October Community Meeting
Dank Haus— Sigurd
German American Cultural Center
Paige Worthy
Board Chair
Live stream on FB
Mission-community group
John Ratzenberger
Gateway to Learning
Dorothy’s Can Do Café
For adults with learning disabilities
Culinary skills for home, work, community
Dillon Goodson, board member
Ideas -> action
For election season, local, state federal reps
How to improve the neighborhood
19th & 20th police districts
40th & 47th ward alderman
#heartofls
John Fritchey, Cook County Commissioner, Chair of Tech cmte
Early 2000’s dwindling community group participation
Collective voice
Election year budget- no new taxes, revenue -> not enough $
County is better off than city, state
85% of budget -> health & safety
Commander Mark Buslik Dist Comm of 19th dist
Police accountability. PhD in criminology
203,000 in 19th 2nd in population 4 in geography
Fullerton/Lawrence/lake/river
Sean Lockhart
Lawrence/Peterson/lake/river
20th district lowest crime dist in Chicago
Be an educated reader of the media
Cost: crime goes down, resources cut
Complacency: people don’t call the police in safe neighborhoods
Captain John Riordan
Degree in public safety
One of two safest neighborhoods in America 20th dist.
Garage burglaries *biggest issue bikes
#1: self-inflicted crime=e.g. walk the dog leave door unlocked, or window open, car unlocked car running in the cold avoidable— 70% of crime, phones & computers in car, go in=burglary, offenders are young, violence down, tires & rims theft citywide problem, catalytic converters
Composed consent decree: settlement agreements Rodney King-> police depts. Not accountable. Justice dept. can conduct civil rights investigation. How are policies implemented? Supervision, training, accountability. Look at mental health issues, police response inadequate. Training for dealing with someone in crisis. Use of force policy what you should do vs. what you can do. Reform is poor way to look at the issue. Think in terms of transformation. Long-term planning and training. Don’t just fix it, make it work. Ignore politics. Consent decrees are beneficial.
All policies are online. Use of force policy.
Artur
Anne Williams, State Rep
North Center, Lincoln Sq, Ravenswood, Lincoln Park…
11th dist, 47th ward +
108,000 constituents
Public safety #1 issue, public schools
State budget challenging
2014-$6 billion in unpaid bills, budget impasse ->$15 billion in debt + service on the debt
2016 -> looking at Trump policies and trying to inoculate IL: choice, healthcare, public schools, environmental, immigrant & refugee rights, net neutrality
Strides on gun violence Gun Dealer Licensing Act, passed bipartisan, vetoed
Mike Quigley, Congressman
Chicago out to Oak Brook
fin svcs, transportation, housing and urban development, appropriations cmte.
Personal contact with reps & staff = most effective way to communicate your ideas
Alllan Schild & Emily Stone, board members
Alderman O’Connor
MB new tenants?
McDonalds reconstruction
Need to patronize local, independent businesses
Alderman Pawar
Universal basic income task force as a way to address poverty, student loans, food insecurity, housing crisis, automation displacing workers
Earned income tax credit
Federal guaranteed jobs program
Office of labor standards
Legislation to get rid of local control of zoning for affordable housing
Need 40,000 units in Chicago
City-wide issues vs. Lincoln Sq.:
Transportation & density & housing
Rockwell hub, Western Ave station, Metra
2-flats -> bigger building
Build densely near transit, eliminate local control
Schools will lose students over time if housing gets too expensive
Vacant storefronts, need more diversity: older, younger, single people
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