MAY 21, 2019, MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, IS CALLED
TO ORDER.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH A
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> ALDERMAN REDPATH.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERMAN SENOR.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> PRESENT.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERMAN THEILEN.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERMAN DONELAN.
>> HERE.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> MAYOR LANGFELDER.
>> HERE.
>> MR. MAYOR, A QUORUM IS
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE START OUR ZONING
PORTION OF THE MEETING, WE'D
LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE CHRIST
OF KING 8TH GRADE BASKETBALL
TEAM AND THEIR COACHES.
(APPLAUSE).
DID YOU PLAY BASKETBALL OR JUST
SWIM?
>> I PLAYED BASKETBALL.
I WAS A COUGAR.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> I WAS A COUGAR, TOO.
>> DID YOU MAKE IT TO STATE?
(LAUGHING).
>> MAYOR, THEY DIDN'T HAVE STATE
BACK THEN, BUT WE WON THE
SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC LEAGUE.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> ONLY TWO TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE.
(LAUGHING) WE MIGHT HAVE BEATEN
FRANKLIN THAT YEAR, TOO.
>> AGAIN, I WENT TO JEFFERSON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT!
(LAUGHING).
>> ALWAYS GIVES US GREAT PRIDE
TO RECOGNIZE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THE CHRIST THE KING
8TH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM WHEN
THEIR ENDEAVORS ON COURT, AND
OFF COURT.
TOGETHER WE GATHER WITH SCHOOL
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHRIST THE
KING AND FAMILIES OF THE PERISH
TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AND
CELEBRATE THEIR ATHLETIC SYSTEM.
EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM OF
2018-2019, MARKED FINAL YEAR AS
COUGAR AND WILL BE REMEMBERED AS
TEAM OF DETERMINATION, PRIDE AND
SUCCESS SES FULL.
12 PLAYER TEAM CONSISTING OF
JAKE HAMILTON, WILL HAMILTON,
JIM GENERALS KINS, COLIN JOHANNE
HE IS.
ANDREW MC DOWELL, JOE SWRESKA,
BLAKE TROY ER, ETHAN WINTERS
COMBINE SKILLS AND TALENTS TO
MAKE COHESIVE, TENACIOUS TEAM,
2018-2019 COUGAR SEASON WAS
SUCCESS ENDING WITH RECORD OF
28-2, AND COMBINED WITH THEIR
7TH GRADE SEASON, THIS TEAM
MARKED A RECORD OF 53 WINS, 6
LOCKS R LOSSES AND 7TH GRADERS,
THESE YOUNG ATHLETES PLACED
THIRD IN IESA STATE TOURNAMENT
AND ONE YEAR LATER RETURNED AS
8TH GRADERS AND TOOK SECOND
PLACE IN CLASS 2A AND 8TH GRADE
IESA TOURNAMENT.
CHRIST THE KING MOTTO, CREATE BY
EXAMPLE, CATHOLIC ENVIRONMENT
AND THIS WAS REFLECTED BY THEIR
HEAD COACH AND TODD HE BOLL,
SUPPORT FROM FAMILIES WITH
MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS,
INCLUDING CTK FAY, AND FATHER
RING, AND BOB HAMILTON AND MARK
PETRILLI.
THESE 8TH GRADERS ARE MOVING ON
TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
MAY YOU NEVER FORGET THE LESSONS
YOU LEARNED AS A TEAM,
IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTH, UNITY
WORKING TOGETHER, CAN YOU
ACHIEVE MORE.
I JAMES O. LANGFELDER MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD,
TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
AND OUR RESIDENTS DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM TUESDAY MAY 7, 2019,
SHALL BE CHRIST THE KING BOYS'
BASKETBALL DAY IN THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD, AND CALL UPON ALL
CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE 2018-2019
CHRIST THE KING COUGARS AND
THEIR COACHES FOR THEIR
ACHIEVEMENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL
DONE.
(APPLAUSE).
MAYOR LANGFELDER, CITY COUNCIL,
THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION
PARTICULARLY MR. HANAUER WHO IS
PART OF THE CTK FAMILY, AS HE
SAID.
IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO COACH
THESE GUYS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IN FACT, I HAVE COACHED MOST OF
THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS OTHER
THAN THAT.
IT IS A SPECIAL GROUP, AND YOU
POINT TO OUR TWO YEAR RECORD.
WHAT I WILL ALSO POINT OUT MOST
GUYS ARE CORE GROUP OF THE CTK
BASEBALL TEAM THAT ALSO WENT TO
STATE THIS YEAR AND GOT THIRD
PLACE.
THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT TOO MANY
TEAMS WENT IN THE SAME YEAR TO
STATE IN TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS.
I AM PROUD OF THE WAY THEY
HANDLE THEMSELVES OFF THE COURT
AND ON THE COURT REPRESENTING
THEIRSELVES AND FAMILY AND
CHRIST CHRIST THE KING FAMILY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>
(APPLAUSE).
ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE PICTURES,
COME ON UP.
>> GOOD EVENING, I AM NOT ONE OF
THE COACHES.
BUT THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL.
I AM PAM FAYHEY PRINCIPAL.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS OF
THE BOYS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY
GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS, GREAT
BASEBALL PLAYERS, BUT THEY ARE
GREAT CITIZENS, TOO.
THEY TOOK THEIR TIME AND THEY
VOLUNTEERED AT CONTACT
MINISTRIES THIS YEAR, AND I
BELIEVE LAST YEAR ALSO.
AND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY
HAVE ONLY LOFTY BELIEVE TWO
GAMES IN THE CHRIST THE KING
SCHOOL GYM.
SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM FOR
THEIR SPORTS AND NONE OF THEM
WERE EVER INELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF
THEIR ACADEMICS EITHER.
SO THEY ARE VERY, VERY SMART
TEAM ALSO.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD
I AM OF THEM, AND I HOPE THEY
CONTINUE TO BE IN WAY THROUGH
HIGH SCHOOL AND THROUGH COLLEGE.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE).
>> LIKE ALDERMAN REDPATH SAID,
IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GET A
BETTER SHOT, FEEL FREE.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
(APPLAUSE).
>> RALPH, I THINK WE PLAYED IN
THE CAFETERIA WHEN WE PLAYED YOU
GUYS AT CHRIST THE KING.
>> I WAS BAPTIZED IN THAT
CAFETERIA.
TRUE!
>> ACTUALLY WE HAVE ONE MORE
PRESENTATION, REX.
>> ACTUALLY ALDERMAN THEILEN'S
LAST DAY ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND
HIS FAMILY IS HERE.
WE'D ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD
AND WE WILL GIVE THEM THE
SENDOFF HE PROPERLY DESERVES.
>> WE WILL GIVE HIM BETTER ONE
THAN THAT!
(LAUGHING) IF ANY OF THE
ALDERMEN WANT TO JOIN ME, PLEASE
DO.
YOU CAN ALWAYS COMMENTS FROM
YOUR SEATS, TOO.
IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE WE WANT
TO THANK ALDERMAN THEILEN FOR
HIS DEDICATION -- I GOT TRIPPED
UP!
(LAUGHING) ALDERMAN THEILEN FOR
GREAT DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO
THE PEOPLE.
I DID LISTEN TO A LITTLE BIT OF
YOUR RADIO SHOW THIS MORNING,
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
BUDGET AND THAT'S ONE THING HE
ALWAYS PRIDED HIMSELF ON IS
ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT IS ALL
ABOUT IS ASKING QUESTIONS, AND
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR
CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT'S ONE
THING ALDERMAN THEILEN HAD
ALWAYS DONE IS REPRESENTED HIS
WARD VERY WELL AND CITY IN THE
PROCESS.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE
DONE AND YOUR FAMILY SUPPORT
WITH YOUR EFFORTS BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE FAMILY
SUPPORT, AND THE PLAQUE READS
"GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY
THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE,
WHICH IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT,
SAID BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LEVEL
OF GOVERNMENT YOU ARE IN,
FEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL, IF WE
ALL LIVE BY THAT MOTTO, WE'D
HAVE A LOT DIFFERENT COUNTRY AND
WORLD THAN WHAT WE DO TODAY.
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, THAT'S WHAT
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON ESPECIALLY
THIS CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S WHY WE
WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SO MUCH.
IN APPRECIATION OF PUBLIC
SERVICE, CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
COMMENDS CHRISTOPHER D THEILEN
FOR COMMITMENT SINCERITY AND
DEDICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS,
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
WARD 8 ALDERMAN FROM 2007 TO
2019.
CONGRATULATIONS.
(APPLAUSE).
(APPLAUSE).
>> WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> I WOULD.
THANK YOU.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT
LITTLE GIRL THAT JUST LEFT, THAT
WAS THE ONE THAT WAS BORN THREE
WEEKS BEFORE THE FIRST ELECTION.
THAT LITTLE BOY WAS BORN SEVEN
MONTHS BEFORE THE SECOND ONE.
AND THAT WOMAN HAS PUT UP WITH
12 YEARS OF HELL.
(LAUGHING) THIS IS EXACT SAME
TIE I WORE THE FIRST DAY, VERY
FIRST CITY COUNCIL.
I WORE THIS SUPERMAN TIE.
I HAD SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS WHO
SAID YOU COULDN'T RESIST WEARING
A COMIC BOOK TIE TO CITY
COUNCIL, COULD YOU?
I SAID NO, I AM VERY TRUE TO MY
NATURE.
I HAVE A SELF PROFESSED NERD AND
I AM PROUD OF IT. IT HAS BEEN AN
HONOR TO SERVE, AND IT HAS BEEN
A SERVICE.
HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS A WEEK,
I GET A MONTH, I AVERAGE OVER 12
YEARS PROBABLY 300 PHONE CALLS
AND E-MAILS A MONTH.
WE HAD 56 MEETINGS ONE YEAR,
WITH SPECIAL SESSIONS AND OTHER
THINGS, BUT GENERALLY WE HAD 48
MEETINGS A YEAR PLUS ANY SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR
AGENDAS.
MANAGED TO BRING THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY TOGETHER FOR THE CITY
COUNTY SOFTBALL GAMES.
TURNED INTO A WIFFLE BALL GAME
LAST YEAR.
MAYOR, I HOPE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
TO KEEP US GOING.
IT IS GOOD FOR THE DIFFERENT
UNITS OF GOVERNMENT TO GET
TOGETHER AND REALIZE THAT THERE
IS SHARED OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I
LEARNED ON THIS CITY COUNCIL IS
THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU
LEAN TO THE LEFT OR TO THE
RIGHT, 90% OF THE THINGS ARE IN
THE MIDDLE.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOUR
CITY.
AND 90% OF THE TIME YOU GUYS
WILL AGREE WITH EACH OTHER.
TEN PERCENT YOU WILL HAVE
SOMEBODY OFF TO THE LEFT, OFF TO
THE RIGHT.
BUT WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER WE
ARE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS
CITY.
GOD WILLING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS CITY
EVERY TIME SOMETHING IS BROUGHT
FORWARD.
PLEASE BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU ARE
HAVING YOUR FIGHTS.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT
THERE IS ANOTHER KRIS WITH A "K"
NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK HER MIND,
BUT WILL CONTINUE THE TRADITION
FOR ME.
I HAVE MADE A LOT OF GOOD
FRIENDS THROUGH THESE 12 YEARS,
BOTH CONSTITUENTS AND EMPLOYEES
AND PEOPLE THAT ARE MY PEERS.
I AM BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN
THIS CHANCE.
AND I AM GLAD I TOOK IT BIT
HORNS AND GAVE IT EVERYTHING I
HAD.
THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE).
>> KRIS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN
SPRINGFIELD THROUGH THE
SPRINGFIELD PARK DISTRICT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE THERE
AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU
PARTICIPATE IN THE WIFFLE BALL
OR SOFTBALL GAMES WHATEVER WE
WANT AND HELPING THAT ENDEAVOR.
(LAUGHING)
ALDERMAN SENOR LAST MEETING WILL
BE NEXT WEEK AT THE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE.
AND THERE IS SOME UNFINISHED
BUSINESS ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING
SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
TRACK AND SO THAT WILL GIVE HIM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE
THEM AND HAVE HIS FAMILY WITH
HIM AT THAT POINT AND TIME.
WHEEZE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE
AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE
SAME PLAQUE, BUT IT WILL BE YOUR
NAME ON THERE!
(LAUGHING).
>> CAN YOU CHANGE THE NAME?
>> STILL DELIVERED WITH LOVE AND
CARE AND RESPECT THAT WE DO WITH
ALL OF OUR ALDERMAN AND ALL DER
WOMEN.
SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM ON
THE ZONING AGENDA IS DOCTOR
2019-013 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED
1905 AND 1905 AND A HALF
ELIZABETH STREET.
PETITIONER ARE STELLA DEAN AND
DOUGLAS WAYNE RATHMUN.
PRESENT CLASSIFICATION, R2
SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX
RESIDENCE, SECTION 155.017.
REQUESTED RELIEF
RECLASSIFICATION TO R1B, GENERAL
RESIDENCE DISTRICT SECTION
155.018, CONDITIONAL PERMITTED
USE PURSUANT TO SECTION
155.018C6, AND SECTION
155.211.2, REHABILITATION HOMES.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION IS
DENIAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS GRANT PETITION
AS SUBMITTED WITH REZONING
LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS
CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY WHICH
TWO AND THE CONDITIONAL
PERMITTED USE FOR REHABILITATION
HOME OPERATED ON THE PROPERTY
LIMITED TO FOUR TENANTS AND ONE
SUPERVISOR TENANT WOULD STAY NO
MORE THAN 120 DAYS.
TENANTS WOULD HAVE NO GUESTS,
TENANTS WOULD HAVE ON SITE
SUPERVISION, COUNSELING,
VOCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY WOULD BE PROVIDED
TRANSPORTATION.
THERE WOULD BE A FAITH BASED ELM
TO THE PROGRAM.
THEY WOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED
AND SUPERVISED.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MAKE A MOTION WE DENY THE
PETITION.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO DENY
THE PETITION AS RECOMMENDED BY
THE SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND ASKED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP
TO SPEAK.
SHOULD WE -- IS IT THE PLEASURE
OF THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THE
AUDIENCE SPEAK FIRST?
SO WE'D ASK FOR STELLA DEAN TO
COME FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
FOR THE COUNCIL.
>> I AM STELLA DEAN, I RESIDE
504 SOUTH WALNUT STREET.
I AM SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE READ
THE ZONING RECOMMENDATION OF THE
PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL AS
THE ZONING COMMISSION.
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE AND
LET YOU KNOW REASON DOUG AND I
DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO REZONE
THIS PROPERTY IS TO LEASE IT TO
AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE
BENEFITING WOMEN.
AS YOU KNOW UNDER THE PETITION,
IT WILL BE FOR WOMEN ONLY.
WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE
ORGANIZATION WHO WILL BE LEASING
THE PROPERTY WILL HELP THOSE
WOMEN GET BACK INTO SOCIETY THE
RIGHT WAY.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE DO NOT WANT
TO SEE MORE HOMELESSNESS.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WHO ARE
RELEASED FROM AN INSTITUTION
BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM.
WITH THE PROGRAM THAT DR. WALTON
WILL BE MINISTERING TO THESE
WOMEN, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BECOME A
VIBRANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HE WILL HELP THEM, IF IT IS GET
DRIVERS LICENSE, GET RESUMES
TOGETHER, ENSURE THEIR MEDICAL
NEEDS ARE BEING MET AT THIS
PARTICULAR TIME, AND HOPEFULLY
HE DOES HAVE AN ORGANIZATION HE
GOES THROUGH WHO WILL HELP THESE
WOMEN GET EMPLOYMENT.
WITHOUT THESE SERVICES, THESE
WOMEN PROBABLY ARE GOING TO DO
WHAT?
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET A
JOB.
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET
THEIR LICENSE.
MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY PROBABLY
WILL NOT EVEN CONNECT WITH A
DOCTOR TO CONTINUE THE
MEDICATION THEY ARE ON.
AGAIN, WE WANT, AS A COMMUNITY,
WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE SUCCEED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I
WILL TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
NEXT --
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE DOUG SNELL SIGNED UP
TO SPEAK.
>> THANKS, REX.
>> ALDERMEN THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ADDRESS
THE ZONING DOCTOR 2019-013
LOCATED 1905 AND 1905 AND A HALF
NORTH ELIZABETH STREET.
