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Call to order the council meeting for Wednesday

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September 9th, 2026, roll call, please.

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of allegiance.

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Tonight, I would ask during this moment of silence

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to please keep in your thoughts and prayers

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the family of Halen Endal, who was a 2025 Christian life

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graduate, a competitive cycling enthusiast,

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a lover of the Kenosha Village Room,

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who was tragically killed down at school in Tennessee.

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We ask, please keep him and his family

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in your thoughts and prayers during this moment of silence.

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I need a motion on your laptops of the approval of the minutes

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of August 17th, 2026, and moved in second

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to any change of correction.

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Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

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Any opposed?

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Motion carries.

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Please continue.

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We have 31 speakers signed up for citizen comments.

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When your name is called, please proceed to the podium,

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state your name and address for the record.

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First speaker, Kim Alaska.

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Good evening.

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My name is Kimberly Alaska.

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I live at 2403, 136th Ave, Kenosha.

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And let's see if we can see it.

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I brought a rendering of my house for everyone to see.

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My daughter drew that.

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And this is my exit strategy when Microsoft begins construction

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on their proposed data center.

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And no part of this image was AI generated.

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I want to assure you.

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The rendering shows my house from the south

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with colorful helium balloons emanating from the chimneys.

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I would like to use the balloons to relocate my house.

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I guess I'm going to need a permit.

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I stole the idea from Mr. Fredrickson, the hero

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from the Pixar movie Up.

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He uses the balloon method to launch his house into the sky

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when pushy developers come in and take over his neighborhood.

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He refuses to leave the house and home he's

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made over many decades.

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For me, the question remains.

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How far up do I need to go to get away from data centers?

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Up north, upper Michigan, upper reaches of the Arctic Circle.

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Maybe some of you recognize my house.

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It was the home and studio of Bob and June CUNY for almost

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Mr. CUNY built the house in 1956, shortly after finishing

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his fellowship with the Frank Lloyd Wright at Telly Esson.

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The house is an excellent example of Houstonian architecture.

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Mr. CUNY and his architecture firm

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went on to design well over 100 buildings in the Kenosha area.

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I have a sneaking suspicion that if he were alive today,

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you wouldn't be making a deal to build a data center 10 feet

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out of his studio door.

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Today, that studio door is my kitchen door.

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And when I open it, I look out onto 5.3 acres of woodland.

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In fact, that woodland was zoned C2 low land conservation

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before it was attached to the city as egg

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and rezoned heavy manufacturing in November and December of 2024.

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Shortly before Microsoft purchased the land for the data center,

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I want to be clear, if any older people were unaware,

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it is not a farm field outside my kitchen door.

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It is a woodland, and the woods are full of life.

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A bard all arise every fall and winter to nest.

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And I can hear a hoot most nights at dusk.

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And a red-shouldered hawk has spent the summer scouring

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for her next meal.

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I know I've seen her and many other wild animals

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making a life in that patch of nature.

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Most days, I'm pretty busy in my kitchen.

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Over the years, I've made countless meals,

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helped children with homework, listened patiently to loved ones,

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you have 30 seconds, dried tears, and tried to help mend broken hearts.

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And I'm going to just cut to the chase here.

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According to section 5.20 of the cooperative plan

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between the city of Kenosha, village of summers, and town of Paris,

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I quote, attached parcels shall come into the city or village

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with the most restrictive classification

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in their respective zoning ordinance,

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a checked.

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And C2 is more restrictive than ag.

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Thank you.

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Folks, I'm going to politely ask that we

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please refrain from clapping, jeering,

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or giving any commentary as someone finishing up their speaking.

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I mean, that way we can get through all everyone

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that's signed up to speak tonight.

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I appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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Next speaker, Louis Raghani.

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Good evening.

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I'm Louis Raghani.

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And thank you for this opportunity to speak.

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A couple of months ago, I was here.

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And with a question about what's happening to Save the Eagles Club.

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And I said that, is there a commission?

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Is there a committee?

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Are there any meetings planned?

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Are there any efforts to meet potential buyers?

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And that was a question.

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On the way out, I found out that indeed there have been meetings.

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And lately, it's been publicized in the local media.

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I want to thank you.

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I want to apologize for not knowing that.

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And I want to congratulate everybody who's making this happen.

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There are some things in Kenosha that should never change.

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The courthouse, main room that was ruined about 1960 or so,

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restored with a lot of money, both public and private,

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designed by Joe Lindell, the Simmons Library,

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designed by Dan Burnham, the Kemper Hall, which

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was up for demolition back 51 years ago.

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So was the library, for that matter.

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There were plans to demolish it and just say that it was old.

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The civic center with all the buildings down there,

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including the 1923 Central High School,

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the original post office, which is now the Dinosaur Discovery

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Museum, the post office of 1933, and the courthouse.

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And the Eagles Club, designed also by Joe Lindell, 1927.

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These things are meant to stay in a college town.

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Yeah, college town where over 10% of the residents

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are going to universities and colleges,

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institutes of higher learning.

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You don't do a demolition on a historic building

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in a town of higher learning.

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You don't do it.

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So I continue the Stella Hotel, burned out,

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windows smashed, floors collapsing.

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Look at it now.

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It's a jewel of downtown Kenosha.

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We could go on and on buildings that should be saved.

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The Nash House, Kemper Hall, which

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was ready to come down.

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You have 30 seconds.

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Which was the subject of condominiums on the lake front.

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Yeah, right.

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I could go on and on, but you get the message

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and I want to thank you for all you do.

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Keep the battle alive when you got it.

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You don't want to lose it.

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And you've got to want to thank you for all you do.

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And I wish you a pleasant and productive evening.

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Next speaker, Donna Nicolasi.

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Good evening.

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I'm Donna Nicolasi and live at 4610 Beverly Lane.

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I'm a lifelong resident of Kenosha, a retired paralegal,

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and currently a bailiff in Kenosha County Circuit Court.

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I would ask everyone to recall mid-July of this year

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when most of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes,

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including Wisconsin, were covered with layers

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of smoke from the Minnesota and Canadian fires.

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Now that was pollution that we could see and smell and taste.

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Everyone was affected, and there wasn't anything anyone

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What many might not realize is, if data centers and the plants

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needed to power these centers are allowed to move forward,

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the pollutants from these power plants

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will be released into our environment and water,

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pollutants that we will be unable to detect,

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not until years or no, when it's too late.

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I'm asking this council, please, do what you need to do

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to support halting the construction of this project

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to allow for a moratorium to be put into place

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until a viable plan for safe practices can be submitted

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pursuant to the rules and regulations

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that protect our population and environment.

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And by the way, the word viable comes from land, meaning life.

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If these projects continue to move forward,

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I'm concerned and afraid for the health and safety

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of everyone, for our land, our air, and our water.

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Also consider this, within the next 10 years,

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these data centers may well be obsolete

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and most likely be reduced to the size of a garbage can,

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all at the expense of our health,

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the loss of our farmlands, and the contamination of our waters.

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I think you know, when you end a people's way of life,

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prepare for what comes next.

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You have heard the deep concerns of your neighbors

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and fellow citizens.

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The members of this council need also be concerned.

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The pollutants emitted from the power plants

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will affect you and your families as well.

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It's up to us and you to be strong enough to act,

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to continue caring about our future generations,

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the same way our ancestors have done for us.

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Thank you.

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Next speaker, Camden Lash.

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A month ago, I was at a city council meeting

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where I had serious concerns about the city's decision

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to install flock cameras.

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At that meeting, I was told I was being paranoid

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that I didn't know what I was talking about,

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that my sources were radical and misleading,

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that these cameras were completely safe

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and that our officers, quote, weren't like Milwaukee.

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They're not using these cameras to stalk their girlfriends,

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even after I had pointed out

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that a sheriff's deputy had been suspended

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for doing exactly that.

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That deputy has now been charged

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with two counts of felony misconduct.

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On Monday, the Kenosha Police Department

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has announced that they are ending their contract with flock

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and switching to Axon, a former partner of flock

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that does the exact same thing.

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The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department

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has yet to make a statement.

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Is the Sheriff's Department also planning

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on ending their contract?

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Or are we going to have twice as many cameras

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in our community now?

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All of these cameras are part of a larger AI network.

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Their goal is to collect data.

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More cameras mean more surveillance.

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More surveillance means more data.

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Eventually, you're going to need somewhere

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to store that data, like some kind of center for data.

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You claim that this data center will create

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50 full-time jobs, if all goes well, maybe even 100.

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Yet, this technology is being advertised

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as a replacement for human jobs.

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That these are jobs for hundreds of thousands of people.

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So if we do some quick math here,

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if you create 100 jobs for a machine

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that's literally advertising to replace 100,000 jobs,

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you have destroyed 99,900 jobs.

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These data centers do not create jobs.

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They cannibalize them.

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In the event of a fire, this data center

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will become a 442-acre lithium battery fire.

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No fire department in the country

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is well-equipped enough for an event like this.

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The trend across the country is that these data centers

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are lying about their impacts on the environment.

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Families in Georgia's Flint River

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no longer have clean drinking water.

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An analysis of Port Washington's Vanta data center

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showed that it could cost $1.29 million annually

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in public health due to air pollution.

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Microsoft claims that they do not pollute our lakes and rivers,

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but according to the Kenosha Data Center FAQ,

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a water impact assessment has not been completed.

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In fact, they haven't provided any environmental data at all.

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Is that not concerning to you?

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The city of Kenosha currently has zero evidence

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to back any of Microsoft's environmental claims,

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and I doubt that we will see any evidence

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before the center is built.

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And truthfully, it's because Microsoft does not care.

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They are here for our water, not for us.

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They will take it if you let them.

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They will pollute it if you let them.

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They will destroy our community if you let them.

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I strongly urge you not to let them.

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Thank you.

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Folks, please.

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Next speaker, please.

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Dakota Kane.

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Hi.

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The AI data center.

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Sir, can you come up to the microphone, please?

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Sir, and Madam's, the AI data center will use

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too much of Kenosha's water to the point that we risk

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violating the Great Lakes Compact of 2008.

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We will get sued, lose, and we will have to pay damages.

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It is a compact made of several US states

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and four provinces of Canada.

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We will lose.

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That is all.

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Next speaker, Eric Ollep.

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Eric Ollep, 7, 6, 0, 8, 10th Avenue.

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City Council members, I want to bring to your attention

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an incident which recently happened involving the use of

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excessive force on a handcuffed woman by Kenosha police

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officer.

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This woman was being arrested for some unknown reason,

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and while being pushed up against a police SUV was punched,

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elbow choked, and arm barred.

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Considering that she was already handcuffed and defenseless,

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this sort of treatment was abusive, unlawful, and unjustified.

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It is clear that the officer who did this lost his temperature,

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his temper, excuse me, and composure for some reason.

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It is an officer's duty to arrest, not punish.

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If this woman was resisting, then charge her with resisting.

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Let a judge decide the punishment, don't beat or choke her.

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This sort of treatment is unacceptable.

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I ask that the City Council along with the mayor,

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city manager, police chief, and our public safety committee

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look into this unlawful treatment of the woman.

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Police when doing their duty must be held to a higher standard,

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not lower, and if it was up to me, this officer would be fired

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on the spot and put on the Brady list.

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I would also like our district attorney or an objective

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outside agency to look at this case in high detail and decide

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if it would warrant criminal charges against the involved officer.

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It goes without saying that we are probably going to get sued in civil court again.

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City Council members, I don't expect our police to be perfect,

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but what happened to this lady was over the line.

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It was wrong.

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Look into it, please.

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Thank you.

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Next speaker, Jerry Moore.

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Mayor Bogdala and council members, our world today leaves so many

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with a hopeless sense of helplessness.

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As leaders fight, grift, do secret deals and inhumane acts without consequence.

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We see families unable to make ends meet, leaving all on edge,

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frustrated, and angry.

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Jerry Moore, 10, 9, 18, 69 streets, sorry.

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As local leaders, you were elected to represent your constituents

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with 70% plus of Americans opposing data centers,

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you really kind of have your answer.

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And although a vote seems logical to us, we are asking for a compromise.

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A pause, a moratorium with time to dial down differences,

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workout details, regain trust lost from the now revoked NDA,

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which really remains at the core of the matter.

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A moratorium would go far to repair and rebuild the unity and trust lost.

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I began this cause in January, met with the mayor, stepped back,

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then in June restarted because the future needed a voice

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as did the bees and the endangered rusty patch bumblebee

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that I've talked about at Parkside.

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To site gardener-turned-activist Paul Alvolino,

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many of us have become accidental activists, not out of rage,

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but out of heartbreak.

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Because somewhere along the way we realize silence helps no one,

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not the earth, not our children, not each other.

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For the forests don't have lobbyists, the wetlands can't stand at a podium

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and explain why they matter, the owls don't get a microphone.

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The soil beneath our feet can't beg to not poison it,

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an untouched land can't scream when it's bulldozed into another massive data center,

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so humanity can consume even faster than it already does.

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That responsibility falls on us.

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Our job as humans was never to be endless extraction,

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but to be caretakers, translators for the rivers, defenders of the old trees,

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a voice for the creatures and ecosystems that cannot advocate for themselves

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against profit margins and concrete.

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We understand technology has a place, but at some point humanity started

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confusing progress with removing every last wild thing

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until nothing remains except servers, parking lots, and convenience.

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The earth doesn't need more people trying to conquer it,

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it needs more people willing to protect.

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Because if not now when, we know this is complicated, but Kenosha going forward,

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be transparent, be accountable, be protective, be better,

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so the future will be proud of what you did today for a legacy of tomorrow's.

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Thank you.

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Next speaker, Alana Stevens.

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Yay, you now own a house,

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but there's something as small as an AC unit bolted to the exterior of your house

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and that box, well you don't own it.

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The house you're making payments on is folded into a cloud

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which is connected to a system at a data center that you can't control or opt out of.

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Now this isn't just a concept, it's already started to take place in some states.

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And one of the largest home building companies in America,

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Polte Group has already installed them and NVIDIA supplied the hardware.

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A startup company called Span built the system and they're putting them

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into every new construction home before most buyers even know this exists.

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The Perks, a discounted electric bill battery backup,

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free internet and solar installation.

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What do they get?

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A million dollar asset on your property using Power Running 24-7

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for the cloud providers all around the world thanks to these data centers.

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Your home has a 200 amp electrical panel and you only use half of it.

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Span takes the other half you're not using and installed their smart panels

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which monitors your use of power in real time which goes to the box outside your home.

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The whole battery along the side of the node attached to your house is great

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because you think it's extra power for emergencies.

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However, that battery is there for the computer in case the power goes out

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to keep the data center node running while you have nothing.

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That said, Span said that it is intended not to replace large centralized data centers.

