people were able
to make it with the, the rescheduling pieces.
Um, representing the 49th Ward in Rogers Park, um, one
of our most diverse, uh, wards in the city.
Um, I just wanna stand up, celebrate this month with you.
Um, our community celebrates with you.
Thank you for making Chicago the great city that it is.
Thank you. Al over the chair recognizes Alder
woman, Deborah Silverstein.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I stand in support of this resolution.
Um, I know Alder woman hadn't said her ward was the most
diverse ward in the city of Chicago, but I beg to differ.
Um, 'cause I say
that the 50th ward is the most diverse ward in the city
of Chicago with a very large South Asian community.
And what I say when I talk about my ward
and how much I love it,
and the diversity is that all of us get along.
And if the rest of the world could see how we get along
and respect one another, we would all be in a better place.
So I just wanted to stand in support of this resolution.
Congratulations.
Thank you. Chair recognizes Alderman. Desmond Yancy.
Uh, thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this resolution.
I, um, 2019, I had the honor
and pleasure of being hired as a senior director
of organizing and advocacy at
Inner City Muslim Action Network.
And it was at the time I came in contact with, um, uh,
Fatima, who was over at Senate,
which is a social service organization in Chicago Lawn.
And shortly after that became working, began working closely
with her daughter, uh, Abir, who was on my staff
as an organizer, working in Inglewood
and Chicago Lawn as we fought for police accountability,
food justice, and a number of different things.
What's important about this is, um, the concept
of social service and Islam talks about rendering service
to mankind in order
that your creator should be pleased with you.
And that, that service to creators, preachers, rather,
should be all encompassing universal,
and should preferably, preferably be regulated not on an
individual, but a collective basis.
And it was in my time working at Iman with black Muslims,
largely, uh, formerly incarcerated people
and, um, Arab Americans who were migrated to this country.
Seeing people come together in order
to build something special in Inglewood is, um,
really important to me.
And so to have had allies, um, support my work, I'm here
To support theirs. Thank you.
Thank you very much. The chair
recognizes Alderwoman Nicole Lee.
Thank you, Mr. President
and I too rise in support of this resolution.
Um, when I was first appointed, the first, uh,
the first remarks I ever gave were
for Arab American Heritage Month.
So it's got a special place in my heart.
Um, and I think that we share so much in common
between Asian Americans
and Arab Americans in our experience,
and how unique that is
to honor our ancestral roots while
building lives here in America.
For us, um, in the Asian American community, uh,
I tell this story every year, so if you bear
with me a second, there's a, I learned
that there was a term used, um,
to describe American born Chinese.
I didn't realize what this was
and, uh, didn't know what it meant until I was a teenager.
Um, and the term is jig,
and that literally means hollow bamboo,
that you're Chinese on the outside, but not on the inside.
So with this constant struggle of trying to fit in, um,
among the people, uh, from the, the country that you came,
um, and then also being perceived as some sort
of foreigner in the country that you've been born into
or you now live, um, is, uh, is something pretty unique.
So I want to rise in support of this, uh,
Arab American Heritage Month.
I wanna thank each and every one of you for everything
that you do every day, um, to represent your communities,
to inspire young people, um, to lift up their voices
and to come together, um,
for a better community, for all of us.
I, I mentioned earlier, during, during seek awareness, uh,
and appreciation in my remarks that they were the, uh,
second most, uh, victimized or victims of hate crimes.
Um, second, third, being a Arab Americans
and Muslims, first being Jews.
I think there's a lot more that unites us than
divides us at the end of the day.
And I would call for all of us, um, to continue
to work together to find that piece. Thanks very much.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alder Vasquez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I also rise in association with this resolution.
Um, I do not have one
of the most diverse awards,
but I will move up in the rankings, uh, as well
as the 49th and the 50th.
But wanna really think, uh, really so many in the community
that have helped out, uh, even
before I was elected, being able to meet folks
who like vote Syria and other groups
that have helped me learn more about how
to be a representative elected official.
When we have such a population, not only in our war,
but in our city, um, we often talk about representation.
Um, I, in standing this resolution would ask you all
to challenge us, uh, making sure
that Mina is counted in the census,
and that we think about it as important,
but it's also making sure that when we hire,
when we think about positions
of leadership here in city government,
that we are thinking about the representation.
Because although we all may have shared experiences,
there's a uniqueness to each group's experience
that we need to be informed by.
So yes, we have one month
where we can stand to show our support.
I challenge you to have us do it every month, 365
to think about what we can do legislatively, what we can do
to support organizations.
And we would, what we can do in our neighborhoods
to make sure that our neighbors that are Middle Eastern,
north African, or American know that we are here
to serve them like everyone else.
And make sure that the inclusion of all the culture,
all the knowledge and all the experience that you bring,
helps inform and make our city
government a better government.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Gardner.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too stand in support of this resolution
and wanna recognize the significance of this month.
Um, as alderman of the 45th Ward,
which has a very strong Arab population, um,
primarily Palestinians who introduced me
and welcomed me into the Arab culture, um, I want to
show my gratitude, um, the impact
that Arabs have had on me here in Chicago is what encouraged
and spurred a lot of my desire for international travel.
Um, I, I merely hope that I can give back half of the love
and generosity that Arabs have showed me throughout my life.
And I want to thank you and, um,
welcome you as brothers and sisters. Thank you. Thank
You, alderman. The chair
recognizes Vice Mayor Alderman Burnett.
Thank you very much. Mr.
President also rise in support of this resolution.
Uh, I just want to say, uh, ma Haba, uh,
and Sharam for all of the things that you have contributed
to our society, uh,
and to the city of Chicago, I have found that, um,
Arab folks have been some
of the smartest people that I have met.
Uh, some folks may know.
In my past life, I used to be a draftsman
for the Highway department, so I got to work with a lot
of Arab, uh, engineers, uh, also attending college, trying
to be an engineer, taking a lot of calculus classes.
We used to always have to compete with the Chinese
in the Arabs to get good grades in the calculus classes
because you guys always were answering get, coming up
with the answers first.
So I just wanna say, uh, Sharam for your contribution
to our society, thank you for everything
that you do, uh, in this city.
Um, Hamdu, Allah,
Thank you, Alman.
Are there any other elders that wish
to speak to this resolution?
Thank you, judge. Chair.
Chair recognizes Helu Tierre.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I also would like to rise in support of this resolution
and thank you all for the hard work
that you all do in our great city, especially
to social services, which fall in the 14th Ward.
We have a huge community also in Chicago,
alone in Gage Park, that we're so proud to work
together alongside with you all that, um, they serve
thousands of people every Friday
with their food distribution
and helping them to sign up for CA
and for many other services.
Um, you have a problem. They have a solution.
So that's what I love about that.
There's no problem, big or small.
They take 'em all into consideration and they help 'em out.
Every single person that work, uh, walks into their office,
they get the so the, the, the services that they deserve.
And I do wanna appreciate for your hard work
on a single daily basis.
Thank you. Are there any other elders that wish
to speak to this resolution?
Very well. I do want to acknowledge, uh, the, um, some
of the individuals who are attending today.
Abir Ab Fatima, AB Abana, Zari
Ahad Rahab, Dr.
Zahi Shalu, Suzanne slu, Dr.
Abbi, gani, Hamida, Bilal Almasi,
Kareem Naje, Raed, MASU, Mansur,
Yu Al, and Yemen.
And so I'm very proud to stand with, with the rest
of the city council members supporting this resolution.
We have a very proud
and vibrant Arab American community that has contributed
to the soul of the city of Chicago, to the rich cultures,
traditions, and history.
Arab Americans have made significant contributions in many
areas of multiple industries, making our city a better place
to work and to live.
Arab American Heritage Month gives us the ability
to recognize these contributions while also uplifting
and empowering the entire community during this month.
And at all times, it's important that we continue to foster
true awareness about the issues
and the challenges our Arab American communities face.
And they face them every day.
Chicago is a diverse, welcoming city,
and we are always working to ensure that we continue
to create an inclusive society for all residents.
And that is why I am proud, again, to stand with this body,
recognizing and celebrating Arab American
Heritage Month.
Thank you all very much.
We have one more resolution.
So, alderman Mitchell, can I get a motion for the passage
of this resolution?
Hearing? No objections. So ordered.
Our final resolution
is honoring Lesbian Visibility Week.
Thank you. Are there any elders that wish to speak
to this resolution?
Chair recognizes Alder. Maria Hadden.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I rise in support of this resolution
and, uh, thank my colleague Alder Fuentes
for bringing it forward, uh, with me.
And thank you mayor for supporting this as well.
Um, I wanna name a couple of people that are
with us here in the box, um, today.
Um, so starting off, if you can each maybe just get, uh,
you told you to practice your wave.
So when I call your name, give your wave here.
Um, so we have Tracy Bame,
co-founder of the Wind City Times.
We have Mary Morton, founder of the Morton Group.
We have Pat McCombs, co-founder of Executive Suite.
We have Norma Selden, uh, Dr.
Norma Selden, uh, director of Leadership Development
and Capacity Building at Equality Illinois
Moni Ruiz Velasco, our Deputy Director at Equality Illinois.
Taylor Mason, owner of Taylor's Tacos,
and Kathy Mooner of Mountain Moving Coffee House.
Um, I wanna thank all of our guests for being here.
Um, so, uh, lesbian Visibility Week.
Um, once we pass this, it'll be April 22nd through the 28th.
Um, just a few notable reasons why we felt it was important
to bring this forward for City Council,
for the City of Chicago.
Um, we're really seeking to amplify voices of those
who are most marginalized within our LGBTQ plus community,
ensuring that our stories are heard
and our experience is acknowledged.
Um, just a few, uh, lesbian, queer
and non-binary individuals who've played a critical role in,
uh, our state's history.
Um, including some of those who have passed on.
Uh, we'll name a few. We've got Jane Adams,
Lorraine Hansberry, Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap,
Pearl Hart, Valerie Taylor, Jeanette Howard Foster,
Ruth Ellis, Renee Hanover, Marge Summit,
Marie j Cuda, pat Logue, Bernita, gray
Peg Gray Heg, gray e Kitch Childs, Jackie Anderson,
Paula Sigler, Renee Ogletree, Joanne Trapani,
Marsha Lipids, Arlene Halco, Mary York,
Christina Santiago, Lisa Tana,
Paula Walowitz, Diana Rodriguez, and Lauren Ick.
I also want to, uh, name some key organizations, right,
who have documented
and helped the lesbian community, including Lavender Women,
lesbian Community Cancer Project, amiga, Latinas,
affinity Community Services Executive Suite,
the Gerber Heart Library, the Legacy Project outlines,
and Wendy City Times newspaper.
I wanna give, uh, acknowledgement to all of the
city staff workers, um, who you may
or may not know are part of our L-G-B-T-Q community
or a lesbian community.
And Visibility Week is about them too.
We still, in this day
and time have people
who may not feel comfortable being out in their workplace,
being out with their family, um, being out in public.
And that's one of the reasons why Visibility Week is very
important and why it's also important for myself, um,
Alder Fuentes, and then of course, our, uh,
nine members strong, uh, LGBTQ plus caucus, um,
to be present and to make sure
that we're standing up for our community.
So I wanna thank every single person who's here in the box
and those who couldn't join us today for being out,
for being proud, for being representative
of our diverse community
and for being leaders in the city of Chicago. Thank you.
The chair recognizes, chair recognizes Alder Woman.
Scott,
Good afternoon.
Um, I stand in support of this resolution
because of my neighbor, Taylor Mason, the owner
of Taylor Tacos.
Um, I just remember when, um, we've been neighbors probably
for 18 years or so,
and I remember when you took your leap of faith,
and I've always been in your corner
and I will continue to be in your corner, and I love you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman Knutson.
Thank you so much, chair.
Um, this is just a great group in the box.
I want to say thank you to Alders Haddon Fuentes
for bringing this forward.
Um, the contribution that lesbians have had on the city
of Chicago is quite massive.
A lot is sitting in the box.
I mean, Tracy Ba you've been a legend for so long.
I've, I've known about you far before.
I was out and read things you had written far
before I was out.
Um, and as a member of the lgbtq plus
community, I say thank you.
Same with, you know, Moni.
I, I'm a, I'm a, um, an alumnus of one
of the Equality Illinois boards Equality, really kind
of trained me in, um, in, in a lot of organizing
and politics in Chicago.
And I'm so grateful to the organization.
And, and Taylor, I just really love your tacos.
Um, I,
I recommend everyone look at Taylor's tacos when they're
looking to cater events because they're, they're incredible
and it's a great contribution.
Um, so I want to thank you again for bringing this forward.
I also wanna recognize too, that, uh, in Chicago,
we should be proud of having one
of the first black lesbian mayors of the City of Chicago
and Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
So I wanna say thank you for, for that first
and how important that was.
Um, and, uh, I'm really proud to honor this resolution.
Thanks for every, ev everybody in the box.
Thank you. Alderman Chair
recognizes Alderwoman Nicole Lee. Thank
You Mr. President. I
too rise in support of this resolution.
Um, and Arise today is the new chair of the Women's Caucus.
So, on behalf of all of the Women
of City Council, thank you.
I I wanna honor each
and every one of you for everything that you do each
and every day, um, to make sure that your community is seen
and that women are seen for who they are, just as they are.
It's so important for our community of women
to support one another
and to ensure that no woman feels alone.
