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affecting our community and second also being concerned as to what philanthropy was going to be going
towards it when we have children that don’t have meals outside of the school program and other issues.
The other concern that came out was in regard to integrity and the one thing that | want to leave you with as
each one of you is representing the people in your communities, as | recall, right before the voting occurred, all
the headlines of the Telegraph talked about our large donor our pending large donor. And | don’t know about
you but if | am paying, a lot of people will get in my car and go somewhere. So my question would be did the
community really vote this in because they thought the funding was taking place and this would be a place of
enjoyment without worry or concern as to how we are going to be funding this, if it was going to affect the
philanthropy that was going to other non-profits whether it was eventually hit our tax dollars. So whether we
are looking at a $10 million dollar bond or a $15 as you are looking at the design and every effort, have that
question in the back of your mind. Was this voted in in integrity with full awareness of our community? Thank
you.
Barbara Pressly Thank you, Barbara Pressly again, 11 Orchard Avenue. | don’t know if this is true or not but
at least in my memory if you do vote for this tonight you will basically be overriding the citizens’ vote. And
please think about that, because what that means in the future anytime the citizens vote an issue up or down,
people can say oh don’t worry about that we can change that later if we want to. So please consider, my
concern is the truthfulness and the integrity and the perception of can we trust our Board of Aldermen. So
please think about it. See if you can’t find another way to work on this project and take advantage of all that
you have learned, but not violate the vote that was taken. Thank you.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE TO ADJOURN
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk
