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City Council meeting for Monday, March 4, 2024. We're going to start a little bit different. We're going to hold

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on the invocation of pledge because we have some special guests that are going to be providing us

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at the invocation as well as the pledge this evening. So we're going to move right now to roll call.

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Turkey,

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Tumber, Ross, Torina,

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Popman, Rose, Beach, Barrios, Bailey, Bonnie, 10 President.

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Excellent.

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We have a corner.

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Is there a motion to approve the journal of proceedings for the City Council meeting held

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on February 5th, 2024?

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We have a motion.

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We have a second.

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Is there any discussion?

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Seeing no discussion, all those in favor say aye?

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Aye.

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Those opposed?

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Okay. Thank you.

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Now we're going to come forward because we have a whole special group

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with us this evening that are going to be receiving a proclamation, provide us an

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invocation as well as help us lead us with the Pledge of Allegiance and we have the

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Girl Scouts representing Southeast Valley Service Unit with us this evening.

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We are so excited to have you guys. Okay. So, family, you can come on in if you want someone

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And then here to actually take a photo, like you can sit down right in here if you want.

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And I think we'll start because it will start with the invocation.

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Within the fall, are we thank you for the many blessings you have given to our community.

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We thank you for the city or city.

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We thank you for our elected officials.

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The businesses, the churches, the families, and the individuals that make our city, the great place that it is.

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We ask you for guidance, wisdom, and support for our council members as they make decisions tonight.

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work to make our community better. Please be with our city and all those who live and work here.

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We ask these things in your name.

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And then I think we're going to turn this way and are you

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guys going to lead us in the pledge?

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It's led you lead us to the flag.

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I'm there God.

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You guys did an amazing job.

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Are you going to do? Do you want to turn this way in?

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I need to help people at all times until it

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you

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guys did an amazing job. Thank you. I'm going to give that to you.

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Whereas March 12th, 2024, marks the 112th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the United States of America founded by Julia Daisy Gordon Low in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia.

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In Iraq, it says one of the world's premier youth leadership development organizations has emphasized public service,

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civic engagement, and fostering a sense of community for over a century.

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And whereas Girl Scouts works to champion ambitions, cultivate talents, and develop skills to create leaders in the world.

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And whereas Girl Scouts offer 21st century programming and science, technology, engineering, and math, STEM.

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The outdoors entrepreneurship and beyond developing and valuable life skills, and whereas introduced nearly a century ago, the girls go cookie program remains of

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largest and most successful youth-led business in the world, I get test to, where as, the girls go bronze silver and gold awards, the highest on earth girls go to increase

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or through 12 can earn, acknowledge each recipient's power and dedication to not only

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bettering themselves, but to making the world a better place for others through

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the sustainable take action projects. And whereas, girls, girls and northern Illinois

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serves over 9,000 young members and engages in over 4,000 adult and engages over 4,000 adult

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members in 16 counties in northern Illinois.

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Now, therefore, I, Thomas P. Maximer,

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as a mayor of the city of Rockford,

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do hereby proclaim the week of March 10th through

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the week of March 16th, 2024, as Girl Scout Week.

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So, thank you.

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Okay, big thank you to Southeast Valley,

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service unit of Girl Scouts.

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Thank you for helping us this evening.

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Next, we're going to go to public hearings.

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We do have three public hearings scheduled this evening.

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The first is a public hearing on the request to vacate a portion of right-of-way, an alley

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between Barry Road and Martin Road.

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And I'll turn this hearing over to all the woman, Terena, and I'll also say, I don't like

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you.

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I love you.

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Happy birthday.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I'm not the prophet.

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I can't do it.

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Thank you.

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pursuant to 65, ILCS-5-119-1, a public hearing must be conducted by the corporate authorities

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upon submission of a proposed right-of-way vacation. Notice that this hearing was given

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by publication in the Rockefeller's Starr on February 16, 2024, that notice informed citizens

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of Rockford that the Rockford City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 4,

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2024 at 530 p.m. in city council chambers on the second floor at Rockford City Hall

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located at 425 East-State Street, Waffle and Moe for the consideration of proposed right-of-way vacation

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for the north-south Alley between Berry Road and Martin Road with Kishwaki Street to the east

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and Foley Street to the west. Are there any questions or comments from the council members

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on this vacation? Seeing that there are no questions or comments? Are there any questions or comments

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from the public?

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No questions or comments from the public? The searing is now closed.

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I think you can keep going.

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On move on to the next public hearing, for the right-of-way vacation for the portion

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of Hill Street, west of North Madison Street, ending at the Rock River.

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Person 1 to 65, ILCS 511-91-1, the public hearing must be conducted by the corporate authorities

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upon submission of a proposed right-of-way vacation.

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Notice that this hearing was given by publication in the Rockford Register star on February 16,

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at Notice Inform Citizens of Ruffford at the Ruffford City Council of Public Hearing on Monday, March 4,

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2024 at 530 p.m. in Council chambers on the second floor at Ruffford City Hall located

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at 425 East State Street, Ruffford, Illinois for the consideration of proposed right-of-way

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vacation for the portion of Hill Street, west of North Madison Street, ending at the

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Ruffford River.

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There are any questions or comments on the City Council members on this vacation.

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Seeing that there are no questions or any comments,

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are there any questions or comments from the public?

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There are no questions or comments from the public,

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so this hearing is not closed.

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And finally, we have a public hearing for the proposed

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right-of-way vacation for the portion of Mallbury Street.

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We will come to Bego and Northport Street.

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Person 1-665-ILCS-511-918-1.

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A public hearing must be conducted by the court authorities

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of a proposed right-of-way vacation.

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Notice that this hearing was given by publication in the

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Ruff Writers to Star on February 16, 2024, that notice

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in Forbes citizens of Ruffford City Council will hold

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a public hearing on Monday, March 4, 2024, and 530 PM in

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Council Chambers on the second floor at Ruffford City Hall,

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located at 425 East-State Street,

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Rufffield, Illinois, for the consideration of proposed

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right-of-way vacation for the portion of mulberry street

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between North one of the Bagel Street and North Corps Street.

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Are there any questions or comments from City Council on this vacation?

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Let's see that there's no questions from the Council.

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Are there any questions or comments from the public?

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There are no questions or comments from the public.

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We'll close this hearing as well.

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Thank you, all the warm and trena.

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Next, we're going to go to petitions and communications.

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And we're going to go to planning and development committee and Alderman Dirkie.

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Thank you, Your Honor.

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Under planning development, new committee reports from Roman numeral for A, number one, oops.

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I've got to hit it myself.

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My apologies.

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But this is in communications.

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A1, memorandum from the Fani Magaba City Attorney regarding the extension of an agreement

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between the City of Rockford and Winnevago Home Association.

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For the continued use of 10707 15th Street for the resident officer program.

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Also known as Rockhouse, this will be referred to planning and development.

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At Memorandum from Ifani, Mugadna, City Attorney, regarding the extension of an agreement

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between the City of Rockford and Winnevago Home Association for the continued use of 1-2-3-3

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Revel Avenue for the resident officer program.

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Also known as Rockhouse, this will also be a return referred to planning and development.

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Minderke, next we're going to go to all the women Treenan Code and Regulation Committee.

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Thank you, Roder, I have five items.

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Item number one, a member random from Martin Bloom, Project Manager of Permits and Special Events,

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regarding Upcoming Special Events, which include the Memorial Day Parade, Pars and Coffee,

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Spruce Subday at the Veterans Roundabout in South Maine, Mercado, referred to Code and Regulation Committee.

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Number two, the Fraffer Commission's agenda for the meeting to be held on March 13,

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and minutes from that meeting for consideration at the Code of Regulation Committee meeting on March 25th,

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24, referred to the Code of Regulation Committee.

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Number three, a member ran from Jacob Ruben, Assistant City Attorney regarding the annexation of 612

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for his Avenue, referred to the Code of Regulation Committee.

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Number four, a member ran from Stockhappa Villa planning and zoning manager regarding the request for authorization

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to allow the zoning officer to file text amendments for multiple sections of the zoning ordinance,

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referred to Code of Regulation Committee.

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And lastly, the renewal of SEC-2-407-2E4, the local business adjustments a bit award, please.

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So this, okay. So the bit award, the City of Rock for Code of Orders is to the Code of Regulation Committee for Discussion at its next meeting.

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Thanks.

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Thank you. Next, we're going to go to Finance and Personnel Committee in Alderman Frost.

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Thank you. I don't know if it was a member of the Timothy Pink and City Engineer regarding it.

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There we go.

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We have a member agreement between I.D. for the Burton Street and Canadian Pacific Railroad Crossing.

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Improvements, we've heard a finance and personnel, as well, all remaining on this member.

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Number two is a member of the Timothy Higgins City Engineer regarding the intergovernmental payment with four of her sanitations for the witness to a reconstruction project.

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Number three is a member of the Timothy Higgins regarding a supplemental intergovernmental agreement with I.D. for Alpine voting improvements.

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Number four is memorandum from Timothy Hinkens.

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Regarding the end of government movement,

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with the only state totally authority

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for the East State Street widening project.

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And last in the number five is the memorandum

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of the South Islanders Public Works Director.

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Regarding the agreement with the City of Rockford

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and the Rockford Quarter Improvement Inc.

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for a grant application for school sidewalk improvements.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I do not see a older woman meets here.

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Olderman Frost, would you mind reading

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of legislative and lobbying item.

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Sure. On our legislative and lobbying committee, there's one item.

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It's a member and a member from Nicholas Meyer.

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We will track the renewal of a professional services contract with

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Zaffer government strategies for the city of Rockford's

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2024 lobbying services.

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In this manner, we'll be referred to legislative and lobbying committee.

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Sure. Next, we're going to go to our public speaker.

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There's some microphone on the back loft, as well as the back

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rate of council chambers.

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I want to remind our speakers that you have three minutes to address city council at the conclusion of your three minutes of rather of not just cell phone, alarm, buzz and ask that you close your comments at that time.

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Our first public speaker this evening is Margaret Rather of Rockford.

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Good evening. I'm Margaret Rayther and I am a playwright at Otis on Sombo Theatre here in Rockford.

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How much do you know about Julia Lathripe?

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That question was put to me in 2022 by the League of Women Voters and I answered nothing.

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Wait, isn't there an elementary school called that?

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Let's fast forward.

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I now know a lot about Julia Lathripe because I've written a play about her.

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And this is how that came to pass.

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In 2022, the League of the Local Chapter of the League was celebrating the 100th anniversary of their founding

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by Julia Lacerop who was at that time the first president of the Illinois League and a founder

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of the National League and I was handed a book now out of print called my friend Julia Lacerop

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and it was written by Jane Adams and her I knew I knew who that was. So the book is the basis

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from my play, Julie and Jane which opens this Thursday at Artis Sunsemble Theatre born and raised

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in Rockford, Julia Lacer, first met Jane Adams when they were teenagers at Rockford Females

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Seminary, which is today, Rockford University. Julia moved to Chicago to join Jane at

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Hallhouse where she spent 20 years fighting for immigrant rights and workplace rights and

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women's rights and above all the welfare of children. During this time, she met a seven-year-old

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boy who was serving time in the penitentiary and she was deeply shocked by this and that

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led to her lobbying Springfield to create legislation for separate justice system for children

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under the age of 16 which is how Illinois became the first state in the country to have

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a juvenile court system. Teddy Roosevelt invited Julia later to the White House, the first

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ever White House conference because the topic was the welfare of American children. William

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Our TAF named Julia Laitrip as the first woman ever to head a funeral bureau.

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The newly created children's bureau.

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She was reappointed to that post by two subsequent presidents.

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My play tells the story of two extraordinary women who bickered and laughed and commiserated

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and stood by one another over the course of a 60-year friendship.

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A.E.T. partnered with Midway Village Museum and the League of Women Voters and the

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Rockford Public Library on this project, and I invite everyone on the council to attend

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opening night as our guests.

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What better way to celebrate women's history month than with a play written by a Rockford

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woman, starring two Rockford women as Julie and Jane, two hometown heroines, who marched forth

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and reshaped their world, I hope you will join us this Thursday evening.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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The next public speaker this evening is Ahmed Al-Katawi of the Cal.

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That's a call piece for this.

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If you leave a right there, we'll make sure everyone gets one.

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Thank you.

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Good evening everyone.

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My name is Ahmed and I am a Palestinian from Gaza.

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I am here on a full bright scholarship.

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I'm studying my masters in curriculum and can challenge the WS for social justice.

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I am educated and interhuman rights advocacy.

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I got Navy A and Navy G and English Language and Literature in Gaza.

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My professors have been killed, my university is no longer standing.

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Since I have been in the US I have been trying to save the lives of my family from

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their Israeli ongoing genocide as a leader and a change maker.

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For 17 years under suffocating siege, as a survivor of five major Israeli aggregations under

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bombings I was escaped vulnerable alone and a clinging to hope that at any moment bombings

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might stop.

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But it didn't.

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My family has been surviving their Israeli genocide and relentless bombings at the moment

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for more than 140 days. For 75 years, we have been subjected to systematic ethnic cleansing,

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under occupation, sector colonialism, other side, and of vision, since the knock-buff

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1948, of in which Israel was created.

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During the genocide, my family are now to food. My niece got injured. My in-laws were bombed,

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and my sister couldn't celebrate her wedding as her fiancée got killed by an Israeli bombing.

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My non-anothered, the medicine needed to maintain her health, with the chronic diabetes. My sister

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had two releases five years old and seven months are dismissed. The home that my family

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is filtering in was affected, windows got broken and worlds cracked. Did the intensity

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of the bombings nearby? I must contact with my family with no internet connection for months.

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My extended family was displaced, under bombings, through the south. For filtering,

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claiming it was a safe zone and it was under relentless bombings. Did they know that

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the U.S. sins were $3 billion for Israel's weapons and military-to-kill

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more Palestinians that you know that Israel has universal health care that we are paying for.

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But we people living in Northern Illinois is subject to get adequate health care, a subject

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to live our lives with our student debt, increasing inflation and cost of living, mean while

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we are sending 4 billion dollars a year to a country that has a free universal health care.

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In Rockford alone, our tax dollars of our 2 million of our tax dollars a year go to funding

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Israel's military, which has killed over 30,000 people in Gaza so far.

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We are here to date to start a convainter with a brush on a new, to best assemble

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axis fire resolution, like so many other cities across the United States have done,

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the work of brush on our visitant and Congress, to show that the people do not want our

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tax dollars being used in this way to aid a genocide, and we demand a court for a ceasefire

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and into the seagundrasa and into the deliberate distribution in the north, in the occupation

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and allow safe humanitarian aid message through the crossing borders on the ground.

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How many of us are human enough for you to quote for I cease fire?

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Our next public speaker this evening is Mr. Kenneth Dickens of Rockford.

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I'd like to say that gentlemen, that's just folk.

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We hear you because everybody in America does not agree with what's going on.

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And it's not just about taxpayer money. It's about humanity.

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It's about humanity.

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And when you dehumanize the people, as a black man in America, trust me, I understand what being dehumanized means.

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But you're treated like an animal.

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When you were called three-fifths, I human being.

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I understand.

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I understand.

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Now, I mention everybody on the ultimate in the American application.

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And, like I said, less than I came here for the last two years, I asked the city for an

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application for the regrow grant, because it was acknowledged fundamentally that the

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war in drugs was literally a war in black people, namely black men, and the black nuclear

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family.

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This is common knowledge today in America.

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Nixon is caught on record and said, I know that this is a deliberate attempt targeting

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like America, families.

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But the complicit, the amount of complicit,

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if now's went to this, it doesn't hurt me or crush me. I accept you. I acknowledge it.

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I'm not even shocked by it. No one came forward and said, hey, can I help you? No one.

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But that's okay because this recording as well as I be other recording at some point will be my

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proof that I did ask and then no one answered me.

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That's why I provided you all the applications so that when your constituents do call that you

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nobody in here can say I never got it, I don't have one, I gave it to you, I printed it out,

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I had the only copy for the last two years and I asked for one because there was a legal obligation

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of my city to not ignore me, as one black man in America, I don't stand here by myself.

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I still only here representing a couple hundred people that were incarcerated and had felonies

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that were waiting for this. They're just, I'm just the front man, so to speak.

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But I'm here to speak to that about we are not invisible. The black vote this year,

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because it is an election year, we're not invisible. I know that there were public and party

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Democratic Party and many instances are saying, yeah, at some point you said Black Lives Matter, we're saying collectively, no, it doesn't.

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That's why we're going to extend incarceration and the conviction rate so that it's extended for now violent crimes.

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That's why we're building more supermax prisons.

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That's why we're going to make your life a living hell as a people.

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Because slavery is very lucrative in America under the 13th Amendment, and we'd like more of you in prison.

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That's what America is saying to Black people.

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So again, so that we went under the sign of my voice at some point someone can answer me

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and not ignore me because I'm not invisible.

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Where's the big real great money?

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I'm not asking for the application anymore because I gave it to you.

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Thank you, Mr. Dickens.

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Time's up.

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Thank you.

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The next public speaker this evening, if you can give me one second.

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This is not working volume-wise for my apologies.

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Next public speaker this evening is Prof. Euseff of Rockford.

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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and the book of Psalms, the hundred twenty first chapter, the first set of second verse.

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This says, I look to the heels which come from my help.

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My help comes from the Lord, who may have an inner.

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What I want to speak about tonight, the power of focus.

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Isn't that focus, focus?

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This is all about focus.

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I loved the story about the day hall of things baseball player and home-run King Hank Aaron came to back in the All-Slaw game.

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Yogi there, the great Yankees capture, was catching.

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Yogi loved the talk to hit, to hit us, to distract them.

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I used to do that myself when I was a catch.

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You get behind that hitter and say stuff like big man, little stick.

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You act as a manager, mama.

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You play with his mind and talk to him.

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Yogi there was great at that.

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So when Hank Aaron came to that yogi started in,

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Hank, you're holding your back the wrong way.

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You should be able to read the lady.

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Hank Aaron just kept his focus on the picture.

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And then say anything, yogi barbers out of the way.

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Trying to get Hank Aaron to worry about

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when the lady on his back was instead of concentrating

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on the picture.

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Finally, Hank Aaron had heard of,

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yogi said, I didn't come up here to read.

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I came up here to hear that's keeping your focus and concentration what it needs to be.

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Me and my had that kind of focus. He didn't let anything distract him. He was about God's agenda.

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He knew what he had then called to do. How about you? If something is distracting you from what God

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wouldn't you to do, put it behind you to the, oh, I'm glad you hear the night, Miss Colore.

