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Call to order the council meeting for Monday, July 6, 2026. Roll call please.

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Let the record reflect the quorum is present. The lady from the 6th and the gentleman from the 14th are excused.

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At this time I would like to ask one to please rise for a moment of silence followed by the pledge.

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Tonight I would ask everyone to please keep in your thoughts and prayers the families of those who lost their lives in

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Lake Geneva and the voting accident this weekend.

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We stand by you and we are here for you.

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Need a motion on your laptop for approval minutes of the meeting held June 15th, 2026.

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Any changes or corrections? Seeing none. All those in favor say aye.

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Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

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At this time I would like to call up the gentleman from the 2nd and the members of the Mayor's Youth Commission for Youth Commission Awards this evening.

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Hello, welcome everyone.

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Thanks for coming to tonight's meeting. My name is Meg Fisher and I'm the chairperson of the Mayor's Youth Commission.

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I'd like to thank everyone for attending tonight's meetings, especially the families of the recipients of tonight's awards.

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The Mayor's Youth Commission has developed

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an awards program that recognizes the youth of Kenosha for their achievements, their accomplishments and their contributions to making the city and in turn the world a better place.

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We'd like to thank their nominators for seeing the good in each of them.

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We'd like to thank the families for raising such great kids.

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But most of all we'd like to thank tonight's recipients for making great choices in the lives and have brought to you here at this evening.

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And now for some awards.

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All right, Elliot, come on up.

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Elliot Fortner is a junior at Lakeview Academy.

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Elliot is a bright, compassionate and creative student who contributes positively to both his school and community academically.

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Elliot demonstrates strong ability and abstract reasoning, particularly in mathematics and computer science.

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His AP Scholar and Honors Recognition reflects consistent success in rigorous coursework.

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He's also self-aware as a learner, recognizing both his strengths in theoretical work and areas for growth, demonstrating maturity and in strong growth mindset.

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Beyond the classroom, Elliot is an active and dependable student leader.

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He participates in ROV Club, which just plays second at the 2026 MATE Great Lakes Regional ROV Competition.

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Sorry, Board Game Club, National Honor Society, Math Club, Computer Programming Club, and Tutoring.

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In tutoring, Elliot recognized a need for more structured academic support, approached a staff member to serve as an advisor,

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and helped organize a system to coordinate qualified student tutors with peers needing assistance.

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This initiative reflects his leadership, responsibility, and commitment to helping others succeed.

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In his other roles, he continues to promote collaboration, inclusion, and academic engagement among his peers.

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Elliot's creative interest in music production and tabletop role-playing games reflects his imagination and depth of thought.

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He engages deeply in storytelling, meaning, and structure, often bringing both creativity and analysis to his work.

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Elliot is a student of strong character and intellectual depth who consistently seeks respectful dialogue and meaningful collaboration.

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Congratulations, Elliot.

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Next is Elena Torres Gomez.

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Come on up, Elena.

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Elena is a graduate of second grade at Frank Elementary School.

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Elena consistently helps create a positive classroom environment by asking how to help and offers to support her classmates daily.

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Her kindness and patience make others feel safe and included.

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She is eager to learn, participates with enthusiasm, and approaches new tasks with curiosity and a willingness to try.

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Elena often takes on small leadership roles, such as explaining how to do something or being trusted to run school errands.

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Elena is a character leader of empathy, something because she is such a kind-hearted person.

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She also shows respect, responsibility, and a positive attitude that raises the tone of the classroom community.

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She's also been selected to be the student of the month for three consecutive years.

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She doesn't want to miss a single day of school, which demonstrates reliability and commitment to her education.

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Next, we have a trio of students who are being awarded tonight, so Lauren, Claire, and Audrey come on up.

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They're not all three here, but we have two of them are going to be recognized tonight.

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Lauren, Claire, and Audrey are in fifth grade, graduates of fifth grade at Nash Elementary School.

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Claire Buck's mom, Lauren Heimstead, and Audrey Faulkner wrote about how our school looked awful because of all the trash.

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It was fun to experience how this unfolded organically and was student-driven.

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These kids are truly the best.

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They are so solution-minded and such an inspiration.

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Next is Owen Hermes, a junior at Indian Trail.

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Owen is a standout candidate for the Mayor's Youth Commission Award due to dedication and excellence in all areas of his high school career.

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He has maintained a perfect straight A record throughout high school while maintaining a rigorous course load, including several AP classes.

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He is a member of the National Honor Society, track and cross-country teams, and completed over 100 hours of community service.

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As part of this team, Dawson mentored younger students, aided teachers in the classroom, and welcomed new students and families to Southport.

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As an ambassador, Dawson kept her commitment to attendance, behavior, and work ethic.

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Dawson also participated in the Battle of the Books, a team-based reading competition, as well as the Southport spelling bee,

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and are both opportunities outside the classroom for dedicated individuals to participate in academically.

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Also, her artwork has been recognized in this year's KUSD art show, as well as when she was in 3rd grade.

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which focuses on the fundamentals of God and the Bible.

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She also has an interest in joining the theater department during middle school next year.

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In her free time, she loves to recreate artwork, swim, enjoy the outdoors, play with her dogs, and spend time with her cousins and family.

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Dawson is a well-rounded individual, her personality, leadership, compassion, determination, and academic success shines brightly here at Southport,

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Many of her fellow students consider her role model and a friend with the most genuine heart. Congratulations.

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Samantha is a lieutenant on the safety patrol and has been nominated for safety patroller of the year.

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On top of that, she plays hockey on two different teams, plays the piano, the double bass in the school orchestra,

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participates in the arrangement program, has no missing work, and has excellent attendance.

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Samantha is kind, helpful to her classmates and teachers, and is an all-round great kid.

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She has been an asset to Roosevelt since coming here in 2nd grade to attend the enrichment program,

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and we all know she will do great things in middle school. Congratulations.

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Ethan Turner is a senior at St. Joseph's Catholic Academy. Ethan plays high school football track and on the cross-country team.

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Ethan was a varsity letter winner in football for two years and a varsity letter winner in track for four years.

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Ethan made the WFCA academic all-state this year as a senior. Ethan is a leader on the school retreat team,

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guiding younger students to facilitate ways to experience Christ and connect with their faith.

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Ethan displayed academic excellence by spending his middle school career making the first honors list

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and making the first honors each year in high school as well. Ethan challenged himself this year,

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taking AP courses and participating in a dual credit theology course offered with a Marquette co-op arrangement.

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Ethan is a model student. He serves at Mass almost every Wednesday and is part of St. Anthony's pair here in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Ethan is a bright, well-rounded student athlete and community member who shows leadership and exceptional work ethic

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Between his classroom teachers and coaches, they cannot say enough wonderful things about Ethan and his leadership.

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Well, first off, thank you to the Mayor's Youth Commission for all the work that goes into recognizing these amazing students.

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To the student honorees here tonight, you guys are incredible.

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I can't say every time that we have these and I listen to all of the accomplishments, you know, obviously from grade school on up to high school,

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you know, it's incredible what we should all be proud of in this community is to have individuals like yourselves who care deeply about their community,

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who care deeply about their education, and you don't just talk about it, you do something about it.

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And I'm very thankful for all of you, for all the things that you have accomplished at this point.

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And I know that there's just listening to what you all have accomplished.

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I know that there's a lot more in store for you as you continue on your life's journey.

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To the parents, family, brothers and sisters, teachers, thank you for raising such amazing young people.

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It never ceases to amaze me.

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I heard a young person here out tonight, he was reading a book here and his goal was 40 this summer, he's already at 36.

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So he's going to blow that goal away.

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So again, whenever I hear people talk bad about youth or talk bad about things, I just shake my head and I go,

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you're not talking to the people I talk to.

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The people of Kenosha here, the young people here, are incredible.

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And it's because of all of you who raised such amazing young people, we're very proud of all of them.

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So thank you all for what you've done.

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We'll put five minutes recess for pictures.

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I'll move in a second and all of a favor say aye.

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Citizens, comments.

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We have 17 citizens that have signed up to speak.

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Each will have three minutes.

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When your name is called, please proceed to the podium and state your name and address for the record.

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The first speaker is Aaron Mann.

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Aaron Mann, 5934th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Hello, council.

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Mr. Mayor, I don't know if you remember me at all, but a while back.

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I was honored to perform with the mayor in a show of little shop of hoarders.

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I don't know if anybody got to see it or not, but it's fantastic.

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He rolled up in a police car, got out, did the opening monologue, kicked it off.

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It was fantastic.

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Great job.

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But the show itself, I don't know if anybody's ever seen little shop of hoarders or if you've seen

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the movie starring Rick Moranis, it is a show about a mysterious plant that arrives promising

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fame and fortune.

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See more feeds, the main character, see more, feeds his blood to this plant.

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It grows, it brings money, but the plant keeps demanding more, more blood, more sacrifice.

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By the end, it is consumed everything, America and the world.

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The Greek chorus in the show has one lesson here, don't feed the plants.

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You can quote the writer on this, but the show is quite literally a testament to how greed

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and capitalism can ruin us.

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The evil character, the plant, is called Audrey Two, and in this case, I'm referring to,

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you probably guessed it by now, the Microsoft AI data center, being the plant.

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And I'm telling this council, don't feed the plant, much like the message at the end

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of the show.

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A few points you've probably already heard or not, but are very worth repeating, all based

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on the facts and numbers, via this source sheet I decided to pull together.

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You probably hear this multiple times today.

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The jobs that this data center are going to bring are a mirage.

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Let's look at the numbers.

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10 to 20 people are going to be employed.

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That's roughly 40 to 80 people, total jobs for a facility that is a million square feet,

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Wall Street Journal quotes this is saying, this is the lowest number of jobs per square

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Offices are manufacturing on that same level would definitely employ hundreds, if not more,

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of connotions.

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We put a little elbow grease into that.

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The secrecy is .2 that I brought to you today.

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Kenosha signed an NDA with the Microsoft in May for over seven months.

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Residents had no idea what was being negotiated on their behalf.

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Microsoft only abandoned NDA's this past March, not out of goodwill, but because communities

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across Wisconsin made secrecy politically toxic.

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Even now their own lawyer admits they'll still use NDA's for land purchases.

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The transparency they're offering is the transparency that we forced.

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Point three I'm bringing to you.

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The environment in public health, you've probably heard a lot about this multiple times, but

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the facility will use 4,500 gallons of water daily.

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And that's just what's disclosed.

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In Mount Pleasant, a single Microsoft data center drains 2.8 million gallons from Lake

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Michigan annually.

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Erin, you have 30 seconds.

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Thank you.

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The last points I would like to bring to you are your electric bills and property values,

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but I am running out of time, so I will cut to the chase.

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To wrap up, Mayor, I shared a stage with you.

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I know you care about this community, but I urge you to look at what this actually is.

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A trillion dollar corporation asking us to foot the bill for their power, sacrifice our water,

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and accept environmental costs so that they can train AI models that will never benefit

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a Kenosha resident, or anyone for that matter.

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Maybe in the short term, but not the long term.

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And little shot before is the main character piece.

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Thank you for your time.

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Folks, I'm going to ask, as I do at every meeting, that we don't applaud, jeer, sneer,

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yell, just let everyone speak with their mind.

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Everyone has their three minutes.

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That way we can get through as many of these as we possibly can.

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I appreciate that.

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Thank you.

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Next speaker, Nicholas Prorak.

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Nick Prorak 8858 Sheridan Road.

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Good evening.

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Thanks again for having me here.

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I'm here to talk about the data center.

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Before I do, I want to say congratulations for all of you to not be under the NDA anymore.

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They, Microsoft did release, a press release in March saying they didn't want to do NDA's,

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but Microsoft officially canceled the NDA with Kenosha June 22nd, so two weeks ago.

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So that's wonderful news for transparency.

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Now, if we could have two years of open and honest conversation about the project and concrete

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measures that are being taken to ensure residents are protected and Microsoft can be held accountable,

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that would be fantastic.

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Opposition to this project is growing every day, and not because we're making really good

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arguments, but because every time we talk to someone, we're new people who don't know about the data center.

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Secondly, I submitted a public records request at the end of May.

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My records related to communications with Microsoft and the city.

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The assistant city attorney told me that there's 18,000 documents that they need to go through,

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and they're getting back to me on a cost, so it's my request to the mayor and to the common council

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that you waive the costs and you, you know, be transparent with the people of Kenosha for free.

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With that being said, I'm a fax guy.

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It's really important for me to, like, when we're talking about anything, to talk about fax,

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and so I just want to talk about today how hyperscale AI data centers are not the same as cloud computing data centers.

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You might see people say that, well, if you don't want a data center, then you should give up your cell phone,

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you should give up your computer, you should give up your smart TV.

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This data center that Microsoft wants to build, this AI data center, will not affect your ability to use Facebook,

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it won't affect your ability to use Instagram, it won't affect your ability to listen to your favorite audio book,

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to stream Netflix, they're totally unrelated.

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The largest data centers before modern AI, the modern AI data center build out, used about 100 megawatts of electricity.

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The Mount Pleasant AI data center is expected to use 3.3 gigawatts of electricity.

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That's 33 times the amount of electricity that data centers used to use.

