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>>> HELLO AND THANK YOU YOU FOR JOINING US. I AM H. WAYNE WILSON AND THE THE
JOINING US. I AM H. WAYNE WILSON AND THE THE CITY OF PEORIA IS "AT ISSUE."
I AM H. WAYNE WILSON AND THE THE CITY OF PEORIA IS "AT ISSUE." WHETHER IT BE THE MUSEUM BLOCK,
CITY OF PEORIA IS "AT ISSUE." WHETHER IT BE THE MUSEUM BLOCK, OR PEORIA PROMISOR THE NUMBER OF
WHETHER IT BE THE MUSEUM BLOCK, OR PEORIA PROMISOR THE NUMBER OF MURDERS IN THE CITY OF PEORIA,
OR PEORIA PROMISOR THE NUMBER OF MURDERS IN THE CITY OF PEORIA, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
MURDERS IN THE CITY OF PEORIA, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AND MUCH
WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AND MUCH MORE.
A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AND MUCH MORE. IN FACT, IT AFFECTS MORE THAN
MORE. IN FACT, IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST THE CITY OF PEORIA.
IN FACT, IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST THE CITY OF PEORIA. IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE REGION.
JUST THE CITY OF PEORIA. IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE REGION. BECAUSE AS THE CORE GOES, SO
IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE REGION. BECAUSE AS THE CORE GOES, SO DOES THE AREA GO.
BECAUSE AS THE CORE GOES, SO DOES THE AREA GO. TO HELP US DISCUSS THE ISSUE, WE
DOES THE AREA GO. TO HELP US DISCUSS THE ISSUE, WE HAVE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
TO HELP US DISCUSS THE ISSUE, WE HAVE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PEORIA, JIM ARDIS.
HAVE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PEORIA, JIM ARDIS. JIM, THANK YOU FOR BEING US
PEORIA, JIM ARDIS. JIM, THANK YOU FOR BEING US WITH.
JIM, THANK YOU FOR BEING US WITH. SEATED NEXT TO HIM, RANDY
WITH. SEATED NEXT TO HIM, RANDY OLIVER, CITY MANAGER COMING UP
SEATED NEXT TO HIM, RANDY OLIVER, CITY MANAGER COMING UP ON FOUR YEARS.
OLIVER, CITY MANAGER COMING UP ON FOUR YEARS. >> THANKS, H.
ON FOUR YEARS. >> THANKS, H. >> AND STEVE SETTINGSGAARD IS
>> THANKS, H. >> AND STEVE SETTINGSGAARD IS OUR PEORIA POLICE CHIEF.
>> AND STEVE SETTINGSGAARD IS OUR PEORIA POLICE CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
OUR PEORIA POLICE CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THANK YOU. >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A CORE
>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A CORE CITY, JIM.
THE FACT THAT THIS IS A CORE CITY, JIM. IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY -- HOW
CITY, JIM. IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY -- HOW THE CITY OF PEORIA IS DOING.
IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY -- HOW THE CITY OF PEORIA IS DOING. IT IS HOW THE WHOLE REGION IS
THE CITY OF PEORIA IS DOING. IT IS HOW THE WHOLE REGION IS DOING, AND THIS IS KEY.
IT IS HOW THE WHOLE REGION IS DOING, AND THIS IS KEY. >> WELL, IT IS, H.
DOING, AND THIS IS KEY. >> WELL, IT IS, H. CERTAINLY PEORIA IS THE DRIVER
>> WELL, IT IS, H. CERTAINLY PEORIA IS THE DRIVER IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE.
CERTAINLY PEORIA IS THE DRIVER IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE. WE HAVE A LOT OF REAL PROMISING
IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE. WE HAVE A LOT OF REAL PROMISING THINGS GOING ON HERE, AND WE
WE HAVE A LOT OF REAL PROMISING THINGS GOING ON HERE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
THINGS GOING ON HERE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. THEY ARE VERY TYPICAL TO OTHER
ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. THEY ARE VERY TYPICAL TO OTHER CITIES LIKE OUR'S AROUND THE
THEY ARE VERY TYPICAL TO OTHER CITIES LIKE OUR'S AROUND THE COUNTRY.
CITIES LIKE OUR'S AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT IS OUR JOB TO TRY TO DEAL
COUNTRY. IT IS OUR JOB TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THOSE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.
IT IS OUR JOB TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THOSE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. LET'S GET INTO THE CHALLENGES.
WITH THOSE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. LET'S GET INTO THE CHALLENGES. WE WON'T COVER THEM ALL IN A
LET'S GET INTO THE CHALLENGES. WE WON'T COVER THEM ALL IN A HALF-HOUR.
WE WON'T COVER THEM ALL IN A HALF-HOUR. I KNOW THAT.
HALF-HOUR. I KNOW THAT. LET'S START WITH -- AND I KNOW
I KNOW THAT. LET'S START WITH -- AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING A ALL THE
LET'S START WITH -- AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING A ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE *** RATE.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING A ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE *** RATE. DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ALL IN
TIME ABOUT THE *** RATE. DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US.
DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW WITH
PERSPECTIVE FOR US. WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF
WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF MURDERS?
REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF MURDERS? I -- CURRENTLY 13 MURDERS FOR
MURDERS? I -- CURRENTLY 13 MURDERS FOR THE YEAR WHICH IS THE SAME
I -- CURRENTLY 13 MURDERS FOR THE YEAR WHICH IS THE SAME NUMBER LAST YEAR AT THE SAME
THE YEAR WHICH IS THE SAME NUMBER LAST YEAR AT THE SAME TIME.
NUMBER LAST YEAR AT THE SAME TIME. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON
TIME. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON MURDERS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON MURDERS. I ATTRIBUTE THAT PARTIALLY TO WE
MURDERS. I ATTRIBUTE THAT PARTIALLY TO WE HAD A VERY FAST START IN JANUARY
I ATTRIBUTE THAT PARTIALLY TO WE HAD A VERY FAST START IN JANUARY WE HAD FOUR HOMICIDES, IN MARCH
HAD A VERY FAST START IN JANUARY WE HAD FOUR HOMICIDES, IN MARCH WE HAD FOUR.
WE HAD FOUR HOMICIDES, IN MARCH WE HAD FOUR. IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WERE AT
WE HAD FOUR. IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WERE AT EIGHT ALREADY.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WERE AT EIGHT ALREADY. THE MEDIA WAS SAYING AT THIS
EIGHT ALREADY. THE MEDIA WAS SAYING AT THIS PACE WE WILL HIT 32 WHICH WILL
THE MEDIA WAS SAYING AT THIS PACE WE WILL HIT 32 WHICH WILL BREAK ALL RECORDS.
PACE WE WILL HIT 32 WHICH WILL BREAK ALL RECORDS. THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN SINCE
BREAK ALL RECORDS. THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN SINCE THEN.
THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN SINCE THEN. AGAIN, NOW, WE ARE EVEN WITH
THEN. AGAIN, NOW, WE ARE EVEN WITH LAST YEAR BY THE END OF AUGUST
AGAIN, NOW, WE ARE EVEN WITH LAST YEAR BY THE END OF AUGUST OR THE EARLY SEPTEMBER.
LAST YEAR BY THE END OF AUGUST OR THE EARLY SEPTEMBER. >> HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT
OR THE EARLY SEPTEMBER. >> HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT COUNTERING -- I MEAN YOU CAN'T
>> HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT COUNTERING -- I MEAN YOU CAN'T STOP A *** UNLESS YOU PUT A
COUNTERING -- I MEAN YOU CAN'T STOP A *** UNLESS YOU PUT A POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY BLOCK, I
STOP A *** UNLESS YOU PUT A POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY BLOCK, I SUPPOSE.
POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY BLOCK, I SUPPOSE. BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THOSE MURDERS
SUPPOSE. BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THOSE MURDERS FROM HAPPENING.
BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THOSE MURDERS FROM HAPPENING. HOW ARE WE DOING OVER ALL CRIME
FROM HAPPENING. HOW ARE WE DOING OVER ALL CRIME WISE, HAD R?
HOW ARE WE DOING OVER ALL CRIME WISE, HAD R? HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT MITIGATING
WISE, HAD R? HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT MITIGATING THE MESSAGE MURDERS DELIVER?
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT MITIGATING THE MESSAGE MURDERS DELIVER? >> YOU CAN'T STOP ***. WE
THE MESSAGE MURDERS DELIVER? >> YOU CAN'T STOP ***. WE TRY TO MITIGATE THE BEHAVIORS
>> YOU CAN'T STOP ***. WE TRY TO MITIGATE THE BEHAVIORS THAT LEAD OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN
TRY TO MITIGATE THE BEHAVIORS THAT LEAD OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHOOTINGS TAKE
THAT LEAD OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHOOTINGS TAKE PLACE WHICH IS HOW MOST OF THE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHOOTINGS TAKE PLACE WHICH IS HOW MOST OF THE MURDERS HAPPEN.