MY NAME IS DOUGLAS SNELL, I LIVE
1907 NORTH ELIZABETH STREET.
AS NOTED IN THE PHOTO PRESENTED
TO YOU THIS EVENING, THE
PROPERTY I PURCHASED IN OCTOBER
OF 2018 IS 16-FOOT FIVE INCHES
FROM THE HOME AT 1905 THAT IS
REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE.
ON MARCH 20, 2019, THE ZONING
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VOTED
100% TO APPROVE THIS ZONING
CHANGES, REQUESTED TO RECLASSIFY
THE PROPERTY FROM R2 TO 3B.
THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM
EITHER MATT McLAUGHLIN, CITY
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OR
ASSISTANT CITY ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR JOHN HARRIS.
I SUPPORT THIS ZONING CHANGE
WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
AS PROVIDED IN THE REQUESTING --
REQUESTED ZONING COMMISSIONERS,
THE CHANGE WOULD PROVIDE
TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR FOUR ADULT
FEMALES WORKING WITH OUTREACH
MINISTRIES INCORPORATED.
ADULTS WOULD RESIDE AT THE
ADDRESS IMPACTED BY
INCARCERATION BY THE FEDERAL
BUREAU OF PRISONS, THOSE WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED DISFUNCTION.
THOSE AT THE ADDRESS WILL BE
MONITORED BY GPS BY FEDERAL
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
IT WILL NOT SERVE AS A FACILITY
FOR SEX OFFEND LERS.
I WILL NOTE THE ALDERMEN AND THE
MAYOR HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH
PETITION DATED APRIL 15, 2019,
WITH THE CITY CLERK LISTING
RESIDENTS OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE
WITH CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE
DOCUMENTS, MANY OF THE ADDRESSES
ARE OUTSIDE THE VICINITY OF
ELIZABETH STREET, HOWEVER, IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SEVERAL OF
THE NAMES APPEAR TO BE IN THE
SAME HANDWRITING.
JIM AND CONNIE SULLIVAN,
STEPHANIE AND JUSTIN ROBINSON,
BRENDA AND VERNON WEST, DANNY
AND TRISHA CURRIER, JOHN AND KIM
CRUISE.
ONE PAGE HAS TWO NAMES ON IT,
HOWEVER IT IS MISSING IN THE
HEADING USED ON THE OTHER
PETITIONS.
SIMILARLY, TWO POSITIONS USED BY
PERSONS SEEKING OFFICE, THEIR
NAMES TO BE PLACED ON A BALLOT
FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE ARE CLEARLY
AWARE THAT PETITIONS MUST
CONTAIN THE TRUE SIGNATURES FROM
THE PERSONS LISTED.
DUPLICATE HANDWRITING REQUIRES
THE NAMES BE STRICKEN, INTEREST
PETITION.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SOME OF
THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE NOT
LOCATED IN THE AREA IN QUESTION.
THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED
OVER THE ZONING CHANGE, HOWEVER,
AGAIN ARE NOTED ON DOCUMENTS
WILL NEVER BE USED FOR SEX
OFFENDERS.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED 1915 NORTH
ELIZABETH DIRECTLY NEXT TO ME,
ACCORDING TO SANGAMON COUNTY
DISPATCH SYSTEM, 24 CALLS FOR
SERVICE MOST RECENTLY, 317 AND
19 FOR DISTURBANCE.
I WOULD ASK EACH OF YOU TO
CONSIDER THE ZONING CHANGE ONCE
AGAIN, ZONING BOARD AND CITY
REPRESENTATIVES HAD NO
OBJECTIONS TO APPROVE THE
CHANGES REQUESTED.
IF YOU APPROVE THE CHANGES THAT
WILL BE PROVIDED, THE PEOPLE
WITH HAND UP AND NOT A HANDOUT.
THEY WILL LOOK TO OBTAIN
EMPLOYMENT AND THIS RETURN, THEY
WILL PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES
IN SPRINGFIELD, AND AGAIN START
TO PAY STATE AND FEDERAL TAXES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IS DOUG
DIVER.
IS THERE A DOUG DIVER?
IF YOU'D COME FORWARD AND STATE
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE
COUNCIL, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
>>
DOUG RATHBUNN 504 SOUTH WALNUT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
BOTTOM LINE, IT HAS BEEN SAID
RISING TIDE LISTS ALL BOATS.
THAT'S OUR GOAL.
WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
TRANSPARENT IN OUR REQUEST.
WE MET WITH THE ZONING
COMMISSION, EXPLAINED TO THEM
OUR POSITION, WHAT WE'D HOPE TO
WHICH IS, INDEED, PROVIDE A
VENUE FOR WOMEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN
INCARCERATED.
I KNEW NEW WHEN WE STARTED DOWN
THIS PATH, THERE WOULD BE THOSE
WHO WOULD OBJECT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GIVEN.
FEAR THE UNKNOWN IS ALWAYS
SCARY.
BUT BOTTOM LINE, I PICKED UP MY
DAUGHTER TODAY AT SCHOOL AND I
SAID, WE WILL GO DOWN AND TALK
TO CITY COUNCIL AND SOME PEOPLE
AREN'T GOING TO LIKE T15 YEAR
OLD MIND SAID "DAD, HOW CAN
THESE PEOPLE BE SUCCESSFUL IF
THEY DON'T HAVE A DECENT PLACE
TO LIVE?"
THAT'S PRETTY WISE FOR 15 YEAR
OLD THIS MY OPINION.
YOU KNOW, AS ADULTS, WE SEE THIS
EVERY DAY.
I WAS OUTSIDE SMOKING A
CIGARETTE DURING THE BREAK,
HOMELESS MAN CAME UP, OPENED THE
ASH CAN AND DUG THROUGH LOOKING
TO SMOKE.
THERE ARE DESPERATE PEOPLE IN
THIS CITY, AND USING THIS VENUE
WITH DR. WALTON'S PROGRAM WILL
HELP THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
INCARCERATED BE SUCCESSFUL IN
LIFE OR AT LEAST GIVE THEM A
PATH DOING DOWN, INCREASES THEIR
CHANCES OF SUCCESS.
EVERYBODY WANTS A BETTER CITY.
EVERYBODY WANTS A BETTER CITY,
BUT DON'T WORK ON IT IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE AN AREA
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND
BOTTOM LINE IS IF SOMEBODY
WANTED TO PUT HALFWAY HOUSE IN
YOUR WARD, THERE WOULD BE
PUSH-BACK, NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS IT IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NOBODY
WANTS HOMELESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
NOBODY WANTS VA GRANTS.
NOBODY WANTS PEOPLE THRUST OUT
OF THE INCARCERATION FACILITIES
WITH $30 AND THE SHIRT ON THEIR
BACK AND, "HEY, GOOD LUCK,
BUDDY.
GOOD LUCK LADY, HAVE AT IT."
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS A
COMMUNITY TO PUT THESE WOMEN IN
AN ARENA WHERE THEY CAN HAVE
THEIR NEEDS MET TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
AND ALL I AM ASKING FOR YOU TO
DO IS CONSIDER WHAT IS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE CITY?
YOU KNOW, IS IT BETTER FOR THE
CITY TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE COME
OUT OF PRISON, NOT BE TRACKED,
NOT BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES, NOT
BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE TO GET THEM
ON THE RIGHT PATH?
OR IS IT BETTER FOR THE CITY TO
HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH
THEM, WORKS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS BECAUSE THEY
INSPECT THE PREMISES.
THEY CAN COME IN AND CHECK ON
THESE WOMEN, YOU KNOW.
SO IT IS MONITORED.
IT IS CONTROLLED.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT REDUCES
THE AMOUNT OF RECIDIVISM AND
HELPS THESE PEOPLE GET AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE
AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS
THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS SHRAY DANGERFIELD.
MY ADDRESS IS 1905 NORTH
ELIZABETH.
SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF
JUST GIVING THESE LADIES A
SECOND CHANCE.
I THINK THEY DESERVE A SECOND
CHANCE, AND BY ME AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE BUILDING, HE SHOULD BE
THE ONE MOST CONCERNED.
I HAVE THREE GIRLS AT HOME AND I
AM A SINGLE PARENT.
SO I THINK THAT THEY NEED --
THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A SECOND
CHANCE OF COMING BACK INTO
SOCIETY THE CORRECT WAY.
THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL, DR. WALL SON, FROM
OPTIONS OUTREACH MINISTRY.
IT IS MY JOB TO ASSIST ANYONE
THAT COMES OUT OF DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION AND THE PROGRAM IS TO
HELP PEOPLE TO TRANSITION BACK
INTO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THEY JUST OUT, BE LET OUT,
THEY CAN BE IN ANYBODY'S WARD.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THEY DON'T COME OUT ANYWAY.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH
THEM TO TRANSITION BACK IN THE
COMMUNITY, WE HAVE AN OPTION.
THAT'S WHAT OPTIONS IS ALL
ABOUT, GIVE THEM AND OPPORTUNITY
TO COME BACK AND BEING A FAITH
BASED SETTING AND NOT BE LOCKED
UP, THEY ARE INCARCERATED, BUT
THEY ARE CLOSELY WATCHED TO MAKE
SURE THAT GOING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY THEY ARE MONITORED IN
THE HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TOO
EXPERIENCE SOME TYPE OF FREEDOM.
AND IF EVERYBODY IN THE
COMMUNITY DON'T ALLOW THEM TO
COME OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND
TRY TO GET A JOB, GET A LICENSE,
OR TRY TO GET SOME TYPE OF
TRANSITION BACK IN THE
COMMUNITY, HOW WILL THEY GET
BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY?
IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR WARD.
WHERE SHOULD IT GO TO IN THE
COMMUNITY?
WHERE CAN THEY GO IN THE
COMMUNITY?
THEY ARE GOING TO COME OUT.
NOBODY CAN STOP THEM FROM
GETTING OUT.
THERE WILL BE IN EVERYBODY'S
WARD HERE.
I AM TRYING TO MY BEST TO DO
WHAT I CAN TO ASSIST O NOT GOING
BACK IN, GET ASSISTANCE TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE NOT DOING THINGS
IN THE WARD THEY SHOULDN'T DO.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T HAVE
GUESTS.
IT IS MONITORED IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND THE HOUSING,
EVERYTHING IS MONITORED.
THEY ARE ON ELECTRONIC
MONITORING, COULD GO 60, 90,
SOMETIMES 120.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THESE WOMEN
TO BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND SAY, HEY,
WE GOT A CHANCE.
HOUSE ITSELF, WHEN THEY GET OUT,
THEY HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED.
THEY HAVE HAD A PLACE TO COME.
THEY HAVE TV.
THEY HAVE PHONE.
THEY HAVE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY THEY CAN TALK WITH,
COUNSELING, AA MEETINGS, THEY GO
TO DRUG REHAB.
THEY GO TO ANY KIND OF SITUATION
TO HELP THEM TRANSITION BACK
INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE NOT JUST THROWING IT TO
THE HOUSE.
BUT THE WOMEN HOUSE IS EXTRA
MONITORED WITH YOUR GPS.
GOT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE IN TRUST WITH THE PAROLE
OFFICER AND THEY ARE MONITORED
7/24.
THEY HAVE TO BE AT THE HOUSE AT
CERTAIN TIME.
WHEN THEY GET OUT, THEY ARE
MONITORED.
THEY GOT TO CHECK FOR WITH
SOMEBODY TO EVEN LEAVE THE
HOUSE.
THEY CAN'T JUST WALK OUT.
THEY HAVE TO SIGN IN, YOU KNOW,
AND SIGN OUT, SIGN OUT.
I MONITORED THEM, DOC MONITORS
THEM.
PAROLE OFFICER MONITORS THEM
THIS. EVERYBODY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHING THEM
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A SAFE PROGRAM.
AS LONG AS OPTIONS HAVE BEEN
OPERATING, THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE
INCIDENT, NOT ONE INCIDENT SINCE
I HAVE BEEN OPEN.
AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I DO
APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION.
HOPE R I HOPE WE CAN GIVE A
PLACE TO STAY AND THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS
COUNCIL?
>> HI.
MY NAME IS STEPHLY REEVES.
1920 NORTH TENTH STREET.
I AM COMING TO BRING IT TO YOU
BECAUSE I I AM A RESIDENT OF WAD
FOUR, I LIVE BEHIND WHERE THEY
WANT TO PUT IN HALFWAY HOME.
A MAKE NO MISS AT THE SAME TIME
THIS IS NOT A HOME IMPROVEMENT,
THIS IS A MONEYMAKER.
IT IS GUARANTEED RENT FROM
STEADY INCOME SOURCE.
IF PEOPLE DON'T COMPLY, THEY ARE
REOFFENDED, THEY HAVE THE
GUARANTEES, SORRY, IF PEOPLE
DON'T COMPLY OR REOFFEND, THEY
ARE GUARANTEED INCOME RESOURCE
BECAUSE SOMEBODY COMES IN BEHIND
THEM.
WE UNDERSTAND, INTERVIEWING
SEVERAL LEG PROGRAMS.
90, 120 DAYS.
IT ENDS AFTER 90 TO 120 DAYS.
IF SOMEONE IS NOT FINANCIALLY
READY OR EMPLOYED AT 90 OR 20
DAY MARK, THIS IS NOT GENERALLY
EXTENSION FOR THAT PERSON, AND
THEY ARE NOT SENT BACK, BUT THEY
ARE RELOCATED TO A SHELTER.
IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR MORE
FAST TRACKING OF FELONS INTO
HOMELESS POPULATION WHICH WE
ALREADY HAVE AND WE DON'T NEED
MORE OF.
IF THE PERSON BREAKS PAROLE OR
THE BOXER SEES NO SIGNAL FROM
THE LEG BAND, A PERSON IS MARKED
AS AWOAWAL, HOW LONG WILL WE
HAVE TO WAIT TO WORRY IF THAT
PERSON WILL BE FOUND?
PLEASE ALSO LOOK I HAVE
SUBMITTED TWO ARTICLES, ONE IS
ALSO ABOUT TWO PAROLEES ON THE
SAME PROGRAM THAT WERE CHARGED
WITH MURDER THAT HAVE KILLED A
FAMILY ON NEXT BLOCK.
I HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED ANOTHER
ARTICLE WITH SAME SCENARIO WITH
TWO PEOPLE ALSO ON A LEG PROGRAM
THAT THEY GOT THE LEG BAND OFF,
AND THEY MURDERED A HOMELESS
WOMAN.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT IN IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH IT
WHATSOEVER.
WE HAD A PROS AND CONS MEETING.
THANKS TO MR. FULGENZI.
HE HELPED US WITH THAT.
NOTHING WAS RESOLVED, WE GOT NO
ANSWERS.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE HOUSE
SUPERVISION.
WE WERE TOLD THAT WAS INCORRECT.
WHEN A PERSON PASSED THE
PROGRAM, THEN SOMEONE FROM THAT
PROGRAM WOULD BECOME A HOUSING
MOTHER.
SO, THEREFORE, WE WOULD HAVE
FOUR FELONS WITH BANDS WITH NO
SUPERVISION IN THAT HOME BESIDES
THE TWO NEIGHBORS THAT AGREE
WITH IT.
AND I ALSO HAVE SUBMITTED MORE
SIGNATURES FOR THAT PETITION
SINCE I HAVE STARTED THE
PETITION, AND THEY ARE ALL ON
ELIZABETH NORTH TENTH STREET AND
NORTH NINTH.
AND WE, ALL THE NEIGHBORS
SURROUNDING AND WE ARE OPPOSED
TO THIS.
PLEASE LET OUR VOICE BE HEARD WE
DO NOT WANT THIS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHATSOEVER.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS REG MALLED.
Y'ALL KNOW WHO I AM.
I ASKED THAT BILL DO BE PASSED.
I AM ASKING YOU SOMETHING
MYSELF.
I CAME HOME AUGUST 23, 2011,
UNLESS I CAME HOME WITH LEG BAND
ON, I OBEYED THE LAW.
GOT OUT, GOT ME A JOB, GOT
DISABLED BECAUSE MY HAND MESSED
UP.
I CHOOSE DOING BACK AND DO
CRIME?
NO.
I FIND A SOLUTION TO MAKE MONEY.
I MIGHT NOT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT I AM THE ONE -- (INAUDIBLE)
I WENT FROM THERE AND NONPROFIT
AND I AM THE ADVOCATE FOR THE
HOMELESS PEOPLE.
IT IS UP TO THE PERSON THAT
WANTS TO BE CHANGED.
IT IS NOT THE SYSTEM THAT BREAKS
YOU AT ALL.