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I didn't want to tell you this for a long time.

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And I'm going to get it off my chest tonight.

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I don't like you.

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I love you and you can't do nothing about it.

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Happy birthday to you.

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Happy birthday to you.

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Happy birthday, Miss Colour.

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Happy birthday to you.

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Thank you for allowing me to speak.

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Thank you.

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Our next public speaker this evening is Mr.

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John Tape.

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Friendly of Rockford.

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Larry, I'm not going there.

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I'll be personally.

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I'll see if this is a rock for the Lord.

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I'm going to detour for what I normally want to talk about and that was called name.

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I'm going to speak on what I spoke on for Black History.

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Jimison Chap, Jimison Chap 28, the son of Abraham.

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His two sons was Israel and Israel.

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Israel, both the sons of Isaac, which is the son of Abraham.

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I asked a big question that no one had yet to ask them.

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When the most religious Jews are the Israel,

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why did he promise the Palestinian, the Nukh and Hunan and mainland?

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The second thing I asked, what was on, what was on the Palestinian line,

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when they decided to go into Israel, kill 300 people,

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rate, murder, and be able to take 200 and 50 back to $2,000, not realize in the consequences

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of the actions that didn't think they should be generated with the most powerful weapon in

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the world with the most lit and the best.

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Military, firepower, and the world, we're going to strike back. If you walk into my house and you kill my brother and not sister, I'm coming back. And my family members coming back. There should be another way of dialogue with the power of students, and the Jews, and suddenly they just wish them, instead of what John was doing right here, you taught my genocide. The genocide was committed when you walk into the Israel land. I'm going to go back to where I'm going to talk about.

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Carly, they see it, they want to share it down.

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Four years ago, if it wasn't for Carly, given the drugs, I mean, given after scripting

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for those that are drugs, and if it wasn't for her, not calling her door, two fellas that

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came to a rockford, would not have been captured with the two million dollars that Rockford

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that why not help Cardi?

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Cardi, you don't have the brains to start a little grant

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and what and show you are a renewed kind of point.

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We don't have the brains to start a grant,

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but you read a grassroots organization

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that's out there on the ground,

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able to touch other people that the system came to touch.

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We talk about the patient justice cylinder.

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Crimes you not happen on the five to nine.

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Crimes you not happen on the take a heart of jail.

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Crimes happen.

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365 days out of year, prostitution, domestic violence,

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enshared, criminal crime happen,

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365 days out of year, 24 said,

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colleague place here to be said now,

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would you show your testimony of money and help,

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build her place up, so she can reach some of the people

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that the system can never reach,

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and that I'm going to earn my speech,

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because I have some left I want to talk about,

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we need to learn the work,

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and I'm getting coming back and talking about DCSL.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Thank you, too.

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All of our public speakers this evening.

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Next, we're going to go to new committee reports, and we'll go to

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Planning and Development and all the render.

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Thank you, Your Honor.

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There are four items under new committee reports.

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Roman numeral 6A.

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Number one, committee recommends approval of the proposed funding agreement

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with Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois,

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with the establishment of an Excel Center.

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and the costs related to capital improvements, renovations, and upgrades at 808 West Riverside Boulevard,

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and the amount of $600,000 utilizing our POP revenue replacement funds.

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The legal director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

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Number two, the committee recommends approval of the proposed funding agreement

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with International Women's Baseball Center for the Field and Capital Improvements at 3115th Avenue

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in the amount of $400,000 utilizing ARPA Revenue Replacement Funds, the Legal Directors

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shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

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Number three, committee recommends approval of the proposed market service agreement with

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Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for made for Rockford Campaign Phase 2.

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In the amount of $200,000 for two years, a hunt which is $100,000 annually, utilizing

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The legal director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance, number four, community recommends

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approval of an agreement between the city of Rockford and sci-fi networks, Rockford,

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LLC, for smart city and managed services, the legal director shall prepare the appropriate

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ordinances.

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Thank you, Alderman Durkey.

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Council, we have four items before us, is there any discussion on those four items?

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Alderman Durkey?

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Thank you, Your Honor.

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It raised this issue in committee meetings, and that was a number one, the Goodwill

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Industries of Northern Illinois, and Wisconsin State Line.

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And that was when the proposal, I think it was number three, number three, and some

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purposes for supporting good will industries.

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The opera funds were meant to reimburse or replace

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lost revenue among different organizations.

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And I had questioned that at the time. I voted

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in favor of it, because I think goodwill does some good work.

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But in reviewing some of their tax data, goodwill industries actually through ARPA, the revenue

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increased, their filings in 2022, the revenue was 41 million, $103.22.

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sense.

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Of their expenses, I did note that their executive director makes close to $280,000 a year.

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221, 38 million dollars, 276 in revenue, and 20, 20, 20, 31 million dollars in revenue.

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20, 19, 27 million dollars in revenue.

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So in the course, since 2019, the revenue went from $27,000, $51,715 to $41 million.

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That's hardly, I don't see how they were affected at all by COVID in fact as I suspected

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and said in committee, I thought they probably did better because of their need, what

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they supply and their needs and utilization in the community during that time.

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I know they expense out a lot of things and they give away and they do a lot of programs,

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But they're net revenues or averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million.

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So unfortunately, I can't support the use of taxpayer money to an organization that actually

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is doing very well.

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I mean, we had a lot of businesses restaurants among them that suffered through this.

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And I think the $600,000 would go better to another organization.

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The other question I had is, if anybody knows, are they vacating Whitman and church?

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Are they going to vacate something that was built for them some years ago and moving to another space?

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Because that would almost seem a further, I don't know why they would do that.

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That would seem to be a kind of a waste of money.

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If they're vacated in that space, using taxpayer dollars to revenue another space, and my understanding is that may be happening.

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So is there anybody can explain part two? Part one is evident in their form 990 filings, which I'm looking at.

455
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:23,660
So those numbers are real based on their 990 filings.

456
00:37:25,260 --> 00:37:28,780
So what's the question that you'd like to answer?

457
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,460
What is the question that you would like to answer?

458
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,000
One of the questions that I have is are they vacating Whitman and Church?

459
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:43,460
In other words, are they using taxpayer money to vacate a property that they already own that is sufficient for their needs

460
00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:46,660
and moving somewhere else using taxpayer money?

461
00:37:47,380 --> 00:37:51,660
And then secondly, they ask the question, why did they need taxpayer money?

462
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:59,560
Why don't we give it to other applicants whose businesses have taken a hit when theirs

463
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,640
has not taken an economic hit during COVID?

464
00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:09,900
Okay, so first, no, they are not vacating their office location.

465
00:38:10,540 --> 00:38:16,040
Currently, a Whitman Street, they rent on that street.

466
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:22,060
that was not built for them. It was office space. It was, I believe, U.S. bank at one point,

467
00:38:22,820 --> 00:38:26,340
but that building has been there. Law and before goodwill was there, but they are not going

468
00:38:26,340 --> 00:38:34,820
to vacate that. Second is we are putting money towards the capital of law and with the federal

469
00:38:34,820 --> 00:38:42,680
government, and I believe potentially even the county, and they are also putting in the majority

470
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:47,400
have the money towards the capital, and then they're also taking on the ongoing expense

471
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:54,840
of the Excel Center, which is roughly approximately $3 million a year. And for those

472
00:38:54,840 --> 00:39:00,940
who aren't aware, an Excel Center provides high school diplomas, provides free child care

473
00:39:00,940 --> 00:39:06,200
and job placement assistance to individuals who utilize those services.

474
00:39:09,020 --> 00:39:13,160
It's just a matter of record, the director of Goodwill is your brother-in-law, correct?

475
00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:15,340
Thank you.

476
00:39:18,260 --> 00:39:18,840
Alderman Frost?

477
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:19,140
Yeah.

478
00:39:19,140 --> 00:39:20,780
With respect to the Excel Center.

479
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:25,980
If I'm not mistaken, that's going into the former North Town Mall.

480
00:39:25,980 --> 00:39:29,640
I think location, more gossipsons, furniture used to be.

481
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:35,380
And that space will be used specifically for the Excel Center, is that correct?

482
00:39:36,180 --> 00:39:36,440
Okay.

483
00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:37,900
Thank you.

484
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:40,780
Other one weeks?

485
00:39:41,740 --> 00:39:49,880
So I can't really speak to what the additional programming was, because the conversation that I had was quite a while ago.

486
00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:58,400
But I am fully aware of many more additional programs that have been added to Goodwill in the Rockford area.

487
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:04,680
So to only have one side of the story and only talk about the revenue and not talk about the expenses,

488
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:11,000
I think is a little bit, you know, possibly dangerous conversations, but I just want to

489
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,300
kind of put that out there because there were things that were added, probably, you

490
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:21,560
know, possibly because of COVID and things of that nature that we are here now at this

491
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:21,920
point.

492
00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:26,140
So, I still think it's a good effort that we want to put forth in this community.

493
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:32,160
I think that it's working in many other communities and I think it's a helpful hand that

494
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,320
we can offer as a city.

495
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,000
So, thank you.

496
00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:37,280
Well, they're in Turkey.

497
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,780
To respond, I did give you the revenue.

498
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:46,900
I told you the expenses and acknowledged that the expenses were good because they do

499
00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:53,000
a good service in the community and I gave you their average net income off of that total revenue.

500
00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:55,580
And the question is not any of that.

501
00:40:55,580 --> 00:41:01,940
The question is, the utilization of taxpayer dollars to do this when it appears that they have

502
00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:03,680
an adequate funding stream.

503
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:12,960
The purpose of ARPA is to replace lost revenue from from businesses that's suffered during

504
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:13,360
COVID.

505
00:41:13,420 --> 00:41:18,020
That's the intent of the taxpayer money for clarity.

506
00:41:19,580 --> 00:41:21,900
That is one of the intent, Olderman Rose.

507
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:28,160
Yeah, I was just going to make note that it is one of the intent of the ARPA money.

508
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:38,440
It's also to address the conditions that COVID had created, which is young people facing extreme

509
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:46,020
hardship throughout COVID and not being able to essentially get their degrees.

510
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:57,340
A lot of young people had to face hardship by going to work and dropping out of school.

511
00:41:57,340 --> 00:42:05,280
And so, that is one of those issues that I believe that goodwill is a dressing in our community.

512
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:10,020
And I think that it was an issue that was created by COVID.

513
00:42:10,820 --> 00:42:12,900
And so, it does meet that guideline.

514
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,120
If we look at it just from that strict definition that was given,

515
00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:19,740
it's not just for businesses either.

516
00:42:20,060 --> 00:42:23,160
It's for any organization, non-for-profits,

517
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:33,100
government institutions, the, basically any organization that has had to address the issues from COVID.

518
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:35,400
Other discussion?

519
00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:37,940
Holderman Durkey, again.

520
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:51,360
And just a, another question or reminder or concern that I had with the money to RACVB, the $200,000.

521
00:42:51,360 --> 00:43:05,640
It did raise this issue of where we're funding this organization to push Rockford and in a

522
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:11,640
lot of stuff we get from our CVB is somewhat boilerplate, meaning they put out statistics

523
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:18,740
and it's hard to grapple with if it's their effort, somebody else's effort or other things,

524
00:43:18,740 --> 00:43:23,380
But tangible results and outcomes, you know, one of the things I

525
00:43:23,380 --> 00:43:24,940
continue to look at is sports court.

526
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:26,940
I mean, sports factory downtown.

527
00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:29,820
So I raised that issue.

528
00:43:30,580 --> 00:43:36,840
Mr. Grove did send me a rubric regarding what they

529
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,260
intended if their best efforts to measure effectiveness.

530
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,740
But I think it's something that we need to pay attention

531
00:43:43,740 --> 00:43:53,740
to that. It may come time for us to put this out for bid and get. Give somebody another

532
00:43:53,740 --> 00:44:00,340
crack at it if we really don't see some good results. I think RICVV does a pretty good job,

533
00:44:00,540 --> 00:44:07,560
but somewhere along the line the good intention money or a good program that's well intended needs

534
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:15,100
to show some kind of results, eventually that's not just basically a boiler plate report that

535
00:44:15,100 --> 00:44:15,580
we get.

536
00:44:15,900 --> 00:44:16,580
Thank you, Herrera.

537
00:44:17,300 --> 00:44:17,660
Absolutely.

538
00:44:18,340 --> 00:44:23,480
And just for Council, just actually, this coming weekend, there'll be 400, or I'm sorry,

539
00:44:23,580 --> 00:44:30,460
there'll be 275 teams utilizing the 16 courts down at the sports factory as well as 18 courts

540
00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:37,440
out at Mercy utilizing 1500 hotel rooms with 4,000 guests with an economic impact of

541
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,720
for 134,000 just for the one tournament this weekend.

542
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:42,160
Other discussion?

543
00:44:43,300 --> 00:44:43,900
Holder and Tumberg.

544
00:44:44,380 --> 00:44:44,780
Thank you, Mayor.

545
00:44:45,740 --> 00:44:54,360
I'd just like to make clear if there is no indication whatsoever that goodwill has made

546
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:59,980
any mention or notion that they will be vacating that bill.

547
00:45:03,790 --> 00:45:12,510
Okay, and that is a concern of mine, of course, being they are in the third ward and they do take up multiple

548
00:45:12,510 --> 00:45:20,250
floors of that space and it would be, it would definitely have an effect on that immediate

549
00:45:20,250 --> 00:45:28,490
area with vacating that space and in a building that we don't need sit vacant.

550
00:45:29,790 --> 00:45:30,590
Agreed.

551
00:45:31,030 --> 00:45:32,330
All the one in the mix.

552
00:45:33,430 --> 00:45:40,250
Can I ask what was the original purpose of the RACVB's Maiden Rafford campaign?

553
00:45:41,070 --> 00:45:42,790
Yes, Mr. Kajene?

554
00:45:48,220 --> 00:45:48,780
I'm good.

555
00:45:49,140 --> 00:45:49,600
Good, Mayor.

556
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:51,000
Thank you.

557
00:45:51,180 --> 00:45:56,200
So the original made for Rockford Marketing Program began in 2021.

558
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:03,120
And it was to highlight the assets of the city of Rockford not only to our own residents,

559
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:07,580
but also the greater region in Midwest.

560
00:46:08,580 --> 00:46:15,220
And that marketing was to highlight those activities to support

561
00:46:15,220 --> 00:46:22,800
our businesses and talent attraction to the city of Rockford as well as for businesses and

562
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:29,360
individuals to move to Rockford. Certainly a much more comprehensive discussion than that.

563
00:46:30,140 --> 00:46:34,380
And they worked with a number of HR departments as well as private sector businesses and

564
00:46:34,380 --> 00:46:44,420
putting together a program and effective strategy to reach out to regional media, which resulted in

565
00:46:44,420 --> 00:46:46,660
a number of stories of positive attention.

566
00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:49,180
This is something that has been discussed

567
00:46:49,780 --> 00:46:53,700
on an office of region for a significant amount of time.

568
00:46:55,220 --> 00:46:57,580
At a point in the media,

569
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,760
where it's easy to have negative articles,

570
00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:03,880
we want to make sure we're highlighting the positive

571
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:04,880
of the rockford,

572
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,080
and that those are also getting regional national attention

573
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:08,860
whenever possible.

574
00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:19,760
So, do does this campaign help to alleviate some of the negative attention that Rockford is getting out in the world?

575
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:23,500
In the short answer, yes.

576
00:47:24,140 --> 00:47:34,400
I think when you're out there marketing your positive attributes of a community, you have the opportunity for individuals to report on that and discuss it.

577
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:45,480
And then just to kind of understand the correlation between kind of like sports teams coming into our community,

578
00:47:46,020 --> 00:47:50,260
how does this campaign relate to that kind of activity?

579
00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:57,480
That I do believe is that the work of the RACVB or did the RACVB just kind of take this on

580
00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:59,720
because nobody else was doing it.

581
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:06,000
So I would say that the made for Rockford campaign complements their other work, but it is

582
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:15,960
different work than what their core activity is related to tourism related marketing and

583
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:19,940
helping bring sports events to the community.

584
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:21,500
Certainly they don't do that alone.

585
00:48:22,420 --> 00:48:26,280
They do that with partners throughout the community, including the Rockford Park District,

586
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:37,060
the hotel industry within the city as well and understanding their significant knowledge of our community,

587
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:44,680
our community assets, the thought was that they would be an organization that would be appropriate to take this on.

588
00:48:45,380 --> 00:48:55,560
As we looked at best practices and other communities, it's not uncommon that this type of activity would be done by a CVB type organization.

589
00:48:56,740 --> 00:48:57,880
Thank you.

590
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:02,100
I can add actually tomorrow, myself,

591
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:08,000
the local president of, I should say, the site present

592
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:15,040
for Woodward, John Grow, and I are meeting with University of Illinois College of Medicine,

593
00:49:15,380 --> 00:49:21,320
Rose Grants, the Foundation, Community Foundation, Rapid Public Schools, Mercy Health, OSF,

594
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:27,000
common zero space in UW Health because we don't want to do this just alone or just with

595
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:30,580
what word it should be also led by the business community.

596
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:38,500
One of the pillars of the new Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce is kind of branding

597
00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:40,220
and talent attraction.

598
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:43,940
Other than fraud.

599
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:44,400
Thanks.

600
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:48,280
If I can just comment a little bit on this issue, one I am on the board.

601
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:56,300
But to Alderman Treen and I were on the committee when the city rockford redeveloped

602
00:49:56,300 --> 00:50:02,180
redesigned our webpage and that process took a significant amount of time in duration

603
00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:02,720
of time.

604
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:10,300
And the city itself really doesn't have a department or marketing division or could put

605
00:50:10,300 --> 00:50:17,100
it on or IT director because that's far beyond that preview to actually once the webpage is

606
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:22,580
drive people to the web page and then drive people to our community which can take on

607
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:28,340
it frankly is a full-time job. So if I'm not mistaken, I don't believe it says

608
00:50:28,340 --> 00:50:32,300
if we're getting a check to the RACVB and it's their money. I believe

609
00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:37,880
we're utilizing a lot of their insight and professional services with vendors

610
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:42,580
in a variety way that they have a relationship with, at the same time,

611
00:50:42,580 --> 00:50:49,200
they're working with them to promote rockford in the activities such as sports venues and restaurants

612
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:55,420
and restaurant week and things that they do out of no basis, what these funds are used

613
00:50:55,420 --> 00:51:02,540
specifically to hopefully market and invest in the city of Rockford's marketing efforts to drive

614
00:51:02,540 --> 00:51:07,260
people here for variety of reasons, not just sports things like that.