PLACE WHICH IS HOW MOST OF THE MURDERS HAPPEN. CRIME IN GENERAL IS DOWN IN
MURDERS HAPPEN. CRIME IN GENERAL IS DOWN IN PEORIA.
CRIME IN GENERAL IS DOWN IN PEORIA. VIOLENT CRIME IN PEORIA IS DOWN.
PEORIA. VIOLENT CRIME IN PEORIA IS DOWN. VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN
VIOLENT CRIME IN PEORIA IS DOWN. VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN PEORIA.
VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN PEORIA. WE HAVE HAD FEWER AGGRAVATED
SIGNIFICANTLY IN PEORIA. WE HAVE HAD FEWER AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, FEW YOUR SHOOTINGS IN
WE HAVE HAD FEWER AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, FEW YOUR SHOOTINGS IN THE LAST YEAR.
ASSAULTS, FEW YOUR SHOOTINGS IN THE LAST YEAR. ROBBERIES ARE UP A LITTLE BIT.
THE LAST YEAR. ROBBERIES ARE UP A LITTLE BIT. PROPERTY CRIMES, BURGLARIES ARE
ROBBERIES ARE UP A LITTLE BIT. PROPERTY CRIMES, BURGLARIES ARE WAY DOWN, THEFTS FROM AUTOS, OR
PROPERTY CRIMES, BURGLARIES ARE WAY DOWN, THEFTS FROM AUTOS, OR ALL OF THEFTS ARE WAY DOWN, ALL
WAY DOWN, THEFTS FROM AUTOS, OR ALL OF THEFTS ARE WAY DOWN, ALL OF PROPERTY CRIMES ARE DOWN IN
ALL OF THEFTS ARE WAY DOWN, ALL OF PROPERTY CRIMES ARE DOWN IN DOUBLE DIGITS.
OF PROPERTY CRIMES ARE DOWN IN DOUBLE DIGITS. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS UP.
DOUBLE DIGITS. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS UP. THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AS
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS UP. THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AS IMPORTANT, AT LEAST I HOPE THE
THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AS IMPORTANT, AT LEAST I HOPE THE TWO ARE RELATED THEN.
IMPORTANT, AT LEAST I HOPE THE TWO ARE RELATED THEN. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS THAT
TWO ARE RELATED THEN. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS THAT THINGS ARE GRADUALLY STARTING TO
THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS THAT THINGS ARE GRADUALLY STARTING TO IMPROVE IN OUR CITY'S
THINGS ARE GRADUALLY STARTING TO IMPROVE IN OUR CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
IMPROVE IN OUR CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS. >> YOU HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO
NEIGHBORHOODS. >> YOU HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE
>> YOU HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES SUCH AS NOISE COMING FROM
ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES SUCH AS NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLES, RANDY, THE INSPECTIONS
ISSUES SUCH AS NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLES, RANDY, THE INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, AND MR. KUNKI HAS
VEHICLES, RANDY, THE INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, AND MR. KUNKI HAS WEEDS GOING AFTER THOSE.
DEPARTMENT, AND MR. KUNKI HAS WEEDS GOING AFTER THOSE. I TAKE IT THAT YOU HAVE MADE A
WEEDS GOING AFTER THOSE. I TAKE IT THAT YOU HAVE MADE A DECISION THAT THESE SMALLER
I TAKE IT THAT YOU HAVE MADE A DECISION THAT THESE SMALLER ISSUES ARE KEY TO DEVELOPING AN
DECISION THAT THESE SMALLER ISSUES ARE KEY TO DEVELOPING AN I AM AIMING FOR THE CITY.
ISSUES ARE KEY TO DEVELOPING AN I AM AIMING FOR THE CITY. >> I THINK THEY ARE PARAMOUNT.
I AM AIMING FOR THE CITY. >> I THINK THEY ARE PARAMOUNT. BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU TAKE CARE
>> I THINK THEY ARE PARAMOUNT. BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU TAKE CARE THE SMALLER THINGS, SOMETIMES
BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU TAKE CARE THE SMALLER THINGS, SOMETIMES THE BIGGER THINGS TAKE CARE OF
THE SMALLER THINGS, SOMETIMES THE BIGGER THINGS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
THE BIGGER THINGS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. WE LOOKED AT GARDEN ENFORCEMENT
THEMSELVES. WE LOOKED AT GARDEN ENFORCEMENT IT IS FOOLISH TO GIVE SWB
WE LOOKED AT GARDEN ENFORCEMENT IT IS FOOLISH TO GIVE SWB SOMEBODY A WARNING.
IT IS FOOLISH TO GIVE SWB SOMEBODY A WARNING. IF YOU GIVE A WARNING ONCE A
SOMEBODY A WARNING. IF YOU GIVE A WARNING ONCE A YEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. WE
IF YOU GIVE A WARNING ONCE A YEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK ALL
YEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK ALL THE TIME.
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK ALL THE TIME. WE ELIMINATE THAT STEP, AND WE
THE TIME. WE ELIMINATE THAT STEP, AND WE GIVE THEM ONE WARNING. IT IS
WE ELIMINATE THAT STEP, AND WE GIVE THEM ONE WARNING. IT IS SOMETHING INTUITIVE TO ALL US,
GIVE THEM ONE WARNING. IT IS SOMETHING INTUITIVE TO ALL US, BUT WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO
SOMETHING INTUITIVE TO ALL US, BUT WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE.
BUT WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE. I WOULD NOTE ON THE CRIME -- OR
EVERYONE. I WOULD NOTE ON THE CRIME -- OR THE NOISE IMPOUNDMENT ORDINANCE
I WOULD NOTE ON THE CRIME -- OR THE NOISE IMPOUNDMENT ORDINANCE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THAT WHERE
THE NOISE IMPOUNDMENT ORDINANCE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THAT WHERE WE IMPOUND THE VEHICLE FOR LOUD
THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THAT WHERE WE IMPOUND THE VEHICLE FOR LOUD NOISE, THAT'S BEEN VERY
WE IMPOUND THE VEHICLE FOR LOUD NOISE, THAT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
NOISE, THAT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE
EFFECTIVE. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL BE ONE OF -- CITIES INVITED TO
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL BE ONE OF -- CITIES INVITED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT
BE ONE OF -- CITIES INVITED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AT THEIR ANNUAL
MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AT THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS COMING
PROGRAM AT THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS COMING UP THIS FALL.
CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS COMING UP THIS FALL. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING
UP THIS FALL. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING THAT PRESENCE AND TWO OF OUR
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING THAT PRESENCE AND TWO OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE AT THE
THAT PRESENCE AND TWO OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY SHOWCASE
POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY SHOWCASE TO PRESENT THEIR PROGRAM.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY SHOWCASE TO PRESENT THEIR PROGRAM. >> IS THERE A WAY OF MEASURING
TO PRESENT THEIR PROGRAM. >> IS THERE A WAY OF MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THOSE FAULTY OF
>> IS THERE A WAY OF MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THOSE FAULTY OF LIFE ISSUES IN TERMS OF HOW IT
THE IMPACT OF THOSE FAULTY OF LIFE ISSUES IN TERMS OF HOW IT IMPACTS THE CITY?
LIFE ISSUES IN TERMS OF HOW IT IMPACTS THE CITY? >> I THINK YOU CAN SEE SOME
IMPACTS THE CITY? >> I THINK YOU CAN SEE SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH CRIMES.
>> I THINK YOU CAN SEE SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH CRIMES. I THINK THE GREATEST WAY TO
RELATIONSHIP WITH CRIMES. I THINK THE GREATEST WAY TO IMPACT IT, THOUGH, IS TO TALK TO
I THINK THE GREATEST WAY TO IMPACT IT, THOUGH, IS TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
IMPACT IT, THOUGH, IS TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE FEEDBACK I GET, I HOPE
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE FEEDBACK I GET, I HOPE IT IS NOT JUST THAT PEOPLE ARE
AND THE FEEDBACK I GET, I HOPE IT IS NOT JUST THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING ME POSITIVE FEEDBACK
IT IS NOT JUST THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING ME POSITIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE I AM A POLICE CHIEF.