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Nick, you have 30 seconds.

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That's the equivalent of 3.3 million homes.

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So comparing cloud data centers to AI data centers is like comparing mom and pop stores to Wal-Mart.

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You say, well, you buy stuff, so it's your fault that Wal-Mart wants to build here,

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but we know mom and pop shops are not the same as Wal-Mart.

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All in person, Rosenberg, I remember when you fought hard to stop a Wal-Mart in District 9.

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This is the hyperscale version of a Wal-Mart.

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So I'd like to ask you, gentlemen and ladies, please pass a moratorium to allow the time to ensure that everyone of you is educated on the issue that reals up.

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Thank you.

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Next speaker, Kimberly Laska.

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Good evening, mayor and alder people.

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My name is Kimberly Laska. I live at 2403, 136th Ave.

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Microsoft Corporation is my new neighbor.

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They just haven't moved in yet.

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So I want to tell you a little bit more of my personal take on the situation.

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I got to meet Microsoft at the Community Connect event,

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held June 23rd at the Fountain Banquet Hall in Racine.

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I met the VP Bowen.

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He was flown in from Redmond, Washington, and he was sure to remind me that Microsoft was a for-profit company.

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And I also talked to the land use representative, who came all the way from Toronto,

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and she tried to reassure me by saying, oh, honey, don't worry,

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you can get a free car wash during the construction phase.

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I was neither reassured nor optimistic about Microsoft being a good neighbor after this open house.

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What I did feel was a sense of connection with the other attendees,

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mostly locals, fellow homeowners, trying to make sense of these giant, noisy, rumbling boxes invading our neighborhoods.

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And I certainly felt less alone when I attended the Quam, D.C. event at Rodee Center last Tuesday, July 29th,

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and some of you were there.

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Thank you for coming.

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I sat in the audience, laughing along to Charlie Barron's jokes and fighting back tears

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when Amanda Mueller from Port Washington spoke so eloquently

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about her experience of living through the construction phase of an AI data center.

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I felt a strong sense of community.

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And again, the other day, when I saw the Gallup and Pew Trust polls citing that seven out of ten Americans

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are opposed to the construction of AI data centers.

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I knew for sure I wasn't alone.

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Both polls cited the major concerns of rising home energy costs,

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the impact on the environment, and the quality of life for those living nearby.

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Those are my concerns too.

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Marquette Law School's latest poll found the same 70% opposition to data centers

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and noted the skepticism on the part of the public is bipartisan.

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But I already knew that, and I knew that from talking to my neighbors.

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It didn't matter if they were Republican, Democrat, or independent.

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No one wanted a data center moving in.

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So I'm here tonight to ask you to consider the moratorium.

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And I'm calling for Democratic accountability.

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Kimberly, you have 30 seconds.

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All right, please listen to your constituents.

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And maybe as an alternative, we could welcome real things that real people need.

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And I'm happy to hang around if anyone wants to hear more about my experience

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at any of these events.

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I brought my knitting, so you know I'm not going anywhere.

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Next speaker, Phil Weitzel.

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Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Alderman.

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I really enjoyed the people tonight, and I could see in our community

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that there's really a lot special here.

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And I think...

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Sir, I apologize for interrupting.

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Please state your name and address.

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Pardon?

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Name and address.

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Oh, name and address?

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Phil Weitzel.

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82036th Avenue, Paris.

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So to pick up where I left off, I really enjoyed the get together this evening,

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and I see our community as something very special.

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And I think that all of you probably need to step back,

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and I'm sure you already have, and you begin to form your opinions on this data center.

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It's just a center of controversy everywhere.

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I mean, quite frankly, we live, about my wife and I live, about two and a half, three miles

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from where that data center would be built.

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And quite frankly, I'm interested in really understanding what the impact is going to have

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on our community.

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Not just Kenosha, but Paris, and the surrounding area.

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I mean, we have a solar farm behind us, and it's huge.

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It's taken a lot of land, a lot of acreage, and it's changed the look of the county.

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It really has.

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It's impacted us.

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We've heard from we energies.

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They were going to put beautiful trees around the solar farm.

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It hasn't happened.

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I haven't seen one tree.

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I'd invite any of you to go out and take a look.

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Given the fact that we are looking at a data center that could potentially bring a lot of

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money into our community, it's a good thing.

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But we need to look at both the good and the positive, the negative and the positives.

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And I just ask that you do that.

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And as a result, I'm asking for maybe we let the people in Kenosha and even out in Paris

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to be able to decide, is this really best for us?

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Is this something we want for our future and for our future grandchildren?

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That's what I'm asking you tonight.

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I'd like you to consider that.

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And rather than saying it's divisive, it's not divisive.

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It could be very beneficial to the community.

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On the other hand, it could be detrimental.

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We don't know.

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We just don't know.

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And there's a lot of unknowns at this point.

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And I would like to hear what those unknowns are before we make the decision.

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Put it before a referendum to the people.

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Allow the people to decide what they want rather than just the people in this room.

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Because we're part of them, but we want them to decide.

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Thank you.

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Arabella Kessler.

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Arabella Kessler 3327-47th Avenue.

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I am a lifelong Kenosha resident and a property owner here for reference.

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I would be about four and a half miles from the data center.

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I'm coming here to denounce it and the fossil fuel plant that would power it.

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And respectfully display the level of frustration I feel towards the city officials on this matter.

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I'm not here to spit facts at you because a lot of other intelligent folks here have

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and will sum it up better than I can.

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However, it is incredibly disappointing to me that the mayor and the council have been doing

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this behind the backs of Kenosha residents and perpetuating lies spun by Microsoft about

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data centers.

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Thank God the NDA is over.

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The Kenosions need to be fully informed on this matter.

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I understand Microsoft has come in and promised the city developments, profits, jobs.

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Surely you've heard this before, but there is not a return on jobs as they are majorly

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temporary construction positions filled by traveling workers.

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Of course, the trillion dollar company that wants to build on our land and use our resources,

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such as our amazing farmlands and Great Lakes, is telling you it's safe and will improve

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the quality of our lives that closed looping systems are different.

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Unfortunately, there's countless video and photo evidence and testimony of actual citizens

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living near data centers demonstrating the exact opposite.

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Whether it is air pollution, forever chemicals, leaching into the ground and water systems

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that cause cancer and birth defects, inability to use running water,

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can you imagine not being able to take a shower or drink the water out of your own home?

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Rising electric bills and new fossil fuel plants, remember folks, that's one of the trade-offs

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to a system that doesn't use massive amounts of water.

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It requires massive amounts of energy, meaning higher costs and even more pollution.

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To each of you sitting before me, remember why you hold the position you hold.

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Remember you were elected to represent us, the beautiful city of Kenosha and its residents.

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Are you really going to allow a trillion dollar company potentially taking over our farmlands,

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polluting the air and poisoning the lakefront be your legacy?

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I urge you all to reconsider before it is too late.

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Consituents deserve to be prioritized over corporate interests and investments.

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Do you work for us, the people, or for Microsoft, the corporation?

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It is not really that we don't know the ramifications of these data centers yet.

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It is not that we don't have enough information to know it's safe or not.

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It is that we are actively seeing the ramifications play out all over the U.S. right now in real time.

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We are actively seeing the damages, people being forced to move out of their homes,

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people not being able to use their water, flooding of properties, constant noise.

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They are seeing higher rates of asthma and different...

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Areabella, you have 30 seconds.

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Thank you.

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I am just going to end this by saying we have seen the damages that have caused.

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We just haven't seen how bad it can really get yet.

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And outside of that, just like the gentleman two before me mentioned,

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this is not the type of data center that holds our clouds.

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This is for hyperscale surveillance centers, and I do not want it here,

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and a lot of young people my age feel the same way.

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Thank you for your time.

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Stephanie Malick.

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Hi there, I am Stephanie Malick at 360714th Avenue in Kenosha.

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This is all new to me.

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This is my first time ever at one of these, so a little nervous.

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But anyway, I want to ask for a moratorium on the data centers for Kenosha,

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and really for a lot of the area.

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I've got four kids.

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I'm really nervous about them not having water, not having clean water,

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having issues as they grow up, and I don't think I'm alone.

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There was many people at the Rode Center, and I think many of us in the area

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are very worried about the next seven generations.

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I don't know if you've ever seen the movie The Lorax, but I don't want my kids to glow,

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so if we can stop some of these things that we're doing in the area,

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like causing more pollution, these data centers are hungry,

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very hungry for our water that we have here,

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and I've been talking to my dad about, like, what are we going to do?

468
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:17,000
He's 85 years old, and he said, well, we live next to the Great Lakes.

469
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:22,000
If there's an issue here, then there's nowhere else to go.

470
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:27,000
So it's for those reasons that, like, I think we should have a moratorium on this.

471
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:31,000
We don't know why the bees are dying with the vibrations that they have going on

472
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:36,000
with these data centers, and why livestock is not producing as much.

473
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:40,000
And people have done these studies, and thank you so much to the Aldermen

474
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:47,000
and things like that that were at the event that was held at the Rode shows that you care.

475
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:51,000
To the ones that were not, maybe you can get some information from that.

476
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,000
I think that's all I really have to say.

477
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:59,000
I just really care about our future, and if you do too,

478
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,000
I would suggest not having data centers here.

479
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,000
Thank you.

480
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:08,000
Greg Cresson.

481
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,000
Good evening.

482
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,000
My name is our first mayor and comma council.

483
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,000
Thanks so much for the time.

484
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,000
Hello, my name is Greg Cresson.

485
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:18,000
I live at 802. 21st Avenue, Kenosha.

486
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:23,000
I'm here tonight to talk about my concerns with Kenosha AI data center,

487
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,000
air quality, and the effects of backup diesel generators

488
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:33,000
and the two gas fire plans planned for Paris, Wisconsin.

489
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,000
I suffer from asthma, and I am concerned about the air quality

490
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:43,000
that will continue to deteriorate with the addition of more AI data centers.

491
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:50,000
The American Lung Association has given Kenosha an F rating for high ozone pollution.

492
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:53,000
Ozone acts like sunburn on the lungs,

493
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:57,000
swelling the airways and triggering acute asthma attacks.

494
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,000
Due to the failure to meet national safety standards,

495
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:08,000
the EPA has reclassified the Kenosha air quality as serious.

496
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:15,000
My brothers and I grew up on the rock river, and we used to run around on our bikes.

497
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,000
And I'm diagnosed. I have an inhaler.

498
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,000
I have the medications I need.

499
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:24,000
I fear for the young kids that aren't diagnosed.

500
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:30,000
And with heat, it intensifies the effects and can be very serious.

501
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:37,000
And it's, for me, asthma was like trying to run a marathon breathing through a straw.

502
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:42,000
I just don't know, and it hits you, and it took me years to figure it out.

503
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:49,000
Emission regulations on backup generators are less rigid than on power sources,

504
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:53,000
because they are only supposed to be used in an emergency situation.

505
00:49:53,000 --> 00:50:00,000
Many AI data centers are already using these backup generators far more than advertised.

506
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:05,000
At the Mike Rissoff Mom Pleasant Campus, they use these...

507
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:15,000
The use of these diesel generators is projected to emit roughly 100 tons of nitrogen oxide annually.

508
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:21,000
Gas-fired energy plants aren't much better than diesel as they emit nitrogen oxide

509
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:26,000
sulfur dioxide and unstable organic compounds.

510
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:32,000
Most towards this type of energy does not live up to the Kenosha comprehensive plan

511
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:36,000
to encourage the use of alternative and green projects.

512
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:42,000
The data I found on these energy sources will cause flare-up and new cases

513
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,000
of asthma, deep tissue, lung damage, and emergency visit rooms.

514
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:54,000
Studies show that the health and economics costs could be between 25.4 and 47.4 million dollars annually

515
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:59,000
for the Paris facilities alone.

516
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,000
Liz Morzfeld.

517
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,000
Hi. Good evening. Thanks for listening to me.

518
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,000
I'm Liz Morzfeld.

519
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:19,000
Live at 3331 55th Court.

520
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:25,000
I'm just going to say ditto on a lot of things everybody said

521
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,000
because they kind of took everything I was going to say.

522
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:36,000
But when I stop and think about the amount of energy that a data center would use

523
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:47,000
and I'm assuming that we energies is going to have to build more power plants.

524
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,000
So who's going to pay for that?

525
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,000
That cost will probably pass on to the people.

526
00:51:53,000 --> 00:52:01,000
Plus then you talk about all the pollution and you talk about all the effects of the noise,

527
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,000
which you could hear from miles away.

528
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:14,000
I think that it's going to affect a lot of people in Kenosha, not just, you know, 10, 15 people.

529
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:22,000
And I think that you should consider what the people in Kenosha think

530
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,000
and try to get them more informed.

531
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:35,000
And I think that you should do your due diligence also and get some information on it.

532
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:42,000
You know, maybe have them moratorium or whatever and study on it and see what are some of the effects

533
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:48,000
because, you know, that's a decision that shouldn't be made really fast.

534
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:52,000
It is something that should be thought about and considered.

535
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:58,000
And I would hope that all of you considering you represent the city of Kenosha

536
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:02,000
will keep that in mind when you make these decisions.

537
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,000
Thank you.

538
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,000
David McLean.

539
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,000
David McLean, 2020, 21st Street.

540
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,000
Good evening, mayor and members of the common council.

541
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:36,000
My name is David and I am a resident of Kenosha.

542
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:44,000
I come before you tonight, not in anger, but to raise an urgent alarm regarding hidden financial crisis,

543
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,000
quietly taking root in our neighborhoods.

544
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:52,000
I believe this council cares deeply about the financial well-being of Kenosha families.

545
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:58,000
This is why I need to share what is happening at the brand new dollar loan center location

546
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:02,000
on June 24th at 2047 22nd Avenue.

547
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:07,000
Many people look at these storefronts and assume they are just standard old school payday shops,

548
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:15,000
but the reality is far more dangerous and our community desperately needs your help to intervene.

549
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:20,000
Dollar loan center does not offer standard 35-day payday loans.

550
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:28,000
Instead, they use a specific statutory loophole under Wisconsin statute section 138.09

551
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:32,000
to issue open-ended signature loans.

552
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:36,000
Because Wisconsin has no cap on interest rates for licensed lenders,

553
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:42,000
these loans carry annual percentage rates that can exceed 400%.

554
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:46,000
The truly malicious tactic is how the debt is engineered.

555
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:54,000
There is no fixed payoff date. Instead, interest accumulates and compounds every single day.

556
00:54:54,000 --> 00:55:00,000
If a working-class resident in Kenosha borrows $1,500 to repair their car or cover rent,

557
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:05,000
they are immediately hit with over $16 of interest every single day.

558
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:10,000
If they fall behind, their monthly payments only cover the mounting daily interest,

559
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:15,000
meaning they can pay for a year and still owe more than the day they walked in.

560
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:23,000
It is a financial treadmill designed to trap vulnerable families in a cycle of permanent debt.

561
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:30,000
Internal corporate documents reveal an operational culture that explicitly views our working-class neighborhoods

562
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:34,000
as a resource to be heavily extracted.

563
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:40,000
This store sits right in a high-density family corridor, right next to a daycare,

564
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:43,000
and across the street from an elementary school.

565
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:49,000
Rumors indicate that more locations are already being planned for Kenosha.

566
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:56,000
Our community cannot survive this kind of economic drain, and we cannot fight a multi-state corporation alone.

567
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Sir, you have 30 seconds.

568
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:00,000
We need our city leaders to step in as our shield.

569
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:05,000
State law may control the financial licenses, but this common council controls the dirt.

570
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:11,000
You have the zoning power, the ordinance power, and the code enforcement tools to protect our neighborhoods.

571
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:15,000
We encourage you to work with us to draft emergency zoning restrictions,

572
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:19,000
keep these high-interest storefronts away from our schools and daycares,

573
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:24,000
and to enact a moratorium on the new permits before more of these traps open.

574
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:28,000
Please look closely at these predatory mechanics, protect our families,

575
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:34,000
and help us keep Kenosha's well where it belongs in the pocket of our hard-working residents.

576
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:35,000
Thank you.

577
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:42,000
Mr. Stephen Janiak.

578
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:50,000
Hello, Stephen Janiak, 2605, 18th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

579
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,000
Hello, council members, and Mayor Bogdala.

580
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:58,000
I believe that there should be a one-year moratorium on data centers being built in Kenosha.

581
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:01,000
I'm concerned that we do not know the full environmental effects

582
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:06,000
from these construction projects that are funded by these billion-dollar tech giants.

583
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,000
The EPA and DNR may not have the proper guardrails in place,

584
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:12,000
partly because they don't know what those even are at this point.

585
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:16,000
It's sort of like building the airplane while you're flying it.

586
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:20,000
Explosive growth is not necessarily good growth, especially when left unchecked

587
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,000
and left to the folks that only have profits in mind.

588
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:26,000
These large-scale projects bring minimal permanent jobs

589
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:29,000
and the construction jobs associated with these data centers

590
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:31,000
are not necessarily creating new jobs.

591
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:35,000
They are merely taking away the already small pool of qualified trade workers

592
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,000
from other construction projects.

593
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:41,000
It delays other local projects as well as increasing bids

594
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:44,000
for those less profitable jobs to get done.

595
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
I'd like to know exactly what the benefits are to Kenosha's

596
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:59,000
and we will see those proposed tax dollars fully available in our budget.

597
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,000
What are the other benefits?

598
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,000
I have not seen or heard from the city any information

599
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,000
of what these benefits are.

600
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:10,000
Clearly the public has questions and they are not being answered

601
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,000
and that only builds mistrust.

602
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,000
And the longer we don't get those answers,

603
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:17,000
the more the public will push back.

604
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:21,000
And this is not just the Kenosha issue that's happening all over our country.

605
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,000
Again, I think there should be a one-year moratorium

606
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:26,000
on this data center project just to take a step back

607
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:29,000
and ensure that this is truly a positive thing for our community.

608
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:31,000
Thank you for your time.

609
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:33,000
Jerry Moore.

610
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,000
Jerry Moore, 10, 9, 18, 69,

611
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:50,000
St. Kenosha, Mayor David Dogdala and Council members.

612
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,000
As I walk to my car on Juneteenth,

613
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:59,000
I noticed the pollinator patch below me at the Lincoln Park Lagoon Bridge

614
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,000
and I started thinking.

615
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:05,000
These patches, as they're called, are being erected everywhere,

616
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:11,000
mostly cooperatively with agencies and schools to educate our youth

617
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:16,000
about stewardship and promote habitats and their sustainability.

618
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:20,000
And they're being done cooperatively with community engagement

619
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:24,000
with experts like Dave and Kristi at Root Pike Wind Watershed,

620
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:27,000
Farmer Stephanie at Funken Farm,

621
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:30,000
Kaylee at Gateway Center for Sustainability

622
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,000
and Vijay at the UW Extension

623
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:37,000
and through library organizational educational events.

624
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:40,000
Because working with experts together matters

625
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:44,000
to grow, learn, and bring varied expertise.

626
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:48,000
As cooperatively, we reach, teach our kids the importance

627
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:52,000
of interdependence, the Aldo Leopold land ethic

628
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:56,000
of cooperative living in harmony and balance with nature

629
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,000
and spread the important role that pollinators

630
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:02,000
and the bees, like this lady mentioned before,

631
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,000
bring and connect.

632
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,000
Yet with data centers, I wrestle.

633
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:09,000
I wrestle with how these habitats

634
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:12,000
that we have been cooperatively encouraging,

635
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:16,000
growing, working to build, and will withstand

636
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:19,000
the development of data centers.

637
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:23,000
And not just because of one or two builds here or there,

638
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:27,000
but a corridor of builds all along the I-94 corridor

639
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:31,000
that encroach, disrupt, demolish those green farmland

640
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:35,000
knee-high fields in July and the patches of interdependence.

641
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:40,000
We've been spending money on and teaching our kids to encourage.

642
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:44,000
As the data centers raise temperatures, pollute air,

643
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:48,000
and the EMF, or the electric and magnetic fields,

644
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:52,000
disrupt habitats we've been trying to build.

645
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:58,000
EMFs are invisible areas of energy invisible,

646
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:02,000
often called radiation that are associated with the use

647
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:07,000
of electrical power and various forms of natural and man-made lighting.

648
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:12,000
They interfere with magnetic maps and the bees use for navigation,

649
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:18,000
causing disorientation, and in some cases a total loss of foragers.

650
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:23,000
So I would like to ask if there has been an environmental impact,

651
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:27,000
and if so, please share with the community, bring in experts

652
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:31,000
from all sides to discuss, hold community sessions

653
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:35,000
and hold aldermanic district meetings and gatherings,

654
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:39,000
like David Bogdala used to do in our district at Nash School,

655
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:43,000
to allow input dialogue, conversation, and amoratorium,

656
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:47,000
which will allow us all to have a voice and a vote in our community.

657
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,000
Thank you.

658
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:58,000
Scott Elberts.

659
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:04,000
Good evening. My name's Scott Elberts. I live at 7822, 30th Avenue.

660
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:07,000
Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight.

661
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:11,000
Progress has to be positive and profitable.

662
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:14,000
I have been a Kenosha County resident since 1996,

663
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:18,000
and I have lived in the city of Kenosha since 2002.

664
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:24,000
I have an invested interest with Kenosha County and the city of Kenosha.

665
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:27,000
I do not want to AI data center in the city.

666
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:30,000
I do not want any more AI data centers being built.

667
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:34,000
Wisconsin already has 50 centers throughout the state.

668
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,000
I ask for the common cancel.

669
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:40,000
I ask for you, Mayor, for amoratorium.

670
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:44,000
I ask that your voices join with our voices as we raise concern

671
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:47,000
to the district representatives, the state representatives,

672
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:49,000
to our governor.

673
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:52,000
I ask to join us and say no.

674
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:55,000
One of my concerns is water usage.

675
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:58,000
See, I originally come from El Paso, Texas.

676
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,000
Water is precious and necessary when living in the desert.

677
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,000
You grow accustomed to the lack of water usage and rotating water restrictions.

678
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:09,000
It comes with the territory.

679
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:16,000
Since I've lived in Kenosha, I have come to love the presence of water in this territory.

680
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:20,000
I enjoy the opportunity to drive to the Lake Michigan and rivers and streams

681
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:24,000
and other neighboring bodies of water. I enjoy water.

682
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:27,000
It is a way of life, especially in Kenosha.

683
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:31,000
I can see why the city of Kenosha was chosen as an ideal site.

684
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:35,000
If I was a business and that's only dependent on constants

685
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:37,000
and what seems an endless supply of water,

686
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:40,000
this would be the perfect spot to build that business.

687
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:45,000
But if I was that same business that's solely dependent on heavily relied

688
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:49,000
on constant source of water from everyday operations,

689
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:54,000
I at least would have the decency to publish my system for review.

690
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:57,000
Not just to city developers behind closed doors,

691
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:02,000
but to the citizens who would be directly affected unless I was a business

692
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,000
that was hiding something.

693
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:08,000
I fell in love with the southeastern corner of Wisconsin.

694
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:12,000
I drive by that beautiful lake every day, going back and forth to work,

695
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:15,000
and I am amazed and awestruck.

696
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:21,000
Unfortunately, and lately, I am more concerned and awestruck.

697
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:24,000
I have two questions to leave with you.

698
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:27,000
Lake Michigan and the local ecosystem.

699
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:30,000
How will this project affect Lake Michigan?

700
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:31,000
Scott, you have 30 seconds.

701
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:32,000
Thank you.

702
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:38,000
Local water resources, wetlands and climate goals, wells.

703
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:42,000
How will this project affect the well system and the families that depend on it

704
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:46,000
and the rest of the data center imposes on the well drying up?

705
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:50,000
Remember, it is okay to change your mind and say no to this proposal.

706
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:55,000
It is okay to join the citizens of Kenosha and say no.

707
01:04:55,000 --> 01:05:00,000
Rachel Kirschner.

708
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,000
Hello, I'm Rachel Kirschner.

709
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:15,000
I live at 2613 136 Avenue in the town of Paris.

710
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:19,000
I had a much longer speech prepared tonight.

711
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:22,000
Being my third time here.

712
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:28,000
All I have to say tonight is three-starred event residents have filed a class action lawsuit

713
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,000
against Microsoft.

714
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:31,000
I will say that again.

715
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:36,000
Three-starred event residents have filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft.

716
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:41,000
Whether that lawsuit ultimately secedes isn't the point.

717
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:46,000
The point is that enough people believe something is wrong that they are willing

718
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:49,000
to take a global corporations to court.

719
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:56,000
Shouldn't that make everyone of youth stop and think because here's what worries me.

720
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,000
Mount Pleasant approved their data centers.

721
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:03,000
Now, Kenosha is being asked to approve another one before we understand the full impacts of

722
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,000
the first one.

723
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:08,000
Why are we rushing?

724
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:13,000
Why aren't we waiting for independent studies?

725
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:19,000
Why aren't we learning from what's happening just a few miles away?

726
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:22,000
Tonight I'm asking you to do something simple.

727
01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:24,000
Hit the pause button.

728
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:31,000
Adopt a moratorium on new data centers until independent studies on infrared, infrasound,

729
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:36,000
and low-frequency noises are completed and the community has real answers.

730
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:39,000
Thank you.

731
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:53,000
Colton Roberts.

732
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:55,000
Hello, my name is Colton Roberts.

733
01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:58,000
I live at 4710 18th Avenue here in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

734
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:02,000
I would like to start off by saying I agree with everything everyone said here today.

735
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:05,000
The data center will be nothing but trouble for the city.

736
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:09,000
But I'd like to bring up another topic to your attention, flat cameras.

737
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:14,000
I don't know if anyone in here has done much research on them, but a few days ago it was

738
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:18,000
revealed multiple higher-ups, including the VP of sales, who are using the flat cameras

739
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:24,000
to look at children's gymnastics rooms and pool rooms in their capital of Savannah, Georgia.

740
01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:26,000
This is unacceptable.

741
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:30,000
Multiple law enforcement agencies have come out and admitted that their officers have used

742
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:36,000
flat camera for nefarious purposes, including the not so far away city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

743
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:42,000
Two officers use them to track one wanted to track their ex and then one to track a

744
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:43,000
proposed partner.

745
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:46,000
They use the flat camera to track them down and stalk them.

746
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:50,000
Now, here in Kenosha, we don't have that many flat cameras, but as I've driven to race

747
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:52,000
scene, I have seen many, many more.

748
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:58,000
And I'm scared of what these data centers and mass surveillance AI cameras will do to our

749
01:07:58,000 --> 01:07:59,000
people.

750
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:02,000
Multiple studies have come out that show that putting up more cameras does not decrease

751
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:03,000
crime.

752
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:07,000
Decreasing crime crimes having a competent DA, notice respect.

753
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:11,000
These cameras also do nothing but drain resources.

754
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:15,000
I believe the city of Kenosha sends about $3,000 a year on one.

755
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:17,000
Could we not give that to our officers?

756
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:20,000
Solid pay raise, better training, more equipment?

757
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Maybe give that to our prison system so we can actually put criminals away.

758
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:28,000
I have a daughter and I have another child on the way.

759
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:32,000
I feel completely and totally exposed knowing every time I drive around one of my children

760
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:37,000
may be used for nefarious purposes for some executive not in Georgia who will never face

761
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:41,000
charges for their crimes, not only against God but against humanity.

762
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:44,000
I understand wanting to have a safe society.

763
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:47,000
I want one too, for my children, for myself, for my family.

764
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:52,000
But the risks everyone's freedom for safety is unacceptable.

765
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:57,000
I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who said for he who once, for he who sacrifices freedom

766
01:08:57,000 --> 01:09:00,000
for safety deserves another both.

767
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:03,000
I end my time.

768
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,000
Thank y'all.

769
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:14,000
Linnea Alerad.

770
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,000
Good evening.

771
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:21,000
My name is Linnea Alerad and I live at 8042 42nd Avenue in Kenosha.

772
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:28,000
This week on Tuesday I had the privilege of sitting down with Mayor Baknala and speaking

773
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:34,000
with him about the data center and my questions and concerns and I appreciate the information

774
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:35,000
that was given.

775
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:40,000
That was very helpful and your invitation for anybody who wants to talk to you about it

776
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:43,000
to make an appointment with you.

777
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:53,000
That evening, Tuesday night, I went to the program at the Rode Center with the panel

778
01:09:53,000 --> 01:10:01,000
of people who have intersections with data centers either through their professional experience

779
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:09,000
or their personal experience and there was more good information to hear and to consider.

780
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,000
And I don't know about you.

781
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:16,000
I have never seen the Rode Theater packed to overfilling.

782
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:20,000
That was an amazing turnout and an amazing audience.

783
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:28,000
There were young parents with their small children, I mean small, young people with their

784
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:36,000
hair dyed and their piercings and modern clothes and there were adults all the way up to senior

785
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:45,000
citizens and it was wonderful to see so many people represented at that hearing.

786
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:48,000
I don't know about you.

787
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:53,000
In our country these days, for the last couple years we've had decision after decision after

788
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:59,000
decision handed down that impact people's lives considerably.

789
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:08,000
Handed down without thought for their concerns, without thought for their input and for what

790
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:14,000
they would like to see happen and not have their lives negatively affected.

791
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:23,000
To me, the meeting on Tuesday night said there were a lot of people in Kenosha who still

792
01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:29,000
want to be more informed about this data center.

793
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:34,000
The attendance might have had something to do with the comedian but I will tell you nobody

794
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:35,000
left.

795
01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:43,000
I didn't see anybody leave after the comedian and they all stayed through the entire panel discussion.

796
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:46,000
I believe it's time to open up.

797
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:49,000
Thank you.

798
01:11:49,000 --> 01:11:56,000
To the city as a whole, I think we need to have town hall meetings or something of the

799
01:11:56,000 --> 01:12:02,000
sort to give people a chance to voice their concerns, have their questions answered to be

800
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:08,000
informed, to be included, to be a part of this decision of what affects their community.

801
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:11,000
Thank you.

802
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:20,000
Hi, Sage Holloway, 4,500 10th Ave.

803
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:24,000
I'm confident my abridged comments will be meaningful.

804
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:26,000
Let's just go right into it.

805
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:29,000
I don't want a data center in my backyard.

806
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:34,000
You get a lot of pushback and you need buy-in from the community because you have to get

807
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:35,000
permits.

808
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:38,000
You're not really getting a ton of community benefit from having a data center in your

809
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:39,000
backyard.

810
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:41,000
Those are not my words.

811
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:48,000
By the way, those are actually, again, abridged, but direct quotation from Lindy Stone and

812
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:50,000
attorney at Microsoft.

813
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:55,000
Now, I want to draw your attention to another past situation.

814
01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:00,000
In 1948, DuPont built a plant in Washington, Virginia.

815
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:04,000
They manufactured C8, which was used to make Teflon.

816
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:10,000
By 1984, high levels of C8 were found in the local drinking water.

817
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:15,000
In the 90s, a farmer by the name of Earl Tennant took things into his own hands after noticing

818
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:21,000
mysterious symptoms in his cattle with over 150 of his livestock dying.

819
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:28,000
By 1999, internal documents came to light that proved that the company knowingly dumped

820
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:34,000
toxic waste into the waterways and that they did not inform regulators, nor citizens, nor

821
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:38,000
legislators, such as yourselves.

822
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:43,000
DuPont ended up paying over a billion dollars total in settlements between class action

823
01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:48,000
lawsuits and the early 2000s, all the way to personal injury claims that got paid out

824
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:51,000
up until actually pretty recently.

825
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:57,000
When Tennant, that farmer, initially lawyered up, he was shunned by the community.

826
01:13:57,000 --> 01:14:02,000
After all, DuPont had brought so many jobs to the area and the influence on the local

827
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:06,000
community and the development that it brought.

828
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:08,000
Everyone was aware of that.

829
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:11,000
Now, eventually, the truth did come out.

830
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:18,000
Thousands of West Virginians died before they even saw anything resembling justice.

831
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:22,000
I bring up that example, not because it is a direct comparison.

832
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:28,000
We all know that the AI revolution is not the same as a materials company in 1948.

833
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:34,000
However, what it brings to you today is the idea that we cannot trust what Microsoft is

834
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,000
pitching to us when they develop here.

835
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:42,000
If Ms. Stone, that lovely lawyer from the beginning of my speech, is willing to say on

836
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:46,000
camera that she doesn't want a data center in her backyard, then what might she be saying

837
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:48,000
when she's not being filmed?

838
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:49,000
Sage, you have 30 seconds.

839
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:51,000
Thank you.

840
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:57,000
From what I quoted earlier, it feels like the satisfaction.

841
01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:02,000
It feels like our satisfaction is a box to check for someone like Microsoft, rather than

842
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:06,000
our approval to earn as citizens and as lawmakers, even as elected officials.

843
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:10,000
Let's not mistake corporate innovation for community enrichment.

844
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:13,000
Let's not make the same mistake that Washington, Virginia did.

845
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:19,000
Let's take our time to invest in making the best decision for our community for Kenosha.

846
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:23,000
Moratorium now, since I'm running out of time, let's all leave it.

847
01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:24,000
Thank you.

848
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:32,000
Next speaker, Lou Ragani.

849
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:33,000
Good evening.

850
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:34,000
I'm Louis Ragani.

851
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:40,000
I live in 4526, 29th Avenue, and it was a year ago I was here, and I thought I'd rehash

852
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:42,000
that topic once again.

853
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:48,000
Maybe sour grapes if you want to call it that, but it happened right here in this room 11

854
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:52,000
years ago tonight when the Lakota group went down.

855
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:53,000
I see nods.

856
01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,000
Thank you.

857
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:58,600
Lakota group started out about 2010, and the city was behind it.

858
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:03,960
All the referendums and all the votes and all the different venues that told about the

859
01:16:03,960 --> 01:16:09,240
downtown study and this expensive Lakota group study that was really pretty comprehensive

860
01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:14,440
and still exists somewhere in the files, and the council at that time thought what we'll

861
01:16:14,440 --> 01:16:19,840
do is take a vote now that we're not going to abandon this as we did so many other studies,

862
01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:21,360
so many studies in the files.

863
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:26,000
So I vote now, whatever the Lakota group comes up with, I vote for it.

864
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:28,720
I maintain that we support it.

865
01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:29,720
Okay.

866
01:16:29,720 --> 01:16:31,280
I'm coming to the punchline on that.

867
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:34,520
There's always a punchline, isn't there?

868
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:40,520
Punchline that on this day in this room, the Lakota group was washed away because the

869
01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:48,440
we energies wanted five million bucks to replace wires that were under the street that

870
01:16:48,440 --> 01:16:52,600
they didn't even know existed as it turned out there weren't any wires.

871
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:56,600
One of the alderman got a letter on a Friday brought it down here on a Wednesdays.

872
01:16:56,600 --> 01:17:01,480
Apparently, the alderman took the choke and said, wait a minute, five million bucks?

873
01:17:01,480 --> 01:17:08,280
Oh, I vote no, I vote no, I, no, no, five million, two years later they spent two million bucks

874
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:17,840
to pave sixth avenue between 58th street and 59th place.

875
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:24,200
That five million bucks would have covered the Lakota group and it's 10 and a half million

876
01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:29,800
dollars study that would have paved three and a half miles of streets in Kenosha.

877
01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:30,880
You ever get any phone calls?

878
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:33,360
Why do we fix the streets?

879
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:37,600
I see nods, subliminal nods, but nods nonetheless.

880
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:42,720
The Burnham Road over here, 8th Avenue would even have paved that and see the city finally

881
01:17:42,720 --> 01:17:44,120
did that.

882
01:17:44,120 --> 01:17:49,800
That and lead streetcar tracks for a public transportation system for the entire downtown

883
01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:56,040
area with the new burgeoning downtown that I thank everybody, congratulate you all along

884
01:17:56,040 --> 01:17:58,520
with the cobalt partners for making it happen.

885
01:17:58,520 --> 01:18:00,880
We're coming into the big leagues.

886
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:01,880
Thanks to you?

887
01:18:01,880 --> 01:18:03,280
Sir, you have 30 seconds.

888
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:07,560
And the planners, it was all lost, I would have paved every street and we even had a

889
01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:12,640
street car line for a five million bucks.

890
01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:19,760
Oh, thank you for all you do and I wish you all a pleasant and productive evening and

891
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:22,240
keep working on the Eagles Club.

892
01:18:22,240 --> 01:18:28,640
That property is far more, far more known throughout the world than is the ballroom

893
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:31,600
in Surf City, Iowa, was it clearly?

894
01:18:31,680 --> 01:18:35,600
Okay, we'll be back.

895
01:18:39,200 --> 01:18:40,640
Thank you, please continue.

896
01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:44,640
Be Communications, petitions, reports of departments, B1 approval of the following

897
01:18:44,640 --> 01:18:49,440
applications, A87 operator's licenses, B1 taxi driver's license, C1 successor of

898
01:18:49,440 --> 01:18:53,760
agent status license, T3 amusement and recreation requires supervisor licenses.

899
01:18:55,520 --> 01:18:56,800
Gentlemen, from 10th.

900
01:18:56,800 --> 01:19:00,080
Thank you, Mr. Mayor, make a motion to concur with the recommendation of license and affirmative

901
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:01,080
to approve.

902
01:19:01,080 --> 01:19:02,080
Second.

903
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:04,080
I make a motion to approve.

904
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:08,320
It's been moved and seconded to approve.

905
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:11,040
Any discussion on the motion?

906
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:12,960
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

907
01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:13,960
Aye.

908
01:19:13,960 --> 01:19:14,960
Any opposed?

909
01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:15,960
Motion carries.

910
01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:19,480
B2, communication from the City Clerk regarding beer and or liquor licenses declared null

911
01:19:19,480 --> 01:19:22,240
and void for failure to renew.

912
01:19:22,240 --> 01:19:23,560
Gentlemen from the 10th.

913
01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:25,760
I make a motion to receive and file.

914
01:19:26,760 --> 01:19:27,760
Seconded.

915
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:28,760
Seconded to receive and file aye.

916
01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:29,760
Any discussion?

917
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:32,760
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

918
01:19:32,760 --> 01:19:33,760
Aye.

919
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:34,760
Any opposed?

920
01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:35,760
Motion carries.

921
01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:38,480
See recommendations from the Committee on Licenses and Permits, C1 applications for

922
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:41,840
renew operators' licenses to be effective July 7, 2026.

923
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:46,120
A, Justine, Blackstorff, 10, B, Suzanne Cruz, 50.

924
01:19:46,120 --> 01:19:47,120
Gentlemen from the 10th.

925
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:48,120
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

926
01:19:48,120 --> 01:19:53,560
I make a motion to approve C1, C2 and C3 after being read in a necessary applicant or public

927
01:19:53,560 --> 01:19:54,560
hearing.

928
01:19:55,560 --> 01:20:00,480
C2 application of Sonja Keenan for a new taxi driver license, C3 applications for a temporary

929
01:20:00,480 --> 01:20:04,200
outdoor extension of a Class B beer, Class B liquor license with no adverse recommendations

930
01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:12,440
from the Police Department, ABFW Post 1865 located at 6618 39th Avenue on July 11, 2026.

931
01:20:12,440 --> 01:20:18,440
BTK Kenosha LLC located at 7,074th Place on September 18, 2026.

932
01:20:18,440 --> 01:20:19,440
Okay.

933
01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:24,120
Motion on the floor is approval of C1 through C3.

934
01:20:24,120 --> 01:20:26,000
I'd like to sign, open up to a hearing.

935
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:32,440
Anyone here speak on C1, 2, or 3, please come forward, state your name and address.

936
01:20:32,440 --> 01:20:37,880
Hello, my name is Sonja Keenan.

937
01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:40,880
I don't know if you have any questions for me.

938
01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:41,880
Can we get your license, Sonja?

939
01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:42,880
Wait, what?

940
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:44,520
I mean, your address, please.

941
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:45,520
I'm sorry?

942
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:48,280
605 60th Street and it's for a taxi license.

943
01:20:48,280 --> 01:20:49,280
Okay.

944
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:51,280
Thank you.

945
01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:54,760
If there's any questions from the council, we'll call you back up.

946
01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:55,760
All right.

947
01:20:55,760 --> 01:20:57,240
Thank you.

948
01:20:57,240 --> 01:21:00,040
Anyone else on C1, 2, or 3?

949
01:21:00,040 --> 01:21:01,040
Anyone else?

950
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:02,040
Anyone else seeing none?

951
01:21:02,040 --> 01:21:03,040
Close to the hearing.

952
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:04,760
Motion on the floor is approval.

953
01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:06,720
Any discussion?

954
01:21:06,720 --> 01:21:07,720
Seeing none.

955
01:21:07,720 --> 01:21:08,720
All those in favor say aye.

956
01:21:08,720 --> 01:21:09,720
Aye.

957
01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:10,720
Any opposed?

958
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:11,720
Motion carries.

959
01:21:11,720 --> 01:21:16,200
C4 application of Ilan Events LLC for a new Class B beer, Class B liquor license located

960
01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:22,080
at 62557 Street Suite 101 with no adverse recommendations from the police department.

961
01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:23,440
Gentlemen, from the 10th.

962
01:21:23,440 --> 01:21:24,440
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

963
01:21:24,440 --> 01:21:28,960
I make a motion to concur with the recommendation license permit for C4, C5, and C6 after being

964
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:33,800
read and unnecessary applicant hearings.

965
01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:39,800
C5 application of MLJ Kenosha LLC for a yearly cabaret license located at 3221, 6C a street

966
01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:42,440
with no adverse recommendations from the police department.

967
01:21:42,440 --> 01:21:47,760
C6 renewal application of Marge, Petro, LLC for a Class B beer, Class A beer license

968
01:21:47,760 --> 01:21:54,600
located at 4433, 22nd Avenue with no adverse recommendations from the police department.

969
01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:59,800
Okay, that was 6-2.

970
01:21:59,800 --> 01:22:02,680
Okay, at this time, open up to a hearing.

971
01:22:02,680 --> 01:22:05,440
Anyone here speaking item C4, 5, or 6?

972
01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:06,440
Please come forward.

973
01:22:06,440 --> 01:22:08,080
State your name and address.

974
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:11,200
Anyone here speak on C4, 5, or 6?

975
01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:12,200
Anyone here speak?

976
01:22:12,200 --> 01:22:13,200
Seeing none.

977
01:22:13,200 --> 01:22:14,200
Coles are hearing.

978
01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:15,200
Motion on the floor.

979
01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:16,200
It's concurrence.

980
01:22:16,200 --> 01:22:17,200
Any discussion?

981
01:22:17,200 --> 01:22:18,200
Seeing none.

982
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:25,120
Would you like to know?

983
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:26,120
What's that tell you?

984
01:22:26,120 --> 01:22:27,120
Actually, you know what?

985
01:22:27,120 --> 01:22:36,720
I know I can't even, when I scroll down, I can't even see him.

986
01:22:36,720 --> 01:22:45,240
Why, he's working on that.

987
01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:49,760
Can you please use Dominic's check, go ahead.

988
01:22:49,760 --> 01:22:53,960
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

989
01:22:53,960 --> 01:22:57,760
I just need you to abstain from C5 for a conflict of interest.

990
01:22:57,760 --> 01:22:58,760
Thank you.

991
01:22:58,760 --> 01:22:59,760
Okay.

992
01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:02,440
We'll be noted.

993
01:23:02,440 --> 01:23:07,160
Any other, all the persons on C4, 5, or 6?

994
01:23:07,160 --> 01:23:10,760
With seeing none, motion on the floor is concurrence.

995
01:23:10,760 --> 01:23:12,200
All those in favor say aye.

996
01:23:12,200 --> 01:23:13,200
Aye.

997
01:23:13,200 --> 01:23:14,200
Any opposed?

998
01:23:14,200 --> 01:23:15,200
Motion carries.

999
01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:16,680
E ordinance is first reading.

1000
01:23:16,680 --> 01:23:21,480
E1 ordinance by the Mayor to repeal and create chapter 5.119 recycling of the Code of General

1001
01:23:21,480 --> 01:23:25,400
Ordices for the City of Kenosha Public Works recommended to approve 5-0.

1002
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:29,400
I'm in gentleman for a third.

1003
01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:30,400
Thank you, Your Honor.

1004
01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:35,960
I move to send E1, E2, and F1 on their way after being read.

1005
01:23:35,960 --> 01:23:36,960
Second.

1006
01:23:36,960 --> 01:23:42,560
E2 ordinance by the Mayor to amend subsection 2.06 of the Code of General Ordinances for

1007
01:23:42,560 --> 01:23:47,280
the City of Kenosha regarding payment by non-sufficient fund checks, finance recommended to approve

1008
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:48,280
5-0.

1009
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:51,800
F zoning ordinance is first reading, F1 zoning ordinance by the City Planning Commission to

1010
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:57,360
re-peeling, re-create section 2 of re-zoning ordinance 17-24 to re-zone the property at

1011
01:23:57,360 --> 01:24:04,280
5403, 7th Avenue, 5413, 7th Avenue, 610, 55th Street, 618, 55th Street, and 620, 55th

1012
01:24:04,280 --> 01:24:09,200
Street from B3 Central Business District and IP institutional park district to B5 downtown

1013
01:24:09,200 --> 01:24:13,720
mixed use district in conformance with section 10.82 of the zoning ordinance.

1014
01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:18,320
Okay, motion on the floor is sent E1 through F1 on their way.

1015
01:24:18,320 --> 01:24:19,320
Any discussion?

1016
01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:20,320
Seeing none.

1017
01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:21,320
All those in favor say aye.

1018
01:24:21,320 --> 01:24:22,320
Any opposed?

1019
01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:23,320
Motion carries.

1020
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:24,320
Aye.

1021
01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:25,320
Resolutions.

1022
01:24:25,320 --> 01:24:26,320
Aye.

1023
01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:29,600
One resolution by the Finance Committee to correct resolution 51-26.

1024
01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:33,840
Finance recommended to approve 5-0 and Public Works recommended to approve 5-0.

1025
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:35,640
Gentlemen, from the 13th.

1026
01:24:35,640 --> 01:24:36,640
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1027
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:42,600
I move to concur what the Finance Committee recommendations on Aye One and Aye Two after

1028
01:24:42,600 --> 01:24:43,600
being read.

1029
01:24:43,600 --> 01:24:44,600
Second.

1030
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:48,880
Aye Two resolution by the Mayor authorizing execution of the Department of Natural Resources

1031
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:54,240
principle for given financial assistance agreements, finance, and Board of Water Commissioners

1032
01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:56,240
approved 5-0.

1033
01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:57,240
Okay.

1034
01:24:57,240 --> 01:24:59,440
Motion on the floor is concurrence.

1035
01:24:59,440 --> 01:25:01,520
Any discussion?

1036
01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:02,520
Seeing none.

1037
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:03,520
All those in favor vote aye.

1038
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:04,520
Those opposed?

1039
01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:05,520
No.

1040
01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:16,760
Roll call please.

1041
01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:17,760
Motion carries 15-0.

1042
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:21,960
Aye Three resolution by the Committee on Public Works to order the cost of public sidewalk

1043
01:25:21,960 --> 01:25:26,400
and drive-away approach construction and or replacement to be specially assessed to abutting

1044
01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:31,880
property for Project 26-1040, 27th Avenue and 24th Avenue resurfacing.

1045
01:25:31,880 --> 01:25:34,320
Public Works recommended to approve 4-0.

1046
01:25:34,320 --> 01:25:35,320
Lady from the 8th.

1047
01:25:35,320 --> 01:25:40,680
Yes, I move to concur with the Public Works Committee on item I-3.

1048
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:45,840
It's been moved and second to concur with Public Works on I-3.

1049
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:48,200
Any discussion?

1050
01:25:48,200 --> 01:25:49,200
Seeing none.

1051
01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:52,640
All those in favor of Board aye, those, I'm sorry.

1052
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:53,640
Thank you.

1053
01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:56,040
Time to open it up to a public hearing.

1054
01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:58,880
Anybody here speaking item I-3?

1055
01:25:58,880 --> 01:26:01,320
Anybody here speaking item I-3?

1056
01:26:01,320 --> 01:26:03,000
Anybody here speaking seeing none?

1057
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,560
Close the public hearing.

1058
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:06,360
Motion on the floor is concurrence.

1059
01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:14,680
Roll call please.

1060
01:26:14,680 --> 01:26:18,200
Motion carries 15-0.

1061
01:26:18,200 --> 01:26:22,100
Aye Four resolution by the Mayor to approve a one-lot certified survey map for property

1062
01:26:22,100 --> 01:26:29,040
located on 52nd Street and 41st Avenue Public Works recommended to approve 4-1.

1063
01:26:29,040 --> 01:26:35,960
I'm going to come to you, gentlemen, from the third.

1064
01:26:35,960 --> 01:26:38,840
Thank you, Your Honor.

1065
01:26:38,840 --> 01:26:47,480
I move to concur with the City Plan Commission recommendation for approval on I-4.

1066
01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:48,480
Second.

1067
01:26:48,480 --> 01:26:49,480
Okay.

1068
01:26:49,480 --> 01:26:54,560
It's been moved and second to concur with City Plan Commission.

1069
01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:56,120
Gentlemen from the 10th.

1070
01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:57,120
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1071
01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:01,480
If you look in your backup, you will see that as part of the documentation.

1072
01:27:01,480 --> 01:27:04,200
There was a deferral at City Plan.

1073
01:27:04,200 --> 01:27:05,960
I didn't ask for that deferral.

1074
01:27:05,960 --> 01:27:12,800
I'd made my comments known to members of the Committee and to the Mayor, but that deferral

1075
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:16,000
was given due to my work schedule.

1076
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:22,600
I could not make either one of those meetings, but I guess thank you for that.

1077
01:27:22,600 --> 01:27:25,840
I'm against this and I'm asking you to vote no.

1078
01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:32,720
There's no one in the 10th district that is asking for a third auto-part center.

1079
01:27:33,720 --> 01:27:39,640
At Public Works, it was mentioned that this was an expansion of a, that's incorrect.

1080
01:27:39,640 --> 01:27:46,880
We have advance, we have Riley's, and this will be an auto zone within right across the

1081
01:27:46,880 --> 01:27:48,640
street from each other.

1082
01:27:48,640 --> 01:27:53,840
No one in my district is asking for three auto-part centers.

1083
01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:58,840
Now, I understand that we do not determine who wins in the market.

1084
01:27:58,840 --> 01:28:00,080
The market determines that.

1085
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:03,840
And I believe in the market.

1086
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:07,120
My first concern is one, no one's asking for this.

1087
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:11,280
Two, I already have two auto-part centers in the area.

1088
01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:22,400
If one of these three fail due to the market, now I have an empty commercial building on

1089
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:27,960
52nd street again.

1090
01:28:27,960 --> 01:28:31,840
It took years for Burger King to be reoccupied.

1091
01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:36,720
And in that period of time, the building was vandalized.

1092
01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:39,840
It became an eyesore.

1093
01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:50,800
It had numerous calls for cleanup, which took city resources, city time.

1094
01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:56,200
We can avoid all of that by voting no now.

1095
01:28:56,200 --> 01:29:03,480
There's no need, there's no demand for a third auto-part center.

1096
01:29:03,480 --> 01:29:11,480
Now, I know one of the comments made was there's, there are storage units all up and down 52nd

1097
01:29:11,480 --> 01:29:12,480
street.

1098
01:29:12,480 --> 01:29:13,480
Okay.

1099
01:29:13,480 --> 01:29:14,480
There are.

1100
01:29:14,480 --> 01:29:17,160
I don't think those are highest or best use for those properties.

1101
01:29:17,160 --> 01:29:24,680
I can't tell a private owner what to do with their property.

1102
01:29:24,680 --> 01:29:29,920
And you would say, well, where the Kmart is, that's a storage center.

1103
01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:34,240
And where Walmart used to be, that's U-Haul, which storage centers.