615
00:51:08,020 --> 00:51:15,680
accurate. And as older men know, we have a director of communications with a staff of zero.

616
00:51:16,580 --> 00:51:22,920
And I would say I think older men do her keys apt to point out, you know, I think it was during committee.

617
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:31,560
He may have pointed out that certain I should say older men on the first word pointed out that there's a certain percentage went to vendors.

618
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:38,760
And any campaign that you do, as all of you have done, you put more outlay in the beginning

619
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:42,320
on your marketing efforts with creating the brand, the logo and things of that nature,

620
00:51:42,420 --> 00:51:47,820
and then you can start actually allocating those dollars further to those areas that you're targeting.

621
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:53,260
But yes, it's also certainly not to just attract me to sports agreements, for sure.

622
00:51:54,180 --> 00:51:55,000
Any other comments?

623
00:51:56,340 --> 00:52:02,080
I think you're going to, I use this for specs, or you just an example, I know there's

624
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:09,100
other things that go on, but it also, I know that when we gave this money, they partly

625
00:52:09,100 --> 00:52:16,700
sub, some of this stuff, how originally, and that sort of peaked my concern is if they're

626
00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:23,420
using an outside vendor's wine that's just contract with an outside vendor at some point.

627
00:52:23,420 --> 00:52:25,680
So, I get what's going on.

628
00:52:25,820 --> 00:52:34,180
I support the utilization of funds, but like I said, sooner or later, something's got a

629
00:52:34,180 --> 00:52:40,020
float of us that says that this is going to be effective rather than clicks on a website.

630
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:43,280
So, I was so, well, I hope they do it.

631
00:52:43,620 --> 00:52:44,920
You know, I don't want them to fail.

632
00:52:45,940 --> 00:52:46,560
That's for sure.

633
00:52:46,740 --> 00:52:50,860
I want them to be horribly successful, so I'm in support of the funding.

634
00:52:50,860 --> 00:52:54,460
That's good to hear. Other questions.

635
00:52:56,790 --> 00:52:57,970
Clerk, can you please call the roll?

636
00:52:58,350 --> 00:52:59,070
Dirkie.

637
00:52:59,390 --> 00:53:00,630
No, I'm one. I am the rest.

638
00:53:02,820 --> 00:53:03,000
Logan.

639
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:03,720
Aye.

640
00:53:05,060 --> 00:53:05,500
Tudor.

641
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:10,140
Brost.

642
00:53:11,460 --> 00:53:12,220
Torena.

643
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:14,600
Coffman.

644
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:16,260
Rose.

645
00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:17,700
Beach.

646
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:19,660
Barrios.

647
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:20,280
Aye.

648
00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:21,060
Bailey.

649
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:22,200
I'm sorry, Minks.

650
00:53:24,250 --> 00:53:24,430
Bailey.

651
00:53:25,590 --> 00:53:25,690
Aye.

652
00:53:26,850 --> 00:53:31,670
1. Item number 1, 11 is, 1, no, items 2, 3, 4, 12 is.

653
00:53:32,210 --> 00:53:35,090
Excellent. Thank you. Next, we're going to go to Code and Regulation Committee and

654
00:53:35,090 --> 00:53:35,810
Aldervom and Trainer.

655
00:53:38,780 --> 00:53:40,400
Thank you, Ronald. I have 11 items.

656
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,760
Number 1, the committee recommends sustaining the traffic commissions approval to establish

657
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:50,460
a no-parking any time restriction on a north side of Baric Dryer from where road to

658
00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:53,660
Reef Farm Road, equals Director Shopprepare the appropriate ordinance.

659
00:53:53,660 --> 00:54:07,760
Number two, the committee recommends sustaining the traffic permissions of approval to establish a no parking any time restriction on both sides of Y-sharp drive from Bear drive to 50 feet north of Bear drive, the legal director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

660
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:17,880
Number three, committee recommends approval of the request to vacate a portion of the right-of-way alley between Berry Road and Martin Road, the legal director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

661
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:21,760
Number four, the committee recommends approval of the request to vacate a portion of

662
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,860
Hill Street from Madison Street to the Rock River.

663
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,080
The legal director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

664
00:54:26,940 --> 00:54:30,240
Number five, the committee recommends approval of the request to vacate a portion of

665
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:34,620
Mulberry Street from Court Street to the legal director shall prepare the appropriate

666
00:54:34,620 --> 00:54:35,160
ordinance.

667
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:40,620
Number six, the committee recommends approval of the variation to allow parking in front

668
00:54:40,620 --> 00:54:45,380
of the building and the variation to reduce the parking lot set back from 10 feet to 5 feet.

669
00:54:45,380 --> 00:54:51,400
The designated pedestrian street in the C4 are remixed to zoning district at 99 East State Street.

670
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:55,080
Thus, reversing the zoning ward with appeals recommendations and item,

671
00:54:55,500 --> 00:54:58,520
subject to conditions, the legal director of the appropriate ordinance.

672
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:05,260
Number seven, the committee recommends the city in the zoning ward of local approval for a special use permit for

673
00:55:05,260 --> 00:55:11,660
outdoor storage for passenger vehicles in conjunction with an auto body shop and an I1 light industrial zoning district

674
00:55:11,660 --> 00:55:16,380
at 3238 West State Street, subject to conditions, the legal director's shop or career

675
00:55:16,380 --> 00:55:17,500
of the appropriate ordinance.

676
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:21,500
Number eight, the committee recommends sustaining the zoning board of appeals recommendations

677
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:27,660
of approval for the special use permit for outdoor trailer parking and denial, the outdoor

678
00:55:27,660 --> 00:55:32,600
storage of recycling overflow materials in an I1, light industrial zoning district,

679
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:38,340
F-1505, F-1507, Kishwaki Street, subject to conditions, legal director's shop or career

680
00:55:38,340 --> 00:55:39,420
the appropriate ordinance.

681
00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:45,100
Number 9, the committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals approval for the special

682
00:55:45,100 --> 00:55:49,700
experiment for the installation of a solar farm, free standing solar panel racks and

683
00:55:49,700 --> 00:55:56,140
solar panels, and an I-1 light industrial zoning district, F-5529, Honeyham Road, subject

684
00:55:56,140 --> 00:55:58,820
to conditions illegal direction of apparently appropriate ordinance.

685
00:55:59,460 --> 00:56:03,200
Number 10, the committee makes no recommendations as to the licoron tobacco advisory

686
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:07,520
was approval for the field tobacco products in conjunction with the gas station in the

687
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:14,420
and a C3 General Commercial Zoning District at 1344 East State Street, subject to conditions,

688
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:16,620
the Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

689
00:56:17,580 --> 00:56:21,080
Number 11, the committee recommends sustaining the licorice of the Faculty of Advisory

690
00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:25,300
Awards approval for the sale of PACS liquor and the sale of tobacco products and

691
00:56:25,300 --> 00:56:28,980
conjunction with the gas station and convenience store and a C3 General Commercial Zoning

692
00:56:28,980 --> 00:56:31,480
District at 87 East State Street.

693
00:56:31,700 --> 00:56:34,880
Subjects and conditions, the Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

694
00:56:37,700 --> 00:56:38,900
Thank you.

695
00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:41,880
Does there any discussion on the 11 items before us?

696
00:56:43,260 --> 00:56:43,940
Aldermen Bonne?

697
00:56:44,540 --> 00:56:45,500
Thank you, Mayor.

698
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:49,880
With respect to number six, we spent a considerable amount of time.

699
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:55,940
Last week, committee talking about this, I don't want to retrid too much of that

700
00:56:55,940 --> 00:57:04,000
ground, but I did want to convey that I had asked for an opinion from the chief of police

701
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:13,380
on this issue, and Chief Red contacted me Friday to indicate that she concurred with the staff

702
00:57:13,380 --> 00:57:20,340
recommendation to oppose this curb cut for the redevelopment of the news tower, cited

703
00:57:20,340 --> 00:57:27,660
concerns with traffic flow, traffic congestion, especially around the 5 o'clock hour Monday

704
00:57:27,660 --> 00:57:34,740
through Friday there was, we were told that there had been a survey conducted by the river

705
00:57:34,740 --> 00:57:43,660
district and that the downtown businesses supported over, I believe, the exact word, but

706
00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:49,700
led to believe overwhelmingly supported this, and I have talked to five downtown business

707
00:57:49,700 --> 00:57:54,100
owners who never received the survey from the river district.

708
00:57:55,500 --> 00:58:13,180
One of them indicated that the same C4's pedestrian zone that in C4's zoning, that would prevent

709
00:58:13,180 --> 00:58:20,280
this curb cotton unless we make an exception, would prevent putting tables out on the same

710
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:26,140
section of East State Street for outdoor dining, and wonders if we're going to make an allowance.

711
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:34,500
In this case, would we reconsider that, and, you know, I feel like again, the difference

712
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:39,560
is, you know, we're, I mean, the argument was made that we're not being business friendly,

713
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:45,100
but sometimes, you know, we're big business friendly, maybe, and not small business friendly.

714
00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:57,800
I also spoke with the developer and asked the question if it was simply looking at a situation

715
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:07,180
where if this curb cut is not granted that there would be the loss of a tenant and

716
00:59:07,180 --> 00:59:14,840
at least that wasn't going to get executed or rather, if the, if the, if the, if the,

717
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:21,540
um, we're being told that, in fact, the entire, uh, redevelopment of the news tower collapses.

718
00:59:21,740 --> 00:59:26,080
And the answer was the entire redevelopment of the news tower collapses.

719
00:59:26,340 --> 00:59:33,100
That was also told by the developer that he thinks are staff who put forward the recommendation

720
00:59:33,100 --> 00:59:35,220
to deny this should be fired.

721
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:40,180
And again, we have a traffic engineer

722
00:59:40,180 --> 00:59:41,800
or building in zoning officer.

723
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:44,960
The chief of police and the ZBA,

724
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:49,460
who have all said that they think this is a bad idea.

725
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,080
And I think that we have, again,

726
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:58,400
I think we, you know, perhaps the decision we made

727
00:59:58,400 --> 00:59:59,980
with the redevelopment of bark.

728
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:18,140
We were threatened that if we were as the council to require a labor agreement that they oppose, that they would walk, is now a template for big business to threaten us, that the deal collapses every time they don't get what they want.

729
01:00:18,140 --> 01:00:25,700
I don't believe that that's the case here, especially when, by their own admission, the developers

730
01:00:25,700 --> 01:00:32,660
have acknowledged, acknowledges that we're not saying that we, we're not, are actually,

731
01:00:32,780 --> 01:00:38,300
if we were to support the staff recommendation, we're not saying that we're not denying

732
01:00:38,300 --> 01:00:44,260
valley parking, we're just denying valley parking that exits on to state, and by their own admission,

733
01:00:44,260 --> 01:00:52,060
and they could have LA parking that exists under chestnut instead, and the difference, according

734
01:00:52,060 --> 01:01:02,780
to Mr. Camp of Villa, is about a 40-foot walk to the main entrance of the current main

735
01:01:02,780 --> 01:01:09,800
entrance of the old register star building. Again, we're not, and we're also not privy

736
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:21,300
to who this tenant perspective of tenant is that requires this curb cut in order to sign

737
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:30,300
a lease, but I'm just left to assume that what we're really being asked is to make

738
01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:31,580
a political accommodation,

739
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:36,940
and I'm not necessarily opposed to that, but I'm opposed to

740
01:01:36,940 --> 01:01:41,120
doing it and we don't know who we're making the political accommodation for.

741
01:01:41,980 --> 01:01:44,180
So I'm going to be voting against this.

742
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:45,160
Thank you.

743
01:01:45,500 --> 01:01:46,160
Thank you.

744
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:51,260
And just for clarification, all businesses downtown were not surveyed.

745
01:01:51,260 --> 01:01:52,700
Nor was that what was said.

746
01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:58,220
For clarification, the river district board was surveyed.

747
01:01:58,220 --> 01:02:01,940
And they came back with the overwhelming support of it.

748
01:02:01,940 --> 01:02:04,080
We have other hands up here.

749
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:06,080
Holder, Martin, did you have your end up?

750
01:02:07,220 --> 01:02:07,860
Thank you, Mayor.

751
01:02:08,020 --> 01:02:09,640
Thank you for clarifying that.

752
01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:14,200
I think I was on the impression too that it was the businesses that were surveyed.

753
01:02:14,460 --> 01:02:17,080
I thought that's what was conveyed to me.

754
01:02:19,420 --> 01:02:27,780
Again, as I pointed out, previous meeting that there are much larger urban areas than Rockford,

755
01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:29,140
believe it or not.

756
01:02:29,140 --> 01:02:41,140
And they have much more traffic and a particular traffic and much more pedestrian traffic than we do downtown, unfortunately, they do.

757
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:51,440
But as we continue to put resources and energy into making downtown the center of our city,

758
01:02:53,660 --> 01:02:58,280
this is so commonplace in other cities.

759
01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:05,100
I understand that we have an ordinance right now as it stands and that's why we need a variation.

760
01:03:06,620 --> 01:03:14,580
I have great respect for our traffic department and those who serve in it, including our zoning department and our chief of police.

761
01:03:16,260 --> 01:03:22,800
Our zoning and planning department are going by what the ordinances at present.

762
01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:26,720
And that, of course, it is what it is.

763
01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:29,960
So they have to, you know, maybe not have to,

764
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:34,680
but they're probably going obviously by the present ordinance,

765
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:37,520
and that would be a recommendation of denial.

766
01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:41,660
And that's why we're here debating this,

767
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:47,240
because we have to come into situations

768
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:50,960
where we're confronted with coming up with

769
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:56,800
experiences and such to our existing ordinances to accommodate certain situations.

770
01:03:57,620 --> 01:03:59,100
And this is case and point.

771
01:04:00,740 --> 01:04:11,760
Again, having the ability to have this the way it is designed with the exception of I would

772
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:20,580
like to see the city approve where I believe it would relieve traffic on East State in

773
01:04:20,580 --> 01:04:27,660
sense of when it comes to parking the cars, the way the city is recommending right now is to

774
01:04:27,660 --> 01:04:36,640
come out of the new proposed, proposed new curb cut. That means they would have to come

775
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:43,620
out on the state street. After they just got off state street. So during times of congestion,

776
01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:53,460
And having allowing the cars to go in through the new curb cut and relieving further congestion

777
01:04:53,460 --> 01:05:02,120
on East State Street when the cars being valid, they then have the ability to just continue

778
01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:12,360
on like so many other valley parking situations such as embassy suites, such as what is

779
01:05:12,360 --> 01:05:19,120
so many other cities where they would just continue with that vehicle through the parking

780
01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:26,700
lot on to Chestnut, on to Madison, and go down to the other parking lot.

781
01:05:28,380 --> 01:05:35,880
So that would alleviate the way it's currently presently presented by the city as to enter

782
01:05:36,780 --> 01:05:49,860
through the existing entryway, and then exit at the new curb cut, which you do have a seven-story building or so sitting right there,

783
01:05:50,140 --> 01:06:00,720
that could then create site line issues for cars coming west on East State, and then that car having to pull out yet again on the East State.

784
01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:09,760
I don't know if this would quantify his big business.

785
01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:17,020
I kind of consider big business more like Walmart, Target, Crowder.

786
01:06:17,460 --> 01:06:25,600
I don't know if I can, as much as maybe the CEO would love to at some day be categorized

787
01:06:25,600 --> 01:06:29,320
is big business, iconic energy, becoming big business.

788
01:06:29,700 --> 01:06:31,780
I don't know if it's hit that plateau.

789
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,320
No offense to the CEO.

790
01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:39,220
At this time, I don't know if I categorize it as big business.

791
01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:45,240
What I do see is that we have a building that is existing

792
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:49,360
and has been vacant for a long time.

793
01:06:49,420 --> 01:06:54,580
A majority of it, at least vacant for a long time.

794
01:06:54,580 --> 01:07:03,780
They are not as I stated previously in last week's meeting, they're not coming into a blank canvas.

795
01:07:06,220 --> 01:07:21,960
This is an existing building that they have to work with and design it accordingly to function in today's times, not back when it was built in 1920, something.

796
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:34,460
And so I look at them putting the capital into this, I can sympathize with the 14th

797
01:07:34,460 --> 01:07:42,740
word Alderman on the aspects of a project being killed if something doesn't happen.

798
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:49,520
But I think in this case, if you've looked at the renderings, I think you can appreciate

799
01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:59,120
the aspects of it, and how it will benefit downtown, and as far as the business is coming

800
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:07,420
in, again certain agreements can be put in place between a tenant and landlord or a future

801
01:08:07,420 --> 01:08:16,080
tenant and landlord that essentially constricts that landlord, future landlord from telling

802
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:22,420
who that tenant is, as Alderman of the Ward, I don't even know, and I was told that

803
01:08:22,420 --> 01:08:30,040
I just can't say it at this time. Frankly, I don't care who the tenant is. Well, I, yes,

804
01:08:30,220 --> 01:08:40,800
I should say I could. So, let me, let me rephrase that. I'm hoping that the tenants are

805
01:08:40,800 --> 01:08:44,580
are upstanding law by citizens and practice

806
01:08:44,580 --> 01:08:45,800
the such with their business.

807
01:08:47,820 --> 01:08:51,880
But if it, in fact, is going to bring in tenants,

808
01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:55,240
and especially if they do not have a presence in rockford

809
01:08:55,240 --> 01:08:58,800
at this time, that would be welcomed

810
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,920
into downtown with more individuals,

811
01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:05,120
foot traffic, and people that can frequent

812
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:09,060
the multitudes of shops and restaurants downtown.

813
01:09:11,480 --> 01:09:15,900
Thank you, thank you. We are much safer since we spent four weeks talking about big

814
01:09:15,900 --> 01:09:19,820
foot loud. So we're safe to say that that's same where it's at. So you don't have to worry

815
01:09:19,820 --> 01:09:30,920
about that. Other discussion. Alderman baby. Yeah. This is a tough vote for me, Mayor.

816
01:09:31,580 --> 01:09:37,100
And I understand what we're trying to do downtown and I can appreciate it. But from my perspective,

817
01:09:37,100 --> 01:09:39,500
I think it's a matter of aesthetics,

818
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:46,220
there's a safety concern that I have, based on the design

819
01:09:46,220 --> 01:09:51,540
of East State Street, but I just wanted to be on record of saying that this is going

820
01:09:51,540 --> 01:09:56,320
to be a tough decision for me based upon, you know, my feelings.

821
01:09:56,980 --> 01:09:57,580
Thank you.

822
01:09:57,680 --> 01:09:58,380
Thank you.

823
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:00,280
Other discussions?

824
01:10:01,100 --> 01:10:02,400
Clerk, could you please call the roll?

825
01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:04,000
Turkey.

826
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:04,700
No.

827
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:08,020
Logan.

828
01:10:12,140 --> 01:10:12,600
Tiber.

829
01:10:16,710 --> 01:10:17,070
Frost.

830
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:21,300
Turina.

831
01:10:25,370 --> 01:10:25,810
Hoffman.

832
01:10:47,420 --> 01:10:47,820
Barrios.

833
01:10:50,330 --> 01:10:50,870
Meeks.

834
01:10:52,110 --> 01:10:52,430
Bailey.

835
01:10:55,570 --> 01:10:55,810
Funny.

836
01:11:03,230 --> 01:11:04,390
I have a number one through five.

837
01:11:07,090 --> 01:11:07,310
Alderman.

838
01:11:07,690 --> 01:11:08,350
I'm sorry.

839
01:11:08,670 --> 01:11:09,390
I meant to vote.

840
01:11:09,490 --> 01:11:10,130
No one can.

841
01:11:10,670 --> 01:11:10,950
I'm sorry.

842
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:18,380
I'm one through five.

843
01:11:18,980 --> 01:11:19,620
Twelve eyes.

844
01:11:19,740 --> 01:11:20,220
I'm six.

845
01:11:20,420 --> 01:11:21,080
Eleven eyes.

846
01:11:21,380 --> 01:11:21,820
One, no.

847
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:22,940
Seven and eight.

848
01:11:22,980 --> 01:11:23,700
Twelve eyes.

849
01:11:23,820 --> 01:11:24,400
I'm nine.

850
01:11:24,400 --> 01:11:32,800
11. Nice one, no. Item number 10, four eyes, eight, nose, item 11, 11. 11, eyes,

851
01:11:33,100 --> 01:11:34,220
one, no one, a.

852
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:39,080
I'm sorry. What was the item 11? Can you repeat that again?

853
01:11:39,380 --> 01:11:51,740
Was 11, eyes, one, no, on a. Okay. I got that. And then on 10. It was four eyes, eight,

854
01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:55,020
Thank you.

855
01:11:55,220 --> 01:11:58,000
Next, we're going to go to finance and personnel committee and all of them in trust.

856
01:11:58,320 --> 01:11:58,540
Thank you.

857
01:12:01,410 --> 01:12:08,630
The committee recommends approval of the vouchers in the amount of $9,580,511,690,

858
01:12:09,270 --> 01:12:14,910
as approved that finance, the person that can be meeting held on February 26, 2024.

859
01:12:17,110 --> 01:12:21,410
The committee recommends approval of the proposed purchase of 214 North Church Street from the library,

860
01:12:21,410 --> 01:12:28,090
or of trustees, in the amount of $795,000, the property is a commercial building, approximately

861
01:12:28,090 --> 01:12:32,290
28 square feet in size, the city plans are leaving the building for the new home of the

862
01:12:32,290 --> 01:12:35,930
family peace center providing much needed expansion from its current facility.

863
01:12:36,310 --> 01:12:40,870
The estimated closing date is July 31, 2024, the legal director shall prepare the appropriate

864
01:12:40,870 --> 01:12:41,310
ordinance.

865
01:12:41,850 --> 01:12:45,490
Number three, the committee repruse, recommend the approval of the intergovernmental

866
01:12:45,490 --> 01:12:50,730
room between the city and IEPA to establish a long-term household hazardous waste collection

867
01:12:50,730 --> 01:12:54,150
facility, the legal director shall prepare the appropriate orders. I place these two

868
01:12:54,150 --> 01:12:59,050
mayors before you. Thank you, Councillor Stroudings, before you is there any discussion

869
01:12:59,050 --> 01:13:00,130
on those three items?

870
01:13:01,790 --> 01:13:02,790
Clerk, will you please call the roll?

871
01:13:03,890 --> 01:13:04,410
Dirkie.

872
01:13:05,050 --> 01:13:05,570
Volgamon.

873
01:13:06,230 --> 01:13:06,750
Tumberg.

874
01:13:07,630 --> 01:13:08,150
Ross.

875
01:13:08,810 --> 01:13:09,330
Terina.

876
01:13:10,950 --> 01:13:11,470
Prenty.

877
01:13:12,510 --> 01:13:12,910
Hoffman.

878
01:13:13,810 --> 01:13:14,130
Rose.

879
01:13:15,110 --> 01:13:15,350
Eat.

880
01:13:16,290 --> 01:13:16,710
Barrios.

881
01:13:17,830 --> 01:13:18,350
Meeks.

882
01:13:18,850 --> 01:13:19,370
Bailey.

883
01:13:20,550 --> 01:13:20,730
Bonnie.

884
01:13:21,830 --> 01:13:22,070
13.

885
01:13:22,470 --> 01:13:22,930
Nice.

886
01:13:23,030 --> 01:13:23,250
Excellent.

887
01:13:23,450 --> 01:13:25,030
Next, we'll go to Unfinished Business.

888
01:13:25,270 --> 01:13:26,510
We have nothing under planion.

889
01:13:26,630 --> 01:13:26,870
Development.

890
01:13:26,990 --> 01:13:29,730
So we'll go to Code and Regulation Committee and Older Woman, Terina.

891
01:13:31,410 --> 01:13:31,930
Thank you, Your Honor.

892
01:13:31,930 --> 01:13:51,250
Number one, the committee recommends sustaining the licoron tobacco advisory boards approval of a modification of an existing liquor license for a 50% stock purchase and a C-2 limited commercial zoning district and 752 and 908 West River side Boulevard, subject to conditions, the legal director shop prepared the appropriate ordinance.

893
01:13:51,950 --> 01:14:00,990
Number two, the committee recommends sustaining the licoron tobacco advisory boards approval for a modification of an existing liquor license for 50% stock purchase and the C-4.

894
01:14:00,990 --> 01:14:06,770
I would make these zoning districts a 205-less state street subject to condition, so legal director

895
01:14:06,770 --> 01:14:08,390
shop prepared the appropriate ordinance.

896
01:14:09,410 --> 01:14:12,990
And lastly, number three, the committee recommends sustaining the traffic commission's approval

897
01:14:14,330 --> 01:14:18,730
to establish a no parking any time restriction on the east side of North Peer Point Avenue

898
01:14:19,130 --> 01:14:24,150
from 200 feet south of Auburn Street to 1100 feet south of Auburn Street, legal director

899
01:14:24,150 --> 01:14:25,490
shop prepared the appropriate ordinance.

900
01:14:25,850 --> 01:14:27,390
Thank you.

901
01:14:27,390 --> 01:14:29,130
Thank you, all the women.

902
01:14:29,410 --> 01:14:30,870
Council, there's three items before us.

903
01:14:30,930 --> 01:14:32,490
I need to discuss on those items.

904
01:14:34,130 --> 01:14:34,650
Holderman Bailey?

905
01:14:35,770 --> 01:14:36,910
Item number three.

906
01:14:37,390 --> 01:14:38,090
You're on her?

907
01:14:38,090 --> 01:14:38,430
Yes.

908
01:14:38,430 --> 01:14:40,250
I'd like to motion to lay this over.

909
01:14:41,850 --> 01:14:41,950
Okay.

910
01:14:43,410 --> 01:14:44,770
We have a motion.

911
01:14:44,990 --> 01:14:45,530
We have a second.

912
01:14:45,530 --> 01:14:45,650
We have a second.

913
01:14:46,450 --> 01:14:48,110
Lay over item number three.

914
01:14:48,650 --> 01:14:50,150
So we'll need a vote on this.

915
01:14:50,210 --> 01:14:51,730
Since it's been laid over in the past.

916
01:14:52,130 --> 01:14:54,250
Is there any discussion on laying over that item?

917
01:14:56,630 --> 01:14:57,190
No discussion.

918
01:14:57,470 --> 01:14:58,370
Clerk, will you please call the room?

919
01:14:58,370 --> 01:14:59,230
Cherokee.

920
01:14:59,310 --> 01:14:59,550
Alright.

921
01:14:59,830 --> 01:14:59,970
Logo.

922
01:15:00,820 --> 01:15:02,060
2 birth.

923
01:15:02,180 --> 01:15:03,320
1 frost.

924
01:15:04,540 --> 01:15:05,080
3na.

925
01:15:06,140 --> 01:15:06,480
Frankie.

926
01:15:07,760 --> 01:15:07,980
Wek.

927
01:15:07,980 --> 01:15:08,300
Huffman.

928
01:15:09,420 --> 01:15:10,020
Rose.

929
01:15:13,330 --> 01:15:13,830
Beach.

930
01:15:15,350 --> 01:15:15,950
Dorrius.

931
01:15:16,230 --> 01:15:16,610
All right.

932
01:15:16,810 --> 01:15:17,370
Meeks.

933
01:15:18,110 --> 01:15:18,350
Bailey.

934
01:15:18,910 --> 01:15:19,510
I.

935
01:15:19,590 --> 01:15:19,810
Bany.

936
01:15:20,010 --> 01:15:20,310
Aye.

937
01:15:26,170 --> 01:15:26,950
Thank you.

938
01:15:27,390 --> 01:15:28,530
So there's two items before us.

939
01:15:28,630 --> 01:15:30,130
Saying discussion on those two items.

940
01:15:31,670 --> 01:15:31,910
Alderman.

941
01:15:33,290 --> 01:15:34,310
Thank you Mayor.

942
01:15:35,170 --> 01:15:37,090
I just wanted to mention on

943
01:15:37,090 --> 01:15:43,930
And there was talks on the calls for service to the district.

944
01:15:46,390 --> 01:15:49,450
And apparently, and I'm just going by there are

945
01:15:49,450 --> 01:15:51,110
270 incidents.

946
01:15:54,030 --> 01:15:57,690
So sometimes, when we do talk and calls for service,

947
01:15:57,850 --> 01:16:00,030
and we look at that, sometimes it doesn't

948
01:16:00,030 --> 01:16:04,390
need to be looked into a little bit more calls for service.

949
01:16:04,390 --> 01:16:07,950
sometimes can be just looked at off the cuff

950
01:16:07,950 --> 01:16:12,370
as every one of those is a incident

951
01:16:12,370 --> 01:16:16,430
that warrants calling police due to problems

952
01:16:16,430 --> 01:16:20,630
that are happening because of an established manner such.

953
01:16:21,670 --> 01:16:24,470
So I just wanted to point out,

954
01:16:24,470 --> 01:16:28,210
and just for clarification on the calls for service,

955
01:16:28,210 --> 01:16:35,890
I was, I haven't verified this, it's sent to me, so I haven't verified it this with a chief,

956
01:16:36,090 --> 01:16:37,950
for cold transparency,

957
01:16:40,110 --> 01:16:45,150
but out of those 39 are duplicate calls or misdial hangups to 9-1-1,

958
01:16:45,930 --> 01:16:54,750
29 calls were related to welfare checks or community resource unit, 16 were for informational calls,

959
01:16:54,750 --> 01:17:01,010
such as to report a found item. 13 calls were related to traffic stops and other unrelated

960
01:17:01,010 --> 01:17:08,410
car incidents near the location. 10 were related to suspicious persons that were seen near

961
01:17:08,410 --> 01:17:16,170
the establishment. 9 were related to warrants that were served at the premises. 8 were related

962
01:17:16,170 --> 01:17:17,730
of medical incidents,

963
01:17:20,150 --> 01:17:25,910
one patron was having a seizure, a six-related, and burglary alarms being

964
01:17:25,910 --> 01:17:30,910
triggered for domestic disputes,

965
01:17:33,190 --> 01:17:36,190
others that theft at the premises,

966
01:17:39,770 --> 01:17:41,150
and other ones

967
01:17:41,150 --> 01:17:42,650
that resulted in no report.

968
01:17:42,650 --> 01:17:50,870
So, I'm just, it's just a matter of us when someone just throws out their words, this

969
01:17:50,870 --> 01:17:58,590
many calls for service that we just distinguish a little bit more so than just throwing

970
01:17:58,590 --> 01:18:04,750
that out and assuming right off the bat that they're calls for problems due to the establishment.

971
01:18:08,890 --> 01:18:11,570
So, that's, I just wanted to clarify that.

972
01:18:11,570 --> 01:18:12,790
And there

973
01:18:16,760 --> 01:18:17,400
are a discussion.

974
01:18:17,780 --> 01:18:18,420
All them in Bailey.

975
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:24,860
Yeah, I move to amend the conditions of approval, as follows, to which item.

976
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:27,620
District, bar, well, so item number two.

977
01:18:27,900 --> 01:18:28,960
Okay, yes, item number two.

978
01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:29,560
Thank you, Mayor.

979
01:18:30,780 --> 01:18:32,560
I just want to share your lighting and cameras.

980
01:18:32,700 --> 01:18:36,260
She'll be installed to cover the parking lot and exterior of the premises.

981
01:18:37,180 --> 01:18:39,800
The lights and the seats, she'll retain trains, security.

982
01:18:41,060 --> 01:18:45,400
Item number three, security, she'll regularly monitor the parking lot to prevent.

983
01:18:45,400 --> 01:18:53,140
and deter illegal conduct, including when not limited to patrons, consuming alcohol in the parking lot.

984
01:18:53,840 --> 01:19:06,160
Item number 4, the hours of operation are limited to ADM, to 12 AM, midnight, Monday through Sunday, currently there, open until 2 AM, for a period of 180 days.

985
01:19:06,160 --> 01:19:20,720
The hours of operation are reviewable after 180 days, at that time the licensee may apply for modification to adjust the hours of operation, but should not be required to pay the standard application fee for modification.

986
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:33,000
Item number five, the licensee shall post in a conspicuous place, and on the menu regarding the infuse products, information should be sufficient to inform patrons,

987
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:38,340
within the product whether it is intoxicated and how it is regulated.

988
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:47,740
Okay, so we have a motion on the floor to amend item number two, is there a second to those amendments?

989
01:19:51,440 --> 01:19:57,400
So we have a motion and we have a second for the amendments outlined by Aldermen.

990
01:19:57,400 --> 01:20:03,700
Aldermen, the 13th award adding five amendments, is there a discussion? Aldermen Dirk.

991
01:20:04,260 --> 01:20:04,820
Thank you, Your Honor.

992
01:20:04,820 --> 01:20:10,820
I may have missed something, like some clarity on condition number five.

993
01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:12,900
What type of clarity would you like?

994
01:20:13,140 --> 01:20:17,980
What is the infused products that they're selling?

995
01:20:18,220 --> 01:20:21,580
We know alcohols and toxicating, what would they be selling?

996
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:27,220
That's any much staff is answering that.

997
01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:29,240
Director Meyer?

998
01:20:30,580 --> 01:20:39,140
Now, my understanding is they're contemplating in the district telling items that are infused

999
01:20:39,140 --> 01:20:45,140
with hemp and CBD or T.C. derived from hemp.

1000
01:20:46,440 --> 01:20:52,320
Both as a standalone like baked goods from another business, but also on the menu items

1001
01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:53,060
from cells.

1002
01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:56,980
And that's an area of concern, so we addressed it with all of them, Bailey.

1003
01:20:56,980 --> 01:21:03,960
Well, any of the products have active THC in them?

1004
01:21:07,420 --> 01:21:09,000
It's a good question.

1005
01:21:10,860 --> 01:21:13,980
You older men frosted.

1006
01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:18,460
On this, but I don't see no, neither am I.

1007
01:21:19,640 --> 01:21:29,040
So, but I believe that I believe that the CPD process that I believe that some may have

1008
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:30,680
a level of T.C.

1009
01:21:31,120 --> 01:21:38,120
So before we get down the rabbit of what we do or don't know, we do have, if it's allowable

1010
01:21:38,120 --> 01:21:46,700
by this council, one of the potential soon to be owners of this establishment present, who

1011
01:21:46,700 --> 01:21:52,520
happens to be an expert, and all the questions that Older Minder could just ask about.

1012
01:21:53,200 --> 01:21:58,240
If you would like, I could have them answer that question now, but I would need your approval

1013
01:21:58,240 --> 01:22:00,640
to do so. I'm making motion to approve that.

1014
01:22:00,860 --> 01:22:01,240
This is here.

1015
01:22:01,860 --> 01:22:03,160
All those in favor say aye.

1016
01:22:03,900 --> 01:22:04,480
Those opposed?

1017
01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:09,280
So we have Mr. Ayer Carlson, who is here with us to see.

1018
01:22:09,960 --> 01:22:10,260
Yeah.

1019
01:22:10,440 --> 01:22:13,640
And I'm one of the owners of our Mrs. Buckley's Waking Bakery.

1020
01:22:13,720 --> 01:22:15,920
We've got the store that's over on East State Street.

1021
01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:18,140
Right by the Ross and Best Buy there,

1022
01:22:18,220 --> 01:22:20,760
where we've been selling for the past two years,

1023
01:22:21,060 --> 01:22:23,240
Hemp and Fuse baked goods and coffee drinks,

1024
01:22:23,540 --> 01:22:24,440
eliminates things like that.

1025
01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:27,100
And one of the things that I want to make sure you understand

1026
01:22:27,100 --> 01:22:31,680
with all the products that we sell is that these products right now, these are all federally

1027
01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:36,220
legal products, these are all made with hemp. There is THC involved, there's a certain

1028
01:22:36,220 --> 01:22:40,780
levels of THC that are allowed under the 2018 Farm Bill. And so this meets all of the

1029
01:22:40,780 --> 01:22:44,700
federal requirements, it also meets all of the state requirements, and we've been working very

1030
01:22:44,700 --> 01:22:50,200
hard, particularly with our local rockford legislators, down in Springfield, to be pushing

1031
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:54,440
forward new laws that are going to be fully regulating these products going forward.

1032
01:22:55,500 --> 01:23:02,060
Both Representative Maurice West and Dave Velod both were co-sponsors on one of the laws

1033
01:23:02,060 --> 01:23:04,180
that was pushed forward during the last session.

1034
01:23:04,660 --> 01:23:10,200
And this is, I think, something that is really interesting because the hemp industry, just

1035
01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:15,320
this past year, actually surpassed the legalized cannabis industry in U.S. for sale.

1036
01:23:15,540 --> 01:23:19,720
So it was actually $28 billion, as opposed to the cannabis industry at $25 billion.

1037
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:24,880
So this is an industry that, you know, really kind of crept up on people, frankly, and it's,

1038
01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:29,340
but now that it's here, we've seen already that there's been very, very widespread adoption

1039
01:23:29,340 --> 01:23:30,320
by people.