GIVING ME POSITIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE I AM A POLICE CHIEF. WHEN I GET OUT TO THE
BECAUSE I AM A POLICE CHIEF. WHEN I GET OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, I THINK
WHEN I GET OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE. I THINK THAT ALL OF THE THINGS,
PEOPLE ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE. I THINK THAT ALL OF THE THINGS, SATURATION PATROLS THAT THE
I THINK THAT ALL OF THE THINGS, SATURATION PATROLS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS FUNDED. THEY CAN
SATURATION PATROLS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS FUNDED. THEY CAN REALLY QUIET A NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COUNCIL HAS FUNDED. THEY CAN REALLY QUIET A NEIGHBORHOOD AND QUICKLY.
REALLY QUIET A NEIGHBORHOOD AND QUICKLY. I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT
QUICKLY. I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ALL DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE CITY
I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ALL DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE CITY ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE ON, THEY
ALL DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE CITY ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE ON, THEY ARE MAKING THINGS BETTER IN THE
ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE ON, THEY ARE MAKING THINGS BETTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT PERFECT
ARE MAKING THINGS BETTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT PERFECT OVERNIGHT, BUT GRADUALLY.
NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT PERFECT OVERNIGHT, BUT GRADUALLY. WE GOT I THINK NEIGHBORHOODS
OVERNIGHT, BUT GRADUALLY. WE GOT I THINK NEIGHBORHOODS DEGRADE OVER TIME AND GRADUALLY.
WE GOT I THINK NEIGHBORHOODS DEGRADE OVER TIME AND GRADUALLY. I THINK THEY GET BETTER THAT
DEGRADE OVER TIME AND GRADUALLY. I THINK THEY GET BETTER THAT SAME WAY.
I THINK THEY GET BETTER THAT SAME WAY. >> WE STARTED THE PROGRAM,
SAME WAY. >> WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, MAYOR, BY TALKING ABOUT, AS THE
>> WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, MAYOR, BY TALKING ABOUT, AS THE CITY OF PEORIA GOES, SO GOES THE
MAYOR, BY TALKING ABOUT, AS THE CITY OF PEORIA GOES, SO GOES THE AREA FOR THE MOST PART.
CITY OF PEORIA GOES, SO GOES THE AREA FOR THE MOST PART. CORE LARRY TO THAT, AS SCHOOL
AREA FOR THE MOST PART. CORE LARRY TO THAT, AS SCHOOL DISTRICT 150 GOES, A GOOD
CORE LARRY TO THAT, AS SCHOOL DISTRICT 150 GOES, A GOOD PORTION OF PEORIA GOES.
DISTRICT 150 GOES, A GOOD PORTION OF PEORIA GOES. DISTRICT 150 HAS AN IMAGE
PORTION OF PEORIA GOES. DISTRICT 150 HAS AN IMAGE PROBLEM.
DISTRICT 150 HAS AN IMAGE PROBLEM. YOU ARE GOING TO BE MEETING THE
PROBLEM. YOU ARE GOING TO BE MEETING THE COUNCIL -- THE COUNCIL WILL BE
YOU ARE GOING TO BE MEETING THE COUNCIL -- THE COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ON
COUNCIL -- THE COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THE 18.
MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THE 18. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO
THE 18. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH?
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH? >> WELSH H, THAT MEETING NEXT
ACCOMPLISH? >> WELSH H, THAT MEETING NEXT TUESDAY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE
>> WELSH H, THAT MEETING NEXT TUESDAY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE MET,
TUESDAY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE MET, JOINTLY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD
THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE MET, JOINTLY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I THINK IT IS ONLY THE
JOINTLY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I THINK IT IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT YEARS I
AND I THINK IT IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
SECOND TIME IN EIGHT YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL. SO IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE A
HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL. SO IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SIT
SO IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH EACH
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT
DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE MUTUAL IMPORTANCE TO BOTH OF
OTHER AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE MUTUAL IMPORTANCE TO BOTH OF US, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THE
ARE MUTUAL IMPORTANCE TO BOTH OF US, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THE SCHOOLS ARE SUCCESS OF THE
US, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THE SCHOOLS ARE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO
SCHOOLS ARE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF PEORIA.
SCHOOLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF PEORIA. I WOULD PROBABLY GO SO FAR AS TO
THE CITY OF PEORIA. I WOULD PROBABLY GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THE SUCCESS OF OUR
I WOULD PROBABLY GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THE SUCCESS OF OUR BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT,
SAY THAT THE SUCCESS OF OUR BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISTRICT 150 IS THE MOST
BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISTRICT 150 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SUCCESS IN
DISTRICT 150 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SUCCESS IN THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO GROW.
IMPORTANT THING TO SUCCESS IN THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO GROW. I THINK THAT WE ARE DILIGENTLY
THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO GROW. I THINK THAT WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THESE CRIME ISSUES,
I THINK THAT WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THESE CRIME ISSUES, AND WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS,
WORKING ON THESE CRIME ISSUES, AND WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS, SLOWLY BY SURELY.
AND WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS, SLOWLY BY SURELY. THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I
SLOWLY BY SURELY. THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN PEORIA IS OUR SCHOOLS.
THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN PEORIA IS OUR SCHOOLS. IN THE SAME WAY THERE IS
PEORIA IS OUR SCHOOLS. IN THE SAME WAY THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A PERCEPTION PROBLEM
IN THE SAME WAY THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A PERCEPTION PROBLEM IN CRIME, THERE IS ALSO
SOMEWHAT OF A PERCEPTION PROBLEM IN CRIME, THERE IS ALSO PERCEPTION PROBLEM WITH OUR
IN CRIME, THERE IS ALSO PERCEPTION PROBLEM WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT IS REAL OR
PERCEPTION PROBLEM WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT IS REAL OR PERCEIVED, IT NEEDS TO BE
SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT IS REAL OR PERCEIVED, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
PERCEIVED, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. >> DO YOU EXPECT THE SUBJECT OF
ADDRESSED. >> DO YOU EXPECT THE SUBJECT OF T.I.F.S TO COME UP. EVERY TIME
>> DO YOU EXPECT THE SUBJECT OF T.I.F.S TO COME UP. EVERY TIME YOU CREATE A T.I.F., YOU FREEZE
T.I.F.S TO COME UP. EVERY TIME YOU CREATE A T.I.F., YOU FREEZE THE INCOME TANT OF DISTRICT 150.
YOU CREATE A T.I.F., YOU FREEZE THE INCOME TANT OF DISTRICT 150. >> I DON'T KNOW IN THIS MEETING
THE INCOME TANT OF DISTRICT 150. >> I DON'T KNOW IN THIS MEETING NEXT TUESDAY WE WILL BE
>> I DON'T KNOW IN THIS MEETING NEXT TUESDAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING T.I.F.S TO THE CREDIT
NEXT TUESDAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING T.I.F.S TO THE CREDIT OF THE CITY MANAGER, WITH THE
DISCUSSING T.I.F.S TO THE CREDIT OF THE CITY MANAGER, WITH THE TWO RECENT T.I.F.S WE DID
OF THE CITY MANAGER, WITH THE TWO RECENT T.I.F.S WE DID APPROVE, EAGLE VIEW AND
TWO RECENT T.I.F.S WE DID APPROVE, EAGLE VIEW AND WAREHOUSE T.I.F., OUR CITY
APPROVE, EAGLE VIEW AND WAREHOUSE T.I.F., OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF SPENT A LOT OF
WAREHOUSE T.I.F., OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH DISTRICT 150 AND THE
MANAGER AND STAFF SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH DISTRICT 150 AND THE OTHER TAXING BODIES TO REALLY
TIME WITH DISTRICT 150 AND THE OTHER TAXING BODIES TO REALLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE
OTHER TAXING BODIES TO REALLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE T.I.F.S
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE T.I.F.S AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO, WHAT
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE T.I.F.S AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACTS THEY MAY OR MAY
AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACTS THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE.
TYPE OF IMPACTS THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME
NOT HAVE. AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME DISTRICT 150 WAS UNDERSTANDING
AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME DISTRICT 150 WAS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO
DISTRICT 150 WAS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE T.I.F.S.
OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE T.I.F.S. THERE WAS A LITTLE WILL BY THE
ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE T.I.F.S. THERE WAS A LITTLE WILL BY THE OF NEOGTIATING ON HOW THEY WERE
THERE WAS A LITTLE WILL BY THE OF NEOGTIATING ON HOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY STRUCTURED AT THE END,
OF NEOGTIATING ON HOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY STRUCTURED AT THE END, AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE
ACTUALLY STRUCTURED AT THE END, AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE T.I.F.S.
AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE T.I.F.S. I DON'T KNOW EXPECT T.I.F. TO
SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE T.I.F.S. I DON'T KNOW EXPECT T.I.F. TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION DURING THAT
I DON'T KNOW EXPECT T.I.F. TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION DURING THAT MEETING NEXT WEEK.