1104
01:29:34,240 --> 01:29:35,400
So what's the problem?

1105
01:29:35,400 --> 01:29:41,960
Well, I would say the problem is this is a different entity.

1106
01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:48,800
I don't know what the occupancy rate is for the three storage units that are along 52nd

1107
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:51,760
street in my district.

1108
01:29:52,760 --> 01:29:56,920
However, I will go back to reiterating my first point.

1109
01:29:56,920 --> 01:30:04,480
I do not need three auto parts places right across the street from each other.

1110
01:30:04,480 --> 01:30:06,120
I'd ask you to vote no.

1111
01:30:06,120 --> 01:30:08,400
Thank you.

1112
01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:09,400
Thank you, sir.

1113
01:30:09,400 --> 01:30:10,400
Gentlemen from the 16th.

1114
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:11,400
Yeah.

1115
01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:12,400
Thank you, Mr. Kennedy.

1116
01:30:12,400 --> 01:30:20,040
All the first in Kennedy, thank you.

1117
01:30:21,040 --> 01:30:29,000
I'm going to vote, yes, I voted, yes, on licensed City Planning Commission.

1118
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:31,840
Only the strong survive.

1119
01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:36,240
Some people like the brewers, I myself like the Yankees.

1120
01:30:36,240 --> 01:30:45,480
Yes, there is three storage units, facilities on 57th street.

1121
01:30:45,480 --> 01:30:56,200
Pretty soon, you want us to tell Walgreens that CVS pharmacy can't go next to Walgreens?

1122
01:30:56,200 --> 01:31:00,680
Oh, no.

1123
01:31:00,680 --> 01:31:10,320
This is a new auto parts start, it's going to be a bigger facility so they could supply

1124
01:31:10,320 --> 01:31:16,000
quickly to City of Kenosha's needs.

1125
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:22,440
If Mr. Kennedy doesn't want to end his district, I welcome it in the 16th district.

1126
01:31:22,440 --> 01:31:26,920
I'm for businesses.

1127
01:31:26,920 --> 01:31:35,800
If a business becomes vacant, Kenosha's a hot market, the hottest in the United States.

1128
01:31:35,800 --> 01:31:41,000
It's not 1980 anymore.

1129
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:51,640
We can't say that they can't build it there, we can't.

1130
01:31:51,640 --> 01:31:55,800
Like I said, the strongest will survive, will they all survive?

1131
01:31:55,800 --> 01:31:56,800
Maybe.

1132
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:59,960
A good possibility.

1133
01:31:59,960 --> 01:32:05,400
We can't determine that at this point and or ever.

1134
01:32:05,400 --> 01:32:12,280
If they have a right to build, they came in front of the committee, made a good presentation,

1135
01:32:12,280 --> 01:32:15,280
and there is a need for that business.

1136
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:18,280
Otherwise, they wouldn't do it.

1137
01:32:18,280 --> 01:32:21,440
They're investing their own money.

1138
01:32:21,440 --> 01:32:22,680
I'm all for it.

1139
01:32:22,680 --> 01:32:23,680
Thank you.

1140
01:32:23,680 --> 01:32:25,760
Thank you, sir.

1141
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:27,240
Gentlemen from the 11th.

1142
01:32:27,240 --> 01:32:31,720
Yes, I agree with my colleague to my left here.

1143
01:32:31,720 --> 01:32:35,240
We don't need another parts store there.

1144
01:32:35,240 --> 01:32:39,000
This is the main thoroughfare to the city of Kenosha downtown.

1145
01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:44,480
I think we need something more different than all the parts store.

1146
01:32:44,480 --> 01:32:50,240
It's just too many there.

1147
01:32:50,240 --> 01:32:51,240
Thank you, sir.

1148
01:32:51,240 --> 01:32:54,840
Gentlemen from the 17th.

1149
01:32:54,840 --> 01:32:56,240
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1150
01:32:56,240 --> 01:32:58,080
Just a couple of comments here.

1151
01:32:59,080 --> 01:33:04,480
I think it's kind of rich that we have all the people, which I respect greatly, dictating

1152
01:33:04,480 --> 01:33:07,600
what kind of businesses come in and out of our city.

1153
01:33:07,600 --> 01:33:14,360
I question, how many businesses has the Alderman from the 10th ever built or run?

1154
01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:19,560
As a consumer, I love competition, love capitalism, I love choices.

1155
01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:25,160
For my personal experience, I've built a business, a successful business for the past 15 years,

1156
01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:29,960
with eight competitors, within a two minute walk of my business, including one across

1157
01:33:29,960 --> 01:33:35,480
the street directly and one at the corner of my block directly.

1158
01:33:35,480 --> 01:33:38,840
My customers don't seem to mind any of their choices.

1159
01:33:38,840 --> 01:33:40,320
We're talking about auto parts.

1160
01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:46,520
We're not talking about some controversial industry that would affect the name and the

1161
01:33:46,520 --> 01:33:47,840
reputation of Kenosha.

1162
01:33:47,840 --> 01:33:53,440
So I'm in favor of letting them try it out and see what happens if it fails.

1163
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:54,440
It fails.

1164
01:33:54,520 --> 01:33:55,440
American capitalism.

1165
01:33:55,440 --> 01:33:56,440
Thank you.

1166
01:33:56,440 --> 01:33:57,440
Thank you, sir.

1167
01:33:57,440 --> 01:34:01,080
John, we're from the 10th.

1168
01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:03,080
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1169
01:34:03,080 --> 01:34:07,800
Through the mayor to the city attorney, do we have the right to say no?

1170
01:34:07,800 --> 01:34:14,160
Or should we just rubber stamp this and go for it as it was implied by the Alderman

1171
01:34:14,160 --> 01:34:18,520
person of the 16th district?

1172
01:34:18,520 --> 01:34:22,240
You have a right to evaluate the application and make a decision.

1173
01:34:22,240 --> 01:34:23,240
Yes, sir.

1174
01:34:23,240 --> 01:34:28,720
Thank you, sir.

1175
01:34:28,720 --> 01:34:35,320
Any more lights?

1176
01:34:35,320 --> 01:34:41,400
Seeing none, Mosha on the floor is concurrence with City Planning Commission to approve.

1177
01:34:41,400 --> 01:34:49,400
Roll call, please.

1178
01:34:49,400 --> 01:35:04,560
Motion carries, 10 to 5.

1179
01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:09,760
I-5 resolution by the principal sponsor, Alderman, Rocco Lamakia, to increase the number of licensed

1180
01:35:09,760 --> 01:35:14,440
towers utilized for towing service by the Kenosha City Police Department.

1181
01:35:14,440 --> 01:35:15,440
Jim from the 5th.

1182
01:35:15,440 --> 01:35:16,440
Thank you, Your Honor.

1183
01:35:16,440 --> 01:35:21,960
Well, on I-5 and I-6, we as a committee for Public Safety and Welfare approved it unanimously,

1184
01:35:21,960 --> 01:35:25,000
so I'd like to change that from just my name.

1185
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:30,160
Well, let's stick with, unless you're going to make a motion on both, sir.

1186
01:35:30,160 --> 01:35:31,160
Yes, please.

1187
01:35:31,160 --> 01:35:36,560
I'm going to make a motion to concur with Public Safety and Welfare.

1188
01:35:36,560 --> 01:35:37,560
Correct.

1189
01:35:37,560 --> 01:35:38,560
On both of them.

1190
01:35:38,560 --> 01:35:39,560
Okay.

1191
01:35:39,560 --> 01:35:42,160
Instead of changing my name, I'd like the whole committee on it.

1192
01:35:42,160 --> 01:35:46,200
I'd like to speak at it further once we get going on.

1193
01:35:46,200 --> 01:35:52,040
If you'd like to make that motion on your laptop, sir, to approve as, or concur with

1194
01:35:52,040 --> 01:35:54,040
Public Safety and Welfare, correct?

1195
01:35:54,040 --> 01:35:55,040
Yes, sir.

1196
01:35:55,040 --> 01:35:56,040
Thank you.

1197
01:35:56,040 --> 01:35:57,040
Is there a second?

1198
01:35:57,040 --> 01:35:58,040
Second.

1199
01:35:58,040 --> 01:35:59,040
Okay.

1200
01:35:59,040 --> 01:36:00,040
General from the 5th, you have the floor.

1201
01:36:00,040 --> 01:36:02,960
Actually, the motion is to approve I-5 and I-6, correct?

1202
01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:03,960
Correct.

1203
01:36:03,960 --> 01:36:04,960
Yes, sir.

1204
01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:06,320
Can we have the clerk read I-6 and I'll give you the floor, sir.

1205
01:36:06,320 --> 01:36:07,320
Thank you.

1206
01:36:07,320 --> 01:36:14,800
Yes, so to clarify, you're going to concur with Public Safety and Welfare to approve as amended,

1207
01:36:14,800 --> 01:36:15,800
as amended.

1208
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:16,800
Yes, as amended.

1209
01:36:16,800 --> 01:36:17,800
Okay.

1210
01:36:17,800 --> 01:36:18,800
Thank you.

1211
01:36:18,800 --> 01:36:21,960
And the amendment is resolution by the Public Safety and Welfare Committee.

1212
01:36:21,960 --> 01:36:22,960
Thank you.

1213
01:36:22,960 --> 01:36:23,960
Okay.

1214
01:36:23,960 --> 01:36:24,960
I-6.

1215
01:36:24,960 --> 01:36:30,280
Then resolution by the Public Safety and Welfare Committee to authorize community service officers

1216
01:36:30,280 --> 01:36:36,800
to cite for parking violations under Section 11.15 of the City of Kenosha General Ordinances.

1217
01:36:36,800 --> 01:36:37,800
All right.

1218
01:36:37,800 --> 01:36:39,080
John, from the 5th, you have the floor.

1219
01:36:39,080 --> 01:36:40,080
Thank you, Chief.

1220
01:36:40,080 --> 01:36:44,640
Could you come up to the podium, please?

1221
01:36:45,640 --> 01:36:48,080
Thank you, sir.

1222
01:36:48,080 --> 01:36:51,400
First of all, let's go to I-5 towing.

1223
01:36:51,400 --> 01:36:54,880
We went from, what, 5 to 6 or 6 to 7?

1224
01:36:54,880 --> 01:36:56,720
So we list five companies.

1225
01:36:56,720 --> 01:37:03,560
We actually have seven vendors, three of which are followed by the Jans name.

1226
01:37:03,560 --> 01:37:04,560
Okay.

1227
01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:07,360
And this is a benefit to you guys, correct?

1228
01:37:07,360 --> 01:37:08,360
Correct.

1229
01:37:08,360 --> 01:37:13,080
For snow emergencies, auto accidents, all the above, pretty much.

1230
01:37:13,080 --> 01:37:17,800
Yes, highlighted in the letter I wrote, you know, public safety during snow emergencies,

1231
01:37:17,800 --> 01:37:22,680
major crashes, reduce on-scene time for officers, firefighters and motorists, and then help

1232
01:37:22,680 --> 01:37:25,080
us know removal and traffic management.

1233
01:37:25,080 --> 01:37:26,080
Thank you.

1234
01:37:26,080 --> 01:37:28,960
Now we'll go to I-6.

1235
01:37:28,960 --> 01:37:33,520
Tell everybody what this community center officers will be allowed to do.

1236
01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:38,600
So right now they can only write citations under Chapter 7, but we have the authority

1237
01:37:38,600 --> 01:37:47,160
through Wisconsin State Statues, 800.02 to have them write tickets under other sections

1238
01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:51,200
of our ordinances, including 11.15, so they'd be able to write tickets for vehicles parked

1239
01:37:51,200 --> 01:37:55,040
in lawn rather than being called to the scene and then having to call an officer right

1240
01:37:55,040 --> 01:37:58,280
after because it needed to be a sworn officer to write it.

1241
01:37:58,280 --> 01:38:02,280
So again, this is beneficial to the whole community, especially your department.

1242
01:38:02,280 --> 01:38:04,440
Yeah, it's going to free up resources.

1243
01:38:04,440 --> 01:38:05,440
Thank you, Chief.

1244
01:38:05,440 --> 01:38:09,680
Appreciate the input.

1245
01:38:09,680 --> 01:38:12,680
That's it, sir.

1246
01:38:12,680 --> 01:38:14,720
All right.

1247
01:38:14,720 --> 01:38:16,200
Gentlemen from the 10th.

1248
01:38:16,200 --> 01:38:17,200
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1249
01:38:17,200 --> 01:38:22,000
I was just wondering, where are we in reference to the licensing fee, the towing fees?

1250
01:38:22,000 --> 01:38:24,440
There was discussion about increasing them.

1251
01:38:24,440 --> 01:38:25,640
Did we take care of that?

1252
01:38:25,640 --> 01:38:27,600
I kind of lost the thread there.

1253
01:38:27,600 --> 01:38:28,600
Sure.

1254
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:29,600
An answer is no.

1255
01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:34,280
We're still evaluating those, but we are working on that.

1256
01:38:34,280 --> 01:38:35,280
Thanks.

1257
01:38:35,280 --> 01:38:37,120
Gentlemen from the 1st.

