Board of Aldermen 11-23-2021 Page 28
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
President Wilshire
| have six people who have signed up. Just so you know, you come to the microphone, you give your name and address
for the record, and you have a three minute time limit.
Dana Springer
Yes, good evening Council. My name is Dana Springer. | live at 59 Factory Street. My Alderman is Alderman Lopez. What
| want to come to the Council for is | talked to the Mayor and Councilor Lopez about Pearl Harbor Day on the 5" of
December. | just wanted to kind of let the Council know that the country kind of went back and did some redoing of what
was done in the past. The first dedicated destroyer is named after an African American person and they’re breaking steel on
it. So it's going to be the first of its kind and that should be honored to us because during that time of segregation, we
weren't allowed to participate the same way that, you know, other folks participate. So it should be something that, you
know, throughout the country that we should honor.
| know | served almost 30 years and my father served in World War II the same is Doris Miller, which | told the Councilor and
the Mayor that I’d get back to him with the information. Pearl Harbor means, you know, things to our people, too. | don't
think we're really represented that way and | would like to try to be in the program on the 5" or at least be able to have
something ready for the program if I'm allowed to. That's all | have.
President Wilshire
Thank you very much.
Dana Springer
Thank you.
President Wilshire
The next person is speak is Bob Lodi.
Robert Lodi
Thank you. Good evening, Madam President, Mr. Vice President, Mayor Donchess, all the alderpersons at large, and all the
aldermen that represent the wards. | want to thank you for your service. It's all of you who help us have a functioning
democracy and a government that works and it's particularly challenging in this climate. So | want to thank you.
President Wilshire
Can we get your name and address?
Robert Lodi
Oh I’m sorry. I'm Robert Lodi, 12 Bartlett Ave.
President Wilshire
Thank you.
Robert Lodi
So again, thank you all. I'm here to speak to you about the 15 Bartlett Ave. property that Alderwoman Klee brought forward.
For the three of you who voted against the suspension of rules, you have an open invitation to walk the park with me at any
time and you'll see exactly what the encroachment of the development of this property is allowed to go forward. This
development does not address the needs of the city. It does not help with housing. It does not help protect the natural
resources of the city - that is Greeley Park - that has been in our care for 125 years. It does not address the other
requirements that the Board and the Mayor has laid out.
