City Council
Chicago City Council
Wed 3/23/2022
10:00 a.m.
City Hall - Council Chamber - Chicago, Illinois
Agenda
- Call To Order
- Quorum Roll Call
- Celebration of Women's History Month
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-I at 2516 W Thomas St - App No. 20957T1
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 1-H at 1637 W Huron St - App No. 20947T1
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-G at 1509 W Fry St - App No. 20946T1
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-H at 1228-1230 N Milwaukee Ave/1210-1214 N Ashland Ave - App No. 20942T1
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 14-I at 5927 S California Ave - App No. 20949
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 14-I at 2504 W 63rd St - App No. 20950
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 20-F at 747-757 W 79th St and 7901-7909 S Halsted St - App No. 20952T1
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 20-H at 8532 S Ashland Ave - App No. 20944
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 2-K at 4556 W Roosevelt Rd - App No. 20941
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 4-H at 1930 W 21st St. - App No. 20847
- Celebration of 100th birthday of late Mayor Harold Washington
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 2-F at 401 S Wacker Dr/300 W Van Buren St - App No. 20955
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-I at 2933 W Division St - App No. 20911
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 1-G at 360 N Green St - App No. 20853
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 1-G at 1353 W Fulton St/220 N Ada St - App No. 20786
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 7-O at 3114-3120 N Olcott Ave - App No. 20945
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 7-G at 3150 N Racine Ave - App No. 20041
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 11-J at 3821 W Montrose Ave - App No. 20953T1
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 7-N at 6847-6851 W Belmont Ave - App No. 20958
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 11-H at 4624-4628 N Ashland Ave - App No. 20915T1
- Demolition of non-contributing building at 834 N Wolcott Ave (East Village Landmark District)
- COMMUNICATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS FROM THE MAYOR
- Issuance of permits for sign(s)/signboard(s) at 300 S State St
- Issuance of permits for sign(s)/signboard(s) at 42 S State St
- JOINT COMMITTEE: FINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-32-515 regarding City investments in coal-, oil- and gas reserve-owning companies
- AGREED CALENDAR
- Congratulations extended to The Lodge Tavern on 65th Anniversary
- Tribute to late William J. Hightower
- Congratulations extended to Josephine Wade on 80th birthday
- Tribute to late Cleophus Jones
- Tribute to late Patricia Nelson
- COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY CLERK
- Tribute to late Melvin Wilson
- Congratulations extended to Taylor Electric Company on 100th anniversary
- Congratulations extended to Rosa Aaron on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Laverne Alexander on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Charlene Avants on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Elizabeth Barlow on 85th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Patricia Bearden on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Cornelius Bell, Jr. on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Alleise Caldwell on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Eleanor Carr on 80th birthday
- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
- Congratulations extended to Dorothy Carter on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Mae Collins on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Wadell Copeland, Jr. on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Fannie Lee Crosby on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Evelyn Daniel on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Lozette Davis on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Denise Gant on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Essie Green on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Lucinda Halloway on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Henry Henderson on 85th birthday
- COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
- Congratulations extended to Ora Bell Hill on 90th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Janice Hunter on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Mr. Laudell Jackson on 90th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Mae Lois Jackson on 85th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Anita Jordan on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Arraminta Kelly on 90th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Cynthia Linyard on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Mr. Robin Merritt on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Linda Marie Moore on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Laura Morgan on 80th birthday
- Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Housing Authority to reallocate portion of City's 2022 unused tax-exempt bond volume cap to facilitate financing of affordable housing at 3030 W 21st Pl and 3700 W Congress Pkwy
- Congratulations extended to Freddie Morris, Jr. on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Homer Oliver on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to James Payne on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Geraldine Powell on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Bonavere Redmond on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Regina Richardson on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Dolores Settles on 90th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Dhamana Shauri on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Curtis Shegog on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Bunice Smith on 80th birthday
- Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Board of Education to provide tax incremental financing funds (TIF) for replacement of mechanical system, roof, and targeted masonry repairs at Willa Cather Elementary School, 2908 W Washington Blvd
- Congratulations extended to Jo Ella Smith on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Isiah Starling on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Catherine Stone on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Rosie Thompson on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Anthony Ray Townsend on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Bishop Larry D. Trotter on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Lewis Tucker on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Jamie Washington on 80th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Doris Watson on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Dwayne Young on 65th birthday
- Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Board of Education to provide tax incremental financing (TIF) funds for replacement of mechanical system, roof, targeted masonry repairs and chimney stack reduction at James Otis Elementary School, 525 N Armour St