PERSON DON'T WANT TO CHANGE,
THEY DON'T CHANGE.
BUT THE SYSTEM THAT THEY GOT, I
PROVE IT BECAUSE IT DO WORKS
BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE ON
PREMISES, PAROLE OFFICERS BE
THERE.
OWNER BE THERE.
THE SUPERVISOR BE THERE.
THEY HAVE TO CHECK IN, CHECK
OUT.
THEY GO LOOK FOR A JOB.
THEY HAVE PAPERWORK YOU HAVE TO
FILL OUT STATING THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN THERE.
IF YOU GOT PAPERWORK, DOT AA,
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING, YOU
GOT TO GO TO AA.
IF YOU HAVE PROGRAMS TO GO NA,
YOU GOT TO GO NA.
BUT I HAVE SEEN THE SYSTEM DO
WORK BECAUSE IF I WENT THROUGH
IT, THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING.
I ASK Y'ALL NICELY LET THAT BILL
BE PASSED.
THANK YOU, BE BLESSED.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS
MATTER?
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
PETITION TO DENY VOTE YES.
THOSE OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCIL?
>> MOTION WAS TO -- (INAUDIBLE)
>> MOTION PASSES, TO DENY, 8
VOTING YES.
1 VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE ZONING DOCTOR
IS 2019-014 PROPERTY LOCATED
1116 WEST JEFFERSON STREET.
PETITIONER IS BARBARA B AND LA
GRAND MALANEY, B1 HIGHWAY
BUSINESS SERVICE DISTRICT
REQUESTED RELIEF, VARIANCE OF
SECTION 155.157 DISCONTINUE
WANTS OF USE IN B1 HIGHWAY
BUSINESS SERVICE DISTRICT,
155.033, USE OF SECOND FLOOR AS
APARTMENT.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPT
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND
APPROVE THE PETITION AS
SUBMITTED.
>> ANY MOTION?
>> MOTION TO ACCEPT.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT
THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
MOTION, VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>>
>> I AM A YES.
>> THE REQUEST TO APPROVE PASSES
TEN VOTING YES, NONE VOTING NO.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
DOCTOR 2019-015 PROPERTY LOCATED
2371 CHUCKWAGON DRIVE.
PETITIONER IS NATIONAL RETAIL
PROPERTIES, LP.
PRESENT SAS CALLY CATION B1 HIGH
WHICH BASE SERVICE DISTRICT
SECTION 155-POINT 0E 33,
VARIANCE OF SECTION 155.033, B1,
HIGHWAY BUSINESS SERVICE
DISTRICT TO PERMIT AN I2 HEAVY
INDUSTRIAL USE, PROPANE STORAGE
AND DISPENSING IN THE B1
DISTRICT.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPT
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO
APPROVE THE PETITION AS
SUBMITTED.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MAYOR, I MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION -- MOTION TO
APPROVE AS SUBMITTED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
APPROVE AS SUBMITTED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
TO APPROVE VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>> DID YOU GIVE ME YES ON THAT
OTHER ONE THIS.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THE ZONING REQUEST PASSES
TEN VOTING YES, NONE VOTING NO.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
DOCTOR 2019-1 OF 016 FOR
PROPERTY LOCATED 301 LAXFORD
DRIVE.
PETITIONERS JOLENE FISHER, R1
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE SECTION
155.016.
REQUESTED RELIEF VARIANCE OF
SECTION 155.061 BASIC YARD
REQUIREMENT TOSS ALLOW REAR YARD
WEST PROPERTY LINE SETBACK OF 1T
REQUIRED TO SCREEN IN A COVERED
DECK.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPT
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SPRINGFIELD --
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO
APPROVE THE PETITION AS
SUBMITTED.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE ACCEPT
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S
RECOMMENDATION.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ACCEPT PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND
SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
>> YES.
THESE FOLKS HAVE THE NICEST YARD
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT.
(LAUGHING).
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
TO APPROVE VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
ZONING PETITION PASSES TEN
VOTING YES.
NONE VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-017 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATE
1720 NORTH 14TH STREET.
PETITIONER IS JOSEPH DAVIS AS
CONTRACT PURCHASER, PRESENT
CLASSIFICATION I1 LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, SECTION
155.040, REQUESTED RELIEF
VARIANCE OF SECTION 155.157,
DISCONTINUE WANTS OF USE IN I1
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
SECTION 155.040 TO ALLOW
NON-CONFORM WILLING SINGLE
FAMILY DISTRICT WHICH LOST
GRANDFATHER USE TO BE USED AS
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AGAIN.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPT
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO
APPROVE THE PETITION AS
SUBMITTED.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ACCEPT PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
MOTION, VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTE IS NOW OPEN.
>> ZONING REQUEST PASSES TEN
VOTING YES, NONE VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM IS 2019-018 PROPERTY
LOCATED 1501 GROWTH STREET.
PETITIONER IS TAYLOR COLLISION
ENTERPRISES LLC.
PRESENT CLASSIFICATION B2
GENERAL BUSINESS SERVICE
DISTRICT SECTION 155.034.
REQUESTED RELIEF
RECLASSIFICATION I2, HEAVY
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SECTION
155.041 WITH CONDITIONAL
PERMITTED USE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 155.041C2, AUTOMOBILE
DISMANTLING AND WRECKING
ESTABLISHMENTS AND 155.041C3,
AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS AND
155.02, AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS,
GARBAGE AND REFUSE, DISPOISE AL,
JUNK YARDS AND VARIANCE OF
SECTION 155.112, SURFACING TO
ALLOW SIX INCH THICK LAYER OF
GROUND ASPHALT FOR OFF STREET
PARKING AND VEHICLE STORAGE
AREAS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY
PAVED AND WILL NOT BE -- WILL
NOT BE USED OR ACCESSED BY
CUSTOMERS AND USE PAVED ASPHALT
IN EXISTING AND EXPANDING
CUSTOMER AND VISITING PARKING
AREAS, AND BESIDE THE OFFICE
1055.069; SOLID 8-FOOT FENCE
WITHIN REQUIRED FRONT YARD,
155.062, PERMITTED OBSTRUCTIONS
IN REQUIRED YARDS, 155.114B,
REGULATIONS OF THE LOCATION OF
OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AND
155 OWN 111, ACCESS TO OFF
STREET PARKING FACILITIES TO
ALLOW THE CONTINUED USE OF THE
EXISTING PARKING LOT FOR PARKING
SPACES ARE LOCATED IN THE
REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACK AND
AUTOMOBILES BACK INTO THE PUBLIC
RIGHT-OF-WAY RATHER THAN
ACCESSING IT IN A FORWARD MANNER
AND ALLOWING EXPANSION OF THAT
LOT AS DEMONSTRATED IN EXHIBIT
DD.
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION IS
APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS GRANT THE
PETITION WITH A VARIANCE OF
SECTION 155.112 TO RUN THE 24
MONTHS NON-PAVING ON THE TRAFFIC
AREAS PARKING AREAS, TEMPORARY
STORAGE OF TOWED VEHICLES
INDEFINITE PERIOD OF NON-PAVING
FOR THE DEAD STORAGE AREAS
PROVIDED.
AREA IS MADE DUST FREE AND OTHER
VARIANCES REQUESTED IN THE
PETITION INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO TRAFFIC PATTERNS,
SCREEN FENCING AND FENCING IS
SUBJECT TO THE TRAFFIC
ENGINEER'S APPROVAL.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO APPROVE THE PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> I WANT TO SAY THIS IS A
BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN LOCATED
IN WARD 3 FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
COMMEND THEM WHEN THEY DECIDED
TO RELOCATE, THEY REMAINED THIS
WARD 3 SO THAT A BIG PLUS
BECAUSE WE DO NEED BUSINESSES TO
CONTINUE TO THRIVE ON EAST SIDE
OF SPRINGFIELD.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>> PETITION PASSES TEN VOTING
YES, NONE VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-019 FORKER PROPERTY LOCATED
2005, 2007, 2011, 2057 SOUTH
11TH STREET.
PETITIONER IS DGOGS SPRINGFIELD,
ILLINOIS, 090228LLC, PRESENT
CLASSIFICATION, I2 HEAVY
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SECTION
155.041, REQUESTED RELIEF,
RECLASSIFICATION TO B1 HIGHWAY
BUSINESS SERVICE DISTRICT,
SECTION 155.033,
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPT THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SPRINGFIELD-SANGAMON COUNTY
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO
APPROVE THE PETITION AS
SUBMITTED.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> MOTION TO ACCEPT THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION.
>>SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ACCEPT PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND
SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> IS THIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DOLLAR GENERAL STORE?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, DOLLAR
GENERAL BUILT A NEW STORE IN
WARD 3 ON SOUTH GRAND, AND THEY
MET WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON
MULTIPLE TIMES, AND MADE A LOT
OF PROMISES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO, AND THEY TURNOUT TO
BE HORRIBLE NEIGHBORS.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT -- AND JUST
LET ME BACK UP.
THEY BUILT A SECOND STORE IN
WARD 3 AND TURNED OUT TO BE
HORRIBLE NEIGHBORS.
I KNOW THEY BUILT A STORE IN
WARD 7 AND THERE WERE PROBLEMS,
SIMILAR PROBLEMS THERE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT ALDERMAN SENOR
CAN WILL TRY TO HOLD THEIR FEET
TO THE FIRE AND THEY WILL BE
BETTER NEIGHBOR INS WARD 2 THEN
THEY HAVE IN WARD 3.
>> THAT IS KIND OF LIKE CUTTING
ANSWER, BUT I WOULD IF I WAS
GOING TO BE HERE.
HOPEFULLY THE NEXT ALDERMAN THAT
TAKES THIS SEAT WILL TAKE UP THE
MEDAL.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IT IS
A CHANCE FOR CHICK DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ARE BUILDING IN A PLACE
ONCE FALL COMES WILL OPEN UP THE
ASH STREET THERE, UNDERPASS WILL
BE COMPLETE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT
CORRIDOR DOWN 11TH STREET FROM
THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TO
DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD WILL
PRESENT A GROWTH OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
OTHER BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND
HOPEFULLY DOLLAR GENERAL WILL
ADHERE TO WHAT ALDERMAN TURNER
HAS ASKED.
>> IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT SOME OF
THE SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS IN
WRITING AND GIVE TO TIM GRIFFIN,
WE WILL MEET WITH THE OWNERS AND
SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.
>> PROPERTY HAS SAT VACANT AT
LEAST 15 YEARS.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, AS YOU
KNOW, HONEYWELL DIDN'T WANT TO
BREAK UP THE LAND AND SELL
PARCELS INDIVIDUALLY.
I THINK THERE WERE 17 PARCELS
AND EVEN SOME WERE LOCATED ON
11TH, IN THE ALLEY BETWEEN 11TH
AND 12TH.
I APPRECIATE THEM COMING AND
TAKING UP THE MEDAL.
CAN'T REITERATE ENOUGH TO BE
GOOD NEIGHBORS AND FOLLOW
THROUGH AND PRESENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS FOR
PEOPLE IN THE AREA, ALSO.
>> AND I AGREE THAT IS AN
ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE NOT ONLY
WARD 2 BUT ALSO TO THE CITY.
HOWEVER, I WILL JUST SAY ON THE
SOUTH GRAND CORRIDOR THAT IS AN
ENTRY WAY INTO THE CITY, AND
THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES
ALONG THAT ENTRY WAY.
FROM THE TIME I WAS ON THE
COUNTY BOARD, WE WORKED WITH
BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE THAT
CORRIDOR.
THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB AND ALL
OF THEM DO VERY WELL ABOUT
MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES
EXCEPT DOLLAR GENERAL.
RY YEAR I HAVE TO CONTACT
BUILDING AND ZONING FOR THEM TO
BE CITED BECAUSE THEY WON'T CUT
THE GRASS.
THERE IS GARBAGE ALL AROUND.
AGAIN, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL
STARTING BETTER NEIGHBORS.
>> MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM DOLLAR
GENERAL HERE TONIGHT?
>> YES, THERE IS.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE O COME FORWARD
AND STATE YOUR NAME, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JOE RUSSO.
I AM SENIOR ENGINEER WITH FARNS
WORTH GROUP 301 WASHINGTON
STREET IN PONTIAC ILLINOIS.
I AM ACTUALLY THE DESIGNER FOR
THE SITE PLAN FOR THE STORE IN
QUESTION.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT ALDERMAN
SENOR HAS STATED ALREADY.
I CAN ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
I CAN JUST ENSURE YOU AND JUST
PROMISE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH ALDERMAN SENOR AND THE
NEW ALDERMAN THAT WILL TAKE HIS
ROLE HERE SOON JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT, YOU KNOW, TO PASS THIS
ALONG THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES IN
THE PAST, AND WE NEED TO DO
BETTER.
NOT JUST THE STORE AT ASH AND
11TH, BUT THE STORES HERE IN THE
CITY.
SO FAR WE HAVE HAD A GREAT
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
CITY WITH MATT AND EVERYBODY
WITH ZONING, AND WITH CITY
ENGINEERING.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THAT
UP HERE GOING FORWARD.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE
DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>>
>> I HAD A FOLLOW-UP, MR. MAYOR.
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN I AM
SORRY.
>> I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS AS
ALDERMAN TURNER.
THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO
THE ZONING CASE, BUT IT DOES
RELATE TO DOLLAR GENERAL.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT TEN DOLLAR
GENERALS IN SPRINGFIELD.
WHEN WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE LANDSCAPING,
THE LITTER, VARIOUS CONCERNS OF
THAT NATURE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR
GATEWAY BOULEVARDS.
COULD YOU FIND OUT WHO THE
SUPERVISOR IS OF THE GENERAL
MANAGERS OF THE STORES SO WE CAN
REALLY GET SOME CLOUT TO KEEN UP
CONCERNS THAT ALDERMAN HAVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I CAN WORK THROUGH MY CLIENT,
THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS STORE AND
I KNOW AT LEAST SEVERAL OTHER
STORES HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
I DO NOT KNOW AND I APOLOGIZE IF
THEY WERE THE DEVELOPER FOR ALL
THE STORES PRESENT HERE WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS BUT, YES, I WILL
GET WITH THEM TO TRACK DOWN THE
MANAGERS FOR THE DIFFERENT
STORES TO SET UP DIRECT POINTS
OF CONTACT WITH THE CITY AND THE
VARIOUS ALL DER MEN AND WOMEN,
DIRECT LINE OF CONTACT IF ISSUES
DO ARISE IN THE FUTURE.
>> ALDERMAN PROCTOR.
>> PIGGYBACKING ON MY
QUESTION -- IS IT CORPORATE
STORE, IS THIS THE STRUCTURE,
SAME MANAGED GROUP OPERATING
THESE STORES?
>> NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT THE
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT
WHEN THE NEW STORES ARE BUILT,
THEY SEND IN THE ENGINEERS TO
TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING THE
STORES, AND WHO IS GOING TO
BUILD STORES.
ONCE IT IS BUILT, THAT'S THE END
OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH BACK
AND FORTH AND I FINALLY GOT THE
NAME AND A NUMBER OF A REGIONAL
MANAGER THAT IS ALLEGEDLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE
MAINTENANCE AND THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS.  I BELIEVE THAT PERSON
IS LOCATED IN KENTUCKY, AND SO
WHEN YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, THAT'S
THE PERSON YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
CALL.
THEY ARE VERY NON-RESPONSIVE.
SO ARE YOU LEFT WITH SENDING
PUBLIC WORKS OUT TO CITE THEM
FOR CUTTING THE GRASS.
A COUPLE TIMES I WENT IN AND
TRIED TO TALK TO A MANAGER ABOUT
THE TRASH AND THE LITTER THEY
ARE VERY BELLIGERENT AND NOT
GOOD NEIGHBORS AT ALL.
SO IT IS JUST -- IT IS A
TERRIBLE SITUATION.
AND ONE THAT I UNFORTUNATELY
THINK WE ARE GOING TO RUN INTO
MORE AND MORE BECAUSE, AS YOU
KNOW, THERE IS RECENTLY AN
ARTICLE THAT SOMEONE SENT ME BY
E-MAIL ABOUT THE PROLIFERATION
OF DOLLAR GENERALS NOT ONLY IN
SPRINGFIELD, BUT THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
SO I JUST -- I DON'T WANT TO
BEAT A DEAD HORSE.
I AM NOT TRYING TO EMBARRASS YOU
OR DOLLAR GENERAL, BUT IT NEEDS
TO BE SAID.