Um, and I know that I don't, I don't know each
of you very well, but I look forward to getting
to know you better, um, as a result of this meeting today.
Uh, but I know that you make a difference every single day,
and I wish you all of the best, um,
and a, a future of partnership for all of us to ensure
that nobody feels alone in this day and age.
Thank you.
Thank you all the women. And congratulations,
chair recognizes Alder, Jesse Fuentes.
Thank
You, Mr. President.
Uh, first I want, I wanna thank all
of the Women in the box.
I think that you all represent such excellence, uh,
across the city of Chicago, showing very, uh, uniquely
and eloquently, uh,
how fierce lesbian women can be in every sector
of work across the city of Chicago.
It's in fact the work of many of you, all that inspired me
to, uh, be a leader in my community,
to be comfortable in my skin,
to be comfortable in the wardrobe I choose
to purchase in my closet.
Um, and it is because of many women across the city
of Chicago who are openly lesbian, that have paved the way
for folks like Maria and I to be in city council
and to be, uh, comfortable in our skin
and to lead UNAP unapologetically, um, in this legislator
and in our wards this week will allow for us, uh,
to fulfill that type of, uh,
that type of recognition that is needed in our community.
But more importantly, it would allow us to call ourselves
to action for a lot of the work that is still needed,
even in a city like the city of Chicago,
where not all spaces are inclusive, we're not all spaces,
um, are loving and caring.
And to belong to a body where we have nine members, a part
of our L-G-B-T-Q caucus.
And to have members who are allies
and in solidarity with our community, um, is an indication
of all of the work that you all have been a part of.
And for L-G-B-T-Q members who are no longer with us,
who spent decades getting us here.
And I look forward to the next five
to six decades in creating a city
that we are all very proud of.
Um, and I just wanna thank my colleague,
all the woman Maria Hadden, uh,
for leading on this effort and getting us here.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. Chair recognizes Alderman Bennett Lawson.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I rise today, uh, in strong support of this resolution.
Um, my best friend is a lesbian.
And, uh, I say that
because like Jesse just said, uh, it's weird.
It's weird that, that, uh, it, it shouldn't be,
um, in, in an awful way.
And I'm gonna apologize to you right now
for the antics that are happening in the gallery.
'cause you don't deserve it and you deserve respect.
And, and the people in our,
our box today are true trailblazers
And should be honored as such.
And so I stand to do that.
I stand to work together to find commonalities in the
community that we share, and remind us
that we have more work to do within our own
community and beyond.
Um, I want to thank all of you who are here
for doing the work that you did
that gave us a nine member caucus in this body.
Um, because none of that happens without all
of the amazing groundwork that that came before us.
So thank you all. We have more work to do.
And again, I apologize. Thank you.
The members of the public
who are speaking during presentations,
it's dishonorable and disrespectful.
So Mr. Sergeant at arms, I would ask
that you remove those two rows there.
Please, please remove them from the chambers.
Would you please remove those individuals? Thank you.
Sit down when we talk,
Mr. Sergeant at arms,
please continue that row there.
That's yes.
Thank you, Sergeant at Arms for restoring some order.
Thank you for your patience. It pains me to have to do that.
Chair recognizes Alder Manna. Hoppen.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I wanna thank my colleagues Alder,
Jesse Fuentes
and Alder Maria Hadden for bringing this forward.
I represent Edgewater and Andersonville
and we are one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world,
and it is because of lesbians.
It wasn't too long ago that we had, you know, blocks
and blocks of lesbian owned small businesses, including, um,
the Landmark, which my small businesses
thriving still today.
Um, tomboy tease Stargaze Studio 90.
And so, um, when we think about the, um,
the survival of neighborhoods, I,
I think about Andersonville that is still anchored by
fantastic business women
and children first, who we should all think about, um,
in our own neighborhoods,
supporting locally owned small businesses, especially those
who are lesbian owned and operated.
Um, I wanna thank the everyone in the box
and in particular, you know, those who I know.
And I would like to say, I would like
to say I I'm your friend, uh,
because we have been working
so hard since the women's marches since 2016 and,
and we are still underrepresented.
Um, I wanna thank all of you who have worked so hard for,
um, social justice including marriage equality in the state
of Illinois, and, um, my friend Tracy Thame,
who I worked with in, in, uh, at the Chicago Reader
and who created such a safe space for us.
Um, so much so that I found myself
and came out as queer because of that safe space.
And um, and that's what we are trying to do here, is
to create spaces for people no matter what age they are,
to find themselves and to live authentically.
So I want to extend gratitude for you for being here.
I know so many of you could not be here,
but I'm so grateful for all the work that you're doing,
especially around, uh, social justice
and civic engagement housing for everybody,
including young people who have been
outcast from their own families in the LGBTQ plus community,
including healthcare, mental health,
and all of that we know leads
to more public safety for everybody.
So I wanna thank you for all your work
and I, I can't wait to celebrate with you more
and to do more work ahead.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. Chair
recognizes Alder Vasquez.
Thank you Mr. President.
Um, I am so proud to rise an association,
uh, with this resolution.
I just look at y'all and y'all are just champions
and fighters and as much as you know,
there may have been some disorder happening a little
earlier, I know that that's nothing compared to the things
that y'all have actually fought against to even have us
to the position where we can have these conversations here.
I see some OGs in this box that have taught me sit,
taught me how to be better before I came in the office.
I remember sitting down with Tracy to grab coffee
and I could, I just can't picture what it's like
being you all watching us little young organizers thinking
we're doing something compared to
what you all have actually done.
The way you changed the conversation
and made sure that it's not just about unapologetic
and proud, it's leading on the front lines,
it is changing government, it is making organizations
to have that kind of leadership that challenges us
to be better, to be able to talk
to Moni regularly to make sure I'm better.
Uh, I think we have 40th ward neighbors like Mary Morton
here with us, Jackie, uh, Kaplan Perkins, the organizations
that allow us to be allies for real.
Because what we understand is the struggles
that y'all have gone through and the coalitions
that you all build, uh, span more than just identity.
It makes us stronger when it comes to everything we have
to fight and all the oppression everybody feels.
We all may feel we have it tough.
We had nowhere near what some of y'all went through.
And to see y'all break through those barriers
makes us stronger and makes us better.
And I can't thank you all enough for that.
When we have, or even business owners coming
to the ward like nobody's darling Whiskey Girls Tavern,
and being able to find ways to support our newest
generations of leadership, our current generations here.
I just can't thank y'all enough.
Uh, and, and I just ask you for more, push us further,
blow up the phone, send the text messages, anything we need
to work, any letters, we have to sign any legislation.
We are here because y'all have got us this far
and we all know the fight ain't over yet.
So thank you so much and thank you Mr. President. Thank
You.
Chair recognizes alder. Byron, SEL Lopez.
Can you hear me chair Now we can.
Yeah. Thank you. I also like to be added
with this resolution
and um, of the,
the people that I and I, even though I'm remote, um, Tracy,
Ben, and many of the, uh, freedom fighters that
continue towards city, our city celebrates our diversity
or city celebrates.
Uh, the wonderful work and the commitment to social justice.
Uh, Tracy is not only an advocate
but also as a reporter, reminds me about the importance
of local reporting so that the tolerance,
and I would say the tolerance is not the, the,
the word here, but the values
and the opportunity that we have to build the city together.
It is something that our elders, our ancestors have built
and continues to give us an example.
So I wanna thank you all everybody at, at the branch
and everybody who continues to believe that a new city
and a due day is possible.
And I think it is critical today
that we built a city together,
city opportunity at the moment.
Thank you all for being those trailblazers
and those example of integrity
or diversity is the strength of our city.
And a new day is possible because of all of you.
Thank you so much. It reminds me also,
and I will, I be remiss, but I don mention our good friend
and we talked about it this Tracy kid Duffy
who was a great mentor and an example of the city.
So thank you so much as we celebrated, um,
Carl Washington's birthday, mayor Washington
and that legacy of a strong rainbow
coalition is alive and well.
Thank you so much for all of you
for building a city together.
Thank you. Are there any other elders that wish
to speak to this resolution?
The chair recognizes Aman Rosa,
Thank you so much Mr.
Chair. You know, I wanna join with uh,
my colleagues in offering sincere apologies for the heckling
and remarks that were made today.
While that's deeply disappointing, it's a reminder
of why we need lesbian visibility day.
We've come a long way and we've come a long way in part
because of our honored guests in that box.
But we know that there is so much more that we must do
to get to true equality, to get to a place in time
where everyone can be their authentic self love
who they love and live their lives with dignity.
So I wanna thank my lesbian sisters for all the work
that you have done to open up the path for a person like me
to be able to say that I'm a proud gay man.
'cause our movement would not be here,
but for our lesbian sisters
and their pride, their strength, their leadership.
So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Um, it's an honor to be in this fight
and in this struggle with you
and we're gonna make it, uh, to the end of the rainbow
where all of us are free. Thank you.
Thank you. Are there any other elders that wish
to speak to this resolution?
Alright, very well thank you.
Older woman hadn't for uh, acknowledging our special guests
that are in the box today.
This entire body, this council,
as we speak favorably towards this resolution,
it's a good opportunity for us to be reminded that the city
of Chicago's home of a very vibrant
and proud, hardworking lgbtq plus community
who have made indelible contributions in every area
who've ultimately helped make the city stronger,
better, safer.
The Lesbian Visibility Week was created
to celebrate the diversity
and contributions of lesbian, queer
and non-binary individuals in our wonderful city.
This week helps to amplify the voices
of those often marginalized in the LGBTQ plus community
and it also allows us to ensure that their voices
and stories are heard.
It also serves as point of emphasis, the importance of unity
while acknowledging our differences
and the unique perspectives
that we bring to this amazing city.
Chicago is committed to being welcoming
and diverse and equitable.
A city that is just as we stand
with the lgbtq plus community
and of course to ultimately create a more inclusive
society for everyone.
And that is why I'm very proud that we stand with you all
to recognize lesbian visibility week.
All right, very well. Alderman Mitchell,
can I get a rope resolution?
Mr. President Passage? Mr. President I move.
Passage in the omnibus.
Alright, very well hearing, no objections. So ordered.
Alright Alderman Mitchell to return to the regular order
of business, I move that we
return to the regular order of business.
Thank you very much. Hearing no objections.
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with ordinance providing authority
to enter non into non-disclosure agreements.
Favorable consideration ordinance will
be appreciated very truly years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor
with two committees being called this will go to rules.
Ladies and gentlemen, request the commission of housing
and a transmit here
with an ordinance authorizing the transfer
of city owned lots for housing development pro
purposes favor consideration.
This ordinance will be appreciated. Very truly years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the community Housing and Real Estate.
Ladies and gentlemen, request
the Commissioner of planning and Development.
I trans been here with the OR ordinance authorizing an
execution renewed intergovernmental agreement.
Chicago Park District
and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County
to support neighbor space.
Your favor of consideration the ordinance will be
appreciated very truly years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor.
Further the committee of special Events
and Cultural Affairs and Recreation.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Quest, commissioner
of Planning and Development.
I transmit here with an ordinance authorized in execution
of adopt a landmark agreement with ECG Madison LLC.
Your favorable consideration, this ordinance
will be appreciated very two years.
Brandon Johnson May referred the committee on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have appointed John Zia, the member
of the Community Development commission
for a term effective immediately
and expiring February 26th, 2028.
To succeed, Mark B. Brooks,
who has resigned your favor con favorable consideration
appointment will be appreciated by two years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor for the Committee on Economic Capital
and Technology Development.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have appointed Ira Ry as a member
of the Regional Transportation Authority Board
for term effective media and expiring July 1st, 2027.
To succeed Thomas j Kodel
who has resigned your favorable consideration this
appointment will be appreciated very each of the years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor for the Committee on
Transportation in Public Way.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have appointed Tanya AKA as a member
of the plan commission for a term effective immediately
and expiring January 25th, 2029 to succeed M Shaw
who has resigned your favorable consideration this
appointment will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson, mayor
for the committee on zoning, landmarks
and building Standard ladies
and gentlemen have appointed Adrian Soto as a member
of the zoning board of appeals
for term expiring July 1st, 2029.
Such period allocated as follows,
A term effective immediately
and expiring July 1st, 2024
to complete the unex expired term of Sam p Toya
who has resigned for followed immediately
by a full five-year term.
If favor, consider to this ordinance our appointment will
be appreciated very two years.
Brandon Johnson may board the committee on zoning, zoning,
landmarks and building standards.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have appointed Vish Rowe as a member
of the zoning board of appeals
for a term expiring July 1st, 2029.
Such period allocated as follows,
a term effective immediately
and expiring July 1st, 2024 to complete the un expired term
of Timothy Knutson who has resigned following immediately
by a full five year term reviewable.
Consideration of this appointment will be appreciated.
Very truly Your Brandon Johnson mayor
for the Committee on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have appointed
to Cina Brooks is a member of the planning commission
for plan commission for a term effect immediately
and expiring January 25th, 2029 to exceed Deborah Seymour
who has resigned your favor consider
of this appointment will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, Brandon Johnson May referred the committee
on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Ladies and gentlemen, I trans here with appointments
to various special service areas.
Your failure consideration of this appointments
to be appreciated very truly years.
Brandon Johnson, mayor for the committee on ca,
economic Capital and Technology Development.
I city clerk Anna Valencia hereby informed the city council.
The following documents are filed in my office related
to the respect to subjects ased as follows, office
of Inspector General's report
concerning unprocessed routine background investigations
for individuals applying for employment WI Chicago Police
Department Office of Inspector General's First quarter
report of year 2024 tabulated statement of returns
and proclamation of results of Canvas
of election returns on March 20.
On March 19th, 2024. General primary election ICD clerk.
CIA also informed the city council
that all those matters were considered
by the city council at the regular meeting held on
March, 2024 and which were required by statute
to be published in Pa Booker pamphlet form or in one
or more newspapers were published in pamphlet form on
April 17th, 2024 by being printed in full text
and printed pamphlet, copies of the journal proceedings
to City Council City Chicago ICD Clerk Valencia also
informed the city council with the resolution
and matters related thereto,
which were considered by the city council.
The special meeting held on April 1st, 2024,
which were required by statute to be published in book
or pamphlet form or in one in more newspapers were published
in pamphlet form on April 17th, 2024
by being printed in full text
and printed pamphlet, copies
of the journal proceedings City Council, city of Chicago
ICD Clerk Valencia also transmit here with the following
with LAN communications
and reports requiring city council action zoning
reclassification of particular errors referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards claims against the city of Chicago,
which referred to the Committee on Finance recommendation.
Recommendation by Commission of Chicago Landmarks
for resignation of John B. Murphy Memorial at 50 East Erie
Street as a Chicago landmark, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards submission to referendum question
to Chicago voters regarding taxpayer subsidies
to Chicago Bears or Chicago White Sox,
or to build new stadium to build new stadium
or real estate development, which referred
to committee on committee on rules, your Honor,
that concludes the reports and communications for the mayor
and other city officers.
Thank you very much. Madam Clerk Committee reports chair
recognizes chairwoman Dow.
Thank you Mr. President
and members of the city council reporting
for the city's council's Committee on Finance,
which held the committee meeting on April 15th
and reconvened on April 17th, 2024.
The following rec items
received a due pass recommendation from the committee.
Item number one is an ordinance
concerning a loan restructuring agreement
with Warren Ashlyn LP Halstead Limited partnership
for the property at 1533 West Warren Boulevard,
three North Ashland Avenue
and 11 North Ashland Avenue in the 27th Ward.
Mr. President, unless someone wishes
to speak on this matter, I move passage
of this item by roll call vote.
See you no hands members, please use the EVO application
to record your vote at this time.
The voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Please use your e device.
Raise your hand if you need support. The voting is now open,
right?
I can do that.
Oh, Just,
just a second Alderman just for a second.
The chair. That's okay. The chair recognizes That's okay.
The chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
I could be outta the quorum please. Thank you.
Good. We got good. Alderman Conway
will be added to the quorum.
All right. I will now call on anyone
who has not cast their vote and also anyone online.
Alderman Robinson. Okay. Alderwoman Taylor? Yes.
Alderman Taylor is a yes. Alderman Ccho Lopez? Yes.
Alderman Ccho Lopez is a yes. Alderman Ramirez.
Rosa not in chambers.
All right, let me go right back to Alderman Robinson.
Are you there? Okay. Alden Robinson is, yes, Robinson is
A yes. Alder
Robinson is a yes. Okay.
Alright, we are anyone else?
Okay, we are now closing the vote.
There are 48 yays, zero nays. This matter is passed.
Alderman Mitchell. And a motion to reconsider
is President moved to reconsider the vote.
All those in favor sign by signify by saying Aye.
All those opposed say no. Uh, this motion fails.
Chair recognizes Chairwoman Dow.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
Item number two is an ordinance
concerning the First amendment to the issuance
of multifamily program funds
to home keep LLC under the preservation of
existing affordable rental program
for the property at 25 37 North Lowell Avenue,
29 0 4 North Linder Avenue
and 45 10 North Central Park Avenue in the 31st
and 33rd Ward.
I move passage of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance in the associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Item number three is the substitute ordinance
concerning the issuance of TIF funds to Ogden Washtenaw,
a two residential LP for the Ogden Wash,
A two residential project at 1312 South Tallman Avenue
and the amount up
to $9 million in TIF funds in the 28th ward.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item number four was previously deferred and published.
Item five and six consist of orders of authorization
for the payment of various small claims against the city
of Chicago and the denials of payments
of various small claims against the city of Chicago.
If there are no objections, I move
that these items be placed in the passage for in the omnibus
Hearing. None so ordered.
Item number seven are proposed orders
authorizing charitable solicitation on the public way.
Tag days permits for grassroots team LLC,
better known as Amnesty International from April 18th
to August 30th, 2024,
and International Rescue Committee from April 29th
through December 31st, 2024.
This will be placed on file with the clerk.
Item number eight is the report of cases
in which verdicts, judgements,
or settlements were entered into for the month
of March, 2024.
This will be placed on file with the clerk.
Item number nine A is an order
authorizing corporation counsel to enter into
and execute a settlement order in the case
of Felicia Pettys versus City of Chicago
and Steven Raki,
case number 2020 L 12 4 2 5 in the
amount of $175,000.
I move passage of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote
on the Committee on Finance report in the associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered
Item number nine B is an order authorizing corporation
counsel to enter into an execute a settlement order in the
case of Marilyn Salazar versus Erica Perez
and the city of Chicago,
case number 2019 L 98 23
and the amount of $385,000.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Item number nine C is an order authorized incorporation
counsel to enter into
and execute a settlement order in the case
of Brian Mejia versus City of Chicago.
Case number 2021 L 0 0 4 7 53
in the amount of $750,000.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
with the exception of Alderman Quinn Lopez, Curtis Cardona,
SPTO and Riley who all wish to be recording as voting no
Can add Gardner.
I see Ari's hand in Napolitano's hand, Chico's hand
and the chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President Alderman.
Riley and I move to defer and publish this item.
I already moved passage of it.
Can you do that after been
Okay.
It'll be deferred and published.
The Committee on Finance also met on March 22nd
and April 11th for subject matter hearings
to discuss the issuance of general obligation and
or sales tax Securitization Corporation bonds
for economic development and affordable housing programs.
No votes were taken at these meetings. Mr.
President, this concludes my report
from the Committee on Finance.
Thank you Madam Chair. Next up the committee on budget
and Government Operations.
The chair recognizes Chairman Irvin.
Thank you. Mr. President reported
for the committee on budget
and Government operations
for a meeting which was held on April 15th.
The committee has a series of reports recommending passage
of the following item item number three is a communication
recommending a proposed, uh, ordinance concerning a transfer
of funds within the 39th Ward.
Automatic expense account
and award wage allowance for year 2024.
Ordinance 2024 dash 0 0 8 1 6 3
A move to Concur, uh,
move passes of the item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance in the associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider hearing.
No objection. So ordered. That concludes report. Mr.
President. Thank you Mr. Chair. Committee.
Uncon chair recognizes Alderman Rosa.
Yes, please. Unfortunately I had to step out, uh,
but I would like to be recorded
as voting yes on the first item of the finance committee
Report. Thank you very much.
Madam Clerk, please add Mr.
Clerk please. Um, add Alderman Rosa as a yes.
Vote Next subcommittee on contract and oversight
and equity chair recognizes chairwoman mi.
Thank you Mr. President.
Reporting for the Committee on Contracts
Oversight and Equitable.
We held a meeting on April the 2024
to consider the following item number
one R 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 8 3 3 0 an
expression of support for
M-W-D-B-E program
and calling for a US Congress to protect the US Department
of Transportation Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program sponsor and by Alderman Mitts.
Mr. President, if no one wants wish to speak on that,
I would like to make a statement.
So we do have one alder that wishes to speak.
I don't see other hands. Are you good?
Alright, so back to you Alderwoman Chair. Chair. Al.
What, what is it? What am I doing here, chairwoman, thank
You. Back to you.
This is a very talent, uh,
very challenging time for women's and minority contractors.
They're continuing
to face discrimination in the construction industry
from being picked as a subcontractor on projects
to ensure bonding, to obtain financing
so they can survive while they're waiting for the city
to pay with payments delayed,
exceeding 180 days.
They need lots of financing.
Now they're facing an even bigger threat.
Several lawsuits challenging the DBE program
have been filed in cities across our countries.
One lawsuit that is pending in federal court in Kentucky
could wipe out the DBE program nationwide.
This resolution is urging congressmen
to do more whatever is necessary
to prevent the DBE program here in Chicago.
The city council put their MWBE program in place
to help lever the playing field.
So women's and minorities have equal assets to contract
and opportunities here.
We will defend our MWBE program
and take whatever steps are necessary to ensure women's
and minority contractors have equal assets
to Chicago construction opportunities.
But we can't do it alone
and we are pleased to once again
have partners
W-C-O-E-A-A-C-E-B-C-O-E-W-F-W-C,
and H-A-C-I-A working in lockstep
with us to get this done.
Mr. President, I move that the city council
concur in the recommendation of the contract oversight
and equity Committee by the same roll call
as item number one on the Committee of Finance report
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
All chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
This is, um, item number one or two,
Item number 1 3 30.
Can you, um, bring your mic towards
you? Thank you. Thank you.
She's still on 83 30. She was just commenting on the MBWB.
That is, that is correct. Thank you Chairman.
I mean, Mr. President. That's it.
Okay. Just wanted to be clear.
Alright. Very well. So seeing no other
hands here, no objections.
So ordered
Item number 2 0 2 0 4
dash 0 0 0 8 3 5 2.
An ordinance to execute of master service agreement
with data made LLC re for research,
design development, hosting
and, uh, support of public face facing application
regarding planning, development
and zoning development process
and other city operations sponsored by Mayor Johnson.
Mr. Mayor, I think this is Moore would like
to speak on this item.
Uh, I noticed that his hand went up.
Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President.
Um, fortunately for me, um, as I, um,
attended the meeting of contract oversight
and, um, development here, um,
communal contract oversight
and equity, I mean, um, the fact
that this is a sole source contract
and a testimony that was given, um, that there were no, um,
other vendors, specifically minority vendors, um,
and specifically African-American vendors
that couldn't do this, um, work, um,
did not sit well with me.
So as I did my due diligence, um, I found out
that there were, and,
and in my opinion, this should not be a
sole source contract.
And I think there's some dialogue
and more information needs to be, be had, I believe,
with probably the members of the black caucus.
And then if they want to determine that they're satisfied
with it, then we can bring it up for a, um, vote.
But until then, myself
and Alderman, Raymond Lopez move
to defer and publish this item.
Alright, thank you. The item will be deferred and publish.
Chairwoman mi
Mr. President, that
would conclude my, my report.
Very well. Thank you, chairwoman. Thank you.
The Committee on Economic Capital
and Tech Technology Development.
The chair recognizes Chairman Viegas,
Mr. President member of the city council reporting
for the Committee on Economic Capital
and Technology Development, which meant on Tuesday,
April 9th, 2024.
The committee held a meeting and recommends
passive the following items.
Item one on the agenda is the appointment of Nick Lucius
as Chief Information Officer,
which was collectively voted on by the committee members
and introduced by Mayor Johnson at the March 20th
City city Council meeting.
If anyone wishes to speak on this item,
I reserve the right to close.
Very well. Other chair recognizes Alderman David Moore.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President.
Um, again, um, as I, um,
was investigating this, um, situation
regarding the contract
and as I began to talk to, as I tell people, we gotta talk
to people that we know and that we trust.
I know we can go sometimes, um, by resumes
and, um, things like that,
but it has come to my attention, um,
that on this confirmation that most of the business,
um, vendor community, um, believe
that this person is not experienced enough to be the CIO
of the third largest city in the United States.
Um, they pointed out and with, um, some support.
So support, support documentation to me
that no prior experience ever running a technology division
or department has no prior experience as a CIO,
which is normally in the set, um, which is usually set, um,
when search a person is being, um, uh, presented,
has limited experience in managing any large scales
technology projects or programs.
As I tell people in this business, it, it as alderman, uh,
we get, we get to deal with a lot and,
and I don't claim to be a subject matter expert
and especially in technology,
but when we haven't done our due d diligence,
African American community, uh, for people
that we're gonna make sure
that have our best interests at hand
and making sure that there's equity in that office,
meaning representation in that office
and in contracting, um, that when people in our community
who is are in those spaces are having these concerns,
then we have to stand up and, um, speak for them.
And so until, um, I believe a conversation again is had
with the Black Caucus and if they feel comfortable about it
and want to move forward with it, then at that time we will.
So at this time, um, along with Altman Lopez, we defer
and publish this item.
Thank you.
The item will be deferred and published
chair recognizes Chairman Viegas.
Thank you Mr. President. Items two
through 10 on the report, our series of appointments
to various special service areas,
the following individuals are being considered
before the committee number two
and three appointments of Joseph Chico
and Jessica Smith, SSA number five Commercial Avenue
Commission located in seventh and 10th Wards.
Appointment of p Matt Letterer
to SSA number 27 Westlake View Commission number five
and six appointments of Eva b Balding
and Sarah m Dalkin to SSA number 29 dash 2014.
The Westtown Commission appointment of Shante a McDonald,
SSA number 42 70 first Street, Stony Commission number eight
and nine appointments of Jina Vez, SVA
and Kurt l Mayman to SSA number 60 Albany Park Commission
number 10, appointment of Charles Newsom,
SSA number 61 dash 2023 Hyde Park Commission.
I move for pass of these appointments
by the first favorable roll call of the, of the, uh,
the roll call vote of the committee on financing,
the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing no objections. So ordered.
Item 11 on the report is an ordinance
to approve the issuance of a Class six B tax incentive
for the property at 4,900 to 49 40 West Grand Avenue
in the 36th Ward.
I move for pass of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objections.
So moved.
Thank you Madam President. That concludes my report.
Next up, we have reports from the Committee
on Housing and Real Estate.
Mm-Hmm. Mr.
President and members of the city council reporting
for your committee on Housing and real estate,
which held an in-person meeting on Wednesday,
April 10th, 2024.
The committee has a series of reports recommending passes
of four ordinances and one resolution.
These include a lease agreement, a land sale,
a municipal code amendment,
and one resolution calling for a hearing.
The first item is from the Department of Fleet
and Facility Management.
Item one, ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 4 1 0.
Renewal of lease agreement
with Chicago Children's Advocacy Center for Building
and parking facility, located at 1240 South Damon Avenue,
supporting centralization of medical
and mental health experts, children protective services,
law enforcement, and family advocates.
In the 28th Ward, I move passages of this item
by the first most favorable roll call vote on the committee
on, on the committee on Finance,
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing, no objections.
So ordered.
The next item is from the Department of Planning
and Development, how the girls, item two,
ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 4 1 4.
Sale of Vacant City
as is property at 47 41 South Indiana Avenue,
in combination with owner's property at 47 39,
and 47 43 South Indiana Avenue for development
and construction of two three story residential buildings.
I move pastures of this items by the same motion,
Hearing no objections. So ordered.
The following is an automatic,
the following is the automatic introduction
by first word Alderman Daniel LaSpada.
Item 3 0 2.
Ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 2 4 4.
Designation of 2000
to 2020 294th North
Milwaukee Avenue as Low Affordability Community First Ward.
I move passage of this item by the same motion,
Hearing no objections, so ordered.
The last two items are automatic introductions from 36
Ward Alderman Gilbert Viegas, both items passed
as substitute and committee item four,
substitute ordinance
two zero two four zero zero zero six nine eight two.
Call for hearings on CH a's plan of action to address
vacancy rates of scattered site properties in item five,
substitute ordinance 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 8 8 8.
Amendment of municipal code section two dash four four dash
85 regarding veteran preference for residential housing,
purchasers of renters under affordability requirements.
Madam President. Aye, Mr. President, I'm
Back. It's all good.
So
that's not the worst thing to be called, Madam just saying.
It's my honor. All right.
Hey, we needed that, guys. Uh, I understand that.
Uh, chairman Viegas would like
to speak on this matter very well.
Ch the chair recognizes Derman. Viegas.
Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen.
Um, first of all, I wanna thank, uh,
the housing com committee for voting, uh,
favorably for this ordinance.
And this is a landmark ordinance that we're passing today.
Um, this is an ordinance that's focused around the A RO.
Oftentimes, the veteran community is always talked about,
um, are, is always, is always singled out
around the homeless community.
And so every time we talk about the homeless community,
they say that veterans, we need to do more for our veterans.
What this ordinance does is exactly that.
It puts forward a mechanism to identify at least 10%
of the a RO for veterans,
the veteran community in Washington.
The, uh, congress in Washington DC is working very hard
to bring additional resources to the veteran community.
The Veteran Affairs, supportive housing, often known
as VASH vouchers, are putting forward tons of money,
which would allow for the veteran, the veteran, uh,
community to be more attractive.
For developers that are looking
to fulfill the a RO requirement,
this ordinance will greatly improve the lives
of Chicago veterans by providing them
with more affordable housing opportunities.
According to the VA and the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, in 2023, the number
of veterans experiencing homelessness in the US increased
by 7.4% from the year prior.
Veterans homelessness is an urgent issue that needs
to be addressed, and this ordinance is an important step
for us to take as a city.
This ordinance will require certain developers in Chicago
to establish a process to give preference to veterans
for at least 10% of the minimum number
of affordable units under the the
affordability requirements ordinance.
Additionally, this ordinance will require minimum periods
during which developers must market to
and reserve affordable units
for veterans improving outreach efforts.
Again, thank you for the support of this ordinance.
Uh, I believe that this is one of the first set asides, uh,
in the country around a RO for veteran community,
and I urge my colleagues to support this. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Chairman Min Mitchell.
Thank you for that chair. You got that chairman.
Appreciate that. Thank you all.
Chairman Vegas, I move pass to this item by the same motion
Hearing. No objections.
So ordered.
Mr. President. That includes my report.
Thank you. Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
Alright, we'll move on. Alright.
Committee on License and Consumer
Protection Chair recognizes Alderwoman Silverstein.
Thank you Mr. President and members of City Council.
I am reporting for the Committee on Licens
and Consumer Protection.
We held a meeting on April 10th, 2024
to consider four ordinances
regarding liquor moratoriums in the 21st, 34th,
and 48th wards.
The committee has recommended passage
of each of these items.
Oh, 2024 dash
0 0 0 8 2 2 7
and others ending 8 3 2 9 8 3 3 1
and 8 3 8 8.
Mr. President, I move
that the city council concur in the recommendations
of the license committee by the same roll call
as item number one of the Committee on Finance report
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing no objections.
So ordered
Oh 2024 dash 0 0 8 3 7 8.
An ordinance to amend chapter nine dash 1 3 0
of the Municipal Code of Chicago
regulating scooter shearing business licenses, uh,
introduced by the office of the Mayor
and Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.
I move passage of this item by the same motion
with the exception of alderman's, twin
and Tobar, um, and Lopez.
Um, if there is no other objection
Hearing nun despite the division.
So order
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 8 4 0 0.
An ordinance to amend Chapter nine of the Municipal Code
of Chicago regarding petty cab license decal requirements
sponsored by Alderman Riley.
I move passage of this item by the same motion.
If there's no objection,
Hearing none. So ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 0 8 4 4 6 was held a committee.
Mr. President, this concludes my report.
Thank you, Madam Chair, chair Committee on
and Refugee Refugee Rights.
The chair recognizes Chairperson Vasquez.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President
and members of the City council reporting
for your committee on Immigrant
and Refugee Rights, which held a committee meeting on
March 28th, 2024.
There was one item on the agenda oh oh 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 0 8 3 86 to expand new arrival shelter exit reporting,
which then passed as substitute ordinance
O2 0 2 4 8 8 6.
I move passage of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance and associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider hearing.
No objections. So order
Mr. President, this
concludes my
Report. Thank you Mr. Chair.
Committee on Pedestrian
and Traffic Safety Chair recognizes chair personal ada.
Thank you Mr. President reporting
for your committee on pedestrian traffic safety
for which your meeting was held on Thursday,
April 11th, 2024.
Before the committee, there were 178 routine traffic
items, all of which passed.
If there are no objections, I move passage of these items
by the first most favorable roll call vote from the
Committee on Finance and the associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider the vote
Hearing no objections. So ordered.
That concludes my report.
Thank you Mr. Chair. Next up, the committee on Police
and Fire chair recognizes Chairman Farro,
Mr. President and members of
the City council reporting
for your committee on police
and fire for which a meeting was held April 1st, 2024.
Uh, there are two items on the agenda
for which the committee recommended passage.
The committee recommends the passage of substitute ordinance
as amended 2023 dash 5 7 2 6.
The amendment of municipal code section two
dash 1 52 dash four
by modifying the mandatory retirement
age for police officers.
Mr. President, if there's no objection, I move the passage
of this item by the first most favorable roll call in the
Committee on Finance and the, um,
associated unsuccessful motion to Cons. Reconsider hearing.
No objection. So ordered
Mr. President also
before the committee in which the committee
recommended the passage, substitute Ordinance 2024
dash 7 7 5 9,
the substitute ordinance calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson
to re remedy by Ward Choice whether to remedy
by Ward choice whether to remove sound thinking
shot spotter surveillance technology with other assurances
and advanced notifications
to effect the Ward Council members choosing to retain
this surveillance technology.
Mr. P Chair,
Please continue, Mr.
President, if there's no objection, I move the passage
of this item by the first most favorable roll call vote in
the Committee on Finance and the associated
unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Chair recognizes Alderman LaSpada,
Mr. President, all
the woman, Ana Rodriguez Sanchez
and I move to defer and publish this item.
This item will be deferred
and published chair recognizes Chairman Tali Farro.
Mr. President, that concludes my report. Thank you.
Next sub committee on Public Safety
Chair recognizes Chairman Hopkins.
Thank you Mr. President reporting
for your committee on Public Safety,
which held a meeting pursuant
to published notice on April 17th, 2024.
The committee had three items on the agenda.
Item one was approval of the Rule 45 report for March.
Item two, mayoral ordinance 8 3 7 3, establishment
of a security footprint zone, uh, including regulations
and authority over convention related activities
and agreements regarding hosting
of the Democratic National Convention during the month
of August, 2024.
No one wishes to speak. I move passage of this item
by the first favorable roll call in the Committee on Finance
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider.
See no hands here, no objection. So, order
The third item was a subject matter only, uh,
item no vote was taken regarding acquisition
of a Bell 4 29 Police helicopter, uh, at a cost
of $11 million to, uh, paid for by the DNC.
Uh, no vote was taken on that matter.
More information's available on the clerk's website
and the Public Safety Committee website@aldermanhopkins.com.
Uh, this concludes my report.
Thank you, chairman Hopkins. Next committee,
special Events Cultural Affairs
and Recreation Chair recognizes Chairman sdo.
Thank you Mr. President reverting reporting
for your committee on special events Cultural Affairs
Recreation, also known as the Happy Committee,
which held a meeting on April 10th, 2024.
The committee recommends patches of the following items,
our 2 0 2 3 dash
0 0 2 8 4 congratulations extended
to hip hop Chicago Hip hop community on the 50th
anniversary of hip hop.
I, I I. Well
Done, chairman. Well done.
I
Don't, I I don't, I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know if my
colleague would like to say something.
We could, we allow him, if he chooses
to see here, he's gone.
Okay. I guess it's not that important to him,
but, uh, I, I move passage this item
by the first favorable roll call vote on a Committee on
finance and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Simmer down. Alright,
here. No objections. So ordered,
Like I said, it's the happy committee.
We gotta lighten things up over here. People.
Uh, ordinance number 2 0 2 4 dash
0 0 8 3 4 6.
Expenditure of open space impact fees
for environmental cleanup costs at 2 4 2 North Sacramento.
I move patch it to this item
by the first favorable roll call
of the Committee on Finance.
And an associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing, no hearing, no objection hearing, no objection.
So ordered
Item a 2 24 dash
8 3 6 3, the appointment.
Oh, she is there. Okay. Hope we don't have any games people,
uh, appointment of Lin Ape as Commissioner, a Department
of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
I, I would like
to speak last if anybody would like to speak.
Yes, the chair recognizes Alderman Ray Lopez
Challenge accepted.
Nick. No, just kidding. Uh, good afternoon.
Good afternoon, Mr. President,
mayor, uh, members of the committee.
Uh, I do not rise to DNP this appointment,
but I do rise to congratulate you
and to thank you, um, for reaching out to my office.
I look forward to welcoming you
and, uh, some of my old colleagues back to the 15th Ward.
And I think personally, seeing an expansion
of activities in our neighborhoods where festivals
and events and activities are decentralized, continue
to be decentralized out of downtown
and into the 77 neighborhoods
that make up the greatest city in the world.
Uh, I look forward to the opportunity working with you
and team, uh, old and new, uh, to make that happen
and wish you all the best in this role
and urge you to make the taste of Chicago
a full 10 day experience of food
and fun once again, um, throughout, uh,
both downtown and the neighborhoods.
Thank you. Thank
You, alderman. The chair
recognizes Alderman, David Moore.
Thank you. Um, Mr. President.
Um, as, as we always, uh, try to say as long as you qualify,
um, the, uh, whoever comes into this office has the right
to appoint anyone that they want to appoint.
And, um, I stand in fully support of this,
um, appointment.
Um, Mr. President, a fine selection was made.
Um, yes, uh, we will miss, um, the prior person
that was here, but that doesn't mean
that God doesn't have somebody else ready that can step in
and do just as the better of a job.
And so I am happy, number one, just elated it.
Um, I don't even sit on a committee that you, you,
you reached out, um, to other, um, me.
I don't sit on a, on a committee.
You also, um, opened, um, your time up
to have further conversations, not only to get
to know you from a business standpoint,
but to get to know who you are.
And that person who you are is somebody
that we need in this council.
So I'm a full support of this and I,
and I hope for the unanimous, unanimous vote, um, our move
that we definitely, um, support this,
um, nomination. Thank you.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alder Vazquez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, I stand, uh, to commend you for this, uh, appointment.
Um, I really appreciate my colleagues' statement
that an executive has the right to appoint
who they want for a commissioner.
Uh, thank you for that.
Uh, wanna make sure I also give much credit, uh,
for the commissioner here.
I think when we think about what this city can do,
how it uplifts peoples from their experience
and how challenging it can be to survive in this city,
there are many of us who if it wasn't for art or music,
or the ability to express ourselves, wouldn't be here now.
And so I really appreciate having you in the position
to help continue that legacy that Chicago has
of being the sole, not just
of this city, but of the country.
There's a lot that everyone can learn from Chicago.
And if they pay attention to the music,
if they look at the art, if they hear what we have to bring,
we'll increase our tourism, we'll increase our economy.
And so I look forward to partnering with you
and every chance that we can.
And so when me and Nick work on our next mix tape together,
wanna make sure we could pump that out with you.
Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. President.
All right. Thank you very much. All right.
The chair recognizes Alder woman, Scott.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I rise as the vice Chair of Special Events Committee,
the Happy Committee as Nick called it, uh, in support
of this, um, appointment.
And, uh, I look forward to working with you.
We had an amazing conversation.
I like, like we've all said,
you have an amazing staff, and we just look.
We look and we continue.
We will continue to work
with you in support you the best way
that we can. Thank you.
Thank you, Alderwoman.
The chair recognizes Alderman Burnett.
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
Um, I also rise and support of this, this appointment
and commend you on this appointment, uh, as the former,
uh, chair of the special events, uh, committee, uh,
years ago, uh, how many years ago.
All right. You've been talking to the mayor, man. Okay.
Okay. Anyway, uh, So
I just wanna say appreciate your comments at the,
uh, committee hearing.
Um, I want to thank you
and everyone who take these positions, uh,
just like the former positions that we were trying
to do appointments on.
Uh, first of all, thank you
for bringing your friends and your family.
We need to recognize that people bring down their friends,
their families, their kids, their grandparents.
You know, we need to recognize that when we get up
and talk about folks, uh,
and be cognizant of the folks that's,
you know, there with them.
'cause it may tank them for the rest of their lives. Yeah.
Um, so I just wanna say, um, I commend you
for taking on this task.
I know a lot of folks come to the city who could actually
get more money working somewhere else.
So we really appreciate your civic duty.
Uh, I like to also commend you on the advisor
that you have next to you, uh, who have worked
for procurement many years ago,
and probably, uh, many other city, uh,
departments many years ago,
and has a, a, a great experience on dealing with, uh,
the city budgets, contracts, and all of those things.
So you're very fortunate to have them on your side,
even though you probably don't want 'em in your
work business, you know?
But, uh, but I just want
to say hello to, uh, Mr.
Radcliffe, Troy, how you doing, Troy?
Um, but, but I commend you on taking on this position.
I look forward to working with you.
Uh, your comments was very on point about the future
of attracting more people to the city.
Chicago, especially Vince, is very important
because it, it can potentially help our economic
engine continue to grow.
So, I just wanna say thank you,
and I look forward to working with you.
Congratulations to you.
Thank you, alderman. The
chair recognizes Alderman Gardner. Thank
You, Mr. President.
I too rise and support of this.
Um, I just wanted to, uh, take a minute to thank you
for your professionalism, for reaching out, uh, for sharing,
uh, your wisdom with us.
Just those little things, I think in
life mean a big difference.
Um, and, uh, I wish you nothing but the best.
And I want to thank your family for coming here today to,
uh, celebrate with you. Thank you.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman Yancy.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I too rise in support of this resolution.
I wanna congratulate Fifth Ward resident Clinic head spiff,
uh, who's also a longtime president
of the Hyde Park Historical Society.
Uh, great things come from the Fifth
Ward, and you are one of them. Thank you.
Thank you. Alderman Chair
recognizes Alderman William Hall.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I want to, to, uh, stand
and rise in support of this appointment.
And, uh, also want to say that your history
and the work that you've done to share
history is phenomenal.
And so I'm looking forward to neighborhood history,
cultural currency, and a better Chicago through the work
of you and you're great team that has held it down
in anticipation of this.
Thank you so much, Mr. President.
Thank you, alderman. Are there any other alders wish
to speak before we give the final words to our chair?
See you other hands. The chair recognizes Chairman pdo.
Hey guys. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, clin a, um, welcome aboard.
Uh, I, as you know,
you've been here about a month already, I believe.
So you inherited an awesome staff.
I'm sure it's a fun job, a lot of positive things to do.
Um, so we look forward to working with you.
As you know, in your attempts,
some people are easier to get ahold of than others.
So, uh, hopefully, uh,
people answer your phone a little more often in the future,
um, when they're looking need things.
And, uh, just look forward to working
with you on all the great things that we're
gonna continue to do for this city.
Um, many of us will have some, uh,
great ideas that'll be sharing with you.
And, uh, like I say, once again, congratulations
and look forward to working with you.
So with that, Mr. President? Yes, sir.
I move passage of this item
by the first favorable roll call vote on a committee on
finance and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objections.
So ordered. Congratulations Ms. Hep
Walter.
Okay. Um, just a little space over here for our,
our, um, our chairperson.
Thank you. The chair recognizes again, chairman sdo.
Thanks once again, Mr. President.
Uh, the following items have been grouped, uh,
together for convenience.
Um, item A 2 0 2 4 dash
8 360 4, the appointment of Robert D Cast for Commissioner
of Chicago Park District.
Item A 2 0 24 dash
0 0 8 365.
The appointment of Sean C. Garrett as Commissioner
of Chicago Park District, A 2 0 2 4 dash
8 3 6 6.
The appointment of Phillip j Jackson as Commissioner
of the Chicago Park District, A
2 4 8 3 6 7, the appointment
of Coya PA as Commissioner of Chicago Park District.
I move passage of these items
by the first favorable roll call vote on the Committee
of Finance and the associated unsuccessful motion
to reconsider hearing.
No objections. So ordered.
Thank you, Mr. President. This concludes my report.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee on Transportation
and Public Waive Chair recognizes Chairman Mitchell,
Mr. President, members of
the City Council reporting
for your Committee on Transportation
and Public Waive, which held a meeting on April 10th, 2024.
The following items passed
by the majority of the members present.
Page two, item one,
ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 3 4 7 is a Mayor
Oral Ordinance introduced by the office of the Mayor.
Page two, item two,
ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 3 6 8
is a mayoral ordinance for the appointment
of Dr. Michael Edie to the Chicago Transit Board.
Pages three through three
through five includes 19 ordinances
for miscellaneous items introduced
by the local alderman from Wards
5 6 11, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38, 43, 44,
and 47.
Page six includes items
item ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 3 7 5.
A subdivision ordinance
for a property located in the 45th ward.
Page seven includes items zero two,
ordinance 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 7 9 1 4.
An easement ordinance
for a property located in the fourth ward.
Page seven includes item ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 3 9 7.
A dedication ordinance
for a property located in the seventh ward.
Page seven includes item ordinance
2 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 1 5 5,
a vacation ordinance
for a property located in the 11th ward.
And item ordinance 2 0 2 4 7 6 9 9,
A vacation ordinance located in the 25th Ward.
If there is no objection, I move passages of these items
by the first most favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance in the un,
in the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
Mr. President, this concludes my report. Thank
You, Mr. Chair. Committee
on Workforce Development
Chair recognizes Chairman Rodriguez.
Thank you Mr. Presidents reporting
for the Committee on Workforce Development,
which held a meeting on Thursday, April 11th, 2024.
There was one item on the agenda,
oh 2 0 2 3 dash 0 2 8 9 1, an amendment
of municipal code section two dash 74 dash
regarding veteran preference initiatives
and requirements for sitting hiring.
At the meeting, a substitute ordinance was adopted,
so 2 0 2 3 dash 2 8 9 1, which was passed out
of a committee by unanimous votes.
Before I move passage, uh,
chairperson Viegas has asked to speak to this item
Chair recognizes, okay,
the chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
I rise very much in support of this, you know, as someone
that was, uh, still in the, still in the Navy,
but sent overseas twice.
Um, when, when you're deployed in a war environment,
you have a very specific mission, whether it is
watching an Al-Qaeda training camp,
or Russian submarine activity that is your entire life.
You're probably carrying a gun the whole time you're in a,
you're in a, uh, dangerous area,
and that is your entire life.
And then one day it stops.
Here are your, here are your, uh,
demobilization order's, time to go home.
And then you come home and you're just displaced.
You're there, kind of back with your family.
You don't really have a lot of structure in your life.
And it's, it's just very jarring.
And it's those kind of folks that we,
um, that we really need to help.
So, I, um, having experienced that myself,
I just wanna thank, um, you all in this body
and, uh, chairman Viegas for leading, leading this effort
to, to help veterans.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
The chair recognizes Alderman Viegas. Thank you, Mr.
President. I rise to support this ordinance.
Um, the second ordinance, uh,
that we introduce will mandate the creation of a citywide
veterans hiring preference for city job positions that are
outside of public safety.
So we have veterans preference right now for police
and fire, but as we know,
there are o there are other positions within military
that veterans serve in.
So whether they're an IT or they're a truck driver
or their administration, this allows 'em an opportunity
to be a part of that workforce.
And I speak about this ordinance
and introduce this ordinance from a personal perspective.
As a marine, 22 years old, being honorably discharged,
going from full employment
to unemployment was really disheartening.
And, um, I said that if I, if I was ever in a position to,
um, put forward a path for veterans to be hired
and housed, that I would do it.
And so the two ordinances
that we have today speak specifically to that.
Um, this is a continuation of my work along, uh,
helmets to Hard Hats, which was a program I worked with
the Teamster President, M**k Jager,
where we were identifying veterans that could drive,
that drove a truck during wartime,
but had to go get a CDL license, um,
after they were honorably discharged.
Um, and then we worked with him with help,
uh, helmets to healthcare.
And so, um, you could be a phlebotomist being shot at,
and then when you came home, you had
to get a license to draw blood.
And I think that these are the types of legislation
and common sense that we need to introduce so
that way we can make Chicago a beacon
for veterans when they're on leave discharged,
and help grow the city's population.
Once our ordinance has passed, the commissioner
of human Resources in the mayor's office of Veteran Affairs
will develop and publicize this veteran hiring Preference,
preference program, expanding our ve, expanding our reach
to veterans across our city and across our state.
Not only are we helping veterans find employment
through this program, but we're helping our cities
by attracting new talent to Chicago.
Right now, only one in four veterans in our country has a
job lined up after leaving the armed forces
with this new ordinance,
our city can change those statistics
and encourage our veterans to serve in a new way.
I strongly ask
for an eye vote on this ordinance. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. Alderman Chair recognizes Chairman Rodriguez.
Uh, Mr. President, I move that this item, uh, be passed
by the first small favorable vote
of the Committee on Finance.
Uh, if there's no objections,
Here are no objections. It's so ordered.
This concludes the report
of the Committee on Workforce Development. Thank
You, chairman. Final
report, committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards to chair
recognizes Vice Chair Lawson.
Thank you, Mr. President
and members of the City Council presenting a series
of reports for your committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, which held meetings on
April 9th and April 16th.
These reports were grouped four, convenience.
The following items were passed by majority
of the members present.
Document number A 2024 dash 0 0 8 3 6 9,
the appointment of Marlene Hopkins as the Commissioner
of the Department of Buildings.
Uh, Mr. President, I believe some
of my colleagues may wanna speak on this matter.
Um, so I will, uh,
reserve the right to close and make the motion
Very well.
Are there any elders that truly wish
to speak on this matter?
All right. The chair recognizes Alderwoman do
Well. I get to be the
first one to, uh, uh, to, uh, say, Mr.
President, that this is a great appointment.
Um, this appointment is long due.
And, uh, this is, uh, Marlene season.
Uh, Marlene, I'm glad to see you in this position.
And I only stood up, to be honest, to say hello
to your mother who I follow.
I follow you guys on Facebook.
And so I have seen the, I've seen her all over Facebook,
and I see the love that you have for your mother
and how proud your mother must be of you today.
And so, uh, Mr. President, I just wanted to, uh,
give you my thanks for this appointment
and to say how great it was.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman Beal.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I had two rise to enthusiastically
support this appointment.
And I didn't know that was her mother.
I thought it was her sister sitting next to her. All right.
But it's, it's good that, uh,
your mom is here to support you.
Uh, 'cause I know she has supported you every step
of the way as well as all of us here.
And as I said in your confirmation hearing that
this is way past due, that you have been the commissioner in
that department for about 15 years.
Because everybody knows we don't call the commissioner.
You call Marlene. And
because if you call the commissioner,
the commissioner's gonna call Marlene.
And so just cut straight to the chase and call her directly,
because she's going to be the one that service, uh,
your request anyway.
But Marlene, I just wanted to let you know
how proud I am of you.
We've been a big fan of,
of you here in the city for a long time.
Because of your service, your work speaks for itself.
And so I'm glad that you are finally getting your just due.
Your star will continue to shine,
and this is a great appointment.
So thank you for this appointment, Mr. President.
Thank you, and God bless you.
Thank you Alderman.
Bill, the chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise to support this appointment.
I think this is one of my most favorite appointments ever.
And I've been around here for a little while.
And so Marlene, who is a true leader
and puts all that true leadership
and capital letters, I can't begin to tell you
what this appointment means to me and my community
because Marlene is the boots on the ground.
When you out there in the ward driving around,
you gonna bump into Marlene.
She gonna be in that little white truck
with a pad right down,
something in the computer typing up something.
Uh, Marlene is a person you see when you have trouble
buildings, she is the lead person.
And what I've always loved about you is
that you could have sent a staff person,
you could have sent anybody, but you come yourself
and you see it with your own eyes
and you evaluated with your own eyes.
But people that don't know, Marlene has wrote all
of the recent codes,
and I've been here for the building department.
So when she came, looks at that book,
and it's about that thick, she could tell you just about
every piece of code in that book,
because she understands it, she knows it.
And that's super important around here
to have somebody at the building department
that understands the building code
and the law around the building department.
Um, again, she is the specialist in the building department.
It is an amazing time in my career
to have you sitting here as the commissioner.
I could not be proud of you.
Um, but most of all I'm proud of for your mom,
who's my constituent and, and,
and lives next door to my sister.
So I said, oh, we going downtown.
Marlene's mom gonna be down there today.
So she sends her love
and says, congratulations to you, uh, Marlene,
for being such an amazing black woman and an amazing leader.
And again, uh, all of us here are super proud of you.
Thank you all the women Harris,
the chair recognizes Alderman Will Hall.
Uh, thank you Mr. President. I too stand in full support.
The very first time I met, um, this commissioner, um,
was literally in the car with coal.
And, uh, we had some issues with some abandoned homes.
And on her off day, she came
and showed me areas that she was going
to get things right in less than a year.
She hasn't not only gotten it right,
she's gotten it done with excellence.
And so that excellence is seen
through the lens of her mother.
And so I thank you so much, commissioner,
for always answering the phone,
always getting it right, and always showing up.
So thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you. Chair recognizes older woman, Lee.
Thank you, Mr. President.
And I too enthusiastically rise
in support of this appointment.
Um, while I haven't been around as long as some
of my colleagues have, I can say unequivocally
that since the day that I met Marlene, um,
she's been nothing but the consummate professional.
She oozes integrity.
Um, and she has a heart for this city,
like very few others that I know.
Um, as a, as a freshman older person, uh,
she took me under her wing and h me, uh, quite a bit.
Um, and her commitment, as many
of my colleagues have already said, um, knows no bounds.
Um, she doesn't ever actually have a day off
or a vacation for that matter.
'cause I've spoken to her on both occasions.
Not that, not that any of us should be doing that,
but the point is, um, she takes her job very seriously.
She takes this city
and the wellbeing of this city very seriously.
And, and every single one of these cases where it,
she could easily send somebody else
that just dropped the hammer on somebody,
she also leads with her heart.
Um, because I've seen that also firsthand, where, you know,
we had a troubled building
and Marlene said, we gotta get everybody together.
So all of a sudden we got like 11 different departments
together to, to handle this one case, to very, um, I think
gently, um,
and thoughtfully handle helping this woman get out
of her house and get into a better situation
and help the entire block.
Um, so she makes a difference every day.
I, I thank you for this appointment, Marlene.
I thank you for your commitment to this city
and, um, to your mother.
Thank you for this gift of this amazing woman.
Um, and, uh, so appreciate everything
that she's already done and will continue
to do in this new role.
Congratulations, Marlene.
Thank you. Alder woman. The chair
recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
Oh, I'm sorry. Did, did
We? Yeah, I was,
I was just, go ahead.
I know I was coming up, so That's right.
Right. But you,
Are you writing a whole poem over there?
Yeah, I, all right.
Yeah. I should. Well, been here nine years.
Marlene was the one
of the very first people that I talked to.
And not only has she been my commissioner,
she's been like a big sister, a confidant,
my therapist at times.
And I am really proud
that you are finally put in this position
to echo the center with everybody else.
This is, well, I would do more than qualified.
Um, and we look for more and more better things from you
and to, and we've had you, we've talked
what my mom was going through,
what my mom was going through.
And now I see that's, that's, that's the woman.
She, she, she helped me when my mom was sick
and going through some things.
And the love that she have you poured over in
her conversations with me.
So, in addition to your daughter being a phenomenal
commissioner, being a phenomenal worker for us,
being a nominal friend to me, she's just a phenomenal woman.
And we owe that all to you.
So thank you for sharing her with us.
And Marlene, we got work to do.
All right. Thank you, Mr. President.
Alright. I'm a I'm gonna snap for that. That's all right.
Alright. Chair recognizes wo Coleman. Thank
You, Mr. President.
Um, I cannot thank you enough for
finally, finally, appointing such a great individual.
Delayed but not denied, I think is your testimony.
Commissioner, you were right there when Antioch
caught on fire.
You were in Inglewood on 63rd
and Stewart every day when our community was at a huge loss,
a pillar of community.
You were there to make sure that the process
when effortlessly you were there of comfort for pastor do
and the entire Antioch, uh, church family.
And I know that it was the blessing
of when you were in your mother's womb to care
for our community.
Congratulations. Thank you to our COO for ensuring
that we are vetting capable, competent,
and qualified candidates.
Delayed, but not denied. Thank you, commissioner.
Thank you. Old woman. The chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I too stand in support of disappointment.
Uh, Marlene has always been, uh,
won't call it Johnny on the spot, a Jan on the spot with,
with, uh, with everything.
Um, it is funny.
I can recall my first time meeting Marlene,
and it was in an alley, uh,
with a building owner had called me about a
back porch issue.
Unbeknownst to me, the man had no back porch.
And, uh, Marlene was very kind in, in closing his,
uh, property down.
And, uh, after, after that conversation with her,
I never questioned anything that she brought to me.
'cause I always felt that she had the interest
of our community and our city, uh, at heart.
Again, this is well deserved, long overdue.
And, uh, tell your daughter next to you
that we are all in all together here.
And, uh, thanking you for providing such a wonderful soul
to all of us here for the city of Chicago. God bless you.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alder Vazquez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Um, uh, I wanna commend you on this appointment.
Um, I really appreciate you, Ms. Hopkins.
Uh, you know, coming into to this appointment,
I had questions like, uh, uh, some of our, um,
constituents had, and for you to come to the office
and really break down, like decision by decision,
how you land on certain things.
You're a real one in ways that I think we need more
of when it comes to government.
And so I appreciate that about you.
Uh, I can't even imagine
what it's like serving under the different number
of administrations you served under to see
what one person's wishes are and how you deliver on that.
Your ability to build relationships, uh, speak
to more than just the department you serve.
You're building Chicago through so many different lenses
that I want to thank you for that.
Um, I look forward to partnering with you
so we can make sure we hold some
of these landlords accountable as we discussed.
Um, and really just really
overjoyed to see you in the position.
So thank you for serving, uh, thank you
for having your sister in the booth as well.
Uh, and thank you so much for the appointment, mayor.
Thank you. The chair recognizes all the woman mitts.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I truly stand and support of this resolution, Marlene.
We've worked together for a long time.
And you know, what I like about you is that
sort of remind me of myself, where when you lay down
and allow others to stand up
and you waste your time, you have done
that throughout the years.
And we are grateful for it.
So you can't say what someone gave you.
You've earned every dime of it. And thank God for it.
Thank you for your family who's been there to support you,
and just know it's gonna be beautiful for you
because you know, every in
and out of the department already,
you have a great staff working for you.
And now you can execute those ideas
where you couldn't at first,
but now you had the power to do so.
We're looking forward to those wonderful things
that you can see to make the city a better place, uh,
that all of us will be able to be proud of.
Thank you so much, Mr. President.
Thank you. Chair recognizes Ottman Napolitano.
Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise
and support of this great appointment.
Um, I'll make this very quick, well overdue.
Um, in my time here, you've been in a,
just a tremendous resource to our office
and just a very quick story, uh, in, in, in the process
of trying to make the city better and,
and create ordinances that, that work better for our city.
Uh, we've turned one over to you
and said, Hey, where are we?
Right? And where are we wrong with this?
And you just blew me away. You were absolutely incredible.
You said, Anthony, let's do this. Let's remove that.
Let's make this better on behalf of the city.
And that is the way this should all work.
And I want to thank you for that.
Uh, it's not crossed the finish line yet,
but just for your input and for you to take the time
and bring it down to, uh, our level
and back up to your level
and just create it for the betterment
of the city was awesome.
And I appreciate that from you.
Uh, and that's the way government should work.
And great appointment, uh, Mr. Mayor. Thank you.
Thank you. Alderman Chair recognizes alderman, osha
Thank you Mr. President.
I too rise and support of this appointment.
Uh, I'm gonna tell a little story.
It was, uh, November 24th, 2012, almost,
uh, 11 years ago.
And, uh, on that cold November Saturday,
we had a terrible fire in my ward
in the Morgan Park community.
It was a five story, 32 unit complex.
The fire was so intense.
The fifth floor collapsed into the fourth,
the fourth into the third.
Uh, there were several hours people
unaccounted for in the building.
One point we had a mayday call go out.
Firefighter was unaccounted for.
Very scary standing there in the street
watching all this transpire.
Um, luckily everybody made it out.
Luckily the fireman was found.
And, uh, we moved forward through the night.
That building was occupied primarily by senior citizens,
to be candid, black people
without a lot of family to support them.
There was no children driving up saying,
I'm gonna take mom to my place.
There was no grandchildren pulling up to check
and make sure that everything was okay.
These people had nowhere to go.
Marlene Hopkins quarterback that day.
She got the Red Cross in the Salvation Army.
She got CTA buses to keep
freezing cold victims warm.
She got the Chicago Public Library
to keep the Walker Branch tours down open.
And she stayed there all afternoon into the evening.
She stayed there with me.
She helped me through this process.
The sun had come up the next morning, Marlene Hopkins,
this compassionate leader stayed there
to make sure that every single senior
citizen was looked after.
The beautiful thing for me was,
I got credit in the local paper the next week.
But that, ladies and gentlemen, that is
who this individual is.
I had a opportunity a few minutes ago to spend a few minutes
with her mom and to her mom, and to her brothers
and to her aunts, how proud you must be
and how lucky we are.
God bless you all. Thanks Marlene. Thanks for what you do.
Thank you. Alderman Chair recognizes Alderman. Curtis.
Thank you. Uh, Mr. President again. You got a hundred.
This is a great, it's
A Thousand Alderman that in a thousand.
We, we gonna leave it a hundred? It's not good.
We a hundred not enough.
That's no, not not what you're batting.
Let's do a hundred, Mr.
President, let's do a hundred, a hundred.
This was a awesome, awesome appointment.
Uh, Marlene, you definitely, uh, overdue.
This is definitely your season.
Everyone's talking about, um, her, uh, building,
uh, going into building, building codes
and things like that.
You should see her in action.
Uh, she allowed me to be her.
Robin and I, she was definitely Batman
'cause I stood on the side.
But in the middle of the nights, many nights,
right in our community, we shut down so many illegal,
uh, popup parties.
And you should see her in action.
She'll spin around with that cake
and start kicking in them doors
and kicking the little kids out.
Awesome thing. I mean, it, it, it was great.
You know, leaders lead by example.
And I, and I don't know, um, I'm hoping that, uh,
you continue, uh, to come out.
You continue to come out, uh, and,
and don't leave that up to, you know,
your deputies and things like that.
You know, uh, you've been great if, if, uh,
not only have it been popup parties,
but you even called me many times
to even do wellbeing checks on seniors.
So I appreciate you wholeheartedly.
Uh, this was a great appointment and well overdue.
You came up through the ranks and you know, the job.
And, and I appreciate that Mayor once again.
500, 500, 500, mayor, 500.
Marlene. Okay. Marlene, a thousand.
I got Marlene a thousand. Thank you. Great job.
Thank you, sir. Uh, Mr. Mayor,
Thank you. Thank you,
alderman. It's good to be in Hall of Famer.
Chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
I don't know how to follow that one, but that's all right.
Uh, but thank you, Mr. President
and good afternoon members of the city council and,
and good afternoon commissioner,
and to your family and guests.
You know, a lot has been said about all the experiences
that we've had with, uh, Marlene Hopkins over the years,
and I think it's truly a testament that even
her old bosses is here.
Judy Friedland, I think is back here somewhere.
Well, was back here somewhere because everyone is here
and a testament to you
and to what is going to happen next under your leadership.
And I was, as I'm sitting here listening to all
of these stories that many of us can recount,
you know, I started thinking, Mr.
President of, I've had good stories
where we've been able to save lives.
And I've had sad stories
where we literally were like in tears at
what we found in the neighborhoods.
So much is found in the buildings of the city
of Chicago, good and bad.
And Marlene
and her team have been there with us through it all.
I think as we often do with our commissioners,
when they're appointed our department heads,
we usually tell them that this is probably the best day, uh,
of your tenure, because it's all
downhill once you start working.
But for you, you will be the exception
because you, Marlene already know and have already earned
and already command the respect, love,
and admiration of so many in this room.
That this is not going to be a, a one day honeymoon,
but a continuation
and the propagation of everything that you've been doing
here in the city of Chicago, I'd say
throughout this administration's tenure,
you are probably the best pick so far.
Um, because we know your heart. We know your work.
And we all know the value you have in our neighborhoods.
'cause yes, we have seen you
on the streets when you probably could have been at home
with family or doing other things.
You've been there, you've answered the call,
like all the best that have come before you.
And I don't see any reason why that's going to change.
And more specifically, that you are now going to continue
to build and show the next generation of city, uh,
administrators and employees, what it means to be a proud
city of Chicago employee.
To have the pride and love of a city,
and to have it resonate throughout every neighborhood
is no easy feat.
And yet, you make it look so simple.
And that's because it was ingrained in
you by those who raised you.
Continue carry on and know that from the first to the 50th
and especially in the 15th, you'll always have
a place to call home.
You're always gonna have work in my ward, so don't worry.
Um, but know that yes, it is a thousand.
Um, but, but you are someone who,
as far as many of us are concerned, are
beyond reproach when it comes to your passion, compassion,
and dedication, fighting for what we all believe in
to make this city a much better place than when we found it.
So congratulations to you.
Congratulations to you and thank you for all you do.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman pdo.
Thank you Mr. President, I to join the choir
of my colleagues with their accolades for Marlene.
I just wanna make a couple corrections, a couple things.
Somebody said, one of my colleagues said,
and I don't mean anything negative towards him.
He said you had an off
day and you helped him with something.
I've known you for 13 years.
I don't think you had an off day.
So every day is a Monday to you.
We all appreciate you for that.
I know you know, you have an awesome staff.
Uh, you're leading this department now.
Uh, I know you'll continue to do good work.
And Mayor, I'm always a believer
of whoever the mayor wants to support that.
But every once in a while, we got a, a, a,
an awesome person like Marlene,
who came up through the ranks.
That's well deserved, well versed.
And, uh, we're just, I'm, I'm just filled with joy
that she's gonna be leading this department.
So, great appointment. You have my 100% support, Marlene.
Look forward to continue working with you. God bless you.
God bless all of us. A great, great greater
for us than it is for her.
That's for sure. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you,
Alderman. The chair
recognizes Alderwoman. Jeanette Taylor.
Thank you, Mr. President, black girl magic.
That is what we call her in 20 I.
It is just, this is a day that we all could be proud of.
'cause this is a woman who doesn't pick sides
and she comes with the truth.
Um, I had a conversation with her about
her that the, the weapons may form, but never against her.
We know she was the fall guy for the hillco mess.
We know she was. And we know she didn't play a role in that.
And so I wanna publicly say thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not leaving.
'cause anybody else would've walked away.
I'm glad you stayed. The people on 20
are blessed to have you.
The citizens of Chicago are blessed to have you.
I thank you Mr. President for this appointment.
Thank you all. The woman chair
recognizes all the woman, Scott.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I stand in two with in support of this appointment.
And I just mirror everything that all
of my colleagues have said.
You know, thank you for always responding,
even when you're on vacation.
Thank you for always being available,
having your great leadership.
You come from great stock, thank you, mom and family.
Um, you know, with strong support.
That's how you, you know, you rear a woman like this
through strong, through, through strong family support.
And we thank you and I look forward
to continue to work with you.
And it's just so amazing to have some just one person who
navigates through all these 50 wards
and know I'm like the back of your hand better than we do
know what property is here, know what's there.
You don't even have to tell you before we can even say it.
You've already been on it. And so
I appreciate your hard work and dedication,
and I look forward to having you around. Thank you.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Derman. Farro.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this, um, appointment. Um, Mr.
President, I, I think you could attest when you were, uh,
in your service as commissioner in the first district, um,
where we, um, in our respective districts in the ward, um,
experienced a, a multi, uh, unit explosion.
Um, and Marlene came to the scene
and was nothing less than professional.
Uh, not only was she professional, and,
and this is what I appreciate so much about you, Marlene.
Um, you're very compassionate
and as, as some of my colleagues have stated, um, so it,
it is not just those big incidents, um, like that,
but even some of the smaller ones that stand out
to me in particular, um, the way you came to my ward
to assist, um, a business that had been shut down.
Um, and how you, um, helped
and gave her instructions on how to reopen
by fixing the building codes, um,
that she was in violation of.
And, and so it's so small things
and compassion about people, their business,
because you understood that the more
and the longer her business stayed closed, uh,
that there was no money coming
in for that particular family.
And so you worked with them. And that is true compassion.
So thank you and Mr.
President, uh, this is a great appointment
and congratulations, Marlene.
Thank you very much. The chair
recognizes Alderman, David Moore.
Thank you. Um, Mr.
President, first of all, mama, I see you over there smiling.
You have so much to be proud of
and without saying, you are so beautiful.
Um, first of all, lemme start
by saying, Marlene, you know, Reverend Evans used
to say, keep a good name.
'cause your name will get somewhere before you do.
And throughout the years, you've kept a good name.
I know that young man,
and I have to take my head off to him.
That's standing behind you.
Our CO COO John Roberson, um,
some years ago had a doggone good eye, um, his intelligence.
And we were at aviation back in 98,
but then him looking
and knowing what a jewel you were to bring,
and you are to bring you over
to the Chicago Housing Authority.
And as we focused on the many endeavors of having to
work on the plan for transformation
and work with our residents, you didn't have a big title,
but your voice carried a lot of weight throughout
that housing authority
and helped every development manager, every officer do
what we needed to do to try to do our best to do right
by our constituency.
Now, as he elevated, guess
who he kept taking with him?
Marlene, why you taking Mar? We need Marlene.
No, I need Marlene going from there, going
to the sewer department, going to, um, permits all of that
because they, he know he needed a
superstar to take with him.
And that you did.
You performed in every area over and above,
but you didn't stop there, Marlene.
You could have been happy with the dollars you was
making and all of that.
But there's a scripture in the Bible that says, study
to show thyself approved.
You went back to school. You excelled in your craft.
Not only in, um, experience, but in academics as well.
But this is what touches my heart the most.
And this is what I love about this appointment, Mr.
President, the most, you are Chicago.
You are Chicago. You love this city.
But not only that, because when we see people, as I think,
um, alderman, pedo, um, spoke upon coming through,
there's nothing like people who has started out
just serving in smaller capacities, get elevated,
get elevated, and that's what does my heart.
Good. So, uh, Mr.
President, I wholeheartedly stand in support,
uh, this, um, appointment.
And I have no doubt, no doubt there's gonna be, um,
a unanimous vote on this appointment.
Thank you so much, and I wish you well. Love you to life.
Thank you, alderman. The chair recognizes Alderman Chico.
Thank you Mr. President.
I too rise in support of this, the 10th Ward. Thanks you.
I have called on you several times in the last few months,
some with situations.
I didn't know how we're gonna get out of,
but you assured me we were and we did.
So on behalf of the 10th Ward, thank you.
Thank you for making me look good
and helping my residents. I appreciate.
Thank you, alderman. There are no other alders that wish
to speak besides the chair.
Okay. Um, the chair recognizes Alderman Burnett
and then Alderman Lawson is standing
because he's next, apparently Alderman Burnett.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President, I apologize.
I thought you saw my hand earlier.
Um, but I would be remiss if I did not, uh,
say anything about Marlene.
Uh, I've been knowing Marlene for a long time.
I've seen Marlene sit in the background
and help many, many commissioners to shine.
Uh, she never goes out and get to shine.
And just like everyone said,
and I concur with what they said, you know,
Marlene is everywhere, you know, and I'm a little jealous
'cause I thought I was the only one
that she helped like that.
But it appears she treating all us the same.
But anyway, Marlene is everywhere.
Uh, you know, and she goes from the biggest job
to the smallest job.
And one of the things that we said at the committee, uh,
that I said at the committee, you know,
Marlene don't have to be here.
And I just want to thank you Marlene and,
and commend the mayor for choosing you.
But, but thank you for, continue to give your civic duty
to the city of Chicago.
Um, 'cause I know you can leave if you wanted to,
but we appreciate you staying.
The city needs you dealing with the cut the tape that's,
that's, uh, being proposed.
You are the one who can implement all
of those ideas in your department
and we need you to help implement it.
But also not only dealing with building challenges,
you are the one who can help us bring cranes,
more cranes back to the city of Chicago.
So I look forward to the future
of the next three years of working with you.
I commend you. Your family should, uh, be very proud of you.
Uh, and we want to thank you all.
'cause I know I called Marlene.
I don't know how she had time for family.
'cause I know I called Marlene late at night.
My staff be calling her.
You know, whenever a building challenge come up,
I don't know why, but everybody say call Marlene, right?
So I know we have taken them, taking her from you all.
So we want to thank you all for sharing, Marlene with us.
Congratulations to you Marlene.
Thank you Alman. Before we pass it back to the vice chair
for the last words here,
the chair recognizes Alderman Rodriguez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, I've done a lot of thinking
and soul searching on this appointments.
It was announced several weeks ago.
You know, Marlene Hopkins has been a constant
presence in my ward.
She helped keep an undocumented family in their home
by meeting them in person
and explaining how to vacate demolition order.
She took the time and patience necessary
to explain city government to a desperate family in need.
Marlene most recently helped my office shut down a bar in a
matter of days, a bar that had been the originating location
for multiple acts of violence, including the shooting
of seven people.
Four blocks from my home.
Marlene responded immediately to my request
for investigation of this business.
And with the work of her investigators found multiple
violations that led to this bar being shut down, led
to community safety and led to a tear in our community,
leaving I
and my community also remember vividly the systematic
failures of city governments that led
to the grossly failed implosion
of a smokestack in my community.
Again, only blocks from my home and chief. We got released.
That report, chief Marlene met
with community members,
an environmentalist in a little village,
and with my colleagues to explain her role.
She owned up to the role.
She stepped forward to explain
how she would've done things differently,
being more accountable by stepping up.
She played a role in changing this system
that failed my community.
This is a sign of a public official who is willing
to listen, take responsibility to restore justice
and make the necessary changes in government
to achieve better outcomes for our residents
and for those reasons, Mr.
President, I'll be a yes in this
appointment today. Thank you.
Thank you. Alderman Chair recognizes Vice Chair Lawson.
Thank you Mr. President.
Um, I want to invite Alderman Curtis
and a commissioner to Wrigley Field
and we'll explain what bating a thousand means.
Mayor, you're welcome as well.
Um, I actually spent a lot of time
with Marlene at Wrigley Field.
Um, whether that was the World Series
or, uh, saving that landmark, um,
they're actually doing the roof, uh,
where they're taking the original wood roof off
of Wrigley Field and replacing it bit by bit.
So the work continues, actually,
it looks done, it's never done.
And you know that the work is never done.
Um, and I joked yesterday that I've spent more time only as
of this moment in this building, maybe with you
than in the field and in my ward.
And, and that really says something about
you and your commitment.
I said we can meet here, we can zoom.
Nope, you're coming to my ward and,
and I I know that you were gonna be a commissioner in
that vein as well and serve the entire city in service
of the neighborhoods where we are.
I really appreciate that youre, you're open
and willing to look at the code.
As I said yesterday, understanding owner occupied buildings
are different than totally commercial or investment property
and we need to lean into that.
Um, so I, I appreciate your stance there.
Also, as a city lifer myself, um,
I appreciate your commitment and work to lift up mine
and every neighborhood in this city.
So best of luck to you and congratulations
and congrats on this appointment.
Um, therefore I move passage of this item
by the last most favorable roll call vote
of the finance committee report.
An un an associated unsuccessful motion
to reconsider. Alright,
Hearing no objections.
Sure. Uh, the chair recognizes alderman Bill,
Mr. President, uh,
as I've done in the past,
whenever we have an exceptional appointment,
I ask for a roll call.
Vote for the purposes of seeing nothing
but green on the screen.
Okay. Alright. Uh, a roll call, vote has been requested.
Thank you Madam Clerk.
All right. The voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Please log into your device. The voting is now open.
Alder, and I love how you said see the green.
See, you're embracing e-voting.
I will now ask for a voice vote if you have not voted.
Alderman LaSpada not present. Alderman Hopkins not present.
Alderman Dow not present. Alderman Robinson.
Absolutely. Yes. Thank you. Alder Robinson is a yes.
Alderwoman Taylor.
Absolutely. Yes. Taylor is a yes.
Alderman Mosley not in chambers.
Alderman Ccho Lopez. Absolutely. Yes.
Alderman Irvin. Alderman Irvin is a yes.
Alderman Waga Pac not present.
Alderman Rodriguez Sanchez not present. Alderman Ramirez.
Rosa not present. Alderman Viegas.
Alman Viegas is a Yet all those that voted who wish
it is now closed voting is now closed.
There are 42 Yays, no nays.
This motion carries Altman
Mitchell,
Altman Mitchell.
And the motion to reconsider this president.
Motion to reconsider the vote. All those in favor Senate.
I say aye. All those opposed say no. This motion fails.
Congratulations. Commissioner Chair recognizes
Vice Chair Lawson.
Thank you Mr. President. Uh, moving on.
Uh, document number oh 2024 dash 0 0 0 8 4 0 1.
An amendment of the municipal code chapter 17 dash 12
by adding new section 17 dash 12 dash 1105
that establishes boundaries
and regulations for signs within the Wrigley Field adjacent
special sign district located in the 44th Ward
and will passage by this item by the same motion.
If there is no objection hearing,
No objection. So ordered.
There is one historic landmark designation,
document number oh 2024 dash 8 2 2 6
for Apollos 2000,
located at 28 75 West Cmac Road in the 24th Ward.
I don't believe anyone wishes to speak, so I move passage by
of this item by the same motion.
If there is no objection, hearing
None so ordered, Both summaries contain various map
amendments in the third, sixth, ninth, 11th, 10th,
16th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 32nd, 39th,
40th and 50th wards.
I move passage of these items by the same motion.
If there is no objection hearing
On so ordered Both summaries contain various large
signs over 100 square feet in the area, 24 feet
above grade in the first, second, fifth, 25th, 27th, 29th,
33rd, 35th, 41st, 44th, 45th, 47th,
and 48th wards.
I'm a passage of these items by the same motion.
If there is no objection,
Hearing none so ordered.
Thank you Mr. President. That concludes my report.
Thank you very much. That completes
all of our committee reports.
Thank you all for your diligence and patience.
Okay. On matters of the agreed upon calendar,
chair recognizes Chairwoman Harris.
Thank you Mr. President.
