WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 You 00:30.000 --> 00:32.000 You 01:00.000 --> 01:02.000 You 01:30.000 --> 01:32.000 You 02:00.000 --> 02:02.000 You 02:30.000 --> 02:32.000 You 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 You 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 You 04:00.000 --> 04:02.000 You 04:30.000 --> 04:32.000 You 05:00.000 --> 05:02.000 You 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 You 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 You 06:30.000 --> 06:32.000 You 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 You 07:30.000 --> 07:32.000 You 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 You 08:30.000 --> 08:32.000 You 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 You 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 You 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 You 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 You 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 You 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 You 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 You 12:30.000 --> 12:32.000 You 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 You 13:30.000 --> 13:32.000 You 14:00.000 --> 14:02.000 You 14:30.000 --> 14:32.000 You 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 You 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 You 16:00.000 --> 16:02.000 You 16:30.000 --> 16:32.000 You 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 You 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 You 18:00.000 --> 18:02.000 You 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 You 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 You 19:02.000 --> 19:04.000 You 19:04.000 --> 19:06.000 You 19:06.000 --> 19:08.000 You 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 Call to order the 19:09.000 --> 19:11.000 Kenosha council meeting for 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 Monday, August 17, 2026. 19:12.000 --> 19:20.000 Roll call please. 19:20.000 --> 19:33.000 Okay, let the record reflect the quorum is present. 19:33.000 --> 19:39.000 I want to ask everyone to please rise for a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 19:39.000 --> 19:44.000 Tonight I would like to ask everyone to please keep in your thoughts and prayers. 19:44.000 --> 19:50.000 The memory of Bishop Lawrence Kirby who passed away this past Friday. 19:50.000 --> 19:54.000 I know he was a friend to many of you in this room and many around this community. 19:54.000 --> 19:59.000 And our thoughts and prayers with the Kirby family as they deal with his loss. 20:14.000 --> 20:40.000 Can I get a motion to approve the minutes of July 20th and August 3rd, 2026? 20:40.000 --> 20:41.000 The move is second. 20:41.000 --> 20:42.000 Any changes or corrections? 20:42.000 --> 20:43.000 Seeing none. 20:43.000 --> 20:44.000 All those in favor say aye. 20:44.000 --> 20:45.000 Aye. 20:45.000 --> 20:46.000 Any opposed? 20:46.000 --> 20:47.000 Motion carries. 20:47.000 --> 20:54.000 We have 21 citizens that have signed up to speak. 20:54.000 --> 21:02.000 Each will have three minutes. 21:02.000 --> 21:08.000 When your name is called please proceed to the podium state your name and address for the record. 21:08.000 --> 21:15.000 The first speaker is Mary Marcynquez. 21:15.000 --> 21:23.000 The mic on? 21:23.000 --> 21:24.000 Yes ma'am. 21:24.000 --> 21:25.000 Okay. 21:25.000 --> 21:26.000 Hello. 21:26.000 --> 21:33.000 I am here tonight because I'm opposed to moving forward with the construction of an AI data center. 21:33.000 --> 21:36.000 Mary, can we get your name and address for the record please? 21:36.000 --> 21:37.000 Yes. 21:37.000 --> 21:38.000 Okay. 21:38.000 --> 21:44.000 It is my understanding that it will be one of the largest in Wisconsin to date with plans 21:44.000 --> 21:46.000 for a one-minute-foot complex. 21:46.000 --> 21:47.000 Mary, I'm sorry. 21:47.000 --> 21:48.000 You still can't hear me. 21:48.000 --> 21:50.000 No, I just need your name and address and then we can get started. 21:50.000 --> 21:51.000 Oh, I'm sorry. 21:51.000 --> 21:55.000 Mary Marcynquez, 7641 50th Avenue. 21:55.000 --> 21:56.000 Thank you ma'am. 21:56.000 --> 21:57.000 Okay. 21:57.000 --> 21:58.000 Can I start now? 21:58.000 --> 21:59.000 Okay. 21:59.000 --> 22:00.000 Hello. 22:00.000 --> 22:05.000 I'm opposed to moving forward with the construction of an AI data center in our county. 22:05.000 --> 22:11.000 It is my understanding that it is one of the largest in Wisconsin to date and it plans 22:11.000 --> 22:15.240 for a million-foot complex. 22:15.240 --> 22:31.800 I propose that we the people are allowed to vote on the data center if possible in November. 22:31.800 --> 22:38.760 I think that we as a state should enact a moratorium on any data center in Wisconsin 22:38.760 --> 22:41.720 and especially here so close to home. 22:41.720 --> 22:46.200 We need to ensure that the effects to our climate, rising temperatures, pollution on 22:46.200 --> 22:52.040 our land and water, as well as noise pollution are held to a minimum. 22:52.040 --> 22:55.800 There are too many unknowns to date. 22:55.800 --> 23:00.520 Any proposal, any proposed fossil fuel plants need to be halted. 23:00.520 --> 23:07.440 We need to utilize only alternative environmentally safe energy sources in the future. 23:07.440 --> 23:14.360 I have two grandchildren, one, age five, one, nine months and I fear that they will inherit 23:14.360 --> 23:18.560 the devastating effects of our poor choices. 23:18.560 --> 23:26.680 They deserve our attention to detail so that their future environment is a livable one 23:26.680 --> 23:29.880 because it is their environment. 23:29.880 --> 23:35.320 We need to stop research and take responsibility for our actions. 23:35.320 --> 23:40.400 We are not at the point where we know enough about using renewable energy in this situation. 23:40.400 --> 23:46.600 Remember, the CEOs of Microsoft do not have to live in this community after they wreak 23:46.600 --> 23:49.400 their havoc. 23:49.400 --> 23:58.200 I am a lover of nature and I was lucky to have spent the last two weeks in Wisconsin 23:58.200 --> 24:02.480 and Michigan reserves. 24:02.480 --> 24:08.640 On this vacation, I went to Pennvine, Wisconsin. 24:08.640 --> 24:15.000 If you do not know where that is, that is up north, way up north and there is an island 24:15.000 --> 24:22.840 there surrounded by the Menominee River and that island is protected by we energy. 24:22.840 --> 24:32.660 We energy has taken and protected the habitats of the plants and animals in that area. 24:32.660 --> 24:37.360 And I would ask the energy that we can work together. 24:37.360 --> 24:41.560 If they can protect our habitats, then we can work with them. 24:41.560 --> 24:46.600 They need to take the responsibility to tell us exactly up front what they are going to 24:46.600 --> 24:50.200 do and what their role is in data centers. 24:50.200 --> 24:53.440 Ma'am, you have 30 seconds. 24:53.440 --> 24:58.360 Thank you. 24:58.360 --> 25:12.280 Next speaker, Nick Prorock. 25:12.280 --> 25:15.800 Nick Prorock 8858 Sheridan Road. 25:15.800 --> 25:18.440 Thank you, Mayor and all the persons for your attention this evening. 25:18.440 --> 25:22.720 I would like to talk about some of the lessons that I have learned about innovation since 25:22.720 --> 25:24.920 I have been paying attention. 25:24.920 --> 25:27.160 What is innovation? 25:27.160 --> 25:32.040 Innovation is recognizing that in the city of 100,000 people, we need outside influence 25:32.040 --> 25:36.000 and outside investments for growth because there is no way that us commoners could have 25:36.000 --> 25:39.680 the solutions to our everyday problems. 25:39.680 --> 25:44.160 Innovation is Microsoft abandoning their climate goals and acknowledging that the profit stream 25:44.160 --> 25:48.520 from artificial intelligence is more valuable than a future planet that has sustainable 25:48.520 --> 25:52.320 ecosystems and that is not on fire. 25:52.320 --> 25:56.320 Innovation is establishing training programs for younger generations to learn how to work 25:56.320 --> 26:01.000 in industries which are unpopular and unwelcome in the community. 26:01.000 --> 26:04.800 Innovation is promising thousands of jobs to workers and laborers to build the infrastructure 26:04.800 --> 26:10.000 that will make our city worse and paying them very well to do it. 26:10.000 --> 26:11.640 Innovation is NDAs. 26:11.640 --> 26:15.340 It's recognizing early the projects that people are against and planning through 26:15.340 --> 26:19.880 secrecy ways to move those projects forward anyway. 26:19.880 --> 26:25.040 Innovation is creating new realities by saying there is no NDA. 26:25.040 --> 26:29.360 Innovation is deciding that we don't need land to grow food and understanding that harvesting 26:29.360 --> 26:32.320 data on people is more profitable. 26:32.320 --> 26:36.000 There is nothing flashy about feeding the hungry. 26:36.000 --> 26:40.880 Innovation is rejecting notions like the right to privacy and enforcing mass surveillance 26:40.880 --> 26:48.440 on everyone and getting that technology to be paid for with our taxes. 26:48.440 --> 26:53.680 Innovation is allowing outside investors to buy up Kenosha land and water and sell it 26:53.680 --> 26:57.080 back to the people who were here first. 26:57.080 --> 27:02.960 Innovation is building luxury apartment buildings and charging homeless people to sleep outside. 27:02.960 --> 27:07.000 Innovation is figuring out how to assess people's property at higher values so you can charge 27:07.000 --> 27:12.560 them a lower percentage of property tax but still charge them more money. 27:12.560 --> 27:17.240 Innovation is doing things more morally grounded people wouldn't consider doing business practices 27:17.240 --> 27:22.840 like polluting the air and water and tracking where people go 24 hours a day. 27:22.840 --> 27:27.280 Innovation is recognizing that you are right and we are wrong in abandoning your duties 27:27.280 --> 27:31.120 to represent the people to achieve your dreams and your growth and your goals and your vision 27:31.120 --> 27:34.240 for Kenosha is the best path forward. 27:34.240 --> 27:38.800 Thank you for making Kenosha the center of innovation in southeast Wisconsin. 27:38.800 --> 27:44.680 I'd like you to request you consider the possibility that the most innovative ideas will come from 27:44.680 --> 27:48.240 the people who live here not from AI and not from trillion dollar companies. 27:48.240 --> 27:49.680 Nick you have 30 seconds. 27:49.680 --> 27:53.720 So I'd like to ask that you don't build this data center, pass a moratorium to make sure 27:53.720 --> 28:03.320 that our environment and our water is kept clean and safe and thank you for your time. 28:03.320 --> 28:10.320 Julie, Christian Berry. 28:10.320 --> 28:17.600 Hi, my name is Julie Christian Berry. 28:17.600 --> 28:19.600 I live in Pleasant Prairie. 28:19.600 --> 28:26.000 However, the ill effects of the data center, no, no city, county or other limits. 28:26.000 --> 28:32.600 I do however own an apartment building at 6703 35th Avenue in Kenosha. 28:32.600 --> 28:38.280 I'm concerned about the value of my property and the ability to find tenants once the dangers 28:38.280 --> 28:41.440 of the data center become real. 28:41.440 --> 28:44.680 My tenants are real people and they matter to me. 28:44.680 --> 28:49.920 I say with no shame that my four daughters and my five very young grandchildren are the 28:49.920 --> 28:53.160 people I worry most about. 28:53.160 --> 28:58.040 I don't have to recite the environmental and human concerns. 28:58.040 --> 29:04.520 I have this is a third common council meeting I've been to, but the first I have spoken 29:04.520 --> 29:09.720 at since public speaking does not come easily to me. 29:09.720 --> 29:14.440 I should have spoken up when the data center went up in Mount Pleasant since we own an 29:14.440 --> 29:19.400 apartment building and we're seeing, but it seemed to go up overnight. 29:19.400 --> 29:22.120 These projects are being rushed through secretly. 29:22.120 --> 29:30.120 No public notices, no information in learning sessions, no town forums to educate people. 29:30.120 --> 29:34.360 You are elected to represent us, not big tech. 29:34.360 --> 29:41.200 Pause this debacle by initiating a forum, excuse me, a moratorium so that you can educate 29:41.200 --> 29:45.360 yourselves please and your constituents. 29:45.360 --> 29:50.440 Thank you. 29:50.440 --> 29:55.440 Howard Gusk. 29:55.440 --> 30:04.640 Howard Gusk is 5914, 128th Avenue, Kenosha, actually town of Paris. 30:04.640 --> 30:09.800 We own Woofman's Lodge right on the corner there. 30:09.800 --> 30:13.960 Obviously I'm here against the data center, not against development. 30:13.960 --> 30:19.520 You line their good neighbors, Amazon was a good neighbor, you know, they've landscaped 30:19.520 --> 30:25.320 the property, it looks good, not against development in that area. 30:25.320 --> 30:27.720 I mean, we're talking my street. 30:27.720 --> 30:35.520 Our street's going now to four lanes from two rural road that's starting next year. 30:35.520 --> 30:40.760 You know, a data center is not a fit for that area. 30:40.760 --> 30:45.680 I have large, everyone's talked about the pollution, the energy, what are we all know 30:45.680 --> 30:47.120 about that. 30:47.120 --> 30:50.120 My concern really is the constant noise. 30:50.120 --> 30:55.240 You're hearing out of Texas from all these people that live nearby, the constant drone. 30:55.240 --> 31:00.960 You're not far from Paris school, which is award winning school, and you have all the 31:00.960 --> 31:02.080 farm animals there. 31:02.080 --> 31:07.320 No one knows the impact and what it's going to do to melt production, beef production. 31:07.320 --> 31:14.520 I think that we need to hit the pause button on this and, you know, everyone's not in my 31:14.520 --> 31:15.520 backyard. 31:15.520 --> 31:18.720 Everyone that's speaking here lives quite a distance away. 31:18.720 --> 31:22.800 We're only about a mile away, maybe two miles away from it. 31:22.800 --> 31:27.520 Far enough that I won't see it, but all my friends and neighbors, it's in their backyard. 31:27.520 --> 31:32.880 So, you know, I just want to express that I think this should be done by referendum. 31:32.880 --> 31:35.800 This should not be jammed down our throats. 31:35.800 --> 31:40.860 I think, you know, and see, I can pretty much guarantee you're not going to find anybody 31:40.860 --> 31:42.880 speaking in favor of this. 31:42.880 --> 31:47.600 But it is amazing that in Texas, it's become that they're putting a moratorium on these 31:47.600 --> 31:48.600 things. 31:48.600 --> 31:50.600 Thanks for your time. 31:50.600 --> 31:51.920 Leslie Brown. 31:51.920 --> 32:10.240 Leslie Brown, 5914, 128th Avenue, Kenosha. 32:10.240 --> 32:15.280 I just want to go on record as saying, I believe we need a moratorium on these AI data 32:15.280 --> 32:16.920 centers. 32:16.920 --> 32:23.440 They're being rushed through without allowing, you know, the proper information sessions 32:23.440 --> 32:28.040 in that for the, you know, citizens that are living near and are going to be affected by 32:28.040 --> 32:29.240 them. 32:29.240 --> 32:31.560 And what's the rush? 32:31.560 --> 32:36.680 You know, these, we need to take our time and do, you know, look into this there, you 32:36.680 --> 32:45.560 know, again, you know, progress, great, you know, but this isn't the type of progress 32:45.560 --> 32:47.000 that we need. 32:47.000 --> 32:53.720 You're going to be threatening the health of citizens, you know, future generations. 32:53.720 --> 33:00.640 A lot of us people out there were on wells, you know, and it's just, and the gas turbine 33:00.640 --> 33:06.520 plants that they need to power these, that's a whole nother problem. 33:07.520 --> 33:14.560 And the, the, the plant that they want to power, it will employ eight full-time employees. 33:14.560 --> 33:18.560 My business, Woofman's Lodge, employs 14 people. 33:18.560 --> 33:23.960 My small business is going to employ more than one of the power plants that they need 33:23.960 --> 33:25.360 to run these. 33:25.360 --> 33:29.400 So I just think that we need to slow things down. 33:29.400 --> 33:36.280 Let's do this wisely or better yet, let's not, you know, you know, let us have a chance 33:36.280 --> 33:38.960 at our own future and our own health. 33:38.960 --> 33:41.120 Thank you. 33:41.120 --> 33:51.440 Jerry Moore. 33:51.440 --> 33:55.240 Jerry Moore, 10, 9, 18, 69th Street. 33:55.240 --> 33:58.760 In my five last council speaks to you. 33:58.760 --> 34:03.800 The voices in opposition to data centers have been clear and unified. 34:03.800 --> 34:09.320 We've said no, we've asked for a moratorium, public announcements to the community and 34:09.320 --> 34:11.400 group forums. 34:11.400 --> 34:17.040 Even though on issues like this, we really deserve a vote. 34:17.040 --> 34:21.520 Monday after Monday, we ask and speak into nothingness. 34:21.520 --> 34:28.720 While an industrial giant stands to disrupt, destroy, displace, change, replace, homelands, 34:28.720 --> 34:35.760 environments, our health, and Wisconsin culture with ugly and demanding infrastructure. 34:35.760 --> 34:41.800 Drastic changes uprooting lives, habitats, and land parcels never intended for this scale 34:41.800 --> 34:43.800 of industrial development. 34:43.800 --> 34:47.960 70% of Americans oppose data centers. 34:47.960 --> 34:54.480 And the lack of public notice or group forums is more than disheartening, adding to, I feel, 34:54.480 --> 34:56.480 intentional secrecy. 34:56.480 --> 35:02.000 How many of you have even driven by the Mount Pleasant Fairwater Site or seen the nighttime 35:02.000 --> 35:03.000 glare? 35:03.000 --> 35:10.080 Recently, I drove to the proposed site, farmhouse windows painted black, as during non-disclosure 35:10.080 --> 35:16.200 days, something boarded up would have drawn attention and raised too many questions. 35:16.200 --> 35:18.920 To me again, secrecy. 35:18.920 --> 35:25.520 Driving down UE, I saw the route a July 6 speaker said was the most beautiful of bike 35:25.520 --> 35:26.520 rides. 35:26.520 --> 35:33.880 I saw natural pollinator patches with beads, birdsong, and crickets. 35:33.880 --> 35:38.760 Experienced ecosystems that, through city partnerships, you're now trying to create here 35:38.760 --> 35:46.920 in the city, but destroying in Paris because of land decisions you made to annex rezone 35:46.920 --> 35:50.600 that uproot lives, lands, legacies. 35:50.600 --> 35:56.800 The citizens we probably can forgive disagreement, we can forgive difficult decisions. 35:56.800 --> 36:01.160 What we don't forgive is feeling that our voice is never mattered. 36:01.160 --> 36:05.680 Be transparent, Council, represent constituents, not boardrooms. 36:05.680 --> 36:11.080 We need room for difficult questions, respectful disagreement, and information not heard or 36:11.080 --> 36:12.760 thought about. 36:12.760 --> 36:18.160 We need public servants who encourage participation and earn trust. 36:18.160 --> 36:22.040 Give a legacy on Council as doing the correct thing. 36:22.040 --> 36:26.360 Write the wrongs and say act as if you stood up and tried. 36:26.360 --> 36:27.360 May I be happy? 36:27.360 --> 36:32.840 If not one of the complicity and secrecy, I am proud and thankful of the younger friends 36:32.840 --> 36:37.760 behind me who care about what happens beyond their lifetime. 36:37.760 --> 36:44.400 Maybe that is what legacy is all about, what we cared enough to keep intact. 36:44.400 --> 36:46.200 Thank you. 36:47.200 --> 36:49.200 Amy Mayer. 36:57.200 --> 36:58.200 Hello. 36:58.200 --> 36:59.200 I'm Amy Mayer. 36:59.200 --> 37:05.720 I live at 614, 15th place in Kenosha, and I have a few statistics that I think are very 37:05.720 --> 37:08.240 important to consider. 37:08.240 --> 37:17.640 One large data center will use between 30 to 150 million gallons in one month. 37:17.640 --> 37:24.240 A medium one uses between 9 and 15 million gallons a month. 37:24.240 --> 37:30.640 And what we're finding is that once the cooling process is done, some of that water is turned 37:30.640 --> 37:32.080 to steam. 37:32.080 --> 37:37.240 However, some of it is going into our municipal systems. 37:37.240 --> 37:40.160 Now we know what's going on in Indiana. 37:40.160 --> 37:46.120 Right now, Indiana has between 72 and 125 data centers. 37:46.120 --> 37:52.600 So think of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana, we're all around Lake Michigan. 37:52.600 --> 37:57.440 And the number of these data centers and the amount of water that's being consumed on 37:57.440 --> 38:05.480 a monthly basis, a citizen in Indiana had stated she has never seen anything like this 38:05.480 --> 38:08.440 in 45 years. 38:08.440 --> 38:14.720 So yes, there is rain, but perhaps the sewer systems are overloaded. 38:14.720 --> 38:18.920 Not just that, there's heavy electrical usage. 38:18.920 --> 38:26.840 If the system is overloaded, something that has not yet been explored, for long term, 38:26.840 --> 38:32.000 people won't be able to access hot water, they're cooking, they're refrigeration. 38:32.000 --> 38:39.240 So this is why it's imperative that as a community and as a country, we really need 38:39.240 --> 38:46.320 to examine and think very carefully about everything that is going on. 38:46.320 --> 38:48.080 It's very serious. 38:48.080 --> 38:53.720 So the tech players want to run fast and furious, run with the ball, of course, because they're 38:53.720 --> 38:57.680 going to be gaining from that financially. 38:57.680 --> 39:02.440 So we really need to put this into perspective and make an educated decision. 39:02.440 --> 39:04.680 Thank you. 39:04.680 --> 39:26.400 Jackie Simm Hello, Jacqueline Simm, 5502, 63rd Street. 39:26.400 --> 39:30.720 I'm standing before you tonight to ask the council to enact a moratorium on the proposed 39:30.720 --> 39:33.080 AI data center in Kenosha. 39:33.080 --> 39:36.720 There are four points of concern that I would like to raise. 39:36.720 --> 39:40.960 First, this industrial warehouse is not an innovation hub. 39:40.960 --> 39:46.040 We are being sold a story about tech innovation, but let's be honest, handing over Kenosha 39:46.040 --> 39:52.480 land for massive 1 million square foot industrial warehouse complex does not sound like innovation 39:52.480 --> 39:55.200 nor does it benefit our community. 39:56.120 --> 39:58.520 Second, the job numbers are vague. 39:58.520 --> 40:03.360 Official minutes from the November 2024 plan commission meetings showed that the developers 40:03.360 --> 40:07.760 representatives stated that each building would employ 10 to 20 workers. 40:07.760 --> 40:13.240 Now public statements claim around 50 per building with employees and vendors occupying 40:13.240 --> 40:15.600 each building. 40:15.600 --> 40:20.760 Throwing temporary contractors, third party vendors, maintenance, security and technical 40:20.760 --> 40:26.280 employees into a single baseline number, a high to the number of permanent high paying 40:26.280 --> 40:28.280 local jobs. 40:28.280 --> 40:33.960 We are told 80 to $100,000 per year, but let's be clear that's only for people with graduate 40:33.960 --> 40:37.680 degrees and we don't know what that actual figure is. 40:37.680 --> 40:38.680 Is it four people? 40:38.680 --> 40:39.840 Is it eight people? 40:39.840 --> 40:42.520 We don't know. 40:42.520 --> 40:47.280 There's a lot of temporary benefit while the buildings are being constructed, but I want 40:47.280 --> 40:50.720 you to consider the long term impacts. 40:50.720 --> 40:56.520 Third, when asked about the water source for the site, the official FAQ gives a single 40:56.520 --> 41:02.320 vague sentence, quote, the source for the site would be from the Kenosha water utility, 41:02.320 --> 41:03.560 end quote. 41:03.560 --> 41:07.840 That complete lack of detail ignores where the water actually comes from, our beautiful 41:07.840 --> 41:10.640 gem Lake Michigan. 41:10.640 --> 41:15.440 It hides the massive systemic water footprint required by the power plants to generate 41:15.440 --> 41:19.640 the electricity that this facility will require every day. 41:19.640 --> 41:26.160 We're being told it's 4,500 gallons per day, but that's not actually true because the energy 41:26.160 --> 41:29.200 source, they also require water. 41:29.200 --> 41:34.480 So that number's not included in this 4,500 gallons per day figure. 41:34.480 --> 41:40.440 So that needs to be stated plainly and transparently to the people. 41:40.440 --> 41:45.160 Fourth, there are documented noise issues at the existing facilities in Wisconsin. 41:45.160 --> 41:49.880 In Port Washington, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against local facility 41:49.880 --> 41:52.000 regarding sound levels. 41:52.000 --> 41:58.080 As recently as July 20th, 2026, thank you, Microsoft confirmed that engineering teams 41:58.080 --> 42:01.960 are continuing to evaluate and mitigate the noise at that site. 42:01.960 --> 42:06.560 We do not want Kenosha to become another caution story for Wisconsin. 42:06.560 --> 42:09.160 Kenosha County should not be Microsoft's guinea pig. 42:09.160 --> 42:13.560 I urge this council to listen to the people who live here, protect our resources and pass 42:13.560 --> 42:16.080 a moratorium to shut this project down. 42:16.080 --> 42:20.760 Thank you. 42:20.760 --> 42:24.120 Dorothy Nolan. 42:24.120 --> 42:29.320 Hello, my name is Dorothy Nolan. 42:29.320 --> 42:33.120 I live at 802.21st Avenue in Kenosha. 42:33.120 --> 42:36.200 My comments today are regarding the proposed data center. 42:36.200 --> 42:41.920 I last spoke to this council about my concerns on air quality because I feel strongly about 42:41.920 --> 42:46.120 the data center extraction of our resources like land and water. 42:46.120 --> 42:51.360 I've been looking closely at the headline warning signs around the country on this topic. 42:51.360 --> 42:53.880 Here are my recent top 10. 42:53.880 --> 42:57.680 Number one, Governor Abbott of Texas has halted data center approvals. 42:57.680 --> 43:03.480 He has directed the state's regulators to complete a comprehensive audit before projects 43:03.480 --> 43:05.000 can move forward. 43:05.000 --> 43:11.840 Two, the illusion of waterless AI, how closed-loop data centers shift the freshwater burden 43:11.840 --> 43:13.840 to power plants. 43:13.840 --> 43:19.120 Three, experts say we don't need more data centers to build better AI. 43:19.120 --> 43:25.600 Four, Lake County residents file lawsuit to block 472 Acre Data Center campus in Grays 43:25.600 --> 43:27.600 Lake, Illinois. 43:27.600 --> 43:33.040 Five, AI's impact on the environment is absolutely horrifying. 43:33.040 --> 43:41.680 Six, open AI says it's AI went rogue and launched an unprecedented cyber attack. 43:41.760 --> 43:48.480 Seven, we energies is already proposing a 14% rate increase over the next two years. 43:48.480 --> 43:55.440 Eight, inside this secretive deal for a $10 billion data center in rural North Carolina. 43:55.440 --> 44:00.960 Nine, the left and right agree on one thing, no data centers. 44:00.960 --> 44:07.520 Ten, a massive amount of data center power abruptly disconnected from the largest US 44:07.520 --> 44:14.880 electric grid in July, 2026, causing a voltage disturbance that could be felled from D.C. 44:14.880 --> 44:17.440 to Chicago down to Miami. 44:17.440 --> 44:21.320 There's a common thread that continues to surface when you look at the headlines and 44:21.320 --> 44:26.440 that's one of lack of trust and a technology that's out of control. 44:26.440 --> 44:31.000 Collectively, the public trust has been eroded given the secrecy and silence around these 44:31.000 --> 44:32.520 data centers. 44:32.520 --> 44:37.920 My concern is that the city of Kenosha may not be looking at the resource extraction 44:37.920 --> 44:39.160 around the country. 44:39.160 --> 44:41.960 We do not have limited resources. 44:41.960 --> 44:45.760 We have no regulations or plan for massive job losses. 44:45.760 --> 44:50.680 The projected pollution is a major health hazard and our electric grid is not ready 44:50.680 --> 44:52.680 to handle a load. 44:52.680 --> 44:58.640 You have an obligation as a governing body to act on our behalf and not the tech companies. 44:58.640 --> 45:00.360 Miami, you have 30 seconds. 45:00.360 --> 45:01.360 Look around the country. 45:01.400 --> 45:03.640 This is not just an issue in Kenosha. 45:03.640 --> 45:05.760 The warning signs are everywhere. 45:05.760 --> 45:11.280 We need a pause on this to make sure the proper guardrails are in place. 45:11.280 --> 45:13.080 Thanks. 45:13.080 --> 45:21.840 Greg Kessen. 45:21.840 --> 45:25.520 Greg Kressen, 802. 21st Avenue, Kenosha. 45:25.520 --> 45:30.640 I say no to the data center and I also say no to the gas plants. 45:30.640 --> 45:37.520 My comments today are about the details of the power issue that occurred on July 22nd 45:37.520 --> 45:40.200 because of the data center in Virginia. 45:40.200 --> 45:47.440 Just before 8 a.m. on July 22nd, electricity flickered on and off for about 10 minutes. 45:47.440 --> 45:52.880 An engineer's data says it happened throughout the eastern half of the United States, from 45:52.880 --> 45:55.720 Chicago to Boston to Miami. 45:55.720 --> 46:01.600 He ties a problem to a data center alley in Ashburn, Virginia and says that seamlessly 46:01.600 --> 46:07.680 small blip is a sign that our infrastructure is in danger. 46:07.680 --> 46:15.160 Experts say cracks in our infrastructure grid are starting to show as the data center industry 46:15.160 --> 46:21.240 consumes electricity as a rate this world has never seen or experienced before. 46:21.240 --> 46:29.000 The data centers are such a big load on the grid that they have that departmental impact 46:29.000 --> 46:33.960 on the surrounding grid said Bob Marshall with ting labs. 46:33.960 --> 46:39.360 The company sells a device to plug into the wall to monitor your home's electricity and 46:39.360 --> 46:45.240 alert you if something's awry to try to prevent an electrical fire. 46:45.240 --> 46:49.880 With millions of these devices in your homes across the U.S., Marshall's data collected 46:49.880 --> 46:57.280 shows something he flagged as a concern at 7.56 a.m. electricity throughout the eastern 46:57.280 --> 47:01.760 half of the U.S. dropped, spiked, dropped, spiked and leveled off. 47:01.760 --> 47:05.800 Marshall said it happened a few more times over the next 10 minutes. 47:05.800 --> 47:12.480 This one event serving either one building or whatever the data center complex is impacted 47:12.480 --> 47:17.520 the entire region and this is what experts are worried about. 47:17.520 --> 47:23.760 News 4 reached out to Dominion energy about the power grid glitch. 47:23.760 --> 47:28.160 The power company said a piece of equipment on one of the high-end voltage transmission 47:28.160 --> 47:32.760 lines that serves data centers failed knocking it out of service. 47:32.760 --> 47:36.360 As a result, the data center system switched back up power. 47:36.360 --> 47:40.880 Dominican energy did not disconnect area data centers from the grid. 47:40.880 --> 47:47.000 The data centers on systems transferred from the backup power for a very short period 47:47.000 --> 47:48.000 of time. 47:48.000 --> 47:54.320 Ting labs provided News 4 with a graphic showing the scale of the service disruption. 47:54.320 --> 47:58.120 The company said orange is really bad and red is worse. 47:58.120 --> 48:04.440 Those colors were more, the colors covered more than half the U.S. 48:04.440 --> 48:07.080 Wisconsin is completely covered in orange. 48:07.080 --> 48:11.360 People working on regulations around this, they're concerned on these events and the 48:11.360 --> 48:18.840 future could cause the grid to become unstable and if that does happen back in a few, over 48:18.840 --> 48:24.200 a few more minutes over 10, we'd be dealing with a real problem and the possibility of 48:24.200 --> 48:27.360 a blackout. 48:27.360 --> 48:35.000 Our hospitals and schools and everyone that is sick, we need the power for humans. 48:35.000 --> 48:41.880 Speaker Arabella Kessler. 48:41.880 --> 48:46.400 Arabella Kessler, 33, 27, 47th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin. 48:46.400 --> 48:49.080 Today I'm here to focus on a demand for a moratorium. 48:49.080 --> 48:52.320 All over the state, moratoriums are being passed to protect our residents, lands and 48:52.320 --> 48:53.320 lakes. 48:53.320 --> 48:56.400 Green County, Manitowoc County, Dane County, Dodge County and the city slash townships 48:56.400 --> 49:00.560 of Superior, Madison, Waterloo, just to name a few of all already passed moratoriums with 49:00.560 --> 49:04.760 dozens of other places having them or outright bans proposed. 49:04.760 --> 49:08.080 The village of Wrightstown had a referendum on their primary ballot this past week asking 49:08.080 --> 49:10.520 the people their opinion on data center development. 49:10.520 --> 49:15.120 The answer was an overwhelming no, we don't want them here with 87% of residents voting 49:15.120 --> 49:16.120 against development. 