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However, I will put into place that if this box were to catch on fire

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and your house were to catch on fire, your homeowners insurance will not cover it

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and will reject the claim.

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We need to understand where the AI infrastructure may be headed next right here in Kenosha.

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So while we are all in agreement that this mega data center would like for us to have

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so bad except you, I totally disagree with and I want residents to understand

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that if we accept this then the risks become even greater for them to keep on going

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and adding on.

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So the question really isn't how big will the data center be but what could come after it

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and what could this mean 20 years from now?

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As the Pennsylvania State Director Megan McDowell said,

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we are not overreacting.

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We are not anti-progress.

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We are anti-corruption.

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We are anti being told that the billionaire tech bros deserve more protection

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than the people who drink the water, breathe the air, pay the taxes,

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and live with the consequences.

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Lawmakers in this building are going to work for private companies in the data center industry.

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Deals are being made, promises are trying to be kept while residents are left in the dark.

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This isn't democracy.

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You have 30 seconds.

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It's betrayal.

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They want working people to pay the price while they cash their checks.

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They want to hide the impacts, rush the process,

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court politicians, and divide communities.

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Well, we here stay in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin isn't for sale.

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Kenosha isn't for sale.

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Our future isn't for sale.

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So you ask what do we want?

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A moratorium.

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And when do we want it?

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Now notice.

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Next speaker, Nick Prorock.

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Nick Prorock.

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Nick Prorock 8858 Sheridan Road.

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Good evening, and thank you for this opportunity to speak tonight.

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The city and the mayor are responsible for ensuring that our neighbors are protected.

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Were you aware, and this is according to Mayor Bajula, that the city took the position

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that the discount for data centers, that for we energies, if that went into effect,

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the city wouldn't have built the data center.

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I wasn't aware.

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I came and spoke to you all about this in February.

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I sent you all emails.

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No one said anything then.

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I got two replies to that email to tell you about the we energies tariff.

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Only two people responded, and one common council member said that they wouldn't make a public

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comment because they still need to do their research.

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So it seems like you all weren't aware that the city was taking the position,

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that if the tariff went through, that you wouldn't build the data center.

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So based on the lack of evidence presented by the mayor and the lack of public comments

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during that time, it's likely that this never was the position of the city.

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The mayor is taking this position now way, way after the fact because it makes it seem

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like he was engaged earlier on, even if he wasn't.

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The city is not protecting its residents by taking credit for decisions that it did not

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stand behind before the decision was made.

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Moving forward, last week the common council and the mayor received a letter from a health

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professional recommending that the city impose a moratorium on the development of a data

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center and the city of Kenosha until the following minimum conditions are met.

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A full independent environmental impact statement, including PM 2.5 health impact

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modeling has been completed and publicly reviewed.

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Wisconsin establishes a mandatory health protective standards for data center sit-ins,

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emissions and water use.

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The cumulative air quality impacts on the four nearby schools in residential population

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have been evaluated and mitigation measures independently verified.

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And transparent community engagement processes have been completed with meaningful opportunity

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for the city of Kenosha residents to participate in decisions affecting their health.

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The mayor bragged last Thursday that the standards him and his team put in place would be models

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for other cities in Wisconsin.

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The mayor has not done any of the things I listed above.

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The mayor's recommendations without regulations are as effective as post-it notes on a whiteboard

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during a brainstorming session because that's what it seems like they are.

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Mayor, why are you avoiding open dialogue?

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Why are you withholding evidence that the neighbors will be protected?

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Please pass a moratorium, do the studies to prove we are safe, protect us if the studies show

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that we are at risk and engage with the public.

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Be a model for other cities.

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Thank you.

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The next speaker, Montana Peterson.

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You all hear that okay?

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Montana Peterson's 7102 Pershing Boulevard.

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I see that the flock cameras now have bags on them across town.

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Congratulations.

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That is a great start.

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So bag the rest of them.

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A surveillance state is a direct violation of our Fourth Amendment rights as private citizens,

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utilizing a private company such as flock or now acts on that tracks your Bluetooth signal face,

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gate angel license plate removes our right to access public record.

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Y'all job is to protect Kenoshaans and not invite harm into our cities.

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The cameras are not pointed at y'all homes.

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Microsoft data center is not built in y'all backyard.

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So it doesn't matter, right?

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Allowing these fascist tech billionaires to come in and poison our community is not protecting or serving Kenoshaans.

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Those that are on the side of Microsoft are betraying Kenosha residents.

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There have been many studies on how emissions from data centers are devastating to be populations,

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crops, animal reproductions, circadian rhythms, asthma and other lung conditions,

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water quality, mental physical and environmental health due to infrasound emissions, light air and water pollution.

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If your main focus is on the economic growth opportunities from this data center,

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you are not making a holistic decision with residents in mind.

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It's been shown that these companies bring in non-residents to build the centers and hire non-residents to run them.

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As residents, we do not want this data center built and it will not benefit Kenosha residents in any way.

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I urge our older people to vote in favor of a one year moratorium to slow down this infestation of data centers,

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gas plants and battery storage facilities into Kenosha County.

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We need to have a full understanding of the impacts on wildlife, farm life, air,

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quality, water pollution and human health before making an informed decision to vote on this data center.

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It is imperative that at all levels of government we focus our concerns on the residents that you represent,

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not foreign interests, not corporate interests and not billionaire interests.

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Don't forget that laws do not define morality and we vote you into office.

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In a day and age where politicians sell out to the highest bidder, do not be a part of the greedy few harming the good of many.

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I strongly ask you to end the contracts, remove the cameras and support a moratorium of data centers to protect Kenosha

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and to protect the health of the water, the air, the land, the people in the fragile ecosystems of the Great Lakes.

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Be on the right side of history.

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You are 30 seconds.

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Thank you.

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This is the sound of data center makes, by the way, thank you.

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Just so we can be clear.

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Your time is up.

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Thank you.

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Y'all have a good night.

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Next speaker, Cheryl Swatko.

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Folks, I'm truly asking one last time, although we're going to have to ask some people to leave,

505
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000
we want to get through all of these if we possibly can.

506
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,000
We're sitting here listening, we're taking notes.

507
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:38,000
I'm just asking for please to be polite and let everybody speak without any type of applause during or any commentary.

508
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,000
Thank you.

509
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,000
Cheryl Swatko.

510
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,000
Cheryl Swatko, 3915, 48th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

511
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Good evening, Mayor and members of the Common Council.

512
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,000
I am asking tonight for something very simple, a moratorium on the data center developing Kenosha.

513
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:07,000
This is not about anti-business or anti-technology and it is not about stopping Kenosha from growing.

514
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:15,000
Many residents have appeared before this council with concerns about water, electricity, noise, air, traffic, property values,

515
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,000
and the long-term impact in our community.

516
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000
We are not asking you to ignore the development.

517
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:25,000
We are asking you to slow down long enough to get all the answers.

518
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:32,000
A moratorium gives this council the opportunity to establish clear standards before another permit or approval moves forward.

519
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000
It gives independent experts time to study the impacts.

520
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:43,000
And most importantly, it gives your constituents who actually live here a meaningful voice as to what happens in their community.

521
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,000
So I ask you, what is the rush?

522
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:52,000
If this venture is truly beneficial and safe for Kenosha, then a temporary pause should not threaten it.

523
00:36:52,000 --> 00:37:00,000
There are unanswered questions about our water, our power grid, our neighborhoods, our taxpayers, and our quality of life.

524
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:06,000
Then those decisions deserve answers now, not after the decisions are made.

525
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,000
You were elected to represent the citizens of Kenosha.

526
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,000
Tonight, please listen to the people who are standing before you.

527
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000
We have one chance to get this decision right.

528
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Slow down, demand transparency, protect our taxpayers and resources, and make sure that our city, not an outside corporation like Microsoft, controls our futures.

529
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
Thank you.

530
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:42,000
Next speaker, Leanne Carpenter.

531
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,000
It's much cooler up here.

532
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:51,000
Leanne Carpenter 1585 43rd Avenue.

533
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000
Over the last several months, people have presented, and tonight,

534
00:37:54,000 --> 00:38:01,000
about all of the negative effects that are plaguing the communities where the data centers are being put.

535
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:07,000
I kind of wanted to talk a little bit about the end game of AI, and somebody already did when they started talking about the floor cameras,

536
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:17,000
but the end game of AI, everybody, I'm sure, has seen the videos and listened to some of the researchers and the CEOs talk about how AI is sort of taking off.

537
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,000
I'm going to be teaching itself, it's going to be developing superintelligence, and that's not stopping.

538
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:30,000
There was a man named Jacob Coxin, who worked as a researcher for anthropic and open AI, and he resigned on the 8th, and he put this out on X.

539
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
I resigned from anthropic today.

540
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:37,000
I spent the last three years doing pre-training research in both open AI and anthropic.

541
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,000
Neither company is acting responsibly.

542
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:45,000
They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.

543
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,000
Do not underestimate the power of this technology.

544
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:56,000
These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.

545
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,000
We have all witnessed the progress in front of us, and the progress is not slowing down.

546
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:06,000
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.

547
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
This is not a marketing stunt.

548
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:15,000
If anything, the executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in press conferences to make it sound sensible,

549
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,000
but I hear those same people express fear privately every day.

550
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,000
There is no other human activity that possesses this level of danger.

551
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:30,000
So I looked up some interviews that some of the CEOs and researchers have done when people are asking them,

552
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:35,000
what are you going to do when AI goes completely out of control and off the rails, because they are predicting that it will.

553
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000
They don't really know what's going to happen.

554
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:47,000
Elon Musk, when he was interviewed by Ted Cruz, I believe, was asked how real is the prospect of killer robots annihilating humanity,

555
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,000
and deadpan, he said 20% likely.

556
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:57,000
A dude named Dario Amade, who is anthropic CEO, when asked what is the percent chance that this ends in disaster,

557
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,000
set very optimistically and excitedly.

558
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,000
I'm an optimist, so I think there's a 25% chance that things will go really, really badly.

559
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:13,000
Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, said AI will probably most likely sort of lead to the end of the world,

560
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,000
but in the meantime, there will be great companies created.

561
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
You have 30 seconds.

562
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:23,000
Daniel Kolkajao, I'm slaughtering his name, a lead researcher at AI Futures Project,

563
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,000
said there's a 70% chance of all humans dead, or something similarly bad.

564
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:33,000
The interviewer said, whoa, whoa, what do you mean all humans dead, and he looked at deadpan in the face and said,

565
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:37,000
in fact, Sam Altman, same thing.

566
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:42,000
The job destruction in the next couple of decades is going to be massive, like honestly.

567
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:47,000
One of the things that I struggle with when I get out of bed every morning is that my job is to kill other people's jobs.

568
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,000
So this is incredibly disturbing.

569
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,000
This is not going to add well no matter what, and we don't need to be a part of it.

570
00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:02,000
We could be the model for the rest of the country and just put a moratorium, or even better, say no, no data centers here at all.

571
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Next speaker, Sandy Kado.

572
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,000
Good evening, Council.

573
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
My name is Sandra Kadoop.

574
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,000
I'm a resident of Kenosha County at 6403-238th Avenue.

575
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Mayor Bagnola campaigned on the explicit promise that the number one job is communicating with constituents.

576
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:40,000
Yet on May 9th, 2024, this administration willingly signed a secret corporate NDA with Microsoft, the worst man in the world.

577
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:54,000
While the public was kept completely in the dark, you fast tracked the annexation and rezoning of 240 acres of farmland in the town of Paris to bring the city of Kenosha to the city of Kenosha,

578
00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:00,000
and you were hooking up a multi-billion dollar tech giant to the Kenosha water utility.

579
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:12,000
And the city captures the primary revenue while the county and local taxpayers are left holding the bag for millions in road degradation and heavy hall destruction on regional highways.

580
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:17,000
I spent my career at Naval Facility Engineering Command for the Department of the Navy,

581
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:32,000
serving as a primary financial manager overseeing the multiple general fund appropriations for the command and being part of the team overseeing the building by building demolition and reconstruction of the Great Lakes Recruit Training Command.

582
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:52,000
To manage that large scale of infrastructure, safety safely without misusing public funds, the Navy deployed a full-time dedicated civil engineering core officer backed by an entire on-site task force of full-time industrial engineers, contract specialist,

583
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:59,000
project managers, and financial managers tracking over a dozen distinct federal appropriations.

584
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:09,000
Yet here in Kenosha, we are simultaneously fast tracking a $360 million hard rock casino that isn't uncomplicated.

585
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:15,000
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is involved and hard rock is doing the funding.

586
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,000
You're not going to get property taxes.

587
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:23,000
They have to decide on what the sales tax is, who it goes to.

588
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,000
Does it go to hard rock?

589
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:36,000
At the same time, a hyperscale Microsoft data center corridor without a fraction of that oversight capability.

590
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,000
Let's look strictly at the numbers.

591
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:46,000
This council consists of 17 part-time older persons, and the county has 23 part-time supervisors.

592
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:56,000
You are a part-time citizen of volunteers who often hold full-time outside careers in our likely reviewing multi-million dollar corporate proposals in your spare evening hours.

593
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:05,000
Worse, you have a massive technical staffing deficit of the local government engineers, three are working for the county, only leaving only one in the city.

594
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:14,000
Neither the city nor the county has a single full-time specialized industrial engineer, project managers, nor an experienced contract specialist on the public payroll.

595
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:19,000
The county's only contract specialist works for human services, tracking healthcare payable.

596
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,000
Your time is up.

597
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000
I'll see you next time.

598
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Next speaker, Dorothy Nolan.

599
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,000
Dorothy Nolan, 802. 21st Avenue, Kenosha.

600
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,000
My comments today are about the AI data center, Kenosha.

601
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:43,000
I was kind of curious about what Google's Gemini AI would respond to some of my top questions.

602
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,000
So I've got 10.

603
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,000
One, will data centers create more pollution?

604
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:55,000
Yes, they will create more pollution by consuming massive amounts of electricity and often relying on fossil fuels.

605
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:59,000
Two, do AI data centers cause noise pollution?

606
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:10,000
Yes, they can cause significant pollution for nearby communities from cooling systems, power equipment, backup generators that have been linked to sleep,

607
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,000
disruption, high blood pressure, stress, and heart issues.

608
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:18,000
Number three, will data centers cause massive layoffs?

609
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:26,000
AI data center investments are currently linked to corporate layoffs as major tech companies cut staff to fund infrastructure.

610
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,000
Four, will electricity rates go up with AI?

611
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:38,000
Yes, electricity rates are widely expected to rise as they strain the power grid and require massive new infrastructure.

612
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:45,000
Five, will closed loop systems use more electricity and push water usage to power companies?

613
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:52,000
Yes, they could use 10 to 40% more and shift a substantial burden upstream to the power company.

