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President Wilshire
That was to move the question. The motion before us right now is for final passage of O-19-051 as
amended.
Alderman Dowd
That motion to move the question stops all debate.
President Wilshire
Correct, so it’s not debatable.
Alderman Dowd
We now have to vote on the final motion.
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
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Alderman Lopez
| disagree.
President Wilshire
| don’t think anyone has Alderman Lopez. We can have a difference of opinion and that’s ok. Any group
that comes before us that makes a presentation doesn’t mean we have to vote in favor, that’s our
prerogative as a Board. | don’t think anyone has been disrespectful to the students.
Alderman Lopez
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Alderman O’Brien
Madam President, may | remove the motion please?
President Wilshire
| need a chance to speak.
Alderman O’Brien
Oh ok excuse me then. Then | concede my motion.
President Wilshire
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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:
