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[Music] oh that's my girl [Music] that's the one that time [Music] so she's permission to study and then which one [Music] at Westfield we like to call the seasonings meeting of the Peoria City Council to order welcome H Wayne Wilson and his listening audience at WC view as well as cable channel 22 madam Clerk the council microphones are open for roll call artists here councilmember a Kison councilmember seer council member grab councilmember Jensen here councilmember Mar councilmember Euler here councilmember Reichenbach here councilmember ROC regal here and councilmember Turner would you have a quorum present mr.

chairman I think you Madame clerk a notice was received by a member of the City Council in accordance with the rules established in ordinance number 16 142 and the member will be deemed authorized to attend the meeting electronically unless a motion objecting to the members electronic attendance is made seconded and approved by 2/3 of the members of the City Council physically present at the meeting if no such motion is made and seconded then the request by the member to attend electronically shall be deemed approved by the City Council and the presiding officer and shall declare the requesting member presence councilmember Montelongo is on business what he has telephoned in and I'm seeing no objections so councilman Montelongo is considered present at this time I'd like everyone to please I joined me in stand for a moment of silent prayer or silent reflection followed by the Pledge of Allegiance here we have several proclamations and a presentation all this evening before we start the regular business and our first proclamation will be to the Bradley men's basketball team [Applause] well this is an exciting evening for the entire council and I'm sure our listening and viewing audience as well what an unbelievable season coach wor when the Braves had and what what a great representation of the program that Coach Wartell is is building up on the hill so it gives me a lot of a pleasure to read this proclamation and then ask the coach to come up and say a few words whereas the Bradley men's basketball team under the direction of coach Brian Wartell claimed its first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship in 31 years with a 57-54 victory against Northern Iowa on March 10th 2019 and whereas the Braves continued to overcome obstacles throughout the 1819 campaign which included becoming the first team in conference history to lose their first four games only to win the tournament and then overcome an 18-point deficit to win the largest comeback in title game history and rez the Braves then earned their first NCAA Division one tournament bid in 13 years competing against the nation's fifth ranked team an eventual Final Four participant Michigan State in the first round on March the 21st in Des Moines and whereas the Braves featured three players to earn all Valley honors as Darryl Brown and Elijah's childs were both named to the all-conference teams and central Illinois zone Nate kennel became the first brave in school history to earn MVC Sixth Man of the Year accolades and whereas the Bradley team also champion in the classroom and had members that were named to the all-nba scholar-athlete teams now therefore I Jim Ardis Mayor of the City of Peoria Illinois do hereby recognize the great scholastic work and historic achievements of the 2018-2019 Bradley University men's basketball team in pure Illinois [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so we all know how important Bradley University is to this community we also know how much this this community supports the basketball team and the other special teams up on the hill we're gonna be giving special recognition to another world-class speech team here very shortly as well but tonight is for the men's basketball team I know that we as a community are so excited and ready for Bradley to really excel not just once every decade or so but every year we know that when Coach Wartell came here that's what he said he was going to do and he's doing it so this is really exciting I do want to tip my hat to dr.

Reynolds who's in the back peoria zone and the yeah [Applause] makes it extra special to have a native P Orion that's leading the the men's team up there and the athletic director doing such a great job dr.

Reynolds thank you very much for anything you've done so with no further ado I'd like to ask everyone to please welcome coach portal and anything you'd like to say coach it's all yours well thank you for having us here well be real brief you had anything worthwhile is uphill and I think as a program we have we've done it the right way we haven't cut any corners we've taken no shortcuts and we've done it with hard work we've done it with teamwork unselfishness discipline and I'm very very proud of these young men and after we won the conference tournament and and got our NC double-a bid I got asked you know what made this team happen I just said these guys back here and when I say these guys it's my staff too it's all these players starting with their seniors on down all the hard work sacrifice the unselfishness and staying together having great communication and having each other's back on and off the court has always been a big part of our program and a standard of our program so I'm very very proud of these guys I'm excited for the future I'm excited about what we continue we continue to grow we continue to develop and where we can go as a program is exciting to me and there's a lot of things out there we still got to accomplish so we're working very hard right now but this is an honor for all of us Thank You mayor and thank you everyone here for thinking of us and hopefully we can get back to that dance a lot more often thanks a lot [Applause] [Music] [Applause] next up we have the National Sanger fest german society whereas the 63rd national sangra fest will be held from May 17th through the 19th at the Peoria Civic Center hosted by the German American Central Society this event will welcome a thousand to fifteen hundred people from across the United States and whereas the event is held in a different city every three years the singers converged in Peoria for the first time in 2004 and had nothing but praise for the warm welcome they received and whereas the German American Central Society has brought cultural events to Peoria since the 1800s the City of Peoria continues to have a long relationship with Germany which is most evident in our 42 year relationship with our sister city in Friedrichshafen and whereas the main purpose of the German American Central Society is to share and promote the German culture through song sports food and I'll let you pronounce that yeah qumola kite with the focus on German music and whereas there will be approximately 1,000 singers participating in the mass concert on Saturday May 18th and the public is very welcome to attend now therefore I Jim Ardis Mayor of the City of Peoria do hereby celebrate the 63rd national sanger Fest in Peoria Illinois Debbie and Mary are gonna give us a little more information now well thank you first of all to the City of Peoria for the proclamation we're excited for our National Sanger Fest coming up we will have people from all over the country coming to Peoria starting May 16th through Sunday May 19th doing all kinds of different activities our main concert is Saturday as the Mayor was saying Saturday May 18th at the Civic Center and tickets are available at the Civic Center box office $10 only it's a great deal and you can come here 800 to a thousand singers all singing German cultural songs so we're very excited about that and thank you very much [Applause] [Music] next is skip the straw week whereas millions of straws are used in the United States per day and whereas there are over 5.3 trillion pieces of plastic afloat in our rivers lakes and oceans and whereas by the year 2050 it's forecast that there will be more plastics than fish in our rivers lakes and oceans and whereas when single-use plastic straws are irresponsibly discarded they pose an environmental hazard to the health safety and welfare of citizens of Peoria and end up in the landfill or our waterways negatively impacting water quality and a quat aquatic life and whereas reusable straws and straws made of paper plant vegetables and other natural materials are available and/or are more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic straws and whereas April the 29th is the 27th annual Sun Foundation clean water celebration which will focus on the choices we make daily about single-use plastics and will challenge our citizens to choose to skip the single-use plastic straw or use alternative straws whenever available now therefore i Jamarcus Mayor of the City of Peoria do hereby recognize April the 29th through May the 5th as skip the straw week in Peoria Illinois we have several of our friends from the Sun Foundation here I'm not sure who all is going to speak but they want to give us a little bit more information welcome thank you very much we thank the Peoria City Council for their insight and leadership in helping to reduce plastic pollution by supporting skip the straw to nationwide program and paves the way to join other progressive communities across the country addressing the problem of plastics and debris here are some interesting facts 3.4 5.3 trillion pieces of plastic float in our rivers lakes and oceans each year 1 million seabirds died from ingesting plastic almost every piece of plastic ever produced is still out there somewhere in our planet floating somewhere in our oceans or lying on the seabed because not all plastics float by 2050 there will be more plastic objects than fish in the oceans so what are we going to do about it skip the straw kick off at sometimes a she's clean water celebration this coming week skip the straw starts Monday the 29th of April and runs through May 5th this is our second year for this event the goal is to decrease the use of single use straws it's easier to participate just say no straw please restaurants don't serve straws except on requests during 5th over 50 restaurants businesses and schools are participating this year pledging a total of over 4,000 days of skipping plastic straws individual schools and businesses can take the pledge to use the plastic straws online peoria jones other cities for no straw days in Seattle Washington Miami Fort Myers Florida and multiple cities in California that are banning plastic straws through legislation voluntary actions and legislation to ban plastic bags are taking place in our cities and cities in other countries the Illinois American Water Company has been the Sun Foundation's prime sponsor for the clean water celebration the annual event for 27 years TripIt baton is the engineer manager for the Illinois American water company and we thank Tripp for his efforts to protect our natural water resources a lot of proclamations will keep it quick here partnering with organizations like the Sun Foundation give us is Illinois American water a unique opportunity to reach our youngest customers and future environmentalists our tree team truly enjoys sharing our passion providing quality water to service to our friends and neighbors we encourage everyone to come out to our event the clean water celebration it's on Monday it'll be over at the Civic Center to help celebrate our precious water resources we thank you the council for being so progressive with a skiffle straw day thank you everybody [Applause] next is motorcycle Awareness Month [Applause] whereas safety is the highest priority for the highways and streets of our city and state and Illinois is proud to be a national leader in motorcycle safety education and awareness and whereas motorcycles are a common and economical means of transportation that reduces fuel consumption and road wear and contributes a significant way to the relief of traffic and parking congestion and whereas it is especially meaningful that the citizens of our city and state are aware of motorcycles on the roadways and recognize the importance of motorcycle safety and whereas the members of Brotherhood aim towards education debate of Illinois continually promote motorcycle safety education and awareness and high school driver's education programs into the general public presenting motorcycle awareness programs to over 120,000 participants in Illinois over the past five years and whereas the motorcyclist of Illinois have contributed extensive volunteerism and money to national and community charitable organizations and whereas during the month of May all roadway users should unite in the safe safe sharing of roadways within the City of Peoria in the state of Illinois now therefore i Jamarcus Mayor of the City of Peoria in recognition of 31 years of abate of Illinois Inc in over six hundred and seventy six thousand registered motorcyclists statewide in the continued role Illinois serves as a leader in motorcycle safety education and awareness do hereby proclaim the month of May motorcycle Awareness Month in Peoria Illinois [Applause] I believe Mark Rossi the president of a Bates going to say a few words but I can tell you as a member of abate and a former avid motorcyclist these guys do a ton of work in the community in every community that they're in just Peoria and many times we don't recognize that as much as we should but they're very conscientious and safe drivers they want other people to be as conscientious and safe as they are but they also give back to their communities not just by volunteering but also by a lot of hard work and raising money for a lot of great charities so these guys that we owe them a special thanks and I know the City Council is proud to recognize them in May Thank You mr.