614
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:57,000
Six, what is the likelihood of power failure as more of these are built?

615
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:02,000
The risk is moderate to high and specific high concentration areas,

616
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:16,000
driven less by a total lack of national electricity and more by the unpredictable instantaneous load swing behavior of massive AI computing loads.

617
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,000
Seven, what's the likelihood of an AI infrastructure bubble?

618
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:30,000
The likelihood of a bubble is significant and rising, driven by a trillion dollar capital expenditure surge that currently outpaces end user monetization.

619
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:35,000
Eight, what is the impact on AI on privacy and security?

620
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:44,000
AI creates major privacy and security risk by enabling mass data collection, deep fakes, and automated cyber attacks.

621
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:50,000
Nine, what should communities consider when faced with a proposed AI data center?

622
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:59,000
They must consider high energy demand, massive water usage, local noise, zoning rules, and economic impacts.

623
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,000
You have 30 seconds.

624
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,000
Ten, what is the most dangerous aspect of AI?

625
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,000
AI is super intelligent.

626
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,000
We'll think millions of times faster than humans.

627
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:13,000
We will not be able to outsmart it, predict its choices, or turn it off.

628
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:23,000
In summary, AI is being rolled out in a menacing, careless way by competing billionaires that don't trust each other to achieve ultimate control and infinite profits.

629
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:30,000
This is all being done without national or international collaboration, oversight, or regulations of any kind.

630
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,000
This is too important to get wrong.

631
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000
Pass the moratorium.

632
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,000
Next speaker, Amy Mayer.

633
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:45,000
Hi, Amy Mayer, 61415 place.

634
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:59,000
I did a little bit of research too, and I'm finding that there's roughly 364 to 368 operational data centers in eight states surrounding our Great Lakes.

635
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:09,000
Now, hundreds more are planned and under construction, but the exact figures are not publicly disclosed, and why not?

636
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:17,000
Well, numbers vary and differ by industry tracking and definition of how they're counted by different groups.

637
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:24,000
There's a transparency gap where the Alliance for the Great Lakes has found precise,

638
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:32,000
withdrawal amounts are shielded by the NDAs between private tech and local municipalities.

639
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:46,000
Communities around the country are reporting low water pressure, low water tables, depletion with private wells, municipal water systems, and aquifers.

640
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:51,000
Now, again, with water quality, that's been another thing talked about a little bit tonight.

641
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,000
The discharge water contains heavy metals.

642
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:58,000
It's no secret, and it's also very concentrated.

643
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:07,000
It contains things like biocides, corrosion inhibitors, and anti-scaling agents within those cooling loop cycles.

644
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:15,000
Treatment plants are not really designed to handle the massive amounts of water that will be discharged,

645
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:26,000
and this also will disrupt our biological process by the water plants in order to treat human waste, trying to filter out and clean all these things up.

646
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:39,000
It's going to be expensive and challenging and maybe not even doable, because the treatment plants just can't filter it all out.

647
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:51,000
There's also the flooding risk, and I think that's a big one too, because as more land is taken over, we don't have the soil in order to absorb the water from rains and the sure.

648
00:49:51,000 --> 00:50:04,000
Sometimes there's heavy rains and it's just storms or whatnot, but with climate change eminent, we don't really know what's going to happen with the heat or the cold or the water.

649
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:13,000
If you think about it, it's just unnatural to think about one data center using 150 million gallons of water in one month.

650
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:19,000
We're 32nd times that, times eight states and hundreds of data centers.

651
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,000
I'll just add one little note here.

652
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Growing up, I had my stepdad was a sergeant, a detective, and a policeman, and I do come from law enforcement family, but he always gave me good advice.

653
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:40,000
And he said, Amy, if anything doesn't feel right, if you have any doubt about something, don't do it.

654
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,000
Thanks.

655
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:54,000
Next speaker, Kelly Fogle.

656
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,000
Thank you for allowing me to speak.

657
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:02,000
Kelly Foglio at 8806, 65th Street in Kenosha.

658
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:13,000
Speaking of Foglio, I was at the Italian festival last year, chatting with a friend that I had run into.

659
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:16,000
We used to work together and I'm like, what brought you up here?

660
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:23,000
I thought you lived down in Libertyville and she said, well, yeah, but my husband works up here at Mount Pleasant at the data center.

661
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:34,000
Like, I thought that was also supposed to be local people that were employees that are building the data center and she's like, yeah, everybody there's from Illinois, you got to be kidding.

662
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:40,000
So, just thought, don't know if there's anything in place in that.

663
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:50,000
I also found out just in researching that we're one of 38 states that give tax breaks as incentives in Wisconsin.

664
00:51:50,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Beaver Dam Center, they were a billion dollar project, Mount Pleasant, a $20 billion project, Port Washington, a $15 billion project,

665
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:14,000
and they didn't have to pay the 5% Wisconsin sales tax or local sales tax on any construction or equipment that comes out to about $1.5 billion during construction,

666
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:19,000
$369 million per year once built, just estimates.

667
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:25,000
I mean, can we recover some of these things through, you know, corporate income tax or utility tax?

668
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,000
I mean, maybe.

669
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:40,000
I know that Mayor Bogdillo was speaking at the Dam meeting last Thursday talking about all the things that we could possibly benefit from.

670
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:49,000
And I think when I was watching that, what really threw me is that it sounds like the decision is already made and it's just the details being worked out.

671
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,000
That's a problem for me.

672
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:57,000
I was hanging out with a friend of mine earlier this afternoon, we're out golfing, actually.

673
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:06,000
He's on the ops and under the spectrum from me politically and I said, you know, I got to get home, I got to feed the dog and then

674
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:12,000
head over to do my civic duty and speak, even though I hate public speaking.

675
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:16,000
And he said, you know, this is the one thing we agree on?

676
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,000
Everybody, I know, agrees on this.

677
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,000
We do not want data centers.

678
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,000
They take jobs.

679
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:32,000
I mean, I'm coming at it from a biologist point of view and I'm like all the other things that they do and not even thinking about the jobs and the flat cameras and everything else with the data.

680
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,000
Thirty seconds.

681
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:34,000
Acquisition.

682
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:46,000
I mean, I'm not going to hit everything that everybody else said, but when big data Microsoft does leave the bag, who's going to pick it up?

683
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,000
Who's going to be covering the legal costs?

684
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:52,000
Who's going to be challenging when we do have pollution, when we do lose our water?

685
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:55,000
Who's going to be footing that bill?

686
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:58,000
Is that us?

687
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,000
I'm done.

688
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:12,000
Next speaker, Alyssa Stearns.

689
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,000
Alyssa Stearns, 4618 Fifth Avenue.

690
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:22,000
I'm speaking out today in hopes that you will hear my concerns about the proposed hyperscale AI data center construction site in Kenosha County.

691
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:31,000
I, among many others in Kenosha, don't appreciate how our community has not had any controller voice in the discussions and decisions surrounding this proposal.

692
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:37,000
The lack of transparency and legal contract signed behind closed doors with Microsoft to push this project forward is appalling.

693
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:45,000
I believe local officials have acted and hastened in approving this project without enough regard for the health, well-being and autonomy of our community members.

694
00:54:45,000 --> 00:55:00,000
I would like to take this opportunity to use my voice to advocate for a moratorium to pause the construction of this AI data center in our city to allow for more public feedback, further research from experts on the environmental impact on our land, water quality, and the health of our citizens,

695
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:05,000
and a thorough investigation into how this may affect property values and rising electricity costs.

696
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:13,000
In considering perspectives from other Wisconsin communities and communities around our country that have played host to hyperscale AI data centers,

697
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:20,000
we have learned that any benefits from these monstrosities are far outweighed by the grave costs these community members must now pay.

698
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:33,000
Any local economic growth through temporary jobs created or profits for the community pales in comparison to the negative consequences community members will face in terms of several quality of life and public health measures.

699
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:42,000
I urge you to listen to your constituents and prioritize the rights and well-being of your constituents and neighbors in Kenosha over a multi-billion dollar corporation.

700
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:50,000
I leave you with this paraphrased indigenous proverb from the people who lived and thrived on this land before it was stolen from them.

701
00:55:50,000 --> 00:56:00,000
Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish has been caught, and the last river poisoned will re-realize that we cannot eat money. Thank you for your time.

702
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:04,000
Next speaker, Jamie Forsyth.

703
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:13,000
Hello, I'm Jamie Forsyth, 854554th Avenue in Pleasant Prairie.

704
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:22,000
On June 4th, I used the new carapool service for my daughter, Amity, who was the inspiration child for the dream playground,

705
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:26,000
and I have found it to be extremely subpar.

706
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:32,000
The first van that picked her up, I was texted beforehand and said it was going to be a black van.

707
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:39,000
It was a gray van. It was a 2011 Dodge Caravan with no carapool markings on it.

708
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:49,000
The van that brought her home was over an hour and a half late and was also over 10 years old and also had no markings.

709
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:59,000
I immediately complained to the company, the bus company, the city transportation department, and emailed Alderman Pizala and Alderman Kennedy.

710
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:10,000
I had planned on using this taxpayer-funded service to take my daughter who started college yesterday back and forth to gateway this year.

711
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:23,000
I am now paying $28 each way to the KAC out of my own pocket, and this is due to her disability.

712
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:30,000
This is discrimination 101. It is violation of her civil rights and of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

713
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:38,000
What other groups of people in the city have to get into janky vans instead of taxpayer-funded buses that everyone else gets to ride,

714
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:44,000
including Gateway, the bus service is provided free for all able-bodied citizens.

715
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:52,000
I cannot find the maintenance records on the vans.

716
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:59,000
I cannot find who is the oversight at the state or federal level at this time, which I am looking into.

717
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:09,000
Driving records of the drivers who is pocketing the money when it used to be nice vans at the KAC, and now it's a 2011 Dodge caravan.

718
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:16,000
I was given paperwork. I did come to the transportation meeting. They hosted me there. That was very nice of them.

719
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:24,000
I did get some records. Supposedly 40% are allowed to be outside of the maintenance.

720
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:30,000
100% of the wheelchair accessible vans are outside of the maintenance.

721
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:36,000
Some of the ambulatory vans are within the last eight years, but zero.

722
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:40,000
The newest van that's wheelchair accessible is a 2017.

723
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:42,000
You have 30 seconds.

724
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:53,000
This is a disgrace. This is not how we should treat people with disabilities.

725
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:58,000
My daughter is going to go to Gateway for this year, and then she plans on going to UW Milwaukee

726
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:03,000
and become an American Sign Language interpreter to help others with disabilities.

727
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:05,000
Do better.

728
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,000
Next speaker, Erin Rauci.

729
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:25,000
Erin Rauci, 3749, 15th street, here to voice my opposition to the data center.

730
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:31,000
I looked through the FAQ earlier for that, because you guys put an FAQ that's got a bunch of...

731
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:37,000
It addresses a bunch of things that we bring up, like electricity and water and environmental pollution and stuff.

732
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:43,000
And I noticed a lot of uncertainty in a lot of that stuff.

733
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:51,000
For example, the electric costs. It was saying the citizens should not have to pay a cent more for their electric.

734
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:54,000
It doesn't say they won't.

735
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:56,000
It's like, we hope not.

736
00:59:56,000 --> 01:00:01,000
It seems like maybe somebody's not sure.

737
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:04,000
It doesn't know. Lack of info.

738
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:10,000
We didn't do any environmental studies on it. Straight up says there. We have not done it.

739
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:13,000
And it's like, we usually don't do that for this kind of thing.

740
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:22,000
This doesn't seem like a usual build. It doesn't seem like a normal business that we can just wave off stuff like environmental or water.

741
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:26,000
Also, it's straight up says, has not been looked into.

742
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:31,000
Why? Why don't we know these things? Why don't we have the answers to these huge problems?

743
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,000
These things that we are caring about.

744
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:42,000
Taxes. Do they just get to wave off the property taxes or whatever that is?

745
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:46,000
The building stuff? I'd love to own a home someday.

746
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:49,000
In this world, it's pretty difficult too.

747
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:53,000
If they get to, I'm asking, who do I talk to for that?

748
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:58,000
I'd love to build a house and not have to pay my taxes on that for a decade or whatever it is.

749
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:02,000
It's not my problem.

750
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:06,000
Where's the information? That's all we're asking for.

751
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:10,000
It's like, pause this project so we can know what we're dealing with.

752
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:15,000
Pause this project so we can look at these problems and address them. Get some answers for these people.

753
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,000
Myself included. I live here. I care about this.

754
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:23,000
This is where my taxpayer money goes. This is my city. This is the air I breathe. The water I drink.

755
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:29,000
This is the electricity that funds my ability to have my family over for dinner.

756
01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:31,000
I'd love to do that.

757
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:34,000
Where's the information? That's all we're asking for.

758
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:39,000
We want to have concrete. Yes, this is what's happening. No, this is not.

759
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:45,000
We hope so. We hope it's going to bring 50 to 100 jobs because that's what other data centers do.

760
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:49,000
We're just going to trust Microsoft, the company who actively says constantly,

761
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:54,000
we are fighting to reduce the amount of jobs that we have to pay people for at these data centers.

762
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:59,000
That's the purpose of them. Artificial intelligence is designed to do work for humans.

763
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:06,000
The first people organ users are the ones who are going to have to pay less people to do the same thing.

764
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:13,000
I don't know where these answers are. I'm looking for them. I'd love to know because it seems like Kenosha doesn't.

765
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:19,000
Next speaker, Valerie Kutchmer.

766
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:30,000
Good evening. My name is Valerie Kutchmer, 10209 80th Street in Pleasant Prairie.

767
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:35,000
Good evening, mayor, city council members and everyone in attendance.

768
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:38,000
I'm here tonight to address two concerns.

769
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:48,000
The first one is RFP number 202-502 for paired transit services, which was awarded to Carepool replacing KAC.

770
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:56,000
A friend of mine, Jamie, has a disabled daughter, Amity, who uses a wheelchair and plan to use the services to attend college.

771
01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:00,000
When she tried the new service, she reported that the vehicles appeared very old and rusted,

772
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:03,000
and she was uncomfortable with the driver who arrived.

773
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:08,000
After I contacted the mayor's office, she was referred to Carepool.

774
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:16,000
Alderman Kennedy provided her with a list of vehicles, and the newest listed was a 2017 vehicle with approximately 70,000 miles.

775
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:24,000
She requested information about vehicle maintenance, insurance, and driver background checks, driving records, and federal fingerprinting.

776
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:29,000
This was requested after August 12th, and she still has not received a response.

777
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:35,000
The RFP requires complaints to be addressed within five business days and vehicles to be safe and sanitary.

778
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:43,000
The contract also provides an opportunity to terminate within 180 days if requirements aren't being met.

779
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:47,000
Sorry.