>> I HAVE SIMILAR KIND OF
SITUATION THAT WE GO THROUGH ON
NORTH GRAND.
I DID RECEIVE SOME CALLS ABOUT
THIS.
HAS CONSTRUCTION ALREADY BEGUN?
>> SIR, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY OBTAIN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS SIGNED
BY THE MAYOR ALLOWING
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN WITH THE
DISCLAIMER THAT IF THE REZONING
OF THE SITE DID NOT PASS CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL THAT THAT WAS
AT THE DEVELOPER'S OWN RISK FOR
THAT STORE.
>> HOW LONG HAS CONSTRUCTION
BEEN ONGOING?
>> ABOUT A MONTH.
IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME
OF -- NOT REGIONAL PLANNING
COMMISSION, BUT PLANNING AND
ZONING MEETING.
I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT SIGNED ORDER
WITH ME TO HAVE THE EXACT DATE
WHEN THAT WENT THROUGH THAT
WOULD HAVE ALLOWED CONSTRUCTION
TO BEGIN.
>> ALDERMAN SENOR.
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
EVERYONE'S CONCERNS, BUT IF
THERE HAS BEEN THIS MUCH TROUBLE
WITH DOLLAR GENERAL, WHY DIDN'T
THIS RAISE ITS HEAD WHEN THE
PROBLEMS WERE.
WHY THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN WARD
TWO, NOW EVERYTHING COMES TO THE
FOREFRONT.
IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WAS SAID A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE ARE TRYING
TO GET DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
THIS WARD TWO.
WE GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THE
DEVELOPMENT FROM COMING.
IF DOLLAR GENERAL HAS A PROBLEM,
THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE DEALT WITH
DOLLAR GENERAL.
HOPEFULLY JOBS CREATED IN WARD
TWO AND OTHER BUSINESSES WILL
BUILD AROUND DOLLAR GENERAL TO
GET THINGS GOING ON DOWN THE
CORRIDOR ON 11TH STREET.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU ALL'S
STORE.
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
ALDERMAN SENOR, ALDERMAN
MCMENAMIN WILL TELL YOU WHEN THE
DOLLAR GENERAL WAS BEING BUILT
OR CONSIDERED ON MAC ARTHUR, I
CALLED HIM AND I SAID THESE ARE
THE PROBLEMS THAT I AM HAVING.
YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU
TALK WITH THEM AND GET A HANDLE
ON IT, AND THEN -- MY ONLY
RECOURSE AND ALTERNATIVE IS DEAL
WITH PUBLIC WORKS SO I DID.
I ALERT THE ALDERMAN THAT WAS
HAVING THE NEXT ONE.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS A DOLLAR
GENERAL OR I WOULD HAVE ALERT
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI.
>> I JUST WANT TO CHANGE COURSE
A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE DOLLAR
GENERAL WE HAVE IN WARD 4 HAS
BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AND THEY
HAVE A GREAT SET UP AND THEY
EMPLOY PEOPLE.
I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A MODEL
FOR THE REST OF THE STORES IN
THE CITY.
>> WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
>> HEDGE LANE IN SANGAMON.
>> INSIDE SANGAMON CENTER?
>> NO.
IT IS STAND ALONE STORE ON
CORNER OF HEDGE LANE AND
SANGAMON.
>> IF THAT'S THE STORE I AM
THINKING ABOUT, THEY ALSO HAD
ISSUES AND I HAD -- I DEALT WITH
THE PERSON WHO IS IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE BECAUSE WE HAD TO FORCE
THEM TO PUT A FENCE AROUND THEIR
TRASH RECEPTACLE BECAUSE TRASH
WAS BLOWING ALL UP AND DOWN
EVERYBODY'S FENCES ON SANGAMON.
SO, NO, THEY WERE NOT GOOD
NEIGHBORS EITHER, ALDERMAN
FULGENZI.
>> ALL OF THE TRASH BLOWING
AROUND WAS FROM RULER'S AND FIT
CLUB.
AND THEY PUT A FENCE AROUND
THERE TO STOP IT.
>> THAT'S TOTALLY INCORRECT.
I WORKED ON THAT ISSUE FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS.
>> I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE
NOTIFIED ME.
>> THEY KEPT CALLING ME.
>> ALDERMAN FULGENZI TAKING
OFFICE?
>> IT WAS AFTER.
PEOPLE KEPT CALLING ME ABOUT IT,
AND WE FINALLY WORKED WITH
PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY WENT OUT
AND ACTUALLY PICK UP THE TRASH
AND SAW THAT IT WAS PACKING FROM
DOLLAR GENERAL AND THAT'S WHEN
PUBLIC WORKS CITED THEM AND MADE
THEM PUT A FENCE AROUND THEIR
RECEPTACLE.
>> WHEN WAS THIS?
>> IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS.
MAYBE A YEAR AGO NOW.
BUT IT HAS BEEN AWHILE.
NO, THEY WERE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS
ON SANGAMON, EITHER.
>> SOUNDS LIKE THEY REMEDIED
THAT SITUATION.
BUT MR. RUSSO, GIVE ME A CONTACT
PERSON FOR DOLLAR GENERAL, IF
THEY ARE DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP,
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT FOR EACH
STORE LOCATION IN SPRINGFIELD
THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF SO WE CAN
FOLLOW UP ON THESE ITEMS.
>> ABSOLUTELY, SIR.
I CAN MOST DEFINITELY PROVIDE
THAT FOR YOU.
>> GREAT.
>> MAYOR?
>> ALDERMAN SENOR -- FULGENZI.
>> I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THAT
WAS AND DID YOU TELL -- DID YOU
HAVE THEM PUT UP A FENCE AROUND
THE PERIMETER OR OVER ON
RULER'S?
>> SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD MULTIPLE
COMPLAINTS REGARDING THAT
PARTICULAR OPERATION.
ALDERWOMAN TURNER IS CORRECT.
WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS, NOT
ONLY FROM THE ALDERMEN AND
SEVERAL SITTING HERE, BUT
RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
SO IN THAT CASE, WE DID HAVE
SEVERAL STORES LIKE THE DOLLAR
GENERAL PUT UP FENCING WITH THE
ALSO FABRIC AROUND IT TO MAKE
SURE THE ENVIES ABILITY OF THE
TRASH WOULDN'T BE SO PREVALENT.
>> I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME
ABOUT THAT.
>> IT MOVES QUICKLY.
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEIGHBOR
STAYS CLEAN.
>> THANKS, DARRYL.
>> MR. HARRIS?
>> CAN YOU DO THAT FOR THOSE
MISSISSIPPI MEATS AND OTHER
STORES, ONE AT 11TH AND LAUREL
MAKE SURE THEY PUT UP FENCES
AROUND THEIR TRASH.
>> GIVE ME A PHONE CALL, MEAT
STORE, AND WE TOOK THE SAME
ACTIONS IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE
WE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS
MATTER?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
ORDINANCE VOTE YES.
THOSE OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>>
VOTING REQUEST PASSES SEVEN
VOTING YES, THREE VOTING NO.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZONING
PORTION OF THE MEETING.
>> MR. MAYOR?
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> BACK TO THE ZONING MEETING
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT
HAS TO DO WITH WARD P PROPERTY
WE PASSED OVER WITH WITHOUT
COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE COMMENTS FOR
BENEFIT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS
SEVERAL PROPERTIES ON PARALLEL
TO CAR TURE, BUT ON SOUTH STATE
STREET.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT
PARTICULAR PETITION, THE
PETITIONER IS CONTRACT PURCHASER
AND PETITIONER WITHDREW THE
PETITION.
THE CONTRACT PURCHASER AND
CONTRACT SELLER HAVE LET THEIR
CONTRACT EXPIRE.
WE MAY SEE THIS ZONING PETITION
COME BACK TO US IN EVEN BETTER
FORM AND WITH POTENTIALLY OTHER
PARTIES INVOLVED.
SO IT IS NOT A DEAD PETITION
FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.
MAY COME BACK.
BY EXPLANATION OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS IF THEY WANTED
EXPLANATION WHY WE PASSOVER THE
FIRST ITEM ON THE ZONING AGENDA.
THAT'S THE REASON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR WILL
RECOGNIZE TREASURER BUSCHER FOR
THE PRESENTATION OF THE
FINANCIAL REPORT.
>>
>>
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR LANGFELDER.
THE CORPORATE FUND IN THE MONTH
OF APRIL HAD BEGINNING BALANCE
$6,035,770.
TOTAL RECEIPTS $9,083,255.
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $7,490,309.
CORPORATE FUND ENDING BALANCE
$7,628,716.
THIS IS MY REPORT, MAYOR
LANGFELDER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE
FINANCIAL REPORT.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
>> CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TO DISPENSE WITH READING OF THE
MINUTES OF THE MAY 7, 2019, CITY
COUNCIL MEETING AND APPROVE THE
MINUTES.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
INCORPORATE PRECOUNCIL FIRST
READING OF ORDINANCES INTO THE
RECORD OF THIS CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
CONSENT AGENDA.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
INCORPORATE PRECOUNCIL READING
OF THE CONSENT INTO THE RECORD
OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
>> CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TO PLACE CONSENT AGENDA ON FINAL
PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT
AGENDA VOTE YES.
OPPOSED VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
CONSENT AGENDA PASSES WITH TEN
VOTING YES.
NONE VOTING NO.
>> AGENDA 2017-103, 2017-489,
2018-110, 2018-545, 2019-008,
2019-169, 2019-217, 2019-218,
AND 2019-232 REMAIN TABLED OR IN
COMMITTEE.
>> MAYOR, MOTION TO PULL OUT
2019-169 TO DEBATE AGENDA,
PLEASE.
>> 169?
>> 2019-169.
YES.
>> YEP.
IS THERE -- WE DON'T NEED A
SECOND, DO WE?
>> YES.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PULL OUT 2019-169 AND SECOND.
>> WHAT DOES IT PERTAIN TO?
>> ARCHER ELEVATOR AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU.
GROUND SQUIRRELS.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-169 ORDINANCE APPROVING
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AND
INCIDENTAL TAKE AUTHORIZATION
WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE
FOR CONSERVATION PLAN FOR
FRANKLIN'S GROUND SQUIRREL ALONG
ARCHER ELEVATOR ROAD FOR OFFICE
OF PUBLIC WORKS.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS
IT.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PASS THE ORDINANCE.
ANY DISCUSSION?
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING,
NATE, ABOUT THE FRANKLIN GROUND
SQUIRREL?
>> WE ALSO HAVE AN AMENDMENT
THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TO
AUTHORIZE $15,000 IN ORDER TO
AUTHORIZE MITIGATION PAYMENT TO
ILLINOIS WHILE LIFE FUND TO
IMPROVE THE SANGAMON VALLEY
TRAIL WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF
THE FRANKLIN GROUND SQUIRREL IS
LOCATED.
>> MOTION TO AMEND AS DIRECTOR
BOTTOM EXPLAINED.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND
$15,000 AMOUNT AS EXPLAINED AND
SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE
AS AMENDED.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE
THE MOTION AS A END MED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>> DOES THAT MOON YOU WILL HAVE
SQUIRREL SIGNS OUT THERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT --
(LAUGHING) YEAH, AND PROBABLY
LITTLE SQUIRREL PATHS.
>> SQUIRREL CROSSING!
TINY DASH MARKS ACROSS THE
STREET.
>> ORDINANCE PASSES AMENDED.
TEN VOTING YES, NONE VOTING NO.
>> 2019-207 ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 50, SECTION 50.30 OF THE
1988 CITY OF SPRINGFIELD CODE OF
ORDINANCES AS AMENDED REGARDING
ELECTRIC UTILITY FOR OFFICE OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2019-207 ON
FINAL PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
AMEND 2019-207.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
PROPOSE THE ATTEMPT.
CAN YOU GO OVER THE AMENDMENT
FOR US, COUNCIL OR.
>> I WOULD DEFER PROBABLY TO
PUBLIC UTILITIES IN THE SENSE IT
REALLY IS TECHNICAL CHANGE.
IT IS CHANGING ONE LINE ITEM
THERE WITH RESPECT TO THE
DEFINITION.
SO I AM NOT SURE IF JOHN OR DOUG
WOULD LIKE TO JUST -- IT HAD TO
DO WITH THE WAY THE CALCULATION
WAS MADE, I BELIEVE.
TOTAL BILL VERSUS --
>> RIGHT, IT WAS BASICALLY BASED
UPON THE LANGUAGE PREVIOUSLY AS
BASICALLY THE ENERGY CHARGE
DISCOUNT.
IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE MAKING
A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL
ELECTRIC BILL WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CODE AS
FAR AS THE USING THIS TYPE OF A
DISCOUNT.
WE WANT TO MAKE CONSISTENT
THROUGH THE WHOLE CHAPTER 50.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
>> ALDERWOMAN DiCENSO.
>> THIS IS JUST FOR THE OUTDOOR
LIGHTING?
THIS ISN'T FOR RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS?
>> CORRECT.
>> AMENDMENT STRICTLY FOR
PRIMARY METER, NOT ALL THE RATES
UNDER THIS.
>> IT IS RELATED JUST TO THIS.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
AMENDMENT?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE A
MOMENT SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES DISCUSSION ON THE
ORDINANCE AS AMENDED?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
ORDINANCE AS AMEND VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>> ORDINANCE AS AMENDED PASSES
TEN VOTING YES, NONE VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-219 ORDINANCE ANNEXING
CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY
LOCATE AT NO ADDRESS ASSIGNED
FORMER ILLINOIS TERMINAL
RAILROAD PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2019-219 ON
FINAL PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
THE ORDINANCE PASSES TEN VOTING
YES, NONE VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-223 ORDINANCE REGARDING THE
VARIANCE REQUEST OF SECTION
153.158C PERTAINING TO SIZE OF
BLOCKS AT HSHS MEDICAL GROUP,
KIARA MEDICAL PARK FOR THE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2019-223 ON
FINAL PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF
SECTION 1 AND APPROVAL OF
SECTION 2.
>> WHAT?
>> WE HAVE TO PICK.
YOU HAVE TO APPROVE SECTION 1
AND APPROVE SECTION 2.
>> IN OTHER WORDS, PROMOTION TO
BE R COULD BE TO ADOPT THE
ORDINANCE GRANTING THE VARIANCE.
YOU MAY RECALL THIS IS A
VARIANCE APPEAL.
SO IT WOULD BE MOTION COULD BE
MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE,
GRANTING THE VARIANCE, THEN THE
CLERK WILL ACTUALLY FILL IN THE
CHECK MARKS BASED ON WHAT THE
COUNCIL DOES.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
GRANT THE ORDINANCE WITH THE
VARIANCE ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
ORDINANCE PASSES TEN VOTING YES,
NONE VOTING NO.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-224 ORDINANCE APPROVING
LOCATION AND SKETCH MAP OF HSHS
MEDICAL GROUP, KIARA MEDICAL
PARK SUBDIVISION FOR OFFICE OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2019-224 ON
FINAL PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
ORDINANCE PASSES TEN VOTING YES.
NONE VOTING NO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-225 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF CONTRACT W
AN ANN A DITIONAL PAYMENT OF
$110,000 TO ASURANCE AGENCY, LTD
TO SERVE AS CITY'S HEALTH
INSURANCE CONSULTANT FROM
MARCH 1, 2020 THROUGH
FEBRUARY 28, 2022 FOR OFFICE OF
HUMAN RESOURCE.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2019-225 ON
FINAL PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES.
OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
THE ORDINANCE PASSES NINE VOTING
YES, O ONE VOTING NO.
2019-226 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
WITH TRUVERIS TRUBID INC. TO
ASSIST WITH THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS AND SELECTION OF
PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER
EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2019, THROUGH
FEBRUARY 28, 2025, NOT TO, SEED
$120,100 FOR OFFICE OF HUMAN
RESOURCES.
MOTION FOR 2019-FOR FINAL
PASSAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SAFE MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE FAVOR OF THE MOTION VO
YES.
OPPOSED.
VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>> ORDINANCE PASSES NINE VOTING
YES, ONE VOTING NO.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-228 RESOLUTION STATING THE
CITY'S INTENT TO DESIGNATE A
PORTION OF THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD AS TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
AREA BY AMENDING THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE FAR EAST T.I.F. AND
INDUCE DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS
WITHIN SUCH AREA GENERALLY
BOUNDED BY CLEAR LAKE, EAST
CLEAR LAKE AVENUE ON THE NORTH,
SOUTH 11TH STREET ON THE WEST
EAST PINE STREET, ON THE SOUTH
AND SOUTH 19TH STREET ON THE
EAST.