mayor and Puri City Council mr.

mayor said it all there's roughly seven hundred thousand registered motorcycle riders in state Illinois whether it's turning nice the bikes are coming out we're not trying to take over the roads but we do would like to share them with you with the cars and trucks safety is by our biggest aspect of abate we are in the high schools in the driver's ed each and classes although some of those students aren't old enough to be on the road with us we want them to know that when they're driving their cars that keep an eye out for us we'll be keeping an eye on them and you know if we all do our part we'll make it home at the end of the ride so thank you very much [Applause] soozee Sackman with the sterling merit day whereas the Rotary Clubs of Chillicothe East Peoria Farmington Peoria downtown and Peoria north will honor graduates who have attained academic standing in the top 8% of their class and all the high schools in Peoria County and East Peoria at the 60th sterling merit awards banquet and whereas rotary is proud to help build stronger communities by recognizing and rewarding outstanding performance and academic excellence and encourage all students to continually search for quality in every endeavor and whereas the Junior League of Peoria started the event in 1959 to recognize and reward the academic excellence of area high school seniors in 1968 the Rotary Club of Peoria took over the banquet and later partnered with other Rotary clubs to include all of the high schools in Peoria County plus East Peoria now therefore I'd jamar to smear the City of Peoria do hereby proclaim May the 7th 2018 as sterling merit day in Peoria Illinois and the lady who wears so many hats in the community which she really needs no introduction but I will anyway Suzie Stockman their prized several of you that are maybe a sterling Merit Award winners from the past from the high school since we've done it for sixty years so welcome tonight the sterling merit awards banquet is a program celebrating academic excellence honoring the top 8% of high school graduates who have attained the highest standing in their classes the banquet enhances the incentive for scholarship achievement through public recognition the banquet will award medallions to 201 students this year from all high schools in Peoria County in East Peoria it will also recognize all district superintendents and high school principals the speaker at the banquet this year is mr.

Derek booth director of social and emotional learning at Peoria High School Peoria Public Schools the banquet is sponsored by the Rotary Club is Peoria Chillicothe East Peoria Farmington area downtown and Peoria North Rotary also partners with the Peoria Journal Star that will feature a photo spread of all the students on may 5th to Sunday before the banquet thank you for recognizing 60 years of the steering merit banquet [Applause] now we have a special presentation as as the regular Watchers and listeners of the Peoria City Council may have noticed over the winter months and we had a brutal and this year Councilwoman a Kherson really took a lot of leadership in trying to come up with an initiative to recognize the folks that were doing their their civic duty to make sure that the sidewalks were cleared so people would have an unobstructed ability to navigate through the city so I would like to invite Councilwoman akio-san up I would I thanked her when she came up with the idea I think again she deserves our thanks and recognition for this coming up with this award she's going to give us a little bit more information and they'll present the awards thank you I'm gonna enlist the help of Sam Rivera if you would stand up here to make sure that this gets teed up in time as this is my last City Council meeting I thought it would be appropriate to end where I started which was emphasizing the importance of quality of life in our city and I've created a very short one-minute video to tee up how you think about sidewalks when it snows [Music] so that last image is the way we want our sidewalks to be and in 2015 although not unanimously passed the City Council now makes it a requirement the commercial businesses keep their sidewalks free of snow and ice and as we all know we're still are working on compliance that will be up to the next City Council's now residential streets are important too they carry our children to school they provide you access to commercial corridors and we have no ordinance that requires residents to keep their sidewalks clear that too will be the next step for our City Council going forward there are many cities across the nation that require sidewalks all sidewalks to be free and clear of snow and in some communities they get much more snow than we get and it's handled differently some cities take it on as a budget item and some cities require or rely on their citizens to take up the initiative so in talking to my colleagues and to the mayor and to the city manager I thought what more can we do to offer the carrot instead of the stick to bring this to people's attention and I know when the weather's really nice although I guess last Sunday was a reminder that even in April we can have lots of snow I thought what a better way than to commend and recognize people who have gone above and beyond there is one recipient who not only shovels his sidewalk but he shovels over a half mile of City public walkway I'd like to turn the award portion of this presentation to Jo Doolin he is the assistant director of community development and if it hadn't been for his department taking the lead on this I don't think I'd be standing up here being able to offer this award Joe Thank You councilman what our Award winners come up if you've got a call from West Springer today and the last week come on up I know that I see some of you out in the audience so I just want to thank our staff members West Springer and Josiah Williams before he left he helped greatly with this they both did a great job of spreading the word and getting them the information out to the public we received over 40 nominations of individual residents for the award and we selected two from each council district and then a Neighborhood Association so with that we're gonna announce their award winners I'll call your name if you just step forward and once they'll give you an award first up is Norman mine Marguerite Gove Lynne Karl and Marc Lee banal Larry Barnett and family Chris a Tolson Ryun Calhoun Patrick Wilmington and we also had two other Award winners who couldn't be here tonight Joetta gentry and margaret richie and then the last Ward winner is the uplands Neighborhood Association so I'm gonna put mr.

summers on the spot a little bit because their Neighborhood Association does a wonderful job and really something that we're gonna hopefully try to model in more neighborhoods throughout the year next year in the winter so mr.