1040
01:23:30,500 --> 01:23:31,480
This is a popular product.

1041
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:35,460
This is a product that a lot of people like to have people like to have it for functional pain relief.

1042
01:23:35,520 --> 01:23:39,300
That's really what most of our, you know, customers are coming in for.

1043
01:23:39,380 --> 01:23:42,980
They're looking for something that is less powerful than what they get in the spensories,

1044
01:23:43,440 --> 01:23:46,540
but powerful enough that it knocks out, you know, what the pain that they have.

1045
01:23:46,540 --> 01:23:48,040
and it feels things.

1046
01:23:48,460 --> 01:23:51,120
So, anyway, yeah, to answer your questions more directly,

1047
01:23:51,540 --> 01:23:53,380
yes, there is a THC and some of these products.

1048
01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:54,880
These are all legal products.

1049
01:23:55,420 --> 01:23:58,680
And yeah, I'm happy to answer any direct questions you have.

1050
01:23:59,240 --> 01:23:59,660
Thank you.

1051
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:02,200
And I would just ask, make sure that you're only answering

1052
01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:03,480
the questions that are asked of you.

1053
01:24:03,820 --> 01:24:06,260
So we have a couple of questions, older men,

1054
01:24:06,480 --> 01:24:07,560
frosts, and then older men, Logan.

1055
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:10,380
Mr. Krause, with this location,

1056
01:24:11,900 --> 01:24:15,120
I believe I'm the impression that some of the CBD products

1057
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:18,500
could be infused in both food and drink, correct?

1058
01:24:20,160 --> 01:24:22,740
So the products can be infused in both food.

1059
01:24:23,100 --> 01:24:27,540
And well, the food is limited to the baked goods that are already made

1060
01:24:27,540 --> 01:24:27,960
and packed.

1061
01:24:28,500 --> 01:24:32,540
We put those all in packaging that include specific labels that tell what

1062
01:24:32,540 --> 01:24:34,460
the milligrams are, that are in there.

1063
01:24:34,640 --> 01:24:37,200
They include packaging to link back to the third party testing.

1064
01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:39,700
All the rules that are in the regulations that we're proposing

1065
01:24:39,700 --> 01:24:43,740
down in this week, though, just a couple of, so I'm sorry.

1066
01:24:43,740 --> 01:24:57,160
So with respect to him, it's not as if there's going to be a cook in the back room that's going to be weighing out some CBD product or mixing one better for sleep or pain or anything of that nature.

1067
01:24:57,440 --> 01:24:58,960
They will all be pre-packages.

1068
01:24:59,300 --> 01:25:08,220
Well, they are pre-packages, and they do have ones that are better for sleep and pain, but yes, they're all mitered by the milligram and it's done to a very exacting standard, yes.

1069
01:25:08,220 --> 01:25:18,300
And would it be a burden if either through literature or the menu, or I guess like the way

1070
01:25:18,300 --> 01:25:26,940
can make facility to have a way of informing in some written format, the customer is to what levels

1071
01:25:26,940 --> 01:25:28,000
or what's in each product?

1072
01:25:28,820 --> 01:25:33,300
We already do that, and this is something that we're happy to be doing, and we want our customers

1073
01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:33,940
to be informed.

1074
01:25:34,600 --> 01:25:34,780
Thank you.

1075
01:25:34,900 --> 01:25:35,220
All the more.

1076
01:25:36,120 --> 01:25:36,680
Thank you, Mayor.

1077
01:25:37,480 --> 01:25:42,600
Mr. Carlson, I was just curious about the item number four on the amendments.

1078
01:25:42,880 --> 01:25:49,360
I was of operation limited and constricting that from 2 a.m. to midnight.

1079
01:25:50,060 --> 01:25:57,140
Again, no expert in here like many of us are, but I would expect a lot of borrowers to make a significant portion,

1080
01:25:57,140 --> 01:26:01,020
or a significant portion that revenue from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m.

1081
01:26:01,080 --> 01:26:06,120
It would be my preference to give some type of grace period of 180 days in the opposite direction.

1082
01:26:07,180 --> 01:26:14,300
allow you to operate until 2 a.m. for 180 days kind of like a trial period, but I didn't,

1083
01:26:14,300 --> 01:26:21,780
you know, I didn't write this amendment here. So I'm curious how, yeah, limiting the hours

1084
01:26:21,780 --> 01:26:27,060
for your closure at 12 a.m., how would that affect your, like your overall business operations

1085
01:26:27,060 --> 01:26:34,880
from now for these next six months here? That is a real effect on what the bottom dollar is as far

1086
01:26:34,880 --> 01:26:39,440
of profitability of a business because, you know, you have to understand that the way the restaurant

1087
01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:44,660
industry works is a lot of, for the owners, you know, you have the restaurant there that's

1088
01:26:44,660 --> 01:26:48,600
serving food and, you know, you're making enough to obviously cover all your weight creators

1089
01:26:48,600 --> 01:26:52,140
which is to staff the kitchen staff. And that's all being covered, but there's not a really

1090
01:26:52,140 --> 01:26:56,200
whole lot of overhead on there with the food. The overhead comes in, frankly, with the drinks,

1091
01:26:56,760 --> 01:27:00,120
that we all know this, and we all know that we pay too much when we go to the bar to drink,

1092
01:27:00,120 --> 01:27:03,340
And that's how the bars and restaurants make money.

1093
01:27:04,260 --> 01:27:09,400
So it does drastically affect what our plans are

1094
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:13,540
because this is getting into, is this a business that's

1095
01:27:13,540 --> 01:27:16,160
profitable on day one, or is this a business that we somehow

1096
01:27:16,160 --> 01:27:18,880
have to try and survive for six months.

1097
01:27:19,300 --> 01:27:22,660
And see if we're all still there standing in six months

1098
01:27:22,660 --> 01:27:24,160
that we can become profitable.

1099
01:27:24,420 --> 01:27:27,200
So this is something that is very, very difficult for us

1100
01:27:27,200 --> 01:27:35,080
to be able to weather through really when the highest margin times of our week are kind of a stripped away from us.

1101
01:27:35,320 --> 01:27:37,720
Thank you. Other one weeks?

1102
01:27:38,340 --> 01:27:47,120
Hello. So I understand you own the, I can't remember the name of the business, but it's the bakery.

1103
01:27:47,720 --> 01:27:47,820
Yes.

1104
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:52,920
Do you own any other businesses that involve alcohol while you're serving those products?

1105
01:27:53,640 --> 01:28:00,620
So the businesses that involve alcohol are just the two that we're trying to get applied on today.

1106
01:28:01,860 --> 01:28:20,260
So this is a new venture for us, getting it really trying to, at all times we've been really kind of on the cutting edge of what's going on with the regulations and the rules and making sure that we're at all times compliant and following the regulations but also trying to set a good example of, hey, this business is going to exist, this business is going to move forward.

1107
01:28:20,260 --> 01:28:28,180
What can we be doing really to be on the forefront of this and making sure that we are doing things the right way so that this is a business to

1108
01:28:28,180 --> 01:28:35,040
Conflurge because it's here and it's just a matter of but you know if this is done correctly this is a business that I think and bring a lot of jobs

1109
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:37,200
Directly to rockford

1110
01:28:37,200 --> 01:28:41,960
We also have our growing facility and our packaging facility here in rockford that we're undergoing

1111
01:28:41,960 --> 01:28:46,420
significant expansion on right now, more than $10,000,000,000 expansion.

1112
01:28:46,560 --> 01:28:52,240
So we're looking to be moving a lot of jobs here, and this is just part of the overarching

1113
01:28:52,240 --> 01:28:58,420
puzzle is kind of understanding what can happen on the retail side and how to do that

1114
01:28:58,420 --> 01:29:00,020
the absolute best way possible.

1115
01:29:00,620 --> 01:29:08,420
So have you researched any other areas that do run these businesses and bars that serve

1116
01:29:08,420 --> 01:29:12,760
these products, has there been any kind of issues in those businesses?

1117
01:29:13,720 --> 01:29:16,700
I'm just, I guess my concern is mixing the two.

1118
01:29:16,780 --> 01:29:19,620
There's the alcohol, that's one.

1119
01:29:19,980 --> 01:29:20,380
That's all.

1120
01:29:20,400 --> 01:29:27,860
Now we're adding on a whole nother factor, a bar that has had a history of issues and I understand

1121
01:29:27,860 --> 01:29:33,560
reading through, he calls to service and understanding the duplicates and all of the

1122
01:29:33,560 --> 01:29:39,560
that's there, but I think that it cannot be denied that this is a bar that has several

1123
01:29:39,560 --> 01:29:45,320
issues. So I just want to make that kind of clear, but have you done any research outside

1124
01:29:45,320 --> 01:29:47,600
of this area where this has worked?

1125
01:29:48,140 --> 01:29:53,960
Well, we have done quite a bit of research looking into where this is, I mean, this is obviously

1126
01:29:53,960 --> 01:29:58,820
been tried anecdotally by lots and lots of people. There's not a whole lot of published research

1127
01:29:58,820 --> 01:29:59,980
on any of this, but there is...

1128
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:08,620
A whole lot of there's magazine articles and stories about this, you know, going on all the time right now, because this is actually happening kind of across the country in real time.

1129
01:30:08,800 --> 01:30:28,620
And it is, you know, occurring places like this are popping up throughout Canada and throughout Nevada and Colorado and California and places that have gone legal and really, the front edge of this is kind of the on the hemp side right now, because we're seeing like a lot of the, the retailers, the liquor distributors are now selling these products.

1130
01:30:28,620 --> 01:30:33,180
I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but if you go into Benny's, you can buy THC drinks right

1131
01:30:33,180 --> 01:30:33,380
there.

1132
01:30:33,580 --> 01:30:34,720
They're sold right there with the beer.

1133
01:30:35,320 --> 01:30:40,660
You can buy this stuff in other various different restaurants and bars across Rockford

1134
01:30:40,660 --> 01:30:46,780
because it's being sold now through the distributors, so it's like, this is already like happening

1135
01:30:47,260 --> 01:30:53,120
throughout the town where just the ones that are kind of coming to you asking for, making

1136
01:30:53,120 --> 01:30:55,420
sure you know about it and like, you know what?

1137
01:30:55,420 --> 01:30:56,420
Yeah, it's happening.

1138
01:30:57,200 --> 01:30:57,760
It's happening.

1139
01:30:57,760 --> 01:31:04,320
but like you said, those kinds of instances, people will probably take that home, they'll take it, you know, to

1140
01:31:04,320 --> 01:31:09,600
the setting that I was under the impression that cannabis products were supposed to be

1141
01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:17,420
consumed in your own home. So we have kind of opened this up already in a previous situation,

1142
01:31:19,760 --> 01:31:19,760
but

1143
01:31:19,760 --> 01:31:27,160
you're stepping into a different kind of classification, I think, because the history of this particular

1144
01:31:28,100 --> 01:31:31,260
So, I appreciate your comments, but thank you.

1145
01:31:31,580 --> 01:31:31,840
Thank you.

1146
01:31:31,840 --> 01:31:32,140
Thank you, everyone.

1147
01:31:32,900 --> 01:31:33,200
Other members?

1148
01:31:33,720 --> 01:31:34,880
This one's for staff.

1149
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:41,660
Are there any other places in Rockford that are currently selling both CBD and alcohol?

1150
01:31:46,280 --> 01:31:48,380
I'm not aware of any restaurants that are.

1151
01:31:48,460 --> 01:31:54,080
I think as Mr. Carlson stated, there are the retailers who are selling, at least

1152
01:31:54,080 --> 01:31:58,180
We'll see if you use beer, but I'm not certain of any other,

1153
01:31:58,200 --> 01:32:00,460
but I have a menu featuring hamburgers,

1154
01:32:00,660 --> 01:32:01,320
if you have any items.

1155
01:32:02,100 --> 01:32:03,580
Okay, thank you.

1156
01:32:04,480 --> 01:32:06,120
Other discussion, Alderman Tumberg.

1157
01:32:06,620 --> 01:32:07,140
Thank you, Mayor.

1158
01:32:09,300 --> 01:32:14,480
In regards to what was just stated by the potential owner on the

1159
01:32:14,480 --> 01:32:20,940
hours and it was a good question by second word, Alderman.

1160
01:32:22,960 --> 01:32:27,920
Apparently, there was 18 calls that were actually

1161
01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:37,240
two of the establishment, or 18 calls that appear to be related to issues

1162
01:32:37,240 --> 01:32:41,940
at the establishment, according to like disorderly conduct

1163
01:32:41,940 --> 01:32:47,640
battery. I fully realize there's been one or two shootings there

1164
01:32:47,640 --> 01:32:49,700
as well in the past.

1165
01:32:53,420 --> 01:32:58,440
So, I am, when we have, like, with another establishment,

1166
01:32:58,980 --> 01:33:01,940
over in the eighth ward, I believe,

1167
01:33:02,780 --> 01:33:07,920
where we do have a situation where if things go,

1168
01:33:08,540 --> 01:33:12,680
if it doesn't pass tonight, the whole thing,

1169
01:33:12,960 --> 01:33:16,100
doesn't pass tonight, we have a situation where

1170
01:33:16,100 --> 01:33:20,020
The current ownership can continue to run at the way it's run.

1171
01:33:23,660 --> 01:33:33,460
I am happy to hear that there will be additional safety measures taken, increased lighting,

1172
01:33:34,540 --> 01:33:40,120
security, and especially towards the parking lot which has been an issue and that's a

1173
01:33:40,120 --> 01:33:42,000
city owned parking lot, by the way.

1174
01:33:44,860 --> 01:33:48,400
It does concern me a little bit on these six months.

1175
01:33:53,110 --> 01:34:00,590
I think that maybe we could consider splitting it down the middle,

1176
01:34:02,850 --> 01:34:03,710
saying three months.

1177
01:34:03,710 --> 01:34:16,430
But I am going to support that for this to go move forward, I will support the amendment,

1178
01:34:17,670 --> 01:34:23,330
but I would also consider that as being six months.

1179
01:34:23,510 --> 01:34:29,530
I would like to see also at the same time the owners to have the ability to prove themselves,

1180
01:34:29,530 --> 01:34:36,050
And if not, then we move it the other way as second ward older men was alluding to.

1181
01:34:37,430 --> 01:34:43,110
But if that's the way it is, then that's the way it is and I'll go ahead and support it so.

1182
01:34:43,690 --> 01:34:44,170
Thank you, older men.

1183
01:34:44,330 --> 01:34:49,390
And I also a staff can make sure that we provide you all updates.

1184
01:34:49,650 --> 01:34:56,530
So if you want to shorten it out of later time, you could certainly direct staff to move in that direction.

1185
01:34:56,830 --> 01:34:57,430
Holder men, Bonnie.

1186
01:34:58,050 --> 01:34:58,450
Thank you, Mayor.

1187
01:34:59,990 --> 01:35:02,150
Just two procedural questions.

1188
01:35:04,310 --> 01:35:07,490
So the suggestion by the Alderman and the Second Ward,

1189
01:35:07,950 --> 01:35:09,970
we are supposed to have amendments

1190
01:35:11,630 --> 01:35:14,570
at council meeting in writing before the meeting starts,

1191
01:35:14,710 --> 01:35:16,430
but what about amendments to amendments?

1192
01:35:16,650 --> 01:35:17,950
Can they be made from the floor?

1193
01:35:19,890 --> 01:35:22,910
I think that's going to be dependent on the complexity of it.

1194
01:35:23,050 --> 01:35:24,610
I think typically we have,

1195
01:35:25,070 --> 01:35:28,890
Please, we have the mentioned writing, so everybody knows they're voting on.

1196
01:35:30,030 --> 01:35:34,770
In this case, if it's going to be a very easily understandable one, amending an amendment,

1197
01:35:35,090 --> 01:35:39,270
it would be okay if nothing we wouldn't need to have it already, so depends on the wording.

1198
01:35:39,590 --> 01:35:45,590
Out of curiosity is that requirement, that requirement in the first place that we have them in writing,

1199
01:35:45,670 --> 01:35:50,010
is that actually in an ordinance or is that a little understanding?

1200
01:35:50,350 --> 01:35:52,150
It is in our reals.

1201
01:35:52,150 --> 01:35:58,030
Okay, for that reason, is to make sure that everybody understands what's being voted on.

1202
01:35:58,510 --> 01:36:20,870
Well, I would then move to amend the number four amendment to reverse the limitation of the hours of operation that the hours of operation would revert to midnight versus the closing would revert to midnight versus 2am.

1203
01:36:21,670 --> 01:36:32,410
after a period of 180 days at the council's discretion based on review of incidents in that

1204
01:36:32,410 --> 01:36:33,770
hundred-day 80-day period.

1205
01:36:34,170 --> 01:36:40,150
Just so I understand, are you saying that you would like item four to say that the

1206
01:36:40,150 --> 01:36:48,210
hours of operation are limited to 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Sunday and that it could

1207
01:36:48,210 --> 01:36:52,870
go backwards after 180 days if there's issues?

1208
01:36:53,590 --> 01:36:56,070
Right, let's say with the

1209
01:36:58,150 --> 01:37:01,050
question of the closing time coming back to Council for review

1210
01:37:01,050 --> 01:37:02,430
in 180 days.

1211
01:37:07,240 --> 01:37:16,120
All right, we have an amendment to the amendment by Alderman Bonny, and that amendment would be that

1212
01:37:16,120 --> 01:37:23,300
the restaurant and bar is allowed to be open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Sunday, and

1213
01:37:23,300 --> 01:37:33,600
at 180 days, city staff would bring it before council to review those hours of operation.

1214
01:37:34,580 --> 01:37:39,180
My humble suggestion would be that it would be at least before the 180 if you actually want

1215
01:37:39,180 --> 01:37:43,660
to make a change at 180 because things are talking if it is bad at 180.

1216
01:37:45,240 --> 01:37:49,660
It's not that this body moves incredibly swiftly.

1217
01:37:50,820 --> 01:37:53,780
So it could be 150, guys.

1218
01:37:56,020 --> 01:37:59,560
So before we have questions, just so I understand it.

1219
01:37:59,560 --> 01:38:00,560
You have to as a second as well.

1220
01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:02,120
Yep, I know we do.

1221
01:38:02,340 --> 01:38:04,140
I need them to understand what the first is about.

1222
01:38:06,460 --> 01:38:12,230
So items 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Alderman Bailey's would stand.

1223
01:38:13,170 --> 01:38:15,350
Item 4 would be amended.

1224
01:38:17,130 --> 01:38:19,630
Alderman Bonnie would amend Alderman Bailey's statement.