WE WANT TO AMEND THIS.
>> THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT, I
BELIEVE IN THE COMMITTEE TO
CHANGE IT TO TENTH STREET.
SO IT WOULD BE SOUTH -- TO TENTH
STREET ON THE WEST INSTEAD OF
11TH TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> SO --
>> ALDERMAN SENOR.
>> IS THAT, AGAIN, MR. ZERKLE,
IS THAT GOING TO BE THE EAST
SIDE OF TENTH STREET, WEST SIDE
OF TENTH STREET.
WE NEED A SPECIFIC IN CASE THERE
IS A BUSINESS AREA DEFINED BY
BOUNDARIES.
>> TENTH STREET RAIL.
>> I MEAN I KNOW TENTH STREET IS
VARYING BLOCK -- BEARING STREET.
BUT FOR DEFINITION PURPOSES,
WOULDN'T WE NEED BOUNDARY
CLEARLY DEFINED?
>> IF YOU MAY RECALL, THE --
THIS IS THE ISSUE OF JUST THE
INTENT.
THE ACTUAL FORMAL BOUNDARY COMES
BACK.
SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU'D LIKE TO
SAY THE WEST SIDE SOF TENTH
STREET IF YOU WANT TO AMEND
THAT, MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO
WESTERN BOUNDARY OF TENTH
STREET.
>> IT IS NOT MY PLEASURE, BUT I
WANT DEFINITIVE ANSWER SO IT IS
CLEARLY DEFINED AND DECIDED AND
DEPICTED IN OUR DEFINITION.
>> CORPORATION COUNSEL, CORRECT
ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT I THINK
THIS IS FOR THE STUDY AREA THEY
WILL TAKE A LOOK AT AND
FOLLOW-ON ORDINANCE THAT WILL
ACTUALLY SPECIFY THE BOUNDARIES.
SO THIS WILL DESIGNATE WHAT
PROPERTIES THEY WILL TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION WITH THE T.I.F.
SO WE CAN EITHER SAY -- I'D SAY
TENTH STREET CORRIDOR.
>> IF YOU WOULD PREFER THAT IS
CORRECT I AM SAYING THAT THIS
ISN'T INTENDED TO BE A LEGAL
DESCRIPTION.
THERE WILL AB FOLLOW-ON
ORDINANCE WITH VERY DETAILED
LEGAL DESCRIPTION INDICATING
EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY INVOLVED.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO INDICATE TENTH
STREET RAILROAD CORRIDOR, THERE
IS CERTAINLY NO DIFFICULTY WITH
THAT.
>> BUT IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY ON
ALL BOUNDARIES, CORPORATION
COUNSEL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
ARE DOING, IT IS JUST FOR THE
SURVEY.
BUR HE DOES MAKE A VALID POINT
WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE BOTH SIDES
OF THE STREET OR CENTER OF THE
STREET.
THAT HAS TO BE ALL WAY AROUND
THE CORRIDOR.
>> ALDERWOMAN TURNER.
>> I THINK -- I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE SPECIFICITY
WITH IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT
HAS TO BE IN SPECIFIC AT THIS
STAGE OF THE GAME.
THIS IS JUST SAYING WE ARE GOING
TO LOOK THE AT THE AREA, AND
THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT ALMOST
BECOME A T.I.F. DISTRICT.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN THE
BOUNDARIES WOULD BE SET.
>> I GOT IT.
>> ALDERMAN SENOR.
>> AT YOUR PLEASURE AND ALDERMAN
TURN'S HE -- TURNER'S PLEASURE,D
LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO
SANGAMON SORE.
>>
  ANY DISCUSSION?
>> THIS NEED TO BE AMENDED?
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO INDICATE
TENTH STREET CORRIDOR ON WEST
INSTEAD OF TENTH STREET, THAT'S
FINE.
HOWEVER, WHAT ALDERMAN TURNER IS
SAYING EXACTLY CORRECT.
THIS IS TO GIVE KIND OF A BROAD
INDICATION OF WHAT THE CITY IS
GOING TO DO, BUT ULTIMATELY, IT
WILL COME BACK WITH A VERY
DETAILED LEGAL DESCRIPTION WITH
PARCELS IN THE COUNCIL
TECHNICALLY CAN AMEND THAT.
>> I AM SATISFIED WITH THAT.
I GET IT EAST .
THANK YOU.
>> I AM SAYING THIS IS SIMILAR
WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER
INDUCEMENT RESOLUTIONS.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT
TO CHANGE TO SOUTH TENTH STREET
CORRIDOR ON WEST, SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
>> SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THE
ORDINANCE AS AMENDED?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
ORDINANCE AS AMEND, VOTE YES
OPPOSED, VOTING IS OPEN.
>> TEN VOTING YES, NONE VOTING
NO.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
NUMBER 2019-231 ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE 1988
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD CODE OF
ORDINANCES AS AMENDED PERTAINING
TO URBAN FORESTRY.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
PLACE AGENDA NUMBER 2019-231 ON
TIME PASSAGE.
>> MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE GOT TWO --
AT LEAST TWO WOMEN THAT HAVE
WRITTEN TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE POSSIBLY THEY WOULD
LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS SOME AMENDMENTS THEY'D
LIKE TO MAKE.
PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BEST TO HOLD
THIS FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE SO
WE CAN HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION AT
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE A
WEEK FROM NOW IF THAT IS
ACCEPTABLE.
>> MOTION FOR DISCUSSION
TONIGHT?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE
ACCEPTABLE.
>> SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
MOVED AND SECONDED FOR
DISCUSSION.
SO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS MARY
FRANCES.
IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS NORTH COUNCIL, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT.
>>
MARY FRANCES, 101 WEST CAN HE
DI.
MAYOR LANGFELDER IF THIS PASSES
WILL YOU POPULATE IT?
PARDON ME?
>> IF THIS PASSES, WILL YOU
POPULATE IT?
>> POPULATE IT, OH, YOU MEAN
FROM THE GROUP?
SURE, THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT IS.
>> OKAY.
IF THAT'S CASE, WHEN WILL YOU
POPULATE IT?
>> WE WILL ASK FOR INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE INTERESTED AND ACTUALLY
I DEFER TO BONNIE DREW THE
DEPUTY MAYOR ON THAT.
THESE ONE THAT OVERSEES
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND
COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IN JUNE
OR JULY AT THE LATEST.
>> IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN GET A
GUARANTEE YOU WILL POPULATE THIS
IF IT PASSES.
>> WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD
EXPEDITIOUSLY.
HOW IS THAT?
IT WILL BE BEFORE THE END OF
JULY.
>> OKAY.
>> I DO HAVE THREE RESUMES OF
PEOPLE ALREADY INTERESTED.
I CAN GIVE THESE TO.
>> THE CLERK.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO SUBMIT THE
TREE CITY APPLICATION?
>> YES, WE WORK WITH THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION TO DO THAT,
AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS.
>> OKAY, SO YOU ARE SAYING IF
THIS PASSES, YOU WILL SUBMIT THE
APPLICATION, TREE CITY, USA?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> UNLESS THERE IS A DOLLAR
ATTACHED TO IT.
>> THERE WAS NO COST.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU CAN
SEE THAT THE CITY LOST 662 TREES
IN 2018.
AND MY WARD, WARD 5 LOST 135 OF
THOSE 662.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON
THAT I AM HERE TONIGHT.
NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE
ABOUT SPRINGFIELD GREEN, YOU
WILL SEE IN YELLOW HIGHLIGHT
THAT SPRINGFIELD GREEN PLANTED
20 TREES IN 2018.
WE LOST 662 SPRINGFIELD GREEN
PLANTED 20.
SO PERHAPS YOU CAN SEE MY FEARS
ABOUT PUTTING SO MUCH EMPHASIS
ON SPRINGFIELD GREEN.
I AM ALL FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
HOWEVER, SPRINGFIELD GREEN
CANNOT BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR A
TREE OR URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION.
IT IS A FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER
INITIATIVE FOR LANDSCAPING.
NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE
EXPENDITURES FOR SPRINGFIELD
GREEN, ONLY $5,000 OUT OF
$27,200 WENT TO TREES.
THE REST OF IT WENT TO A WOODEN
FENCE, TO LANDSCAPING AT A
ROUNDABOUT ON THE FAR WEST SIDE 
IT WENT TO BUSINESS CARDS,
ENVELOPES.
OKAY, SO I THINK YOU SEE WHERE I
AM GOING WITH THIS.
>> UH-HUH.
>> OKAY.
I DID TALK TO TODD RENFROW THIS
WEEK, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO BE
VERY CLEAR WHAT SPRINGFIELD
GREEN IS.
SPRINGFIELD GREEN IS AN
INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT MURKS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD.
OKAY.
IT IS NOT A NONPROFIT GROUP.
IT IS NOT A PRIVATE GROUP.
IT IS NOT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
TODD RENFROW IS A VOLUNTEER FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
HE IS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE CITY.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE DONATING
MONEY TO THIS INITIATIVE, IT
GOES STRAIGHT TO THE CITY.
OKAY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY
WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
I MEAN I WANT TO THOUGH WHERE
THE DONATION CAME FROM, WHO MADE
THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THE
MONEY WENT, YOU KNOW, WE
OBVIOUSLY NEED TREES IN WARD
FIVE EVER BUT MOST OF THIS MONEY
WENT TO THE FAR WEST SIDE FOR
ROUNDABOUT AND FOR SPRINGFIELD
CARDS FOR SPRINGFIELD GREEN AND
WOODEN FENCE FOR VOSE'S CORNER.
THAT WAS MY ISSUE WITH
SPRINGFIELD GREEN.
NOW, AS FAR AS REPLANTING TREES,
WE HAVE A HORRIBLE RECORD OF IT
FOR NOT REPLACING OUR TREES, NOT
EVEN ONE TO ONE.
THE SPRINGFIELD PARK DISTRICT IS
REPLACING THREE TREES FOR EVERY
TREE THEY TAKE OUT.
WE ARE NOT EVEN AT ONE.
AND WE ARE TOLD YOU GUYS DON'T
HAVE THE MONEY.
BUT YOU HAD $27,000 FROM
SPRINGFIELD GREEN FOR THE
BUSINESS CARD AMOUNT YOU COULD
HAVE PLANTED TWO TREES.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE NEED THE
TRANSPARENCY.
THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEMORIAL
TREE PROGRAM FLIER, THEY HAVE A
WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
SPRINGFIELD PARKS FOUNDATION.
AND IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL
PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE DONATE
MONEY TO GET TREES AS A
MEMORIAL.
SO THEY CAN PLANT TREES WITHOUT
USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
WHY CAN'T THE CITY DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
THAT'S A FREEWAY TO BE ABLE TO
PLANT TREES.
IF WE HAD A COMMISSION, THERE
ARE ALL KINDS CREATIVE WAYS WE
CAN PLANT TREES FOR FREE.
FOR INSTANCE, A SQUIRREL PLANTED
THIS.
A SQUIRREL.
AND I DUG IT UP AND I COULD
PLANT THIS SOMEWHERE.
WHY CAN'T WE USE SOME OF OUR
VACANT CITY LOTS AND PLANT THESE
THERE AND RAISE THEM UNTIL THEY
ARE LARGE ENOUGH AND WE CAN
DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGHOUT THE
WARDS THAT NEED THEM?
IS MY TIME UP?
>> MAYOR, IF I MAY.
>> ALDERMAN THEILEN.
>> MARY FRANCES, I SPOKE WITH
YOU AND I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU
ARE COMING FROM.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW ON -- I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU HAVE IT, BUT ON THIS LIST
OF THE TREES THAT WERE REMOVED
IN 2018, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY
WERE REMOVED FOR DISEASE FOR THE
ASH BORER, FOR THE OTHER
SPREADING DISEASES THAT ARE
ARBORIST IS TRYING TO STOP?
>> I DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, BUT
NOT WITH ME TONIGHT TO. I KNOW
IN WARD 8 WE HAD A LOT OF THE
ASH TREES, AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S
WHY WE ARE SO HIGH ON THE LIST.
I KNOW THAT IN THE CASE OF A
NUMBER OF THESE, THEY WERE TAKEN
OUT OF THE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE
SIDEWALK AND THE ROAD AT
RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, AND THE
RESIDENTS DE MC LEANED TO HAVE A
TREE PUT BACK ESPECIALLY IN
CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE -- THE
TREES ARE GETTING LARGER AND
LARGER AND EASEMENTS AREN'T
GETTING ANY BIGGER.
BUT I GET WHERE YOU ARE COMING
FROM.
I ACTUALLY THINK THE IDEA OF THE
MEMORIAL TREE PROGRAM, IF IT WAS
ON SOME OF THE CITY PROPERTY
WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, LIKE
A TREE OUT HERE OR A TREE ON
ANOTHER PLACE THAT IS CITY
PROPERTY THAT IS PUBLIC ACCESS.
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE WITH A
PLAQUE.
BUT I WOULD BE CAREFUL BECAUSE
WITHOUT DESIGNATING WHERE YOU
WANT THOSE TO GO, I DON'T
NECESSARILY THINK SOMEBODY THAT
LIVES ON WEST LAWRENCE WANTS A
PLAQUE NEXT TO THEIR DRIVEWAY
FOR A TREE THAT GOT PUT IN THE
EASEMENT.
>> YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE PLAQUES WITH THESE TREES.
>> RIGHT.
BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IF SOMEBODY
IS DOING A MEMORIAL TREE, IT
OUGHT TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE IT
IS GOING TO BE ON CITY PROPERTY
AND STAY THERE.
>> I AGREE.
I AGREE, YEAH.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION
GOES FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY NEED TO
REALIZE THEY NEED TO SPECIFY IT
NEEDS TO STAY ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS FOR, FOR THE
CITY, YEAH.
>> JUST FOR CLARITY, SPRINGFIELD
GREEN, THAT'S THE REASON THE
COMMISSION WENT BY THE WAYSIDE,
TREE COMMISSION BECAUSE
SPRINGFIELD GREEN HAD COME AND
TRANSPLANTED THAT WITH REGARDS
TO THAT, AND THOSE ARE PRIVATELY
RAISED FUNDS AS YOU POINTED
OUTED.
YOU POINTED OUT EXPENDITURES.
SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
VOLUNTEERS.
THEY RAISED THE FUNDS.
WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AT
THAT POINT AND TIME WERE HIGH
PROFILED PROJECTS FOR THAT
ATTEMPT TO RAISE ADDITIONAL
FUNDS.
SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WILL
GO FORWARD WITH THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION IS
ORGANIZED.
APPLYING THE APPLICATION IS
FINE, BUT THAT'S JUST A PEACE OF
PAIN -- PIECE OF PAPER.
WHAT YOU WANTED OUT, THE
DESTRUCTION OF TREES, HAVE YOU
GONE DOWN AND SEE WHAT NELSON'S
HAS DONE TO OUR TREES.
THEY WHACKED OFF HALF OF THEM
AND THEY ARE READY TO FALL OVER.
>> WE NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGY AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
EVERYBODY LOVES TREES.
I THINK EVERYBODY AROUND THIS
HORSESHOE LOVES TREES.
IT IS ALL ABOUT TREES, AS FAR AS
THAT GOES, BUT IT IS MORE THAN
THAT, ALDERWOMAN TURNER TALKED
ABOUT THE WAYS INTO SPRINGFIELD.
THAT'S BEEN DOING IT FOR
DECADES.
HOW DO YOU BEAUTIFY WHERE YOU
COME IN.
IT WILL TAKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
THAT WHAT MAYOR DAVLIN DID WITH
SPRINGFIELD GREEN.
IT RAISED AWARENESS OF
BUSINESSES AND NON-FOR-PROFIT
GROUPS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT IT
IS GOING TO TAKE, IT WILL TAKE A
COMMUNITY EFFORT.
AS IS POINTED OUT THE
DEVASTATION WITH REGARDS TO ASH
TREES.
THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE ARE
GOING TO GO WITH THIS URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION INSTEAD OF
SPRINGFIELD GREEN BY ITSELF.
SO IT IS CODIFIED IN THE CODE
AND IT IS MORE OF A, I GUESS A
STRUCTURED PROCESS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO WE DO
THAT TO BEAUTIFY SPRINGFIELD
APPEARANCE OVERALL WHICH
INCLUDES TREES AND LANDSCAPING
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> BUT I HAVE TO KNOW FROM YOU,
I HAVE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO USE SPRINGFIELD GREEN
AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE
COMMISSION.