summers would you say a few words about your guys's project thank you thank you - councilman listen for making this award happen and to the City Council and the mayor and city staff we just decided a couple years ago because of the reasons that councilmember Acheson have pointed out the importance of having sidewalks for children to walk to school and people to walk to work and for those who are disabled or elderly or you know all kinds of people there that are pedestrians and that don't have the option of driving a car that they should be able to get around without putting themselves in danger by having to walk in the street we decided to take on as a neighborhood an effort to clear the sidewalks of snow in the winter by all pitching in and hiring a contractor to do it and so I just wanted to thank our contractor which is blooney er builders they did a great job especially this year I have to tell you that we had that huge snowfall and we do all of the streets in the uplands which includes a Main Street and a lot of the snow from Maine all the snow from Maine gets piled up on the sidewalks and so you can just imagine what kind of a massive ice iceberg it is you know and they got that cleared off I don't know how they did it but it was amazing they got all of that snow cleared off the sidewalks for us and so they did a great job and I also want to thank our fund raiser who couldn't be here tonight sadly but Pete Mach sig and his wife did a great job of putting up signs that were like the burma-shave signs in the neighborhood and getting people excited about the project and going door-to-door and having a flyer posse that they send out there to raise funds and we were able to raise all the money that we needed to make it happen both years that we've done it and and I'd also like to thank the board members I have Jer Hinchey appear and Dustin Drago stand then the board members couldn't be here Meredith Mussina and Steve Tyler I knew his name sorry sorry Steve if you're watching I'd like to thank them for their support as well and it's a it's important that we that we make the sidewalks clear for those who need to use them so I think it's it's important work and it's something that makes me very proud to be a part of a neighborhood that's willing to pitch in and do that for all of its residents and it just shows why it's so great to live in this area thank you very much [Music] so I apologize I forgot one named Brian bhorali he was on my list they promised I so I just want to thank all of our Award winners we're hoping to continue this for next year too so be on the lookout for those in your neighborhood that are doing an excellent job keeping the sidewalks clear and then we'll release the nomination forms a little earlier next year in October so hopefully you have three or four months to see what's going on and hopefully we don't have any more snow this year right bill all right thank you all [Applause] sameer moved to approved minutes of the joint City Council and town board proceeding held on April 9 2019 as printed thank you seconded by councilmember Turner are there any Corrections or changes to the minutes seeing none please cast your ballots council member Montelongo yes that motion passes unanimously thank you madam Clerk we're at the consent agenda 19 - 113 is a communication from the city manager incorporation council with a request to approve and authorize a settlement of Mary patacas claim in the amount of $50,000 19 - 114 is a communication with a request for the following a is to approve the purchase of payment marking material in the amount of one hundred and ninety one thousand fifty dollars from eNOS paint company utilizing the state of Minnesota's Department of Transportation joint purchasing contract B is to approve the purchase of type B highway pavement marking glass beads from Potter's industries in the amount of thirty thousand five hundred thirty six dollars and C is to approve the sole source purchase of Type four pavement marking glass beads from Potter's industry in the total amount of fifty six thousand three hundred and twenty dollars item 19 - 115 has a handout on yellow on your desk it's a request to approve a purchase of - you know Mac you w45 gear extractors one you know Mac eww sixty five gear extractor and - you know Mac PPE drying cabinets from Washburn machinery incorporated through the assistance to the firefighters grant award 19 - 116 as a request to approve the contract for landscape stewardship and maintenance project with Jai Max landscape in the total amount not to exceed a hundred and fifty thousand dollars which includes up to a hundred and twenty thousand dollars for labor and equipment and up to thirty thousand dollars for materials 19-1 one seven is a request to approve a new lease agreement with the tri-county Regional Planning Commission for a five year period from August 2019 for a portion of property located at 456 fulton street suite 401 and a portion of sweet 405 and authorized the city manager to negotiate the final terms and execute the document 19 - 100 is a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and staff to adopt an ordinance amending appendix a the unified development code relating to handicapped accessible parking 19 - 118 is a request to adopt an ordinance reserving 2019 private activity bond volume cap in the amount of 11 million eight hundred fifty two thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars 19 - 119 is a request to adopt an ordinance amending the Peoria Urban Enterprise Zone to include Galena Road industrial park Villa Bordeaux apartment complex the ID the former IDOT site bigshots and hunts drive-in as outlined with their addresses 19 - 120 is a request to adopt an ordinance to vacate the 20-foot wide alley in several subdivisions but generally known as 20 to 10 East Grandview Avenue and 20 to 11 a stressor voir Boulevard 19 - 121 is a request to adopt an ordinance amending the City of Peoria 2019 revised budget relating to the use of South Village TIF fund balance in the amount of $35,000 and the use of the Eagle view TIF fun in the amount of $15,000 to provide funding for studies surveys plans and professional services 19 - 122 is an ordinance but it has been requested that it be read under first reading so we will be reading that one just a little bit later 19 - 123 is a request to approve a site application for a Class B restaurant 50% food liquor license with on-site consumption and retail sale of alcohol at cityscape catering corporation DBA DAC smokehouse 1200 West Main store 11 contingent upon compliance with all building code requirements with a recommendation from the Liquor Commission to approve 19 - 124 is a request to approve the site application for a Class C packaged goods liquor license with the retail sell of alcohol on the premises at Benny's beverage Depot 2601 Westlake Suite a 1 - be contingent upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy with a recommendation from the Liquor Commission to approve 19 - 125 is an appointment by Mayor artists to the construction commission with a request to concur of Jason Snyder 19 - 126 is the appointment by Mayor artists to the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau with a request to concur of Susan Graebner 19 - 127 is an appointment by Mayor artists to the greater Peoria mass transit district board of trustees with a request to concur of councilmember Beth Jensen 19 - 128 is communication from the city manager city treasurer and the finance director with a request to receive and file the month ended March 31st 2019 an audited financial report that completes your consent agenda thank you madam clerk any items to remove from consent this evening council member more thank you Miss Mira item one nine one one six please one nine one one six okay and the other items to remove from consents I'm seeing no lights we have a motion to approve the remaining items by councilmember Cyr seconded by councilmember ruck regal please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo I vote yet and that motion passes unanimously thank you ma'am Clerk this one six is the contract for landscape stewardship and maintenance project with J max Thank You councilmember more I just pull the item so that I could abstain from the vote I have a appearance of conflict beard donor to my nonprofit organization okay thank you so noted council member record regal motion to approve seconded by councilmember Euler is there discussion on this item seeing none please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo I vote yep that motion passes unanimously with one abstention thank you madam clerk yes we have a presentation 19-1 29 is a communication from the city manager with a request to receive and file a presentation by arts park partners okay we have Jen Gordon the executive director for the arts partners with us this evening welcome you want to speak from the podium or would you like a cordless mic so you can okay all right Mayor artists and members of the Peoria City Council I'd like to thank you for allowing me to briefly share with you more about arts partners and our work to build awareness and strengthen the arts for the cultural and economic enrichment of central Illinois my name is Jen Gordon and it's my privilege to serve as executive director for this organization since 1990 since 1999 arts partners has worked to become a one-stop source for arts information in our community connecting people with events and opportunities in celebrating and supporting the arts organizations venues and artists that so greatly contribute to our cultural identity and quality of life here in central Illinois we're a non-for-profit tax-exempt organization that's covered and supported by a brilliant Board of Directors I'm privileged to have our board president here with us tonight as well as as well as another board member and our board member our board is very very committed and passionate about the programs that we serve and behind each of the programs that we do at arts partners there is a team of board members that help to execute it our programs are designed to expand and encourage opportunities for public participation in the arts as well as to provide networking and professional development opportunities for artists and arts groups so why is it important that we do this work well we believe that a thriving art scene is integral to our local economy and culture here in the greater Peoria region we have over 180 local arts groups and organizations and these artists and organizations are not just contributing to our quality of life but they're helping us drive our economy as well we must always remember that the fundamental benefits of the arts are important they inspire delight and unitas at arts partners we stipulate those benefits and challenge all of us to think of Peoria arts as an industry one that supports jobs generates government revenue and promotes tourism in Illinois the nonprofit arts and cultural sector is a four billion dollar industry supporting the equivalent of 111 thousand full-time jobs generating four hundred and seventy eight million dollars in local and state government tax revenue these figures change the conversation about the arts from that of a charity to one about an investment in industry that provides both cultural and economic benefits the total economic activity of the nonprofit arts sector in the greater Peoria area is twenty point four million dollars these organizations here locally annually spend an estimated fourteen point eight million dollars these are businesses that employ people locally purchase goods and services within the community and are members of our Chamber of Commerce and involved in marketing and promoting our region here in central Illinois and did I mention we also generate 2.2 million dollars in local and state government revenue now as we look at the greater Peoria arts spending like all industries spending by these organizations has a measurable impact however unlike most industries the Peoria arts scene generates a bounty of related spending for local businesses dollars that stay local of the twenty point four million dollars generated the Romanian five point six million comes from an event related spending by their audiences so practically speaking this means that for every ticket purchased to an arts event an additional 16 dollars goes back into our local economy and this could be in the form of local transportation souvenir gift items clothing lodging childcare meals snacks etc and there's never a shortage of opportunities to participate and enjoy the arts community here in central Illinois we have over 5,000 arts and cultural events taking place annually and Peoria has a long legacy of excellence from our Peoria Players Theatre which this year has celebrated its 100th anniversary which is also the longest consecutively operating Community Theatre in the Illinois to the Peoria Symphony Orchestra which is going to be finishing up its 120 first season on Saturday night and I encourage you to get your tickets to their concert coming up here but not only do we have a legacy of excellence we also see new growth in our arts community and just this past year alone we've seen new organizations like big picture emerge as well as black metal dog arts and an artist's re-envisioning tomorrow well it's really an exciting time for the Peoria arts community here and it arts partners we work every day publicizing and promoting these opportunities and trying to get everyone in the community really connected with the arts experience that we offer here in Peoria supporting Peoria arts not only improves our quality of quality of life and culture but it is undeniably a sound investment in our local economy and that arts partners we appreciate the city's investment in the arts the support we receive from the City of Peoria is invaluable allowing us to concentrate our efforts on seamlessly promoting the Arts and increasing participation in the arts community through our programs and services your support contributes to 64% of our annual budget and we take your investment seriously and build upon it with 36% of funding additionally generated through grants program sponsors and private donations and event revenue through building upon your foundational partnership we've been able to extend our impact through programs and services designed to connect and encourage public engagement in the arts our motto at arts partners is follow your Arts and get connected to the arts community and weekly we work on getting the word out about everything from ballet performances to pottery throwing opportunities and we do that we have some really fun stats that we can share with you on a weekly basis we serve about 8,000 people through radio listeners and E Communications on a monthly basis we're reaching about 27,000 through social media promotion and web traffic and on an annual basis we're promoting 5,000 plus local arts and cultural events that are supported by a hundred and eighty different local arts organizations you might be familiar with some of our programs art pop is now in its fifth year and this is a vehicle that we're really excited to continue in this community through a special partnership with Adams outdoor advertising and these billboards that display the work of local artists receive 19 million views annually it's a $35,000 promotional value per artist and since we started this program we've been able to to promote the work of 26 local artists in the words of one of our 2019 winners Natalie Jackson O'Neill I'm very excited to be part of a program that inspires our local communities by promoting public artwork the art scene in Peoria continues to thrive and I never imagined my artwork being viewed on such a large scale and we're also very excited to continue to offer sculpture walk Peoria in this region sculpture walks have emerged across cities in the country as an effective vehicle for transforming and revitalizing communities and since 2015 sculpture walk has featured 63 sculptures along Washington Street reaching 8,000 youth on and off the walk and engaging nearly 4,000 people through public tours and events and speaking of events we're looking forward to our opening this year on May 18th where we will be bringing in a new class of sculpture that will remain on Washington Street through March of 2020 this was the fourth year that we were able to continue our program the business of art and the business of art is a one-day conference that's through a partnership with a Small Business Development Center at Bradley University and this is a program that's designed to really equip entrepreneurial minded artists in this region for success this year we were able to serve a hundred and fifteen attendees from 19 counties so we're starting to see our reach expand beyond just Peoria proper to really draw artists from the surrounding regions we have 20 over 20 partners and collaborators that have collaborators that help make this program possible and this year we were able to offer 23 unique sessions everything ranging from music industry advice to self-publishing advice for writers and how to do your taxes and more and then of course we're really excited that we're going to be presenting ignite Peoria this is actually going to be the sixth year coming up actually on August 10th of 2019 it's going to return to the Peoria Civic Center and this is really a culmination of everything that we do at arts partners it hinges upon the participation of over 100 arts organizations and local artists and these are individuals who partner with us to provide a hands-on free experience forever in our community to come in and experience the arts community we have over 28 live performances 7 workshops or people can come in and and just experience everything from belly dancing to learning how to write a short story to clogging and much more we also know that this is a proven vehicle that really does strengthen local arts organizations that provides them with the opportunity to build new audiences it generates sales for their new members as well as tease and season ticket subscribers and we also have heard back from organizations that it increases the attendees that they have in student classes throughout the year last year we had 4,000 people attend and this year as a new addition to ignite Peoria were expanding on it and were really excited to be offering sensory ignite which is going to be a section of the festival that focuses on serving individuals with autism and sensory sensitivities so we'll be really excited to see that portion of the program grow and just inclusion in conclusion I want to thank you once again on behalf of the board of directors and the scores of volunteers and supporters and donors behind arts partners for the city's continued support and recognition of the value of of the arts here in central Illinois we appreciate your support thank you any questions for Miss Gordon lost you see you okay Jen thank you for coming down we appreciate the presentation thank you we have a motion to receive and file councilmember Jenson seconded about councilmember Euler if there's no further discussion please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo and that motion passes unanimously madam clerk we're at first readings and we will read the one that was listed under the consent agenda first 19-1 22 is a request to adopt well excuse me a first reading on an ordinance amending chapter 17 of the code of the City of Peoria councilmember more Thank You mr.