HAVE ANY DISCUSSION DURING THAT MEETING NEXT WEEK. >> LET'S BACK IT UP WITH SOME
MEETING NEXT WEEK. >> LET'S BACK IT UP WITH SOME NUMBERS.
>> LET'S BACK IT UP WITH SOME NUMBERS. THE WAREHOUSE T.I.F., THE LAST
NUMBERS. THE WAREHOUSE T.I.F., THE LAST FIVE YEARS GREW 1.88%, PROPERTY
THE WAREHOUSE T.I.F., THE LAST FIVE YEARS GREW 1.88%, PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED 1.88% WHICH IS
FIVE YEARS GREW 1.88%, PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED 1.88% WHICH IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE
VALUES INCREASED 1.88% WHICH IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE SATURDAY'S OVER ALL PROPERTY TAX
MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE SATURDAY'S OVER ALL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT OF 5 TO 6%.
SATURDAY'S OVER ALL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT OF 5 TO 6%. THE BULK OF THAT BEING IN THE
CREDIT OF 5 TO 6%. THE BULK OF THAT BEING IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
THE BULK OF THAT BEING IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT. THE WAY THE T.I.F. WAS
FIFTH DISTRICT. THE WAY THE T.I.F. WAS STRUCTURED IS THAT THE SCHOOL
THE WAY THE T.I.F. WAS STRUCTURED IS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO GET
STRUCTURED IS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO GET THAT 1.88%.
DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO GET THAT 1.88%. WHAT THEY WOULDN'T GET WOULD BE
THAT 1.88%. WHAT THEY WOULDN'T GET WOULD BE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS
WHAT THEY WOULDN'T GET WOULD BE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS THAT WILL REINVESTED IN THAT
ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS THAT WILL REINVESTED IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT REININVESTMENT
THAT WILL REINVESTED IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT REININVESTMENT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT
AREA BECAUSE THAT REININVESTMENT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT.
WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT. SO THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT. SO THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING
SO THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING INCLUDING THE INFLATION.
GET WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING INCLUDING THE INFLATION. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY WON'T
INCLUDING THE INFLATION. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY WON'T FOR PERIOD OF TIME IS THE NEW
THE ONLY THING THAT THEY WON'T FOR PERIOD OF TIME IS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL OCCUR.
FOR PERIOD OF TIME IS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL OCCUR. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AT THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL OCCUR. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AT THE END OF THE T.I.F., AND WE HAVE
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AT THE END OF THE T.I.F., AND WE HAVE AGREED TO LIMIT THE LIFE OF THE
END OF THE T.I.F., AND WE HAVE AGREED TO LIMIT THE LIFE OF THE T.I.F. TO THE 23 YEARS IS AT
AGREED TO LIMIT THE LIFE OF THE T.I.F. TO THE 23 YEARS IS AT THAT POINT IT WILL COME ON THE
T.I.F. TO THE 23 YEARS IS AT THAT POINT IT WILL COME ON THE TAX ROLL.
THAT POINT IT WILL COME ON THE TAX ROLL. ABSENT THIS HAPPENING, NOTHING
TAX ROLL. ABSENT THIS HAPPENING, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THAT T.I.F.
ABSENT THIS HAPPENING, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THAT T.I.F. IN OUR OPINION BECAUSE THERE IS
WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THAT T.I.F. IN OUR OPINION BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NOT -- THERE IS JUST NOT
IN OUR OPINION BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NOT -- THERE IS JUST NOT THE ACTIVITY IN THOSE AREAS.
JUST NOT -- THERE IS JUST NOT THE ACTIVITY IN THOSE AREAS. >> IS THERE ACTIVITY NOW?
THE ACTIVITY IN THOSE AREAS. >> IS THERE ACTIVITY NOW? >> THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST.
>> IS THERE ACTIVITY NOW? >> THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST. WE WON'T BE -- THE FIRST VERY
>> THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST. WE WON'T BE -- THE FIRST VERY SMALL AGREEMENT WILL BE
WE WON'T BE -- THE FIRST VERY SMALL AGREEMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL TOMORROW
SMALL AGREEMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL TOMORROW EVENING. WE EXPECT WITHIN THE
CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL TOMORROW EVENING. WE EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO A PROPOSAL TO
EVENING. WE EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO A PROPOSAL TO BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL AS IT
NEXT MONTH OR TWO A PROPOSAL TO BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO THE BUILDING OWNED BY
BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO THE BUILDING OWNED BY DISTRICT 150 ADJACENT TO LUCAS
RELATES TO THE BUILDING OWNED BY DISTRICT 150 ADJACENT TO LUCAS AND SONS DOWN IN THE WAREHOUSE
DISTRICT 150 ADJACENT TO LUCAS AND SONS DOWN IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
AND SONS DOWN IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. WE ARE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF
DISTRICT. WE ARE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET
WE ARE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET THINGS STARTED.
OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET THINGS STARTED. >> FOR YOUR BENEFIT, IN THE
THINGS STARTED. >> FOR YOUR BENEFIT, IN THE AUDIENCE, WE TAPED THIS ON
>> FOR YOUR BENEFIT, IN THE AUDIENCE, WE TAPED THIS ON MONDAY.
AUDIENCE, WE TAPED THIS ON MONDAY. TOMORROW NIGHT HAS ALREADY COME
MONDAY. TOMORROW NIGHT HAS ALREADY COME AND GONE. I ASSUME THE APPROVAL
TOMORROW NIGHT HAS ALREADY COME AND GONE. I ASSUME THE APPROVAL MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
AND GONE. I ASSUME THE APPROVAL MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. LET'S STAY DOWNTOWN AND TALK
MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. LET'S STAY DOWNTOWN AND TALK ABOUT 4:00 O'CLOCK LICENSE FOR
LET'S STAY DOWNTOWN AND TALK ABOUT 4:00 O'CLOCK LICENSE FOR BARS.
ABOUT 4:00 O'CLOCK LICENSE FOR BARS. ERIC TURNER, DEPUTY LIQUOR
BARS. ERIC TURNER, DEPUTY LIQUOR COMMISSIONER, HE HAS RECOMMENDED
ERIC TURNER, DEPUTY LIQUOR COMMISSIONER, HE HAS RECOMMENDED THERE BE AT LEAST AN EXPANSION
COMMISSIONER, HE HAS RECOMMENDED THERE BE AT LEAST AN EXPANSION NOT QUITE AS FAR AS OTHERS HAVE
THERE BE AT LEAST AN EXPANSION NOT QUITE AS FAR AS OTHERS HAVE WANTED.
NOT QUITE AS FAR AS OTHERS HAVE WANTED. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE POLICE
WANTED. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? >> WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEPARTMENT? >> WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING POLICE COVERAGE
>> WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING POLICE COVERAGE WHEREVER THAT AREA EXPANDS TO.
PROVIDING POLICE COVERAGE WHEREVER THAT AREA EXPANDS TO. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL
WHEREVER THAT AREA EXPANDS TO. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY -- IT WILL ACTUALLY
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY -- IT WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN LESS POLICE PROBLEMS
ACTUALLY -- IT WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN LESS POLICE PROBLEMS THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
RESULT IN LESS POLICE PROBLEMS THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. MY HOPE IS THAT WE WON'T SEE A
THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. MY HOPE IS THAT WE WON'T SEE A GREAT NUMBER OF NEW PATRONS COME
MY HOPE IS THAT WE WON'T SEE A GREAT NUMBER OF NEW PATRONS COME OG OUT FOR 4:00 A.M.'S, BUT IT
GREAT NUMBER OF NEW PATRONS COME OG OUT FOR 4:00 A.M.'S, BUT IT WILL HELP SPREAD THE CURRENT
OG OUT FOR 4:00 A.M.'S, BUT IT WILL HELP SPREAD THE CURRENT PATRONS OUT WE HAVE.
WILL HELP SPREAD THE CURRENT PATRONS OUT WE HAVE. AS COUNCILMAN TURNER POINTED
PATRONS OUT WE HAVE. AS COUNCILMAN TURNER POINTED OUT, IT IS HIS HE BELIEF THERE
AS COUNCILMAN TURNER POINTED OUT, IT IS HIS HE BELIEF THERE IS A NEED FOR EXPANDED AREA THAT
OUT, IT IS HIS HE BELIEF THERE IS A NEED FOR EXPANDED AREA THAT WILL CATER TO -- IT HAS BEEN
IS A NEED FOR EXPANDED AREA THAT WILL CATER TO -- IT HAS BEEN POSED IS IT A BLACK AND WHITE
WILL CATER TO -- IT HAS BEEN POSED IS IT A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE?