- Expression of support for Starbucks' workers unionization efforts
- Tribute to late Gertrude K. Bialobok
- Tribute to late Betty Brady
- Tribute to late Ramiro Amadeo Castillo
- Tribute to late Gail Eva Hand
- Congratulations extended to Anne B. Hopkins on 100th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Louise McHugh on 81st birthday
- Congratulations extended to Grace Williams on 102nd birthday
- Honorary street designation of 6000 block of South Melvina Avenue as Big Tom Way
- Tribute to late Peter Fasseas
- Redevelopment agreement with 1357 Property Owner LLC for provision of tax-increment financing (TIF) funds for certain public infrastructure improvements of Morton Salt property at 1357 N Elston Ave
- Tribute to late J. Ira Harris
- Tribute to late John J. Kinsella
- Tribute to late Marilyn Miglin
- Tribute to late Josephine Dorothy Minow
- Recognition of Father Daniel Brandt's rescue of injured driver on Kennedy Expressway
- Congratulations extended to Thomas Balanoff on retirement from Service Employees International Union Local 1
- Congratulations extended to Honorable John P. Callahan, Jr. on retirement from Cook County Circuit Court
- Congratulations extended to Dr. Ngozi Ezike's resignation from Illinois Department of Public Health
- Recognition of 21st anniversary of International Day of Remembrance for Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Congratulations extended to Maria Ofelia Alvarez on 70th birthday
- Determination Of Quorum
- Extension of demolition permit surcharge ordinance until April 1, 2024.
- Congratulations extended to Martha Alvarez-Chavez on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Robert E. Arredondo on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Felipe Arteaga on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Guillermo Garcia Avalos on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Alfonso Avila, Sr. on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Juan Barrera on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Gilberto R. Bejarano, Sr. on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Stanley Bridgeforth on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Hazel D. Carlson on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Maria Dejesus Castaneda on 70th birthday
- Judgment and settlement report for month of February 2022
- Congratulations extended to Jimmie Davenport on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Maria Escobedo on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Ella Mae Ferguson on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Hattie M. Frank-Evans on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Lino Garcia on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Pamela D. Gee on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Christine Green on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Damian Heredia on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Norma A. Hernandez on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Alexandria T. Herold on 75th birthday
- Tag day permits for Greenpeace USA, Save the Children, and The Nature Conservancy
- Congratulations extended to Adrian Herrera on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Wilfred K. Ho on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Constance M. Howery-Mansaray on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Andrew J. Kasinskas on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Roland J. Kulla on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Maria Luna on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Minnie Mangrum on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Rosa Marin on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Sydney Eugene McClendon on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Federico Mendoza on 65th birthday
- Payment of various small claims
- Congratulations extended to Verdell Montson on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Adriana Munoz on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Daciderio Nava on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Mary Elizebath Northern
- Congratulations extended to Maria E. Ortega on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Reynolds Pigrum on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Virginia A. Reyes on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Gabriel Rodriguez on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Alejandra Romero on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Eulalia Aleman Rubio on 65th birthday
- Various small claims
- Congratulations extended to Lydia L. Salcedo on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Benjamin Salgado on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Diana Sanjavier on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Lynda J. Shah on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Imelda Simental on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Charles Anthony Smith, Sr. on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Anthony Stubbs on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Ramiro Tinoco on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Gerardo A. Tovar on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Efrain Tzintzum, Sr. on 75th birthday
- Settlement agreement regarding Dennis Burris, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Jack Burris v. City of Chicago, and Officer Adan Ramirez, Individually, cited as 2017 L 5863
- Congratulations extended to Maria Valencia on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Edelmira Villasenor on 70th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Alfredo Vazquez, Sr. on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Gaspar C. Vazquez on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Dorothy Sinclair Walls on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to William Charles Ware on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Ishmael Winfrey on 65th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Elizabeth A. Wzorek on 75th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Pei Chang Zhen on 65th birthday
- Tribute to late Tanya Brewer
- Settlement agreement regarding Krystyna Poczatek v. City of Chicago and John Schoessling, cited as 2018 L 3471
- Tribute to late Felicia Lucas-Miles
- Congratulations extended to Dennis Baker on 92nd birthday
- Congratulations extended to Annie Gandy on 91st birthday
- Congratulations extended to Ethel Hegwood on 92nd birthday
- Congratulations extended to Betty Hobbs on 96th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Emma January on 95th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Mary Robinson on 90th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Cillar Ross on 91st birthday
- Congratulations extended to Marion Scheffel on 94th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Harold Washington on 90th birthday
- COMMITTEE ON AVIATION
- Tribute to late Jose and Magdalena Castilleja
- Congratulations extended to Katya Nuques on 16 years of service with Enlace Chicago
- Tribute to late Dr. Janet Smith
- Tribute to late Paulino Villarreal, Sr.