49:16.120 --> 49:20.360 Additionally, the small town of Caseville, Wisconsin had a proposed $1 billion data center 49:20.360 --> 49:25.240 and despite a potential 5.5 million annually in property tax revenue, they unanimously 49:25.240 --> 49:30.200 struck it down 44-0 going as far as to enact an outright ban on data centers in their town. 49:30.200 --> 49:35.240 Clearly, other counties, cities and townships see the dangers and concerns that residents 49:35.240 --> 49:37.760 have brought up and are willing to listen to their constituents. 49:37.760 --> 49:38.960 Why won't Kenosha? 49:38.960 --> 49:42.600 Why are we rushing if not purely for political and financial incentives to build something 49:42.600 --> 49:45.800 when we know so little about how it may affect Kenosha and the lake as a whole? 49:45.800 --> 49:49.040 You can say you know the potential effects, but have you listened to any scientists outside 49:49.040 --> 49:51.000 of the ones on Microsoft's payroll? 49:51.000 --> 49:54.560 Maybe it's because Microsoft has offered grants to our already underfunded public institutions 49:54.560 --> 49:55.920 which we have accepted. 49:55.920 --> 49:59.680 Microsoft has been laying its seeds here for years, quite literally by partnering with 49:59.680 --> 50:04.400 us last year to create pollinator patches, lulling us into a quiet sense of security 50:04.400 --> 50:06.360 before they leave us high and dry. 50:06.360 --> 50:09.720 Look across the country, this is what these corporations do. 50:09.720 --> 50:12.760 Another point I'd like to mention today is my strong suggestion to host a public town 50:12.760 --> 50:15.840 hall where you can clearly hear the voices of the folks you represent. 50:15.840 --> 50:19.280 The mayor was comfortable running town halls as an older person for his district. 50:19.280 --> 50:20.280 What changed? 50:20.280 --> 50:23.440 To only speak to residents individually shows a lack of confidence in the city's ability 50:23.440 --> 50:26.920 to defend their position on the benefits of hyperscale data centers and an awareness 50:26.920 --> 50:28.960 that a majority of the city is not in favor. 50:28.960 --> 50:30.600 You are only breeding division. 50:30.600 --> 50:31.800 What are you so afraid of? 50:31.800 --> 50:33.440 Does it annoy you to sit and listen to me? 50:33.440 --> 50:36.320 To participate in the role you chose and were elected to do? 50:36.320 --> 50:39.720 I strongly encourage each older person to independently research this issue and talk 50:39.720 --> 50:41.400 to the folks they represent. 50:41.400 --> 50:44.640 Whether you want to believe in the facts presented to you or not, there are many reasons to support 50:44.640 --> 50:46.120 a moratorium. 50:46.120 --> 50:49.360 These technocrat billionaires and hyperscale data centers are rapidly changing the political 50:49.360 --> 50:51.400 and physical landscape of our country. 50:51.400 --> 50:53.400 What's the risk of airing on the side of caution? 50:53.480 --> 50:57.280 Once we sign the contracts, once we agree to these companies' demands, we lose all leverage. 50:57.280 --> 51:00.400 You cannot seriously expect me to believe, do you even believe, that we can check and 51:00.400 --> 51:01.600 balance Microsoft? 51:01.600 --> 51:04.520 The same Microsoft that currently has an open lawsuit against them for failing to follow 51:04.520 --> 51:06.480 through with their promises in Mount Pleasant? 51:06.480 --> 51:09.720 Which by the way, despite this and their commitment to being a good neighbor, in the next 51:09.720 --> 51:13.360 few years they plan on tripling the amount of energy they are using now. 51:13.360 --> 51:17.200 If you look across the country, there are countless lawsuits popping up against other 51:17.200 --> 51:19.120 data centers for similar issues. 51:19.120 --> 51:22.640 In terms of fighting back against these companies, let's look at the township of Sailing, Michigan. 51:22.640 --> 51:25.840 There was a proposed $16 billion data center, which residents helped prevent. 51:25.840 --> 51:29.400 However, two days later, the developers and landowners sued the township and contractually 51:29.400 --> 51:30.960 bullied them into backing down. 51:30.960 --> 51:34.680 The data center will be allowed to move forward with construction entirely against the town's 51:34.680 --> 51:35.680 wishes. 51:35.680 --> 51:38.120 This is just one example, but if you'd like, I can come back with more. 51:38.120 --> 51:41.160 These are corporations that have the ability to overrule local governments, and we need 51:41.160 --> 51:43.640 to be talking about it, and we need to be angry about it. 51:43.640 --> 51:48.080 I know I am, which is exactly why Kenosha needs to pass a moratorium now. 51:48.080 --> 51:51.040 You all still have a chance to show me. 51:51.040 --> 51:52.040 Thank you. 51:52.040 --> 51:53.040 I'm just got Albert. 51:53.040 --> 51:54.040 Let her speak. 51:54.040 --> 51:55.040 Let her speak. 51:55.040 --> 51:56.040 Let her speak. 51:56.040 --> 51:57.040 Let her speak. 51:57.040 --> 51:58.040 Let her speak. 51:58.040 --> 52:02.040 She's almost done. 52:02.040 --> 52:04.040 Next speaker, please. 52:04.040 --> 52:05.040 Let her speak. 52:05.040 --> 52:06.040 Let her speak. 52:06.040 --> 52:07.040 Let her speak. 52:07.040 --> 52:09.040 Folks, come on. 52:09.040 --> 52:10.040 We're being respected. 52:10.040 --> 52:11.040 We're being respected. 52:11.040 --> 52:13.040 We're being respectful here. 52:13.040 --> 52:15.040 I'm just asking, please. 52:15.040 --> 52:17.040 Open needing law violations. 52:17.040 --> 52:18.040 Ma'am, thank you. 52:18.040 --> 52:20.040 Next speaker, please. 52:20.040 --> 52:21.040 Thank you. 52:21.040 --> 52:23.040 Let her speak. 52:23.040 --> 52:24.040 Let her speak. 52:24.040 --> 52:27.040 Let her speak. 52:27.040 --> 52:32.040 You're going to be escorted out. 52:32.040 --> 52:40.040 You're going to be served. 52:40.040 --> 52:44.000 This is a, I'm going to ask you one more time, please. 52:44.000 --> 52:46.640 We are being respectful by listening. 52:46.640 --> 52:47.640 This is a meeting. 52:47.640 --> 52:50.440 We have rules that we have to follow. 52:50.440 --> 52:53.440 I'm asking you nicely, sir. 52:53.440 --> 52:55.440 Otherwise, I'm going to ask you to leave. 52:55.440 --> 52:57.440 I'm asking you to leave. 52:57.440 --> 52:58.440 This thing's happening. 52:58.440 --> 53:01.440 Let her speak. 53:01.440 --> 53:03.440 Let her speak. 53:03.440 --> 53:04.440 Let her speak. 53:04.440 --> 53:07.440 I know it's time. 53:07.440 --> 53:12.440 Oh, wow. 53:12.440 --> 53:14.440 Thank you. 53:14.440 --> 53:17.440 Please continue. 53:17.440 --> 53:21.440 Thank you. 53:21.440 --> 53:23.440 We just need your name and address for the record, please. 53:23.440 --> 53:24.440 Thank you. 53:24.440 --> 53:28.440 My name is Scott Albert, 7822, 30th Avenue. 53:28.440 --> 53:32.440 Progress has to be positive and profitable. 53:32.440 --> 53:35.440 Good evening, Mr. Mayor and ladies and gentlemen of the Common Council. 53:35.440 --> 53:39.440 Thank you, Mayor, for meeting with me several weeks ago. 53:39.440 --> 53:42.440 I have a discussion about the hyperscale AI data center. 53:42.440 --> 53:46.440 I appreciate the amount of details that was taken to ensure this proposed data center 53:46.440 --> 53:51.440 but operate in a way that would protect all aspects and concerns being expressed 53:51.440 --> 53:55.440 by the citizens, neighbors, and friends of Kenosha. 53:55.440 --> 53:59.440 I still do not want a hyperscale AI data center. 53:59.440 --> 54:02.440 However, I am asking for a moratorium. 54:02.440 --> 54:09.440 A moratorium is a temporary stop or pause on a specific activity, rule, or legal duty. 54:09.440 --> 54:13.440 Governments, courts, or businesses use a moratorium to delay actions, 54:13.440 --> 54:18.440 such as paying debts, building new houses, or catching certain fish 54:18.440 --> 54:22.440 until a problem is fixed or a situation is studied. 54:22.440 --> 54:26.440 I ask you, Mr. Mayor and ladies and gentlemen of the Common Council, 54:26.440 --> 54:33.440 for said moratorium so we can study the hyperscale AI data centers that are already functioning. 54:33.440 --> 54:40.440 I believe these are functioning and are only theories behind the operations of the hyperscale AI data centers. 54:40.440 --> 54:47.440 A moratorium will allow studies to be conducted in order to fully evaluate the operations of said data centers. 54:47.440 --> 54:52.440 Last Tuesday, I exercised my civil duty to vote my conscience. 54:52.440 --> 54:59.440 Today, I stand here with my fellow citizens of Kenosha, my neighbors, all your neighbors, 54:59.440 --> 55:08.440 to exercise yet another civil duty, and that is to stand here and vocalize my opposition to the hyperscale AI data center. 55:08.440 --> 55:14.440 I would like the opportunity to vote on this proposal and hope the option will be available as a referendum. 55:14.440 --> 55:23.440 As for today, I stand here and ask as a citizen of Kenosha for moratorium. Thank you. 55:23.440 --> 55:37.440 Colton Roberts. 55:37.440 --> 55:42.440 Hello, my name is Colton Roberts. I live at 47, 10, 18th of Kenosha, Wisconsin. 55:42.440 --> 55:44.440 It'll be a second week. I say it, coward. 55:44.440 --> 55:49.440 Pure cowardice is being shown from our administration, not only to the disrespect to the people, 55:49.440 --> 55:52.440 not only to the blagrant violation of the spirit of our First Amendment rights, 55:52.440 --> 55:59.440 but due to the fact that half of y'all are over the age of 60 and will not live to see the effects of the data center. 55:59.440 --> 56:05.440 When my daughter turns 21, they can legally drink, what if she has asthma, due to the shit y'all done? 56:05.440 --> 56:14.440 What happens if when I'm going to retire, I can't, because I'm on a deathbed, because you in basilic freakwads, I don't know, 56:14.440 --> 56:19.440 do nothing but push for a carcinogenic building to be built in our societies? 56:19.440 --> 56:25.440 What happens when there's no one left to sue because y'all are dead? 56:25.440 --> 56:27.440 What are we going to do? 56:27.440 --> 56:31.440 We can't tear down the building once it's built. 56:31.440 --> 56:34.440 Say it again, cowardice is being shown from this administration. 56:34.440 --> 56:37.440 I'm looking you in the eye, Mr. Mayor. 56:37.440 --> 56:40.440 It's tomato-headed freak. 56:40.440 --> 56:45.440 No, why should I show respect to the people who are not respecting me? 56:45.440 --> 56:48.440 I have one representative of the City Council, Mr. Kelly McKay. 56:48.440 --> 56:53.440 He has shown me former respect, compassion, understanding, and kindness than that man sitting up there. 56:53.440 --> 56:57.440 Just because you don't like what someone has to say, you still got to listen to it. 56:57.440 --> 57:01.440 I listened to every single word you said when you invited me to speak to you one-on-one. 57:01.440 --> 57:04.440 And I gave it thought, and I disagreed with you. 57:04.440 --> 57:10.440 But I didn't call for the damn cops to bring me out, sorry to bring you out, because I didn't like what you had to say. 57:10.440 --> 57:15.440 Shame, nothing but shame. 57:15.440 --> 57:22.440 I wish I'd want to say, but my heart is racing, I can barely think of it calling you fox. 57:23.440 --> 57:29.440 Next speaker, Leanne Carpenter. 57:29.440 --> 57:37.440 Leanne, last name starts with a C. 57:37.440 --> 57:44.440 Leanne on 43rd Avenue. 57:44.440 --> 57:47.440 My writing was a little sloppy, Carpenter. 57:47.440 --> 57:51.440 Leanne Carpenter of 1585, 43rd Avenue. 57:51.440 --> 57:57.440 I want to speak about the non-disclosure agreement, which is probably why people are very pissed off. 57:57.440 --> 58:04.440 I actually looked up the definition because I wasn't sure of all the specifics of what an NDA was. 58:04.440 --> 58:18.440 And I found an NDA is a legally binding contract in which one or more parties agree not to disclose specific confidential information to others. 58:18.440 --> 58:22.440 So were the others, the citizens of Kenosha? 58:22.440 --> 58:36.440 It protects trade secrets, business strategies, proprietary technology, and other sensitive data by creating a confidential relationship between the two parties. 58:36.440 --> 58:47.440 Now, a confidential relationship with trust between you guys and Microsoft, not between you guys and the others, which is the way it's supposed to be. 58:47.440 --> 59:05.440 When you tell us, the others, to trust you, the data center will bring jobs, financial incentives for the community, and there won't be any negative impacts because Microsoft gave you guys a sales pitch and you trust them, you believe them. 59:05.440 --> 59:20.440 While at the same time, you're keeping the terms, the negotiations, the future predictions, a secret behind an NDA, you are lying by omission to all the others. 59:20.440 --> 59:24.440 You're breaking trust in a big, big, big way. 59:24.440 --> 59:37.440 By agreeing to the NDA, you're telling Microsoft that the citizens of Kenosha are a nuisance, a stumbling block, or hurdle to be overcome, something to be dealt with after the fact. 59:37.440 --> 59:39.440 Put it up and we'll deal with them later. 59:39.440 --> 59:47.440 And whether or not anybody in this room actually has those thoughts or had those thoughts in the beginning, it doesn't matter because Microsoft does have those thoughts. 59:47.440 --> 59:51.440 They are a large company, a successful company, that's how they got where they are. 59:51.440 --> 59:54.440 They don't worry about the aftermath, which is us. 59:54.440 --> 59:58.440 They worry about their bottom line. 59:58.440 --> 01:00:02.440 That's why you guys are here to protect us, to advocate for us. 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:16.440 Microsoft or any other big company that comes in here wanting our stuff for whatever reason should be considered guilty or not safe until they prove themselves to be otherwise. 01:00:16.440 --> 01:00:22.440 In this case, jobs and cash incentives were used as bribes for your silence. 01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:23.440 You have 30 seconds. 01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:30.440 A project of this magnitude, if it's truly in the best interest, of the community should not require secrecy. 01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:32.440 Period. 01:00:32.440 --> 01:00:34.440 Please do the right thing. 01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:36.440 Listen to us. 01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:38.440 We need a moratorium. 01:00:38.440 --> 01:00:45.440 If not a full stop to the building of this data center or any other data center proposal from any other company. 01:00:45.440 --> 01:00:49.440 Anybody else who wants to come in here and use our stuff. 01:00:49.440 --> 01:00:52.440 Thank you for your time. 01:00:52.440 --> 01:01:10.440 Hello. 01:01:10.440 --> 01:01:15.440 My name is Ed Ruka, 7727 Fifth Avenue. 01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:19.440 I'm standing here tonight, not a policy expert. 01:01:19.440 --> 01:01:23.440 Just a resident deeply concerned about the data center. 01:01:23.440 --> 01:01:26.440 What it means for our homes, our kids and our wallets. 01:01:26.440 --> 01:01:33.440 When the big tech companies come to town, they talk about job creation tax revenues. 01:01:33.440 --> 01:01:44.440 But when you look at the past pitch, doctors, scientists, environmental health researchers are flagging serious health and financial risks that hit us. 01:01:44.440 --> 01:01:48.440 That hit us right at the neighborhood level. 01:01:48.440 --> 01:01:59.440 Here's what real world data shows from an independent study from Dr. Michael Cork, who has a PhD from Harvard. 01:01:59.440 --> 01:02:05.440 Dr. Cork has been studying data centers for over 15 years. 01:02:05.440 --> 01:02:07.440 First, the air we breathe. 01:02:07.440 --> 01:02:18.440 These facilities bring massive banks of diesel backup generators and sometimes even power their own plants right on site. 01:02:18.440 --> 01:02:32.440 After recent study models, national data centers grows shows that air pollution from these sites cause over 1000 premature deaths 01:02:32.440 --> 01:02:40.440 and will cost our healthcare system 20 billion every single year by the year 2030. 01:02:40.440 --> 01:02:52.440 Other studies have found just one large data center running on site power can cause up to 90 million a year in local health damages. 01:02:52.440 --> 01:02:59.440 Mostly our kids ending up in the ER with asthma attacks, our seniors facing heart issues. 