POSED IS IT A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE? I THINK IT IS MORE A CULTURE
ISSUE? I THINK IT IS MORE A CULTURE ISSUE THAN RACE.
I THINK IT IS MORE A CULTURE ISSUE THAN RACE. I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A
ISSUE THAN RACE. I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A CLUB THAT WILL CATER TO THE
I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A CLUB THAT WILL CATER TO THE HIP-HOP CROWD.
CLUB THAT WILL CATER TO THE HIP-HOP CROWD. ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH HIP-
HIP-HOP CROWD. ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH HIP- HIP-HOP, KNOWS IT IS NOT PURELY
ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH HIP- HIP-HOP, KNOWS IT IS NOT PURELY BLACK OR WHITE.
HIP-HOP, KNOWS IT IS NOT PURELY BLACK OR WHITE. IT IS A MIXTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE
BLACK OR WHITE. IT IS A MIXTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE NEED
IT IS A MIXTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE NEED IS, AND OUR CONCERN FROM THE LAW
THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE NEED IS, AND OUR CONCERN FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE IS THAT THAT
IS, AND OUR CONCERN FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE IS THAT THAT AREA BE RELATIVELY SMALL IN
ENFORCEMENT SIDE IS THAT THAT AREA BE RELATIVELY SMALL IN SIZE, AND THAT IT BE CLOSE TO
AREA BE RELATIVELY SMALL IN SIZE, AND THAT IT BE CLOSE TO THE CURRENT 4:00 A.M. ZONE
SIZE, AND THAT IT BE CLOSE TO THE CURRENT 4:00 A.M. ZONE NEITHER DOWNTOWN.
THE CURRENT 4:00 A.M. ZONE NEITHER DOWNTOWN. >> MAYOR, LET'S GO BACK TO THE
NEITHER DOWNTOWN. >> MAYOR, LET'S GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL FOR JUST A MOMENT.
>> MAYOR, LET'S GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL FOR JUST A MOMENT. BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO TALK
SCHOOL FOR JUST A MOMENT. BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT.
BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT. YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG PROMOTER OF
ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT. YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG PROMOTER OF PEORIA PROMISE.
YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG PROMOTER OF PEORIA PROMISE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WOULD
PEORIA PROMISE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN PEORIA
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN PEORIA PROMISE AND WHAT THE PROSPECTS
YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN PEORIA PROMISE AND WHAT THE PROSPECTS FOR IT ARE.
PROMISE AND WHAT THE PROSPECTS FOR IT ARE. >> H, WE TOOK THE IDEA FOR
FOR IT ARE. >> H, WE TOOK THE IDEA FOR PEORIA PROMISE FROM KALAMAZOO,
>> H, WE TOOK THE IDEA FOR PEORIA PROMISE FROM KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, WHO WERE THE
PEORIA PROMISE FROM KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, WHO WERE THE BENEFACTORS OF PRETTY LARGE
MICHIGAN, WHO WERE THE BENEFACTORS OF PRETTY LARGE ENDOWMENT, 60 OR $70 MILLION
BENEFACTORS OF PRETTY LARGE ENDOWMENT, 60 OR $70 MILLION WHICH HAS OFFERED THE STUDENTS
ENDOWMENT, 60 OR $70 MILLION WHICH HAS OFFERED THE STUDENTS IN KALAMAZOO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WHICH HAS OFFERED THE STUDENTS IN KALAMAZOO AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A COLLEGE FOUR YEARS FOR
IN KALAMAZOO AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A COLLEGE FOUR YEARS FOR FREE.
ATTEND A COLLEGE FOUR YEARS FOR FREE. WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE
FREE. WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE PROMISING PARTS OF THAT PROGRAM
WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE PROMISING PARTS OF THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT IT WOULD OFFER TO THE
PROMISING PARTS OF THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT IT WOULD OFFER TO THE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IF
AND WHAT IT WOULD OFFER TO THE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THE END OF THE SUCCESSFUL HIGH
KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THE END OF THE SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, THEY HAD AN
THE END OF THE SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY KNOWING IN ADVANCE
SCHOOL CAREER, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY KNOWING IN ADVANCE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY KNOWING IN ADVANCE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE.
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE. AS WE ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE
FREE. AS WE ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE ISSUES IN PEORIA, CRIME, AND
AS WE ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE ISSUES IN PEORIA, CRIME, AND SOME OF THE STRUGGLING
ISSUES IN PEORIA, CRIME, AND SOME OF THE STRUGGLING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO ON, WE FIND
SOME OF THE STRUGGLING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO ON, WE FIND A LOT OF THESE SOCIETAL ISSUES
NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO ON, WE FIND A LOT OF THESE SOCIETAL ISSUES GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT A LOT
A LOT OF THESE SOCIETAL ISSUES GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE KIDS DON'T HAVE HOPE.
GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE KIDS DON'T HAVE HOPE. THEY DON'T HAVE HOPE THAT THEY
OF THESE KIDS DON'T HAVE HOPE. THEY DON'T HAVE HOPE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH
THEY DON'T HAVE HOPE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH SCHOOL, GET A GOOD EDUCATION,
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH SCHOOL, GET A GOOD EDUCATION, GET A GOOD JOB BE AND BE
SCHOOL, GET A GOOD EDUCATION, GET A GOOD JOB BE AND BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
GET A GOOD JOB BE AND BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. KALAMAZOO HAS BEEN VERY
PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. KALAMAZOO HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST COUPLE
KALAMAZOO HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM, NOT
SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM, NOT ONLY PUTTING A LOT OF THEIR KIDS
OF YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM, NOT ONLY PUTTING A LOT OF THEIR KIDS IN COLLEGE, BUT ALSO ATTRACTING
ONLY PUTTING A LOT OF THEIR KIDS IN COLLEGE, BUT ALSO ATTRACTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CITY OF
IN COLLEGE, BUT ALSO ATTRACTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO TO LIVE BECAUSE
PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO TO LIVE BECAUSE RESIDENCY IS A REQUIREMENT.
KALAMAZOO TO LIVE BECAUSE RESIDENCY IS A REQUIREMENT. SO WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE OFF ON
RESIDENCY IS A REQUIREMENT. SO WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE OFF ON THAT.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE OFF ON THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF A
THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF A HUGE ENDOWMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF A HUGE ENDOWMENT. WE ARE OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS IN
HUGE ENDOWMENT. WE ARE OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND
WE ARE OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO RAISE MONEY.
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO RAISE MONEY. WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE
TRYING TO RAISE MONEY. WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE THE FUNDING TO
WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE THE FUNDING TO START THIS PROGRAM IN THE FALL
ABLE TO SECURE THE FUNDING TO START THIS PROGRAM IN THE FALL OF 2008.
START THIS PROGRAM IN THE FALL OF 2008. >> FOR DISTRICT 150 OR FOR ALL
OF 2008. >> FOR DISTRICT 150 OR FOR ALL SCHOOL -- I THINK THERE MAY BE
>> FOR DISTRICT 150 OR FOR ALL SCHOOL -- I THINK THERE MAY BE THREE OR FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL
SCHOOL -- I THINK THERE MAY BE THREE OR FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
THREE OR FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. >> IF THEY HAVE A PEORIA
SYSTEMS. >> IF THEY HAVE A PEORIA ADDRESS, AND IF THEY LIVE IN
>> IF THEY HAVE A PEORIA ADDRESS, AND IF THEY LIVE IN PEORIA, THERE IS SOME PEOPLE
ADDRESS, AND IF THEY LIVE IN PEORIA, THERE IS SOME PEOPLE LIVING -- HAVE PEORIA ADDRESSES
PEORIA, THERE IS SOME PEOPLE LIVING -- HAVE PEORIA ADDRESSES THAT GO TO DUNLAP SCHOOL OR
LIVING -- HAVE PEORIA ADDRESSES THAT GO TO DUNLAP SCHOOL OR PEORIA HEIGHTS.
THAT GO TO DUNLAP SCHOOL OR PEORIA HEIGHTS. THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE
PEORIA HEIGHTS. THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE CITY AND DON'T
THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE CITY AND DON'T GO TO DISTRICT 150 SCHOOL.
THEY LIVE IN THE CITY AND DON'T GO TO DISTRICT 150 SCHOOL. OUR HOPES ARE THE FUNDRAISING IS
GO TO DISTRICT 150 SCHOOL. OUR HOPES ARE THE FUNDRAISING IS SUCCESSFUL, MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN
OUR HOPES ARE THE FUNDRAISING IS SUCCESSFUL, MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE'D HOPED TO.
SUCCESSFUL, MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE'D HOPED TO. WE CAN OPEN THIS UP TO ANY
WE'D HOPED TO. WE CAN OPEN THIS UP TO ANY STUDENT AT ANY SCHOOL IN THE
WE CAN OPEN THIS UP TO ANY STUDENT AT ANY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF PEORIA.
STUDENT AT ANY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF PEORIA. >> THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT 5%
CITY OF PEORIA. >> THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT 5% UTILITY TAX, AT LEAST IN PART TO
>> THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT 5% UTILITY TAX, AT LEAST IN PART TO REPLACE THE GARBAGE TAX.
UTILITY TAX, AT LEAST IN PART TO REPLACE THE GARBAGE TAX. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THAT?
REPLACE THE GARBAGE TAX. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THAT? >> H, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF KIND
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THAT? >> H, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF KIND OF PIECE MEALING SOME TYPE OF A
>> H, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF KIND OF PIECE MEALING SOME TYPE OF A TAX SCHEME TOGETHER TO MAKE UP
OF PIECE MEALING SOME TYPE OF A TAX SCHEME TOGETHER TO MAKE UP FOR THE GARBAGE TAX WHICH I
TAX SCHEME TOGETHER TO MAKE UP FOR THE GARBAGE TAX WHICH I DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT YEARS AGO
FOR THE GARBAGE TAX WHICH I DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT YEARS AGO WHEN WE INSTITUTED IT.
DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT YEARS AGO WHEN WE INSTITUTED IT. I STILL DON'T HAVE A STRONG
WHEN WE INSTITUTED IT. I STILL DON'T HAVE A STRONG TASTE FOR IT.
I STILL DON'T HAVE A STRONG TASTE FOR IT. BUT IT EQUATES TO $2.3 MILLION
TASTE FOR IT. BUT IT EQUATES TO $2.3 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET.
BUT IT EQUATES TO $2.3 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET. A 5% TAX ON WATER WILL COVER
IN OUR BUDGET. A 5% TAX ON WATER WILL COVER ABOUT HALF THAT.
A 5% TAX ON WATER WILL COVER ABOUT HALF THAT. I DON'T SEE A LOT OF VALUE IN
ABOUT HALF THAT. I DON'T SEE A LOT OF VALUE IN PIECE MEALING DIFFERENT TYPES OF
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF VALUE IN PIECE MEALING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAXES TOGETHER IF AT THE END OF
PIECE MEALING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAXES TOGETHER IF AT THE END OF THE PROJECT IT IS ANNETTE ZERO
TAXES TOGETHER IF AT THE END OF THE PROJECT IT IS ANNETTE ZERO GAIN.
THE PROJECT IT IS ANNETTE ZERO GAIN. I THINK IT IS CONFUSING.
GAIN. I THINK IT IS CONFUSING. I THINK IT SENDS OUT A MESSAGE
I THINK IT IS CONFUSING. I THINK IT SENDS OUT A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE TAXING EVERYTHING.
I THINK IT SENDS OUT A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE TAXING EVERYTHING. UNLESS WE CAN COME UP WITH A
THAT WE ARE TAXING EVERYTHING. UNLESS WE CAN COME UP WITH A REVENUE STREAM TO REPLACE THAT
UNLESS WE CAN COME UP WITH A REVENUE STREAM TO REPLACE THAT IN FULL, THAT IS MAYBE MORE FAIR
REVENUE STREAM TO REPLACE THAT IN FULL, THAT IS MAYBE MORE FAIR OR MORE PAL AT THATTABLE.
IN FULL, THAT IS MAYBE MORE FAIR OR MORE PAL AT THATTABLE. I AM NOT JUSTIFYING THE 5%
OR MORE PAL AT THATTABLE. I AM NOT JUSTIFYING THE 5% UTILITY.
I AM NOT JUSTIFYING THE 5% UTILITY. >> LET'S STAY ON THE HAD SUBJECT
UTILITY. >> LET'S STAY ON THE HAD SUBJECT OF UTILITIES, ILLINOIS AMERICAN
>> LET'S STAY ON THE HAD SUBJECT OF UTILITIES, ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY HAS COME OUT
OF UTILITIES, ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY HAS COME OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
WATER COMPANY HAS COME OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WHERE THEY HAVE PROPERTIES WITH
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WHERE THEY HAVE PROPERTIES WITH VARYING INCREASES, 20%, PEKIN A
WHERE THEY HAVE PROPERTIES WITH VARYING INCREASES, 20%, PEKIN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
VARYING INCREASES, 20%, PEKIN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. IS THE CITY OF PEORIA GOING TO
LITTLE BIT HIGHER. IS THE CITY OF PEORIA GOING TO BE ACTIVE AT ALL IN TAKING A
IS THE CITY OF PEORIA GOING TO BE ACTIVE AT ALL IN TAKING A POSITION WITH REGARD TO THAT
BE ACTIVE AT ALL IN TAKING A POSITION WITH REGARD TO THAT INCREASE REQUEST?
POSITION WITH REGARD TO THAT INCREASE REQUEST? >> THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT
INCREASE REQUEST? >> THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE.
>> THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE. I MEAN ILLINOIS AMERICAN IS A
CITY COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE. I MEAN ILLINOIS AMERICAN IS A PRIVATE COMPANY.
I MEAN ILLINOIS AMERICAN IS A PRIVATE COMPANY. THEY ARE REGULATED BY THE
PRIVATE COMPANY. THEY ARE REGULATED BY THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION.
THEY ARE REGULATED BY THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS IN
ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS IN CHARGE, TO DETERMINE THEY GET A
THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS IN CHARGE, TO DETERMINE THEY GET A REASONABLE RATE OF RETURN, AND
CHARGE, TO DETERMINE THEY GET A REASONABLE RATE OF RETURN, AND THEY WILL REVIEW THE RATE
REASONABLE RATE OF RETURN, AND THEY WILL REVIEW THE RATE INCREASES.
THEY WILL REVIEW THE RATE INCREASES. IT WILL TAKE SOME ANALYSIS TO
INCREASES. IT WILL TAKE SOME ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE EQUITY AS RELATES
IT WILL TAKE SOME ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE EQUITY AS RELATES TO WHETHER IT IS FAIR OR NOT, I
DETERMINE THE EQUITY AS RELATES TO WHETHER IT IS FAIR OR NOT, I WOULD HOPE THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE
TO WHETHER IT IS FAIR OR NOT, I WOULD HOPE THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION WILL BE DUE DILIGENT
WOULD HOPE THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION WILL BE DUE DILIGENT AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RATE
COMMISSION WILL BE DUE DILIGENT AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RATE STRUCTURES THAT VARIOUS
AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RATE STRUCTURES THAT VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ENTITIES USE.
STRUCTURES THAT VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ENTITIES USE. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIES AND ENTITIES USE. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME COMMUNITIES USE LIFE LINE RATE WHERE THE
FOR EXAMPLE, SOME COMMUNITIES USE LIFE LINE RATE WHERE THE PEOPLE THEY ASSUME 3,000 GALLONS
USE LIFE LINE RATE WHERE THE PEOPLE THEY ASSUME 3,000 GALLONS IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE,
PEOPLE THEY ASSUME 3,000 GALLONS IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE, A THEY CHARGE VERY MODEST AMOUNT
IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE, A THEY CHARGE VERY MODEST AMOUNT FOR THAT.
A THEY CHARGE VERY MODEST AMOUNT FOR THAT. LARGER USERS PAY A GREATER
FOR THAT. LARGER USERS PAY A GREATER AMOUNT.
LARGER USERS PAY A GREATER AMOUNT. SO I THINK THAT'S POLICY
AMOUNT. SO I THINK THAT'S POLICY DECISION THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE
SO I THINK THAT'S POLICY DECISION THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE, AND WE WILL BE
DECISION THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE, AND WE WILL BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THEM
TO DECIDE, AND WE WILL BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THEM WHICHEVER WAY THEY WANT TO GO.
PREPARED TO SUPPORT THEM WHICHEVER WAY THEY WANT TO GO. IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION,
WHICHEVER WAY THEY WANT TO GO. IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. >> H, LET ME STAY ON THAT REAL
WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. >> H, LET ME STAY ON THAT REAL QUICK. THERE IS A LOT OF
>> H, LET ME STAY ON THAT REAL QUICK. THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY AS
QUICK. THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR UTILITY RATES
DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR UTILITY RATES AND IT IS ALWAYS COMBINED, I
IT RELATES TO OUR UTILITY RATES AND IT IS ALWAYS COMBINED, I THINK, WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT
AND IT IS ALWAYS COMBINED, I THINK, WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE AN
THINK, WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE
EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE WATER COMPANY.