I received from city clerk, Andrea
and Valencia, a total of 119 items proposed of for the G,
uh, agreed calendar consisting of congratulatory,
commemorative and tri resolutions from the following.
Alder person, Alder person, Dow, Alder person, Robinson
Alder, person Hall, Alder person Harris, Alder person,
Chico, Alder person Lopez, Alder person Coleman
Alder person, Rodriguez Alder person Ferro Al person,
Viegas all the person mi, all the persons pdo,
all the person Nuon, all the person Gardner,
all the person man Howorth
and I move these into omnibus Mr. President
Hearing no objections.
So order or new business
clerk will call the wards beginning with the 50th ward war
Zoning amendments which are referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, traffic regulations,
traffic control signals and traffic signs which are referred
to the Committee on Pedestrian
and Traffic Safety Grants of privilege on
and over the public way, which are referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
An exemption from physical barrier requirement
for commercial driveway alley access
for parking facilities which are referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Al Manhattan and others have opposed Ordinance for amendment
of MSPA code chapter two dash 31
by inserting a new section two dash 31 dash 45 establishing
Chicago Shoreline Advisory Board to develop
and update Shoreline Management Plan, which is referred
to the Committee on Environmental Protection.
Alman Manha Hop. Penworth has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation as William Friedkin Way,
which is referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Public Way.
Alman Martin has proposed ordinance for an opening
of the Public way on West Leland Avenue
between Northwestern Avenue
and North Lincoln Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Alman Martin also has proposed orders for amendment
of an Honorary Street designation as O as Ozzy Goff Way
to Ozzy Baldwin Way, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Alman Martin and others have proposed resolution
for expression of support on the passage
of the community safety through Stable Homes Act
by the Illinois legislature, which is referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Relations.
Alman Knutson has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section eight dash four dash 1 74 1 47
prohibiting unattended substances
or weapons on public way
around private property which is referred
to C Health and Human Relations.
Oman Riley has a proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash eight
by adding a new article five entitled Chicago
entitled City Council Review
of Departmental Rulemaking Requiring Transparent, clear
and Accessible Rulemaking by City Departments,
which is referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules.
Alman Riley also has proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code section 17 dash four dash 0 4 0 4
modifying limitation on minimum lot area reductions
to include buildings in lawful existence
for 20 years in districts with a dash 16 designation.
And granted no previous floor area bonuses which is referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Alman Reilly also has proposed orders for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards which are referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks and Building standards.
Alman Napolitano and others have proposed ordinance
for amendment of MSPA code chapter four dash 17
by modifying procedures
to designate restricted residential zones
and allowing residents in zones to petition for repeal
of designation which is referred
to the Committee License and Consumer Protection.
Vesquez has a proposed resolution to call for hearings
to explore and address IMP impli i implications
of climate change induced migration to Chicago,
which is referred to the Committee on Immigrant
and Refugee Rights.
Alman Pido has proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation
as PO Thor O Soderberg CPD way, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Alman MITs has proposed ordinance for vacation, a portion
of North Harding Avenue between Lake Lake Street
and Kinsey Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Alman Viegas has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 22
to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portion
of West Chicago Avenue, which is referred
to Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
Alman Viegas has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash 68
by adding a new article two establishing guidelines
and procedures for implementation
of artificial intelligence programs
and solutions to enhance city operations which is referred
to this committee on economic capital
and technology development.
Oma Viegas also has a proposed ordinance for requirements
for city departments and agencies to include classification
for Middle Eastern
or North African on data reports using racial
or ethnic classifications, which is referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Relations.
Oman Viegas and others have opposed ordinance for amendment
of Ms Mc code chapter two dash 68
by adding a new article two entitled Artificial Intelligence
Programs Establishing Guidelines
and Procedures for Effective Implementation of AI
by city Departments and the Office of the City Clerk,
which is referred to command on economic capital
and Technology Development All
Ramirez Rosa has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section nine dash 64 dash one 70
by allowing parking of pickup trucks
or vans less than 8,000 pounds on portion
of North Elston Avenue, which is referred
to Committee in Traffic and Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.
Alman Wapac has proposed orders for the issuance of permits
for signed sign boards which are referred to the committee
as zoning landmarks
and building standards Alman Wapac also has a proposed
ordinance for honorary street designation
as honorary Colleen j Floodway, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Alman Wapac and others have proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code title two
by modifying chapters two dash 36 and two dash 84
and by striking residency requirements
for continued salary payments to relatives of police
and fire department officers killed in the line
of duty which is referred to the Committee on Finance.
Alman Irvin has proposed orders for the issuance of permits
for signed sign boards which are referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards Alman Irvin also has proposed orders
for amendment municipal code section two dash 92 dash 15
by removing term limits
for chief procurement officer which is referred
to the committee on the budget and government operations
Alman Irvin also has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section two dash 53 dash 20
by modifying term limits
and causes of removal for the director
of the city council office financial analysis which is
referred to the committee on the budget and government
operations Alman Irvin also has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code chapter two dash 92
by adding a new section two dash 92 dash 3 71 establishing
minimum requirement for contract bidders doing business
with the city of Chicago, which is referred
to this committee on the budget and government operations
Alman Irvin also has a proposed resolution to call
for hearings on laws
and policies prohibiting violence interrupters from working
within schools based on convictions
of non-violent offenses which is referred
to the committee Education and Child Development.
Alman Burnett has proposed orders for the issuance of SM
for signed sign boards which are referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Al Burnett also has a proposed orders for vacation
and dedication of public alleys in the area bound
by West Chicago Avenue, north Central Park Avenue,
west Huron Street and North Monticello Street,
Monticello Avenue, which is referred
to on transportation and public way.
Elman Debar has a proposed order for the issuance of permits
for signed sign boards at 39 44 West 55th Street,
which is referred to the Committee on
zoning landmarks and building standards.
Al Debar also has proposed ordinance for amendment
of MS code section four dash 2 44 dash one 40 prohibiting
pedaling in the 23rd ward, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
Alman OA has proposed ordinance
for honorary street designation is honorary Winnie Ryan Way,
which is referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Public Way.
Alman Coleman and others have proposed resolution to call
for hearings on missing women in the city of Chicago,
which is referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
Alman Quinn has proposed orders for the issuance S permits
for signed sign boards which are referred to the committee
and zoning landmarks
and building standards Alman Chico has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code section four dash 60 dash
0 23 to allow
to disallow additional package licenses on portion
of South Commercial Avenue, which is referred to C
as License and Consumer Protection.
Alman Harris has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to allow additional package goods licenses on portion
of South Stony Island Avenue, which is referred to committee
as License and Consumer Protection.
Alman Harris also has proposed orders for amendment
of MR code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to disallow additional package goods licenses on portion
of South Stony Island Avenue, which is referred to come
as licensed consumer protection.
Alman Harris also has proposed notice for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to disallow additional package package goods licenses on
portion of East 79th Street, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
Almond Mitchell has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of Ms mc code titles five
and 13 by adding new sections five dash 12 dash 71
and by replacing in its entirety section 13 dash 72 dash oh
five requiring landlords or condominium governing
or associations to maintain safety
and security on prospective premises which is referred
to community housing and real estate.
Alman Robinson has proposed ordinance for amendment
of vacation of the area bounded by East 26th Street,
south Lake Park Avenue, east 31st Street and South.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive to authorize release
of utility easements benefiting Commonwealth Edison
and Illinois Bell, which is referred
to Command Transportation and Public WA Almond Robinson
and others have proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code chapter seven dash 28 by deleting
and replacing section seven dash 28 dash 6 6 6 60
establishing rodent abatement czar
and to to coordinate city department efforts related
to rat abatement which is referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Relations.
Alman Robinson has proposed orders for amendment
of Ms mc code section nine dash 68 dash three two
to include portion of East 31st place South Vernon Avenue
and East 32nd Place in seasonal permit parking program,
which is referred to the Committee on Traffic
and Pedestrian Safety.
Almond Robinson also has proposed ordinance for a lease
of property at 47 27
through 47 59 South Cottage Grove Avenue to use
as contractor parking for Northwestern Memorial Healthcare,
which is referred to community housing and real estate.
Almond LAS has proposed ordinance for amendment
of MS code section four dash 60 dash 25
by restricting additional late hour liquor licenses within
the first ward, which is referred to command,
license and consumer protection.
Alderman Lopez and others have proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash 1 56 regarding definition
of lobbyists and further regulating restricted activities
by lobbyists which is referred to command ethics
and governmental oversight.
Alman Lopez and others also have proposed proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code chapter chapters three dash
50 and three dash 74 establishing tax on automated kiosk
devices installed in retail stores, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
Your Honor, that concludes the presentation
of all the medic introductions. Thank you
Mr. Clerk approval of the journals
Altman Mitchell for the approval.
I'm not aware of any corrections
to the journals from the March 20th, 2020,
24 regular meeting or the April 1st, 2024 special meeting
and move that it be approved.
Alright, well hearing no objections.
So ordered for unfinished business. Altman Mitchell, vice
President. I am not aware of
any unfinished business.
Farewell miscellaneous business Alderman Mitchell.
I'm aware of three pieces of miscellaneous business for,
for the first piece of miscellaneous business,
Altman Bill has asked to make a motion
to discharge the Committee on Housing
and real estate from further consideration
of ordinance oh 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 8 5 0
and ask that the same ordinance be considered
today by city council.
Very well the chair recognizes Alderman Bill.
Thank you Mr. President. Uh, Mr. President.
This is an application, uh, that was submitted back in
February of 2023.
Uh, that what went through the Shy Blocks Builder program.
Uh, and it has vetted the CDC
and Plan commission with unanimous votes.
Uh, and so I introduced an ordinance back in November of,
uh, last year to get this heard.
Um, and I know we had some hiccups
with not having enough members
at the Plan commission meeting.
And so, um, you know, under our rules
and regulations, you know, this body has the right
to introduce an ordinance to pass, uh, this ordinance,
uh, as we see fit.
So I motioned up the Rule 41
and so I asked for the most favorable roll call on the
Committee on Finance with the same
unsuccessful motion to reconsider.
All
Right, so we have a motion for discharge on the
floor first.
Is that correct? That's correct, yeah.
It's a two step process,
right?
So the motion is for the discharge
for the first favorable vote.
If there are no objections to that, seeing none so ordered.
Alright, now now there's a motion
on the floor, the second motion. Go ahead. Make your
Motion. Motion is
also, uh, to pass the ordinance, uh,
by the same most favorable roll call
vote on the committee of finance.
And the same unsuccessful motion to reconsider.
If there are no objections to
that, that's not out of order.
If there are no objections, so ordered. Thank you.
Alright, the chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
All right, so Alderman Riley,
alderman Riley also filed two notices pursuant to Rule 41,
but it's my understanding that he does not wish to proceed
with those items at this time.
Okay, the chair recognizes Alderman Riley. Um,
Thank you Mr. President.
Uh, as, uh, alderman Mitchell was about to say,
um, alderman Beal
and I have come to an agreement on the Office
of Legislative Council ordinances.
Uh, and it's true, we did put in Rule 41 motions for the,
uh, substantive resolution,
which actually creates the office,
which is housed within Chairwoman Paris's committee, uh,
and also the appropriations
and budget ordinance that is housed within
Chairman Irvin's committee.
And after speaking with both chairs, um,
and having been promised, uh, committee proceedings
to consider both of those ordinances, um,
after today, um, alderman Beal
and I, uh, will be withdrawing our Rule 41 motion.
Um, and again, we're very happy to report.
We've come to an agreement on this.
This is something members of this body have been working on
before this administration.
Um, I think it's gonna be a very powerful
and useful tool for the city council.
I look forward to, um, making a small adjustment
that Chairwoman Harris would like to see done
and to bringing, uh, some of our newer colleagues up
to speed on, um, where this ordinance came from
and where it's gotten to.
Uh, but I do think, um,
because it ironically is all about transparency
and good government, um, it made no sense to try
and ram that through here today with a Rule 41 rather
to air it out in the light of day in front
of the public in proper committee hearing.
So I'm grateful to Chairwoman Harris
and to Chairman Irvin for, uh, promising to make that happen
and therefore withdraw those motions.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Thank you Alderman Alderman Mitchell,
are there any other miscellaneous items? Well,
Except for the ordinance set in the date
and time of the next meeting, I'm not aware
of any further miscellaneous business. Very
Well. Well then let's,
um, go
to the date and time of the next meeting.
Alright. I've ended up an ordinance,
the clerk said in the date and time of the next meeting.
Thank you very much. Uh, Mr.
Clerk, please read that Ordinance, ordinance
Beat, ordained by the City Council of the City
of Chicago, section one.
The next regular meeting of the City council of the City
of Chicago shall be held on Friday, April 19th, 2024,
beginning at 12:45 PM in the City Council Chamber on the
second floor in City Hall 1 21 North LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois, section two.
This ordinance shall take effect
and be enforced from and after its passage.
Very well. Alderman Mitchell, hearing no objections.
So ordered for the Omnibus Alderman Mitchell.
A movement that matters in the omnibus be passed
by the first most favorable roll call vote
by the Committee on Finance
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing No objections.
So ordered Alderman Mitchell on a motion to adjourn there
Being no further business before this
body. I move that we adjourn
Hearing No objection.
So ordered This meeting is adjourned.
Yeah, we got it.