1225
01:38:20,490 --> 01:38:27,410
that the restaurant and bar is able to open Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. and at

1226
01:38:27,410 --> 01:38:35,350
150 days, city staff would provide counsel and update, including multiple things like calls for

1227
01:38:35,350 --> 01:38:41,650
service and other issues that may or may not have risen during that time period, and allow

1228
01:38:41,650 --> 01:38:44,550
this body to deliberate at again.

1229
01:38:46,630 --> 01:38:54,330
I'm sorry, Alderman Durke, I was having both things in my last, Alderman Durke.

1230
01:38:54,850 --> 01:38:55,350
Thank you, Your Honor.

1231
01:38:57,090 --> 01:39:04,170
Before I make a comment, do we vote on amended for, before we vote on that?

1232
01:39:04,310 --> 01:39:09,050
We are going to vote on the amended to the amendment for.

1233
01:39:09,710 --> 01:39:11,510
And then we'll go through all five.

1234
01:39:11,590 --> 01:39:12,650
Beautiful, thank you, sir.

1235
01:39:13,090 --> 01:39:14,050
Any other discussion?

1236
01:39:15,670 --> 01:39:16,370
Alderman Tumberg?

1237
01:39:16,870 --> 01:39:17,290
Thank you.

1238
01:39:17,290 --> 01:39:24,950
So, yes, my original convertor, my statements before,

1239
01:39:28,590 --> 01:39:33,190
instead of a six-month time frame, maybe

1240
01:39:34,930 --> 01:39:39,710
cutting it down in half, kind of right down the middle to three months.

1241
01:39:39,710 --> 01:39:49,950
I am, okay, with the Alderman's proposal, essentially, I think what the council is doing is putting

1242
01:39:49,950 --> 01:40:00,190
this establishment on a pseudo-prodationary period of 150 days with the new ownership coming in.

1243
01:40:00,470 --> 01:40:07,630
And then evaluating at that 150 days, whether closing should begin at midnight.

1244
01:40:08,270 --> 01:40:12,030
So that's what I'm understanding from the 14th Ward Alderman.

1245
01:40:12,670 --> 01:40:12,690
Correct.

1246
01:40:13,190 --> 01:40:15,350
All right, thank you.

1247
01:40:17,380 --> 01:40:19,030
Alderman Beach, did you have your hand raised?

1248
01:40:20,350 --> 01:40:21,110
I did.

1249
01:40:23,400 --> 01:40:26,240
And I don't want to muddy the water, sir, but other muddy.

1250
01:40:26,580 --> 01:40:26,720
Come on.

1251
01:40:27,880 --> 01:40:29,860
They are somewhat of that.

1252
01:40:31,900 --> 01:40:35,040
So if, as been discussed,

1253
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:37,520
that's kind of split it down the middle.

1254
01:40:38,740 --> 01:40:41,180
I'd rather see it stay at six months

1255
01:40:41,180 --> 01:40:45,400
with a review in three, and things are fine,

1256
01:40:45,760 --> 01:40:47,040
release it at three.

1257
01:40:47,660 --> 01:40:50,480
Rather than kind of a negative motivator,

1258
01:40:51,460 --> 01:40:53,320
let's say we didn't like it after three,

1259
01:40:53,420 --> 01:40:57,240
and we have to put more of a test was to it.

1260
01:40:57,540 --> 01:41:00,340
So I just throw that out as another thought

1261
01:41:00,340 --> 01:41:03,280
in how we can deal with the three.

1262
01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:10,760
By starting with the seven, if everything is fine, it's free, then release it to later hours.

1263
01:41:12,160 --> 01:41:13,800
Something this council could consider.

1264
01:41:15,420 --> 01:41:16,280
Is there other discussion?

1265
01:41:17,720 --> 01:41:17,840
All right.

1266
01:41:18,600 --> 01:41:20,280
So, we are voting on.

1267
01:41:21,560 --> 01:41:24,280
Holderman, do you have another statement?

1268
01:41:27,010 --> 01:41:32,510
Point being brought up here that possibly warrant further discussion on that aspect.

1269
01:41:35,210 --> 01:41:41,770
What's the realities of laying over that one item?

1270
01:41:44,090 --> 01:41:47,530
So, this is a liquor license.

1271
01:41:48,490 --> 01:41:51,210
If the approved by an ordinance was certain conditions,

1272
01:41:51,450 --> 01:41:54,970
we would need to have all those conditions wrapped up into one.

1273
01:41:55,510 --> 01:41:57,750
I don't think we could be able to approve an ordinance

1274
01:41:57,750 --> 01:42:00,050
and then come back and it wouldn't be a full approval.

1275
01:42:00,050 --> 01:42:00,470
essentially.

1276
01:42:01,290 --> 01:42:01,410
All right.

1277
01:42:02,810 --> 01:42:06,350
So, what is going to be before you right now for a vote?

1278
01:42:06,550 --> 01:42:13,050
Our sub-operation would be 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Sunday.

1279
01:42:14,770 --> 01:42:22,530
For a period of 150 days, staff or at 150 days, staff would provide you all a report and

1280
01:42:22,530 --> 01:42:29,550
provide you the opportunity to either bring them backwards to midnight or to let them remain

1281
01:42:29,550 --> 01:42:37,530
open till 2am. Do you all understand what's on them? Clerk, could you please call the roll?

1282
01:42:38,410 --> 01:42:39,190
Jacky.

1283
01:42:39,910 --> 01:42:40,610
Logimant.

1284
01:42:41,200 --> 01:42:41,590
Mark.

1285
01:42:42,590 --> 01:42:43,270
Brass.

1286
01:42:44,130 --> 01:42:44,450
Terena.

1287
01:42:47,230 --> 01:42:47,970
Prenty.

1288
01:42:52,480 --> 01:42:52,900
Hoffman.

1289
01:42:53,640 --> 01:42:54,240
Rose.

1290
01:42:56,950 --> 01:42:57,530
Veitch.

1291
01:43:00,400 --> 01:43:00,860
Ar Rose.

1292
01:43:02,740 --> 01:43:03,440
Meach.

1293
01:43:06,050 --> 01:43:06,250
Bailey.

1294
01:43:13,040 --> 01:43:13,480
Eight eyes.

1295
01:43:16,620 --> 01:43:17,620
Oh, that was fun.

1296
01:43:18,680 --> 01:43:18,940
All right.

1297
01:43:19,560 --> 01:43:23,580
So now we are going to go with the five items that are before us.

1298
01:43:23,580 --> 01:43:31,960
I understand one of those five items four has been amended to come back to you for review at 150 days.

1299
01:43:33,590 --> 01:43:36,010
Sir, I need to discuss on those five items.

1300
01:43:36,790 --> 01:43:37,170
All the remainder.

1301
01:43:37,510 --> 01:43:38,110
Thank you, Your Honor.

1302
01:43:39,210 --> 01:43:41,470
The concern I have is condition five.

1303
01:43:43,850 --> 01:43:52,570
And there is no, depending on how they prepare this, there's really no way to gauge the level of active T, H, C, and their product.

1304
01:43:52,570 --> 01:43:59,550
They really can't do that, and they haven't heard anything to say that they can, which basically

1305
01:43:59,550 --> 01:44:07,390
means that the difference between alcohol and THC is this alcohol, it's used is not necessarily

1306
01:44:07,390 --> 01:44:16,210
to be intoxicated. You're not trying to be intoxicated. Active THC has a different purpose

1307
01:44:16,210 --> 01:44:17,270
for many people.

1308
01:44:18,290 --> 01:44:24,890
You're now combining two intoxicants for consumption at a bar.

1309
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:32,800
The owner even basically said this was for sleep purposes.

1310
01:44:34,200 --> 01:44:41,520
So you're giving a hemp product, which is a euphemism for THC, to induce sleep while drinking

1311
01:44:41,520 --> 01:44:41,940
alcohol.

1312
01:44:42,140 --> 01:44:45,520
Now they may not do that, but they have the opportunity to do that.

1313
01:44:45,520 --> 01:44:53,680
I don't know any physician anywhere that would ever say that this is a good idea to give somebody two intoxicants when you don't know per the individual

1314
01:44:54,560 --> 01:44:56,960
What they're gonna do I

1315
01:44:57,940 --> 01:44:59,440
There's no way I can support

1316
01:45:00,080 --> 01:45:08,040
I support the bar, I support 1,4, the whole thing. There's no way that I can support number 5. That can't happen.

1317
01:45:08,600 --> 01:45:12,440
Thank you. Other discussion? So I make, I'm sorry.

1318
01:45:12,920 --> 01:45:17,000
We'll like to make an amendment to eliminate the condition number 5.

1319
01:45:17,300 --> 01:45:20,980
So if you eliminate the, just so I have my

1320
01:45:24,660 --> 01:45:28,880
understanding, you would like to order men of the first word.

1321
01:45:28,880 --> 01:45:31,800
would like to make an amendment to eliminate

1322
01:45:32,880 --> 01:45:35,340
Ottoman Bailey's number five amendment.

1323
01:45:35,660 --> 01:45:36,120
Is that accurate?

1324
01:45:36,900 --> 01:45:40,440
So just for clarification, if you eliminate that amendment,

1325
01:45:40,760 --> 01:45:43,220
that does not eliminate the fact that they sell this

1326
01:45:43,220 --> 01:45:43,800
at the bulk.

1327
01:45:44,440 --> 01:45:46,980
Amendment number five, the way it is written,

1328
01:45:47,500 --> 01:45:51,900
solely states that they will place the information in an area

1329
01:45:51,900 --> 01:45:54,200
that anyone who walks in will know

1330
01:45:54,200 --> 01:45:55,880
that they are consuming these products.

1331
01:45:56,000 --> 01:45:57,980
They will also place it on their menu.

1332
01:45:57,980 --> 01:46:04,100
So if we eliminate item number five, you're saying they don't have to tell anyone what they're giving them.

1333
01:46:04,280 --> 01:46:09,040
They can just order a cookie and if they could think it's a chocolate chip cookie or really fun chocolate chip cookie.

1334
01:46:10,860 --> 01:46:14,420
So I just want you to understand because I know where you're going with this.

1335
01:46:14,420 --> 01:46:17,180
My understanding is you probably don't support the bar.

1336
01:46:17,520 --> 01:46:17,840
No.

1337
01:46:17,980 --> 01:46:20,680
Based on their business model as I close to that amendment.

1338
01:46:20,680 --> 01:46:27,560
Thank you, sir. I appreciate the clarification. Therefore, I cannot actually support the liquor license.

1339
01:46:28,120 --> 01:46:29,240
Thank you. Okay.

1340
01:46:30,000 --> 01:46:35,420
We're moving along. Is there any discussion on the five items item four being amended?

1341
01:46:36,620 --> 01:46:38,180
Clerk, please call the bill.

1342
01:46:38,180 --> 01:46:39,140
Turkey. No.

1343
01:46:42,300 --> 01:46:42,900
Logimant.

1344
01:46:42,900 --> 01:46:43,120
Hi.

1345
01:46:43,820 --> 01:46:44,380
Tuber?

1346
01:46:44,680 --> 01:46:44,920
Hi.

1347
01:46:45,320 --> 01:46:45,740
Frost.

1348
01:46:46,740 --> 01:46:47,100
Terena.

1349
01:46:49,420 --> 01:46:50,020
Prenty.

1350
01:46:51,780 --> 01:46:52,180
Hoffman.

1351
01:46:53,520 --> 01:46:53,900
Rose.

1352
01:46:55,080 --> 01:46:55,400
Beach.

1353
01:46:57,860 --> 01:46:58,280
Barrios.

1354
01:47:00,040 --> 01:47:00,480
Meek?

1355
01:47:07,630 --> 01:47:08,950
Oh, we're just, I'm sorry.

1356
01:47:09,190 --> 01:47:09,890
All there were one weeks.

1357
01:47:10,110 --> 01:47:13,390
We're just doing the five amendments at Alderman Bailey,

1358
01:47:13,450 --> 01:47:13,710
before.

1359
01:47:19,800 --> 01:47:20,700
Sorry, what was that note?

1360
01:47:24,040 --> 01:47:24,300
Bailey?

1361
01:47:25,840 --> 01:47:26,380
Bani.

1362
01:47:27,660 --> 01:47:28,800
Nine eyes, four nos.

1363
01:47:29,540 --> 01:47:29,700
All right.

1364
01:47:30,220 --> 01:47:33,500
So now, Council, we have two items before us.

1365
01:47:34,480 --> 01:47:36,340
Is there any discussion on the two items?

1366
01:47:38,720 --> 01:47:39,720
Clerk, please call the roll.

1367
01:47:41,040 --> 01:47:41,280
Turkey.

1368
01:47:41,620 --> 01:47:42,200
No one, too.

1369
01:47:42,360 --> 01:47:43,220
I am the rest.

1370
01:47:44,960 --> 01:47:45,140
Logan.

1371
01:47:45,680 --> 01:47:46,170
I am.

1372
01:47:47,220 --> 01:47:47,720
Tuber?

1373
01:47:48,060 --> 01:47:48,600
I am.

1374
01:47:48,700 --> 01:47:49,240
Frost?

1375
01:47:49,340 --> 01:47:50,000
I am.

1376
01:47:50,140 --> 01:47:50,520
Turina?

1377
01:47:52,080 --> 01:47:52,460
Andle?

1378
01:47:58,210 --> 01:47:58,810
Fronty,

1379
01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:05,400
Fauffin,

1380
01:48:08,940 --> 01:48:09,120
Beach,

1381
01:48:13,680 --> 01:48:16,640
Barrios, Weeks,

1382
01:48:25,020 --> 01:48:28,040
and I'm number one, 11 eyes, two nose, item number

1383
01:48:28,040 --> 01:48:30,340
two, eight eyes, five nose.

1384
01:48:31,020 --> 01:48:31,820
Thank you.

1385
01:48:32,100 --> 01:48:36,960
Next up, we are going to motions and resolutions, code and regulation committee, all the woman

1386
01:48:36,960 --> 01:48:37,360
trainer.

1387
01:48:41,980 --> 01:48:47,220
The resolution of proving a training settlement for state farm mutual automobile insurance company in the amount

1388
01:48:47,220 --> 01:48:53,660
It's $29,494 in 206 and we will have to suspend rule nine.

1389
01:48:54,040 --> 01:48:54,780
Thank you.

1390
01:48:55,020 --> 01:49:00,060
Okay, so we have a motion to suspend rule number nine and now we have a second.

1391
01:49:00,600 --> 01:49:03,520
Any discussion on simply suspend rule number nine?

1392
01:49:04,320 --> 01:49:05,900
All those in favor say aye?

1393
01:49:05,920 --> 01:49:06,320
Aye.

1394
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:07,320
Those opposed?

1395
01:49:08,040 --> 01:49:08,240
Okay.

1396
01:49:08,660 --> 01:49:10,520
Now we have one item before us.

1397
01:49:10,620 --> 01:49:11,160
Any discussion?

1398
01:49:12,280 --> 01:49:13,440
Clerk will you please call the roll?

1399
01:49:14,360 --> 01:49:14,540
Turkey.

1400
01:49:16,380 --> 01:49:26,100
Bogeman, Timberg, Frost, Torena, Prenty, Hoffman, Rose, Beach,

1401
01:49:28,710 --> 01:49:33,490
Barrios, Meeks, Bailey, Bonnie,

1402
01:49:35,330 --> 01:49:35,970
12 ice.

1403
01:49:36,230 --> 01:49:36,530
Excellent.

1404
01:49:36,710 --> 01:49:39,750
Next, we're going to go to finance and personnel committee, Alderman Frost.

1405
01:49:41,190 --> 01:49:45,490
Number one, the committee recommends approval of an application, acceptance of an award for the

1406
01:49:45,490 --> 01:49:50,510
U.S. EPA, Brownfield, revolving loan fund grant, supplemental funding, and the amount of $5 million.

1407
01:49:50,890 --> 01:49:54,550
Number two, the Community Recommended Approval of the War of Professional Services Contract,

1408
01:49:54,590 --> 01:50:01,730
for the 2024 Brownfield's Agreement, assistance to fair grant, and the amount of $155,500,

1409
01:50:02,470 --> 01:50:05,610
the contract rate increases one year. The funding source is the Community Development

1410
01:50:05,610 --> 01:50:09,670
Planning Division. Number three, the Community Recommended Approval of the War of

1411
01:50:09,670 --> 01:50:14,770
RFP for banking services associated bank, for commercial banking, merchant services,

1412
01:50:14,770 --> 01:50:21,330
lockbox services, automated pay by phone, water bills, purchasing cards, the city's line

1413
01:50:21,330 --> 01:50:23,290
of credit and equipment financing.

1414
01:50:23,850 --> 01:50:31,550
The contract is $843,400 estimated to annual net gain based on the current $1 million

1415
01:50:31,550 --> 01:50:34,350
treasury rate after earnings offset fees paid.

1416
01:50:34,670 --> 01:50:40,290
The contract creation is three years with two year extensions with the ability to terminate

1417
01:50:40,290 --> 01:50:41,850
for any reason with the 60 day notice.

1418
01:50:41,850 --> 01:50:45,170
the funding source of the finance department operating budget waterfall.

1419
01:50:45,970 --> 01:50:47,890
Number four, the committee recommends approval of water joint,

1420
01:50:48,230 --> 01:50:51,630
purchasing contract for police interceptor vehicles to curry motors fleet,

1421
01:50:51,970 --> 01:50:56,410
a crank for Illinois in the amount of 1,681,971 dollars.

1422
01:50:56,910 --> 01:51:00,250
The quantity vehicles purchases may be reduced depending on the cost,

1423
01:51:00,790 --> 01:51:02,150
later equipment, and outfitting.

1424
01:51:02,510 --> 01:51:04,290
The funding source is the capital lease funds,

1425
01:51:04,290 --> 01:51:05,570
please the private capital budget.

1426
01:51:06,270 --> 01:51:07,970
Number five, the committee recommends approval of water

1427
01:51:07,970 --> 01:51:13,490
for water treatment plant 31 and 43 filter meeting replacement to CNC and environmental services

1428
01:51:13,490 --> 01:51:19,070
in the amount of $602,000 the project has estimated be completed by the fall of 2024 the

1429
01:51:19,070 --> 01:51:22,030
funding source is the water placement of the crew of the next one.

1430
01:51:24,490 --> 01:51:29,390
Number six, the conveyor of electromagnetic approval and water bid for demolition of 1210 railroad

1431
01:51:29,390 --> 01:51:36,090
avenue, coal bins to contract group of loss park amount of $41,113, the funding source

1432
01:51:36,090 --> 01:51:38,170
the construction services operating budget.