780
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:55,000
Where the vehicles inspected before the contract was awarded was anyone with disability transportation experience consulted,

781
01:03:55,000 --> 01:04:00,000
and was feedback from actual users or after this contract was implemented considered,

782
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:03,000
or was a decision primarily based on price.

783
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:10,000
Jamie has already spent $280 with KAC the school year because she doesn't feel comfortable using the new service.

784
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:14,000
My second concern is playground accessibility.

785
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:18,000
I previously contacted Parks Director Katie Elder about new playgrounds.

786
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:21,000
I believe do not meet federal accessibility requirements.

787
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:24,000
I was told they do meet ADA requirements.

788
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:30,000
As a mother of a daughter who uses a walker and someone who has served on the Pleasant Prairie Parks Commission for over two years,

789
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:35,000
I have extensive experience with accessible playgrounds, and I respectfully disagree.

790
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:43,000
I would welcome the opportunity to meet with the city and share the federal requirements and accessibility guidelines.

791
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:47,000
Everyone deserves the opportunity to access our parks and playgrounds.

792
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:51,000
I hope we can work together to address both of these concerns.

793
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:58,000
One of the things I do want to mention, over 20% of the population, I believe it's over 25% of the population has a disability,

794
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:01,000
whether it's visible or invisible.

795
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:07,000
And I always say, it is the largest minority that we are all going to be a part of someday if we live that long.

796
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,000
Thank you.

797
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:11,000
Next speaker, Nev Raman.

798
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:29,000
Hi, my name is Nev Raman and my address is 683755th Avenue.

799
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:34,000
I have to admit, it's getting harder and harder to come up with something fresh for this council.

800
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:42,000
I think of every single angle that's already been taken, every feeling that's been evoked, and nowhere that's been left unsaid.

801
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:48,000
And somehow I just keep getting inspired every other week here by every single impassioned speaker.

802
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:54,000
So I will read this to you in the rambling thought process I had as I sat down to write it the other night.

803
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:58,000
I'm so disappointed in you all.

804
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:08,000
We the people have been failed by our government on a federal level, on a state level, and I want to believe not by our local government yet.

805
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:13,000
I want to believe that, but I'm having a really hard time with that.

806
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:18,000
It seems to me that the same old pattern rings true no matter what level of government it is.

807
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:33,000
Money talks, money, and greed, and power, and carelessness, and selfishness, and turning a blind eye, and maybe ignorance is bliss for some of you, I don't know.

808
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:36,000
But guess what goes with you when you die?

809
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:41,000
Not your money, not those tax cuts, none of that.

810
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:54,000
And what stays is your legacy, your choices, the consequences of your actions, your words, or lack thereof.

811
01:06:54,000 --> 01:07:07,000
Your cowardice, your inability to stand up to corporate billionaires and protect your community from resource exploitation, all in the name of tax benefits, that all stays.

812
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:09,000
So what will you stand for?

813
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:11,000
What will you leave behind?

814
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,000
How will you choose to be remembered?

815
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:16,000
It's not too late to reflect internally.

816
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:32,000
It's not too late to stand up to your peers, to ensure your seat in the next election, to choose bravery and independent thinking, something that's in short supply these days, to vote for the greater good, because this is a common sense issue.

817
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:33,000
And you know what they say?

818
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:35,000
Common sense is not that common.

819
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:49,000
So I'm hoping, after the immense amount of meetings we've had on the same topic, that finally some light bulb will go off.

820
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:54,000
Mayor and council members, we've reached the maximum total time limit of 60 minutes for all speakers.

821
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:59,000
So we still have speakers left on the docket in order to continue.

822
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:04,000
I would need a motion to extend by 30 minutes.

823
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:07,000
It's been moved and second to extend the time by 30 minutes.

824
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:15,000
If we go over that time limit on 30 minutes, we would have to make another motion to extend by 30 just so everyone's aware.

825
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:19,000
So motion on the floor is to extend citizen comments by 30 minutes.

826
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:20,000
All those in favor say aye.

827
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:21,000
Aye.

828
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:22,000
Any opposed?

829
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:23,000
Please continue.

830
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:32,000
Next speaker, Arabella Kessler.

831
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:35,000
Arabella Kessler 332747th Avenue.

832
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:38,000
I'm here again supporting the demand for a moratorium.

833
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:43,000
Put simply, our electrical infrastructure cannot handle the amount of energy this data center will require.

834
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:47,000
And I'm concerned about Kenosha facing a situation like Gary and Deanna's recent outage.

835
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:52,000
Over 9,000 residents in Gary did not have power for two weeks due to severe storms taking out power lines.

836
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,000
You know who didn't have to suffer from the power outage?

837
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:56,000
The local data centers.

838
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:59,000
Imagine not having access to electricity for weeks.

839
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:00,000
How would that affect your life?

840
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:01,000
Does that make sense?

841
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:07,000
My power personally has gone out more times at my home this year than I recall in my whole life due to the amount of storms.

842
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:08,000
I'm extremely concerned.

843
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:12,000
Our power being out will become commonplace if this data center is constructed.

844
01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:18,000
From the global strain fossil fuel plants make on our environment to the hyperscale data center stripping us of our natural resources

845
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:22,000
and the automatic license plate readers that are harvesting our data tracking us everywhere we go,

846
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:27,000
which I noticed Kenosha switched out flock for axon which arguably has a worse track record.

847
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:29,000
All are interconnected issues.

848
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:32,000
They are ushering in a system that will impact all of us.

849
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:38,000
The complications caused by these hyperscale data centers do not discriminate on who decided to play nice with Microsoft Meta,

850
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:41,000
XAI, or any other tech conglomerate that wants to steal our resources.

851
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:44,000
This is bigger than Kenosha and bigger than all of us.

852
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:51,000
You must realize sooner or later, you, me, your data, my data, their data are the product, not the consumer.

853
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:58,000
Much like the robber barons of the Industrial Revolution, these companies are more comfortable putting profit over not only land and natural resources,

854
01:09:58,000 --> 01:09:59,000
but ultimately human lives.

855
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:06,000
Just this week, a US federal court in Mississippi ruled that clean drinking water is shockingly not a constitutional right.

856
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:12,000
And an EPA proposal from this past week would eliminate a federal requirement that states notify the public

857
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:17,000
and seek comments before issuing air pollution permits for data centers and other industrial facilities.

858
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:24,000
The EPA stripping this mandate away directly affects residents, potentially leaving them entirely in the dark on what is happening in their communities.

859
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:30,000
Allowing data centers to get air pollution permits secretly goes directly against the EPA's promise of transparency

860
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:34,000
and will expose local communities to dangerous levels of suit and toxic chemicals.

861
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:39,000
If we cannot depend on the EPA or federal courts to protect us in our land or state government,

862
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:43,000
then local governments must uphold their responsibility to the community they serve,

863
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:48,000
and furthermore, should uphold their responsibility as human beings to be stewards of the earth.

864
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:53,000
If this is not a commitment any of you are willing to uphold, do not expect to be reelected.

865
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:58,000
As a young adult, I want to feel represented and proud of the mayor and council before me.

866
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:02,000
It is infuriating to hear all of these alarm bells ringing constantly.

867
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:04,000
You have 30 seconds.

868
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:11,000
For them only to fall on deaf ears, please hear me and all of the speakers in support are demand for a one year moratorium.

869
01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:17,000
Be willing to examine your beliefs and remember it is never too late to change your mind and support a better future.

870
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:19,000
A better path forward is still possible.

871
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:22,000
Allow room for that possibility or respectfully get out of the way.

872
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:25,000
Thank you for your time.

873
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:27,000
Next speaker, Colton Roberts.

874
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:44,000
My name is Colton Roberts.

875
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:47,000
I live at 4710, 18th Ave, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

876
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:50,000
I know I ruffled quite a bit of feathers last time I came up here.

877
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:54,000
I mentioned my personal belief in the fact that I think the mayor is a tomato-headed freak.

878
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,000
I still stand by that opinion.

879
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:01,000
I would like to bring up just a quick couple facts for you all.

880
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:09,000
Since 2014, we have known that noise pollution in any way, shape, and reform will in fact cause birth defects in pregnant women

881
01:12:09,000 --> 01:12:11,000
along with other myriad of health problems.

882
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:12,000
My wife's pregnant.

883
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,000
We're expecting our second daughter.

884
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:16,000
I'm very excited for that.

885
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:21,000
When this data center is constructed and all of a sudden a bunch of birth defects are in our children,

886
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:24,000
one of you be there to care for them.

887
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:30,000
One of you be there for the many, many more hours it takes a mother and father to raise a special needs child

888
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:35,000
as opposed to a child who does not have disabilities.

889
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:39,000
With the diesel generators and the methane power plants causing air pollution,

890
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:43,000
will any of you be there for the funerals of those who have asthma?

891
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:48,000
One of you be there for my funeral of my sister who has asthma, my grandmother who's elderly?

892
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:53,000
How many corpses must we put in the ground before any one of you decide maybe,

893
01:12:53,000 --> 01:13:01,000
maybe for an Iota of a second, profit should never come first under any circumstances?

894
01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:06,000
How many gallons of blood do we need to pour onto people's hands before they question?

895
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Was it really worth it?

896
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:12,000
Nine million in property taxes? 50 jobs?

897
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:18,000
How many people have to lose food and go hungry as the power goes out for weeks on end?

898
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:25,000
How many must starve to feed the machine of the AI data center?

899
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:31,000
How many millions of gallons of water must we lose before the question appears in anyone's head of,

900
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:33,000
was this worth it?

901
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:38,000
I did some quick math, and if you look at the nine million property tax estimate,

902
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:41,000
that's roughly five to ten dollars a household.

903
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:45,000
Can I just pay that now and not have to deal with the suffering of my family?

904
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:47,000
Can I pay it for my neighbor?

905
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:48,000
They're a neighbor?

906
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,000
Is that an option?

907
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:53,000
Can I opt out of poisoning the air of which we breathe?

908
01:13:53,000 --> 01:14:00,000
The water of which we drink, and the land of which Christ instructs us to coexist and steward?

909
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:04,000
Is that an option?

910
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:07,000
Or must I be poisoned?

911
01:14:07,000 --> 01:14:12,000
Must my wife, my family, your families, yourselves?

912
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:17,000
It took roughly 50 years for us to discover that lead is not good.

913
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:18,000
You have 30 seconds.

914
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:19,000
Thank you, ma'am.

915
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:23,000
How much longer do we need for, sorry, skipped a bit?

916
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:26,000
How long did it take us for asbestos?

917
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:32,000
How many millions of children were poisoned because we didn't do our due diligence as humans?

918
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:35,000
Sir, in the back, please get off your phone, I'm speaking.

919
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:36,000
Yeah?

920
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:39,000
You, sir.

921
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:47,000
How many must die to feed the machine of which none of us benefit from?

922
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:48,000
Yeah.

923
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:56,000
Please, folks, continue.

924
01:14:56,000 --> 01:15:02,000
Next speaker, Gazan Mian.

925
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
All right.

926
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:13,000
Kazan Mian, 330314th Street.

927
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:15,000
So I'll keep this brief.

928
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,000
I am an urgent care doctor.

929
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:21,000
I spent four years at UW Parkside for undergrad.

930
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:26,000
Four years at UW Madison for med school, and then three years in Milwaukee for residency.

931
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:33,000
All that so I could come home to Kenosha, my home, and advocate for the health of this

932
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:34,000
community.

933
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:39,000
I can tell you for certain that data centers are not good for the health of this community.

934
01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:42,000
We've kind of heard that all night from multiple people.

935
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:47,000
I challenge anyone up here who feels different.

936
01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:49,000
Come and talk to me about it afterwards.

937
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,000
I'm sure we'd have a productive conversation.

938
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:56,000
I'm a little concerned that this body seems to have not that much consideration for the

939
01:15:56,000 --> 01:16:01,000
health of this community and a lot of consideration for data centers.

940
01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:04,000
I mean, honestly, the majority does not want this.

941
01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:06,000
You're our representatives.

942
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:09,000
You also should not want this.

943
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:15,000
And then, honestly, I'd also ask that instead of using the power to stop us from clapping

944
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:20,000
for five seconds, you use that time to actually think about what we're saying to you.

945
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:23,000
Thanks.

946
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:43,000
Next speaker isabella Kuzel.

947
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:46,000
Isabella Kuzel, 2531 82nd Street.

948
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:51,000
Good evening, mayor, members of the common council, and my neighbors.

949
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:57,000
I'm standing here tonight because the only way we will ever find resolution on this issue

950
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:00,000
is if we reach a basic moral conclusion.

951
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:05,000
Corporate welfare does not come before the welfare of people.

952
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:09,000
Corporations don't matter if people don't matter.

953
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:14,000
And as long as the corporate establishment continues to put its greed above our lives,

954
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:18,000
they should expect resistance, including right here in this room.

955
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:23,000
We keep hearing from big tech lobbyists and their allies that if we don't hand over our

956
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:29,000
land, water, and power, the U.S. will lose its technological lead to Beijing.

957
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:36,000
To the mayor and anyone else pushing this national security talking point, I ask you directly.

958
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:41,000
If you're truly worried about national strength and the future of innovation,

959
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:45,000
why are you supporting projects that poison our air, water, and food?

960
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:49,000
Why are you allowing environmental damage in our backyards?

961
01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:54,000
Why are you cooperating to leave us desolate, displaced, and footing the bill?

962
01:17:54,000 --> 01:18:00,000
You don't build a strong future by sacrificing the living standards of the families who actually live here.

963
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:06,000
What's more, we are being kept in the dark about decisions that fundamentally rewrite our neighborhoods.

964
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:12,000
You demand to transform our community, but you didn't do not acknowledge we are owed transparency.

965
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:16,000
What is this massive infrastructure actually going to contribute to us?

966
01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:18,000
What's in it for working class people?

967
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:22,000
Why should we care about corporations that couldn't care less about us?

968
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:30,000
We are tired of fake promises of cash injections and corporate handouts that we know will never reach our pockets.

969
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:34,000
This isn't an investment in Kenosha, it's corporate extraction.

970
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:39,000
We want investment in us, our people, our public infrastructure, and our local economy.

971
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:44,000
Invest in the people living in this city, and we will build a thriving economy ourselves.

972
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:49,000
I ask this council, do not trade Kenosha's health and future for corporate promises.

973
01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:56,000
Stand up for the people you represent, put an immediate freeze on these developments, and pass a data center moratorium.

974
01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:57,000
Thank you.

975
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:02,000
Next speaker, Rachel Kirschner.

976
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:15,000
Rachel Kirschner, 2613 136 Avenue, town of Paris.

977
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,000
Good evening, mayor and members of the city council.

978
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:22,000
I think this is like my fourth time here, speaking out against the data center.

979
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,000
Listen up, I'm going to give you a task.

980
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:27,000
I know where the mayor stands, but I do not agree.

981
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:29,000
I follow logic and reason.

982
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:34,000
His fear mongering about China, his fear of missing out, his analogies,

983
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:41,000
comparing data centers to simple objects failed to account for the actual complexity, his years of experience.

984
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:46,000
These arguments have not convinced me that my family will be safe from the noise and the pollution.

985
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:49,000
My family's health is important.

986
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:53,000
So now, I ask you all the persons where you stand.

987
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:55,000
You have your own voice.

988
01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:57,000
You don't need to listen and obey the mayor.

989
01:19:57,000 --> 01:20:01,000
You may have more experience and knowledge than he has.

990
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:07,000
I want every other person at the end of this meeting to speak up and say where you stand, and please don't ignore my speech,

991
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:12,000
and choose to speak up data centers only to accept where you feel a little insulted.

992
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,000
Talk about the real issue.

993
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:15,000
I'm going to make it easy.

994
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:17,000
I'll give you what you can say.

995
01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:19,000
Option one is simple and sweet.

996
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:21,000
I don't want a data center in Kenosha.

997
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:27,000
Kenosha does not have a good place to put a data center that wouldn't negatively affect residents.

998
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,000
That was nice, isn't it?

999
01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:32,000
Option two.

1000
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:39,000
I want a moratorium to see if Microsoft can reduce the infrasound or low-frequency noise still coming out of the Mount Pleasant facility.

1001
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,000
They haven't fixed it yet.

1002
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:45,000
And I want to wait until Microsoft can commit to renewable energy,

1003
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:49,000
and not allow gas plants in Kenosha County to support them.

1004
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:51,000
That was not bad.

1005
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:54,000
All right.

1006
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:56,000
So here we have option three.

1007
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:59,000
I absolutely want the data center.

1008
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:02,000
I don't care about the residents in the township of Paris.

1009
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:06,000
Frankly, I have no idea where County Road EUE or MBR,

1010
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:10,000
and I haven't driven down highway 142, busifying 94 in years.

1011
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:12,000
So why?

1012
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:14,000
What should I care?

1013
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:16,000
They don't vote for me.

1014
01:21:16,000 --> 01:21:18,000
I don't care if this makes me a bad neighbor.

1015
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:23,000
I want that tax money from Microsoft, and I don't care if the residents of Paris will face data center howl.

1016
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:28,000
I also don't care about my residents that work for Amazon or ULINE.

1017
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:33,000
Let them breathe in the polluted air from the gas plant being proposed adjacent to the data center.

1018
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:37,000
Let them feel the constant low-frequency or infrasound at their place of work.

1019
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:39,000
I want that tax money.

1020
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:42,000
I don't care if it scares off the other businesses.

1021
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:44,000
Microsoft tax money is all I want.

1022
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:47,000
I want those few jobs after construction ends too.

1023
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:51,000
I accept the premature deaths caused by the proposed gas plant.

1024
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:56,000
I accept the risk when a driver, a 9-84, crashes from the infrasound effects

1025
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:59,000
or the blackout fogging conditions from the heat of the data center.

1026
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:01,000
I'm okay with environmental costs.

1027
01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:06,000
The documented infrasound health issues and the reality of leaving my neighbors to suffer.

1028
01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:09,000
I will get the tax money and a few jobs.

1029
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:12,000
Maybe a free Microsoft park.

1030
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,000
Damn straight, that park won't be near that.

1031
01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:18,000
Her rent is data center, gas plant, electrical substation because nobody would go there.

1032
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,000
Speaker, your time is up.

1033
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:22,000
I'll continue next time.

1034
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:25,000
Next speaker, Samuel Irving.

1035
01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:46,000
Hi, my name is Angie Hartwick.

1036
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:49,000
4809 Pershing Boulevard.

1037
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:51,000
Angie, the next speaker was Samuel Irving.

1038
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,000
Oh, they said you're an engine.

1039
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:54,000
Sorry.

1040
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,000
I'm not a fan of it.

1041
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:59,000
I'm not a fan of it.

1042
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:02,000
I'm a fan of it.

1043
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:08,000
Hi, guys.

1044
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:10,000
Thanks for your time.

1045
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:11,000
Appreciate it.

1046
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:13,000
Samuel Irving, 8829, 17th Avenue.

1047
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:15,000
So I got another movie for you.

1048
01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:17,000
You know what Jurassic Park, right?

1049
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:19,000
I mean, it's classic, 1994.

1050
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:23,000
Dr. Ian Malcolm says about the whole Jurassic Park situation,

1051
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:27,000
your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could.

1052
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:30,000
They didn't stop to think if they should.

1053
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:32,000
Great, right?

1054
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:37,000
So back to my speech because that's the one thing I had to say about that.

1055
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:39,000
I think you can follow along.

1056
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:43,000
So do we have a plan for when things fall apart,

1057
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:49,000
when the dinosaurs are loose, or should I say when the dinosaurs blow up?

1058
01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:50,000
That would be especially awful.

1059
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:51,000
Maybe a good thing.

1060
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:52,000
I don't know.

1061
01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:57,000
But, excuse me.

1062
01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:02,000
Not just the small penance mentioned in the recent meeting at the Democrat meeting.

1063
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:03,000
Sorry, meeting.

1064
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:05,000
Not a slip of the tongue.

1065
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:09,000
This is the worst implications than just being another fox con.

1066
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:13,000
We know what we're going to get if they do pull out for whatever reason.

1067
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:18,000
But what about in addition to that?

1068
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:24,000
Pagonically speaking, what plan do we have for the likely scenario that this doesn't go as

1069
01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:27,000
planned, everything going according to plan?

1070
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:31,000
We're going to make a pretty great amusement park, guys.

1071
01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:34,000
I promise you, it's going to be so cool.

1072
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:38,000
What else could go wrong?

1073
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:42,000
Microsoft and many other companies can afford to effectively pull out

1074
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:45,000
or legally do the bare minimum if the AI bubble bursts.

1075
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:53,000
Sure, they'll pay whatever penance they need to give that little penny to get through

1076
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:59,000
to pull out at that last minute or whatever happens if the AI bubble does burst or not

1077
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:01,000
burst, whatever.

1078
01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:04,000
Excuse me.

1079
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:10,000
However, they're definitely not going to do it out of the goodness of their hearts.

1080
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:12,000
They don't care about our community.

1081
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:17,000
What's a few million dollars of donations of social philanthropy when they can make billions

1082
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:22,000
in the short term and then escape the disaster when the AI bubble burst or whatever happens

1083
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:27,000
that leaves us footing the bill of billions of damage in health care costs

1084
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:30,000
and the priceless state of human and environmental health.

1085
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:37,000
You've heard from everyone else here all the other stats and statistics and everything else

1086
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:38,000
that was mentioned.

1087
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:39,000
You've heard those.

1088
01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:40,000
Take those to heart.

1089
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,000
Those are real stats.

1090
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:44,000
What are we going to do about those?

1091
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:49,000
That's us citizens being left behind with that.

1092
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:54,000
The doctor mentioned in himself, what are we going to do about those health costs in

1093
01:25:54,000 --> 01:26:01,000
the future when the AI data center infrastructure does poison our health?

1094
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:03,000
That's all I have to say.

1095
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,000
Thank you.

1096
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:06,000
You don't want to run around too long today.

1097
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:07,000
Thanks.

1098
01:26:07,000 --> 01:26:15,000
Next speaker, Darlene Duncan.

1099
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:20,000
Hello, mayor and council members.

1100
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:24,000
Darlene Duncan, 822057th Avenue.

1101
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:26,000
I'm a retired educator.

1102
01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:32,000
I came tonight just to learn and find out more about the data centers and man, if I learned

1103
01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:40,000
a lot, holy cow, you know, I see a lot on social media and think, oh, that's just, you know,

1104
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:42,000
dramatic fear-ganging.

1105
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:48,000
But what I've heard tonight from so many different people, civil engineers, medical

1106
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:54,000
doctors, I am opposed to the data center in every way, shape and form.

1107
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:59,000
I don't have any other data to share and so much was already shared with you.

1108
01:26:59,000 --> 01:27:06,000
So I appreciate being able to be part of the 70% as my friend Jerry said that are opposed

1109
01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:08,000
to the data center.

1110
01:27:08,000 --> 01:27:09,000
Thank you.

1111
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:16,000
Next speaker, Christopher Lyon.

1112
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:24,000
Christopher Lyons, 3225, 55th Court.

1113
01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:29,000
With the word that we bring to you every common council meeting, I want to stress to you all

1114
01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:34,000
today that we're not just performing, we're real people with real lives and real experiences.

1115
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:39,000
This council is one of the few outlets and the few ways we're able to gauge your attention,

1116
01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:41,000
at least when we're off the streets.

1117
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:44,000
I want to emphasize the necessity of what we're doing here.

1118
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:49,000
Us, the people in the city, are holding you all accountable and especially the mayor accountable.

1119
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:54,000
Because we don't have a choice, whether it's with this data center, disability services,

1120
01:27:54,000 --> 01:27:57,000
police conduct and whatever else.

1121
01:27:57,000 --> 01:28:00,000
We see something in our community that is unjust.

1122
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:05,000
We see something that is in our community that we don't want and that we do not need.

1123
01:28:05,000 --> 01:28:10,000
And we've demonstrated that we are willing to go without.

1124
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:16,000
For those who are willing to listen, you need to meet the demands of the people.

1125
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:21,000
The ultimate indicator of whether our representatives are on our side, whether they stand with the people

1126
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:28,000
and whether they stand with us is if you vote no for this moratorium or vote yes for this moratorium

1127
01:28:28,000 --> 01:28:31,000
or vote no on this data center.

1128
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:37,000
Microsoft, along with the mayor, is going to lobby you very hard if it hasn't happened already.

1129
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:43,000
Regardless of the status of that, resist that advance because what you're seeing here is bigger than a Microsoft data center

1130
01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:46,000
or we're seeing here as a domino waiting to be knocked down.

1131
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:51,000
To the elders, if this data center is built, expect many more knocking at the door,

1132
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:55,000
the corporations with these proposals will sue the city if you do not comply.

1133
01:28:55,000 --> 01:29:00,000
Not only will you be under fire by the people, you'll be under fire by the corporations as well.

1134
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:03,000
And that's not a great recipe for being reelected.

1135
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:11,000
So please, whatever vote comes to this floor concerning this data center, vote no and vote for a one year moratorium.

1136
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:13,000
Thank you.

1137
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:16,000
Next speaker, Linnea Elrod.

1138
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:29,000
Linnea Elrod, 8042 42nd Avenue in Kenosha.

1139
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:32,000
Good evening and thank you for this opportunity to speak.

1140
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:41,000
I recently read a post with words to the effect of AI is here to stay.

1141
01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:43,000
Get accustomed to it.

1142
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:48,000
Start focusing on the good things that AI can do for us.

1143
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:52,000
And stop focusing on imaginary harms.

1144
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:55,000
Imaginary harms.

1145
01:29:55,000 --> 01:30:03,000
So the people spending a nice summer evening shut inside their homes because they can't go outside

1146
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:11,000
from because of the noise from the data center 24 seven are just hearing things.

1147
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:24,000
So the people feeling ill physically and emotionally are just imagining the effects from infrasonic sound waves emanating from the data center.

1148
01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:27,000
It must be psychosomatic illness.

1149
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:35,000
And the pollution from

1150
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:37,000
Sorry, I can't read my writing.

1151
01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:42,000
The pollution from fossil fuels used to power generators and power plants.

1152
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:45,000
Is it early a problem?

1153
01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:48,000
Well, certainly not in Kenosha.

1154
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:52,000
There's lovely city on the banks of Lake Michigan.

1155
01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:55,000
Can't be a problem here, can it?

1156
01:30:55,000 --> 01:31:00,000
Not in the Chicago to Milwaukee corridor.

1157
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:09,000
Where there are already elevated rates of respiratory illness.

1158
01:31:09,000 --> 01:31:16,000
People going into the emergency room to be treated for respiratory illness.

1159
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:18,000
And come to think of it.

1160
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:23,000
What will happen when we don't see a lot of bees around anymore?

1161
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:28,000
They say the sound from the data center disrupts their ability to communicate.

1162
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:35,000
And to go back and forth from the hive and to communicate with each other so that they can do things like pollinator crops.

1163
01:31:35,000 --> 01:31:40,000
And bring us flowers and woodlands.

1164
01:31:40,000 --> 01:31:43,000
Things that beautify life.

1165
01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:46,000
What happens when they're gone?

1166
01:31:47,000 --> 01:31:55,000
Well, it's not really a problem, I guess.

1167
01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:58,000
Because those bees they'll eventually evolve.

1168
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:00,000
You have 30 seconds.

1169
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:05,000
They'll get past it and they'll be able to survive, right?

1170
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:11,000
Well, not if there's too many to let nature heal.

1171
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:17,000
Other people have said things much more eloquently than I have today.

1172
01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:30,000
And I urge that the voices of the citizens take at least as much weight as those of tech billionaires who are not in the community.

1173
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:34,000
They need to carry equal weight and they need to have the right to vote.

1174
01:32:34,000 --> 01:32:35,000
Your time is up.

1175
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:40,000
On this issue.

1176
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:45,000
Next speaker, Angie Hartwick.

1177
01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:55,000
Are you sure?

1178
01:32:55,000 --> 01:33:00,000
If I wasn't watching that, I am now.

1179
01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:03,000
All right, Angie Hartwick.

1180
01:33:03,000 --> 01:33:07,000
4-8-0-9 Persian Boulevard.

1181
01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:11,000
I don't like talking, I don't like attention on me.

1182
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:17,000
I'm not a great public speaker, so it's very nerve-wracking for me, so it's very important.

1183
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:25,000
That being said, every day my husband and I, well, almost every day we try to every day, go for a walk at pets.

1184
01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:28,000
I'm actually missing my walk today, I missed it to be here.

1185
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:32,000
So again, it means a lot to me to be here.

1186
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:41,000
Everything that they said, when it comes to all the environmental harm and damages and it doesn't just affect human beings, it affects everything around us.

1187
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:49,000
It includes all those deer, those squirrels, the chipmunks, everything, you know, that's out of pets.

1188
01:33:49,000 --> 01:33:51,000
Going there means a lot to me.

1189
01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:56,000
It helped me through a really rough time, the last year and a half.

1190
01:33:56,000 --> 01:34:01,000
And if it could do that for me with everything I was going through,

1191
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:05,000
I know it would help a lot of other people too, and I know those animals don't want to die.

1192
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:11,000
Point is, these data centers are going to ruin the planet, if we let them.

1193
01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:14,000
We're not going to have any nature left.

1194
01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:18,000
And if they ruin the planet, where do humans live?

1195
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:28,000
And I know some people think like, well, it's not going to be my problem because I'm not going to be around, so what do I care if it kills everybody off?

1196
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:31,000
First off, we don't know what happens to us after we die.

1197
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:47,000
But whether it's real or not, I like to try to keep in mind the possibility that we might come back one day and don't we want to come back to a healthy, loving planet full of life.

1198
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:55,000
I mean, whether it's real or not, I'd like to live by that idea, so maybe it'll make me treat the world a little bit better.

1199
01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:59,000
And not just the earth, but all my fellow human beings.

1200
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:05,000
We need to treat each other better and care about each other and where we live, because we all have to share the earth.

1201
01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:08,000
Let's not ruin it.

1202
01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:10,000
Step peen in the pool.

1203
01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:12,000
Sorry.

1204
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:17,000
Okay.

1205
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:19,000
Thank you. Please continue.

1206
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:22,000
Be communications, petitions, reports of departments.

1207
01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:24,000
B1 approval of the following applications.

1208
01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:26,000
A33 operators licenses.

1209
01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:30,000
B3 special class B beer indoor special class B wine licenses.

1210
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:32,000
Gentlemen, from the 10th.

1211
01:35:32,000 --> 01:35:33,000
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1212
01:35:33,000 --> 01:35:36,000
Make a motion to concur with the recommendation of the license and permit to approve.

1213
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:37,000
B1?

1214
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:38,000
Second.

1215
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:40,000
Moved and seconded to approve item B1.

1216
01:35:40,000 --> 01:35:41,000
Any discussion?

1217
01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:44,000
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

1218
01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:45,000
Aye.

1219
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:46,000
Any opposed?

1220
01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:47,000
Motion carries.

1221
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:52,000
B2 conditional use permit for a tattoo establishment located at 4,400 Sheridan Road.

1222
01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:55,000
And gentlemen, from the third.

1223
01:35:55,000 --> 01:35:56,000
Thank you, Your Honor.

1224
01:35:56,000 --> 01:36:08,000
I wish to concur with the City Plan Commission approval of, in their opinion, B2, B3, and B4.

1225
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:13,000
After public hearing and being read.

1226
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:21,000
B3 conditional use permit amendment for a tattoo and body piercing establishment located at 7611 purging Boulevard.

1227
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:34,000
B4 appeal of City Plan Commission decision to deny a conditional use permit for a vehicle facility located at 5514 22nd Avenue.

1228
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:37,000
Okay, at this time, open up to a public hearing.

1229
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:44,000
And in here speaking items B2, B3, or B4, please come forward, state your name and address.

1230
01:36:44,000 --> 01:36:49,000
One second search, sorry, hang on.

1231
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:50,000
Okay, go ahead.

1232
01:36:50,000 --> 01:36:52,000
Ben Raider 492568 Street.

1233
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:59,000
I'm just here for any questions if you have any for gypsy gem girls piercing.

1234
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:02,000
Okay, if there are any questions, we'll call you back up.

1235
01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:04,000
Thank you, sir.

1236
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:08,000
Anyone else on items B2, B3, or B4?

1237
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:09,000
Anyone else?

1238
01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:10,000
Anyone else?

1239
01:37:10,000 --> 01:37:12,000
Seeing none.

1240
01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:13,000
Close the public hearing.

1241
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:19,000
Motion on the floor is concurrence on B2, B3, and B4 with City Plan.

1242
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:20,000
Correct?

1243
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:22,000
Any discussion?

1244
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:23,000
Seeing none.

1245
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:24,000
All those in favor say aye.

1246
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:25,000
Aye.

1247
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:26,000
Any opposed?

1248
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:27,000
Motion carries.

1249
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,000
It was.

1250
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:38,000
Yeah.

1251
01:37:38,000 --> 01:37:42,000
See recommendations from the Committee on Licenses and Permits.

1252
01:37:42,000 --> 01:37:46,000
See one application of Kyle Lee Singer for a new operator's license.

1253
01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:49,000
Gentlemen from the 10th.

1254
01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:50,000
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1255
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:59,000
Make a motion to approve C1, C2, and C3 after being read in any necessary applicant hearings.

1256
01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:10,000
C2 applications of the Port LLC for a temporary outdoor extension of the Class B beer, Class B liquor license located at 714 50th Street.

1257
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:17,000
With no adverse recommendations from the Police Department, A, September 13th, 2026, B, October 3rd, 2026.

1258
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:26,000
C3 application of to Lomation Services Inc for a daily public entertainment license located at 937 Sheridan Road for an event on September 12th, 2026.

1259
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:32,000
With no adverse recommendations from the Police Department, License and Permits recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1260
01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:35,000
Okay, at this time, open up to a hearing.

1261
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:39,000
Any applicant here to speak on C1, 2, or 3?

1262
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:42,000
Any applicant here at C1, 2, or 3?

1263
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:44,000
Any applicant seeing none?

1264
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:45,000
Closing hearing.

1265
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:47,000
Motion on the floor is approval of C1, 2, and 3.

1266
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:48,000
Any discussion?

1267
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:49,000
Seeing none.

1268
01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:51,000
All those in favor say aye.

1269
01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:52,000
Aye.

1270
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:53,000
Any opposed?

1271
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:54,000
Motion carries.

1272
01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:56,000
Seconded.

1273
01:38:56,000 --> 01:39:03,000
The City of Canada is the first reading, E1 Ordinance by Mayor David F. Focdala to repeal and recreate in its entirety subsection 5.041D regarding honorary street sub-names.

1274
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:05,000
Public works recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1275
01:39:05,000 --> 01:39:07,000
Gentlemen from the 10th?

1276
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:11,000
Make a motion to send E1, F1, and F2 on the way after being read.

1277
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:12,000
Thank you.

1278
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:23,000
F-zoning ordinance is first reading, F1, zoning ordinance by the mayor to create subsection 18.02, BB, BB, BB, BB, of the zoning ordinance to amend the land use plan map for the City of Kenosha, 2035.

1279
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:25,280
F-2, rezoning ordinance by the mayor to rezoning the property

1280
01:39:25,280 --> 01:39:28,240
at 40th Avenue from B-1 neighborhood business district

1281
01:39:28,240 --> 01:39:31,320
to RG-1 general residential district.

1282
01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:36,960
Okay, motion is to send E-1 through F-2 on their way.

1283
01:39:36,960 --> 01:39:37,800
Any discussion?

1284
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:39,660
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

1285
01:39:39,660 --> 01:39:40,500
Aye.

1286
01:39:40,500 --> 01:39:41,320
Any opposed?

1287
01:39:41,320 --> 01:39:42,160
Motion carries.

1288
01:39:43,320 --> 01:39:44,480
G-1, it says second reading.

1289
01:39:44,480 --> 01:39:46,360
G-1 ordinance by the Committee on Public Safety

1290
01:39:46,360 --> 01:39:48,800
and Welfare to amend section 7.125

1291
01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:50,680
of the Code of General Ordinance's entitled

1292
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:52,800
streets controlled by yield signs

1293
01:39:52,800 --> 01:39:54,480
by re-sending there from the yield signs

1294
01:39:54,480 --> 01:39:57,760
on 54th Avenue at its intersection with 41st Street

1295
01:39:57,760 --> 01:39:59,800
and to include east and westbound yield signs

1296
01:39:59,800 --> 01:40:01,800
on 41st Street and 54th Avenue.

1297
01:40:02,600 --> 01:40:04,000
Gentlemen from the fifth.

1298
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:04,840
Thank you, Your Honor.

1299
01:40:04,840 --> 01:40:06,880
I make a motion to approve G-1 and G-2

1300
01:40:06,880 --> 01:40:09,040
after being read in all public hearings.

1301
01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:12,720
G-2 ordinance by the Committee on Public Safety

1302
01:40:12,720 --> 01:40:14,840
and Welfare to amend section 7.12

1303
01:40:14,840 --> 01:40:17,760
C of the Code of General Ordinance's entitled stop streets

1304
01:40:17,760 --> 01:40:19,120
to include a cell phone stop

1305
01:40:19,120 --> 01:40:21,680
at the intersection of 25th Avenue and 55th Street.

1306
01:40:23,360 --> 01:40:25,240
Okay, motion on the floor is approval.

1307
01:40:25,240 --> 01:40:27,520
At this time, open up to a public hearing.

1308
01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:31,200
Anyone here to speak on item G-1 or G-2?

1309
01:40:31,200 --> 01:40:32,560
Anyone here to speak?

1310
01:40:32,560 --> 01:40:33,400
Anyone here to speak?

1311
01:40:33,400 --> 01:40:35,480
Seeing none, close the public hearing.

1312
01:40:35,480 --> 01:40:37,840
Motion on the floor is approval

1313
01:40:37,840 --> 01:40:40,400
or concurrence with public safety and welfare,

1314
01:40:40,400 --> 01:40:41,720
G-1 and G-2.

1315
01:40:41,720 --> 01:40:43,480
Any discussion?

1316
01:40:43,480 --> 01:40:45,720
Seeing none, all those in favor will vote aye.

1317
01:40:45,720 --> 01:40:46,560
Those opposed?

1318
01:40:46,560 --> 01:40:47,460
No, roll call please.

1319
01:40:49,320 --> 01:40:50,320
Motion carries 15-0.

1320
01:40:50,320 --> 01:40:51,760
H-zoning ordinance is second reading.

1321
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:54,120
H-1 rezoning ordinance by the City Planning Commission.

1322
01:40:54,120 --> 01:40:56,520
To rezone the property at 3719-25th Street

1323
01:40:56,520 --> 01:40:58,760
from E-2 agricultural and holding district

1324
01:40:58,760 --> 01:41:01,120
to Iris-1's single-family residential district.

1325
01:41:01,120 --> 01:41:02,760
Gentlemen from the third.

1326
01:41:02,760 --> 01:41:03,760
Thank you, Your Honor.

1327
01:41:03,760 --> 01:41:09,360
Move to approve H-1 after necessary public hearings.

1328
01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:12,760
It's been moved in a second to approve.

1329
01:41:12,760 --> 01:41:14,600
I'm going to move to the second to approve.

1330
01:41:15,320 --> 01:41:17,760
It's second.

1331
01:41:17,760 --> 01:41:20,240
It's been moved in a second to approve item H-1.

1332
01:41:20,240 --> 01:41:22,960
At this time, open up to a public hearing.

1333
01:41:22,960 --> 01:41:25,400
Anyone here speaking item H-1, please come forward.

1334
01:41:25,400 --> 01:41:27,080
Stay tuned to name and address.

1335
01:41:27,080 --> 01:41:28,360
Anyone here to speak?

1336
01:41:28,360 --> 01:41:29,160
Anyone here speaking?

1337
01:41:29,160 --> 01:41:31,480
Seeing none, close the public hearing.

1338
01:41:31,480 --> 01:41:33,480
Motion on the floor is approval.

1339
01:41:33,480 --> 01:41:35,320
Any discussion?

1340
01:41:35,320 --> 01:41:37,480
Seeing none, roll call please.

1341
01:41:37,480 --> 01:41:44,720
Motion carries 15-0.

1342
01:41:44,720 --> 01:41:45,640
Eye resolutions.

1343
01:41:45,640 --> 01:41:47,760
Eye-1 resolution by the Finance Committee.

1344
01:41:47,760 --> 01:41:49,800
To amend the City of Kenosha capital improvement program

1345
01:41:49,800 --> 01:41:55,080
for 2026 by increasing LI 26-002 Northside Library flooring

1346
01:41:55,080 --> 01:42:00,520
in the amount of $72,000 and decreasing 2024 LI 23-001.

1347
01:42:00,520 --> 01:42:03,400
Southwest structural repair in the amount of $72,000

1348
01:42:03,400 --> 01:42:05,480
for a net change in the CIP of zero.

1349
01:42:05,480 --> 01:42:07,840
Finance, recommended to approve 5-0.

1350
01:42:07,840 --> 01:42:10,640
Public works, recommended to approve 6-0.

1351
01:42:10,640 --> 01:42:12,040
Gentlemen, for the 13th.

1352
01:42:12,040 --> 01:42:13,400
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1353
01:42:13,400 --> 01:42:16,960
I move to concur with the Finance Committee recommendation

1354
01:42:16,960 --> 01:42:21,160
to approve I-1.

1355
01:42:21,160 --> 01:42:22,200
Just I-1, sir?

1356
01:42:22,200 --> 01:42:22,600
Yeah.

1357
01:42:22,600 --> 01:42:23,100
OK.

1358
01:42:25,960 --> 01:42:28,120
It's been moved in a second to approve item I-1.

1359
01:42:28,120 --> 01:42:30,360
Any discussion?

1360
01:42:30,360 --> 01:42:31,600
Seeing none, roll call please.

1361
01:42:35,480 --> 01:42:48,000
Motion carries 15-0.

1362
01:42:48,000 --> 01:42:49,840
Eye-2 resolution by the Committee on Public Works

1363
01:42:49,840 --> 01:42:51,760
to vacate an alley south of 68th Street

1364
01:42:51,760 --> 01:42:54,320
and east of 3rd Avenue.

1365
01:42:54,320 --> 01:42:58,880
Public works, recommended to approve 5-1.

1366
01:42:58,880 --> 01:43:00,280
Gentlemen, for the third.

1367
01:43:00,280 --> 01:43:01,560
Thank you, Your Honor.

1368
01:43:01,720 --> 01:43:04,440
I move to approve I-2.

1369
01:43:04,440 --> 01:43:08,360
And also, I'd like to be heard for the public hearing part

1370
01:43:08,360 --> 01:43:12,680
because I got requested by the sponsor of this sort of thing.

1371
01:43:12,680 --> 01:43:13,560
Just a motion, sir.

1372
01:43:13,560 --> 01:43:13,880
It's good.

1373
01:43:13,880 --> 01:43:17,200
All we need right now is there a second?

1374
01:43:17,200 --> 01:43:18,960
Moving a second to approve.

1375
01:43:18,960 --> 01:43:21,640
At this time, open up to a public hearing.

1376
01:43:21,640 --> 01:43:23,800
Anyone here speaking item I-2, please

1377
01:43:23,800 --> 01:43:26,520
come forward, state your name and address.

1378
01:43:26,520 --> 01:43:27,920
Anyone here to speak?

1379
01:43:27,920 --> 01:43:28,800
Anyone here to speak?

1380
01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:31,400
Seeing none, close the public hearing.

1381
01:43:31,400 --> 01:43:33,600
Gentlemen, from third, do you want to speak on it?

1382
01:43:33,600 --> 01:43:35,000
Yes, I do, Your Honor.

1383
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:38,280
I promise the people who brought this forward

1384
01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:40,640
that I would speak up on it tonight.

1385
01:43:40,640 --> 01:43:43,360
This is an unusual alley vacation

1386
01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:48,680
because half of the property on the lakeside

1387
01:43:48,680 --> 01:43:54,360
actually belongs to the city water utility, their property,

1388
01:43:54,360 --> 01:43:57,600
and they are very willing to give it up.

1389
01:43:57,600 --> 01:43:59,640
But they were hoping to get this thing done

1390
01:43:59,640 --> 01:44:03,520
so that they can get the alley resurfaced

1391
01:44:03,520 --> 01:44:06,000
before the snow flies.

1392
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:11,080
This has been, of course, totally approved by the city plan.

1393
01:44:11,080 --> 01:44:16,400
It is, again, the water department is totally in agreement.

1394
01:44:16,400 --> 01:44:19,600
They don't have to worry about that section of the property

1395
01:44:19,600 --> 01:44:22,600
anymore and urge everybody to vote.

1396
01:44:22,600 --> 01:44:24,720
Yes, thank you.

1397
01:44:24,720 --> 01:44:25,760
Thank you, sir.

1398
01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:27,480
Gentlemen, from the 10th.

1399
01:44:27,520 --> 01:44:28,360
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1400
01:44:28,360 --> 01:44:30,840
I need to apologize to the city clerk.

1401
01:44:30,840 --> 01:44:33,080
My vote was unbekening.

1402
01:44:33,080 --> 01:44:34,600
The alley was not this alley.

1403
01:44:34,600 --> 01:44:37,520
It was the alley in the second district, and I apologize.

1404
01:44:40,640 --> 01:44:44,000
We have that noted for the record, OK?

1405
01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:47,160
OK, motion on the floor is approval of item I-2.

1406
01:44:47,160 --> 01:44:49,000
Any further discussion?

1407
01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:50,280
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1408
01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:57,760
Motion carries 15 to 0.

1409
01:44:57,760 --> 01:45:00,480
I-3, resolution by the Committee on Public Safety and Welfare

1410
01:45:00,480 --> 01:45:03,400
to designate as no parking on the south side of 61st Street

1411
01:45:03,400 --> 01:45:06,840
for a total of 205 feet east of 14th Avenue.

1412
01:45:06,840 --> 01:45:07,840
Gentlemen, from the 5th.

1413
01:45:07,840 --> 01:45:08,600
Thank you, Your Honor.

1414
01:45:08,600 --> 01:45:10,240
I make a motion to approve as recommended

1415
01:45:10,240 --> 01:45:13,440
by Public Safety and Welfare.

1416
01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:15,280
Is there a second?

1417
01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:16,560
Second.

1418
01:45:16,560 --> 01:45:19,760
Moving in seconded to approve item I-3.

1419
01:45:19,840 --> 01:45:22,720
Any discussion?

1420
01:45:22,720 --> 01:45:25,080
Seeing none, all those in favor will vote aye.

1421
01:45:25,080 --> 01:45:25,800
Those opposed, no.

1422
01:45:25,800 --> 01:45:26,560
Roll call, please.

1423
01:45:32,360 --> 01:45:34,480
Motion carries 15 to 0.

1424
01:45:34,480 --> 01:45:37,080
I-4, resolution by principal sponsor, Mayor David F.

1425
01:45:37,080 --> 01:45:38,640
Bogdala, case settlement authority

1426
01:45:38,640 --> 01:45:41,160
regarding pending prosecutions of various delinquent

1427
01:45:41,160 --> 01:45:42,560
personal property tax accounts.

1428
01:45:42,560 --> 01:45:45,200
Finance recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1429
01:45:45,200 --> 01:45:47,240
Gentlemen, from 13th.

1430
01:45:47,240 --> 01:45:48,440
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1431
01:45:48,440 --> 01:45:54,920
I move to approve items I-4 through I-8 as recommended

1432
01:45:54,920 --> 01:45:59,040
by Finance Committee after being read.

1433
01:45:59,040 --> 01:46:01,880
I-5, resolution by the Mayor approving a tax incremental

1434
01:46:01,880 --> 01:46:03,840
district affordable housing extension

1435
01:46:03,840 --> 01:46:05,560
for the City of Kenosha TID number 11,

1436
01:46:05,560 --> 01:46:08,120
Finance recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1437
01:46:08,120 --> 01:46:12,160
I-6, resolution by the Mayor to approve a 2026 to 2028

1438
01:46:12,160 --> 01:46:13,520
across the board of wage increase

1439
01:46:13,520 --> 01:46:16,480
and other benefit modifications for fire administration.

1440
01:46:16,480 --> 01:46:18,720
Finance recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1441
01:46:18,720 --> 01:46:21,240
I-7, resolution by the Mayor to approve a successor

1442
01:46:21,240 --> 01:46:25,400
labor agreement for 2026 to 2028 between the City of Kenosha

1443
01:46:25,400 --> 01:46:28,000
and the Kenosha Professional Firefighters Local 414.

1444
01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:30,320
Finance recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1445
01:46:30,320 --> 01:46:32,880
I-8, resolution by the Mayor authorizing the issuance

1446
01:46:32,880 --> 01:46:35,360
of taxable tax increment revenue bond

1447
01:46:35,360 --> 01:46:37,920
of the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin tax incremental district

1448
01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:40,160
number 27 block I-project.

1449
01:46:40,160 --> 01:46:43,520
Finance recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1450
01:46:43,520 --> 01:46:47,320
Okay, motion on the floor is concurrence with finance

1451
01:46:47,320 --> 01:46:50,160
and I-4 through I-8, any discussion?

1452
01:46:51,280 --> 01:46:53,080
Seeing none, roll call please.

1453
01:47:01,680 --> 01:47:03,320
Motion carries 15 to 0.

1454
01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:05,640
K public construction and improvement contracts.

1455
01:47:05,640 --> 01:47:09,560
K-1, over to contract for project 26-1531,

1456
01:47:09,560 --> 01:47:11,800
Northside Public Library Flooring Renovation

1457
01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:13,320
to Continental Flooring Company

1458
01:47:13,320 --> 01:47:15,840
in the amount of $140,000.

1459
01:47:15,840 --> 01:47:18,840
Public works recommended to approve 6 to 0.

1460
01:47:18,840 --> 01:47:19,800
Lay from the 8th.

1461
01:47:20,760 --> 01:47:22,120
Yes, I make a motion to concur

1462
01:47:22,120 --> 01:47:25,160
with the Public Works Committee on K-1.

1463
01:47:27,280 --> 01:47:30,200
Move and second to concur with Public Works on K-1.

1464
01:47:30,200 --> 01:47:31,200
Any discussion?

1465
01:47:32,240 --> 01:47:33,740
Seeing none, roll call please.

1466
01:47:33,740 --> 01:47:42,820
Motion carries 15 to 0.

1467
01:47:42,820 --> 01:47:44,380
I'll other contracts and agreements.

1468
01:47:44,380 --> 01:47:46,700
L-1, sanitary sewer easement and agreement

1469
01:47:46,700 --> 01:47:47,980
between Great Lakes Church, Inc.

1470
01:47:47,980 --> 01:47:49,860
and the Kenosha Water Utility.

1471
01:47:49,860 --> 01:47:51,740
And I don't have the recommendation

1472
01:47:51,740 --> 01:47:53,860
from the Board of Water Commissioners.

1473
01:47:53,860 --> 01:47:56,020
Mr. Chairman, you know what that was?

1474
01:47:56,020 --> 01:47:58,100
On item L-1.

1475
01:47:58,100 --> 01:47:59,420
Unanimous.

1476
01:47:59,420 --> 01:48:00,900
Okay.

1477
01:48:00,900 --> 01:48:02,020
Would you like to make a motion, sir?

1478
01:48:02,020 --> 01:48:03,020
Yes.

1479
01:48:03,020 --> 01:48:04,020
I'll make a motion to approve.

1480
01:48:04,020 --> 01:48:06,020
Just L-1, sir?

1481
01:48:06,020 --> 01:48:07,020
No.

1482
01:48:07,020 --> 01:48:10,020
L-1, L-2, and L-3.

1483
01:48:10,020 --> 01:48:11,020
Okay.

1484
01:48:11,020 --> 01:48:23,020
L-2, sanitary sewer easement and agreement between Blackhawk,

1485
01:48:23,020 --> 01:48:26,020
Ridge, LLC, and the Kenosha Water Utility.

1486
01:48:26,020 --> 01:48:28,020
Also that recommendation, still pending.

1487
01:48:28,020 --> 01:48:31,020
L-3, development agreement between the City of Kenosha

1488
01:48:31,020 --> 01:48:37,020
and Kenosha Downtown Black B, LLC for property at 663, 54th Street.

1489
01:48:37,020 --> 01:48:41,020
Store water utility recommended to approve 6 to 0.

1490
01:48:41,020 --> 01:48:44,020
Jump from the 16th on L-2, is that also unanimous?

1491
01:48:44,020 --> 01:48:45,020
Yes.

1492
01:48:45,020 --> 01:48:46,020
Recommendation from the Board?

1493
01:48:46,020 --> 01:48:47,020
Yes, it was.

1494
01:48:47,020 --> 01:48:48,020
Okay.

1495
01:48:48,020 --> 01:48:49,020
Thank you.

1496
01:48:49,020 --> 01:48:50,020
Board of Water Commissioners unanimously voted for it.

1497
01:48:50,020 --> 01:48:51,020
Thank you, sir.

1498
01:48:51,020 --> 01:48:52,020
Okay.

1499
01:48:52,020 --> 01:48:56,020
Motion on the floor is approved of L-1, 2, and 3.

1500
01:48:56,020 --> 01:48:58,020
Any discussion?

1501
01:48:58,020 --> 01:49:05,020
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1502
01:49:05,020 --> 01:49:07,020
Motion carries 15 to 0.

1503
01:49:07,020 --> 01:49:13,020
L-4, offer to purchase property at 3,050th Street between the City of Kenosha and RHB Associates.

1504
01:49:13,020 --> 01:49:15,020
Finance recommended to approve 5 to 0.

1505
01:49:15,020 --> 01:49:17,020
Gentlemen, from the 13th.

1506
01:49:17,020 --> 01:49:19,020
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1507
01:49:19,020 --> 01:49:26,020
I move to concur with the Finance Committee recommendation to approve L-4.

1508
01:49:26,020 --> 01:49:29,020
Move to the second to concur on item L-4.

1509
01:49:29,020 --> 01:49:30,020
Any discussion?

1510
01:49:30,020 --> 01:49:32,020
Seeing none.

1511
01:49:32,020 --> 01:49:33,020
Oh.

1512
01:49:33,020 --> 01:49:35,020
Jump from the 16th?

1513
01:49:35,020 --> 01:49:36,020
Yes.

1514
01:49:36,020 --> 01:49:47,020
L-4, that piece of property has been vacant, I don't know, late 50s, early 60s.

1515
01:49:47,020 --> 01:49:54,020
We had some interest in it through the years, but I'm tired of looking at it, that's for

1516
01:49:54,020 --> 01:49:58,020
the City of Kenosha, and so are most citizens in the City of Kenosha.

1517
01:49:58,020 --> 01:50:05,020
I'm not a fan of the City by a lot of real estate, but in this case, it makes a lot of

1518
01:50:05,020 --> 01:50:08,020
sense.

1519
01:50:08,020 --> 01:50:16,020
That's right on our main 50 seconds recorder and kitty-quarter to the kin, and the kin

1520
01:50:16,020 --> 01:50:19,020
is just going to take off.

1521
01:50:19,020 --> 01:50:21,020
I guarantee it.

1522
01:50:21,020 --> 01:50:27,020
And this will be all part of it in the future.

1523
01:50:27,020 --> 01:50:36,020
And we'll have some more details on this piece of property later, but, you know, we bought

1524
01:50:36,020 --> 01:50:45,020
it, proposed to buy it for less than it was listed for the research that I did.

1525
01:50:46,020 --> 01:50:50,020
I'm proud to say that I do endorse this.

1526
01:50:50,020 --> 01:50:56,020
I usually don't on houses or land acquisitions, but on this one I do.

1527
01:50:56,020 --> 01:50:59,020
Thank you.

1528
01:50:59,020 --> 01:51:01,020
Thank you, sir.

1529
01:51:01,020 --> 01:51:02,020
Jelma from third.

1530
01:51:02,020 --> 01:51:09,020
Just a side note, I was talking to one of the representatives of the Realty Company, and

1531
01:51:09,020 --> 01:51:16,020
he has mentioned that your honor was a very, very, very, very tough customer in dealing

1532
01:51:16,020 --> 01:51:17,020
with.

1533
01:51:17,020 --> 01:51:23,020
And so I just want to let everybody know that you were really, really trying hard to look

1534
01:51:23,020 --> 01:51:27,020
off for the City's interests, and you were very, very hard negotiator.

1535
01:51:27,020 --> 01:51:28,020
Thank you.

1536
01:51:28,020 --> 01:51:31,020
I learned from him.

1537
01:51:31,020 --> 01:51:35,020
Motion on the floor is a concurrence on item L4.

1538
01:51:35,020 --> 01:51:36,020
Any further discussion?

1539
01:51:36,020 --> 01:51:37,020
Seeing none.

1540
01:51:37,020 --> 01:51:38,020
Roll call, please.

1541
01:51:39,020 --> 01:51:46,020
Motion carries 15-0.

1542
01:51:46,020 --> 01:51:52,020
L5, street lighting easement and agreement between Sri Vishnu LLC and the City of Kenosha.

1543
01:51:52,020 --> 01:51:55,020
Public works recommended to approve 6-0.

1544
01:51:55,020 --> 01:51:57,020
Lady from the eighth.

1545
01:51:57,020 --> 01:52:03,020
Yeah, make a motion to concur with the Public Works Committee to approve L5.

1546
01:52:03,020 --> 01:52:17,020
Motion on the floor is approval of item L5.

1547
01:52:17,020 --> 01:52:19,020
Any discussion?

1548
01:52:19,020 --> 01:52:26,020
Seeing none, roll call, please.

1549
01:52:49,020 --> 01:53:10,020
All right, motion carries 15-0.

1550
01:53:10,020 --> 01:53:11,020
Mm-hmm.

1551
01:53:11,020 --> 01:53:12,020
Mm-hmm.

1552
01:53:12,020 --> 01:53:13,020
Mm-hmm.

1553
01:53:13,020 --> 01:53:14,020
Mm-hmm.

1554
01:53:14,020 --> 01:53:15,020
Mm-hmm.

1555
01:53:15,020 --> 01:53:16,020
Mm-hmm.

1556
01:53:16,020 --> 01:53:17,020
Mm-hmm.

1557
01:53:17,020 --> 01:53:18,020
Mm-hmm.

1558
01:53:18,020 --> 01:53:19,020
Mm-hmm.

1559
01:53:19,020 --> 01:53:20,020
Mm-hmm.

1560
01:53:20,020 --> 01:53:21,020
Mm-hmm.

1561
01:53:21,020 --> 01:53:22,020
Mm-hmm.

1562
01:53:22,020 --> 01:53:23,020
Mm-hmm.

1563
01:53:23,020 --> 01:53:24,020
Mm-hmm.

1564
01:53:24,020 --> 01:53:25,020
Mm-hmm.

1565
01:53:25,020 --> 01:53:26,020
Mm-hmm.

1566
01:53:26,020 --> 01:53:27,020
Mm-hmm.

1567
01:53:27,020 --> 01:53:28,020
Mm-hmm.

1568
01:53:28,020 --> 01:53:29,020
Mm-hmm.

1569
01:53:29,020 --> 01:53:30,020
Mm-hmm.

1570
01:53:30,020 --> 01:53:31,020
Mm-hmm.

1571
01:53:31,020 --> 01:53:32,020
Mm-hmm.

1572
01:53:32,020 --> 01:53:33,020
Mm-hmm.

1573
01:53:33,020 --> 01:53:34,020
Mm-hmm.

1574
01:53:34,020 --> 01:53:35,020
Mm-hmm.

1575
01:53:35,020 --> 01:53:36,020
Mm-hmm.

1576
01:53:37,020 --> 01:53:38,020
Mm-hmm.

1577
01:53:38,020 --> 01:53:39,020
Mm-hmm.

1578
01:53:39,020 --> 01:53:40,020
Sorry.

1579
01:53:40,020 --> 01:53:41,020
Go ahead.

1580
01:53:41,020 --> 01:53:42,020
How about you go now?

1581
01:53:42,020 --> 01:53:43,020
Well, yes.

1582
01:53:43,020 --> 01:53:44,020
L6-L7-L8-L9.

1583
01:53:44,020 --> 01:53:45,020
And there's one more.

1584
01:53:45,020 --> 01:53:46,020
No, that's it.

1585
01:53:46,020 --> 01:53:47,020
Yeah, L6-L9.

1586
01:53:47,020 --> 01:53:48,020
Sorry.

1587
01:53:48,020 --> 01:53:49,020
Thank you, sir.

1588
01:53:49,020 --> 01:53:50,020
What's that?

1589
01:53:50,020 --> 01:53:51,020
Oh, is there a second?

1590
01:53:51,020 --> 01:53:52,020
I'm sorry.

1591
01:53:52,020 --> 01:53:53,020
Thank you.

1592
01:53:53,020 --> 01:53:54,020
Mm-hmm.

1593
01:53:54,020 --> 01:53:55,020
Mm-hmm.

1594
01:53:55,020 --> 01:53:56,020
Mm-hmm.

1595
01:53:56,020 --> 01:53:57,020
Mm-hmm.

1596
01:53:57,020 --> 01:53:58,020
Mm-hmm.

1597
01:53:58,020 --> 01:53:59,020
Mm-hmm.

1598
01:53:59,020 --> 01:54:00,020
Mm-hmm.

1599
01:54:00,020 --> 01:54:01,020
Mm-hmm.

1600
01:54:01,020 --> 01:54:02,020
Mm-hmm.

1601
01:54:02,020 --> 01:54:03,020
Mm-hmm.

1602
01:54:03,020 --> 01:54:04,020
Mm-hmm.

1603
01:54:04,020 --> 01:54:05,020
Mm-hmm.

1604
01:54:05,020 --> 01:54:11,840
second I'm sorry okay l7 stormwater management facilities maintenance

1605
01:54:11,840 --> 01:54:16,900
agreement between the city of Kenosha and Blackhawk Ridge LLC stormwater

1606
01:54:16,900 --> 01:54:21,780
utility recommended to approve six to zero l8 permanent storm sewer easement

1607
01:54:21,780 --> 01:54:25,820
and agreement between Blackhawk Ridge LLC and the city of Kenosha stormwater

1608
01:54:25,820 --> 01:54:30,060
utility recommended to approve six to zero l9 temporary construction easement

1609
01:54:30,060 --> 01:54:33,120
agreement between the city of Kenosha Wisconsin and terabasi investments

1610
01:54:33,120 --> 01:54:38,760
LLP stormwater utility recommended to approve six to zero okay

1611
01:54:38,760 --> 01:54:44,200
jalmer from the 16th yeah thank you mr. Mayor yeah most of these items are in

1612
01:54:44,200 --> 01:54:54,180
a wonderful 16th district l7 and l8 are pretty much tied tied together we have

1613
01:54:54,180 --> 01:55:00,480
to redo move the sewer a little bit the biggest one is 118th Avenue and 52nd

1614
01:55:00,480 --> 01:55:08,240
Street to cities we're gonna punch that road through now it ends at I 94 we're

1615
01:55:08,240 --> 01:55:14,640
gonna punch that all the way to 128th Avenue that'll help develop that corridor

1616
01:55:14,640 --> 01:55:23,200
greatly besides the widening of 128th Avenue eventually but just acquisition

1617
01:55:23,200 --> 01:55:28,680
some land in there that's gonna that's gonna make that really develop in the

1618
01:55:28,680 --> 01:55:37,840
real near future so I'm all forward thank you thank you sir anyone else

1619
01:55:37,840 --> 01:55:43,080
seeing none motion on the floor is concurrent stormwater utility on l6

1620
01:55:43,080 --> 01:55:47,200
through l9 roll call please

1621
01:55:51,840 --> 01:55:56,520
motion carries 15 to 0 l10 legal representation agreement with God

1622
01:55:56,520 --> 01:55:59,360
we in con finance recommended to approve 5 to 0

1623
01:55:59,360 --> 01:56:06,040
jalmer from 13th I move to concur with a finance committee

1624
01:56:06,040 --> 01:56:11,280
recommendation on l10 and m1 after being read

1625
01:56:11,280 --> 01:56:16,240
and recommendations from the committee on finance and one disbursement record

1626
01:56:16,240 --> 01:56:22,320
number 15 7,149,261.55 finance recommended to approve 5 to 0

1627
01:56:22,640 --> 01:56:27,240
okay motion on the floor is concurrence of finance l10 and m1 any

1628
01:56:27,240 --> 01:56:31,800
discussion sing none roll call please

1629
01:56:35,040 --> 01:56:38,440
motion carries 15 to 0 and recommendations from the committee on

1630
01:56:38,440 --> 01:56:43,360
public works and one acceptance of project 24-10 25 16th Avenue new road

1631
01:56:43,360 --> 01:56:46,760
construction which has been satisfactorily completed by AW Oaks and

1632
01:56:46,760 --> 01:56:51,760
Sun Inc the final amount of the contract is 992,913.53

1633
01:56:51,760 --> 01:56:56,640
cents public works and stormwater utility recommended to approve 6 to 0

1634
01:56:56,640 --> 01:57:02,120
lady from the eighth I make a motion to concur with the public works committee

1635
01:57:02,120 --> 01:57:10,480
on item n1 n2 n3 after being read and n4

1636
01:57:11,200 --> 01:57:17,840
and 2 acceptance of project 24-10 44 69 street and 99th Avenue resurfacing

1637
01:57:17,840 --> 01:57:21,080
which has been said spectacularly completed by the lawn contractors ink

1638
01:57:21,080 --> 01:57:26,960
the final amount of the contract is 267,490 dollars 15 cents public works and

1639
01:57:26,960 --> 01:57:30,680
stormwater utility recommended to approve 6 to 0 and 3 acceptance of

1640
01:57:30,680 --> 01:57:34,400
project 25-10 40 71st Street resurfacing which has been said as

1641
01:57:34,400 --> 01:57:38,080
spectacularly completed by the lawn contractors ink the final amount of the

1642
01:57:38,080 --> 01:57:44,240
contract is 285,622.88 cents public works and stormwater utility recommended to

1643
01:57:44,240 --> 01:57:50,080
approve 6 to 0 and 4 acceptance of project 25-10 42 34th Avenue resurfacing

1644
01:57:50,080 --> 01:57:54,360
which has been satisfactorily completed by the lawn contractors ink the final

1645
01:57:54,360 --> 01:58:00,240
amount of the contract is 470,195.55 cents public works and stormwater utility

1646
01:58:00,240 --> 01:58:05,320
recommended to approve 6 to 0. Okay motion on the floor is concurrence with

1647
01:58:05,320 --> 01:58:13,640
public works and n1 through n4, any discussion? Seeing none roll call please

1648
01:58:18,080 --> 01:58:22,840
motion carries 15 to 0 P and such matters as are authorized by law are

1649
01:58:22,840 --> 01:58:26,920
regular business P1 claim of Germantown mutual insurance company finance

1650
01:58:26,920 --> 01:58:31,080
recommended to concur with the recommendation of the city attorney 6 to

1651
01:58:31,080 --> 01:58:35,800
0 5 to 0. Gentlemen from 13th move to concur with the finance

1652
01:58:35,800 --> 01:58:43,480
committee recommendation to approve P1 as recommended by the city attorney

1653
01:58:43,480 --> 01:58:48,840
okay it's been moved and seconded to concur with finance on P1 any discussion

1654
01:58:49,480 --> 01:58:53,000
seeing none roll call please

1655
01:58:57,000 --> 01:59:04,680
motion carries 15 to 0 okay mayor's comments a couple of updates first of

1656
01:59:04,680 --> 01:59:12,520
all we've started the blood donation drive as we did last year I know a number of

1657
01:59:12,520 --> 01:59:17,960
myself a number staff members were able to get out the museum last week and start

1658
01:59:17,960 --> 01:59:22,200
that kickoff I would like to happily say that Wisconsin is starting off in the

1659
01:59:22,200 --> 01:59:27,880
lead and we hope that Wisconsin will do that number one because they will be

1660
01:59:27,880 --> 01:59:32,600
receiving a very large donation to that you to the university as it did last

1661
01:59:32,600 --> 01:59:39,400
year but also there's a tremendous blood shortage across the nation and with our

1662
01:59:39,400 --> 01:59:44,520
delivering blood on all of our rescue squads I can tell you here in fact I

1663
01:59:44,520 --> 01:59:49,320
just got a text today that the blood that I donated last week was already on its

1664
01:59:49,320 --> 01:59:53,400
way to somebody here locally who would need it and it was kind of a nice way

1665
01:59:53,400 --> 01:59:57,560
to kind of see that your donation actually is being utilized right here in this

1666
01:59:57,560 --> 02:00:02,760
community for somebody who might need it and that is truly tremendous so we're

1667
02:00:02,760 --> 02:00:07,000
going to continue this drive through the first week of December our next event

1668
02:00:07,000 --> 02:00:12,840
is scheduled for September 18th you can check our website as well as all of our

1669
02:00:12,920 --> 02:00:17,800
social media accounts to find out what the other locations are if you can't make any of

1670
02:00:17,800 --> 02:00:22,840
those locations you can still continue to donate and I would encourage everyone to

1671
02:00:22,840 --> 02:00:26,760
please do so and if when you do that to keep in mind that you are doing this for

1672
02:00:26,760 --> 02:00:32,360
the Big Ten Challenge then you can sign up that way and you can identify hopefully

1673
02:00:32,360 --> 02:00:41,400
the University of Wisconsin for as a recipient of that donation. Secondly this is coming Friday

1674
02:00:43,000 --> 02:00:53,000
September 11th we will be having a memorial event at the band show it is a joint

1675
02:00:54,200 --> 02:01:02,680
event between ourselves the county and we would like to invite everyone here as well as all

1676
02:01:02,680 --> 02:01:09,160
members of the public to come out and commemorate and remember that tragic day 25 years ago

1677
02:01:10,120 --> 02:01:14,520
I think it's very important we've got an agenda I think that is very

1678
02:01:15,240 --> 02:01:21,080
that will honor the memory of those who we lost but honor what we as a community need to come

1679
02:01:21,080 --> 02:01:27,000
together on a variety of topics and I hope that when you're there you can have that

1680
02:01:27,000 --> 02:01:31,880
reflection as you attend this event it will be at the band show starting at 1 p.m.

1681
02:01:32,600 --> 02:01:36,120
There will be chairs and things set up for folks there but I would encourage people to get there

1682
02:01:36,120 --> 02:01:41,320
a little bit earlier I would anticipate there to be a pretty decent crowd there so this Friday

1683
02:01:41,320 --> 02:01:49,880
September 11th 1 p.m. at the band show. Gentlemen from the third thank you Your Honor I'll be very

1684
02:01:49,880 --> 02:01:58,040
brief school has just started for most of our students so I'm encouraging everybody when you

1685
02:01:58,040 --> 02:02:04,520
see these kids be very very careful uh school zones when they say it's 15 miles an hour that

1686
02:02:04,520 --> 02:02:10,680
means 15 miles an hour that doesn't mean 25 30 and if you're following a school bus it

1687
02:02:10,680 --> 02:02:18,520
stops and that flap on the driver's side comes out that says stop that means stop it doesn't mean

1688
02:02:18,520 --> 02:02:23,160
while you can sneak around because you didn't see the kid coming around the front of the school bus

1689
02:02:23,160 --> 02:02:31,080
so I mean the little kids are our precious future and uh you know you don't don't be

1690
02:02:31,080 --> 02:02:33,960
thoughtless and let's keep their safety in mind thank you

1691
02:02:36,840 --> 02:02:42,920
Okay. Gentlemen from the 10th. Thank you Mr. Mayor I just wanted to comment on one of the items

1692
02:02:42,920 --> 02:02:49,880
tonight the city of Kenosha now owns the Bonnie Hayne location as is spoken on earlier today

1693
02:02:51,400 --> 02:02:58,360
it's been a long time to get to this point we had a proposal at one time for Navy housing

1694
02:02:58,360 --> 02:03:04,520
we had another proposal one time for Walmart we've had various proposals come for the development

1695
02:03:04,520 --> 02:03:09,800
of that land we will now be in charge of the development of that land and I think that's very

1696
02:03:09,800 --> 02:03:18,280
important um for those who came before me I want to thank them for having a vision

1697
02:03:19,000 --> 02:03:24,120
and seeing where this could possibly go to 30 years ago

1698
02:03:24,760 --> 02:03:32,200
um so the fact that this comes to fruition tonight I think is very important and want to thank

1699
02:03:32,200 --> 02:03:39,160
everyone that was involved in getting us to this point thank you sir anyone else if not a motion

1700
02:03:39,160 --> 02:03:45,240
to adjourn on your laptop would be in order moved in second to adjourn all those favor say aye

1701
02:03:46,120 --> 02:03:49,000
we stand adjourned thank you everyone

1702
02:03:54,120 --> 02:03:56,120
thank you