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE WATER COMPANY. BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE
WATER COMPANY. BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE COUNCIL -- WE ARE -- OUR
BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE COUNCIL -- WE ARE -- OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED
COUNCIL -- WE ARE -- OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH WHERE UTILITIES ARE GOING.
CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH WHERE UTILITIES ARE GOING. EVEN THOUGH, AS YOU MENTIONED,
WITH WHERE UTILITIES ARE GOING. EVEN THOUGH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS SHOW WILL BE BROADCAST
EVEN THOUGH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS SHOW WILL BE BROADCAST AFTER THE MEETING THIS WEEK, I
THIS SHOW WILL BE BROADCAST AFTER THE MEETING THIS WEEK, I DO THINK THERE WILL BE SOME
AFTER THE MEETING THIS WEEK, I DO THINK THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION TOMORROW NIGHT AND AN
DO THINK THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION TOMORROW NIGHT AND AN ACTUAL OFFER WILL BE MADE TO
DISCUSSION TOMORROW NIGHT AND AN ACTUAL OFFER WILL BE MADE TO ILLINOIS AMERICAN TO ASK THEIR
ACTUAL OFFER WILL BE MADE TO ILLINOIS AMERICAN TO ASK THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO COME AND
ILLINOIS AMERICAN TO ASK THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO COME AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE
REPRESENTATIVES TO COME AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SIX WEEKS AND
ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SIX WEEKS AND PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
NEXT MONTH OR SIX WEEKS AND PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS AND FOR THEM
PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS AND FOR THEM TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC EXACTLY
THEM SOME QUESTIONS AND FOR THEM TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC EXACTLY WHY THEY FEEL THAT THIS IS
TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC EXACTLY WHY THEY FEEL THAT THIS IS JUSTIFIED.
WHY THEY FEEL THAT THIS IS JUSTIFIED. SO WHETHER OR NOT AT THE END THE
JUSTIFIED. SO WHETHER OR NOT AT THE END THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY GETS
SO WHETHER OR NOT AT THE END THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY GETS FORMALLY INVOLVED WITH THIS
CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY GETS FORMALLY INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS, IT IS WAY TOO EARLY TO
FORMALLY INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS, IT IS WAY TOO EARLY TO TELL.
PROCESS, IT IS WAY TOO EARLY TO TELL. THIS WHOLE PROCESS TAKES CLOSE
TELL. THIS WHOLE PROCESS TAKES CLOSE TO A YEAR. BUT I THINK IN THE
THIS WHOLE PROCESS TAKES CLOSE TO A YEAR. BUT I THINK IN THE SHORT TERM, WE ARE GOING TO
TO A YEAR. BUT I THINK IN THE SHORT TERM, WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THE WATER REPRESENTATIVES
SHORT TERM, WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THE WATER REPRESENTATIVES TO TALK TO US, AND I AM VERY
INVITE THE WATER REPRESENTATIVES TO TALK TO US, AND I AM VERY CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE HERE TO
TO TALK TO US, AND I AM VERY CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE HERE TO TALK TO US.
CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE HERE TO TALK TO US. >> EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING
TALK TO US. >> EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES
>> EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE OVER ALL
ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE OVER ALL FEEL OF THE COMMUNITY.
THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE OVER ALL FEEL OF THE COMMUNITY. LET ME COME BACK TO THE VIOLENCE
FEEL OF THE COMMUNITY. LET ME COME BACK TO THE VIOLENCE QUESTION.
LET ME COME BACK TO THE VIOLENCE QUESTION. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ANTI
QUESTION. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ANTI VIOLENCE MARCHES.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ANTI VIOLENCE MARCHES. THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR A
VIOLENCE MARCHES. THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR A WEAPONS BUY-BACK, HANDGUN
THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR A WEAPONS BUY-BACK, HANDGUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM.
WEAPONS BUY-BACK, HANDGUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM. ARE THOSE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE IN
BUY-BACK PROGRAM. ARE THOSE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE IN YOUR OPINION, EITHER IN REDUCING
ARE THOSE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE IN YOUR OPINION, EITHER IN REDUCING CRIME OR AT LEAST GIVING THE
YOUR OPINION, EITHER IN REDUCING CRIME OR AT LEAST GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T WANT
CRIME OR AT LEAST GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T WANT CRIME?
IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T WANT CRIME? >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY
CRIME? >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THEIR GREATEST EFFECT IS
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THEIR GREATEST EFFECT IS MOBILIZING A COMMUNITY AND
WHERE THEIR GREATEST EFFECT IS MOBILIZING A COMMUNITY AND MAKING A BOLD STATEMENT.
MOBILIZING A COMMUNITY AND MAKING A BOLD STATEMENT. AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY
MAKING A BOLD STATEMENT. AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY ACTIVE, THAT'S WHERE I SEE VALUE
AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY ACTIVE, THAT'S WHERE I SEE VALUE IN IT.
ACTIVE, THAT'S WHERE I SEE VALUE IN IT. IT GETS THE HEADLINES FOCUSED ON
IN IT. IT GETS THE HEADLINES FOCUSED ON ON -- ON AN ODD WAY, THE
IT GETS THE HEADLINES FOCUSED ON ON -- ON AN ODD WAY, THE POSITIVE, THAT WE HAVE A
ON -- ON AN ODD WAY, THE POSITIVE, THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT STILL CARES, THAT
POSITIVE, THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT STILL CARES, THAT WANTS TO FIGHT FOR THE
COMMUNITY THAT STILL CARES, THAT WANTS TO FIGHT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WANTS TO FIGHT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN FIND CONFLICTING STUDIES
NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN FIND CONFLICTING STUDIES ABOUT GUN BUY BACKS, WHAT KIND
YOU CAN FIND CONFLICTING STUDIES ABOUT GUN BUY BACKS, WHAT KIND OF GUNS ARE THEY REALLY THE
ABOUT GUN BUY BACKS, WHAT KIND OF GUNS ARE THEY REALLY THE CRIMINAL'S GUNS?
OF GUNS ARE THEY REALLY THE CRIMINAL'S GUNS? DO THEY REDUCE VIOLENCE.
CRIMINAL'S GUNS? DO THEY REDUCE VIOLENCE. I THINK THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT
DO THEY REDUCE VIOLENCE. I THINK THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT ONE.
I THINK THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT ONE. I WELCOME THAT EFFORT, IT TEAMS
ONE. I WELCOME THAT EFFORT, IT TEAMS TELLS ME, AND THE REST OF THE
I WELCOME THAT EFFORT, IT TEAMS TELLS ME, AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY OF PEORIA, AS A CITY
TELLS ME, AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY OF PEORIA, AS A CITY AND COMMUNITY WE HAVE NOT GIVEN
COMMUNITY OF PEORIA, AS A CITY AND COMMUNITY WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP.
AND COMMUNITY WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP. WE WILL KEEP TRYING EVERYTHING
UP. WE WILL KEEP TRYING EVERYTHING WE CAN FEASIBLY TRY TO CONTINUE
WE WILL KEEP TRYING EVERYTHING WE CAN FEASIBLY TRY TO CONTINUE ON THE RIGHT ROAD AND CONTINUE
WE CAN FEASIBLY TRY TO CONTINUE ON THE RIGHT ROAD AND CONTINUE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR
ON THE RIGHT ROAD AND CONTINUE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> LET'S TURN TO THE QUESTION OF
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> LET'S TURN TO THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTION OR MAYBE LACK THERE
>> LET'S TURN TO THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTION OR MAYBE LACK THERE OF ON TWO ISSUES: NUMBER
CONSTRUCTION OR MAYBE LACK THERE OF ON TWO ISSUES: NUMBER ONE, WITH THE STATUS AS FAR AS
OF ON TWO ISSUES: NUMBER ONE, WITH THE STATUS AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED WITH A
ONE, WITH THE STATUS AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED WITH A FULL SERVICE HOTEL ADJACENT TO
THE CITY IS CONCERNED WITH A FULL SERVICE HOTEL ADJACENT TO THE CIVIC CENTER, AND THEN I'D
FULL SERVICE HOTEL ADJACENT TO THE CIVIC CENTER, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THE CIVIC CENTER, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MUSEUM
LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MUSEUM SQUARE AS IT IS CALLED.
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MUSEUM SQUARE AS IT IS CALLED. I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
SQUARE AS IT IS CALLED. I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO QUESTION WHETHER THAT MIGHT EVEN
I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO QUESTION WHETHER THAT MIGHT EVEN HAPPEN.
QUESTION WHETHER THAT MIGHT EVEN HAPPEN. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL
HAPPEN. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL FIRST.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL FIRST. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL.