01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:06.440 And I know that many of you have children and grandchildren that you would not want to harm. 01:03:06.440 --> 01:03:16.440 And as some of you may be seniors, like me, or have parents that are seniors, I'm sure you don't want to cut their lives short. 01:03:16.440 --> 01:03:21.440 Or maybe some might want to get rid of their parents a little early in life. 01:03:22.440 --> 01:03:33.440 Yes, I've heard the arguments of Uline and Amazon and other companies that would have diesel trucks running. 01:03:33.440 --> 01:03:38.440 And you would the same exhaust that these generators would. 01:03:38.440 --> 01:03:41.440 But we have to remember one thing. 01:03:41.440 --> 01:03:45.440 Each truck employs somebody. 01:03:45.440 --> 01:03:48.440 A diesel generator doesn't employ anybody. 01:03:48.440 --> 01:03:50.440 So you have 30 seconds. 01:03:50.440 --> 01:03:51.440 All right. 01:03:51.440 --> 01:03:57.440 Second noise, the nonstop noise from data centers. 01:03:57.440 --> 01:04:09.440 Huge cooling fans 24, 7, 365 of a low frequency and the study of noise pollution shows that living near the constant hum. 01:04:10.440 --> 01:04:16.440 People's sleepless, raises stress hormones, and spikes of blood pressure. 01:04:16.440 --> 01:04:21.440 Imagine not being outside the whole time in your backyard when these are here. 01:04:21.440 --> 01:04:22.440 Sorry, your time is up. 01:04:22.440 --> 01:04:24.440 Okay, thank you very much. 01:04:24.440 --> 01:04:32.440 Next speaker, Gary Comack. 01:04:32.440 --> 01:04:38.440 Gary, I'm 37th Street. 01:04:38.440 --> 01:04:40.440 Last call for Gary. 01:04:40.440 --> 01:04:53.440 Next speaker, Niam Raman. 01:04:53.440 --> 01:04:58.440 Neve Raman, 6837, 155th Avenue. 01:04:58.440 --> 01:05:06.440 To be honest, there's no place that rather be less tonight on this beautiful summer evening, especially given all the rain we've had recently. 01:05:06.440 --> 01:05:15.440 Yet I find my evenings, weekends, and even breaks during the workday being taken up by a massive amount of volunteer hours fighting this data center. 01:05:15.440 --> 01:05:26.440 I, and a slew of other folks that's growing and growing, are working overtime, balancing full time jobs, childcare, family obligations, summer events, wedding planning, 01:05:26.440 --> 01:05:32.440 house side hustles, summer school, vacations, sick parents, aging pets, losses. 01:05:32.440 --> 01:05:34.440 The list goes on and on. 01:05:34.440 --> 01:05:38.440 Yet we continue to show up to these meetings as futile as they feel. 01:05:38.440 --> 01:05:46.440 We continue to put hours and hours into video editing, graphic design, content strategy, yard sign distribution, event planning, 01:05:46.440 --> 01:05:49.440 contacting speakers, rallying residents, door knocking. 01:05:49.440 --> 01:05:53.440 I could talk your ear off on how much we've done and are still doing. 01:05:53.440 --> 01:05:56.440 Just know we're coming for your jobs. 01:05:56.440 --> 01:06:04.440 I'm seriously impressed at the amount of courage, intelligence, sharp-minded and whitted, strategic, quick-acting, hard-working, et cetera, 01:06:04.440 --> 01:06:07.440 folks I've come to know through this activism. 01:06:07.440 --> 01:06:12.440 People of all ages, races, genders, political ideologies, it's honestly refreshing. 01:06:12.440 --> 01:06:16.440 And I know Kenosha will be in good hands for the next generation. 01:06:16.440 --> 01:06:20.440 But what I fear is that we'll have so much cleaning up we'll need to do. 01:06:20.440 --> 01:06:29.440 Cleaning up and paying financially but also physically and mentally for the self-indulgent, greedy, ignorant, irresponsible, 01:06:29.440 --> 01:06:36.440 I don't know, choices made by our current elected officials, who may I remind since it seems like they need reminding every two weeks 01:06:36.440 --> 01:06:40.440 work for us, the residents of the city that they govern. 01:06:40.440 --> 01:06:46.440 So I could rant and rave up here all day as I have before and as everyone else has, 01:06:46.440 --> 01:06:51.440 and in private phone calls with my alderman and other alderman, but let me ask you these questions. 01:06:51.440 --> 01:06:55.440 What will your reaction be if and when our drinking water turns brown? 01:06:55.440 --> 01:07:00.440 Can you sleep with yourself at night knowing you're endangering the constituents of your districts? 01:07:00.440 --> 01:07:07.440 Why do you simply refuse to provide any level of dialogue that's not in a private one-on-one conversation? 01:07:07.440 --> 01:07:13.440 Did you see how viral the video went the last two weeks when Montana was escorted out by the cops? 01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:20.440 Yeah, that went viral and had about 60,000 views, over 2,000 likes and hundreds of comments. 01:07:20.440 --> 01:07:25.440 And quite frankly, the vast majority was praised for her speaking out. 01:07:25.440 --> 01:07:30.440 We acknowledged she went over her three minute time, but everybody was in favor and wanted to hear what she had to say. 01:07:30.440 --> 01:07:32.440 You have 30 seconds. 01:07:32.440 --> 01:07:35.440 Will you have any regret if you're not elected back into office? 01:07:35.440 --> 01:07:40.440 Since I won't get answers to those questions tonight anyways, I'll just say like many others have before, 01:07:40.440 --> 01:07:45.440 if you're not listening and you're not paying attention, a wave is rising higher and higher, 01:07:45.440 --> 01:07:50.440 and we're taking you all down with it. 01:07:50.440 --> 01:07:53.440 Next speaker, Daniel Laska. 01:08:20.440 --> 01:08:42.440 Daniel Laska, we've all met before. 01:08:42.440 --> 01:08:44.440 Yes, has he yet? 01:08:44.440 --> 01:08:45.440 Cool. 01:08:45.440 --> 01:08:47.440 My name is Dan Laska. 01:08:47.440 --> 01:08:48.440 We've all met before. 01:08:48.440 --> 01:08:52.440 24-0-3-136 have. 01:08:52.440 --> 01:09:03.440 As I said before, I share a property line with Microsoft, and tonight I'm talking because this is very personal for us. 01:09:03.440 --> 01:09:12.440 I'll personal what I just put up is the actual distance from the wall in my house to Microsoft property. 01:09:12.440 --> 01:09:14.440 I'm R2. 01:09:14.440 --> 01:09:20.440 That to that is a distance to heavy industrial. 01:09:20.440 --> 01:09:25.440 You guys did that November 21st, 2024. 01:09:25.440 --> 01:09:30.440 And for all those, you can see the video of them voting on it on the Kenosha website. 01:09:30.440 --> 01:09:32.440 You can dig for it. 01:09:33.440 --> 01:09:34.440 So that's why it's personal. 01:09:34.440 --> 01:09:36.440 I'm trying to protect my family. 01:09:36.440 --> 01:09:37.440 I'm a father. 01:09:37.440 --> 01:09:38.440 You're a father's. 01:09:38.440 --> 01:09:40.440 How would you feel? 01:09:40.440 --> 01:09:42.440 This is about the size of a patio, right? 01:09:42.440 --> 01:09:44.440 It's 10 feet, 4 inches. 01:09:44.440 --> 01:09:46.440 It recurs how far that is. 01:09:46.440 --> 01:09:51.440 It's 10 feet, 4 inches to the wall of my house to heavy industrial. 01:09:51.440 --> 01:09:57.440 November 24th, November 21st, 2024. 01:09:57.440 --> 01:09:59.440 You all seem kind of pretty happy in the room. 01:09:59.440 --> 01:10:01.440 You almost wanted to give high fives. 01:10:01.440 --> 01:10:03.440 A lot of gaveling going on. 01:10:03.440 --> 01:10:05.440 I'm pretty proud. 01:10:05.440 --> 01:10:07.440 That moment changed this. 01:10:07.440 --> 01:10:10.440 I thought I had a house that was safe. 01:10:10.440 --> 01:10:14.440 I wanted to raise my family, raise my children in. 01:10:14.440 --> 01:10:19.440 Instead, I'm up here, and I've added the minutes because you get three minutes, and then we're getting five minutes. 01:10:19.440 --> 01:10:21.440 And I applaud everybody here for showing up. 01:10:21.440 --> 01:10:22.440 This was amazing. 01:10:22.440 --> 01:10:24.440 Good for you guys. 01:10:24.440 --> 01:10:29.440 I had 18 minutes in front of you over the past six or seven sessions to talk. 01:10:29.440 --> 01:10:32.440 And I've tried to come up with an angle every time, a different one. 01:10:32.440 --> 01:10:34.440 This was my latest. 01:10:34.440 --> 01:10:43.440 But I'm up here as a father trying to protect his family, his children, as a representative that loves his community of Paris. 01:10:43.440 --> 01:10:45.440 He's trying to protect my community. 01:10:45.440 --> 01:10:47.440 I'm trying to protect my land name. 01:10:47.440 --> 01:10:51.440 I have a lot of equity in that. 01:10:51.440 --> 01:10:55.440 In a weird way, I'm trying to protect your community. 01:10:55.440 --> 01:11:00.440 How ironic is that when your guys come into us? 01:11:00.440 --> 01:11:01.440 How many of you have visited? 01:11:01.440 --> 01:11:07.440 I live 800 feet from the actual intersection of 142 and 36. 01:11:07.440 --> 01:11:09.440 You've been out there? 01:11:09.440 --> 01:11:10.440 Seen it? 01:11:10.440 --> 01:11:13.440 Did you look at it before you voted on it? 01:11:13.440 --> 01:11:15.440 Would you buy a car before you looked at it? 01:11:15.440 --> 01:11:17.440 Would you buy a house before you looked at it? 01:11:21.440 --> 01:11:25.440 So you have 30 seconds? 01:11:25.440 --> 01:11:27.440 This is very personal to me. 01:11:27.440 --> 01:11:29.440 And I'm not going to stop. 01:11:29.440 --> 01:11:30.440 You came to my doorstep. 01:11:30.440 --> 01:11:38.440 You came 10 feet, 4 inches from my doorstep. 01:11:38.440 --> 01:11:40.440 We're serious people. 01:11:40.440 --> 01:11:46.440 We're very serious and we're getting very organized. 01:11:46.440 --> 01:11:51.440 Sometimes, if you win, you can really lose. 01:11:51.440 --> 01:11:56.440 Thank you. 01:11:56.440 --> 01:12:02.440 Next speaker, Jared Hunt. 01:12:02.440 --> 01:12:09.440 Jared Hunt. 01:12:09.440 --> 01:12:13.440 Last call for Jared Hunt. 01:12:14.440 --> 01:12:17.440 59-21-6th Avenue. 01:12:17.440 --> 01:12:21.440 Next speaker, Samuel Erving. 01:12:22.440 --> 01:12:28.440 I'm going to bring it down here. 01:12:28.440 --> 01:12:35.440 Don't start my time, or do you see it? 01:12:35.440 --> 01:12:40.440 Cripple, come on. 01:12:40.440 --> 01:12:44.440 Samuel Irving, 88-29-17th Avenue. 01:12:45.440 --> 01:12:52.440 I'm a big movie fan. 01:12:52.440 --> 01:12:54.440 And arts have always been a passion of mine. 01:12:54.440 --> 01:12:56.440 I worked in it for a long time. 01:12:56.440 --> 01:13:01.440 I worked as an engineer doing concerts and events. 01:13:01.440 --> 01:13:03.440 I've been around, I know tech. 01:13:03.440 --> 01:13:05.440 Anyway, I digress. 01:13:05.440 --> 01:13:08.440 We can learn about from these films that we watch. 01:13:08.440 --> 01:13:12.440 They often show us ideas and themes that give us insight on the world around us 01:13:12.440 --> 01:13:16.440 from love and loss and working through that and technology 01:13:16.440 --> 01:13:20.440 and the dangers of not fully understanding its reach. 01:13:20.440 --> 01:13:26.440 In Minority Report, starring Tom Cruise, everybody's favorite, 2002. 01:13:26.440 --> 01:13:30.440 People live in a world where they're always being watched 01:13:30.440 --> 01:13:33.440 and crime is reported before can even happen. 01:13:33.440 --> 01:13:36.440 It's far fetched, it's dramatic, it makes the movie good. 01:13:36.440 --> 01:13:39.440 But a lot of this is coming real today. 01:13:40.440 --> 01:13:45.440 The clairvoyance of the tech, obviously, is not real 01:13:45.440 --> 01:13:51.440 and the dramatic fight scenes just make the movie exciting, but it makes a good film. 01:13:51.440 --> 01:13:55.440 The theme and the background of the film remains. 01:13:55.440 --> 01:14:00.440 It warns of the dangers of surveillance and the invasion of privacy 01:14:00.440 --> 01:14:03.440 with the idea that anybody can be a potential threat. 01:14:03.440 --> 01:14:07.440 Even you, especially you, everyone of you. 01:14:07.440 --> 01:14:10.440 Especially as people who work in government. 01:14:10.440 --> 01:14:12.440 Where am I going with this? 01:14:12.440 --> 01:14:15.440 Well, look at the tech they use. 01:14:15.440 --> 01:14:19.440 Facial recognition, data tracking, phone tracking, 01:14:19.440 --> 01:14:21.440 cameras everywhere. 01:14:21.440 --> 01:14:24.440 Does that sound familiar? 01:14:24.440 --> 01:14:26.440 It should. 01:14:26.440 --> 01:14:29.440 You carry everything with that in your pocket. 01:14:29.440 --> 01:14:34.440 Your entire life, recorded, watched, building a case against you 01:14:34.440 --> 01:14:36.440 whether you like it or not. 01:14:36.440 --> 01:14:38.440 What supports this? 01:14:38.440 --> 01:14:43.440 How do you manage this much data? 01:14:43.440 --> 01:14:45.440 Data centers. 01:14:45.440 --> 01:14:46.440 It's easy. 01:14:46.440 --> 01:14:50.440 But we've had data centers since, what, 70s, 80s 01:14:50.440 --> 01:14:55.440 to manage the internet and work it? 01:14:55.440 --> 01:14:58.440 The tech only grows from here. 01:14:58.440 --> 01:15:01.440 AI has made leaps in only months. 01:15:01.440 --> 01:15:05.440 You cannot imagine where it will be in a year, 01:15:05.440 --> 01:15:08.440 five years or ten years from now. 01:15:08.440 --> 01:15:14.440 In 2002, they guessed so much of the surveillance tech. 01:15:14.440 --> 01:15:19.440 Even earlier than that in movies that, 01:15:19.440 --> 01:15:22.440 can't think of it on top of my head, but I'll go on. 01:15:22.440 --> 01:15:23.440 You have 30 seconds. 01:15:23.440 --> 01:15:24.440 Thank you. 01:15:24.440 --> 01:15:28.440 These hyperscale data centers, whether you agree with it or not, 01:15:28.440 --> 01:15:32.440 will be supporting the mass surveillance state. 01:15:32.440 --> 01:15:35.440 Flock cameras are a huge part of that. 01:15:35.440 --> 01:15:38.440 And you know exactly where this is going, 01:15:38.440 --> 01:15:41.440 tracking every single license plate in and out of the state 01:15:41.440 --> 01:15:43.440 where you're going to every doctor's appointment, 01:15:43.440 --> 01:15:46.440 to every store, everything. 01:15:46.440 --> 01:15:49.440 And your legacy supports it. 01:15:49.440 --> 01:15:53.440 Every line crossed that you allow with these data centers 01:15:53.440 --> 01:15:56.440 that big tech is partnering with governments to do 01:15:56.440 --> 01:15:58.440 will be your legacy. 01:15:58.440 --> 01:16:02.440 Congratulations. 01:16:02.440 --> 01:16:09.440 Thank you. 01:16:09.440 --> 01:16:10.440 Thank you. 01:16:10.440 --> 01:16:11.440 Please continue. 01:16:11.440 --> 01:16:14.440 B, communications, petitions, reports of departments. 01:16:14.440 --> 01:16:16.440 B, one approval of the following applications. 01:16:16.440 --> 01:16:17.440 A, 16 operators licenses. 01:16:17.440 --> 01:16:22.440 B, three special class B beer and or special class B wine licenses. 01:16:22.440 --> 01:16:25.440 Gentlemen from 10th. 01:16:25.440 --> 01:16:26.440 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. 01:16:26.440 --> 01:16:29.440 I make a motion to concur the recommendation of license 01:16:29.440 --> 01:16:32.440 permit to approve B, one. 01:16:32.440 --> 01:16:34.440 Any laptops, sir? 01:16:34.440 --> 01:16:37.440 I thought I hit it. 01:16:37.440 --> 01:16:40.440 Moved and seconded to approve item B, one. 01:16:40.440 --> 01:16:41.440 Any discussion? 01:16:41.440 --> 01:16:42.440 Seeing none. 01:16:42.440 --> 01:16:43.440 All those in favor say aye. 01:16:43.440 --> 01:16:44.440 Aye. 01:16:44.440 --> 01:16:45.440 Any opposed? 01:16:45.440 --> 01:16:46.440 Motion carries. 01:16:46.440 --> 01:16:48.440 B, two conditional use permit for a tattoo establishment 01:16:48.440 --> 01:16:54.440 located at 4400 Sheridan Road. 01:16:55.440 --> 01:16:57.440 Gentlemen from the third. 01:16:57.440 --> 01:16:58.440 Thank you. 01:16:58.440 --> 01:17:01.440 I move to approve B, two in concurrence with the City 01:17:01.440 --> 01:17:04.440 Plan Commission. 01:17:04.440 --> 01:17:07.440 It's been moved and seconded to concur an item B, two. 01:17:07.440 --> 01:17:09.440 At this time, open up to a public hearing. 01:17:09.440 --> 01:17:11.440 Anyone here speaking item B, two? 01:17:11.440 --> 01:17:12.440 Please come forward. 01:17:12.440 --> 01:17:14.440 State your name and address. 01:17:14.440 --> 01:17:18.440 Mitch Braver, 1802 28th street. 01:17:18.440 --> 01:17:19.440 Kenosha, Wisconsin. 01:17:19.440 --> 01:17:20.440 Yeah. 01:17:20.440 --> 01:17:21.440 What am I doing? 01:17:21.440 --> 01:17:23.440 Sorry about that. 01:17:24.440 --> 01:17:25.440 Yeah. 01:17:25.440 --> 01:17:28.440 I'm here for any questions. 