>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT
WAS WRITTEN, I THINK WE
SUPPLANTED SPRINGFIELD GREEN IN
THE URBAN FORESTRY LANGUAGE,
CODIFIED IT THAT WAY SO IT IS
UNIFIED EFFORT MOVING FORWARD,
NOT DISJOINTED ONE WHERE TREE
COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN
PLACE AND WASN'T.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO IS WRAP IT ALTOGETHER SO UP
HOLISTIC STRATEGY HOW DO WE
BEAUTIFY OUR CITY WITH TREES,
LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> OKAY.
AND SOME OF THE ALL DER PEOPLE
YOU ORGANIZE GARBAGE PICK UP
DAYS, YOU CAN ORGANIZE TREE
PLANTING DAYS.
>> SO EVEN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T, I
GUESS IF THEY DON'T WANT TO
VOLUNTEER, THEY CAN SUBMIT IDEAS
THROUGH OUR WEB SITE.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS WELCOME OR GO
TO OUR WARD PLAN MEETINGS AND WE
WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND
FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS
APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL WITH
REGARDS TO THIS MATTER?
>> MR. MAYOR?
>> ALDERMAN MCMENAMIN.
>> WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT
WAS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, INNER
CITY OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS PUT
TOGETHER AND THEY CIRCULATED TO
SOME ALDERMAN.
MISS CAROL NEED ER IS HERE
TONIGHT.
COULD YOU GET THOSE AMENDMENTS
TO OUR CITY COUNCIL COORDINATOR
TO GET THOSE IN ACCEPTABLE FORM
TO BE VOTED UPON.
>> WE WILL SUBMIT AND BRING IT
FORWARD.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
DISCUSSION?
VERY GOOD.
SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO
RETURN TO COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> OPPOSED SAY NAY.
VERY GOOD.
I REMEMBER THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
WE SAID BY END OF JULY.
DON'T LEAVE IT IN COMMITTEE THAT
LONG.
>> WE WON'T.
(LAUGHING).
>> I LOVE TREES.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT AYE TIM ON THE AGENDA IS
2019-234 ORDINANCE APPROVING THE
APPOINTMENT OF BEVERLY CHRISTIAN
TO SPRINGFIELD PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION AS AMENDED.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION?
BEVERLY IS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO
COME FORWARD AND SO THEY CAN PUT
A NAME WITH A FACE.
WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
>> FACE WITH A NAME?
>> WHAT DID I SAY, NAME WITH A
FACE?
>> SAME DIFFERENCE.
(LAUGHING).
>> HI.
I AM BEVERLY CHRISTIAN.
A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF WARD 6.
OWNER AND MANAGING BROKER OF
BEVERLY CHRISTIAN REAL ESTATE
AGENCY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR
LANGFELDER, AND CITY COUNCIL,
FOR APPOINTING ME TO THIS
POSITION.
I AM EAGER AND ANXIOUS TO GET
STARTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE YES OF OPPOSED, VOTE NO.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
>> AND THE APPOINTMENT PASSES
NINE VOTING YES, NONE VOTING NO.
>> CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TO SUSPEND RULES FOR DISCUSSION
ON AGENDA NUMBER 2019-256
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD BE INCLUDED
WITH OTHER ILLINOIS
MUNICIPALITIES FOR RECEIVING A
CASINO LICENSE IF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS ESTABLISHES NEW CASINO
LICENSE PROGRAM.
>> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECOND.
I WILL START THE DISCUSSION, WE
HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK.
THE REASON THIS WAS BROUGHT
FORWARD IS IT IS OUR
UNDERSTANDING THERE MIGHT BE
POSSIBLE MOTION FOR THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO GRANT CASINO
LICENSES.
WHAT WE WANT IS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THAT AS A CAPITAL CITY
AND THE INTENT WOULD BE IF WE
ARE GRANTED THAT MOTION, THEN WE
WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND
HAVE TO COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
FOR APPROVAL.
THIS ISN'T A SLAM DUNK WHERE IT
WOULD BE APPROVED AT THAT POINT
AND TIME, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP
PREVIOUSLY THROUGH PREVIOUS
DISCUSSIONS, I THINK IT WAS IN
THE 90S, THERE WAS SAID TO BE
NEED FOR REFERENDUM BY THE
VOTERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT WE WANT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE THAT EXPANSION ESPECIALLY
IF IT MEANT FOR DOWNTOWN, IF IT
GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER OR
WHAT HAVE YOU.
THERE ARE STILL PROCESSES TO GO
THROUGH IF WE REACH THAT POINT
AND TIME.
BUT WITH THAT, ANITA BEDOL.
>> MOTION TO DISCUSS?
>> WE DID.
>> YEAH, YOU DID.
>> YEAH, YOU DID.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR THE VOTE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF DISCUSSING.
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS FOR THE COUNCIL, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT.
>> ANITA BEDELL, CHURCH
COMMISSION ON ADDICTIONS AND
ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, ON JEFFERSON
VETO THIS SPRINGFIELD.
WE ARE CONCERNED, BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU
HAVE AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.
THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.
IT IS BEING RAMMED THROUGH.
THERE IS ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT IN
THE SESSION.
THEY ARE NO WHERE NEAR GETTING
THE COMPREHENSIVE BILL TIME
LIZED.
AND SO WE DON'T THINK THAT THE
EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IS THE WAY
THAT YOU SHOULD OPERATE.
ONE THING THAT THEY WANT TO DO
IS THEY WANT TO COMBINE CASINO
BILL WITH INTERNET AND SPORTS
GAMBLING.
YOU WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE A CASINO
IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, BUT
ALSO HAVE INTERNET AND SPORTS
GAMBLING.
THIS DOES NOT ATTRACT TOURISM.
IT IS LOCAL PEOPLE.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE OVER 593
VIDEO GAMBLING MACHINES IN THE
CITY.
THE PAST TWO MONTHS, PEOPLE HAVE
LOST OVER $3 MILLION A MONTH.
THREE MILLION A MONTH.
BEFORE THAT YOU WERE IN THE TWO
MILLION.
SPRINGFIELD HAS MORE VIDEO
GAMBLING MACHINES THAN ANY PLACE
IN THE STATE.
THEY ARE NUMBER TWO IN VIDEO
GAMBLING LOSSES, OVER A,
$160 MILLION HAS BEEN LOST.
CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING SALES TAX
IF PEOPLE ARE GAMBLING THE MON
AWAY.
THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY
FURNITURE OR CARS OR ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU WOULD GET SALES
TAX FROM.
SO IT IS NOT AN ECONOMIC
WINDFALL AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE
PAST IN OTHER STATES, CASINOS
THAT HAVE OPENED ARE CLOSING
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
PEOPLE GOING THERE.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT GAMBLING
THERE.
AND IT IS A LOSE -- PEOPLE HAVE
TO LOSE MONEY FOR THE CITY JUST
TO GET A SMALL PORTION AS THEY
SAY THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS.
WELL THE HOUSE IS NOT
SPRINGFIELD.
IT IS THE DEVELOPER.
SO WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS
NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT, THAT YOU
ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE COSTS.
THE COSTS ARE AT LEAST THREE
DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF
REVENUE THAT YOU WOULD GET.
IT IS A LOSING PROPOSITION.
CRIME INCREASES.
FAMILY PROBLEMS INCREASE.
GAMBLING ADDICTION, A CASINO IS
DIFFERENT THAN OTHER BUSINESSES
WHERE OTHER PEOPLE -- OTHER
BUSINESSES HELP THE CITY, THE
CASINOS WOULD HURT THE CITY.
IT WOULD ALSO HURT PEOPLE.
I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE HAVE RELATIVES WHO ARE
ALREADY ADDICTED TO GAMBLING.
THIS JUST MAKES IT MORE
ACCESSIBLE, AND IT IS SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD NOT BE RUSHED
THROUGH.
WE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THAT
REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT IN 90%
OF THE PEOPLE IN SANGAMON COUNTY
WANTED TO VOTE BEFORE THERE WAS
A CASINO.
BECAUSE THIS IMPACTS THE ENTIRE
COUNTY.
THE RATE OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
DOUBLES WITHIN 50 MILES.
THIS IS NOT JUST A SPRINGFIELD
ISSUE.
IT IS A COUNTY WIDE ISSUE.
AND RUSHING SOMETHING THROUGH AT
THE END IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
YOU NEED TRANSPARENCY, AND WE
JUST THINK THAT YOU NEED MORE
TIME AND MORE INPUT FROM THE
PEOPLE.
FAMILIES WOULD BE DEVASTATED
P -- (INAUDIBLE) ARE RUINED BY
PEOPLE WHO STARTED GAMBLING AT
CASINOS BY THEIR HOME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES,
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT
MIGHT LIKE TO SPEAK.
I'D WONDERED IF YOU'D LET THEM
SPEAK ALSO.
I WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE
LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON
THIS MAT NER.
>> I'D FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, AND
WHY IS THIS BEING RUSHED
THROUGH?
WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY?
>> IT IS NOT.
IT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
NOT FOR EMERGENCY PASSAGE.
THE MOTION WAS FOR DISCUSSION
ONLY.
>> I AM GOING BY WHAT WAS IN THE
PAPER.
>> ORIGINALLY, WE FELT WE COULD
MOVE ON IT, EXPEDITIOUSLY, WE
WOULD.
THERE WAS CONCERNS RAISED BY THE
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONS AND
OTHERS.
THE COMFORT IS TO HAVE THE
DISCUSSION.
THE REASON IT WAS PUT ON FOR
EMERGENCY IS BECAUSE WHAT WAS
STATED.
THERE IS TEN DAYS LEFT IN THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THROUGH
STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND THIS IS
ONE AND DONE I WOULD THINK IT
WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY IF THE STATE
DOES ISSUE LICENSE, IT IS
PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO BE IN ONE
TIME ONLY.
SO WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE
ARE INTERESTED, AGAIN.
THIS IS JUST TO GRANT US THE
OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY, AS
CAPITAL CITY, AND THEN WE GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH REGARDS
TO REFERENDUM AND WHATEVER THE
CASE MAY BE OR IF THERE IS A
PROJECT THAT WOULD COME FORWARD,
IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO BEFORE
SPRINGFIELD OR IF ROCKFORD GETS
IT, STILL HAS TO GO BEFORE
ROCKFORD CITY COUNCIL.
EVEN IF THEY GRANT A LICENSE,
THERE IS STILL PROCESSES THAT
HAVE TO -- THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.
>> BUT YOU SAID DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES.
AND THAT WAS WHAT IN THE PAPER.
BUT --
>> FROM 2017 LETTER I THINK IS
WHAT THEY ARE REFERENCING.
>> BECAUSE THE WAY I SEE IT, AND
THIS IS AFFECTED MY FAMILY
PERSONALLY, MY GRANDPARENTS WERE
VERY SAVING PEOPLE.
THEY NEVER WENT OUT TO EAT.
THEY NEVER BOUGHT ANYTHING ON
CREDIT.
AND THEY HAD QUITE A BIT OF
MONEY WHEN THEY PASSED ON.
MY FATHER GAMBLED EVERYTHING
AWAY WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO
MY SISTER AND I.
SO IT HAS BEEN VERY DEVASTATING
FOR OUR FAMILY AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN MY FAMILY.
SO IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES WHEN FAMILIES HAVE
LESS MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
I MEAN YOU ARE BREAKING
FAMILIES.
WE ARE AN AVERAGE MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILY, BUT HAVING SAID THAT,
WHEN I CAMPAIGNED FOR CITY
COUNCIL, I WAS TALKING ABOUT A
CITY WIDE BROADBAND BECAUSE THIS
IS HOW OTHER CITIES BUILD
REVENUE.
PEOPLE HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND.
THEY HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND IN
THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
AND THAT IS WHAT OTHER CITIES
HAVE DONE, THEY HAVE TAKEN OUT
FIVE YEAR BONDS.
THEY HAVE TAKEN OUT BONDS, AND
THE TELECOMMUNICATION BILL FOR
ALL THESE PEOPLE IS LESS.
BUT YET IT IS ONGOING REVENUE
THAT'S PAID OFF WITHIN FIVE
YEARS.
ONGOING REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS.
THAT IS A SOLUTION.
I AM NOT JUST UP HERE TELLING
YOU THE PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT I
AM OFFERING A SOLUTION.
IT IS SAME THING I CAMPAIGNED
ON.
IT IS NOT GOING TO RAISE
EVERYONE'S TAXES.
IT LOWERS EVERYONE'S BILL.
IT BUILDS REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
IT PRESERVES NET NEUTRALITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO CENSORED LIKE
NORTH KOREA.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE CENSORED
ONLINE LIKE NORTH KOREA.
IT IS A HUGE ISSUE, JUST THAT IN
ITSELF IS A HUGE ISSUE.
SO -- BUT WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THE
SAME THING I CAME IN HERE BEFORE
TO TALK ABOUT IS -- LET ME JUST
ASK THIS:  WHO ON THIS CITY
COUNCIL TOOK MONEY FROM THE
VIDEO GAMING INDUSTRY?
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW
BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW.
I HAVE A LIST.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU TOOK
MONEY FROM THE VIDEO GAMING
INDUSTRY.
OH, WELL THAT'S A LIE.
THAT'S FINE.
I AM USED TO THAT.
>> SUPPOSE TO DIRECT YOUR
COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
SO, AS YOU POINTED OUT, YOU HAVE
THAT.
SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO ILLINOIS
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS --
>> PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME
TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT -- IT WOULD BE NICE
IF EVERYONE JUST SAID ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER, AND I HAVE A FINE
IDEA, TAKE TURNS AND GO AROUND
AND YOU CAN STATE WHETHER YOU
DID OR NOT.
>> THAT'S NOT PART OF THE
DISCUSSION.
>> OUT OF ORDER.
>> WRAP-UP YOUR COMMENTS, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT.
>> I HAVE A PROBLEM THAT EVERY
INCUMBENT WON THEIR ELECTION
EXCEPT THE ONE PERSON THAT VOTED
AGAINST CASINO LAST TIME.
I AM NOT ALLOWED TO COUNT THE
BALLOTS.
YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO TALK
TO THE CIRCUIT CLERK.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT HE DOESN'T RETURN MY CALLS.
SO IF YOU COULD TALK TO HIM
AGAIN.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR PERCENTAGE?
WHAT WAS YOUR PERCENTAGE OF
VOTES?
>> DOESN'T MATTER.
WE HAVE HAND BALLOTS HERE IN
ILLINOIS.
WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COUNT
THEM.
I DON'T CARE.
>> WHAT ISSUE ARE YOU COMING TO
DISCUSS?
>> MAYOR, SHE IS OUT OF ORDER.
>> I'D LIKE TO COUNT ALL THE
WARDS.
IT IS VERY DOABLE.
MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THE EASILY
VOTING MACHINES IF WE CAN'T.
>> SUBJECT MATTER WITH REGARDS
TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAD FOR
DISCUSSION WITH REGARDS TO THE
CASINO LICENSE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENCE.
ANYBODY ELSE --
>> I WAS TOLD I COULD TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING I WANTED.
>> OUT OF TIME.
>> THAT'S AT THE END OF THE
MEETING.
WE ARE STILL CONDUCTING THE
MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS FOR
DISCUSSION.
NOT FOR ACTION.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> TRACY MA GILL, PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, 533 SOUTH WALNUT.
AS SUCH, I BELIEVE IN SEEKING
THE BEST FOR DARROW OUR
COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS AND NOT
DIMINISHING FOR LIFE WHO HAS
LITTLE.
ADDING A CASINO WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANT AND VERY DIFFICULT
TO REVERSE MISTAKE.
SPRINGFIELD NEEDS INDUSTRY THAT
PRODUCES ACTUAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.
GAMBLING IS NOT SUCH AN
INDUSTRY.
OUR FARMS PRODUCE FOOD AND MANY
COMPANIES PRODUCE THINGS THAT
SUPPORT THAT PRODUCTION.
MEDICAL SCHOOL PRODUCES HEALTH
AND INNOVATION.
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES PRODUCE
SOFTWARE.  OUR FACTORIES PRODUCE
GOODS AND CONSTRUCTION PRODUCES
BUILDINGS ALL OF THESE COMBINED
GOODS AND LABOR TO CREATE NEW
THINGS OF VALUE, THAT IS THEY
CREATE WEALTH.
