Minutes

Board of Aldermen 05-08-2018 Page 9

at-Large Kelly to come. The citizens are invited to come and express their concerns and ask questions
and hear a report from the Mayor and the Aldermen. Thank you.

Alderwoman Kelly

This goes back a little bit, but | just wanted to thank everyone who was involved in the Earth Day event.
The Mayor came out and we had quite a few kids come out. | shout out to Adrianna Lopera who did a
really great craft with them and everyone had a lot of fun. It was a beautiful day.

Alderman Caron

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challenge but we know that is where bikes are going to end up. That is our downtown core and we want to
make the roads and accessible for these bikes so again, we’ve got some opportunities and we’ve got some
challenges. And that is what DPW is working on with us to solve these challenges and make a nice safe route

for these bikes to go on. We don’t just want to put them out there and not have a plan for where they can go
safely. Thank you any questions?

Alderwoman Kelly

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Alderman Lopez

Is your company looking at any other type of vehicles?
Ms. Xie

Vehicles?

Alderman Lopez

There is a surprising demand for kayaks downtown. No one is renting them out.
Ms. Xie

| will let our co-founder know, it might be a good business plan.

Chairman Dowd

So if you rent kayaks do people throw them out of the river?

Julie Chizmas, Transportation Planner

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Alderman O’Brien

Downtown we have some very popular spots and | can see a whole bunch of bikes at that particular area. Will
your company be providing bike racks or anything to the most popular destinations that we have.

Ms. Xie

That is a topic we can discuss in the future. The first step is to identify where those locations are.

Alderman O’Brien

Your preference is that they get left on the sidewalks is that correct and not into a designated parking space?
Ms. Xie

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Alderman Jette

When | get to my bus stop | can take the bike and ride it home and leave it there outside my house.

Ms. Xie

So we don’t recommend that people put a bike on the bus but in the ideal world, like when you get out of the
bus there would be one bike waiting for you. So that is the reason why we need to analyze the data to see
how many bikes we need to need to meet demands. And then where we need to distribute it.

Alderman Jette

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business because we can set their parking lots as Lucky Zone to encourage riders to drop off the bikes there,
maybe go to the restaurant of the local business.

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make a quick stop, you can stop the bike, kind of lock it, but continue to rent it and then get it when you come
out so no one will take the bike while you are inside.

A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 6:46 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.

Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch; Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly led in the Pledge
to the Flag.

The roll call was taken with 14 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Ken Gidge arrived at 6:56
p.m.

Mayor James W. Donchess and Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also in attendance.
COMMUNICATIONS

Proposed FY 2019 Budget

¢ Proposed Operating Budget - $262.7 Million
— Increase Over FY 2018 Budget — 1.6%

— Revenues:

e Revenues continue to be budgeted conservatively

¢ Stable revenue from motor vehicle registrations
¢ Continued low interest rate environment
e Potential reduction in State aid funds

— For Illustrative Purposes: Spending Cap — 1.9%
— Amount under the Spending Cap — $1,083,539

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