01:17:28.440 --> 01:17:29.440 Yep. 01:17:29.440 --> 01:17:30.440 Okay. 01:17:30.440 --> 01:17:33.440 If there are any questions from the council, we'll call you back up. 01:17:33.440 --> 01:17:34.440 Absolutely. 01:17:34.440 --> 01:17:35.440 Thank you so much. 01:17:35.440 --> 01:17:36.440 Thank you, sir. 01:17:36.440 --> 01:17:38.440 Anyone else here to speak an item B, two? 01:17:38.440 --> 01:17:39.440 Anyone else? 01:17:39.440 --> 01:17:40.440 Anyone else? 01:17:40.440 --> 01:17:41.440 Seeing none. 01:17:41.440 --> 01:17:42.440 Coals of public hearing. 01:17:42.440 --> 01:17:45.440 Motion on the floor is concurrence on item B, two. 01:17:45.440 --> 01:17:47.440 Any discussion? 01:17:47.440 --> 01:17:48.440 Seeing none. 01:17:48.440 --> 01:17:49.440 All those in favor say aye. 01:17:49.440 --> 01:17:50.440 Aye. 01:17:50.440 --> 01:17:51.440 Any opposed? 01:17:51.440 --> 01:17:52.440 Motion carries. 01:17:53.440 --> 01:17:58.440 Item B, two, three. 01:17:58.440 --> 01:18:05.440 Item B, two, three. 01:18:05.440 --> 01:18:10.440 General use permit amendment for a tattoo and body piercing 01:18:10.440 --> 01:18:19.440 establishment located at 7611 purging Boulevard. 01:18:19.440 --> 01:18:24.440 and address forty nine twenty five sixty eight street 01:18:24.440 --> 01:18:31.000 basically my wife and I we've owned this property seventy six eleven Persian 01:18:31.000 --> 01:18:36.440 Boulevard for Jamie Waldron operates her gypsy camp gem girls I'm here to 01:18:36.440 --> 01:18:41.200 today discuss the recommendation that was made for removing a portion of the 01:18:41.200 --> 01:18:46.280 parking lot and planter boxes and install some planter boxes I attended 01:18:46.280 --> 01:18:51.480 Planning Commission or actually Common Council both times with her and we had 01:18:51.480 --> 01:18:56.400 spoken to a representative and we were told it was a recommendation he had 01:18:56.400 --> 01:19:00.440 advised us that we don't bring it up unless we needed to based on that 01:19:00.440 --> 01:19:05.760 guidance we didn't step forward with anything when it came to Jamie getting 01:19:05.760 --> 01:19:09.880 her occupancy approval however we were informed that she could not open our 01:19:09.880 --> 01:19:13.440 business unless the escrow amount and additional five hundred dollar temporary 01:19:13.480 --> 01:19:20.400 occupancy was paid so we helped comply with that we had if we had been 01:19:20.400 --> 01:19:25.400 presented with this as a requirement instead of a recommendation we would have 01:19:25.400 --> 01:19:30.360 addressed these immediately so I apologize on that piece of it since 01:19:30.360 --> 01:19:33.560 purchasing the property we have made significant improvements to enhance 01:19:33.560 --> 01:19:37.680 both the appearance and functionality the building has been painted new 01:19:37.680 --> 01:19:41.840 shutters installed decorative window of planters and the parking lot has been 01:19:41.840 --> 01:19:45.080 recoded we have also made other improvements that comply with city 01:19:45.080 --> 01:19:49.160 requirements including lowering the sign turning it away from being over the 01:19:49.160 --> 01:19:54.680 sidewalks we've invested considerable considerable amount of time and money in 01:19:54.680 --> 01:19:58.720 improving the property and we believe those efforts demonstrate our commitment 01:19:58.720 --> 01:20:03.480 to maintaining and extract an attractive well-kept business we're 01:20:03.480 --> 01:20:08.360 respectfully requesting that an acceptance that would allow us to leave 01:20:08.400 --> 01:20:13.480 the remaining leave the parking lot as it is the parking lot already has very 01:20:13.480 --> 01:20:18.240 limited and extremely tight maneuvering spaces removing pavement to install 01:20:18.240 --> 01:20:24.040 planter boxes and landscaping features would create several concerns first it 01:20:24.040 --> 01:20:28.760 would present a first safety issue raised planters or similar permanent 01:20:28.760 --> 01:20:32.160 structures would create a tripping hazards when customers step out of the 01:20:32.160 --> 01:20:37.040 vehicles second because of the tight parking configuration any planters or 01:20:37.040 --> 01:20:41.280 landscaping features would likely be struck by a vehicle on a regular basis 01:20:41.280 --> 01:20:45.640 continuing continuing causing continual damage and maintenance issues while we 01:20:45.640 --> 01:20:50.680 understand the city's goal is to approve the appearance of the property we believe 01:20:50.680 --> 01:20:54.720 we've already accomplished this objective objective through an extensive 01:20:54.720 --> 01:20:59.480 exterior improvements that we have made third as shown in the photographs I did 01:20:59.480 --> 01:21:05.240 bring some if anybody wanted them or wanted to pass them out 01:21:08.960 --> 01:21:13.400 the photographs shows vehicles already require multiple back and forth 01:21:13.400 --> 01:21:18.160 movements just to exit the parking space adding a permanent obstruction would 01:21:18.160 --> 01:21:23.720 significantly reduce the maneuverability and caught and could make some parking 01:21:23.720 --> 01:21:30.160 spaces impractable or unusable for customers finally snow removal would 01:21:30.160 --> 01:21:34.880 become extremely difficult because of the limited space plowing the parking lot 01:21:34.880 --> 01:21:38.720 is already a challenge installing permanent landscaping within the 01:21:38.720 --> 01:21:42.080 parking area would create additional obstacles and increase the likelihood 01:21:42.080 --> 01:21:46.920 of property damage during winter maintenance in closing I respectfully 01:21:46.920 --> 01:21:51.760 ask the Commission to consider these facts when making the decision we 01:21:51.760 --> 01:21:58.360 requested is a we request is reasonably given the limited parking lot size the 01:21:58.360 --> 01:22:03.000 existing maneuverability constraints this the substantial improvements we have 01:22:03.000 --> 01:22:07.120 already made to the property and the fact that we relied on understanding that it 01:22:07.120 --> 01:22:11.360 was a recommendation versus a rent mandatory requirement thank you and if 01:22:11.360 --> 01:22:16.520 you have any questions I'm here to answer thank you sir anyone else on item B3 01:22:16.520 --> 01:22:21.280 from the public anyone else anyone else seeing none closed the public hearing 01:22:21.280 --> 01:22:30.880 Mr. Casey sir if I'm not mistaken that that condition was removed at City 01:22:30.880 --> 01:22:35.320 Planning Commission correct I was not at that meeting mayor but in looking at the 01:22:35.320 --> 01:22:40.880 report yes okay condition duty the conditions approved require to remove 01:22:40.880 --> 01:22:44.360 the asphalt in the striped area around the existing sign and replacing it with 01:22:44.400 --> 01:22:53.120 Mulcher stone and the recommendation was to remove that condition right so I guess 01:22:53.120 --> 01:22:59.000 it further the applicant and for for Council at City Plan Commission City 01:22:59.000 --> 01:23:05.560 Plan Commission agreed with the owner or the applicant here to remove that and I 01:23:05.560 --> 01:23:12.520 would I would ask the council to I would assume that the arm of the 16th 01:23:13.000 --> 01:23:17.440 understood that he was there and actually voted for that but that was I'm assuming 01:23:17.440 --> 01:23:21.640 that was part of your meant to be for your motion so that condition that this 01:23:21.640 --> 01:23:25.480 gentleman was asking for relief was already granted via City Plan Commission 01:23:25.480 --> 01:23:29.520 I we do need this body to uphold that and I would ask this council to do that 01:23:29.520 --> 01:23:32.600 because that is what we did at City Plan Commission and agree with the applicant 01:23:32.600 --> 01:23:34.560 correct thank you sir 01:23:34.560 --> 01:23:42.000 gentleman from a third thank you Ron I was going to make some of the same 01:23:42.000 --> 01:23:50.160 points you just did basically by approving this we are approving what this 01:23:50.160 --> 01:23:55.240 gentleman also requested because the condition that he objected to was removed 01:23:55.240 --> 01:24:01.960 at the City Plan Commission meeting the reasons were pretty obvious he did a lot 01:24:01.960 --> 01:24:08.520 of work there and at the same time as your honor is pointed out although that 01:24:08.520 --> 01:24:14.120 we try to make things when we have new developments etc we try to keep 01:24:14.120 --> 01:24:19.600 everything to a certain standard it would not been fair in this situation a lot of 01:24:19.600 --> 01:24:26.080 older places have parking lots and this parking lot would have been really 01:24:26.080 --> 01:24:31.320 hazardous if they totally complied with this with the conditions that were were 01:24:31.360 --> 01:24:36.440 proposed thus the City Plan Commission agreed to remove those conditions and 01:24:36.440 --> 01:24:42.800 thus when you vote for B3 and if you vote in the affirmative you are voting to 01:24:42.800 --> 01:24:47.880 basically give this gentleman what he wants as well relief from that condition 01:24:47.880 --> 01:24:53.920 thank you thank you sir lady from the eighth yeah I'll make this just short and 01:24:53.920 --> 01:24:57.800 sweet as elder person of the district I thank the City Plan Commission for 01:24:57.800 --> 01:25:03.480 voting for this and I'm full in full support thank you ma'am anyone else on 01:25:03.480 --> 01:25:09.440 B3 if not motion on the floor is approval vitamin B3 as recommended by City 01:25:09.440 --> 01:25:15.600 Plan Commission correct all those in favor say aye aye any opposed motion 01:25:15.600 --> 01:25:19.040 carries see recommendations from the committee on licenses impermit see one 01:25:19.040 --> 01:25:23.440 application on Michaela wire for a new operator's license 01:25:23.520 --> 01:25:27.200 gentlemen from intent thank you mr. Mayor make a motion to concur with the 01:25:27.200 --> 01:25:34.240 recommendation license permit any additional ones mr. Chairman not yet sir 01:25:34.240 --> 01:25:40.520 all right so okay at this time open up to a hearing anyone here speaking 01:25:40.520 --> 01:25:44.560 item C1 please come forward state your name and address anyone here to speak 01:25:44.560 --> 01:25:49.080 anyone here speak seeing none close the hearing motion on the floor is 01:25:49.120 --> 01:25:53.640 concurrence it's a license permit any discussion seeing none all those in 01:25:53.640 --> 01:25:58.440 favor say aye any opposed motion carries see to application of Brandon per 01:25:58.440 --> 01:26:02.640 domo for a new operators license gentlemen from the 10th thank you mr. 01:26:02.640 --> 01:26:06.160 Mayor make a motion to deny based on material police records safely related 01:26:06.160 --> 01:26:08.720 to the license 01:26:09.360 --> 01:26:13.400 we've been seconded to would that be to concur with license permit 01:26:13.400 --> 01:26:17.600 recommendations sir yes sir okay at this time open up to a hearing 01:26:17.600 --> 01:26:21.080 and we hear speaking item C2 please come forward say to your name and 01:26:21.080 --> 01:26:23.400 address 01:26:27.920 --> 01:26:35.880 well I'm sorry I'm sorry one second I'm sorry good okay my name is Francis 01:26:35.880 --> 01:26:45.880 flex 2831 14 lane Kenosha I am Brandon's mom sorry he just went to the 01:26:45.880 --> 01:26:55.800 bedroom I would like to speak for him if I can sure sure nobody knows better 01:26:55.800 --> 01:27:04.200 than me the struggles the bad that's bad decisions choices he made but nobody 01:27:04.200 --> 01:27:11.920 knows better than me the progress and how proud I am right now to see the better 01:27:12.280 --> 01:27:20.920 decisions and the improvement I'm talking about you I just don't want to let this 01:27:20.920 --> 01:27:31.840 pass so I am very very confident that he deserve to get the license so he can 01:27:31.840 --> 01:27:36.400 keep working in something he's good at it thank you man Brandon can we get your 01:27:36.400 --> 01:27:41.240 name and address for the record yeah Brandon per domo 2831 14th lane Kenosha 01:27:41.280 --> 01:27:46.200 Wisconsin I want to start by saying I wasn't here last Monday when I was 01:27:46.200 --> 01:27:49.080 supposed to be because I was at work I got out late so I didn't really get to 01:27:49.080 --> 01:27:54.600 speak or anything so start by just kind of saying I know at a glance looking at 01:27:54.600 --> 01:28:00.680 it looks kind of bad looks pretty bad I'm aware of that I am I'm aware of the 01:28:00.680 --> 01:28:06.440 mistakes I've made and it's not any excuses or anything but at least some 01:28:06.440 --> 01:28:13.080 context to kind of what happened when I was 21 my girlfriend passed away and I 01:28:13.080 --> 01:28:18.560 got very very depressed and very lots of issues with addiction and lots of other 01:28:18.560 --> 01:28:22.960 things and it took a long time I didn't want to get better honestly and if you 01:28:22.960 --> 01:28:28.760 look at the record that's from 2022 to 24 was everything happened and that was 01:28:28.760 --> 01:28:34.400 during the time where I didn't want to be here I didn't want to be alive and you 01:28:34.400 --> 01:28:37.960 know I started working as I've worked in restaurants my whole life I start 01:28:37.960 --> 01:28:43.080 working as a bartender supervised and kind of helped me get sober and I mean I 01:28:43.080 --> 01:28:49.320 have a lot of supporting documents here from my clinic where I've been sober for 01:28:49.320 --> 01:28:55.560 almost two years it'll be two years in December I even have the diagnosis from 01:28:55.560 --> 01:29:00.840 my therapist and my psychiatrist stating that it was mostly a situational kind of 01:29:00.880 --> 01:29:05.800 problem that was going on due to what had happened and I even have discharge 01:29:05.800 --> 01:29:10.360 papers showing like my risk level and everything at the time I got discharged 01:29:10.360 --> 01:29:14.800 that was two years ago that was in December 2024 I mean since then I've 01:29:14.800 --> 01:29:19.560 been working I have my associates degree in audio science and engineering and you 01:29:19.560 --> 01:29:23.440 know it's hard because every time you try to move forward you're reminded of 01:29:23.440 --> 01:29:28.120 the mistakes you made it's hard because it's like a wall every single time every 01:29:28.160 --> 01:29:33.280 turn I take to laughter to the right to try to go forward something trying to 01:29:33.280 --> 01:29:36.640 stop me at least that sort of feels like and I know those are my own mistakes but 01:29:36.640 --> 01:29:40.440 it's hard when you're trying to do better and trying to do the thing you like 01:29:40.440 --> 01:29:44.480 because it's been really hard to find something I like and I feel like I am 01:29:44.480 --> 01:29:47.360 good at it I even have letters of recommendations in here I don't know if 01:29:47.360 --> 01:29:53.640 anyone wants to look at all this but yeah I mean I don't really have too much 01:29:53.640 --> 01:29:56.480 else to say besides that I guess other than thank you guys for your time 01:29:56.480 --> 01:30:04.720 consideration and I understand either way thank you sir any anyone else on 01:30:04.720 --> 01:30:12.080 item C2 anyone else anyone else if not closer hearing a gentleman from the 01:30:12.080 --> 01:30:24.200 16th or okay yes I'm I share that committee the applicant came in after the 01:30:24.200 --> 01:30:31.160 vote was taken he had a work it wasn't his fault but we we had voted on it 01:30:31.160 --> 01:30:33.360 already to deny 01:30:33.560 --> 01:30:39.760 granted there's 400 points but every applicant deserves a right to a hearing 01:30:39.760 --> 01:30:47.720 so I like to this to be deferred put back into the committee so he can get 01:30:47.880 --> 01:30:53.640 committees that I make a motion to send back to committee yes been moved and 01:30:53.640 --> 01:31:00.200 seconded to send this back to license permit on that motion to send back to 01:31:00.200 --> 01:31:06.400 committee all those in favor say aye any post motion carries this will be at the 01:31:06.400 --> 01:31:10.580 following a license permit me 01:31:11.460 --> 01:31:17.700 C3 application of Nakia Brookshire for a yearly peddler stand located at 28 2014 01:31:17.700 --> 01:31:20.500 Babynae with no adverse recommendations from the police department 01:31:20.500 --> 01:31:28.580 gentlemen from the 10th thank you Mr. Mayor I make a motion to approve C3 C4 C5 01:31:28.580 --> 01:31:37.340 C6 after being read any necessary applicant hearings through C5 01:31:41.100 --> 01:31:46.260 C4 application of auto express services AES auto and towing LLC for a new towing 01:31:46.260 --> 01:31:51.060 service license located at 6432nd Avenue with an adverse recommendation from 01:31:51.060 --> 01:31:55.380 the police department C5 applications for a temporary outdoor extension of the 01:31:55.380 --> 01:31:58.500 class B beer class B liquor license with no adverse recommendations from the 01:31:58.500 --> 01:32:03.220 police department a Bendelli's adventure Inc located at 4601 7th Avenue on 01:32:03.220 --> 01:32:09.860 September 18th through 19th 2026 B bottoms up ventures Inc located at 1402 52nd 01:32:09.860 --> 01:32:16.180 Street on August 21st through 23rd 2026 C Kenosha creative space Inc located 01:32:16.180 --> 01:32:22.860 at 624 57th Street on August 21st through 23rd 2026 with a waiver request of 01:32:22.860 --> 01:32:31.260 10.0 75 D3 by the common council under 10.0 75 I okay at this time open up to a 01:32:31.260 --> 01:32:36.860 hearing anyone here speak and I am C3 4 or 5 please come forward state your 01:32:36.860 --> 01:32:42.420 name and address anyone here to speak anyone here to speak 01:32:45.340 --> 01:32:51.620 Hello Brian Johnson for C4 2832 14th Lane I'm the owner of EAS sewing I'm 01:32:51.620 --> 01:32:58.540 here for any questions if there are any questions thank you sir 01:32:58.540 --> 01:33:05.540 anyone else on C3 4 5 anyone else anyone else seeing none closing hearing 01:33:05.540 --> 01:33:13.060 motion on the floor is concurrence is that correct mr. Chair any discussion 01:33:13.060 --> 01:33:19.100 seeing none all those in favor say aye aye any opposed motion carries C6 01:33:19.100 --> 01:33:23.940 application of salon Diamante LLC for a new class B beer reserved class B liquor 01:33:23.940 --> 01:33:28.940 license located at 6712 30th Avenue upon surrender of a class B beer class C 01:33:28.940 --> 01:33:33.260 liquor license from salon Diamante LLC with no adverse recommendations from 01:33:33.260 --> 01:33:37.180 the police department gentlemen from the 10th thank you mr. Mayor I make a 01:33:37.180 --> 01:33:45.100 motion to approve and in that motion is the waving of the main entrance 300 01:33:45.100 --> 01:33:51.900 foot waiver okay at this I'm open up to a hearing anyone here speaking item C6 01:33:51.900 --> 01:33:55.940 please come forward say your name and address 01:33:55.940 --> 01:34:03.700 Alvar Rodriguez my address is 1721 50th string Kenosha 01:34:05.620 --> 01:34:09.740 the floor is yours ma'am if anything you'd like to say to the council on this 01:34:09.740 --> 01:34:20.500 on this item well I'm applying for the liquor because the parties of weddings 01:34:20.500 --> 01:34:29.060 and baby showers sometimes they wanna drink and that's why since they changed 01:34:29.060 --> 01:34:40.660 the rules of the house well I got a feeling there's gonna be some questions 01:34:40.660 --> 01:34:44.740 from the council so if you want to have a seat if you don't have anything else 01:34:44.740 --> 01:34:50.500 to say there may be some questions from council okay thank you ma'am anyone 01:34:50.500 --> 01:34:57.700 else and I'm C6 anyone else anyone else seeing none close to hearing lady from 01:34:57.700 --> 01:35:04.260 the 12th in the meeting committee meeting I voted against this because my concern 01:35:04.260 --> 01:35:10.700 was the exit of people if there was a fire and while I understand that the 01:35:10.700 --> 01:35:16.860 order from the 8th district has shown me pictures where they have two exits but 01:35:16.860 --> 01:35:21.820 then they also have a lift there and then but that still doesn't ease my concern 01:35:21.820 --> 01:35:25.820 because if there's a fire and there's I'm not even sure what the occupancy is 01:35:25.820 --> 01:35:29.420 but then if there's people in there that need to get out and they're using the 01:35:29.420 --> 01:35:39.140 lift that brings even more concern so my my vote will still be a no thank you 01:35:41.620 --> 01:35:48.860 lady from the 8th thank you I have the chance to meet with Miss Rodriguez last 01:35:48.860 --> 01:35:54.900 week who owns the building which is the former St. Luke's Lutheran Church she 01:35:54.900 --> 01:35:59.420 rents out the sanctuary to a congregation and it's part of their rental 01:35:59.420 --> 01:36:03.380 agreement that the hall will not be rented while the congregation holds 01:36:03.380 --> 01:36:09.700 church services and other activities the rental hall does have multiple exits on 01:36:10.140 --> 01:36:15.180 opposite ends of the space it's on the lower level of the old Sunday school 01:36:15.180 --> 01:36:21.540 space which I would describe as a split level not a basement the space has a 01:36:21.540 --> 01:36:27.380 wall of windows above ground on both the east and the west side Mr. Rodriguez is 01:36:27.380 --> 01:36:32.940 also purchased the parking lot and a house across 30th Avenue and a lot east 01:36:32.940 --> 01:36:38.500 of the building on 67th Street the property is well maintained she's 01:36:38.540 --> 01:36:44.460 received numerous appreciative comments from her neighbors and her request for 01:36:44.460 --> 01:36:50.340 this license all stems from a change in state law she has come before us many 01:36:50.340 --> 01:36:56.580 of times attempting to acquire the proper licenses to continue to operate 01:36:56.580 --> 01:37:01.900 her business and I'm asking for your support of Miss Rodriguez and the 01:37:01.900 --> 01:37:10.540 issuance of this license thank you gentlemen from a 16th yeah a couple of 01:37:10.540 --> 01:37:16.020 things when in front of the committee it was tied to two so that should have 01:37:16.020 --> 01:37:21.260 been under she tonight as a denial right if it's a tie it should be a 01:37:21.260 --> 01:37:29.380 denial it says we approved that it was a tie so a tie is a denial I got a 01:37:29.380 --> 01:37:37.700 question for madam clerk yeah as was stated at the meeting it's a no 01:37:37.700 --> 01:37:43.540 recommendation from the council now the the motion was to approve that motion 01:37:43.540 --> 01:37:49.340 failed right now it's a effectively a no recommendation from the license permit 01:37:49.340 --> 01:37:55.060 committee but yeah it says license LP approved that was the motion that was 01:37:55.100 --> 01:38:06.540 made yes sir I got you okay madam clerk the reserve can you shine light for the 01:38:06.540 --> 01:38:12.620 rest of our council about the reserve license how much it costs how many are 01:38:12.620 --> 01:38:24.700 available so on and so forth so we have a total of 39 reserve licenses which can 01:38:24.700 --> 01:38:30.060 be issued after we've reached our quota on regular class be liquor licenses which 01:38:30.060 --> 01:38:36.700 we have and we have currently issued seven so we have 32 remaining and the 01:38:36.700 --> 01:38:48.300 issuance fee is ten thousand dollars thank you yeah I voted I voted no and I'm 01:38:48.300 --> 01:39:00.140 gonna vote no also tonight it's an old church building this party venue is 01:39:00.140 --> 01:39:05.660 certainly not on the first floor some people call it the basement some people 01:39:05.660 --> 01:39:14.180 call it different things but it's I call it the basement because it's not on the 01:39:14.340 --> 01:39:19.980 floor there's a church in a school this is in the basement of the old school 01:39:19.980 --> 01:39:26.420 part of the of the establishment the applicants willing to spend ten thousand 01:39:26.420 --> 01:39:32.740 dollars this is a venue situation it's not it's not a tavern it's a venue they 01:39:32.740 --> 01:39:38.580 have venues marriage wedding so on and so forth so I held there but I know 01:39:38.580 --> 01:39:44.900 she's willing to spend ten thousand dollars for this license but the situation 01:39:44.900 --> 01:39:51.860 and the location of it and the layout of it that's one of the reasons that that 01:39:51.860 --> 01:39:58.300 I'm not I'm not for it so I won't be supported in it tonight thank you thank 01:39:58.300 --> 01:40:03.580 you sir gentlemen from the first thank you based on the comments from the lady 01:40:03.900 --> 01:40:10.500 from the 12th and also gentlemen the 16th I would assume that there's no 01:40:10.500 --> 01:40:15.300 holds right based on this lifestyle subject to hold so do we have from an 01:40:15.300 --> 01:40:21.420 emergency egress standpoint do we have chief here who can speak that I would 01:40:21.420 --> 01:40:26.460 assume that if it's not conformed from the standpoint of emergency egress and 01:40:26.460 --> 01:40:31.580 other code compliance things associated with the activity then I guess we'd have 01:40:31.580 --> 01:40:35.500 a story here but I would think I would think we don't 01:40:35.500 --> 01:40:40.940 the story is that in the lady from the 12th opinion is that she's not 01:40:40.940 --> 01:40:46.380 comfortable with the egress I don't know if I'm stating that correctly man I hope 01:40:46.380 --> 01:40:51.340 we understand that we have inspection and rules in place for for things like 01:40:51.340 --> 01:40:56.300 emergency egress from everything from our own people to NFPA standard so I guess 01:40:56.300 --> 01:40:59.700 I'm curious more than there's more to the story than that I guess I'd be 01:40:59.740 --> 01:41:03.580 willing to listen but it as long as our code compliant and conforming for the 01:41:03.580 --> 01:41:09.060 license activity I can't see your reason that that would be something to 01:41:09.060 --> 01:41:12.860 consider thank you or the motion on the floor is to approve at this point sir 01:41:12.860 --> 01:41:16.180 thank you thank you for 01:41:16.180 --> 01:41:23.220 gentlemen from a second oh yes I was one of the two votes to vote to approve I 01:41:23.740 --> 01:41:29.340 would urge the rest of the council to do the same I asked that question if the 01:41:29.340 --> 01:41:35.060 fire department had had a look around and they had no issues with with her 01:41:35.060 --> 01:41:43.940 business model so I'm satisfied that it's not a public safety hazard and once 01:41:43.940 --> 01:41:50.020 again this this is a it's a it's a business model that we're not that 01:41:50.100 --> 01:41:54.100 familiar with because previously they weren't required to be licensed through 01:41:54.100 --> 01:41:58.020 the state but the change in liquor law says if you're going to host any sort of 01:41:58.020 --> 01:42:02.940 party you have to have a liquor license she feels strongly enough in her 01:42:02.940 --> 01:42:08.660 business plan to spend that ten thousand dollars and this is a way for her to be 01:42:08.660 --> 01:42:14.900 legitimate because there's probably some operators aren't there we haven't been 01:42:14.940 --> 01:42:21.300 notified maybe they're maybe they're operating out of the light of proper 01:42:21.300 --> 01:42:28.100 licensure but we're trying to encourage responsible licensure in this town and 01:42:28.100 --> 01:42:32.820 she's making the effort to do so I'd much rather face this sort of a situation 01:42:32.820 --> 01:42:39.020 than a scofflaw of some sort she's patiently been pretending meetings for 01:42:39.100 --> 01:42:46.580 about two months this council and licensed in permits looking for a way to stay 01:42:46.580 --> 01:42:51.460 in business and I can graduate later for that I know it's a church building but 01:42:51.460 --> 01:42:56.660 she owns the building she rents it out to a church and if she was to hold a 01:42:56.660 --> 01:43:03.100 party in violation of her of her own tenant agreement well she's just not 01:43:03.100 --> 01:43:09.820 going to do that so I urge the council to support this application I support 01:43:09.820 --> 01:43:15.820 the motion thank you thank you sir seeing no other lights motion on the 01:43:15.820 --> 01:43:22.420 floor is approval of item c6 with the waiver of the 300 feet correct Mr. 01:43:22.420 --> 01:43:32.060 Chairman Mr. Chairman thank you sir roll calls been asked for roll call please 01:43:32.060 --> 01:43:49.420 motion carries 15 to 2 item c7 applications of the coffee pot LLC located 01:43:49.420 --> 01:43:52.780 at 4914 7th Avenue with no adverse recommendations from the police 01:43:52.780 --> 01:43:58.620 department a new class B beer class C liquor license B probationary cabaret 01:43:58.620 --> 01:44:03.980 license C permanent outdoor extension gentlemen from the 10th thank you Mr. 01:44:03.980 --> 01:44:08.180 I make a motion to approve C7 C8 after being read any necessary applicant 01:44:08.180 --> 01:44:14.580 hearings C8 application of order what you want LLC for an outdoor dining area 01:44:14.580 --> 01:44:18.780 with extension of the class B beer class B liquor license located at 508 58th 01:44:18.780 --> 01:44:22.620 Street with no adverse recommendations from the police department okay at the 01:44:22.620 --> 01:44:27.180 time open up to a hearing anyone here speaking item C7 or C8 please come 01:44:27.180 --> 01:44:35.420 forward state your name and address anyone here speak any one yes Pablo 01:44:35.420 --> 01:44:40.900 and Diana Scribano 2005 35th place regarding C8 we're just here for any 01:44:40.900 --> 01:44:48.300 questions thank you sir anyone else on C7 or C8 anyone else anyone else seeing 01:44:48.300 --> 01:44:53.980 none close in hearing motion on the floor is approval of C7 and C8 any 01:44:53.980 --> 01:44:58.820 discussion seeing none all those in favor say aye aye any opposed motion 01:44:58.820 --> 01:45:04.660 carries e ordinances first reading e1 ordinance by the committee on public 01:45:04.660 --> 01:45:08.500 safety and welfare to amend section 7.125 of the code of general ordinances 01:45:08.500 --> 01:45:17.540 entitled streets controlled by you actually did we vote on it they vote on C8 we 01:45:17.540 --> 01:45:21.740 didn't both thank you all right e1 ordinance by the committee on public 01:45:21.740 --> 01:45:25.540 safety and welfare to amend section 7.125 of the code of general ordinances 01:45:25.540 --> 01:45:29.660 entitled streets controlled by yield signs by rescinding there from the 01:45:29.660 --> 01:45:33.820 yield signs on 54th Avenue at its intersection with 41st Street and to 01:45:33.820 --> 01:45:38.860 include Easton Westbound yield signs on 41st Street and 54th Avenue jump from 01:45:38.860 --> 01:45:48.900 5th motion to send e1 e2 and e3 about F1 and F1 e2 ordinance by the 01:45:48.900 --> 01:45:52.580 committee on public safety and welfare to amend section 7.12 C of the code of 01:45:52.580 --> 01:45:57.380 general ordinances entitled stop streets to include a cell phone stop at the 01:45:57.380 --> 01:46:03.500 intersection of 25th Avenue and 55th Street e3 ordinance by the committee on 01:46:03.500 --> 01:46:07.340 public safety and welfare to amend section 7.12 C of the code of general 01:46:07.340 --> 01:46:11.160 ordinances entitled stop streets by adding Easton West stop signs at 40th 01:46:11.160 --> 01:46:15.060 Street and 32nd Avenue F zoning ordinances first reading F1 01:46:15.060 --> 01:46:18.180 rezoning ordinance by the City Planning Commission to rezone the property at 01:46:18.180 --> 01:46:23.420 3719 25th Street from a to agricultural and holding district RS1 single family 01:46:23.420 --> 01:46:29.860 residential district okay motion and bless you to send e1 through F1 on 01:46:29.860 --> 01:46:34.180 their way any discussion seeing none all those have ever say aye aye any opposed 01:46:34.180 --> 01:46:39.900 motion carries g orness is second reading g1 ordinance by the mayor to 01:46:39.900 --> 01:46:43.300 repeal and recreate sub paragraph 1.01 d1 e regarding the 5th 01:46:43.340 --> 01:46:45.780 aldermanic district for the purpose of adding Ward 102 01:46:47.860 --> 01:46:51.060 gentlemen from 13th move to concur with the finance committee 01:46:51.060 --> 01:46:53.300 recommendation to approve g1 01:46:57.300 --> 01:47:00.660 mr chairman sorry about that 01:47:02.940 --> 01:47:07.020 woman seconded to approve item or concur with finance committee 01:47:07.020 --> 01:47:11.740 recommendation g1 at this time open up to a public hearing anyone here to 01:47:11.780 --> 01:47:15.740 speak an item g1 please come forward state your name and address anyone here 01:47:15.740 --> 01:47:19.900 speak anyone here speak seeing none close the public hearing motion on the 01:47:19.900 --> 01:47:24.780 floor is concurrence any discussion seeing none all is the favorable vote aye 01:47:24.780 --> 01:47:26.300 those opposed no rule call please 01:47:26.300 --> 01:47:44.940 motion carries 17 to 0 h zoning ordinance is second reading h1's ordinance by the 01:47:44.940 --> 01:47:48.260 mayor attachment and zoning district classification ordinance under section 01:47:48.260 --> 01:47:52.780 66.0307 Wisconsin statutes city of Kenosha town of summer state approved 01:47:52.780 --> 01:47:56.860 cooperative plan 37 19 25th street town of summers 01:47:58.700 --> 01:48:00.860 gentleman from 5th a commotion to approve 01:48:03.580 --> 01:48:09.260 spend moved and seconded to approve item b h1 at the same open up to a public 01:48:09.260 --> 01:48:13.260 hearing anyone here speaking on h1 please come forward state your name and 01:48:13.260 --> 01:48:18.300 address anyone here speak anyone here speak seeing none close the public hearing 01:48:18.380 --> 01:48:22.380 motion on the floor is approval any discussion 01:48:23.100 --> 01:48:24.540 seeing none roll call please 01:48:31.100 --> 01:48:35.260 motion carries 17 to 0 aye resolutions aye one resolutions by the committee on 01:48:35.260 --> 01:48:41.100 finance to levy special charges a trash and debris removal $4,985.33 01:48:41.100 --> 01:48:45.900 be grass and weed cutting $3,700 64 cents see property maintenance 01:48:45.900 --> 01:48:49.100 re-inspection fees $13,152 01:48:49.100 --> 01:48:54.460 t building and zoning re-inspection fees $976 finance recommended to approve 6 to 0 01:48:55.180 --> 01:49:00.620 gentleman front 13th move to approve i1 as recommended by finance committee 01:49:05.660 --> 01:49:10.380 moving and seconded to concur with finance and i1 that's a sample open up to a hearing 01:49:11.100 --> 01:49:14.620 anyone here speaking on i1 please come forward state your name and address 01:49:14.620 --> 01:49:19.580 anyone here speak anyone here speak seeing none close the hearing motion on the floor is 01:49:19.580 --> 01:49:23.100 concurrence any discussion seeing none roll call please 01:49:29.740 --> 01:49:33.900 motion carries 17 to 0 aye two resolution by the committee on public works to order the 01:49:33.900 --> 01:49:37.820 cost of public sidewalk and or driveway approach construction and a replacement 01:49:37.820 --> 01:49:42.940 to be specially assessed to a budding property for project 26-1043 73rd street in 01:49:42.940 --> 01:49:46.700 24-7 and resurfacing public works recommended to approve 6 to 0 01:49:47.660 --> 01:49:54.140 lady from the eighth yes i make a motion to concur with the public works committee to approve i2 01:49:58.140 --> 01:50:03.020 it's been moved and seconded to concur with public works on i2 at this time open up to a public hearing 01:50:03.820 --> 01:50:07.420 anyone here speaking item i2 please come forward state your name and address 01:50:07.420 --> 01:50:12.940 anyone here to speak anyone here speak seeing none close the public hearing motion on the floor 01:50:12.940 --> 01:50:16.860 is concurrence any discussion seeing none roll call please 01:50:16.860 --> 01:50:32.700 all the person on the machia motion carries 17 to 0 i3 resolution by the mayor to amend 01:50:32.700 --> 01:50:38.620 the official map for the city of kenosha bisconsin to include the attachment of 3719 25th street 01:50:39.500 --> 01:50:43.260 in the town of summers kenosha county wisconsin in accordance with the approved city of kenosha 01:50:43.260 --> 01:50:47.820 town of summers co-operative plan under section 66.0307 of the wisconsin statutes 01:50:50.300 --> 01:50:54.460 chairman from fifth i motion to approve please 01:51:01.100 --> 01:51:06.300 it's been moved and seconded to approve item b or i3 at this time open up to a public hearing 01:51:06.940 --> 01:51:10.540 anyone here speaking item i3 please come forward state your name and address 01:51:10.620 --> 01:51:16.060 anyone here to speak anyone here speak seeing none close the public hearing motion on the floor 01:51:16.060 --> 01:51:19.660 is approval any discussion seeing none roll call please 01:51:25.740 --> 01:51:31.660 motion carries 17 to 0 k public construction and improvement contracts k1 a word of contract for 01:51:31.660 --> 01:51:39.420 project 26-1043 73rd street and 21st avenue resurfacing to a w oaks and sun ink in the amount of 01:51:39.420 --> 01:51:45.100 $409,800 public works in stormwater utility recommended to approve six to zero 01:51:49.020 --> 01:51:55.180 sorry lady from the eighth yes i make a motion to concur with the public works committee to 01:51:55.180 --> 01:52:02.140 approve k1 moved and second to concur with public works in k1 any discussion 01:52:02.940 --> 01:52:04.300 seeing none roll call please 01:52:10.540 --> 01:52:16.780 motion carries 17 to 0 l other contracts and agreements l1 combination affidavit to combine 01:52:16.780 --> 01:52:21.020 six city owned parcels located between sixth avenue and seventh avenue and 54th street and 01:52:21.020 --> 01:52:25.180 55th street into one parcel finance recommended to approve six to zero 01:52:25.580 --> 01:52:33.260 gentlemen from 13th thank you mr mayor i'm moved to confer what the finance committee 01:52:33.260 --> 01:52:35.260 recommendation to approve l1 01:52:38.380 --> 01:52:41.740 moved and seconded to approve item l1 any discussion 01:52:42.620 --> 01:52:43.900 seeing none roll call please 01:52:44.620 --> 01:52:59.020 motion carries 17 to 0 l2 construction administrative services agreement by in between the city of 01:52:59.020 --> 01:53:04.140 konosha department of public works and Nielsen madson and barber for authentic black hawk 01:53:04.140 --> 01:53:10.620 ridge public works recommended to approve six to zero lady from the eighth yes i moved to 01:53:11.180 --> 01:53:19.180 concur with the public works committee to approve items l1 l2 i'm sorry l2 and l3 after being read 01:53:21.580 --> 01:53:26.700 l3 first revision state municipal financial agreement for shared and road from 75th street 01:53:26.700 --> 01:53:30.300 to succeed first street public works recommended to approve six to zero 01:53:31.980 --> 01:53:36.300 okay motion and floor is concurrence of public works l2 and l3 any discussion 01:53:37.100 --> 01:53:39.100 seeing none roll call please 01:53:47.980 --> 01:53:57.580 other person for reef motion carries 17 to 0 l4 bjafy 2025 edward burn memorial justice 01:53:58.940 --> 01:54:03.420 assistance grant program intern governmental agreement by in between the city of konosha 01:54:03.420 --> 01:54:08.060 wisconsin and the county of konosha wisconsin finance recommended to approve six to zero 01:54:08.700 --> 01:54:09.740 challenge front thirteenth 01:54:10.860 --> 01:54:17.020 move to uh um concur with the finance committee recommendation to approve l4 01:54:18.860 --> 01:54:21.740 move and second to concur on l4 any discussion 01:54:22.380 --> 01:54:23.740 seeing none roll call please 01:54:24.140 --> 01:54:34.540 motion carries 17 to 0 l5 professional services agreement by in between msa 01:54:34.540 --> 01:54:38.540 professional services ink and the city of konosha from mckinley school site development 01:54:39.180 --> 01:54:42.940 public works and stormwater utility recommended to approve six to zero 01:54:45.820 --> 01:54:52.460 uh oh lady from the eighth yes i moved to concur with the public works committee to 01:54:52.460 --> 01:54:53.500 approve l5 01:54:55.340 --> 01:55:00.060 it's been moving and seconded to approve item l5 any discussion 01:55:01.020 --> 01:55:02.860 seeing none roll call please 01:55:11.260 --> 01:55:16.620 motion carries 17 to 0 m recommendations from the committee on finance m1 request to 01:55:16.620 --> 01:55:21.980 rescind 2025 union park october fest invoice finance recommended to approve four to two 01:55:22.780 --> 01:55:28.780 gentlemen from the thirteenth move to concur to concur with the finance committee recommendation 01:55:28.780 --> 01:55:29.900 to approve m1 01:55:31.900 --> 01:55:36.460 moved and seconded to concur with finance on m1 at this time open up to a hearing 01:55:37.180 --> 01:55:40.940 anyone here speaking on an m1 please come forward state your name and address 01:55:41.740 --> 01:55:49.660 a good evening bendy smith 6703 seventh avenue speaking tonight on behalf of mgv harmonia 01:55:50.300 --> 01:55:52.940 the sponsor of the event thank you 01:55:54.300 --> 01:56:00.140 thank you sir anyone else on item m1 anyone else anyone else seeing none 01:56:01.740 --> 01:56:04.300 close the hearing lady from a 12 01:56:05.180 --> 01:56:11.100 i voted against this um during the committee committee meeting i don't have anything against 01:56:11.100 --> 01:56:18.380 union park i love the fish fries there um but i i voted no against it because of the time that 01:56:18.380 --> 01:56:24.380 it took for this to come back because if it was an oversight i think it should have been done 01:56:24.380 --> 01:56:34.140 way before now i guess if i can help um all the person that's not that's on us again 01:56:34.460 --> 01:56:40.060 from our standpoint and the um process was something we missed until it was brought forward and then 01:56:40.060 --> 01:56:45.580 it was just trying to get it scheduled to come back for to allow the applicant to have a hearing 01:56:46.540 --> 01:56:51.980 but that oversight was on was on our part um and yeah i would have liked to have gotten it back 01:56:51.980 --> 01:56:55.980 here uh several weeks ago there's just some other things that were going on just didn't get a 01:56:55.980 --> 01:56:59.660 chance to do that and wanted to make sure that we gave the applicant an opportunity to 01:56:59.660 --> 01:57:04.220 have their hearing and be able to move forward gentlemen from the 17th 01:57:05.820 --> 01:57:11.260 thank you your honor um i was also a no-vote along with my colleague from the 12th district 01:57:12.220 --> 01:57:19.980 my reasoning was as well it was just too long and when i dug deep into the uh file here 01:57:20.780 --> 01:57:23.580 you know i i mentioned to the financial uh 01:57:24.460 --> 01:57:30.380 um committee that i'm a kind of a fiscal conservative if i run my household like that my 01:57:30.380 --> 01:57:36.540 businesses like that and i look at every dollar and when we see rescind on the petition i looked 01:57:36.540 --> 01:57:45.180 at it a little closer um i looked at the application they submitted says it's for profit and when i 01:57:45.180 --> 01:57:51.980 reached out to the parks department she uh indicated that actually we mischarged them it should have 01:57:52.060 --> 01:57:57.660 been uh one thousand three hundred and ten dollars and so we actually gave them a discount on the bill 01:58:00.220 --> 01:58:05.980 now i looked at the letter as well i talked to laura gogrowski after the meeting the finance 01:58:05.980 --> 01:58:11.900 meeting said some questions she straightened some of them out and a lot of it was involved with 01:58:11.900 --> 01:58:18.060 the sister city while we also have a sister city from italy we also had an italian fest last year 01:58:18.140 --> 01:58:24.140 that uh brought in 20 000 people according to the president of the ia fest 01:58:25.180 --> 01:58:32.140 um they are a 501 3c they paid their application fees they paid their liquor license fees they paid 01:58:32.140 --> 01:58:40.540 for all their fencing um the only thing i'm against is just setting a precedent it listed us as a 01:58:40.540 --> 01:58:46.380 sponsor that's why we actually know it didn't list us as a sponsor the reasoning is we're waving 01:58:46.460 --> 01:58:52.140 this is because we're a sponsor while i looked at the 20 25 list there's 29 sponsored events in 01:58:52.140 --> 01:58:57.820 kenosha that was not listed as one of them it is on the 20 26 list so we're good for this year 01:58:58.460 --> 01:59:04.780 but the problem is from last year i looked at the website kenosha.com co-hosted union part tavern 01:59:04.780 --> 01:59:11.340 and mgv harmonica the vital support from visit kenosha area businesses dedicated sponsors 01:59:12.140 --> 01:59:21.980 doesn't list kenosha city anywhere as a sponsor um this year they've got 22 sponsors listed 01:59:23.260 --> 01:59:26.540 and the last thing i have is the um 01:59:30.620 --> 01:59:36.380 city said it's an oversight i just think there's too many oversights there's an oversight on kenosha.com 01:59:36.380 --> 01:59:44.620 by not listing us as a co-sponsor in 20 25 there was incorrect billing and now 11 months later 01:59:44.620 --> 01:59:50.220 we are looking for a reciting on this so i'm still in no vote again it is nothing new at union 01:59:50.220 --> 01:59:55.180 park it's just setting a precedent moving forward i mean we're gonna have people dig up their 01:59:55.180 --> 01:59:59.180 archives in the last three or four years saying hey you know i think we're a sponsor from the city 01:59:59.180 --> 02:00:04.780 we should rescind this fee and that fee and so that's where i'm standing right now thank you 02:00:05.740 --> 02:00:10.380 thank you sir i guess i would say to the council again anytime i don't care if it's 02:00:11.580 --> 02:00:16.140 six weeks ago or six months ago or six years ago if we identify an error we fix it 02:00:16.780 --> 02:00:21.580 um and that's what we're attempting to do here tonight so again it's up to the council but i would 02:00:21.580 --> 02:00:27.820 again that was it's not on this particular business owner's fault uh it's on the city's fault when 02:00:27.820 --> 02:00:32.700 we're just trying to correct it but ultimately it's up to the council motion on the floor is to 02:00:33.420 --> 02:00:39.740 uh concur with finance which would be to rescind correct okay roll call please 02:00:51.820 --> 02:00:53.500 motion carries 11 to 6 02:00:55.740 --> 02:01:02.300 m2 requests to refund 10 re-inspection fees and the total amount of $3,150 for 4509 30th 02:01:02.300 --> 02:01:05.100 avenue finance recommended to deny six to zero 02:01:05.900 --> 02:01:06.940 tell me from 13th 02:01:08.300 --> 02:01:13.420 thank you uh mr mare i'm moved to concur with the finance committee recommendations 02:01:14.060 --> 02:01:19.420 on m2 m3 m4 m4 and n5 after being read 02:01:22.620 --> 02:01:22.940 second 02:01:26.780 --> 02:01:27.340 m3 02:01:27.900 --> 02:01:28.700 sure after 02:01:29.580 --> 02:01:32.220 yep one second we're just gonna gotta read them off first 02:01:35.260 --> 02:01:40.940 m3 requests to refund one re-inspection fee and the total amount of $72 for 8560 37th avenue 02:01:41.500 --> 02:01:45.900 finance recommended to approve six to zero m4 requests to rescind one re-inspection fee 02:01:45.900 --> 02:01:50.940 and the amount of $72 for 716 51st street finance recommended to approve six to zero 02:01:51.500 --> 02:01:55.580 m5 disbursement record number 14 seven million eight hundred and forty two thousand four hundred 02:01:55.580 --> 02:02:00.860 and ten dollars forty five cents finance recommended to approve six to zero okay at this 02:02:00.860 --> 02:02:08.860 time now we'll open up for a hearing on m2 three four and five if you would like to speak please 02:02:08.860 --> 02:02:16.460 come forward state your name and address on m2 three four five um hi my name is justina 02:02:17.100 --> 02:02:27.180 sontag i live at 220 highland way lake janeeva and i'm the one on m2 regarding the property 02:02:27.180 --> 02:02:35.180 at four five zero nine thirtieth avenue um it was just in the finance meeting that started at like 02:02:35.260 --> 02:02:43.020 six fifteen and everyone voted to not rescind the fees i did pay 02:02:45.660 --> 02:02:53.420 about give or take forty six hundred dollars of fees i'm only asking for the thirty one fifty 02:02:53.420 --> 02:03:04.540 back and yes i did make a mistake and and not send the city my forward in address because i went 02:03:04.540 --> 02:03:13.820 to new jersey to take care of my father's estate my father died i it was a hard situation 02:03:14.460 --> 02:03:22.300 in my life that i was dealing with and i was in new jersey for a while my mail was forwarded 02:03:22.300 --> 02:03:30.380 but i did not get any of this mail and yeah technically you know the letter of the law 02:03:31.100 --> 02:03:38.380 you pay it all which which i did and the thing is these are for inspections that take a minute or 02:03:38.380 --> 02:03:47.260 two because when i found out about the situation when i was selling the property and this was all 02:03:47.260 --> 02:03:55.180 added on it was going to be taken out um you know i saw all the inspection fees i immediately took 02:03:55.180 --> 02:04:01.420 care of the situation within two days i called took care of the situation it was just a fence 02:04:01.420 --> 02:04:07.260 a little area of offense that was fallen over i went out after i hired someone to take care of it 02:04:08.380 --> 02:04:13.820 pulled up to the property it took me less than two minutes to inspect and see that it was taken 02:04:13.820 --> 02:04:21.980 care of so that's the amount of time that was spent on this times ten which and i'm not even 02:04:22.060 --> 02:04:27.180 asking for the other fifteen hundred dollars which i did pay just asking for the three thousand 02:04:27.180 --> 02:04:37.020 one hundred fifty dollars which it was two minutes to inspect this fence because i went and 02:04:37.020 --> 02:04:49.100 inspected it and it's just not financially it's just to me in my budget it's a crazy amount of money 02:04:50.060 --> 02:04:56.700 to spend on that and i get that i should have forwarded it my mail was forwarded from new jersey but 02:04:58.780 --> 02:05:04.380 i didn't get all of it i didn't get these notices the tenant that was there 02:05:05.500 --> 02:05:11.500 did not get the notices she died in december and i was not aware of that she didn't notify me 02:05:11.580 --> 02:05:19.820 that she died and so i did i did not know this there was a squatter in the house who was given 02:05:19.820 --> 02:05:29.980 notices i found out later and he didn't forward forward me these notices so 02:05:32.860 --> 02:05:38.380 i'm just the the thing is to if this was a health hazard if this was a 02:05:39.340 --> 02:05:43.500 risk to the community the situation with the fence that's leaning over 02:05:44.300 --> 02:05:49.180 yeah i'm sure it looked ugly but it wasn't a safety risk it wasn't a health hazard it wasn't 02:05:50.300 --> 02:05:57.260 a big threat to anybody and i paid a lot of the fees and i just 02:06:00.060 --> 02:06:02.060 really have a need for the funds 02:06:02.540 --> 02:06:10.780 um i know the what do you call it the finance committee i think it's called 02:06:11.340 --> 02:06:14.140 that mean i went to i know they recommend you know 02:06:15.660 --> 02:06:21.740 forget it she didn't do the right thing she didn't take care of this but it's not up to them 02:06:22.780 --> 02:06:31.020 they're five people it's up to the votes of everyone else here is what i found out 02:06:31.100 --> 02:06:32.620 today and 02:06:35.260 --> 02:06:41.260 basically i'm sorry i didn't take care of it i didn't know about it i was up to my ears and 02:06:42.300 --> 02:06:48.540 siblings and estate issues and all this other stuff with my in grieving the loss of my father 02:06:49.180 --> 02:06:53.660 and dealing with my own health problems which i'm not going to get into but 02:06:55.020 --> 02:06:57.340 um just hoping that 02:06:57.900 --> 02:07:10.700 the other 12 or 13 people are just human just like me maybe so um i don't know if i 02:07:11.500 --> 02:07:16.220 if anyone asked me questions or if that was already done if there are questions from the 02:07:16.220 --> 02:07:19.340 council that we can call you back up unless there's anything else you'd like to add 02:07:19.340 --> 02:07:31.980 um i don't think so okay thank you ma'am okay close the hearing 02:07:33.420 --> 02:07:39.100 gelman from the fifth thank you your honor i was at the finance meeting and i thought she has a 02:07:39.100 --> 02:07:47.900 legitimate case uh due to all the circumstances that were foreseen or not seen or unable to handle 02:07:48.460 --> 02:07:54.780 um i'd never disagree i shouldn't say never disagree i very rarely disagree with finance 02:07:54.780 --> 02:07:59.340 but i think on this one they were wrong and i want to vote for resending thank you 02:08:00.860 --> 02:08:05.500 thank you sir gelman from the first thank you your honor through the chair to the director of 02:08:05.500 --> 02:08:07.900 inspections just a quick question 02:08:08.380 --> 02:08:18.780 do we send these notifications out registered mail return return receipt requests that are 02:08:18.780 --> 02:08:24.220 something of that nature is just regular mail no we send them out class email class email so 02:08:24.220 --> 02:08:28.540 we have no we have no receipt that's we have no way to track so we don't track these 02:08:29.100 --> 02:08:35.340 no tracking corrosion and then maybe through the chair of the city attorney um obviously the 02:08:35.340 --> 02:08:39.980 fees escalate from the first vehicle to seventy two dollars and it goes in 90 then 180 then 02:08:40.620 --> 02:08:45.340 kind of hangs out there at 360 uh it's my understanding that that's there's not just 02:08:45.340 --> 02:08:49.740 inspection fees that have the bear kind of a reasonable resemblance the time we spend 02:08:49.740 --> 02:08:55.180 but there's a punitive portion of this right is that if i'm saying the right legal stuff i 02:08:55.180 --> 02:09:02.700 i would not agree that there's a punitive portion uh to this uh my understanding is these are 02:09:03.580 --> 02:09:10.940 uh charged based on the cost provide the cost of the um of the city's incurring providing 02:09:10.940 --> 02:09:15.980 services to the residents okay i don't believe from memory it wasn't explaining me at one point 02:09:15.980 --> 02:09:22.300 because we could certainly if the fees ask if the fees escalate and the inspection time is roughly 02:09:22.300 --> 02:09:27.420 the same and you're repeating the inspection then it'd be difficult to explain to 360 versus the 02:09:27.500 --> 02:09:32.540 90 in the 180 in the 72 but we could certainly talk about it off the record afterward there's 02:09:32.540 --> 02:09:37.580 there's a number of legal factors that well i'm just trying to i'm just trying to clarify that 02:09:38.220 --> 02:09:42.060 there there is again this is just me going from memory that it's not just a 02:09:42.060 --> 02:09:45.580 reinspection fee certainly the first one should bear a reasonable reason once right to the 02:09:46.060 --> 02:09:50.860 our fees incurred from what once the attorney told me at one time but i was led to believe that 02:09:50.860 --> 02:09:56.700 they become more somewhat punitive in nature also and that was a justification so anyway um we can 02:09:56.700 --> 02:10:02.380 talk about that offline thank you ron thank you sir gentlemen from the 10th 02:10:05.500 --> 02:10:10.060 thank you mr mare um through the mayor through the chair to the applicant 02:10:14.860 --> 02:10:17.580 ma'am can you come back up to the podium please 02:10:17.580 --> 02:10:27.100 I'm sorry i'm not familiar with all the lingo of the applicant reading your 02:10:29.420 --> 02:10:38.540 appeal it says um you were gone for two years yes did you have a property management 02:10:38.540 --> 02:10:41.580 or someone taking care of the property while you were gone for that two-year period 02:10:42.540 --> 02:10:48.140 no i did not usually the tenant would call me if there was any issue or text me 02:10:49.100 --> 02:10:53.820 usually she would call me you stated that the tenant died in December she did she died in 02:10:53.820 --> 02:10:58.140 December and i was not aware of this was rent stopped being paid in December 02:11:00.860 --> 02:11:08.460 no it was paid for December and January so 02:11:09.260 --> 02:11:15.100 so her i think you learned in march or april that the person had passed away then no rent was 02:11:15.100 --> 02:11:21.260 paid for march or april correct and you did not evict the person for non-payment rent 02:11:22.700 --> 02:11:29.900 she was dead so i couldn't evict her the tenant son the tenant son 02:11:31.820 --> 02:11:38.220 no i did not i just baked him to leave okay thank you thank you you're welcome 02:11:39.420 --> 02:11:43.740 thank you sir gentlemen from 13th thank you mr mare 02:11:45.820 --> 02:11:54.140 let's step back a minute first of all this this uh situations began when the city received a 02:11:54.140 --> 02:12:05.020 complaint about a cold violation at this location and the sitting spectra is sent out sent out a 02:12:05.020 --> 02:12:10.220 cold uh official to take a look at what the complaint was about 02:12:11.740 --> 02:12:16.140 determined it was a cold violation and served the process 02:12:20.140 --> 02:12:27.740 and then you know a letter was sent to her address of record 02:12:29.740 --> 02:12:33.740 and the notice was put on the door or handed to the tenant 02:12:35.740 --> 02:12:41.180 and then following that the inspection department went back out 02:12:42.700 --> 02:12:49.740 to determine whether or not work was had begun or was completed on the cold violation 02:12:51.100 --> 02:13:01.100 it was not so then a reinspection fee was applied 11 reinspections took place at this location 02:13:01.420 --> 02:13:07.980 more than once the city inspector made contact with the with the tenant 02:13:09.500 --> 02:13:16.060 requested information on how to contact the property owner phone call or whatever 02:13:16.060 --> 02:13:23.340 was unsuccessful in in getting that done the problem really is here 02:13:23.580 --> 02:13:34.540 that the uh property owner failed to change her address with the city of ganosia 02:13:37.420 --> 02:13:44.140 not only was she gone for two years but failed to to change the address 02:13:46.300 --> 02:13:51.500 her her own address for that property so the city could you know 02:13:52.300 --> 02:13:57.740 they sent the letter out as they're supposed to do the city did its job 02:13:59.020 --> 02:14:09.420 i'm sorry to say the uh the homeowner did not i'm not about to sit here and vote to change 02:14:11.260 --> 02:14:19.260 the processes and the procedures of of our city inspections and codes and and all that 02:14:20.140 --> 02:14:28.700 i would urge my colleagues to vote to deny thank you thank you sir okay so you know lights 02:14:28.700 --> 02:14:41.980 motion and floor is concurrence on finance and m two three four and five roll call please 02:14:42.220 --> 02:14:54.700 motion passes 16-0 and recommendations from the committee on public works and one acceptance 02:14:54.700 --> 02:15:10.700 of project my apologies 16-1 thank you and recommendations from the committee on public works and one 02:15:10.700 --> 02:15:18.140 acceptance of project 25 1044 20th avenue resurfacing which has been satisfactorily completed by 02:15:18.140 --> 02:15:24.780 a laland contractors incorporated the final amount of the contract is four hundred eleven thousand 02:15:24.780 --> 02:15:30.780 one hundred forty dollars and twenty one cents lady from the eighth is to make a motion to 02:15:30.780 --> 02:15:38.620 concur with the public works committee on n one moon is seconded to concur on item n one any 02:15:38.620 --> 02:15:43.260 discussion sing none roll call please 02:15:54.860 --> 02:16:04.140 motion passes 17-0 and two acceptance of project 25-1435 horizon park playground 02:16:04.220 --> 02:16:09.580 which has been satisfactorily completed by stuckey construction company the final amount 02:16:09.580 --> 02:16:14.380 of the contract is four hundred nineteen thousand eight hundred eighty five dollars and sixty five 02:16:14.380 --> 02:16:21.580 cents recommendation pending approval six zero gentlemen from the first looks concur with 02:16:21.580 --> 02:16:29.660 the recommendation to approve in the park commission oh that way 02:16:30.620 --> 02:16:34.780 moving second to concur with the parks commission on n two any discussion 02:16:35.580 --> 02:16:36.940 sing none roll call please 02:16:48.060 --> 02:16:55.180 motion passes 17-0 and three project 26-1-0-4-1-30 02:16:55.180 --> 02:17:01.580 that avenue resurfacing change order number one finance and public works committee recommendation 02:17:01.580 --> 02:17:07.980 approval six zero gentlemen from 13th move to concur with the finance committee recommendation 02:17:07.980 --> 02:17:16.140 to approve n three moving second to concur on item n three any discussion 02:17:17.020 --> 02:17:20.300 sing none all those in favor say or roll call please excuse me 02:17:27.020 --> 02:17:33.500 motion carries 17-0 p and such matters as are authorized by law or regular business p1 02:17:33.500 --> 02:17:38.140 agreement to hire an expert witness with regard to pending litigation with associated wholesale 02:17:38.140 --> 02:17:43.980 grocers in 25-cv-5-17 finance recommended to approve six to zero 02:17:44.860 --> 02:17:50.540 gentlemen from 13th move to concur with the finance committee recommendation to approve 02:17:51.100 --> 02:17:56.700 p1 second moving second to concur with finance and p1 any discussion 02:17:57.900 --> 02:17:59.420 sing none roll call please 02:17:59.420 --> 02:18:09.580 motion carries 17-0 p2 potential settlement authority for the city of kenosha's 02:18:09.580 --> 02:18:16.860 attorneys and Jane Doe versus Joshua Sylvester and the city of kenosha case number two 25-cv-0-1-2-4-3 02:18:17.420 --> 02:18:22.380 finance recommended you concur with the recommendation of legal counsel six to zero 02:18:22.940 --> 02:18:27.020 gentlemen from 13th move to concur with the finance committee recommendation 02:18:27.980 --> 02:18:33.980 thank you on p2 second spin 02:18:37.340 --> 02:18:41.180 moved and seconded to concur with the finance committee recommendation 02:18:41.900 --> 02:18:45.500 any discussion sing none roll call please 02:18:46.380 --> 02:18:48.380 please 02:18:51.820 --> 02:18:52.780 bless you 02:18:55.740 --> 02:18:56.700 alder person ciel 02:18:58.380 --> 02:19:02.940 motion carries 17-0 okay alder person's comments 02:19:04.860 --> 02:19:06.220 gentlemen from the 10th 02:19:06.220 --> 02:19:16.140 thank you mr. Mayor I want to first give a shout out to the k-town connect crew Jason 02:19:16.140 --> 02:19:24.140 Hedman and Donnie Sankato they celebrated their 200th podcast I had the honor of being their 02:19:24.140 --> 02:19:31.500 37th guest I didn't think they would make it to 50 and I was pleasantly surprised and but the 02:19:31.580 --> 02:19:37.260 reality is if you listen to these interviews with people in our community you really learn 02:19:37.260 --> 02:19:40.620 something about them you know a little bit about their business you might know a little bit about 02:19:40.620 --> 02:19:48.460 how these what they serve but it really gives you an insight into why people invest their time 02:19:48.460 --> 02:19:54.300 and energy into this community and I think it was a really special thing and again I congratulate 02:19:54.300 --> 02:19:59.740 them on their 200th podcast I don't think they're going to make it the 300 but who knows 02:20:00.620 --> 02:20:06.540 on a separate note I want to it takes a village to raise a child and sometimes it takes a 02:20:07.100 --> 02:20:14.860 entire community to put on a jazz fest we were supposed to have the 2026 harbor park 02:20:16.380 --> 02:20:21.740 jazz rhythm and blues festival at celebration place on saturday due to what we thought was going to 02:20:21.740 --> 02:20:26.700 be bad weather a decision was made to bring it indoors and that decision 02:20:27.500 --> 02:20:35.500 a lot caused a quite a few people to have to pivot and put some resources in to make sure 02:20:35.500 --> 02:20:42.780 that this concert went off which by the way benefits college students in our community 02:20:42.780 --> 02:20:48.460 it's for scholarships so I just want to thank everyone that was involved it took so many people 02:20:48.460 --> 02:20:55.740 to put that concert on to put the fundraiser together people from the city people from KUSD 02:20:55.740 --> 02:21:01.900 all our volunteers and also those who attended the event it didn't rain 02:21:03.020 --> 02:21:09.260 after all that it didn't rain but I really want to extend a thank you a hearty thank you to everyone 02:21:09.260 --> 02:21:15.420 who within a matter of 24 hours was ready to pivot and make this concert happen which again 02:21:15.420 --> 02:21:19.820 provides scholarships to students in our community so thank you one more time 02:21:20.540 --> 02:21:28.220 thank you sir gentlemen from the third thank you your honor I'm going to try to word this very 02:21:28.220 --> 02:21:34.940 carefully I've been getting emails and then complaints at citizens comments people seem to be 02:21:34.940 --> 02:21:42.140 indignant that they are limited to three minutes when of course there are more than 11 people 02:21:44.300 --> 02:21:49.580 wishy to speak the thing is this is not something we've just decided to do this is 02:21:49.580 --> 02:21:56.220 something we are required to do and you know I'm not going to talk about disruptive people or 02:21:56.220 --> 02:22:02.460 anything like that but I am going to say that they should also bear in mind that a lot of people 02:22:02.460 --> 02:22:10.460 who are on the published agenda have business have their livelihoods really involved with our vote 02:22:10.460 --> 02:22:16.140 on the published agenda they have to wait through all this and then they have to get you know their 02:22:16.220 --> 02:22:26.780 turn for public hearing so we're not ignoring you we are required to provide you your three 02:22:26.780 --> 02:22:35.980 minutes and we're not ignoring you and I'll leave it at that thank you sir motion to adjourn 02:22:35.980 --> 02:22:46.380 and your laptop will be in order want to try that again 02:22:50.140 --> 02:22:55.180 moving in second to adjourn all the favor say aye we stand adjourned thank you everybody