1433
01:51:38,790 --> 01:51:42,250
Number seven, the community recommends approval of non-capital of contract for the head start

1434
01:51:42,250 --> 01:51:47,570
training with high scope educational research foundation in amount of $32,150 dollars.

1435
01:51:48,090 --> 01:51:52,530
The contract is for training, we'll bring facilitators on site to rock for for a week

1436
01:51:52,530 --> 01:51:54,650
long, training for head start team members.

1437
01:51:54,750 --> 01:51:56,070
That place is seven meters before you.

1438
01:51:56,650 --> 01:51:57,850
Thank you.

1439
01:51:57,950 --> 01:51:59,790
It's our need to discussion on those seven items.

1440
01:52:01,730 --> 01:52:02,950
Clerk, will you please call the roll?

1441
01:52:02,950 --> 01:52:03,710
Dr. Yorkie?

1442
01:52:03,710 --> 01:52:04,930
Hi estimator.

1443
01:52:04,930 --> 01:52:05,110
Logan,

1444
01:52:05,570 --> 01:52:06,030
tears.

1445
01:52:06,650 --> 01:52:06,970
Thuber,

1446
01:52:08,490 --> 01:52:09,730
frost.rina,

1447
01:52:13,180 --> 01:52:13,580
gruchi.

1448
01:52:16,020 --> 01:52:17,260
Eventually, Rose.

1449
01:52:22,660 --> 01:52:22,880
That's

1450
01:52:22,880 --> 01:52:23,340
a question

1451
01:52:23,340 --> 01:52:26,000
real quick on. One of these,

1452
01:52:26,440 --> 01:52:28,780
that, okay, short. Um, for number

1453
01:52:28,780 --> 01:52:29,940
seven, what is the training?

1454
01:52:31,180 --> 01:52:33,420
Um, regarding the head,

1455
01:52:33,660 --> 01:52:34,660
strain for

1456
01:52:38,910 --> 01:52:40,310
the tire time.

1457
01:52:40,670 --> 01:52:41,410
I'm sorry, this is

1458
01:52:41,410 --> 01:52:43,130
stator training that we've used for quite

1459
01:52:43,130 --> 01:52:43,730
some time.

1460
01:52:43,730 --> 01:52:48,150
And what this is, is that we're actually lining, actually that's going to take them back.

1461
01:52:48,310 --> 01:52:50,930
The school district is actually lining in with the Head Start Standards.

1462
01:52:51,470 --> 01:52:56,070
So this is going to be an all-inclusive training for all new staff because of the high turnover that we've had.

1463
01:52:58,070 --> 01:52:58,290
Thanks.

1464
01:52:58,410 --> 01:52:58,950
Thanks, your honor.

1465
01:52:59,970 --> 01:53:01,210
I am all of them.

1466
01:53:01,910 --> 01:53:02,570
We're going to beat.

1467
01:53:03,250 --> 01:53:04,610
Are you?

1468
01:53:04,650 --> 01:53:05,090
Barrios?

1469
01:53:05,590 --> 01:53:06,030
Barrios?

1470
01:53:06,510 --> 01:53:06,950
Meets?

1471
01:53:07,910 --> 01:53:08,270
Barrios?

1472
01:53:09,450 --> 01:53:09,870
Barrios?

1473
01:53:11,010 --> 01:53:11,290
Barrios?

1474
01:53:11,290 --> 01:53:12,610
Next

1475
01:53:15,680 --> 01:53:19,460
up, we're going to go back to Plany and Development for New Business Ordances.

1476
01:53:20,040 --> 01:53:20,740
All of them in Turkey.

1477
01:53:21,280 --> 01:53:27,300
Here we are, under Romino Motene, number one, an ordinance approving funding agreement with

1478
01:53:27,300 --> 01:53:31,740
Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois for the establishment of an Excel Center in

1479
01:53:31,740 --> 01:53:36,780
cost related to capital improvements, renovations, and upgrades at 808 West River site.

1480
01:53:36,780 --> 01:53:42,180
Both are in the amount of $600,000 utilizing ARPA revenue replacement funds.

1481
01:53:42,180 --> 01:53:57,180
Number two, an ordinance approving a funding agreement with the International Women's Baseball Center for Field and Capital Improvements at 31115th Avenue in the amount of $400,000 utilizing ARPA Revenue Replacement Funds.

1482
01:53:57,920 --> 01:54:12,160
Number three, an ordinance approving a marketing service agreement with Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for made for Rockford Campaign phase two in the amount of $200,000 for two years utilizing ARPA Revenue Replacement Funds.

1483
01:54:12,160 --> 01:54:17,800
Number four, it ordinance approving an agreement between the City of Rockford and side by

1484
01:54:17,800 --> 01:54:22,260
Network's Rockford LLC or Smart City managed services.

1485
01:54:22,360 --> 01:54:23,280
These are up for passage.

1486
01:54:24,420 --> 01:54:24,720
Excellent.

1487
01:54:24,820 --> 01:54:26,260
We got four items before us.

1488
01:54:26,940 --> 01:54:29,240
Is there any further discussion on these four items?

1489
01:54:30,520 --> 01:54:31,160
Alderman Tumberg.

1490
01:54:31,640 --> 01:54:32,140
Thank you, Mayor.

1491
01:54:33,440 --> 01:54:40,160
I'd just like to ask our city administrator if he has had any conversation or any.

1492
01:54:40,160 --> 01:54:49,440
any reason to believe that goodwill is going to move their headquarters, their northern Illinois

1493
01:54:49,440 --> 01:54:52,620
headquarters to the Excel Center.

1494
01:54:54,280 --> 01:54:58,720
Mr. Kegnoun, I have not had any conversations with Goodwill.

1495
01:54:59,360 --> 01:55:02,380
That was suggest that they had any plans to do such.

1496
01:55:06,360 --> 01:55:07,200
Okay.

1497
01:55:07,200 --> 01:55:28,160
It is concerning to me that I will vote for this, but that either that I just want to make sure that the taxpayer's funds, the full 600,000, is going to strictly the Excel Center program.

1498
01:55:28,160 --> 01:55:40,520
I know how money can move around and maybe you could say manipulated in such a way that this would then free up.

1499
01:55:40,880 --> 01:55:42,380
So yes, the 600 goes.

1500
01:55:42,840 --> 01:55:53,300
And if the question was, is the 600,000 going strictly to the Excel Center program to help those in need of a high school education and such?

1501
01:55:53,300 --> 01:55:58,900
The answer could be yes, and be honestly answered that way.

1502
01:55:59,700 --> 01:56:07,960
The other side of the equation is $600,000 free up additional money's elsewhere in the

1503
01:56:07,960 --> 01:56:14,640
organization that could be used then to move to the Excel Center.

1504
01:56:14,640 --> 01:56:23,340
Again, it would be a travesty to the third word to weave a seven story, or how many stories,

1505
01:56:23,360 --> 01:56:29,660
seven or eight stories may or I think it's, you would drive by it every day as well, almost,

1506
01:56:30,060 --> 01:56:41,360
but so that it would be a travesty for them to use this as an opportunity to move out of that building

1507
01:56:41,360 --> 01:56:49,140
and we've a building of the lake in the third ward, predominant we've vacant.

1508
01:56:50,340 --> 01:56:57,260
So that is a concern of mine and if, yes, if that happens, it would be a trap.

1509
01:56:57,560 --> 01:56:58,160
Thank you.

1510
01:56:59,300 --> 01:57:00,340
Thank you.

1511
01:57:00,900 --> 01:57:01,560
Alderman Beach.

1512
01:57:02,720 --> 01:57:03,240
Thank you, Your Honor.

1513
01:57:03,360 --> 01:57:05,260
Two questions on number two.

1514
01:57:05,400 --> 01:57:11,180
Another one, do we know what that organization has raised so far towards the total project?

1515
01:57:11,180 --> 01:57:17,560
And the second question is, do we know what that 400,000 is going to be used on?

1516
01:57:17,580 --> 01:57:18,820
It says capital improvement.

1517
01:57:19,100 --> 01:57:22,420
Is there a list of what they're leading right now?

1518
01:57:22,940 --> 01:57:29,140
So we do not have the total amount that the IWVC has raised for their entire campus.

1519
01:57:29,740 --> 01:57:36,100
We do know that the dollars that we would provide will go to the field upgrades that they need

1520
01:57:36,100 --> 01:57:45,880
you get for the United States, the U.S. Women's baseball team was here last year and they

1521
01:57:45,880 --> 01:57:51,260
stated that they will come back potentially even yet this summer if they do a number

1522
01:57:51,260 --> 01:57:56,720
of upgrades that allow more competitive games to be played on that field. Even before the

1523
01:57:56,720 --> 01:58:02,640
full campus model with the activity center and the museum are constructed. And yes, we do have

1524
01:58:02,640 --> 01:58:05,820
list of what those items are, I don't have those ones.

1525
01:58:06,280 --> 01:58:07,100
Thank you very much.

1526
01:58:07,640 --> 01:58:10,980
And I would like to know, sometimes, you know,

1527
01:58:11,280 --> 01:58:13,780
a few weeks down the road here, what the total

1528
01:58:13,780 --> 01:58:18,060
month has been raised since we started this project.

1529
01:58:18,800 --> 01:58:19,140
Thank you.

1530
01:58:19,580 --> 01:58:20,180
Thank you.

1531
01:58:20,460 --> 01:58:23,440
There was another hand over all the one in the mix.

1532
01:58:24,940 --> 01:58:27,340
Mine goes back to

1533
01:58:32,490 --> 01:58:34,790
number one,

1534
01:58:36,990 --> 01:58:46,810
is it will be utilizing the whole space on in the building that they're moving into?

1535
01:58:47,010 --> 01:58:51,570
Into the gustives and furniture building, will they be utilizing the entire space?

1536
01:58:52,270 --> 01:58:54,590
I thought it was only a portion of the space.

1537
01:58:55,310 --> 01:58:57,490
Mr. Cognone, are you aware if they are enough?

1538
01:58:57,490 --> 01:59:02,530
I can't stay, whether they'll be using the whole space or not, you know, they already

1539
01:59:02,530 --> 01:59:10,550
use a portion of that center for, you know, a storage of a lot of their operations, but

1540
01:59:10,550 --> 01:59:14,670
as it relates to the Excel center, I'm not certain if that's taking up the entire space

1541
01:59:14,670 --> 01:59:15,050
or not.

1542
01:59:15,310 --> 01:59:20,270
My understanding, all the women in that exact here is my understanding, it won't be the entire

1543
01:59:20,270 --> 01:59:22,730
space, it'll be a significant portion of that.

1544
01:59:22,730 --> 01:59:29,930
That's what I thought too, but I thought that it was directly related to the Excel Center

1545
01:59:29,930 --> 01:59:34,290
and all of the programs and services that needed to go into the Excel Center.

1546
01:59:34,690 --> 01:59:41,970
I have heard nothing about them moving locations from their headquarters over to that new space.

1547
01:59:42,190 --> 01:59:45,790
So I can just say I've spoke to Google as well as they're coming into my work.

1548
01:59:45,890 --> 01:59:48,750
I've heard nothing about it, so you've had several questions about it.

1549
01:59:49,090 --> 01:59:51,430
I've never heard anything about them leaving that building.

1550
01:59:51,430 --> 01:59:53,830
So I just want to say that.

1551
01:59:55,690 --> 01:59:59,970
Yeah, the current space at the Guserson furniture building night.

1552
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:10,600
I have heard nothing. I know that they were looking at alternative locations, long time ago. That potentially had other impacts, but I have heard nothing at this location.

1553
02:00:12,740 --> 02:00:12,740
Okay.

1554
02:00:14,990 --> 02:00:15,990
Please call the roll.

1555
02:00:15,990 --> 02:00:16,830
Jerky.

1556
02:00:16,830 --> 02:00:17,230
Logan.

1557
02:00:20,150 --> 02:00:20,430
Aye.

1558
02:00:21,230 --> 02:00:21,950
Tombar.

1559
02:00:21,990 --> 02:00:22,210
Aye.

1560
02:00:22,710 --> 02:00:23,190
Frost.

1561
02:00:23,530 --> 02:00:24,250
Tarina.

1562
02:00:26,030 --> 02:00:26,610
Prenty.

1563
02:00:27,910 --> 02:00:28,350
Hoffman.

1564
02:00:29,550 --> 02:00:29,830
Rose.

1565
02:00:30,710 --> 02:00:31,070
Feach.

1566
02:00:32,310 --> 02:00:32,790
Arios.

1567
02:00:33,810 --> 02:00:34,270
Meek.

1568
02:00:35,390 --> 02:00:35,730
Bailey.

1569
02:00:38,890 --> 02:00:39,730
Item number 1.

1570
02:00:40,190 --> 02:00:40,830
12 eyes.

1571
02:00:41,150 --> 02:00:41,990
One, no.

1572
02:00:42,250 --> 02:00:42,810
Item 2.

1573
02:00:42,910 --> 02:00:43,630
3 and 4.

1574
02:00:44,030 --> 02:00:44,750
13 eyes.

1575
02:00:44,890 --> 02:00:46,150
Are you out of it?

1576
02:00:46,730 --> 02:00:46,990
Excellent.

1577
02:00:47,150 --> 02:00:47,470
Thank you.

1578
02:00:47,470 --> 02:00:50,690
Next, we'll go to code and regulation committee all the one in Trena.

1579
02:00:52,930 --> 02:00:53,310
Thank you, Ron.

1580
02:00:53,370 --> 02:00:57,230
I have 14 items as number 15 was laid over.

1581
02:00:57,750 --> 02:01:01,610
Number one in ordinance establishing a no parking any time restriction on a north side of

1582
02:01:01,610 --> 02:01:04,190
Bear Drive from where road to refarm road.

1583
02:01:04,870 --> 02:01:08,330
Number two in ordinance establishing a no parking any time restriction on both

1584
02:01:08,330 --> 02:01:12,410
sides of why shard drive from Bear Drive to 50 feet north of Bear Drive.

1585
02:01:13,070 --> 02:01:16,450
Number three in ordinance approving the request to vacate a portion of the right of way

1586
02:01:16,450 --> 02:01:18,490
the valley between Berry Road and Martin Road.

1587
02:01:19,190 --> 02:01:21,030
Number four, an ordinance of moving the request of vacate

1588
02:01:21,030 --> 02:01:23,710
a portion of hill street from Madison Street to the Rock River.

1589
02:01:24,530 --> 02:01:26,630
Number five, an ordinance of moving the request of vacate

1590
02:01:26,630 --> 02:01:28,570
a portion of mulberry street from court street

1591
02:01:28,570 --> 02:01:29,630
so in a bagel street.

1592
02:01:30,430 --> 02:01:32,190
Number six, an ordinance of moving a variation

1593
02:01:32,190 --> 02:01:33,870
to a wild parking in front of the building

1594
02:01:33,870 --> 02:01:36,730
and a variation to reduce the parking lot set back

1595
02:01:36,730 --> 02:01:39,950
from 10 feet to 5 feet in a designated pedestrian street

1596
02:01:39,950 --> 02:01:42,390
and a seat for Irwin McSew's Zoning District

1597
02:01:42,390 --> 02:01:43,990
at 99 East State Street.

1598
02:01:43,990 --> 02:01:56,090
Number seven, an ordinance of proving a special use permit for outdoor storage for passenger vehicles and conjunction with an auto body shop and an I1 light industrial zoning district at 3238 West State Street.

1599
02:01:56,690 --> 02:02:06,450
Number eight, an ordinance of proving a special use permit for outdoor trailer parking and an I1 light industrial zoning district at 1505 and 1507 Kishwaki Street.

1600
02:02:06,450 --> 02:02:10,890
Number nine, an ordinance approving a special use permit for the installation of the solar farm,

1601
02:02:11,110 --> 02:02:16,390
free standing solar panel, maximum solar panels, and an I1 light industrial zoning district at

1602
02:02:16,390 --> 02:02:18,330
5529 PUNNY Hamroad.

1603
02:02:18,890 --> 02:02:22,770
Number 10, an ordinance approving the sealant to baffle products and conjunction with the gas station

1604
02:02:22,770 --> 02:02:28,330
and convenience store, and a C3 general control zoning district at 1344 East State Street.

1605
02:02:29,010 --> 02:02:33,650
Number 11, an ordinance approving the sealant package liquor and conjunction with the gas station,

1606
02:02:33,650 --> 02:02:40,690
and can be in store in a C3 General Commercial Zoning District at 87 East State Street, 12 and ordinance

1607
02:02:40,690 --> 02:02:44,810
approving the sales of back-to-products in conjunction with the gas station and convenience store

1608
02:02:44,810 --> 02:02:51,170
at a C3 General Commercial Zoning District at 87 East State Street, 13 and ordinance approving

1609
02:02:51,170 --> 02:02:58,870
a modification of an existing liquor license, or 50% stock purchase in a C2 Limited Commercial Zoning District

1610
02:02:58,870 --> 02:03:05,890
at 752 at 9.08 West River Side Boulevard and 14 and ordinance approving a modification of an existing liquor license

1611
02:03:05,890 --> 02:03:13,450
for a 50% stock purchase in a C4, or if it makes you zoning district at 205 West State Street. Thank you.

1612
02:03:14,690 --> 02:03:16,970
And TAN was also held out.

1613
02:03:17,110 --> 02:03:17,170
Oh,

1614
02:03:19,440 --> 02:03:19,580
okay.

1615
02:03:19,580 --> 02:03:20,420
So we have 30 items.

1616
02:03:21,020 --> 02:03:21,420
What's it?

1617
02:03:21,420 --> 02:03:22,320
It was held out.

1618
02:03:22,400 --> 02:03:22,980
There's wait over.

1619
02:03:23,480 --> 02:03:24,180
No, it was.

1620
02:03:24,220 --> 02:03:24,740
Sorry, Phil.

1621
02:03:24,960 --> 02:03:25,380
I found this.

1622
02:03:26,100 --> 02:03:26,340
Sorry.

1623
02:03:27,100 --> 02:03:28,100
It's a few more.

1624
02:03:28,100 --> 02:03:32,380
I'll doubt it was laid over, but it would not be voted on one way or the other.

1625
02:03:32,980 --> 02:03:35,040
Not vote on 10.

1626
02:03:35,620 --> 02:03:37,620
I am then your amended conference.

1627
02:03:39,280 --> 02:03:45,300
All right, so we have 13 items because item 10 has been defeated and item 15 was laid over.

1628
02:03:45,640 --> 02:03:50,420
One of remind council that item 14 was amended with five amendments.