1258
01:38:37,120 --> 01:38:38,120
Just put a border.

1259
01:38:38,120 --> 01:38:44,680
Did you get to the gentleman, the 5th, did you get your change of what I make, the change

1260
01:38:44,680 --> 01:38:47,280
of spots, shifting from you to the committee?

1261
01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:51,560
Motion that was made was as amended by Public Safety Law for us, the gentleman motion was

1262
01:38:51,560 --> 01:38:52,560
correct, sir?

1263
01:38:52,560 --> 01:38:53,560
That was on the record.

1264
01:38:53,560 --> 01:38:54,560
Thank you.

1265
01:38:54,560 --> 01:38:55,560
Thank you.

1266
01:38:55,560 --> 01:38:56,560
Okay.

1267
01:38:56,560 --> 01:38:59,920
Motion on the floor is concurrence with Public Safety and Welfare.

1268
01:38:59,920 --> 01:39:01,920
Roll call, please.

1269
01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:07,200
Motion's I-5 and I-6.

1270
01:39:07,200 --> 01:39:27,120
All in person, Pizala.

1271
01:39:27,120 --> 01:39:30,960
Motion carries 14 to 0.

1272
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:34,200
J appointments, reappointments by the Mayor, J-1 appointment of Raymond Cameron to the

1273
01:39:34,200 --> 01:39:38,520
Transit Commission to bill an expired term that will begin on July 7, 2026 and will expire

1274
01:39:38,520 --> 01:39:42,080
on June 7, 2029.

1275
01:39:42,080 --> 01:39:44,440
How about gentlemen from the 10th?

1276
01:39:44,440 --> 01:39:48,880
Mr. Mayor, make a motion to approve item J-1.

1277
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:51,280
Anything else, sir?

1278
01:39:51,280 --> 01:39:52,280
Sure.

1279
01:39:52,280 --> 01:39:56,880
Item J-2, after being read any necessary hearings.

1280
01:39:56,880 --> 01:40:03,320
J-2, reappointment of Sean Algros to the Kenosha Housing Authority to fill an expired term that

1281
01:40:03,320 --> 01:40:08,840
will begin July 7, 2026 and will expire June 30, 2031.

1282
01:40:08,840 --> 01:40:09,840
Gentlemen from the 10th.

1283
01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:13,360
I just wanted to extend a thank you to the Mayor and the City Administration for their

1284
01:40:13,360 --> 01:40:20,120
efforts in helping Mr. Cameron get reappointed, so I wanted to thank you for that.

1285
01:40:20,120 --> 01:40:21,120
Thank you, sir.

1286
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:22,120
Anyone else?

1287
01:40:22,120 --> 01:40:25,400
Motion on the floor is approval of J-1 and J-2.

1288
01:40:25,400 --> 01:40:47,520
Call call, please.

1289
01:40:47,520 --> 01:40:49,160
Motion carries 15-0.

1290
01:40:49,160 --> 01:40:51,520
K-public construction and improvement contracts.

1291
01:40:51,520 --> 01:40:57,640
K-1, award of contract for project 26-1040, 27th Avenue and 24th Avenue resurfacing.

1292
01:40:57,640 --> 01:41:03,440
Two cornerstone papers LLC in the amount of $517,000, public works and stormwater utility

1293
01:41:03,440 --> 01:41:05,280
recommended to approve 5-0.

1294
01:41:05,280 --> 01:41:06,440
Lady, from the 8th.

1295
01:41:06,440 --> 01:41:11,280
Yes, I move to concur with the Public Works Committee on item K-1.

1296
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:16,120
Moving to second to concur with Public Works on K-1.

1297
01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:17,120
Any discussion?

1298
01:41:17,120 --> 01:41:20,520
Seeing none, all those in favor of vote aye, those opposed?

1299
01:41:20,520 --> 01:41:33,320
No, roll call, please.

1300
01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:34,320
Motion carries 15-0.

1301
01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:37,320
L, other contracts and agreements.

1302
01:41:37,320 --> 01:41:41,000
L, one approval of leased renewal agreement between the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin and

1303
01:41:41,000 --> 01:41:42,000
93-90 partnership.

1304
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:43,000
LLC number 93-90.

1305
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:46,000
Finance recommended to approve 5-0.

1306
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:47,000
Gentlemen, from 13th.

1307
01:41:47,640 --> 01:41:52,680
Move to concur with the Finance Committee recommendations on L-1 and L-2, after being

1308
01:41:52,680 --> 01:41:53,680
read.

1309
01:41:53,680 --> 01:41:54,680
Second.

1310
01:41:54,680 --> 01:41:59,240
L-2 approval of leased renewal agreement between the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin and Southport

1311
01:41:59,240 --> 01:42:03,440
Hanger, Condominium Association, Inc number 95-30.

1312
01:42:03,440 --> 01:42:05,560
Finance recommended to approve 5-0.

1313
01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:10,160
Okay, motion on the floor is concurrence of Finance in L-1 and L-2.

1314
01:42:10,160 --> 01:42:12,160
Roll call, please.

1315
01:42:12,160 --> 01:42:20,800
Motion carries 15-0.

1316
01:42:20,800 --> 01:42:26,360
L-3 property use agreement between the City of Kenosha through the Board of Public Works

1317
01:42:26,360 --> 01:42:30,920
and Kenosha Downtown Partners LLC for Black Sea located at the northeast corner of 55th

1318
01:42:30,920 --> 01:42:32,280
Street and 8th Avenue.

1319
01:42:32,280 --> 01:42:34,200
Public Works recommended to approve 5-0.

1320
01:42:34,200 --> 01:42:36,000
Lady from the 8th.

1321
01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:40,800
Yes, I move to concur with the Public Works Committee on item L-3.

1322
01:42:41,800 --> 01:42:45,440
Move and second to concur on item L-3.

1323
01:42:45,440 --> 01:42:47,160
Any discussion?

1324
01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:56,040
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1325
01:42:56,040 --> 01:42:57,800
Motion carries 15-0.

1326
01:42:57,800 --> 01:43:01,880
L-4, stormwater management practices, maintenance agreement for stormwater management facilities

1327
01:43:01,880 --> 01:43:06,920
between the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin and Horizon SBX, Kenosha, LLC.

1328
01:43:06,920 --> 01:43:10,400
Stormwater utility recommended to approve 5-0.

1329
01:43:11,400 --> 01:43:13,920
Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1330
01:43:13,920 --> 01:43:22,360
I move to concur with the Stormwater Utility Committee on items L-4 through L-7.

1331
01:43:22,360 --> 01:43:26,240
L-5, stormwater management and access agreement for stormwater management facilities between

1332
01:43:26,240 --> 01:43:30,240
the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin and Horizon SBX, Kenosha, LLC.

1333
01:43:30,240 --> 01:43:32,520
Stormwater utility recommended to approve 5-0.

1334
01:43:32,520 --> 01:43:37,600
L-6, stormwater management facilities, maintenance agreement between the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin

1335
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:39,520
and Tiroweds, LLC.

1336
01:43:39,520 --> 01:43:42,040
Stormwater utility recommended to approve 5-0.

1337
01:43:42,040 --> 01:43:47,280
L-7, permanent stormwater easement and agreement between Tiroweds, LLC and the City of Kenosha.

1338
01:43:47,280 --> 01:43:49,920
Stormwater utility recommended to approve 5-0.

1339
01:43:49,920 --> 01:43:55,560
Okay, motion on the floor is concurrence with Stormwater Utility Committee on L-4 through

1340
01:43:55,560 --> 01:43:56,560
L-7.

1341
01:43:56,560 --> 01:43:57,560
Any discussion?

1342
01:43:57,560 --> 01:44:05,400
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1343
01:44:05,400 --> 01:44:06,400
Motion carries 15-0.

1344
01:44:06,400 --> 01:44:10,520
L-8, first amendment to development agreement between the City of Kenosha, the Kenosha Water

1345
01:44:10,520 --> 01:44:15,880
Utility and Kenosha Downtown Black, LLC for property located between 7th and 8th Avenue

1346
01:44:15,880 --> 01:44:18,720
and 55th and 56th Street.

1347
01:44:18,720 --> 01:44:22,360
Public works, stormwater utility and the Board of Water Commissioners recommended to approve

1348
01:44:22,360 --> 01:44:24,360
5-0.

1349
01:44:24,360 --> 01:44:32,240
Gentlemen from the, or lady from the 8th, I'm sorry, I'm not looking at the wrong one.

1350
01:44:32,240 --> 01:44:36,240
I was looking sorry, I was looking one ahead.

1351
01:44:36,240 --> 01:44:40,920
Make a motion to concur with Public Works Committee on L-8.

1352
01:44:40,920 --> 01:44:47,320
It's been moved in a second to concur with Public Works Committee.

1353
01:44:47,320 --> 01:44:49,760
Any discussion?

1354
01:44:49,760 --> 01:44:59,440
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1355
01:44:59,440 --> 01:45:00,440
Motion carries 15-0.

1356
01:45:00,440 --> 01:45:03,040
M recommendations from the Committee on Finance.

1357
01:45:03,040 --> 01:45:08,600
M-1, disbursement record number 11, 6,561,256.7 cents.

1358
01:45:08,600 --> 01:45:10,800
Finance recommended to approve 5-0.

1359
01:45:10,800 --> 01:45:11,800
Gentlemen from the 13th.

1360
01:45:11,800 --> 01:45:16,080
Move to concur with the Finance Committee recommendation to approve M-1.

1361
01:45:16,080 --> 01:45:17,080
Second.

1362
01:45:17,080 --> 01:45:20,320
Move to second to concur with Finance.

1363
01:45:20,320 --> 01:45:22,280
Any discussion?

1364
01:45:22,280 --> 01:45:31,120
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1365
01:45:31,120 --> 01:45:32,760
Motion carries 15-0.

1366
01:45:32,760 --> 01:45:34,840
M recommendations from the Committee on Public Works.

1367
01:45:34,840 --> 01:45:41,080
M-1, acceptance of project 20-2040, Kenosha Innovation, Neighborhood Phase I, which has

1368
01:45:41,080 --> 01:45:45,720
been satisfactorily completed by A.W. Oaks and Sons, Inc., the final one of the contract

1369
01:45:45,720 --> 01:45:51,000
is $21,292,477.60 cents.

1370
01:45:51,000 --> 01:45:53,440
Public works recommended to approve 5-0.

1371
01:45:53,440 --> 01:45:54,440
Lady from the 8th.

1372
01:45:54,440 --> 01:46:04,480
Yes, I move to concur with the Public Works Committee on items N-1 and N-2.

1373
01:46:04,480 --> 01:46:09,680
And two, acceptance of project 24-1014 Concrete Street and Joint Repairs, which has been satisfactorily

1374
01:46:09,680 --> 01:46:16,360
completed by Beardsley Concrete LLC, the final amount of the contract is $389,855.35.

1375
01:46:16,360 --> 01:46:18,920
Public works recommended to approve 5-0.

1376
01:46:18,920 --> 01:46:19,920
Okay.

1377
01:46:19,920 --> 01:46:22,120
Motion on the floor is concurrence for the public works.

1378
01:46:22,120 --> 01:46:23,680
Any discussion?

1379
01:46:23,680 --> 01:46:35,920
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1380
01:46:35,920 --> 01:46:36,920
Motion carries 15-0.

1381
01:46:36,920 --> 01:46:37,920
Okay.

1382
01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:41,040
Very briefly, Mayor's comments.

1383
01:46:41,040 --> 01:46:51,280
First of all, to all of Kenosha, what an amazing week it has been from the parade to the fireworks

1384
01:46:51,280 --> 01:46:58,800
display and all the events happening along the lakefront was a great fun family event.

1385
01:46:58,800 --> 01:47:05,520
My hats off to all the city staff who put in a ton of hours in preparation, planning,

1386
01:47:05,520 --> 01:47:12,600
cleaning things, trimming trees, adding garbage cans, adding police and fire.

1387
01:47:12,600 --> 01:47:17,400
Everybody was on all hands on deck approach and I think you saw that and I think based

1388
01:47:17,400 --> 01:47:22,120
on I know the weather was a little bit goofy on Saturday, but it cleared up just in time

1389
01:47:22,120 --> 01:47:28,880
and had a great way to celebrate, in my opinion, the greatest country in the world on our

1390
01:47:28,880 --> 01:47:34,080
250th birthday and it was great to see so many families out there enjoying it.

1391
01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:38,420
So my special thanks to all the staff who really put on a lot of time, in particular

1392
01:47:38,420 --> 01:47:43,800
like to call out Chris Coachman from my office who really coordinates a lot of the different

1393
01:47:43,800 --> 01:47:48,160
things and keeps kind of everything kind of moving along on track whether it was the

1394
01:47:48,160 --> 01:47:51,920
parade, whether it's fireworks and everything downtown.

1395
01:47:51,920 --> 01:47:54,920
All of you for all the committee work because I know there's a lot of things that got to

1396
01:47:54,920 --> 01:47:59,440
go through various approval stages to get to that point.

1397
01:47:59,440 --> 01:48:04,240
You all had prompt and thorough hearings and I appreciate all of your efforts because again

1398
01:48:04,240 --> 01:48:07,720
it's all of us working together to make this happen.