LITTLE NOTED FEATURE OF CASINOS,
THEY, BY CONTRAST, DO NOT.
THEY CREATE NOTHING.
ADD NOTHING.
PRODUCE NOTHING.
BUT ONLY SHUFFLE EXISTING WEALTH
AROUND, IF FROM ONE SET OF HANDS
TO ANOTHER.
I THINK IT IS UNWISE FOR US TO
MAKE AND NO NONPRODUCTIVE
ACTIVITY ESSENTIAL COMPONENT IN
OUR REG'S ECONOMY.
CASINOS DON'T GROW THE PIE.
THEY JUST MOVE THE PIE PEACE
AROUND.
SECOND, EVEN THE WAY IN WHICH IT
SHIFTS THOSE PIE PIECES AROUND
IS PROBLEMATIC.
WHAT WE ENVISION IS GREAT MASSES
OF PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM ACROSS
THE NATION TO ENLIVEN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BY LEAVING THEIR
DOLLARS HERE.
BUT WHAT MORE LIKELY TO ACTUALLY
GET IS THE PEOPLE FROM THIS VERY
REGION, REGION THIS CITY
GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO SERVE,
BEING THE ONES WHOSE MONEY IS
LOST AT THOSE TABLES AND OTHER
BUSINESSES IN THE SAME CITY
WHERE THERE IS LOCAL DOLLARS
OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT
LOSING TO THE NEW COMPETITION.
GAMBLING PROGRAM THE STATE
ALREADY SUPPORTS SUCH AS THE
LOTTERY ALREADY DRAW THEIR
INCOME PRIMARILY FROM OUR LOWEST
INCOME POPULATIONS.
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE CREATING
MORE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE
ARE ENCOURAGED BY THEIR OWN
GOVERNMENT TO BELIEVE THEY CAN
MAKE THE LEAP OUT OF POVERTY IF
ONLY THEY JUST KEEP SINKING MORE
DOLLARS IN CITY SUPPORTED DREAM
OF EASY MONEY.
TWO THINGS ULTIMATELY DRIVE
CASINO REVENUE, REPEAT GAMBLERS
WHICH ARE A PROBLEM AND VISITORS
SPENDING LUXURY CASH, SORT OF
THING WE NOT ONLY CONSISTENTLY
OVERESTIMATE, BUT WHICH IS ALSO
HIGHLY SUBJECT TO BOOM AND BUST
CYCLES.
NOT A HEALTHY FOUNDATION FOR A
SUSTAINED AND SOLID ECONOMIC
BASE. AND BOTH CASES, MUCH OF
THE MONEY THEN LEAVES THE REGION
GOING FAR AWAY GAMING BUSINESS
OWNERS.
THIRD, I CAUTION THAT WE
RECOGNIZE HOW GAMBLING
TRANSFORMS A PLACE, WHAT SORT OF
A PLACE DO WE WANT THIS PLACE TO
BE?
A PLACE THAT WORKS FOR A LIVING,
BUILDING, LEARNING, GROWING OR
PA PLACE THAT DEALS MAINLY IN
FLASHY FALSE PROMISES TO ITS
VISITORS AND RESIDENTS?
FINALLY, I SUGGEST THAT THE
CAPITAL OF A STATE ALREADY SEEN
AS HAVING A GIANT CORRUPTION
PROBLEM, MARRYING ITSELF TO THE
GAMBLING INDUSTRY IS MAYBE NOT A
STEP FORWARD.
GAMBLING IS ATTRACTIVE TO THE
CITIES SAME REASON IT IS
ATTRACTIVE TO INDIVIDUALS.
IT PROMISES MONEY FOR FREE.
IT MAKES US BELIEVE WE ARE ABOUT
TO MISS OUT ON SOME HUGE
WINDFALL IF WE FAIL TO GET IN
THE GAME AND THEREBY ENTICES US
TO DO THINGS LIKE TREAT OUR
CHOICE WHETHER TO PLAY OR TAKE A
PASS AS AN EMERGENCY.
THROWING ASIDE DELIBERATE STUDY
AND CONSIDERATION OUT OF
PANICKED FEAR THE FREE MONEY
MIGHT PASS US BUY.
I URGE THE MEMBERS OF THIS
COUNCIL TO STEP BACK AND
RECOGNIZE THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS FREE MONEY.
WE NEED TO SPEND TIME EXAMINING
WHAT THE FULL COSTS ARE IN
SHIFTING REVENUE SOURCE TOSS
DEPEND ON PEOPLE SPENDING BEYOND
THEIR MEANS OR OUT OF
DESPERATION AND OPPORTUNITY
COSTS OF NOT INVESTING IN
PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES, CHANGE
CITY CHARACTER AND MARRYING
OURSELVES TO SHADY INDUSTRY
BEFORE WE JUMP IN AN EMERGENCY
MAN NER BANDWAGON THAT MIGHT BE
GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ALL
TO GO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION.
>> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS,
WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
>> MY NAME IS ALICE RAMEY.
I LIVED IN THIS TOWN PRACTICALLY
ALL MY LIFE, 15 YEARS THAT I
SPEND IN THE GOLDEN NUGGET IN
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
OKAY.
I KNOW WHAT GAMBLING CAN DO TO A
FAMILY.
I KNOW WHAT ALCOHOL CAN DO TO A
FAMILY.
I KNOW WHAT DOPE CAN DO TO A
FAMILY.
BUT WE ALL HAVE FREE WILL.
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE WANT FOR
THIS CITY.
DO WE WANT TO SIT AND WAIT FOR
SOMEONE TO COME IN AND SAY "HERE
YOU ARE.
WE GOT IT."
NO.
WE WANT TO DO IT FOR OURSELVES.
THERE ARE SO MANY LICENSES THAT
J.B. IS GOING TO LET YOU HAVE.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU ARE
GOING FOR ONE, WHETHER IT TAKES
US A YEAR AND HALF OR TWO, OKAY,
I LOST A LOT OF MONEY IN VEGAS,
BUT I MADE A LOT OF MONEY.
MY MOTHER AND MY DAD WAS AN
ALCOHOLIC.
AND I WAS MARRIED TO A DOPE
ADDICT.
I KNOW WHAT MONEY CAN DO.
AND I KNOW WHAT FAST MONEY CAN
DO.
BUT FOR US TO BRING IN REVENUE
AND BRING PEOPLE IN HERE TO
SPEND, I GO OTHER PLACES TO
SPEND.
I EVEN GO IN ST. LOUIS TO BUY
SOME CLOTHES BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE MY CLOTHES I LIKE HERE.
SO YOU SEE WHEN YOU GOT
MARSHAL'S IN HERE, THAT'S WHERE
I WENT YESTERDAY, BOUGHT A LOT
OF STUFF, OKAY.
BUT WE NEED A LOT OF REVENUE IN
THIS TOWN.
WE GOT POTHOLES THAT NEED TO BE
FILLED.
WE NEED ALLEYS THAT NEED TO BE
REDONE.
>> NO WE DON'T!
>> WE NEED PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE
OF THEIR HOUSE.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO IT, WE
CAN'T WITHOUT THE WAY TO DO.
I UNDERSTAND THE CHURCH.
MY CHURCH HANDLED IT QUITE WELL
WITH MY FATHER, THAT'S CALVARY
TEMPLE.
IT WAS HANDLED VERY GOOD WITH ME
BECAUSE I GOT DRUNK UP HERE WITH
THE LEVEE.
I LEVEE WAS REALLY WILD AS YOU
KNOW.
I HAD EVERYTHING I WANTED TO DO,
HAD IT UNDER MY ARM AND GOT
DRUNK AND TOOK IT DOWN THAT
THING WITH A COUPLE WINE OS.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO GET DRUNK
AND I KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS TO
LOSE.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE FREE WILL, YOU
CAN SPEND THEM, BUT THEY HAVE TO
MAKE THE CHOICE TO GO.
THANK YOU FOR BRING A FIGHT FOR
IT, NO MATTER WHAT EVERYBODY
SAYS.
YOUR FATHER WOULD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO'S DR. THE
COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER.
>> ANY ALDERMAN?
MOTION BACK TO COMMITTEE?
>> R.
>>
>> ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO
COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL?
>> YES, MAYOR.
>> ALDERMAN THEILEN.
>> I BELIEVE REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE LIBRARY HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
>> YOU, KRIS, COULDN'T GO IN THE
LAST MEETING.
>> OF COURSE NOT.  I HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN A CHAMPION OF THE LIBRARY.
IN HOPING ONE OF YOU GUYS PICK
PUP THE TORCH.
>>
>> LOOKING AT ME FOR EVERYTHING.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR
SHOULDERS.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> EM EMILY STONE, ACTING
DIRECTOR, AND I HAVE WITH ME,
HILARY.
CHILDREN'S MANAGER.
WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THIS MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST SUMMER
READING PROGRAM WE HAVE EVER
ATTEMPTED IT.
SUMMER '19, IT IS SHOW TIME AT
YOUR LIBRARY.
SO WE DECIDED TO GO REALLY BIG
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR KICKOFF.
OUR KICKOFF IS JUNE 1 AT
88:00 A.M. THAT'S A SATURDAY.
WE WILL HAVE STUNT WOMAN
EXTRAORDINARY, MISS MARTEKA IS
COMING TO THE LIBRARY.
YES, INDEED.
THAT IS SHE WILL BE WALKING ON
SWORDS AND SHE WILL BE DOING
STUNTS, AND DOING ALL SORTS OF
AWESOME THINGS.
THAT'S THE FIRST DAY YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR SUMMER
READING PROGRAM EITHER IN THE
LIBRARY OR ONLINE WHICH WE ARE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR AS
WELL.
WE HAVE 31 PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH IN
TWO MONTHS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ADULT
ONES AS WELL.
WE HAVE SO MUCH GOOD STUFF!
>> WE ARE ALSO VERY EXCITED AS
HILARY MENTIONED TO HAVE ONLINE
COMPONENT THIS YEAR.
SO FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO
COME DOWNTOWN OR CAN'T MAKE IT
TO PROGRAMS, WE -- THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND
TRACK THEIR READING ONLINE.
IT GIVES THEM READING
SUGGESTIONS.
THERE IS A WAY FOR PARENTS AND
KIDS TO WORK TOGETHER, SO WE ARE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING
UP AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE,
JUNE 7TH AND 8TH FRIENDS OF
LIBRARY ARE DOING ANNUAL BOOK
SALE.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THE FUNDS THEY RAISE THERE HELP
US TO FUND THE FOLLOWING YEAR
SUMMER READING PROGRAM SO ALL
THE GREAT PRIZES WE HAVE FOR
KIDS ARE CURRENT SI OF OUR
FRIENDS GROUP.
WE WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THE BOOK SALE IN
JUNE 7 AND 8, WE ALSO HAVE THE
BLOOD MOBILE COMING.
SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO COME, GIVE BLOOD
AND BUY A BOOK.
SO GIVE AND TAKE!
(LAUGHING) AND WE ALSO JUST
WANTED TO OH, YES, TALK ABOUT
OUR OUTREACH.
GO BACK TO HIM RY.
>> NOT ONLY ARE WE VERY INVESTED
IN WORKING WITHIN LIBRARY, BUT
WE ARE VERY INVESTED IN WORKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE HAVE FEWER OUTREACH EVENTS
THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE HAD LAST
YEAR, BUT WE WILL BE OUT AT THE
FARMER'S MARKET.
WE WILL BE OUT AT YMCA AT
KERESOTES TO WORK WITH THE KIDS'
CAMPS THERE.
HOOGLAND ARTS IS ALSO OUR
PARTNER BECAUSE THEY WILL BE
DOGMA TILL DA THE MUSICAL.
WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THEM.
THEY WILL BE DOING MATILDA, THE
MUSICAL.
>> WE WILL BE WORKING WITH
DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, AND BUZZ
BOMB BREWERY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PARTNERS,
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE
LIBRARY, WE ARE EVERY WHERE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
>> IN ADDITION TO EVERY WHERE ON
THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ONLINE, FACEBOOK PRESENCE
AND TWITTER PRESENCE AND NEW TO
INSTAGRAM.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS
WELL.
WE WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR HAVING US HERE.
WE WANT TO DO ESPECIALLY THANK
KRIS THEILEN FOR BEING A
DEDICATED LIBRARY SUPPORTER
THROUGHOUT HIS TIME ON CITY
COUNCIL AND FORGETTING US UP
HERE.
>> YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ME
AND MY FAMILY AT THE LIBRARY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD
LIKE TO ASK IS THAT DON'T BE
AFRAID THAT IF YOU GUYS HAVE
SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE
LIBRARY, GET ON THE AGENDA.
JUST COME IN HERE.
LET PEOPLE KNOW.
THE MORE PEOPLE THAT -- BIGGER
THE AUDIENCE YOU HAVE WHERE YOU
CAN SHARE THE MESSAGE WHAT YOU
HAVE GOT GOING ON, THE MORE
PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACT,
ESPECIALLY IF THESE ALDERMEN ARE
AWARE OF IT, THEY CAN HELP
SPREAD THE MESSAGE.
OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY
COOING THINGS GOING ON WITH
ONLINE APP AND BOOK SHARING
THINGS YOU HAVE ON THERE, I
WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU
GUYS -- ONE OF THE THINGS I
TALKED TO WILL ABOUT AND FELL
APART BEFORE HE LEFT, WAS I'D
LIKE YOU GUYS TO SCHEDULE TO
WHERE YOU CAN START GOING INTO
SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AND SHOW THE
KIDS HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY.
BECAUSE READING IS THE GATEWAY
TO GETTING THEIR EDUCATION, TO
GETTING A POSITIVE FORM OF
RECREATION AN ENJOYMENT.
IT IS SOMETHING I'D HOOKER LOVE
TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AND
CHAMPION.
IF YOU GUYS GO IN THE SCHOOLS,
THE SCHOOLS -- THE PRINCIPALS I
TALKED TO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU
GUY COME IN.
LINCOLN MAGNET ARE TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL, YOU HAVE TO PUT APPLE
MACK PROGRAM ON YOUR INSURANCE
IN ORDER TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL.
I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY.
THEY ARE A TECH ORIENTED SCHOOL.
IF YOU WERE TO GO IN THERE, I
WOULD GUARANTEE THE ENGLISH
TEACHERS, ART TEACHERS,
EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD LOVE OF YOU
IN THERE TO TALK TO THE SCHOOLS.
>> FOR SURE.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH 186.
OUR YOUTH SERVICES STAFF IS TWO
FULL TIME LIBRARIANS, ONE FULL
TIME ASSISTANT, AND MYSELF, AS
YOU KNOW, YOU COME AND SEE US
ALL TIME AND GETTING OUT OF THE
BUILDING ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A
SMALL STAFF IS VERY DIFFICULT.
WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE
READING SPECIALISTS AND KIND OF
TRAIN THE TRAIN ER.
THEY WORK WITH THEIR LIBRARY
STAFF OR WITH THE KIDS AND THEY
ARE ABLE TO GO THAT WAY OR OUT
AT READING NIGHTS.
WE ARE OUT AT A LOT OF THINGS
LIKE THAT I AM ON THE TEAM AT
WASHINGTON MIDDLE.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CONTINUE TO DO EXCELLENT WITH
LESS.
I KNOW --
>> THAT'S THE NAME OF OUR GAME A
YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU
CAN.
I REALLY STRESS THAT YOU HAVE
AWESOME STAFF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SUMMER
READING?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN RECENT
YEARS.
TES REALLY EXCITING GOING ON
OVER THERE.
I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION,
FIND A MEMBER OF THE PARK BOARD
TO SPEARHEAD A READING IN THE
PARK PROGRAM.
(LAUGHING).
>> WE ARE WORKING WITH
SPRINGFIELD PARKS ALREADY.
I AM SURE WE WILL CONTINUE THAT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE).
>>> ANY OTHER UNFINISHED
BUSINESS?
I'D ASK SCOTT DAHL TO GIVE
UPDATE ON 30-FOOT ABE.
I GUESS IT IS COMING IN
WEDNESDAY, SAME DAY AS OUR
INAUGURATION.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
ABE?
>> 31-FOOT, 30-FOOT.
>> YEAH, SO TOMORROW MORNING, 3N
NAME RETURNS, WILL ARRIVE IN
SPRINGFIELD.
IT WILL BE AT THE ABRAHAM
LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2020.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
CAN'T WAIT TO BUILD A CAMPAIGN
AROUND IT.
LAST WEEK I FAILED TO MENTION
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL
MUSEUM IS OUR PARTNER AND ALSO
DIRECTOR YAZELL AS WELL AS
INSTRUMENTAL FOR PUTTING THIS
TOGETHER AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO ARRIVING
TOMORROW MORNING.
HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.
>> VERY GOOD.
INAUGURATION EVENTS TOMORROW
10:00 AT BLESSED SACRAMENT
PRAYER SERVICE ON LAUREL AND
WALNUT.
4:00 IS INAUGURATION AT SANGAMON
AUDITORIUM AT UIS WITH THE
RECEPTION DIRECTLY FOLLOWING
ABOUT 5:30 AT STUDENT UNION OUT
THERE GO UNTIL 7:30 OR 8:00.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ALL
THOSE.
ANY OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS?
ANY NEW BUSINESS?
OH, SORRY, ALDERMAN SENOR.
>> IT IS NOT, BUT IT IS.
I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF AROUND THE HORSESHOE HERE.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, IT HAS
BEEN A GREAT FOUR YEARS FOR ME.
AND WHAT DON'T CRY WITH CRY FOR
ME ARGENTA-OREANA TEA INTO
BELIEF.
>> YOU MADE ME STRONGER,
>> I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOWS
ABOUT LINCOLN LAND LOGGER
BASEBALL, THEY HAVE OFF TO THE
WORLD SERIES IN OKLAHOMA.
WE WANT TO WISH THEM WELL.
THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS
YEAR.
WON THEIR CONFERENCE.
UIS IS PLAYING.
>> ASHLAND OHIO.
>> SUPPORT OUR TEAMS.
>> ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS?
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP
TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
JIM KEEFER.
IS JIM HERE?
DOROTHY TAYLOR.
DOROTHY TAYLOR HERE?
HOW ABOUT PHIL GONET?
THIRD TIME A CHARM, HUH?
THANK YOU MAYOR WERE MY NAME IS
FILL GONET.
I LIVE 1616CRESSA COURT.
I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE.
COMMENTS REGARDING INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN THAT THE ENERGY
AUTHORITY HAS PRESENTED TO THE
UTILITY AND TO YOU.
I WAS AT THE OPEN HOUSE LAST
NIGHT, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
SOME QUESTIONS.
BUT, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST
GENERAL COMMENT.
I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE
UTILITY THAT THE RFP RECOMMENDS
RENEWABLES SUPPLY NEARLY HALF OF
OUR ELECTRICITY BY 2023.
THAT'S LESS THAN FOUR YEARS
AWAY.
WIND AND SOLAR ARE INTERMITTENT,
UNRELIABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
THAT CANNOT SUPPLY THE POWER WE
NEED WHEN WE NEED IT.
IN MY OPINION, THE IRP IS A
DANGEROUS PROPOSAL THAT IF
IMPLEMENTED WILL PUT SPRINGFIELD
RESIDENTS AT RISK OF BLACKOUTS.
I GET ONLINE TO LOOK AT THE MICE
O WHERE OUR ENERGY FLOWS FROM --
  MISO THERE.
THE GRID IS WIND POWER.
AT THIS MINUTE, 15% OF THE MISO
IS WIND.
NEARLY 70 MEGAWATTS, 411% IS
COMING FROM COAL.
HOW DO YOU GET TO 50% IN FOUR
YEARS?
I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE DONE.
I WILL EXPAND ON FORMAL COMMENTS
ON THE IRP WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR
FORMAL COMMENTS LATER.
BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO INFORM YOU
OF A MAJOR OMISSION IN THE IRP.
AS YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION,
THAT WAS MADE BY THE ENERGY
AUTHORITY, INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLAN AS A RESULT OF
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STUDY,
COMPREHENSIVE.
I AM SHOCKED THAT A FLUE GAS DE
SULFURIZATION SYSTEM PROPONED BY
GE ENGINE ENVIRONMENTAL
TECHNOLOGY INK, OR "JET."
WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE IRF.
PS A COMPANY BASED IN CHINA,
AMMONIA BASED SCRUBBER OPERATING
IN OVER 300 POWER PLANTS IN
CHINA.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN PROVEN.
JET HAS COME TO THIS COUNTRY
MAKING PROPOSALS TO BUILD AND
OPERATE SCRUBBERS AND TO UTES
BYPRODUCT FROM THE SCRUBBER TO
MAKE FERTILIZER.
JET MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE
FGD TASK FORCE LAST YEAR.
THIS WAS A TASK FORCE
COMMISSIONED BY THE STATE TO
FIND WAYS FOR ILLINOIS COAL TO
BE USED IN ILLINOIS POWER
PLANTS.
DOUG BROWN AND I WERE MEMBERS OF
THAT TASK FORCE, AND THE TASK
FORCE GAVE ITS REPORT IN
DECEMBER.
UNDER THE JET PROPOSAL, JET PAYS
FOR THE COST OF BUILDING AN
OPERATING THE SCRUBBER.
THIS MEANS CURRENT OPERATING
COSTS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE
ELIMINATED AND CWLP, THAT'S
$15 MILLION A YEAR.
IF YOU CAN ELIMINATE SOMETHING,
$15 MILLION A YEAR, SHOULDN'T
THAT BE INCLUDED IN A PLANNING
DOCUMENT THAT IS LOOKING AT
ENERGY NEEDS FOR THE NEXT 20
YEARS.
JET PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES
SHARING THE PROPHETS FROM THE
SALE OF FERTILIZER.
JET MET TWICE WITH CWLP TO
DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL.
IRP IS SUPPOSED TO COVER CURRENT
AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
THIS ONE BY THE ENERGY AUTHORITY
DOES NOT.
SO MY REQUEST TO YOU TONIGHT IS
THAT THE ENERGY AUTHORITY BE
INSTRUCTED TO EVALUATE THE JET
TECHNOLOGY AND ISSUE REVISED IRP
BASED UPON THEIR ANALYSIS.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> IS THIS THE PROPOSAL WHERE
THE COMPANY IS OUT OF MATTOON?
>> NO.
NO.
>> THAT'S A DIFFERENT
TECHNOLOGY.
THAT WAS CARBON CAPTURE.
>> CARBON CAPTURE, OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS A SCRUBBER.
>> ALDERMAN HANAUER.
>> PHIL, THANK YOU.
I AGREE.
I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE
RATEPAYERS TO GET THE BEST
ENERGY, LOWEST COST ENERGY
POSSIBLE.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU GOT HAMSTERS
ON A HAMSTER WHEEL GETTING
ENERGY, IF THAT'S THE LOWEST
PRICE YOU CAN, SO BE IT.
I AM NOT AGAINST WIND, SOLAR AND
ALL THAT WHEN THEY ARE
AFFORDABLE, AND THEY ARE THE
BEST RATE WE CAN GET FOR OUR
RATEPAYERS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
I AGREE WITH YOU ALSO, WE NEED
TO LOOK AT NEW TECHNOLOGY, NOT
JUST ON SCRUBBERS, BUT ON THE
ASH PONDS AND EVERYTHING OUT
THERE.
AND SOMETIMES I THINK THAT WE
HAVE -- WE GET TOO ENTRENCHED
WITH CERTAIN COMPANIES WHEN WE
MAY NEED TO GET SECOND OPINIONS
ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
HAVE SAID BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
LOOK, WHEN WE HIRE PEOPLE, OLD
ADAGE IN THE STATE CONSULTANTS,
THEIR JOB IS TO FIND THEMSELVES
MORE BILLABLE HOURS.
BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME OTHER
AREAS.
I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY
WE NEED TO LOOK AT NEW
TECHNOLOGY AND IF WE CAN MAKE
ONE OF THE UNITS 33 OR WHATEVER
LAST LONGER, YOU KNOW, WE OWE IT
TO THE CITIZENS TO DO THAT.
>> THERE IS ONLY THREE SOURCES
OF BASE LOAD POWER.
YOU NEED BASE LOAD POWER TO
SUPPORT INTERMITTENT POWER FROM
UNRELIABLE RENEWABLES.
COAL, NATURAL GAS OR NUCLEAR.
WE HAVE COAL.
AND IT WORKS WELL.
AND THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I
DIDN'T MENTION, OF COURSE, YOU
HAVE GOT EMPLOYEES OUT THERE.
YOU SHUT DOWN THREE POWER
PLANTS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO
GO, NOT TO MENTION THE COAL THAT
SUPPLIES T I DIDN'T MENTION AT
THE BEGINNING, BUT I KNOW I AM
PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS COAL
ASSOCIATION, BUT I AM SPEAKING
TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT BECAUSE I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT ENERGY PRICES
IN SPRINGFIELD AND I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIABILITY
OF THE ELECTRICITY.
IS A TASK FORCE REPORT THAT YOU
REFERENCED AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC THIS.
>> YES, IT IS.
I WAS ISSUED BY ILLINOIS E.P.A.
IN DECEMBER.
I CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE
CITY COUNCIL AND YOU CAN PUT IT
ON THE WEB SITE IF YOU WANT.
>> IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
>> PHIL, CAN I GET A COPY?
>> SURE.
>> E-MAIL TO TIM GRIFFIN, HE CAN
SEND TO EVERYONE.
>> GREAT.
WILL DO.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAD ROGER DENNISON SIGNED
UP TO SPEAK.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISTRICT YOU
AGAIN.
I I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THE
TOPIC IS COMING FROM ME.
ANYWAY, AGAIN, I HAVE READ
THROUGH THE IRP, TONS OF TIMES,
SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN EVENINGS
READ ING IT, DONE A LOT OF MATH
WITH T I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
SAID, IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TO READ
AND GO THROUGH AND THINK THROUGH
SCENARIOS AS FAR AS FOR SOMEBODY
JUST TO LOOK AT IF YOU TRY TO
UNDERSTAND EVERY OPTION.
I WANT TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY
COAL PRICE USED IN THIS IRP IS
NOT A TRUE AND ACCURATE REFLEX R
FLEXION OF THE COAL MARKET
THAT'S AVAILABLE TO CWLP.
I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE.
I LOOKED AT NATURALLY I LOOKED
AT THE REACHES CASES OF ALL
THEIR GAS PRICES.
I LOOKED AT OF COAL PRICE, COAL
PRICE STARTING IN 2021, THERE IS
NO POSSIBLE WAY THE COAL PRICE
IS GOING TO GO TO $41 OR
WHATEVER IT IS GOING TO BE.
I CALCULATED ON CENTS PER
MILLION BTU.
THERE IS NO WAY IN THE HIGH
PRICE COAL CASE IN 2021, THAT'S
GOING TO BE $49, 50 BUCKS.
AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, FOLKS.
IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM PREACHING TO
YOU WHEN I AM HERE.
WHEN YOU REFERENCE AND GO
FORWARD, IF YOU TAKE THE
REFERENCE CASE, $2.71, MILLION
BTU, OVER 56 AND HALF BUCKS A
TON.
IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
COAL PRICES ALWAYS FOLLOW GAS
PRICES.
IF YOU HAVE LOW GAS PRICES, YOU
WILL HAVE LOCALE PRICES.
SO THAT CASE IS NOT THERE.
HIGH PRICE CASE, THEY DID NOT
USE.
YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN AT 114.
REALLY WHAT I AM SAYING IS IF
YOU LOOK AT THE COAL PRICE, IF
YOU SENT OUT AN RFP TODAY, AND I
KNOW WHAT THE COAL PRICE IS,
FLAT COAL PRICE SCENARIO IS THE
ONE YOU WILL END UP WITH AND
PROBABLY BELOW THE FLAT COAL
PRICE CLEAR OUT THROUGH 2038.
WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THERE IS
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK -- YOU
NOT ONLY KEEP DALLMAN FOUR, YOU
CAN BRING DALLMAN 3 OR PROVE IF
YOU CAN'T, REDUCE THE COAL PRICE
30% FROM THE REFERENCE CASE,
DALLMAN 3 IS BACK PROBABLY IN
THE MONEY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
KEEP IN MIND ALL THE NET PRESENT
VALUE ARE OURS THEY PUT IN HERE
AND THE COST OPERATE INCLUDE
MODIFYING NEW DALLMAN THREE.
ALL OF THE ANALYSIS SAID IT WILL
COST TO KEEP DALLMAN THREE IS
ALL INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS.
I LOOKED AT THAT ALSO.
KEEP IN MIND, THE COAL PRICE IT
NEVER ONE TIME IN THERE SAID I
AM GOING TO GET AND RFP ON COAL.
WE WILL DO ONE FOR POWER
AGREEMENT, AND WE ARE GOING TO
DO IT FOR GAS, AND THERE ARE TWO
VARIABLES THAT DROVE THIS STUDY,
COAL PRICE AND GAS PRICE.
WHY WOULDN'T YOU GET ONLY GET A
COAL PRICE.
IT MAKES SENSE.
I ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT.
I KNOW WHAT THE COAL PRICE
SHOULD BE TODAY.
WE TALKED PLENTY.
IF YOU GO FORWARD AND THROW OUT
RFP WHERE IT WILL BE.
IF YOU LOOK AT DALLMAN 4, THEY
DID RUN A FLAT COAL PRICE FOR
DALLMAN 4 WHICH WAS LOWEST PRICE
BEST CASE.
I AM TELLING YOU THAT THING IS
PROBABLY 30% HIGH.
THEY DID NOT USE THE FLAT COAL
PRICE.
THEY USED THE REFERENCE CASE
PRICE.
SO THEY DID THAT FOR DALLMAN 4.
IT WAS NOT DONE FOR DALLMAN 3.
SO I AM SAYING YOU GET AN RFP
OUT HERE FOR COAL AS QUICK AS
YOU DO IT, WHATEVER ARTICLE 17
ALLOWS YOU TO DO RIGHT NOW.
YOU GET AN RFP OUT HERE AND SEE
IF I AM TELLING THE TRUTH.
SEE WHAT COMES BACK HERE TO THE
CITY AS FAR AS COAL PRICE
BECAUSE THEN YOU DO DALLMAN
THREE, AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS
PRETTY WELL WHAT I AM CALLING
THIS FLAT COAL PRICE, MILLION
BTU, IT IS THE SAME.
YOU NEED TO ISSUE RFP TO GET
THAT DONE.
IT ALLOW DALLMAN 4 TO BE MORE
COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET.
YOU HAVE DALLMAN 1 OUT HERE TO
PLAY IN THE MARKET SOME MORE.
THAT WILL ALL BE INSIDE HERE AND
IT IS NEW.
IF YOU CAN COME THERE.
I'VE LOOK AT THE COST ON IT,
TOO.
I GET IT THAT YOU ARE TALKING
$120 MILLION FOR THIS CASE,
140 MILLION FOR THAT.
DIVIDING BY 20 YEARS AND LOOKING
WHAT LOWERING THE COAL PRICE O
DOES FOR YOU AND ALLOWS IT TO
WORK, PLUS IT IS THE RIGHT THING
FOR FAMILIES.
IT IS RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY.
IT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE
CUSTOMERS.
I TRULY BELIEVE YOU LOOK AT MISO
RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY SAYS MISO
HAS PROVE ME RETIRE ING IT THESE
PLANTS.
THEY WILL LET YOU RETIRE THEM
TODAY.
IF OTHER PLANTS GO OFF LINE, I
KNOW SOME IN ILLINOIS, WE ALL
KNOW WHO THE OTHER PLAYERS ARE,
THOSE PLANTS ARE GOING TO GO.
THEY SAID IT RIGHT AT THE
CAPITOL.
IF I AM THE GUY AS PHIL WAS
SAYING, BALANCE PORTFOLIO, I AM
IN ALL THE ABOVE GUY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS THE
RIGHT CALL.
THEM YOU ARE SITTING HERE WITH
THE ASSETS TO GO OUT HERE WHEN
THOSE PLANTS GO AWAY AND YOU ARE
IN THE CAT BIRD'S SEAT.
WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT,
NATURALLY BE BUT, AGAIN, PUT OUT
RFP, MATCH, WHOEVER FOR THE
PRICE AND I WILL GUARANTEE, WE
BID THROUGH 2035 LAST TIME AND
SAID WE WILL GO FURTHER.
THIS 2038 IS NOT SCARY AT ALL.
I ENCOURAGE, AGAIN, HAVE THEM GO
BACK, ADD RFP NOR COAL INSIDE
IRP JUST LIKE THE PPA AND GAS
PRICES AND I WILL QUIT BABLING
AND I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
I HAVE READ IT ENOUGH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO A
HE IS DR.
THANK YOU.
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