- Tribute to late Richard Louis Duchossois
- Congratulations extended to Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) on 40th anniversary
- Congratulations extended to Genie Kastrup as first woman president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1
- Tribute to late Elizabeth Gaston
- Tribute to late Patricia Nelson (Jones)
- Tribute to late Maureen Kuhn
- Amendment to intergovernmental agreement with Illinois State Toll Highway Authority regarding Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project
- Tribute to late Sister Barbara McCarry
- Tribute to late Richard V. McDowell
- Congratulations extended to Albany Theater Project on 25th anniversary
- Congratulations extended to Dennis Hammer on retirement from Wintrust Bank
- Congratulations extended to Mayfair Presbyterian Church on 100th anniversary
- Congratulations extended to Queen of All Saints Future City Team Artemis on 3rd place in Illinois Regional Competition
- Congratulations extended to Von Steuben High School Robotics Team on competing at Illinois VRC High School State Championship
- Congratulations extended to Bettylu Saltzman on 90th birthday
- Congratulations extended to Hugo Zapata-MartÃnez on retirement from Department of Procurement Services
- Tribute to late James Dooley
- COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
- Tribute to late Catherine Garrity
- Tribute to late Michael Laube
- Tribute to late Steve Cunneen
- Aldermanic Introductions
- Approval Of Journal Of Proceedings
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- Settlement agreement regarding case of Mia Wright, et al. v. City of Chicago, et al., cited as 2020 CV 07688
- MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
- Ordinance Setting Data And Time Of Next City Council Meeting
- Time fixed for next City Council Meeting April 27, 2022 at 10:00 A.M.
- Pledge Of Allegiance
- Annual Appropriation Ordinance Year 2022 amendment within Fund No. 925 for Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Department of Transportation
- Roll Call On Omnibus
- Adjournment
- Amendment of Emergency Rental Assistance Program software contract with Unqork, Inc. to increase compensation cap
- Expression of support of Biden administration nominating black woman to serve on Supreme Court
- Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 2-8-820 through 2-8-850 to establish Office of Legislative Support, replacing Legislative Reference Bureau, and associated amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance Year 2022, and City Council Rules of Order and Procedure
- COMMITTEE ON CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT AND EQUITY
- Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 1-23-010 and 1-23-020 regarding ineligibility to do business with City of Chicago due to removal from public office, treason, sedition or related offenses
- Call for conduct of study including Middle Eastern or North African Americans as minority group for purposes of City's MBE program
- COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
- Reappointment of Dorothy Hudson as member of Special Service Area No. 5, Commercial Avenue Commission
- Reappointment of Anastasia Makridakis as member of Special Service Area No. 16, Greektown/Halsted Commission
- Invocation
- Reappointment of Mark F. Aistrope as member of Special Service Area No. 60, Albany Park Commission
- Appointment of Carlton F. Daniels as member of Special Service Area No. 18, North Halsted Commission
- Appointment of Kathleen Merrill as member of Special Service Area No. 26, Broadway Commercial District Commission
- Appointment of Margaret Hagerty as member of Special Service Area No. 26, Broadway Commercial District Commission
- Appointment of Reynaldo Arteaga as member of Special Service Area No. 59, 59th Street Commission
- Appointment of Ada Tong as member of Special Service Area No. 73, Chinatown Commission
- Support for renewal of Cook County Class 7(c) tax status for property at 10749-10801 S Western Ave
- COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE
- Loan restructuring and subordination and associated property transfer to RAHF V/5T Englewood LLC for acquisition and rehabilitation of Englewood Gardens residential development
- Sale of City-owned property at 508-510 S Cicero Ave to Workers for Christ Ministries Apostolic Church
- Public Comment
- Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 2-44-050 and 2-45-040 regarding powers and duties of Commissioner of Department of Housing and Commissioner of Department of Planning and Development as related to delinquent property tax certificates and land banking agreements
- COMMITTEE ON LICENSE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
- Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 4 and 7 to regulate charitable food vendors
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-023 (1.36) to allow additional package goods licenses on portion(s) of W Chicago Ave
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-023 (43.5) to allow additional package goods licenses on portion(s) of W North Ave
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-023 (6.33) to allow additional package goods licenses on portion(s) of S State St
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-022 (6.107) to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portion(s) of W 74th St
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-023 (12.54) to allow additional package goods licenses on portion(s) of W 36th St
- Renewal of designation of 46th Precinct of 13th Ward as Restricted Residential Zone prohibiting additional shared housing units and vacation rentals
- REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY OFFICERS
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-023 (17.254) to allow additional package goods licenses on portion(s) of S Ashland Ave
- Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-60-023 (50.76) to allow additional package goods licenses on portion(s) of N Lincoln Ave
- COMMITTEE ON PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
- Parking prohibited at all times (except for disabled) - establish and amend
- Loading/Standing Zone(s) - establish
- Residential permit parking - establish and amend
- Tow-away zone(s) - establish and amend
- Traffic sign(s)/signal(s) - establish and amend
- Sundry traffic regulation(s) and sign(s)
- COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EVENTS, CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND RECREATION
- RESOLUTIONS FROM THE MAYOR
- Reappointment of Juan Dies, Bob Faust, Robert Gomez, Esther Grisham Grimm, Tracie D. Hall, Akilah S. Halley, Kevin Iega Jeff, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Bill Michel, Coya Paz, Myrna Salazar and Vivian Teng as members of Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- Appointment of Debra Yepa-Pappan as member of Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- Appointment of Kaoru Watanabe as member of Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- Appointment of Edra Soto as member of Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- Appointment of Blake-Anthony Johnson as member of Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WAY
- Grant(s) of privilege in public way for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Pro Homes, Inc.
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Spot Logist LLC
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Alltown Bus Company
- Congratulations extended to Chicago Police Department detectives on successful investigation of hate crime in 50th Ward
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Sonyae's Caring Hands
- Honorary street designation as "Big Tom Way"
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Stable Foods, Inc.
- Honorary street designation as "Honorary Karen Lewis CTU Way"
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Chicago Westside Motors, Inc.
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for 508-510 S Cicero Ave
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Midwest Kitchen and Bath LLC
- Honorary street designation as "Elder Roosevelt McCarthty, Jr. Way"
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Ivan's Auto Repair, Inc.
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Little Feet Big Steps Learning Center LLC
- Congratulations extended to Dr. Ngozi Ezike on retirement from Illinois Department of Public Health
- Honorary street designation as "Geoffrey L. Woitel Way"
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Kimpton Hotel Monaco Chicago
- Exemption from alley access requirement to parking lots or garages for MZ-1820 Howe Development LLC - if capacity exceeds six spaces
- Exemption from physical barrier requirement for commercial driveway alley access for Perfect Car Wash & Detail, The
- Opening of public street(s) within area bounded by N Overhill Ave, W Clarence Ave and N Canfield Rd
- Approval of plat of Forty Four Commons Resubdivision
- COMMITTEE ON ZONING, LANDMARKS AND BUILDING STANDARDS
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 18-H at 7101-7358 S Bell Ave
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-F at 606-636 W Blackhawk St, 1500-1530 and 1545 N Larrabee St, 1500-1525 N Frontier Ave and 625-643 W Weed St - App No. A8739
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 9-L at 5555 W Irving Park Rd - App No. A8738