1399
01:48:07,720 --> 01:48:13,480
So my congratulations and thanks to all of you and happy birthday America.

1400
01:48:13,480 --> 01:48:15,200
Come in front of the third.

1401
01:48:15,200 --> 01:48:16,200
Thank you, Your Honor.

1402
01:48:16,200 --> 01:48:21,480
First of all, I'd like to ditto your comments that you have just made, say anything from

1403
01:48:21,480 --> 01:48:24,080
going over them again.

1404
01:48:24,080 --> 01:48:30,680
Every year around this time I go on and on about the illegal use of private fireworks

1405
01:48:30,680 --> 01:48:36,080
and I wish people would cease and desist.

1406
01:48:36,080 --> 01:48:42,120
Obviously some people have money to burn literally so consequently and a lot of people enjoy

1407
01:48:42,120 --> 01:48:51,160
them but some of your neighbors have pets of course that don't do well with these unexpected

1408
01:48:51,160 --> 01:48:58,720
explosions and then again there are veterans and we all want to honor our veterans and

1409
01:48:58,720 --> 01:49:03,520
there are some veterans with post traumatic stress disorder so when there is an unexpected

1410
01:49:03,520 --> 01:49:09,240
boom it triggers a reaction and it's not good.

1411
01:49:09,240 --> 01:49:14,440
And finally you know after the fourth I mean there are people still blowing them off

1412
01:49:14,440 --> 01:49:18,200
at one, two, three o'clock in the morning.

1413
01:49:18,200 --> 01:49:22,160
Some people have to go to work the next day and if they hear these explosions you're interrupting

1414
01:49:22,160 --> 01:49:28,760
their sleep and you're just be a gracious person and don't do that.

1415
01:49:28,760 --> 01:49:35,440
I'm sorry these fireworks are illegal and you know I've heard well I got a license.

1416
01:49:35,440 --> 01:49:36,440
No you didn't.

1417
01:49:36,440 --> 01:49:38,440
You did not get a license.

1418
01:49:38,440 --> 01:49:45,360
These places that sell them it's legal to buy them but it's not illegal to blow them

1419
01:49:45,360 --> 01:49:46,360
off.

1420
01:49:46,360 --> 01:49:53,000
And secondarily I've noticed a lot of things in the city as far as especially pedestrian

1421
01:49:53,000 --> 01:49:54,000
safety.

1422
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:59,320
A lot of people have gotten into these little motorized electric scooters tearing on along

1423
01:49:59,320 --> 01:50:03,800
the sidewalks and weaving in and out among pedestrians.

1424
01:50:03,800 --> 01:50:07,080
And this is an accident waiting to happen.

1425
01:50:07,080 --> 01:50:09,080
Also many bikes on the streets.

1426
01:50:09,080 --> 01:50:12,440
Now if you have a motor cycle you need a license.

1427
01:50:12,440 --> 01:50:18,600
Well you've got teeny tiny little motorcycles on the street and you know basically they

1428
01:50:18,600 --> 01:50:25,400
don't pay attention to the traffic laws you get a whole group of people and I urge our

1429
01:50:25,400 --> 01:50:31,480
police to be a bit more vigilant in enforcing the traffic laws on that.

1430
01:50:31,480 --> 01:50:35,760
I know the police have got a lot on their agenda.

1431
01:50:35,760 --> 01:50:41,760
They've got limited resources and a lot of calls that they have to answer to.

1432
01:50:41,760 --> 01:50:48,920
But at the same time when you see something like this please respond and put a stop to

1433
01:50:48,920 --> 01:50:49,920
it when you can.

1434
01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:52,440
Thank you.

1435
01:50:52,440 --> 01:50:53,440
Thank you sir.

1436
01:50:53,440 --> 01:50:56,520
Jennifer 17th.

1437
01:50:56,520 --> 01:50:57,520
Thank you your honor.

1438
01:50:57,520 --> 01:51:03,920
I just want to take a minute to thank Chief Patton and the KPD for a ride along that my

1439
01:51:03,920 --> 01:51:08,600
son and I were gracious enough to attend on June 24th.

1440
01:51:08,600 --> 01:51:10,920
My son did a second shift with Officer Mark.

1441
01:51:10,920 --> 01:51:15,600
I did a third shift ride along with Officer Jordan.

1442
01:51:15,600 --> 01:51:17,960
I sat through two roll calls.

1443
01:51:17,960 --> 01:51:19,880
We did the complete shift.

1444
01:51:19,880 --> 01:51:25,840
Just gave you an appreciation for their daily jobs, encounters and engagements and what

1445
01:51:25,840 --> 01:51:28,720
they do to keep our streets and our city safe.

1446
01:51:28,720 --> 01:51:35,760
So thank the police force and thank Chief Patton, please thank you.

1447
01:51:35,760 --> 01:51:36,760
Thank you sir.

1448
01:51:36,760 --> 01:51:37,760
Jennifer from the 10th.

1449
01:51:37,760 --> 01:51:38,760
Thank you Mr. Mayor.

1450
01:51:38,760 --> 01:51:42,040
This might sound a little bit less sour grapes but I don't know anything about stormwater

1451
01:51:42,040 --> 01:51:47,640
easements but yet I voted yes for it so maybe I should stop doing that since I haven't ever

1452
01:51:47,640 --> 01:51:52,720
done stormwater easements or any of the other stormwater management or access agreements.

1453
01:51:52,720 --> 01:51:54,080
I haven't done those either.

1454
01:51:54,080 --> 01:52:00,000
So maybe on a go forward basis as put down by the aldermen of the 17th I won't vote

1455
01:52:00,000 --> 01:52:01,600
on those either.

1456
01:52:01,600 --> 01:52:06,600
I love that guy.

1457
01:52:06,600 --> 01:52:14,440
What I really want to talk about though is my good friend, the past alder person and

1458
01:52:14,440 --> 01:52:17,560
county board supervisor Mark Madori.

1459
01:52:17,560 --> 01:52:25,120
In my Facebook memory something popped up where I talked about when Mark Madori was

1460
01:52:25,120 --> 01:52:33,480
appointed to his reappointment to joint services.

1461
01:52:33,480 --> 01:52:36,600
For those who don't know Mark Madori he was a great man.

1462
01:52:36,600 --> 01:52:37,600
He was an aldermen.

1463
01:52:37,600 --> 01:52:39,320
He was a county board supervisor.

1464
01:52:39,320 --> 01:52:43,240
He was a tireless volunteer in our community.

1465
01:52:43,240 --> 01:52:50,080
And his appointment to joint his reappointment to joint services was routine or should have

1466
01:52:50,080 --> 01:52:53,120
been.

1467
01:52:53,120 --> 01:52:54,400
He served in the city.

1468
01:52:54,400 --> 01:52:59,800
He served in the county and he served in our community or he served on the county board.

1469
01:52:59,800 --> 01:53:07,480
So the elect the the appointment of him was a no-brainer.

1470
01:53:07,480 --> 01:53:16,240
One decided that they would bring up a Facebook post and show this as being supportive of

1471
01:53:16,240 --> 01:53:17,240
Antifa.

1472
01:53:17,240 --> 01:53:20,520
And what the frick does Antifa mean?

1473
01:53:20,520 --> 01:53:21,520
It means anti-fascist.

1474
01:53:21,520 --> 01:53:27,880
Well, wasn't our grandfathers the greatest generation weren't they anti-fascist?

1475
01:53:27,880 --> 01:53:31,800
Didn't they fight the fascists in Germany and Italy?

1476
01:53:31,800 --> 01:53:37,640
But I shouldn't go down that line, right?

1477
01:53:37,640 --> 01:53:45,600
I want to read something to you that I wrote in support of as I know aren't we all anti-fascist

1478
01:53:45,600 --> 01:53:50,480
was not the greatest generation anti-fascist isn't being against fascism one of the very

1479
01:53:50,480 --> 01:53:55,720
embodiments of a democratic society but you need to realize in this bizarre world inverted

1480
01:53:55,720 --> 01:54:02,400
mirror whelm up down is down down is down up to twisted reality that you can use words

1481
01:54:02,400 --> 01:54:07,800
like Antifa and right to work in the best Aurelian no speak or double think tradition

1482
01:54:07,800 --> 01:54:16,240
and it obscures the meanings on a 12 to 11 vote the appointment was sent back to committee

1483
01:54:16,240 --> 01:54:22,280
to allow the appointee to clarify their position.

1484
01:54:22,280 --> 01:54:29,520
I spoke called county board members and gave them a understanding of who Mark Midori

1485
01:54:29,520 --> 01:54:43,120
was why their vote was misguided and I had commitments from people to appoint him to

1486
01:54:43,120 --> 01:54:45,800
the joint services committee.

1487
01:54:45,800 --> 01:54:53,840
But that Antifa thing was just a faint the real the left hook that was coming was to

1488
01:54:53,840 --> 01:55:05,160
start showing some messages that market sent to his friends and now he's a misogynist

1489
01:55:05,160 --> 01:55:14,080
he's anti he's a racist he is they started a character assassination against this man

1490
01:55:14,080 --> 01:55:21,480
he withdrew his application his nomination and some people in this community look at

1491
01:55:21,480 --> 01:55:31,280
that as a as a victory they don't understand the embarrassed being embarrassed they don't

1492
01:55:31,280 --> 01:55:41,560
understand the hurt of having your being having your integrity questioned now why why the hell

1493
01:55:41,560 --> 01:55:51,160
am I talking about all this now why because it pissed me off so I wrote about it because

1494
01:55:51,160 --> 01:55:57,560
the people who orchestrated that character assassination are still in power today and

1495
01:55:57,560 --> 01:56:02,280
they're benefiting from the people who helped put that together and I just want people to

1496
01:56:02,280 --> 01:56:14,200
realize that these kinds of things happen in our community to good people I wrote for this

1497
01:56:14,200 --> 01:56:18,320
thing called government to work we need people to give of their time their talent and their

1498
01:56:18,320 --> 01:56:23,720
energy sometimes these gifts are bestowed upon a community with very little reward or

1499
01:56:23,720 --> 01:56:32,800
remunerment remunerment thank you money sometimes the reward a person earns is the heartfelt

1500
01:56:32,800 --> 01:56:37,520
belief that they are helping build a better community the things these good people should

1501
01:56:37,520 --> 01:56:47,600
not earn is an assassination of character I have in my hand right here the original article

1502
01:56:47,600 --> 01:56:57,400
from 1978 talking about the city may quit apart for impaired may pioneer park idea for handicapped

1503
01:56:57,400 --> 01:57:05,920
Mark Midori found this article gave it to me and it sits here in my desk because he is the

1504
01:57:05,920 --> 01:57:11,120
grandfather of the dream playground I know we call Tammy can for you the mother of the dream

1505
01:57:11,520 --> 01:57:19,200
playground but Mark Midori was the grandfather when we look at the Shalom Center and what it

1506
01:57:19,200 --> 01:57:23,920
was and what it became and the amount of work that Mark Midori helped put into it with many many

1507
01:57:23,920 --> 01:57:34,000
other people I am more than willing to stand with the memory of Mark because he has done more for

1508
01:57:34,000 --> 01:57:42,960
this community than any muck raker fake journalist blogger jerk has ever done thank you thank you

1509
01:57:42,960 --> 01:57:52,080
sir gentlemen for 16th thank you mr. Mayor a lot of us been getting a lot of emails I've been getting

1510
01:57:52,080 --> 01:57:57,760
a ton of phone calls about the data center I want to thank the people that showed up tonight to

1511
01:57:57,760 --> 01:58:06,160
talk about the data center 17 people 16 talked about the data center everybody has a right there

1512
01:58:06,160 --> 01:58:18,080
own opinion had a phone call yesterday I get many many voicemails and they call them back they're

1513
01:58:18,080 --> 01:58:27,680
almost always about the data center but we have to be respectful today I had a hang up on somebody

1514
01:58:28,160 --> 01:58:38,240
because I was being disrespected vulgar language and I don't I don't need to hear that we don't

1515
01:58:38,240 --> 01:58:48,080
we don't always have to agree we could disagree but we can remain peaceful but I certainly is not

1516
01:58:48,160 --> 01:58:56,400
going to be a disrespected or called many names on the telephone you know I didn't sign up for that

1517
01:58:57,920 --> 01:59:05,280
so if we keep it keep it respectful we don't have to agree we're not going to agree but

1518
01:59:06,240 --> 01:59:12,160
everybody has a right to their opinion and everybody on the council here listens and takes notes

1519
01:59:13,120 --> 01:59:21,280
what everybody has to say so it's America that's that's the citizens rights and

1520
01:59:23,040 --> 01:59:29,040
but it's all about respect just because we don't have the same opinion on things doesn't mean

1521
01:59:29,920 --> 01:59:37,360
I'm right or that the person's wrong it's just we we have different opinions so thank you bye

1522
01:59:38,080 --> 01:59:44,240
thank you sir seeing no other lights motion to adjourn on your laptop of being ordered

1523
01:59:46,800 --> 01:59:49,120
moved and seconded to adjourn all the favor say aye