mayor I think we're gonna have director black speak to this issue No well I can speak to it so this is an ordinance that we are seeking to change currently the way the fair employment and Housing Commission is established I lost my mic currently the fair house employment and Housing Commission has been has been viewed by some it's not even existing and to others has been ineffective as most of you know I've been selected by the National League of Cities to represent the state of Illinois on an affordable housing on the affordable affordable housing task force which is looking at the housing crisis that is permeating throughout our country and here in Peoria it is a real issue in some of our communities where decent affordable housing is the is the theme we may have housing in some areas that is are not affordable because they are priced out of range and it's all it the way you look at it sometimes there are some members of our community that have no problems paying for housing anywhere in the city and for some of them they don't believe that there is affordable housing crisis because they can afford to live wherever they want to live but we have a large segment of our community that have very low incomes cannot afford to live wherever they want to live and where they can afford to live oftentimes it's not as decent as it could be and so to that in my goal is to split the fair employment and Housing Commission into a Fair Employment Commission and a fair housing commission tonight there are no changes to the ordinance the ordinance as it is today will be the same as when if you decide to allow this Commission to split into two there's no changes everybody who are on the Commission can serve out their terms on the Commission and in apply once their term is over for one or the other but tonight there are there are no changes what this will do however is give more emphasis to fair housing and more emphasis to fair employment for example there are many things in the ordinance today that many serving on the fair employment and Housing Commission had no idea that they were empowered to do and this will allow them to focus on one area in fact I had established two committees one fair employment and one fair housing to talk about what this looks like what they thought about it and these committees included current members of the fair employment and Housing Commission and all the ones who have been attended those meetings are in full agreement with this split and they've already started decided in which way that they wanted to go which commission that they wanted to serve one so that's wonderful that those people who are currently serving who have spoken to me about it are in support and so with that there are any questions the goal is to bring this back for a vote as I indicated nothing is changing it's going to read a week from now and on a month from now and the way it reads today and once those Commission's are constituted it would be up to them to decide how to run their commission based upon what it wouldn't in say going forward thank you thank you any questions for either councilman more staff on this first reading councilman Jensen Thank You mr.

mayor and I I welcome this idea that councilman Moore's brought forth and she and I briefly have discussed thoughts and it's related to this I think it would be helpful and I don't know the history of why we no longer have a Housing Commission but well we just have this Fair Housing Commission but for we haven't since I've been back on the council having a Housing Commission and that Commission used to oversee all the housing issues and eco changes the rental inspection program and a number of other things Ross can give us maybe the the history of it I was actually the legal counsel to it for a number of years but I think it would be helpful to reinstitute that Commission and the way that I read this ordinance this ordinance is just limited to fair housing issues not the over-broad things that I'm talking about councilman more so let me be clear this Commission on housing is going to look at the total scope of housing in its totality from the first District through the fifth District anything that relates to housing this commission is going to be looking at and if you look at the Fair Employment Housing Commission it would it would sound based upon your description that those roles were folded it were folded into this for employment and housing commission from what I've read but there's not been the the stretch of the members to do that and in fact on the committee's when we've met my goal is for these Commission's to be more proactive right now the fair employment housing commission ordinance seems to be more reactive and I mean I would like for them to be more pro when we're talking about rental registrations when we're talking about anything that impacts housing anything that impacts housing the whole global issue of housing what you're saying that is exactly what I envisioned this group doing the committee's and the folks who are currently on the fair employment and Housing Commission also have taken that charge on but what they will need to do once these Commission's are constituted is go back in to the current ordinance and add those elements because right now the ordinance doesn't empower them in the global manner in which you're speaking but that is exactly what the goal is councilman Jensen yeah and and i think that that's a that's a great goal and i think that's what we should have as a housing commission so I guess what I would suggest because the way the ordinance is written it's just it's it's not written to include all of those things I don't know if there's time to add that if we could go back and look at the the previous ordinance that established the Housing Commission that we used to have that was in place for a number of years I think that would be helpful because the ordinance that we're reviewing right now it doesn't include all of those other things that you're talking about and I think that's important that we have a commission and a body that that does have those discussions and comes up with recommendations with regards to our housing programs and our code enforcement the way that it used to be done so I guess that would be my suggestion is to have it come back for the second reading in a more broader scope and maybe call it just the Housing Commission that the Fair Housing Commission because I think it's going to deal with issues not just discrimination issues in affordable housing but it's gonna include a number of other issues related to housing and code enforcement mr.

lysed thank you honor certainly we can we can do that pursuant to if that's the council's direction we can broaden the scope if you like and if there's language that you suggest or you indicated that your council to that Commission for I'm glad to take a look at that ah Robbie we're willing to work with other staff but that's something that's this council's wish we can do that at the next uh at the next weeding come oars toes because they she's bringing this forward and we haven't had a chance to really talk about it and uh but I think that would that would meet it would cover what you're talking about doing comes come summer more yeah I don't have any objection that's exactly what we're gonna do anyway we were gonna do everything you just said I just thought it would be better for the folks who constitute the Commission to actually have some input but if you would rather the City Council do dictate to them versus them having input and then the other council members agree then we were gonna do that anyway but I thought it would be nice to have regular citizens who will be on the Commission also have an opportunity to to have input but everything you said is exactly what we were planning to do anyway so I don't have any objection to that anyone else with input on this item if not we would accept a motion to receive and file councilmember more seconded by councilmember Turner please cast your ballots council member of Montelongo I vote yes that motion passes unanimously madam clerk the next first reading is 19 - 1:30 is a request for a first reading review of an ordinance amending appendix a relating to off street parking schedule and over parked impact fee director black Thank You mayor this first reading before you modifies the zoning requirements related to parking as you will probably remember back in 2014 the City Council eliminated virtually all minimum parking requirements for non-residential development that time what the council did is effectively flipped the minimum to make it a maximum parking requirement for the impact of trying to reduce the amount of impervious surface within the community since that time obviously the stormwater utility fee has been adopted which effectively has the same impact and the discussion back in 2014 was that in anticipation of the stormwater utility fee that once it was adopted the maximum requirement would be eliminated and therefore that's what is before you this evening council members here Thank You mr.

mayor move to approve a motion to receive and file seconded by councilmember ruck regal a discussion or questions on this item seeing no lights please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo and that motion passes unanimously madam clerk 19-1 31 is a request for a first reading review of an ordinance amending appendix a relating to buildable area in the class en neighborhood commercial district dr.

black thank you mayor this item relates only to the sea and commercial districts the neighborhood commercial districts which are the smallest scale of all of the commercial areas in the city the CN standards effectively prohibit any buildings greater than 15,000 square feet within these districts because they are typically for walkable neighborhood type development the challenge here is that if someone came along with the building that was greater than 15,000 square feet it would be very difficult for them to build that building they would either have to try and rezone the parcel which would be problematic or they would have to request the variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals and they would have to show a hardship in order to get that variance all this does is it allows buildings that are greater than 15,000 square feet to be approved through the special use process so effectively what would happen is if someone has a building a larger scale building they could go through a public hearing process through the planning of Zoning Commission and then to City Council for approval and what this would allow as with any special use is that the council could condition the approval in such a way as to protect the smaller scale design of the Segond district questions for director black councilmember Moore I'm what you're receiving file a motion to receive and file seconded by councilmember Regan Bock any discussion or questions for staff seeing or hearing none please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo no motion oops I missed councilmember ecosan is that an affirmative it's already locked out councilmember a Kison should be noted as a yes motion passes unanimously madam clerk 19-1 32 is a request for a first reading review of an ordinance amending appendix a relating to solar utility facilities dr.

Blakk Thank You mayor this first reading is related to solar powered devices and generators as you will remember from a couple of weeks ago RLI was approved for a solar-powered array on their campus up on Lindbergh and and Bird Boulevard and that was possible because the our ally campus is already a special use so that was an amendment to the special use the challenge that we have within the existing ordinance is that there was no contemplation of larger solar powered facilities the last time we wrote the zoning ordinance so this is effectively regulations trying to catch up with technology and what this would allow is for solar utility facilities to be either permitted uses in the large commercial and industrial districts or special uses in the residential districts and it would also allow for the smaller sort of backyard solar utility devices in in in residential districts and smaller districts questions for director black councilmember Jensen Thank You mr.

mayor I this is great I like to see this coming forward I have a couple questions right now if residential properties have solar facilities are they just not in compliance with our codes or how did they get did they have to come and get permission or I'm just curious so Councilwoman as it stands right now the the definitions that we have put in here these are really just for ground mounted solar facilities so right now and for years people have been putting solar panels on their roofs that that's fine and we've always permitted that as long as we got the appropriate electrical drawings and that the the roof can carry the load of the solar panels that that's fine these are freestanding so the the difference we make is that someone can have a solar utility device which is generating power or their property and that's separate from a large-scale solar facility utility which is basically generating power that goes back out into the grid and we have definitions on the last page of the ordinance that that create that distinction so as a follow-up so this will allow as a special use for the what you called the manufacturing facilities in residence this would allow yes this would allow for the solar utility facilities as a special use in residential so there could be a situation where there was a large undeveloped residential area and and it would have to be I mean we're not talking about individual typical single family lots this would be several acres probably 10 15 20 acres of land that happens to be zoned residential because almost all properties that are an extent of the city come in as residential properties and so if somebody wanted to put some type of solar-powered array on that 10 acres of residential then they would have to come through the special use process because of the potential impacts on anything that would be around it and then for the listening audience can you remind everybody what that what a special use entails so if if somebody did want to do this in a residential neighborhood what they would have to go through to get the approval sure any special use application the we notify all of the property owners in proximity to the site we put up the large yellow public notice signs around the perimeter of the property we do notices on social media and the newspaper there's a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission where the public can provide comment and then the item would come to the City Council for final decision as a follow up is that what most other local government cities and counties are doing for these types of facilities and residential areas yes we've found that for four cities that's a typical approach counties are a little bit different because they're generally dealing with large-scale undeveloped land it's based on any other city's ordinance or yes we we looked at various other cities I don't have the list right in front of me but we always look at other cities in terms of what they've adopted to see what we can borrow from them hey do you know have you had any requests for any solar facilities or solar farms in residential areas or inquiries we have not not in residential areas at this time we have seen an uptick in in commercial and industrial areas and my sense is that that will continue particularly as long as the state continues to look at providing incentives for the development of solar power okay Thank You councilmember Aitchison Thank You mr.

mayor do you anticipate there being a minimum acreage that would be virtually acceptable or approved in a residential neighborhood I mean for instance I'm thinking about just my home you know my house is on two and a half acres but I would imagine my neighbors would be not happy if they learned that I was going to put a major solar installation in my front yard which I have plenty of space to do so I think I think we ought to tread very I think people should there should be lots of images the next time this is brought forward I won't be here but I can just imagine that and I would love to see the list of other communities that do this I know that in Vermont it's very common but it's you know you have lots and lots of rolling acres and there's sections of Michigan where lots and lots of rolling acres in Maryland the same thing but you know on Moss Avenue do you want to see solar panels occupying the entire front yard of a I mean I just think that there you ought to be thinking about you know be careful what you wish for and especially considering if the country is going to go nuclear you know green nuclear for you know fourth generation nuclear solar may be completely passe by the time that that comes around I don't know I I it's kind of frightening to think what the city would end up looking like and you're not talking about big windmills being installed in the Noles right no it does what don't laugh because I can see this becoming like somebody comes up with an idea and then you can't back yourself in a corner and say uh how do we prevent this no I absolutely not right now small when devices are permitted within the ordinance I don't believe anyone has ever applied for one because they don't make any sense but but it's at least it's permitted I think it's a it's a very valid point in terms of setting a minimum acreage for residential properties and we'll take a look at that in terms of what other communities have have done I mean my in in discussing this with with other communities and some solar power companies they generally pegged around fifteen acres as the minimum that would be required to make it even worthwhile so we'll go back and look at that and try and put a minimum acreage and therefore for residential development yeah councilmember Regan buck Thank You mr.

mayor I think this is a great discussion and helps keep us a little bit more on the edge than we oftentimes are so thank you for bringing forward and I think director black you're hitting it a good balance here with the special use aspect of it and as Councilwoman Jensen asked make we want to make sure folks understand that the special use process allows for more public input than in on a case by case basis and that it really addresses the concerns of a specific situation so it can be tightened up as well as customized to make sure that the concerns of the nearby constituents or address but I look forward to hearing a little more detail on what other communities is done as well but I think the special uses is a really valuable tool for us especially in situations like this thank you thank you any additional input or questions for staff seeing none we have a motion to receive and file by councilmember more seconded by councilmember Regan Bach please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo yep that motion passes unanimously clerk 19-1 33 is a request for a first reading review of an ordinance amending Appendix A relating to administrative deviations for wall signs director black a Thank You mayor this is probably the shortest amendment that that I can remember bringing before you it removes exactly one word from the existing ordinance so right now in there's the ability for administrative deviation or variance if you will for signs for wall signs on buildings but only on one story buildings and so what we are simply asking here is to remove I guess as two words maybe it's a compound word one-story from the ordinance so that administrative Lee if somebody comes in and says I would like to place a sign that's not between 12 and 18 feet because of the the type of building that I have even though it's a two-story building or a three-story building that administrative Lee we can look at that rather than at the process right now which which is actually a special use so if somebody wants to move a sign one foot below that 12 foot line because perhaps the facade of the building doesn't allow the sign to be there they have to pay 750 dollars go through the public hearing process and then come to the City Council in order to drop that sign down one or two feet and all this would do is allow that decision to be made at an administrative level this question or director black councilman Rutger thank you and thank you your work on this I think this this actually will make things um go a lot smoother we had I think some questions from some sign companies that called me today and I think actually with your under with your explanation there they will find that that process is gonna actually be a little bit easier for them as well just in trying to be able to maybe set up a meeting prior to the second reading with them would you have a problem if we would push this off to meetings just to be able to tell our second meeting for approval I don't think that there's gonna be any changes coming forward but I think the communication with the call to sign companies may make things a little bit easier and and that also may drive some pictures that might be able to give some sort of placement ideas as well if that be okay with you thank you and your further discussion on this item if not we have a motion to receive and file no I'm sorry counsel in record yep motion to receive and file came back not our next regular scheduled meeting but yeah I think that he made 28 okay seconded by councilmember Euler please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo the motion passes unanimously found a clerk we're at regular business 19 - 134 is a request to approve a budget amendment number one to the Allen Road and Willow Knowles Road reconstruction project in the amount of a hundred and twenty eight thousand three hundred twenty one dollars for a total budget amount of three million seven hundred twenty eight thousand three hundred twenty dollars twenty one dollars for the construction project pending Peoria County Board concurrence councilman's here Thank You mr.

mayor moved to approve motion to approve seconded by Councilman reck regal discussion on this item seeing none please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo that motion passes unanimously madam clerk item 19 - 135 and there is a replacement agreement on your desk and yellow this is a request to approve a redevelopment agreement and parking deck lease with OSF health care system and 124 southwest adams property holding thank you so I think what the arrangement is going to be we'll put a motion on the floor we'll have some discussion from representative Spain representing OSF and then any discussion by the city manager we'll go over the points of the redevelopment agreement correct okay council member more Thank You mr.

mayor I'd like to move for a proof for approval motion to approve seconded by councilmember Regan back now it's we'd like to recognize our former colleague our current state representative but here tonight in the capacity of vice president for economic development at OSF mr. Spang I always wondered why these mics didn't work right off the bat it's a user Thank You mr.

chairman and members of the City Council my name is Ryan Spain here representing osf healthcare system it's a pleasure to be back at City Council and being here for such an important council meeting tonight I want to make sure that I'm sensitive to your time but we thought it would be helpful both for the council that has been so engaged and helpful and deliberative and working hard on this project now for several years but especially for the public to give an idea of what we're talking about with a great opportunity for downtown Peoria on behalf of OSF healthcare so oh good the slide deck is working I thought it would be helpful to just start with taking a step back because there's Peorians we're all familiar with OSF and when we think about OSF healthcare we're usually thinking about st.

Francis Medical Center here in Peoria and is a great Medical Center that certainly makes sense but OSF healthcare system is really a much larger entity and tonight as we consider the opportunity for an important new headquarters property for OSF it's just an important reference point to think about how OSF has continued to grow and become much larger than just what we know here in Peoria OSF really is now one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the entire Midwest with more than 22,000 employees or OSF mission partners now performing services throughout 13 different hospitals and more than 150 different clinical sites it's an incredible organization but as we all know the organization has its roots and continues to be a fixture right here in Peoria and as we're standing here in a historic City Hall built in the 1890s as we're talking about a building that was constructed in the early 1900s it's an important reminder that this organization and this group of sisters the third order of st.

Francis our oh s F sisters have been working in this community now for more than 140 years and their commitment to Peoria is really the reason that we're here talking about a project opportunity today and I can tell you that the discussion to consider an OSF health care ministry headquarters in downtown Peoria really began more than two years ago and it began in February of 2017 at a very difficult moment for our community and these sisters our OSF sisters have really been called to serve those that are in need and we usually think about that as patients and their families that are in need but in the case of Peoria this was a moment where our community was greatly in need and facing very significant uncertainty and so the opportunity to think about how we take a new step forward for downtown Peoria emerged over two years ago with a special building and the building is this one a 1905 department store building created in downtown Peoria as the first steel skyscraper in Peoria it's a seven story building but in 1905 it was a major undertaking in our community with over 250,000 square feet of retail space in downtown Peoria at the corner of Adams and Fulton this is a picture from the 1950s the building opened originally as the shipper and block building and operated that way for a couple of years before being converted to the block and cool department store building the big white store as it was known throughout most of its history and this big white store was an important fixture in the downtown Peoria retail scene for a number of years this is one of my favorite pictures of the building and councilman Turner you would appreciate this was part of the Memorial Day festivities of the time before we had the Gateway building and your leadership downtown on the riverfront but the blocking pool building would host a gigantic American flag and recognition and tribute for Memorial Day activities the building is an incredible boot building it's beautiful under there but it's gone through many different phases and changes throughout the years this is one of my favorite pictures of the building this is one of my least favorite as the building was converted in the 1960s and 70s to the carson pirie scott department store but you can see what changed without our facade and the windows were removed cladding system was installed on the outside of the building and many changes took place today we know the building most recently as the Chase Bank building as it was converted in the mid 70s to a bank building as the anchor tenant on the ground floor with [Music] leasable office spaces for multi tenants up above so this is what the building looks like today in January 2018 osf Healthcare announced its intention to redevelop this building as a new corporate headquarters site and certainly OSF was not in need of developing a new corporate headquarters but thought that it was important as the community looked to turn the corner and make sure that we maximize the potential of how downtown Peoria continued to move forward so the project was announced with an expected price tag of 89 million dollars and anywhere from 600 to 800 OSF employees OSF mission partners that would be located within the building the purist City Council has been intimately involved in endless thanks go to the mayor and the City Council for your work on making the historic rehabilitation program the use of historic tax credits possible for this building without which the project would not be able to move forward so the city took the leading role in developing a new historic district for downtown Peoria in the central business district really a perfect companion to our earlier work to develop the warehouse historic district and so that district enabled this building to qualify for historic rehabilitation tax credits but that's just the start of the story because there's a lot of working tails in a lot of oversight and opinions and assistance that comes through any use of this program with other agencies and so there is a state of Illinois component and you see on the screen that part of the effort included submitting plans to the Illinois Shippo Shippo stands for the State Historic Preservation Office and they've been very excellent to work with and supportive of not just this project but many of our work is a community within the field of historic preservation but there is a third piece of review and oversight which is the federal government and the Department of Interior actually manages the historic rehabilitation program and the National Park Service specifically is involved with providing approval for any final plans for redevelopment of these historic buildings and that's my where we have experienced some delays as we go forward and you can see on the screen that in October of last year plans were submitted to the National Park Service giving an early indication of what the redevelopment plans of this historic building would look like the government wanted more information and place the project on hold in November 2018 and in the process of actually responding back and providing further information mostly about the interior build-out for the block and cool building we experienced a pretty significant shutdown of the federal government where the employees charged with reviewing these activities became unavailable for close to six weeks time so in February of this year we finally received an approval a conditional approval from the National Park Service to proceed with the project and since that time we've been working honestly with the design team and with the City Council and specifically with the city manager now that we know that the project is viable and has received permission from the federal government to move forward that it's now time to move things along this photo shows you some of the work that we've done so far it's just one view of many that you could see if you had an opportunity to go through the building the building retains many of the historic conditions from its origination in 1905 but the building has been chopped up for years and small subdivided offices if you go through the building now every floor is opened up the particleboard walls are removed the historic items have been retained for preservation and this building that has been partitioned off for decades now is opened up and on full display for how it may have looked back in the old days as large open space for a department store and it's truly remarkable to see what has happened inside the building so the interior demolition the clearing out of the non historic items has been completed that was finished in December of 2018 and then we have been on hold waiting for permission to move the project along with a need for urgency because the need to begin next phase construction activities for this project is very urgent because some of the historic items for a building like this require such a long lead time that the ability to finish this work within this construction season 2 for example install the new windows and close the building up so that work could take place throughout the winter seasons is right before us so there's tremendous urgency to move this forward now that demolition is complete and now that approval has been received for moving forward from the National Park Service so again this is what the building looks like today - the demolition chutes that have been removed from the outside of the structure now and then here's a view of what the building would look like upon completion of the project you look at this building today and you may shrug your shoulders and not see much but if you look at this rendering of what the building will be when it's restored to its full character and glory what a beautiful structure this was in downtown Peoria and this is exactly the type of building that this council has been so deliberate about working to preserve and return to effective use for our community so when we announced the project as I said in January of 2018 we thought we would have 600 to 800 employees that number is really kind of landing right in the middle at about 700 employees but the project costs have increased significantly and we've gone to 89 million dollars now up to a hundred twenty seven million dollars mostly attributable to the costs of redeveloping a historic building this is a terracotta facade building which has become a very rare building material that is difficult to source custom windows and many other important features that are worth retaining but historic preservation is an expensive undertaking and I think it's showing in this project and it's really the reason that we've created programs like this one to help support the execution of these buildings in the meantime the idea and the optimism and the excitement about playing a part and the transformation of downtown Peoria continuing an exceptional vibrancy for our community has continued to take greater hold and as we all have discussed there is now an additional opportunity to bring more osf mission partners to downtown Peoria for administrative functions within the former caterpillar LD building which is located on the 300 block of south atoms in between Illinois Mutual and the former Cohen furniture building this is another exciting opportunity to bring even more people downtown and so instead of solving for 700 people downtown and benefiting from the economic impact that would come from those type of people now we're in a situation where we expect to have 1,200 people working downtown as part of this new investment moving forward for our community so OSF could not be more excited to be a part of the continuing momentum and progress for downtown Peoria being a great partner for the City Council and following the lead that has been set around this horseshoe and we've always said it will come back to solving as we often have to do for opportunities downtown the parking dilemma and so working together to figure out how will we Park twelve hundred people in downtown Peoria now moving forward is a really good problem to have and thanks to the leadership of this council a great problem to solve I'll stop there and turn it over to city manager Urich and mr.

manager thank you for all of your leadership on this project and your ability to help move this forward or starts to outline the redevelopment agreement we just need to clean up the motion here comes remember more thank you Miss Mary need to withdraw my motion and there's maybe an apparent conflict so I won't be able to be I would have to abstain okay so councilman Regan back we'll move into the maker of the motion and councilman Turner will be the second madam clerk so mr. manager Thank You mr.

Merritt and I want to thank representative Spain for his leadership on this project I think his this this was new territory for me in in actually negotiating with mr.

Spain as his in his capacity at at OSF a lot of emails went back and forth as we were trying to work through this agreement as as representative Spain mentioned there's 1,200 parking spaces that we have to try and accommodate for in addition to the redevelopment of of the the block and cool building and that project and that has tried to we have tried to incorporate all of that into the redevelopment agreement that you have in front of you the ultimately I think the the the issues is is we can kind of summarize them is that that this redevelopment agreement lays out for you how we're going to handle the parking how we're going to also handle the redevelopment of the block itself and then we leave open the question of future development on the rest of the block first and foremost the the agreement outlines the that this project in the and the site that we're talking about is is simply the block and cool building and the parking structure that it sits that is adjacent to it that is all in one property parcel that's what we're dealing with initially we have agreed in addition to that that we would reimburse the developer or the redevelop er excuse me which is OSF we would reimburse them 100% of their realized property tax eligible redevelopment costs 100% of that would be reimbursed for the period of time while they may be paying property taxes on the agreement or on the the building itself that looks to be probably about seven years currently the the base eav this is just this is not in the redevelopment agreement but this is for your background and edification currently the base eav on that property is 1.3 million so if we assume that that even if that property were to go up to the the full I'll say it was a 20 million dollar assessed value after that was put on the tax rolls by that the township assessor and the city has no part to play in that other than sharing with them what the building permits are pulled and what the construction activities are going to go on there if it goes up to 20 million over that seven-year period of time we would be talking about a potential reimbursement of about about 1.8 million dollars a year or roughly twelve point six million dollars that would be reimbursed back to OSF in the agreement we identify that they have eligible redevelopment costs of the hundred and twenty seven million over at least 106 million dollars of eligible redevelopment cost so at most the city would be reimbursing maybe twelve percent at a twenty million dollar base Vav so if that number is smaller what it ultimately gets taxed at that number would be smaller as well in addition as as the representative said we had to deal with the parking issues and and this is where it requires us to obtain title to the 450 spaces that caterpillar owns as part of the one technology deck currently we would be purchasing that property from Caterpillar for two million dollars and then what we would see though is we would see revenue coming back from OSF that would allow us to offset that cost that the city would be incurring the way that that would work is that during construction the agreement outlines that the city would would receive thirty seven dollars and fifty cents per parking space that's roughly about 50 percent of the going rate for all their construction workers I think it's estimated that there's three hundred plus any new employees if the the virtual care center that would be occupying the LD building where it come online they would they would be paying at that thirty seven dollars and fifty cents per space per month that would come into the city once the the final certificate of occupancy was issued on the the block and cool building the new ministry headquarters was established then we would enter into a 20-year triple net lease with OSF for the the parking deck what that simply means is that any costs of insurance any costs of maintenance any costs of property taxes would be borne by osf insurance in taxes they would they would we would have to pay those costs and then be reimbursed by OSF for those costs but then we would also receive a rent payment coming into the city for that that amounts to about two hundred and thirty thousand dollars a year about nineteen thousand one hundred ninety three dollars per month so over the life of this 20-year agreement the city would receive four point six million dollars of revenue coming in we would have no expense for any of the the ongoing maintenance of the deck that would be the responsibility of OSF since they are leasing that facility from us for that period of time so from a from a cash flow perspective while we it will will have the cost of the the purchase of the facility from Caterpillar over the first five years beginning in 2020 2020 through 2023 after that this is simply revenue coming back into the city for the lease of that parking space after 20 years there's a clause in the agreement that allows for the parties to renegotiate for any future agreement that we would have on the parking situation and then finally I think that as we look at this there there is the the the aspect of if we're accommodating 1200 parking spaces and there's eleven hundred and thirty nine of which in the one.txt deck and of which 200 are currently occupied by people that work in the one tech deck will work around that space this this is going to require overflow parking that's going to go out into the Niagra deck in the Jefferson event if they're using the full 1200 as anticipated this should fully take up all of the parking in both the one technology deck the Jefferson deck and the Niagra now so in essence we will be filling up all of those decks Peoria with disagreement so and I I guess at this point in time the just mechanically the agreement there is the the lease is attached as Exhibit 4.2 in the in the redevelopment agreement in addition we are requiring as we do of TIF deals that they comply with our Equal Opportunity clauses as part of our contract they have already currently have acceded I think the numbers that we have currently in our plan as part of the the demolition work so I think that that's something that OSF has shown that they're going to pursue with good faith so that's all incorporated in the redevelopment agreement agreement and I would be happy to answer any questions okay thank you for the summary mr.

manager I'll just you know maybe a couple brief comments if there are any any questions thanks to the staff and also to represent it in Spain and the OSF team who have really done a very good job of communicating to the council over these months as this project has has developed but I think the important one of the important messages for the community is this project is real and it is happening and it really gives the community something to be very excited about so you know the decision could have been made for this building to be in a green field which the sisters owned plenty of that but they they really saw the value and in continuing their their investment especially nearer and close to the downtown and we thank the sisters very much for that and from a lot of as people are really understanding that it is happening this this really is here it's really happening and it's not only that but it's it's going to be bigger than we anticipated it to at the beginning with this potential for the LD building to be utilized as well we're already getting quite a few increase on on some of the other buildings and our downs and we really do expect this to expedite a lot of that downtown business in the in the renewal renewed interest in our downtown building so many times we just we don't take the time to acknowledge when there's good news and when there's something that is very positive for this community I think just because of some of the things that have happened in the last couple years we have we've probably you know gotten ourselves and more of a protective position and like well I'll believe it when I see it well I think after after tonight's vote happens they're gonna start seeing it so again thanks to everyone that's worked on this and especially thanks to the sisters and the rest of the the folks represented Spain and the others at OSF and don't forget caterpillar did play a part in this as well and and making that making the original deal happen and also working with this on the LD building so thanks to them so we're open for questions or comments at this time anyone comes from Montelongo no questions okay Thank You councilmember Regan back Thank You mr.

mayor and Thank You representative Spain for the thorough outlining of this and thank you especially to the sisters for their commitment to downtown and their commitment to the needy in our community there's so many things that can be said about the impact this is gonna have but for those of us that work downtown thinking of an additional 1,200 people walking the streets at lunchtime that's got to just make a lot of the entrepreneurs and the restaurant owners and the opportunities are truly going to become multiplied in so many ways I think this is just a tremendous opportunity at so many levels we've talked for years about the excess parking we have in our parking decks and to find a way to have this opportunity to remedy that to cover the expenses of what we have to pay for that and and then some again another another really incredible aspect of this project so I think we we talked a lot and we hear a lot in the community about development projects I I think that this is an example of truly doing the due diligence making sure the T's are crossed the I's are dotted and I will enthusiastically cast a yes vote for this tonight thank you Thank You councilman Turner representative Spain I don't want to see a lot you have been just a complete asset this whole project and making things work so I second this wholeheartedly Thank You councilman reck regal thank you Mary and you know you talked about this being known as the big white store and I think that there may be a couple of postcards out there that were taken at night when this thing first opened and one of the things that that that mantra sort of meant was not just during the day to this thing stand out this building but at nighttime because those windows the lights would shine and you could see it from pretty well all of downtown Peoria and it really was that beacon of what was available and it drew you downtown in that regard can you is there anything that you can share maybe about you know what what will happen on the block or what you would foresee in the neighborhood give it a couple of years once this progresses Thank You councilman Rock Regal and I think that symbolism in the history and sort of being a beacon of light for the community at this location is exactly what we are all hoping to achieve through this redevelopment and I think you see it starting to happen already so just over a year ago that announcement was a may was made just about this singular building and think about what's happened just in the last 12 months along the way so the opportunity working in collaboration with the University of Illinois to develop a downtown innovation hub would be taking place catty-corner from from this development right down the block then the opportunity working with the the redesign and redevelopment of the caterpillar LD building and then not to mention this councilman riggan Bach said just the tremendous of infusion of economic activity with having 1200 people some of which operating on a 24/7 basis can do for our community and so it's an exceptional opportunity I hope I believe wholeheartedly for our community and then and as all of you know we are continuing our discussions with the National Park Service to make sure that the remainder of the headquarters block itself can be repurposed and redeveloped at a later date we've got a lot to work on right now so we are certainly focused on the headquarters building itself but making sure that the remainder of this block can serve additional amenities that will be to the benefit of OSF mission partners downtown residents other downtown daytime workforce and beyond and making sure that these are not just singular investments taking place in isolation but a start of the continued transformation for downtown Peoria that continues to move forward and please take our appreciation back to the sisters and the full organization of OSF because I I think that as you've heard from two of my other fellow council members here that we definitely all appreciate the time and the energy put into this project will do they're watching and duly noted thank you seeing no further lights or discussion we do have a motion and a second on the floor so last call for comments seeing none please castor councilmember Montelongo Thank You mayor I vote yes pull the screen back up that motion passes unanimously with one abstention thank you very much madam clerk we're at unfinished business 18-2 31 is a request to defer the purchase of the semantics located at the foot of Spring Street until May the 14 2019 councilmember Moore Thank You mr.

mayor I like to move for approval of the deferral yeah motion to approve the deferral seconded by councilmember Turner please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo yeah and that motion passes unanimously madam clerk yes we're still it unfinished business unfinished business councilmember more old business unfinished business okay business if you recall back on item 19 one one six I asked to be to be able to abstain from that and that company lasts at our last meeting there were three other contracts that that company was involved with 19 104 105 and 107 so I'd like to reconsider those for the purpose of being able to abstain from the vote and then the vote be retaken okay so we're going to reconsider all three of those you want them done individually okay so we have a motion to reconsider nineteen 104 by councilmember more seconded by council member riggan Bach please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo that motion passes unanimously with an abstention we have a motion to reconsider nineteen 105 councilman Regan box I couldn't councilman Turner 104 these were from the two meetings ago councilmember more there was identified a potential conflict of interest so she just she didn't abstain then so she wants to abstain reconsider them and then I'm staying well all were doing is reconsidering it so it'll come back that we're not voting on it we're just voting today and consider mr.

mayor I have the titles of these if anyone would like to have them but okay the one we voted on 104 104 is the the request to approve contracts for the 2019 Bank vacant lot mowing program and the bids were Waltons service P Town Car Club Hulse lawn care law & order' Academy and Hearns landscaping that was approved unanimously mayor artists and councilmember a Kherson were absent so they so just for clarification we're voting to reconsider these we're not voting to approve them so they're just going to come back for reconsideration on next meeting councilman a Kherson could you explain what the conflict is rather than just stating there's a conflict there was a conflict last time with and I'd like to know what the conflict is there's a conflict now more description I really would like to know what the conflict is and every other time somebody has a conflict it's described either ownership a property or a relationship with an employer or something as I said on 116 this evening that at that time this I have a relationship with this company they are donor to a non-profit so it's the same thing for all three same thing is 1:16 this is kind of a point of order we went through this before and we had lots of discussion about conflicts of interest and I think that it was decided that if you have a donation it's not a conflict at least that's the way it was when the water company issue came about but it just seems like it should be consistent mr.

lysed the decision to abstain from an item is is a personal decision of the City Council of the City Council member of the elected official involved at this at this time I was advised by council member more that she believed that she could perhaps have a common law conflict and thus would be required to abstain so this this this boat is just relative to the reconsideration and of course when the initial vote comes on actually the we vote comes about Miss Moore would have a duty then to define the nature of her conflict which is her right to do but just know there is no general rule it's dependent upon the facts and the case and the in the conscience and the opinion of the City Council member that is crucial okay so we're on 19 - 105 which is it's the request to approve contracts for the 2019 facilities boulevards and rights-of-way mowing program and the contracts went to all in one restoration guy max Waltons service and Hearns Landscaping okay and we have a motion to reconsider councilman riggan back second a councilman Turner please cast your ballots councilmember Montelongo yeah motion passes unanimously with one abstention and pardon me okay madam clerk were on 14 107 yes that is a request to approve a contract with J max for tree stump removal in tree and brush trimming not to exceed one hundred and seventy thousand dollars and also to approve a contract with guy max for emergency tree and brush trimming not to exceed $30,000 and do these items are they supposed to be coming back on may the 14th to be placed on that agenda is that correct thank you okay so a motion to reconsider Council and Reagan by excecuted councilman Turner please cast your ballots councilman Montelongo and that motion passes unanimously this one abstention thank you further unfinished business councilman Jensen Thank You mr.

mayor I just I have a follow-up for an item 8 I asked about I don't know a month or two ago about coming back with some information about doing a registry for people with ring doorbells and and other things similar to the ordinance that they did in Springfield about two months ago so I'm just asking the city manager if that's still on that make sure it's still on his it is to-do list okay thank you Thank You councilman ecosan thank you at the last meeting that two weeks ago but two weeks before that city manager you said that there'd be a Fitch study report coming forward and I haven't seen it and I would like to get a copy of that before it's not it's appropriate for a citizen to be requesting a copy it was supposed to be within two weeks we will make sure we get the report as quickly as we can from them so yes any further new business or old business unfinished business Councilwoman a kisses I've got a follow-up so why are we not getting the report that you said would be no problem within two weeks I I'll call them in the morning and I'll let you know what what they have to say as to why we don't have an our desk so they were supposed to have thank you further unfinished business unfinished councilmen Montelongo Thank You mayor one more for the city manager I'm also making a request for the storm water utility reconciliation report brought this up a couple of times in our over the last couple months just wanting to get a an account of monies collected we back in 2017 20 about that time frame public works director described there being more on door something projects that needed to be completed and I think a value of over 15 million dollars and I'm just you know I think not just for me but for the public to understand the money that's being collected and being paid and projects that are being completed I think would be very helpful everybody is it still a big question that comes up at many of the neighborhood association meeting today Thank You mayor thank you seeing no further lights for unfinished business madam clerk we would be at new business new business to come before the council tonight new business councilman more Thank You mr.

Mira I was chomping at the bit over here because I am so excited about what OSF is bringing to the downtown that I don't know if they even realize the extent to which they have become the anchor tenant if you will in the downtown area that 1200 people new people coming to this area is it's not only a good thing for myself and for the buildings that are sitting there idle and the parking spaces that were not being used but this is a shot in the arm to all the businesses that have been in that area who have held on for a long time who were struggling wondering if they were going to be able to divide survive another year and now this gives them hope that they will be able to do all that and that is outstanding and if you know if you we just passed a local holiday recently our national holiday and I just want to say how thankful I am to the sisters that they saw that this was an area that could not only service their need but also be in service to those who live in that community I was in a meeting yesterday where someone indicated any given time there are a thousand health care related jobs open in our community and not just you when you say health care people think of doctors and nurses and emergency services folks but you're talking about people who are clerks and people who run the the stores there and people who the volunteers who help people to their rooms and to their cars and and it's just going to be phenomenal this opens up the opportunity for additional drugs for a drugstore to come into the area you know sandwich shops doctors offices I wouldn't really like to see us get behind the wayfinding signs that we've been talking about on this council for I don't know how long for with 1200 new people coming to the downtown absolutely wayfinding signs should be a priority just all the additional restaurants we can call up Kelleher's and sugar and ask them whether what other concept do you have because we're gonna need those downtown and you know we've got Adam Street Adams Street Cafe across the street I'm sure that they're gonna love this coming and I just wanted to thank the sisters thank Ryan Spain he's been a great friend to this council to the city and to myself and I can't be more happy about what's what's happening now if you if you tried so thank you all for thank you to the sisters thank you to Ryan thank you to everyone who had a hand in making the decision to bring this to the downtown because this is the exact shot in the arm that we need it and a few years from now we're gonna wonder how we survive without them so thank you once again to OSF riggan back we are hearing a lot of good news tonight and when we talk about the grocery store issue there hasn't been a lot of good news but in the East bluff tienda mexicana is in the process of doing an expansion and really increasing their footprint up there as well and for those of you that are familiar with it it's a wonderful Mexican grocery store and they're very small tight quarters right now while they've been able to get site control of another property or in the process of opening it still waiting for a certificate of occupancy I understand and some of that bureaucratic red tape as they say but there is some good news on the horizon for those grocery shoppers in the East bluff so I want to make sure that once that is open officially that all the residents are we're evident that we support our local businesses thank you thank you any further new businesses evening new business seeing none madam Clerk we're at citizens opportunity to address the City Council citizens to address we just ask for your name for the record and we have a five minutes speaking limit up first is Josh Witkowski [Applause] Thank You mayor artists ladies and gentlemen of the council my name is Josh Witkowski I am the state legislative coordinator for abate of Illinois and I am here on their behalf tonight first of all I wanted to thank you for the proclamation earlier acknowledging motorcycle safety month which is the month of May Peoria has a very unique place in motorcycle history within the community you have the great views up and down the Illinois River you have the Peoria TT you've got several local chapters of obey you have a vibrant motorcycle club community which results in the bikers against street hunger rally every year which is one of the largest charitable events in the Midwest you'll also have a unique role in safety which was a big part of that consummation Illinois Central College is a part of the motorcycle safety foundation they actually teach and oversee the instruction of motorcycle safety classes throughout the mid part of Illinois unfortunately I'm here tonight to discuss with you a road user that is unsafe and will not share the road with motorcycles well and has no interest in sharing the road with motorcycles well contrary to the proclamation that was just given earlier tonight talking about autonomous vehicles driverless cars recently the tri-county Regional Planning Commission gave support through a letter to the Department of Transportation for a pilot program to be done here in Peoria on Peoria city streets in the month of June mayor Ardis was promoting this very same program a couple weeks ago on local television the d-o-t proposed project is for level three through five autonomy which means no driver present or driver present while vehicle is driving itself real quick the regulations on that federal do T has no regulations on this they have guidelines but no regulations if it is a commercially available vehicle slap a sensor on it BAM you've got yourself a driverless car there's nothing state of Illinois has even less they have an executive order from governor honor that says if you send a letter to I dot them you're in business that's all you have to do nobody overlooks these things at all for those that think that you know this may be a safe thing for our roadways I was at a symposium in June of last year that said the autonomous vehicle system is being tested a hundred and sixty-five thousand miles in between fatal incidents human drivers got 86 million in other words an autonomous system is 500 times more likely to have a fatal incident when you get in you gauge it by a per mile basis company called dynamic research checked autonomous vehicle Ford collision warning systems against motorcycles in a test with an 800 cc motorcycle directly in front of eight different vehicles the test was whether an I didn't see that motorcycle five of seven times six of the vehicles tested failed to see that motorcycle the five and seven times only one vehicle saw it seven of seven times this is a very huge problem for us yet companies continue to push for on-road testing there are very serious limitations in the technology of lidar and cameras to be able to detect motion and to be able to detect smaller road users such as motorcycles pedestrians bicyclists if you need proof of this you only need look at what happened in Arizona where a pedestrian carrying a bicycle was hit by an uber autonomous vehicle and killed by the way that system same regulatory rules is what apply in Illinois right now uber took their seven sensors reduced it down to one in two weeks later had a fatal incident NTSB said that uber was partly at fault but those findings were not adopted by Nitza bottom line here is the physical on-road testing is shown not to be sufficient Ford admits that they will need billions of miles driven before they can approximate human technology and movement with these systems RAND Corporation defense contractor recommends virtual simulation in Michigan you have offsite systems you have the star campus you have M City these are huge hundred acre campuses designed for this kind of testing instead of making the public the field test for this why don't why is our lives are not a field test for unproven technology and there are significant issues with this technology so I am here to ask that the City Council draft a letter to the tri-county Regional Planning Commission asking them to withdraw their support of this dangerous project and I would hope that you would take this under advisement and go along with this because we do not need an unproven vehicle out there especially a vehicle you or I have to go through vision testing Road testing these nothing one last thing I'll leave you with do t thinks that this is safe as long as there's a human driver behind the wheel that's shadowing what the autonomous system is doing but there is a delay in that there is a delay from the time that that safety driver realized mr.

witkowski you're the timer expired just so you know you don't have any any amplification right now thank you [Applause] next we have Molly Cadogan council members several months ago I got multiple postcards in the mail requesting my vote for most of the council members what impressed me the most is the four council members who are running who are endorsed by the Sierra Club which I'm a member of so my question to those board those council members who are who were endorsed I'd really like to know what you looked what children plan to do to clean up the City of Peoria I know downtown looks really nice and we're trying to get businesses to come in but I live in the six one six oh six is that the zip code which is the most heavily populated ZIP code in Peoria it is also the second dirtiest area and frankly from Bradley University at the corner of the uplands at Parkside Drive from there down to probably comfortable Bard the main street is horrific there is trash all over the road and I'm not just talking litter trash to a lot of cars I'm talking condoms diapers needles something's got to be done about this I walk my dog five miles a day and I pick up most of this stuff but I'm 70 years old and I'm not gonna be in the shape to pick up this stuff much longer so I would propose that one might my sort of ultimate dream is that the City Council would hire a collection agency to collect on some even 10% of the millions of dollars in unpaid littering tickets that this city now has and secondly to do a real educational system so that when the glossy postcards are sent out about why it's important to keep your neat your neighborhood clean which I appreciate but the very top of that list should be it's against the law to litter I have a really wonderful code enforcement person but because his hours have been cut back and most of the code enforcement people's hours been cut back he's falling way behind in the calls that he has to respond to and I can tell you the same Nik and he responds to every single call that our Neighborhood Association has given him I would also suggest and I can't remember the woman's name but she used to be the code enforcement person on the Southside who actually had people who had to do community service and she actually had those community service people on her payroll as it were and she would actually have them come into my neighborhood to pick up litter so I would propose that one of the things that code enforcement would be allowed to do is that every code enforcement officer could have at his disposal people who are required to do come to do community service and that they could go into residential neighborhoods and start picking up trash on a daily basis and I guess that's about all I have I would just ask you to really think about this because in light of the fact that OSF is gonna have 1,200 people moving into downtown well that's all well and good because the downtown area around the courthouse is always neat and clean pretty much but up for the rest of the area it isn't if you talk about I would love to see business I'd love to see 1,200 people but there's an environmentalist all I'm seeing is more pollution to the waterways and more literally and I would hope to god that that isn't true but what I see on a daily basis is even high functioning people walking down the street when I'm walking my dog who look at trash on the street and just what step over it if every single person that lives in the city would pick up one piece of trash every day and that includes all of you council members we wouldn't have a litter problem and I just moved back to this area four and a half years ago but I lived here in the 70s and I lived on growing oak and it was not anywhere near as bad as it is now and I've heard all the excuses about people don't know any better well the way to get people to know better is to educate them and I think at some point in time we have to stop being so passive about it is an ordinance it's against the law to litter and people have to be held accountable for their actions if you do the crime you do the time it's as simple as that thank you next we have Rachel O'Reilly O'Reilly thanks for letting me speak I wasn't gonna comment on this issue but I really can't be quiet about it miss ikenson isn't here as it's directed to her advocating against solar energy because it's an eyesore is foolish foolish at best we have 12 years according to an international study we're at a precipice we are at a crisis carbon emissions need to be reduced by 45% in addition there needs to be technology to remove carbon emissions from our air but United States had carbon emissions up 3% nuclear nuclear energy is is not viable it has radioactive waste it is buried in the ground and as our climate warms cataclysmic events are going to become more commonplace so if an earthquake happens all that radioactive is going to go straight in our water so I would strongly encourage you to advocate for solar and when not nuclear for all of our futures but I'm not here for that I'm here once again for a Lexus Camry Scott trying to get people to search for her Alexis Camry Scott on Facebook if you inbox the dusty the the coordinator the organizer for your availability if enough people have matching availabilities say if some people can search during the weekdays where others might have weekends if enough people have matching availabilities we can have pop-up searches it's really important that we have the community's support if it were one of your loved ones would you not want to search everywhere would you not want the community helping you if we have a lot of people helping that they they can go really really quickly and the areas that we have this the suspect areas it's not for nothing because Alexis's mother you know can have some kind of consequence can be consoled knowing that where the community is searching alexis is not so it eliminates possibilities of where she could be if you're not able those listening on the radio if you're not able to physically do a search please consider donating she has alexis has a toddler son that the donations could go to also if the Peoria Police Department is underfunded and they have many cases then we could get a private investigator that can devote all their time to Alexis and finding Alexis I'm also really really disappointed and the quote-unquote liberals and progressives of this area I've reached out to ACLU and their social media page is silent I think it's great that they can get a large number of people to protest immigration issues I'm for you know I'm Pro immigration also but imagine if we can get those same number of people showing up to a protest to search for Alexis indivisible of Peoria they they advocate they have protests at the federal courthouse for Medicare a progressive tax which are all great things to be advocating for but why are those people not searching for Alexis if you can show up to the federal courthouse and protest for an hour why can you not show up at a search for an hour when I posted this question and asked for help on the peoria indivisible group closed group page my request was taken down shame on one of those four admins that silenced a call for help for a missing local girl so I'm really really frustrated and I hope I'm proven wrong I really hope that those that deem themselves humanitarians once again put their actions where their mouths are thank you so much man madam clerk we do not have an executive session so we would be at adjournment motion to adjourn by Councilman seer seconded by councilmember Regan Regan back please cast your ballots councilman Montelongo that motion passes unanimously this meeting is adjourned