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constitute discrimination and that they would be reaching out to Legal and we haven’t yet heard what
Legal’s opinion was. So | guess I'll ask Attorney Bolton; is this discriminatory, are we opening the City up
for a lawsuit if we allow these placards.

Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel

It is not illegal discrimination.

Alderman Lopez

So it is discrimination in so far as up is up and down is down and those are different things.

Attorney Bolton

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downtown and granting free parking to a whole group of people at a time really when you know there would
be a good incentive to enforce our parking meters and timing because we want people to cycle through at
that time and get more people in the downtown area. So this is a pilot program, we are going to see how it
goes, see how many kids actually use it and I'll support it.

Alderman Clemons

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When you have a vehicle you have to follow the rules of the road. If you park in front of a meter, you have
to pay it. It is what itis. | mean if the Library isn’t worth going to because you have to pay, then don’t go.
That’s really my opinion on this. | think that would be a shame, but | think if you can afford to drive a car,
you should be able to drive through the toll that you through and you should be able to pay for the parking.

Alderman Schmidt

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that they could to equally and also being able to use those resources. We also heard from someone in
public comment the Cottage Street area being a bit further away and parents or even students not feeling
as comfortable walking from there as they would in the lot.

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ON THE QUESTION

Alderwoman Kelly

If | could speak to it please. Thank you, so just for those who were not at the Infrastructure meeting, the
change that was made was making it into a pilot program so that it would expire at the end of the School
Year with a presentation by the students prior to it sun-setting in concert with the Planning & Economic
Development Department and the Library Staff to see how implementation went.

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

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MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-19-049 BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Gidge, Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Klee, Alderman Laws, Alderman Lopez
Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman Tencza, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Clemons,
Alderman Wilshire 14

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Ordinance O-19-049 declared duly adopted.

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R-19-172

Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

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ON THE QUESTION
Alderman O’Brien

Thank you Madam President. | would like to just remind members that coming up later 0-19-051 is the
student parking and part of this R-19-170 will be the money that is going to the RFP to look at the parking
downtown. So please keep that in mind as we discuss the pending motions. Thank you Madam President.

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

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A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Gidge, Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Klee, Alderman Laws, Alderman Lopez
Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman Tencza, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Clemons,
Alderman Wilshire 14

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-19-169 declared duly adopted.
R-19-170

Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman Richard A. Dowd