Ock having arrived on this 7th of July, 2026 is my honor to call to order the City of
Racine Common Council.
The first order of business is the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
If you could please join as you are able and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for
which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Before I call on President Jurgensen for any excused absences this evening, I'd like
to note I have the return to the Chamber of Alder Fraser who has returned from his military
training if we could give him a round of applause and welcome him home.
Alder Jurgensen, do we have any excused absences for this evening?
We do.
We have two this evening.
Alder Davis and Alder Horton are both excused.
Do we note it?
We'll now move on to the approval of minutes for June 16th, 2026.
Alder Jurgensen, would you like to make a motion?
I would.
I move to approve the minutes for the June 16th, 2026 meeting.
Second.
There's a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Alder Mack, just by a no's.
Any discussion on set minutes?
Seeing none, all those in favor of the minutes, please say aye.
Aye.
Opposed?
That motion carries.
We will now move on to the public comment of the evening's presentation.
I'll call upon the city clerk to read the rules procedure before we begin.
The public comment segment is an opportunity for citizens to speak directly to the Common
Council.
Speakers will limit their remarks to three minutes.
There shall be no dialogue or interaction between the speaker and elected officials
or staff.
This time is not intended to be a debate or discussion.
The Common Council shall not hear personal complaints or attacks against any city employee
or elected official or any matter related to an individual claim, citation, appeal or
lawsuit.
Profane, disruptive, threatening or conduct that otherwise impedes the safe, orderly
and effective conduct of the Common Council meeting is equally unacceptable during the
public comment period as it is during all other portions of city meetings.
Candidates for public office may not use this opportunity to campaign for office.
Members during the public comment period shall follow all rules of the Common Council
and rulings of the chair, including a decision to terminate the remarks if the speaker does
not adhere to these rules.
Public comment shall be limited to ideas or concerns regarding the city of Racine.
We encourage you to submit any detailed concerns in writing to the city clerk's office or
your aldermen, where they can be properly documented and directed for response.
There will be nine speakers this evening.
The first is Wendy Sorensen at 1301 Romaine.
Just before the first speaker comes up, I just want to let everyone know that everyone
gets three minutes.
After three minutes, your microphone is turned off.
That's not a reflection of any of the commentary, but an effort to treat everybody fairly.
Everyone gets up to three minutes.
You may begin.
Hi, everyone.
My name is Wendy Sorensen.
I grew up in Racine on the north side, and they're just at Agerholm.
Chupark has always been a part of my life.
The first sledding is a kid in picnics on the south side of the park, where the first
hole is now.
Watching fireworks with friends from high school in the 1970s, smelt fishing from the
jetties.
The picnic area closed when the course was redesigned in early to mid-1990s.
More recently, I began walking my dogs at the Lighthouse and Chupk when I lived in Wood
Point between 2003 and 2020.
The Lighthouse and Chupk were just a 10-minute walk away.
I'm deeply concerned about the loss of trees and its impact on birds and other wildlife.
The Dune course plan is a dramatic change from what it has been for decades.
It will be devastating to birds, squirrels, raccoons, and other forest animals as well
as butterflies and other insects.
I'm also concerned about a private developer who is asking for a multi-decade lease to
take over a beloved public park lift to the people of Racine in 1917 by Dr. Clarendon
Chupk and his wife Ida.
With explicit instructions in the deed, they sign that it should be a public park.
The deed states, it is understood between the parties that the here and before describe
property.
Shelf are ever beheld, maintained, and approved by the city of Racine for public park purposes
and shelf perpetually bear the name Chupk.
The Dune developers have not received their DNR or US Army Corps of Engineers permits
yet and I'm hoping that the Common Council will hold off their vote until the developers
are granted permits for their plan.
I'm also hoping that you remember that Wisconsin is known for protecting the environment, our
own former governor and United States Senator, Gaylord Nelson is the founder of the first
Earth Day in 1970.
It is still celebrated all over the world every April 22nd.
She also oversaw what's known as the Environmental Decade of the 1970s when Congress passed,
among other things, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and created the Environmental
Protection Agency.
I'd like to leave you with a quote from Aldo Leopold, another Wisconsin Environmental
Hero.
He wrote the San County Elman Act which was published in 1948 and also created UW Madison's
Wildlife Management Program.
He is known for coining the phrase, the land ethic.
The Aldo Leopold Foundation in Beribou, Wisconsin is world-renowned for their leadership in
advocating and teaching responsible stewardship of the land for future generations.
Aldo says, we have used land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.
When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and
respect.
The land belongs to all living things, to all, man, your time has expired.
The next speaker is Michael Burke, 1232 Florence Ave.
Michael Burke.
You didn't expect to be up next.
Okay.
I'm going to try to read fast.
Hi.
I'm President of Hoi Audubon Society.
You are all well aware that the redevelopment proposal for shoe park golf course has sparked
very mixed reactions.
On the one hand are golfers who welcome the prospect of a novel golfing challenge.
On the other side have been those who think the proposal is much too severe for a piece
of land that is a haven for wildlife, especially migratory nesting birds.
We at Hoi Audubon share those concerns because of its location on a primary migratory bird
route.
Its rich vegetative habitat and the fact that wind point is a promontory into Lake Michigan
along the flyway.
Shoe park has drawn more than 280 different bird species, including at least three that
are state threatened or endangered.
The redevelopment proposal includes clearing most of the trees and shrubs east of lighthouse
drive and a remaking of the bluff with a rock revetment.
Both of these actions would drastically slash the amount of bird and wildlife habitat in
order to create a doom style golf course with continuous lake views for golfers.
We find that to be a very, very extreme way to pump new life into a golf course.
However, the developers plans to have some merit.
As examples, the saver scene would gain a new golf clubhouse and the developers have
promised to use native plants in their new landscaping.
There is evidently a pending agreement between city officials and the developers that could
be ratified very soon.
I am not here to ask you council members to reject the entire development proposal,
but I am asking the city council to press pause and consider another alternative for
the bluff, which is so critical to migrating birds, rather than a continuous revetment
and complete reshaping to stabilize the bluff, a living shoreline.
This approach, which uses vegetation and careful shaping of the blush, bluff has been used
elsewhere, including at Water Beach in Shorewood.
The nature conservancy and partnership with Stevens Institute of Technology has done case
studies and found the approach can be successful while providing food and cover from predation
that birds need.
The cost of a living shoreline appears to be comparable if not a little cheaper than
using rock revetment to stabilize a shoreline, where necessary it could be combined with
boulders to aid in stabilization.
The result would be a place that would continue to host migrating birds and also be more pleasing
for future beach walkers than a 3,000 foot row of very large rocks.
It would make a great number of nature lovers and bird watchers happy and still give the
golfers the dunes chorus that many of them seem to want.
It might even avoid regulatory or legal problems involving a plan that interrupts the migration
of threatened bird species.
Admittedly, if the council does direct the developers to investigate this alternative
to a pure revetment, it could stall the onset of construction, but what is more important?
A quicker start on a plan that will only benefit a relatively low number of golfers for a
few months of the year or a result that will benefit both people and birds year round.
Whichever path is chosen will be with us.
For a very, very long time, I made it.
The next speaker is Colin McKenna, 724 Crabtree.
Good evening.
My name is Colin McKenna, and I'm speaking to keep the older trees.
We need the older trees because of the wildlife, it helps wildlife.
There's many deers out there, and also the birds, you go out and see all kinds of different
birds.
They like the trees and especially the older trees, so I urge you to save the older trees.
The older trees have energies in them and moisture, so I urge you to look into that.
And also, I urge you not to change the name to dunes part and keep it chute part in honor
of Mr. Chute.
So can Mr. Chute live here in Racine, so I think it should be called Chute Part Not Dunes.
The next speaker is Karen Johnson at 5062 from Club Road and Wind Point.
Honorable Mayor and members of the Common Council, thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight
regarding the future of our lakefront.
We are at a crucial crossroads with the Kaiser Plan for Chute Park.
While presented as a world-class dune-style golf course and premier destination, this
proposal threatens our natural heritage, our migratory bird population, and Dr. Chute's
109-year-old gift, deeded to the residents of a scene for a public park.
First let's look at the environmental impact.
Our Lake Michigan coastline is a vital international migratory corridor, recognized and protected
by the migratory bird act.
The Kaiser Plan calls for an extensive bluff remediation that would remove all trees along
the shoreline and relocate foraging habitat across the street.
That would devastate the delicate, well-documented habit.
One currently supporting our 270 species of federally protected migratory birds, one
only needs to turn to Kohler's plans to build a premier golf course at Kohler Andrey State
Park, also a protected route.
After much litigation, revoked wetland permits and pushback from environmental groups, it's
still in limbo after 12 years.
Instead of destroying this irreplaceable ecology, we must adopt a living shoreline
approach.
Endorsed by NOAA fisheries, living shorelines use trees, native vegetation and stone.
This natural stabilization protects against erosion while sustaining coastal resilience
and preserving our local biodiversity.
We have prepared documents for the members and mayor discussing this plan in further
detail.
Second, we must address the legal deed governing this land.
In 1917, SHUKE donated these 52 acres along Lake Michigan explicitly for the people of
Racine to use as a public park in perpetuity.
Dr. SHU passed away in 1924 on the city, decided to build a golf course in 1926.
This is not what Dr. SHUKE intended for the park, but it worked well because it still
served the people as a municipal course with reasonable fees.
Today that mandate is being tested by the privatization by a for-profit entity.
The SHUKE deed is illegally binding and must be honored.
The community is increasingly concerned that it is being bypassed to cater to a limited
exclusive golfing interest rather than enriching all residents.
Residents who would be priced out of the park when the initial $24 fee expires.
Also as part of the plan, the parking lot will be relocated to the sacred green space
in front of the lighthouse.
I urge you to immediately pause this project until these conditions are met and built into
the plan.
A living shoreline with trees, protections from migratory birds, future resident golf
fees codified into the agreement, otherwise they'll skyrocket.
And return to the parking lot to where it belongs, not on the lighthouse grounds.
In closing, we need to take time and thoughtfully finalize the plan.
The next speaker, I'm sorry I'm having trouble reading it, it starts with an R and I think
the last name is Heltman.
If you could please state your name and address, I would appreciate it.
Sorry about that.
Rosalinda Salinas-Holtvang.
And I am here for coming together a scene.
Am I speaking clearly enough?
Yeah, great.
So coming together a scene is recognizing the 250 year, what you want to call anniversary,
with the untold stories.
And they are about the people and the life events that have changed and given the rights
that we now have.
And so we had our first program on June 27th with the indigenous, about the indigenous
people in this part of Racine and Wisconsin and of course that kind of connects us with
what is happening here.
Because you've heard about the land and how sacred it is for the birds, for animals,
and for us people.
So that is one of the things.
But if you have questions about this, and what we are doing to recognize our heritage,
our history, you are all welcome to the library.
Thank you.
And if they have a flyer, they wanted to leave.
I'll send the clerk out to receive the flyer from.
The next speaker is Harry Schultz at 539 Newman Road.
Building a sand dunes golf course is not restoring the land to what it was.
I brought this up last time I spoke here.
And the DNR website shows that the area by wind point was forested prior to settlement.
I have an addition of since then I found a map dated 1800 to 1840 showing a forest
at wind point.
So I mean if you have something from 1850, 1860 it may show no trees there, but that
would be because they cut them down.
Okay.
The shoreline protection plan has not been approved by the DNR or Army Corps engineers.
It seems premature to approve contracts when you don't know what the plan is for the shoreline.
There's only about 20 million golfers, regular golfers in the United States.
And they golf 95% of all rounds played and spend 95% of the money for golfing.
20 million golfers represents only 5.9% of the United States population.
High-hand golf course such as their proposing, it would be expected to serve about 15,000
rounds of golf per season in order to get, if the 5.9% serious golfers applies to Racine
and Kenosha, 69% of the golfers in Racine and Kenosha will have to play
around at shoots to get 15,000 rounds.
I believe there's 16 other golf courses in Racine and Kenosha right now so that there's
quite a bit of opportunities to golf and there's lots of competition for any new improved
golf course.
A world-class golf course is likely to price out many local golfers.
From my research, it seems like a high-class, world-class, 9-hole golf course would cost
about $101.5 million per year to run and the investors would probably want to return
and I figured a return at 8% on $11 million would be and then 15,000 rounds.
Anyway, the price would likely have to be around $128 per round to pay the expenses.
The assumption is that the golf course will be a success.
That's not, sir, your time has expired.
The next speaker is Bill Coach and the address just says Frank'sville.
The next speaker is Jerry Frankie at 6342 Berkshire in Mount Pleasant.
Good evening.
I'm going to tag team if this is all right, I wasn't sure Helen would be able to get
here in time to sign up so I'll yield my time to Helen Johnson.
Good afternoon.
Thank you for this opportunity.
I'm Helen Johnson Leopold.
My husband is Craig Leopold, he's the one pushing for this project.
He is not able to be here, so I miss Pinchitt or tonight.
First of all, I'd just like to say I'm part of this community, I've lived here forever.
We're generations in Racine, I run a company downtown and the family, my family, cares
a lot about this community and has done so much for everyone and for the city itself,
and that's not changing.
There is no developer, it's us, we have a consultant that's helping us, and I will tell
you that it is a golf course right now, it's not going to change, so that's a done deal.
But it is an asset, it's a beautiful place.
It's on the lake, the waterfront needs to be fixed, it will be in the lake and I witnessed
that because I live on the lake and lost many feet of land before deciding that I had to
shore it up.
Now there may be many ways to shore it up and my husband is very willing to listen to
options, but we love this community, we love the Shoe Park, we lived there.
I still love my mother's house, it is right next door, and we would do nothing to make
it less than it is today.
I'm a tree person, I will be, and Craig, he's leading the project, but he still has to,
I'm helping to pay for it, so I'm going to watch out for those trees and they are beautiful.
Some are not, some are buckthorn and need to be taken down, but we will plant trees where
they're needed to help shore up the lakefront.
But we are my family's environment, my mom's a birder, I know, at least I knew every bird
that was in this community from the day I was born because she had us learning that,
we would do nothing to hurt the wildlife, my mother would turn over in her grave if we
ever did something like that.
We are not out to make money, I'm worried we're going to lose our shirt on this because
it's not a poor profit, and there's no way I see this working to be a profit, but we
care, we'll do it right, and I appreciate it, we will listen to people, and I'm not
going to do it.
The next speaker is Diana Valencia at 3919 Ruby Street.
Good evening, I gave you the invitations before, I would like to personally invite you all
to attend our 250 Wall of History celebration, it's a recognition of the untold stories,
and if you see there's different dates, tomorrow is accessibility, at one time we couldn't,
they would be outside in our front of City Hall and a wheelchair couldn't even come up,
so they would crawl up the stairs.
To come and listen to the stories of reality and what actually had to happen to make the
changes, and because I've attended some of the programs, especially the Indigenous one,
I've done a lot of history here in Racey, and working with the Heritage Museum and the
Racey Public Library opened my heart up to many of the things that are happening, especially
our parks, and we've done so many great things with our parks, so I hope that we can work
together to save Shoe Park, thank you.
This concludes the public comment segment.
Okay, we'll move on to items for referral, on Jorgensen, do you have an item to refer
to the Executive Committee?
I do, it's item number 609-26, communication sponsored by Mayor Mason requesting to authorize
the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Leopold Johnson Golf Group for Shoreline
Stabilization, Habitat Restoration and Club House Construction, and a long-term release
for the operation and maintenance of Shoe Park.
I move to refer to the Executive Committee.
So motion and a second to refer to this item, all those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Opposed?
The motion carries.
Just for information here, the intention is to have that Executive Committee, after
the Finance Committee, this coming Monday at approximately 6 o'clock, just so the public
knows, if that moves forward from there, the Council could consider it as soon as it's
meeting on the 21st, so just wanted to let people know that.
We'll move on now to referrals to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
Alder, land, would you like to make a motion for referral?
I'd like to make a motion to refer the following item to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
Item 0610-26, communication on behalf of the Chief of Police to seek approval to enter
into an agreement with Passport Inc.
I'll enter in a second.
The second to refer to this item, all those in favor of referring this item to Finance
and Personnel, please say aye.
Aye.
Opposed?
That motion carries.
I'd like to move on to referrals to public, work, and services.
Alder Harmon, would you like to make a motion on referral?
Yes, Mayor.
I would like to refer the following communications to public works and services.
Item 0536-2, communication sponsored by Alder Kelly, to discuss current alley pavement and
patching ordinance discussion and possible action.
Item 0594-26, communication sponsored by Alder Weidner for update on Shoot Park Golf
Horse prior to current contract expiration.
Item 0596-26, communication sponsored by Alder Harmon, submitting change order.
Number two, contract 2025745 Bryant Parking Lot addition.
Staff recommendation to be approved in the amount of $8,012.39.
Item 0598-26, communication sponsored by myself, submitting amendment one to contract
20231423, three-party professional engineering services contract between the City of Racine,
Wisconsin DOT, and Stand Association for State Project ID2703006, Ohio Street.
Recommendation is that the Maryland City Clerk be authorized and directed to sign amendment
one to contract 2023142.
Item 0600-26, communication sponsored by myself, submitting final payment for
contract 2025745 Bryant Center Parking Lot addition.
Recommendation that the work completed by Woznick Corporation contracts be accepted.
And final payment authorized for the total contract amount of $209,554.39.
Item 0601-26, communication sponsored by myself, submitting bid results for contract 2026-169.
Horelic Baseball Lighting Upgrade, Staff Recommendation, the contract be received and
filed.
Item 0602-26, communication sponsored by myself, submitting bid results for contract 2026-168.
Horelic Baseball Field Lighting Upgrades, Staff Recommendation is that contract 2026-168.
Horelic Park Building Lighting Upgrades be received and filed.
Item 0603-26, communication sponsored by myself, to amend resolution 048826.
Contract 2026-026 with AWOaks and Son.
Recommendation is that the resolution 048826 reflects the corrected contract award amount
of $209,298.25.
And item 0604-26, communication sponsored by myself, submitting a professional services
agreement between the City of Racing and Strand Association for Frederick Street Reconstruction
and not to exceed the amount of $76,000 recommendation that the Public Works and Services Committee
approve the professional services agreement and for it to not exceed the amount of $76,000.
Alderman Jorgensen, did you have a motion on the item or an amendment to the item?
Yeah, I'd like to move to receive and file item 594-26, seeing that we've already
sent this same item to the Executive Committee with an actual proposal attached to it.
That would be handled there. I don't see the need for a separate update for it.
Everyone's able to go to the Executive Committee and I think it also may be even confusing to
members of the public of which one is actually doing what, seeing that there is an official
proposal coming through. So I would move to receive and file.
There's a second to receive and file, item 0594-26. Alderman, would you like to speak to that?
Did the maker of the motion wish to speak first?
I believe he did. You have the floor if you have to speak to it.
I'm good, thank you.
So I'm going to speak against the motion against not receiving and filing this item.
The reason that I sent this item to Public Works and Services is Alderman can only send items
to standing committees. I would have sent it to the park and rec board but I don't have the
authority to do that. We've had a contract with a contractor for operating and maintaining the
three golf courses since 2018. It's quite a lengthy contract. That contract is due to expire at the
end of this year. So I don't want to see the same kind of calamity happen with the golf
courses that has happened with the Civic Center Commission and I can't understand why any member
of this body would not want to have a discussion prior to a contract expiration about that contract.
So that's the purpose of this communication. Whether we have two golf courses or three golf
courses on that contract, it still needs to be discussed and I think it should be taken up
in before the end of the year. So I'm speaking against the motion to receive and file.
So motion to receive and file item 0594-26. Any further discussion on receiving and filing this
item? I will go to a roll call vote on this. Are we voting electronically today? We can vote
electronically today. I'll do I need to add something else? I do. This will be my second time
to speak to this. I don't know why anyone in this room would want to silence anyone.
So I'm hoping that my colleagues will vote against receiving and filing a conversation that needs
to take place amongst this body or at least amongst the committee. Thank you.
Father Jorgensen. I don't think the intention is to silence anybody. We have already enough.
It seems misinformation around this topic. I have received emails of people asking why we're
attempting to tear down the lighthouse and wind point. And so my fear is that by adding on
another layer to this, there's going to be even more confusion. In fact, just before this meeting
started, folks were under the impression that this was the final vote to approve the whole thing
that we just referred to a committee. And so if this wants to come back later, maybe not the same
week that we're discussing a brand new contract, that wouldn't make much more sense than putting
them back to back because it really seems like it's going to cause confusion to members of the
public as well as that very golf course contract may look very different if the council decides
to go a different direction with the proposal that would be discussed at the executive committee.
So really just a pitch to everyone of let's try to stay on focus here to not have what happened
last time with the festival hall commission or festival hall contract where we kind of got in.
We had an agreement on the table. We threw it off. And so I just want to make sure that we're
very clear with the public on what is and is not being discussed. It seems like there's the
opportunity here to really make sure everyone's on the same page to cut through a bit of the noise.
And this doesn't seem to be doing that.
Alder Harman.
Thank you, me. I appreciate it. I support receiving and filing this. I understand the
sentiment and the purpose behind it. It's to decrease any confusion. The mayor has already
made an announcement that we will be discussing this and that the public is open to participate
or sit in on the discussion that's going to be happening next week. I think that too many forms
of different communications and and belaboring an issue with regards to something that is going
to be discussed in full is kind of deletes the defeats the purpose. I do think that receiving
and filing at this time would be necessarily especially since we heard an announcement just
today that we are going to be discussing this next week. And I believe that we can have all
answers or questions answered at that time and to just go back to back on the exact same issue
I think would not benefit anyone. So I also agree with this being received and filed at this time.
Thank you. Alder Allen. Thank you. I agree with receiving and filing. However, if we are going
to have a conversation about contracts that will be ending and that's this contract or other
contracts, I believe instead of that conversation being segregated to one particular committee,
that's a conversation and a presentation that should be in front of the committee of the whole.
So when we think about that in the future, that I believe would be the correct way to handle that.
So we're not doubling back. Everyone has the opportunity to receive and ask questions all at
one time. So again, I support receiving and filing this agenda item.
Alder Provost. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to clarify if the alder from the sixth
district would yield to a question. Would the alder from the sixth yield to a question?
Thank you. Is your intention with this to get an update on the existing contract we have with
who maintains you park now? That is correct and a conversation with our new Director of Parks
Recreation Cultural Services. That contract now falls under his auspices because the contract
was originally negotiated back in 2018 and is due to expire. There's been many, many changes
as to you in place at the golf court. So just basically on the contract we have now, correct?
Correct. Okay. Thank you. Is it possible to defer the council to get an email with the existing
contract that we have? Yes. Okay. Because I think that would simplify a lot of things because then
if there are questions, those can be asked to the appropriate people via email and doesn't have
to go to a committee. Thank you. I'll be happy to share that contract.
Alder Widener, you've spoken on the item twice already. Alder, any other discussion? We've had
two others speak twice. Anybody who's not spoken to this once or at all or once wanting to speak
on this item again? Seeing none, we are voting electronically today. We have everybody in the
chamber. The motion is to receive and file this item. If you are in favor of voting,
receiving and filing this item vote, yes, if you are opposed to such a motion vote, no.
Apparently appearing some technical difficulties and will in fact do a roll call vote. Our apologies.
When the clerk calls your name again, an aye vote would be to receive a filing item,
a no vote would be not to receive a filing item. When the clerk calls your name, please vote
as you wish. Alder Jorgensen, Alder Widener, Alder Hodges, Alder Allen, Alder Pete, Alder Land,
Alder DeMark, Alder Kelly, Alder Harmon, Alder Prabham, Alder Frazier, Alder Weiss, Alder Mack.
11 ayes, two noes. The motion to receive and file that item has passed moving on to the
remainder of Alder Harmon's referrals. Is there a second on her motion? Is that a motion to refer
the remainder of the items? Any discussion on referrals of the remaining items to public
working services? Seeing none, all those in favor please say aye. Opposed? Those referrals carry.
We will now move on. I apologize to referrals to public safety and licensing. Alder Pete would
you like to make a motion regarding a referral? Make a motion to refer the following items to the
public safety and licensing committee. First item is item number 058526. Communication is sponsored
by myself submitting a new application for a Class B retail fermented malt beverage license for
sausage kitchen, Inc. DBA sausage kitchen, which is located in 1706 Raptor's Dr. Christopher Miller
agent seventh district staff recommendation that the committee review the application.
Next item 058626. Communication is sponsored by myself for submitting a new application for a
cigarette tobacco and an electronic vape device retail license for Butler, Kenneyland and Moore,
LLC, DBA, Butler, Kenneyland and Moore, LLC, which is located in 1900 Meade Street, Regina,
Butler agent second district recommended to the committee. Next item 058727. Communication is
sponsored by myself submitting a new application for a Class B retail fermented malt beverage
and intoxicating liquor license for long story short DBA, uncorked located at 240 Main Street,
Heather Kaiser agent first district. Next item is item 05926. Communication is sponsored
by myself on behalf of the city clerk's office submitting a new application for a massage
establishment license massage therapy by Anthony Molaki. Quick DBA massage therapy by Anthony Molaki
located at 801 South Street, Anthony Molaki owner fifth district. Next item 059126. Communication
is sponsored by myself submitting a list of liquor license which have applied for renewal late
or have not submitted renewal paperwork for intoxicating liquor and fermented malt
beverages for the 2026 through 2027 year. Next item 058826. Communication is sponsored by myself
for the license permission premises report. Next item item 058926. Communication is sponsored by
all the widening requesting incurrence iteration and formal expression of concern or other actions
pursuant to the police report. Next item 060526. Communication is sponsored by myself
requesting the appearance of Kevin Dabaki agent for doobies located at 3701 Grand Avenue
pursuant to a formal expression of concern also requesting consideration of rescinding the
formal expression of concern. Item number 060626. Communication is sponsored by myself
requesting the appearance of Natasha Evans agent select 627 which is located at 1111
Washington Avenue pursuant to a formal expression of concern and also requesting consideration
of rescinding the formal expression of concern. Next item 060726. Communication is sponsored by
myself requesting the appearance of Rebecca McCray agent for taste of soul located at 501
6th Street pursuant to a formal expression of concern and also requesting consideration of
rescinding the formal expression of concern. Last item 060826. Communication is sponsored
by myself submitting an application for a second hand article dealer license ECOATMLC which is
located to 110 Green Bay Road. Move to approve the motion and a second to refer these items
all those in favor of these referrals please otherwise I'm sorry oh absolutely I was premature
okay all those in favor of these referrals please say aye aye opposed that motion carries
we then move on to committee reports public safety and licensing is the first report today
Alder Pete did you have any items for separate consideration no sir I do not
right here did you have an item the the unleashed animals and dog parks ordinance I'd like that
for separate consideration could you bring the register item please the unleashed animal and dog
parks ordinance change this is 0535-26 there's a request for separate consideration on this item
is there discussion can we read the item other people would you please read item 0535
is on the bottom of page 7 I'll give you your agenda
if it doesn't bother anyone I'll read it it's item 0535-26 this is a communication
that's sponsored by Alder Davis proposing ordinance 0003-26 on these animals and dog parks recommendation
committee was to approve there was some communication from staff about this at the end of last week
I'll do I know would you like to speak further on item I just have some questions for the city
attorney please as this looks like it's a dramatic ordinance change a light explanation on what has
been removed from the original ordinance and what has been added um generally this ordinance
change would do two things it would clarify what an animal to be running at large means as
the ordinance currently exists um there frankly is a question as to whether
an animal has to be on leash when they're off the owner's property as opposed to just be under the
control voice control of somebody when they're uh around the city so that's that's taken away
it adds a leash requirement so it continues the requirement that uh you know if anybody's if
they're on their own property they don't have to be on a leash but if they're they have to be
secure with the leash when they're on any public property or on any private property without the
permission of a property owner and there are some exceptions of animal in a vehicle or an animal
in a carrier law enforcement canine or a dog that's within the parameters of a designated dog park
would not have to be on the leash this ordinance also would add a Jones park to the list of parks
where dogs may be and clarifies that it's a violation of the ordinance if anybody in a dog park violates
the rules the rules have to be adopted by the board of parks recreation and cultural services
approved by the common council and then posted by an official sign I understand there was some
confusion about whether certain rules applied in dog parks this would clarify that thank you
other discussion on this item
um we have been asked for separate consideration on the item if there's no further discussion on
the item um we'll have vote on it separately when the clerk calls your name please vote
as you wish. Alder Jorgensen, Alder Widener, Alder Hodges, Alder Allen, Alder Pete, Alder Land,
Alder DeMar, Alder Kelly, Alder Harmon, Alder Pabone, Alder Frazier, Alder Weiss, Alder Mack, 13 eyes,
zero nose. Alder Pete, did you have any other items for separate requests for separate consideration?
No sir I do not. Then without objection these items will be placed on the consent agenda and
we will move on to the transit commission report in all recordings absence. Alder Pabone have you
had any requests for separate consideration on these items? I have not. Then without objections
they will be placed on the consent agenda and move to planning heritage and design. Alder Pete
have you received any requests for separate consideration? No I have not or then without
objection these will be placed on the consent agenda. We'll then move on to the office of the mayor
report. Alder Jorgensen have you had any requests for separate consideration? I have not and without
objection these will be placed on the consent agenda. We will now move to the consent agenda.
Alder Jorgensen would you like to make a motion regarding the consent agenda?
Yes sir.
Approved the consent agenda?
So motion to second to approve the consent agenda. All those in favour please say aye.
Opposed? The motion carries. This brings us to common council announcements just as a reminder
announcements are limited to recognition of city residents and employees,
memorials and non-political community events. Discussion of matters related to government
business is prohibited. I do want to just start with an announcement thanking staff and volunteers
and mother nature for cooperating so much in the last few days with the many community events
that we've had whether it was fourth vest or fireworks or the 250 celebration on Sunday.
We had three sister city mayors visiting at the same time through all that so none of that
could happen without great volunteers on our board's committees and commissions and an excellent
excellent staff who did amazing work to put those events together. The fourth vest board
lots of really great people doing some great things so kudos to everyone. The community
showed very well these last few days. Alder Mack.
Thank you. I'd like to echo your comments and thank the community for showing up for the
fourth vesigrator we've seen festivities this past weekend. It truly was a community celebration,
seeing the floats and the businesses and the community groups that came down that parade route.
Along with all the community spectators and those fireworks were second to none they were amazing.
Otherwise. All right a little redundant but echo the city of Racine staff. We had first friday
cleanup. We had fourth of July parade cleanup set up for the next day fireworks like unbelievable.