1629
02:03:50,420 --> 02:03:58,160
the fourth being switching that from May they end to 2 AM and from an at 150 days we will

1630
02:03:58,160 --> 02:04:05,800
provide this body in update on how that establishment is working with a potential at that point

1631
02:04:05,800 --> 02:04:15,140
to continue on with those same hours and or to revert them to the 12 AM hour. Is there any further

1632
02:04:15,140 --> 02:04:18,120
discussion on the 13 items before you.

1633
02:04:18,160 --> 02:04:19,360
First, will you please call the roll?

1634
02:04:20,140 --> 02:04:20,960
No, no.

1635
02:04:25,490 --> 02:04:25,830
Logan.

1636
02:04:26,490 --> 02:04:26,750
5.

1637
02:04:27,910 --> 02:04:28,130
2.

1638
02:04:31,520 --> 02:04:32,160
3.

1639
02:04:38,580 --> 02:04:39,220
Fronty.

1640
02:04:46,540 --> 02:04:46,760
Bottom.

1641
02:04:48,340 --> 02:04:48,760
Rose.

1642
02:04:50,240 --> 02:04:50,580
Beach.

1643
02:04:57,860 --> 02:04:58,320
Barriers.

1644
02:05:00,060 --> 02:05:00,700
Meets.

1645
02:05:06,130 --> 02:05:06,530
Bailey.

1646
02:05:15,500 --> 02:05:16,000
And I'm 25.

1647
02:05:16,640 --> 02:05:17,000
13.

1648
02:05:17,460 --> 02:05:17,660
Eyes.

1649
02:05:18,220 --> 02:05:19,260
And I'm number 6.

1650
02:05:20,100 --> 02:05:20,320
11.

1651
02:05:20,620 --> 02:05:20,760
Eyes.

1652
02:05:20,920 --> 02:05:21,000
Two.

1653
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:27,180
I'm sorry 12, I'm number 9,

1654
02:05:29,350 --> 02:05:36,730
11, I'm 11, 11, 11, I'm 11, I'm 12, 12, I'm 13, 11, I's

1655
02:05:36,730 --> 02:05:42,550
1, 0, and I'm number 14, 9, I'm 5, 0.

1656
02:05:44,330 --> 02:05:44,970
Thank you.

1657
02:05:45,070 --> 02:05:50,110
Next we're going to go to finance and person now, committee, we do a

1658
02:05:52,890 --> 02:05:54,690
good, yes, that sounds

1659
02:05:55,630 --> 02:05:58,550
I don't know, he's here.

1660
02:05:59,930 --> 02:06:02,430
Hold them in for us, we're going to go to finance and personnel.

1661
02:06:06,710 --> 02:06:11,030
There's two items, number one is in order to prove the purchase of two 14 North Church

1662
02:06:11,030 --> 02:06:15,410
Street from the board of library trustees and the Iraq for the amount of $709-$5,000.

1663
02:06:16,310 --> 02:06:19,010
The property is a commercial building, approximately 28,000 square feet.

1664
02:06:19,090 --> 02:06:22,950
The city plans and leasing the building for the new home and the family piece center providing

1665
02:06:22,950 --> 02:06:25,030
much needed expansion from this current facility.

1666
02:06:25,490 --> 02:06:36,190
Number two is the order to prevent the intergovernmental agreement between the city of Rockford and the IEPA to establish the long-term residential hazardous waste collection facility a place these two words to before you.

1667
02:06:36,890 --> 02:06:37,050
Thanks on.

1668
02:06:37,150 --> 02:06:37,430
Thank you.

1669
02:06:37,550 --> 02:06:38,650
There's two items before us.

1670
02:06:38,670 --> 02:06:39,490
I need a discussion.

1671
02:06:40,110 --> 02:06:41,970
Kirk, will you please call the roll.

1672
02:06:42,830 --> 02:06:43,990
Logan.

1673
02:06:45,030 --> 02:06:45,470
Timber.

1674
02:06:46,310 --> 02:06:46,690
Ross.

1675
02:06:47,330 --> 02:06:47,810
Serena.

1676
02:06:49,210 --> 02:06:49,330
Brent.

1677
02:06:50,730 --> 02:06:51,690
Hoffman.

1678
02:06:52,530 --> 02:06:53,270
Rose.

1679
02:06:54,270 --> 02:06:54,650
Beach.

1680
02:06:55,710 --> 02:06:56,090
Barrios.

1681
02:06:57,170 --> 02:06:57,610
Nix.

1682
02:06:58,410 --> 02:06:58,790
Bailey.

1683
02:06:59,770 --> 02:07:00,070
Bonnie.

1684
02:07:00,530 --> 02:07:00,830
Hi.

1685
02:07:01,250 --> 02:07:01,670
13.

1686
02:07:02,050 --> 02:07:02,810
Nice.

1687
02:07:02,910 --> 02:07:03,230
Excellent.

1688
02:07:03,790 --> 02:07:06,310
We need to go back in.

1689
02:07:07,590 --> 02:07:10,910
Check our vote number 1414.

1690
02:07:14,360 --> 02:07:14,580
What?

1691
02:07:15,740 --> 02:07:17,800
Then the last hundred closure regulations,

1692
02:07:17,920 --> 02:07:20,400
would I make sure our council is correct?

1693
02:07:22,500 --> 02:07:22,620
Yeah.

1694
02:07:23,060 --> 02:07:23,580
I didn't mean so.

1695
02:07:24,760 --> 02:07:25,980
I didn't mean so.

1696
02:07:25,980 --> 02:07:27,680
So if you go back to new business,

1697
02:07:28,220 --> 02:07:29,860
under code and regulation committee,

1698
02:07:31,600 --> 02:07:37,380
item number 14, item number 14 is the district bar in Grille.

1699
02:07:40,370 --> 02:07:41,110
Mr. DeGone.

1700
02:07:41,310 --> 02:07:42,910
All in frost was out of the room,

1701
02:07:43,030 --> 02:07:45,470
so the boat would have been eight to five.

1702
02:07:52,640 --> 02:07:57,920
So you can

1703
02:08:00,090 --> 02:08:05,310
vote on the entire packet if not it's a 75-volt correct number 14.

1704
02:08:05,630 --> 02:08:13,270
I don't believe that's the case.

1705
02:08:17,190 --> 02:08:29,570
So the two ways we can do it, all of them across can go down on the codes and regulations item to go to the mayor if he doesn't want to do that, the mayor can also vote on item 14 to make it eight votes to the seven.

1706
02:08:39,660 --> 02:08:40,520
Thank you.

1707
02:08:41,060 --> 02:08:45,300
So I would remind everyone before we adjourn, we'll do office or a report.

1708
02:08:45,660 --> 02:08:51,500
Just want to remind everyone that the sort of words are taking place at Coronado Theatre and they started at about seven o'clock.

1709
02:08:51,500 --> 02:08:54,400
So, all of them are there?

1710
02:08:54,920 --> 02:08:55,220
Thank you.

1711
02:08:55,440 --> 02:08:57,500
I just had one follow-up question.

1712
02:08:57,900 --> 02:09:01,060
This was involving the clinic on the RAID Drive.

1713
02:09:02,220 --> 02:09:05,380
At some point, I had asked a census,

1714
02:09:06,340 --> 02:09:07,540
performed minor surgery.

1715
02:09:08,280 --> 02:09:10,780
I wanted clarification that the city was

1716
02:09:12,160 --> 02:09:15,380
enforcing sprinklers and other fire suppression

1717
02:09:15,380 --> 02:09:17,460
at a safety because some of the people

1718
02:09:17,460 --> 02:09:20,500
will be incapacitated during the procedures

1719
02:09:20,500 --> 02:09:24,300
and can't safely exit the building expeditiously.

1720
02:09:25,680 --> 02:09:31,460
I'd ask the fire department if that's the case.

1721
02:09:33,320 --> 02:09:36,320
Are they going to be required to have sprinkler systems in that clinic?

1722
02:09:37,260 --> 02:09:39,100
Do you have that answer with you?

1723
02:09:39,240 --> 02:09:41,020
Or is that an answer that we can get to the alderman?

1724
02:09:42,440 --> 02:09:43,240
Oh, sorry.

1725
02:09:44,840 --> 02:09:45,780
I want to hear your voice.

1726
02:09:46,040 --> 02:09:46,240
There you go.

1727
02:09:46,300 --> 02:09:46,940
Do you?

1728
02:09:47,100 --> 02:09:51,100
I don't have that answer this evening,

1729
02:09:51,100 --> 02:09:53,560
But I can certainly get it to you, Alderman Derky.

1730
02:09:54,660 --> 02:09:56,420
I don't have that answer right now,

1731
02:09:56,520 --> 02:09:57,800
but I can certainly get that for you.

1732
02:09:58,120 --> 02:09:58,420
Thank you.

1733
02:09:59,000 --> 02:10:00,620
Well, you mill it out to the full council.

1734
02:10:01,020 --> 02:10:01,340
Thank you.

1735
02:10:02,280 --> 02:10:04,280
Alderman, Bonnie, then Alderman.

1736
02:10:04,480 --> 02:10:04,920
Hoffman.

1737
02:10:06,540 --> 02:10:07,060
Thank you, Mayor.

1738
02:10:08,540 --> 02:10:12,160
With respect to the status of the Oaks Club,

1739
02:10:12,640 --> 02:10:15,900
there was some news this week.

1740
02:10:15,900 --> 02:10:19,860
And I forget whether I believe it's a main church,

1741
02:10:19,860 --> 02:10:28,220
Another property owned by the same developer that's been in the news for a variety of issues.

1742
02:10:28,720 --> 02:10:45,740
And I was wondering if we can't have legal status in the near future on the status of the Elts Club and specifically talk to us about the prospect of receivership versus

1743
02:10:48,640 --> 02:10:52,360
But the potential that there will be a corridor in our demolition.

1744
02:10:53,100 --> 02:10:53,280
Thank you.

1745
02:10:53,440 --> 02:10:56,460
We can certainly have legal provide that update in your accurate.

1746
02:10:56,600 --> 02:10:58,800
It's our Guile property in Mark and Guinness.

1747
02:10:59,320 --> 02:11:00,000
Item in the rose.

1748
02:11:00,820 --> 02:11:01,440
Thank you, Your Honor.

1749
02:11:01,860 --> 02:11:06,900
And light of us approving the legislative and lobbying contract with Zephyr government

1750
02:11:06,900 --> 02:11:07,480
and strategies.

1751
02:11:08,020 --> 02:11:10,540
I did want to just touch base that.

1752
02:11:10,540 --> 02:11:18,140
I was hopeful that at some point legislative and lobbying committee could formulate some language

1753
02:11:18,140 --> 02:11:23,040
around some of the discussion around ceasefire.

1754
02:11:23,240 --> 02:11:31,860
I know that the President of the United States, President Biden has pushed forward with a ceasefire

1755
02:11:31,860 --> 02:11:47,460
I think it's important that over 70 cities around the United States have went forward and pushed for a ceasefire resolution.

1756
02:11:47,460 --> 02:12:01,840
I'm not sure if that is the right response, but I do think that our legislative lobbying committee could produce some language that would at least be in line with what America

1757
02:12:01,840 --> 02:12:12,640
in the majority of people are asking in that, when we send weapons to countries, and I'm

1758
02:12:12,640 --> 02:12:17,860
not just referencing the Middle East, I'm just talking in general, that when we send weapons

1759
02:12:17,860 --> 02:12:26,720
to any country that we have the same expectation for our own troops and our own military

1760
02:12:26,720 --> 02:12:32,880
as we would to those militaries and that we would expect that those weapons be used in accordance

1761
02:12:32,880 --> 02:12:39,780
with international law and so I'm just asking that we kind of take a look at that at some

1762
02:12:39,780 --> 02:12:44,300
point because I think it's important that if we have that expectation of our own troops

1763
02:12:44,300 --> 02:12:51,120
here in the United States that we have the same expectation for any country that we send weapons

1764
02:12:51,120 --> 02:12:55,900
to. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to

1765
02:12:55,900 --> 02:13:03,000
say in February 22nd, my group, AAUW, American Association of University Women, along with

1766
02:13:03,000 --> 02:13:09,860
the League of Women Voters and Alpha Kappa Alpha, went to Ellis School to teach fifth graders

1767
02:13:09,860 --> 02:13:17,680
about democracy. There were two classes and in the first one, Alderman Wilkins joined us

1768
02:13:17,680 --> 02:13:20,560
and her group beat the pants off of mine.

1769
02:13:21,020 --> 02:13:22,900
But one of my kids was sick.

1770
02:13:23,920 --> 02:13:27,440
So at any rate, and she seriously beat us,

1771
02:13:27,740 --> 02:13:29,280
and we thank her for coming.

1772
02:13:30,140 --> 02:13:33,460
The second group, when they found out I was an alderman,

1773
02:13:33,800 --> 02:13:36,340
I had five young boys, fifth graders,

1774
02:13:36,580 --> 02:13:38,820
who wanted to know about becoming policemen

1775
02:13:39,460 --> 02:13:42,720
that was not on the subject, but that's where we went.

1776
02:13:43,440 --> 02:13:45,760
So we have some recruits next time.

1777
02:13:46,520 --> 02:13:54,480
I'm February 24th, a-a-u-w hosted the history of blacks in Rockford, and the speakers

1778
02:13:54,480 --> 02:14:01,320
were skipped Gilbert, and Judge Heropoel, Yarborough, and I want to thank Alderman Bailey for

1779
02:14:01,320 --> 02:14:02,280
coming.

1780
02:14:02,640 --> 02:14:08,660
I'll let it with an interesting event, and then this Saturday, what's up at the border?

1781
02:14:09,340 --> 02:14:13,880
You all got flyers last week, it's nine partisan, we're not going to get into how they

1782
02:14:13,880 --> 02:14:20,800
fix it just what's happening and what actually happened on the 30 first. So we invite you all

1783
02:14:20,800 --> 02:14:27,820
it's free. I'm gonna set second first and it's at 1 o'clock and we hope you all come and learn.

1784
02:14:28,400 --> 02:14:31,980
Thank you. Any other officers, all the women from here?

1785
02:14:33,140 --> 02:14:39,700
Yeah, I want to be fast so that we can get to the slower awards. I just wanted to congratulate

1786
02:14:39,700 --> 02:14:47,020
like the Burkuro United Methodist Church on the opening of their Illinois Welcoming Center.

1787
02:14:47,440 --> 02:14:54,400
They started to have this service and to be able to extend this to folks in the six

1788
02:14:54,400 --> 02:14:59,960
ward and throughout the city, so congratulations to Burkuro United Methodist and this.

1789
02:15:01,330 --> 02:15:06,730
I just wanted to give a shout out to a young man who works with animal services.

1790
02:15:07,630 --> 02:15:22,310
When a bagel county animal services system is Austin culture. And there was, I don't know if you all have seen it on Facebook, here lately, but there have been some loose dogs and they are large size dogs.

1791
02:15:22,310 --> 02:15:27,170
And I also had a chance to come to the sixth ward

1792
02:15:27,170 --> 02:15:31,390
and I watched him capture one of those little stars.

1793
02:15:31,590 --> 02:15:32,890
He was very professional.

1794
02:15:33,770 --> 02:15:35,410
The animal was not hurt.

1795
02:15:36,950 --> 02:15:38,350
And he did that very successful.

1796
02:15:38,470 --> 02:15:42,270
So I just wanted to give him some praise

1797
02:15:42,270 --> 02:15:44,230
for the work that he has done him.

1798
02:15:44,230 --> 02:15:46,070
Thank you for his professionalism.

1799
02:15:46,690 --> 02:15:47,470
Thank you.

1800
02:15:48,050 --> 02:15:48,790
All the role in meats.

1801
02:15:48,790 --> 02:15:59,930
I just wanted to know if someone from staff could tell me when the last day will be for the Public Works Director, Kyle Saunders.

1802
02:15:59,990 --> 02:16:00,790
March 22nd.

1803
02:16:02,250 --> 02:16:02,470
And then...

1804
02:16:02,470 --> 02:16:05,010
I'm pushing for March 22nd, I'm 22nd, but...

1805
02:16:05,010 --> 02:16:05,530
Okay.

1806
02:16:05,990 --> 02:16:06,610
I'm saying it's this.

1807
02:16:06,810 --> 02:16:08,130
It's pretty firm on it.

1808
02:16:08,390 --> 02:16:13,530
So, I'm just curious is there an internal search for replacement

1809
02:16:13,530 --> 02:16:19,990
or are we looking outside of internal staff for that position?

1810
02:16:20,890 --> 02:16:20,890
Yes.

1811
02:16:23,460 --> 02:16:29,920
No, we have had discussions. More than likely you'll see folks rise up internally first.

1812
02:16:30,100 --> 02:16:34,100
Okay. But has there been an external search at all?

1813
02:16:34,120 --> 02:16:38,540
Nothing has been and not external. It's going to be within first.

1814
02:16:38,780 --> 02:16:41,180
Okay. Thank you.

1815
02:16:41,180 --> 02:16:43,060
Other reports?

1816
02:16:43,820 --> 02:16:44,340
All the good news.

1817
02:16:44,700 --> 02:16:52,340
Yeah, I'm working trying to understand and differentiate the different activities that we have

1818
02:16:52,340 --> 02:16:53,380
going on in the community.

1819
02:16:53,840 --> 02:17:02,960
One involving the community healing center that's run out of the mayor's office of domestic violence

1820
02:17:02,960 --> 02:17:07,760
and then the other one, alignment, rocker, which is the healing school framework.

1821
02:17:07,760 --> 02:17:17,460
There are two different programs, so I'm working hard to understand the differences with those programs and working with students in our community, particularly Auburn High School.

1822
02:17:19,960 --> 02:17:20,180
Thank you.

1823
02:17:20,680 --> 02:17:25,040
Just so all of you know, the Community Healing Center, we are part of it.

1824
02:17:25,160 --> 02:17:28,760
We help win the grant for it, but it is at Boys and Girls Club, I'm Kilburn.

1825
02:17:30,120 --> 02:17:31,460
So, thank you.

1826
02:17:32,000 --> 02:17:32,620
Other reports?

1827
02:17:35,580 --> 02:17:37,200
Someone please give me a motion to adjourn.

1828
02:17:37,880 --> 02:17:38,360
Thank you.

1829
02:17:39,300 --> 02:17:41,400
We have a motion, we have a second discussion.

1830
02:17:42,100 --> 02:17:45,140
No discussion, have all those in favor say aye?

1831
02:17:46,080 --> 02:17:47,400
Those opposed, have good night.