We had a storm with trees that came down on friday. The forestry department was down the
street picking up trees. I don't know how they did what they did not to mention like first responders
with a few fires. I can't imagine you know just all the police officers my husband said it seems
like there's a lot more police officers and we talked to a guy and he said well you can't take
off unless you have 20 years or more this weekend. So just all the people working we took a walk
downtown sunday morning and saw your staff out setting up centerpieces and doing tablecloths
and it's like non-staff. So just a huge shout out to all of the city staff because this was a
crazy weekend of events. Yeah I don't want to repeat what's been said but everyone it's the
parade went great everything went fantastic the only one that I would throw in there call it a
special thank you for is DPW there was a lot of barricades to put up it was a lot of signs to put
up it was a lot of barricades to take down was a lot of signs to take down in amongst all of that
they also I just want to thank DPW for this as well they were able to get pedestrian crossing signs
the first two in the city were installed on main street at the intersections of Maine and Augusta
and Maine and Walton and so that was amongst all of the other craziness so I want to thank them
for their hard work on doing that and encourage everyone when you're going to the zoo or north
beach or just enjoying the lake shore there's two new safer ways to cross across Maine Street
now so thank you everyone. Alder Pete. Thank you it's kind of difficult to be one of the last
speakers and not repeat what's already been echoed several times but again I would still
remiss if I didn't give a shout out to the police department fire department all the first responders
DPW the city staff in general because I know they worked very hard and also the partners I want
mention a name but the people that helped contribute from the outside especially for the 250th fest
I've made all of the events the food was outstanding everything was orderly and I think it's a memorable
experience for the community thank you. Alder Allen. Thank you well I want to call out names I want
to give up a huge thanks to everyone in the city that I'm repeating what everyone has already said
to our police our fire and our city staff did an awesome job but I am going to clap to tower and
her team and I'm going to clap to Corey Sebastian who is celebrating her birthday tomorrow we also
have Malik or Alder Frazier celebrating his birthday next week I also want to let people know that
we will be having our first Baptist school event at Lockwood Park on August the 8th so I'll be
handing out information for that and we will also be preparing for our first lighting of the tree
event at Lockwood Park in December so that's something to look forward to everybody have a nice week
lots of notice yeah I guess following up on Alder Jorgensen's announcement on
pedestrian crossings you may notice now downtown if you cross in intersections there's an audible
accompaniment for anybody who may be visually impaired and it takes about 50 to 60 seconds
longer to get through the downtown in our efforts to slow down the speed in Main Street we managed
to do that without spending more than a million dollars relocating a state highway so glad to see
that in one last thing I'll just mention there was so many great moments to notice but we had
three sister city mayors visiting they were in the parade and they were overwhelmed and so impressed
with our parade but they were a little bit nervous about what the reception would be of these these
mayors from three different countries and they all got applauded and great response and the fact
that three mayors will bring that home with them to their home communities about what that experience
was here is it really reflects very well on on the city and our sister city program but just the
innate goodness of our residents and are willing to be hospitable from people from different places
so it was a great great event all their program. Thank you Mr. I just want to echo the sentiments
of my colleagues regarding all the festivities over this weekend phenomenal job by the staff
and just really being a part in seeing the city come out and the way that it did was
just something that I think we all needed to see and to be a part of especially when we have
visiting mayors from other countries it's really great to show the best of the best when we have
it shut out to again all the city staff and oh Tara was running around crazy Sam all this all
the people just making things work DPW also there's quite a number of birthdays we have my mother
who will be turning 60 on Wednesday so that's a big birthday for her also my brother my brother
Lupe my other brother Irving my niece Mariah my uncle Daniel so there's a lot of July babies
in my family I debated back and forth about this this last one but some of you may know that
unfortunately there was a murder in my family a couple weeks ago and we are still looking for
that person so we will be laying Giovanni to rest tomorrow and we would like to fully
focus on processing our grief so if anyone has any tips or knows the whereabouts of this person
please call the Mount Pleasant Police Department it's 2628840454 if you want to remain anonymous
crime stoppers has a p3 tips app or you can call 26263693 30 thank you
other bone we're very sorry for your loss under Jorgensen I'm sorry I'll keep it brief there was
one other one and amongst all of the celebrations that I wanted to thank the the fire department
and the men and women of the fire department it was a busy 18 to 24 hours for them there were
three or four structure fires there were many many accidents in it and so I know that they
worked around the clock to do that I'd like to thank them for their hard work and then echo please
make sure that you are safe with fireworks it's a friendly reminder about the severity of that
can have I know in their email they had copied just the thousands of dollars of loss not to mention
the the human harm that came from it so please please be careful and thank you to the men and
women of the fire department for keeping us safe on a Jorgensen could I impose upon you for a
motion to adjourn motion a second to adjourn all those in favor of adjournment please say aye