FIRST. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL. BEFORE THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOTEL. BEFORE THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
BEFORE THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION IN PEORIA IS STILL
CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION IN PEORIA IS STILL STRONG.
CONSTRUCTION IN PEORIA IS STILL STRONG. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THERE IS A
STRONG. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THERE IS A CRANE EVERY THREE BLOCKS BETWEEN
IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THERE IS A CRANE EVERY THREE BLOCKS BETWEEN OSF AND THE MEDICAL CAMPUS AT
CRANE EVERY THREE BLOCKS BETWEEN OSF AND THE MEDICAL CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND
OSF AND THE MEDICAL CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND OTHER PROJECTS DOWNTOWN, AND THE
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND OTHER PROJECTS DOWNTOWN, AND THE HOUSING INDUSTRY IN PEORIA IS
OTHER PROJECTS DOWNTOWN, AND THE HOUSING INDUSTRY IN PEORIA IS DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
HOUSING INDUSTRY IN PEORIA IS DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.
HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. SO FROM AN OVER ALL CONSTRUCTION
COUNTRY. SO FROM AN OVER ALL CONSTRUCTION POINT, WE ARE DOING WELL.
SO FROM AN OVER ALL CONSTRUCTION POINT, WE ARE DOING WELL. LET ME GET A NUMBER.
POINT, WE ARE DOING WELL. LET ME GET A NUMBER. CRAIG HULLINGER HAS A MAP OF THE
LET ME GET A NUMBER. CRAIG HULLINGER HAS A MAP OF THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA 1 POINT
CRAIG HULLINGER HAS A MAP OF THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA 1 POINT SOMETHING BILLION CONSTRUCTION
GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA 1 POINT SOMETHING BILLION CONSTRUCTION IN A TWO YEAR WINDOW.
SOMETHING BILLION CONSTRUCTION IN A TWO YEAR WINDOW. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
IN A TWO YEAR WINDOW. >> THAT'S CORRECT. ANOTHER THING, THIS FALL, THERE
>> THAT'S CORRECT. ANOTHER THING, THIS FALL, THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON
ANOTHER THING, THIS FALL, THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON THE LONG-TERM HEALTH FACILITY IN
WILL BE CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON THE LONG-TERM HEALTH FACILITY IN SOUTH TOWN THAT WILL BE CITY
THE LONG-TERM HEALTH FACILITY IN SOUTH TOWN THAT WILL BE CITY SOLD PROPERTY.
SOUTH TOWN THAT WILL BE CITY SOLD PROPERTY. THAT WILL START VERY SHORTLY.
SOLD PROPERTY. THAT WILL START VERY SHORTLY. THE MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS WILL
THAT WILL START VERY SHORTLY. THE MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS WILL BE HAVING RESEARCH ADDITION PUT
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS WILL BE HAVING RESEARCH ADDITION PUT ON. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL START
BE HAVING RESEARCH ADDITION PUT ON. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL START IN THE SPRING.
ON. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL START IN THE SPRING. THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCITING
IN THE SPRING. THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCITING ENDEAVORS GOING ON IN THE CITY
THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCITING ENDEAVORS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF PEORIA.
ENDEAVORS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF PEORIA. >> LET'S GO TO THE TWO THAT
OF PEORIA. >> LET'S GO TO THE TWO THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED.
>> LET'S GO TO THE TWO THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED. >> I DIDN'T WANT YOUR LISTENERS
HAVEN'T HAPPENED. >> I DIDN'T WANT YOUR LISTENERS TO THINK THERE WAS NO
>> I DIDN'T WANT YOUR LISTENERS TO THINK THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
TO THINK THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. IT IS EXPLODING.
CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. IT IS EXPLODING. ON THOSE TWO PARTICULAR
IT IS EXPLODING. ON THOSE TWO PARTICULAR PROJECTS, H, I HAVE ASKED
ON THOSE TWO PARTICULAR PROJECTS, H, I HAVE ASKED CATERPILLAR TO PUT TOGETHER A
PROJECTS, H, I HAVE ASKED CATERPILLAR TO PUT TOGETHER A SICK SIGMA TO PUT TOGETHER A
CATERPILLAR TO PUT TOGETHER A SICK SIGMA TO PUT TOGETHER A LOOK AT THE HOTEL SITUATION, AND
SICK SIGMA TO PUT TOGETHER A LOOK AT THE HOTEL SITUATION, AND RECOGNIZE THE DYNAMICS, DOING
LOOK AT THE HOTEL SITUATION, AND RECOGNIZE THE DYNAMICS, DOING MORE ROOMS, DOING MORE HIGH
RECOGNIZE THE DYNAMICS, DOING MORE ROOMS, DOING MORE HIGH QUALITY ROOMS, WHAT IMPACT WILL
MORE ROOMS, DOING MORE HIGH QUALITY ROOMS, WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON THE EXISTING
QUALITY ROOMS, WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN HOTEL OWNERS, WHAT
THAT HAVE ON THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN HOTEL OWNERS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP US
DOWNTOWN HOTEL OWNERS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP US UTILIZE THAT $55 MILLION
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP US UTILIZE THAT $55 MILLION EXPANSION AT THE CIVIC CENTER
UTILIZE THAT $55 MILLION EXPANSION AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND SO ON OF WE EXPECT THAT WE
EXPANSION AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND SO ON OF WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE SEEING THE RESULTS FROM
AND SO ON OF WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE SEEING THE RESULTS FROM THAT BACK IN THE NEXT PROBABLY
WILL BE SEEING THE RESULTS FROM THAT BACK IN THE NEXT PROBABLY 30 TO 45 DAYS WHICH REALLY WILL
THAT BACK IN THE NEXT PROBABLY 30 TO 45 DAYS WHICH REALLY WILL PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE CITY
30 TO 45 DAYS WHICH REALLY WILL PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE CIVIC CENTER
PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY AND OTHER INVESTORS IN
COUNCIL, BUT THE CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY AND OTHER INVESTORS IN HAVING SOME INFORMATION THAT
AUTHORITY AND OTHER INVESTORS IN HAVING SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP MAKE THAT DECISION
HAVING SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP MAKE THAT DECISION MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND
WILL HELP MAKE THAT DECISION MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND HOPEFULLY WITH LESS CONFLICT OF
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND HOPEFULLY WITH LESS CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IS THAT WE DIDN'T HIRE
HOPEFULLY WITH LESS CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IS THAT WE DIDN'T HIRE A CONSULTANT TO GIVE US THOSE
INTEREST, IS THAT WE DIDN'T HIRE A CONSULTANT TO GIVE US THOSE FIGURES.
A CONSULTANT TO GIVE US THOSE FIGURES. AS IT RELATES TO THE MUSEUM
FIGURES. AS IT RELATES TO THE MUSEUM BLOCK, WE RECENTLY EXTENDED
AS IT RELATES TO THE MUSEUM BLOCK, WE RECENTLY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE MUSEUM TO
BLOCK, WE RECENTLY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE MUSEUM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR PROJECT.
PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE MUSEUM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR PROJECT. I AM STILL VERY EXCITED AND
RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR PROJECT. I AM STILL VERY EXCITED AND STILL VERY ENERGIZED WE COULD
I AM STILL VERY EXCITED AND STILL VERY ENERGIZED WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A HUNDRED
STILL VERY ENERGIZED WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SPENT IN THAT
POTENTIALLY HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SPENT IN THAT BLOCK BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND ITS
MILLION DOLLARS SPENT IN THAT BLOCK BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND ITS ACTIVITIES AND CATERPILLAR
BLOCK BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND ITS ACTIVITIES AND CATERPILLAR VISITOR'S CENTER.
ACTIVITIES AND CATERPILLAR VISITOR'S CENTER. TIME WILL TELL IF THEY WILL BE
VISITOR'S CENTER. TIME WILL TELL IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE NEW MARKET TAX
TIME WILL TELL IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT THEY WILL NEED TO HELP
ABLE TO GET THE NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT THEY WILL NEED TO HELP THEM FINANCE THAT AND CONTINUE
CREDIT THEY WILL NEED TO HELP THEM FINANCE THAT AND CONTINUE WITH THEIR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING.
THEM FINANCE THAT AND CONTINUE WITH THEIR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING. REGARDLESS, THAT IS STILL AN
WITH THEIR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING. REGARDLESS, THAT IS STILL AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL
REGARDLESS, THAT IS STILL AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT I THINK THE PEORIANS
EXTREMELY VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT I THINK THE PEORIANS WILL SEE FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE
ESTATE THAT I THINK THE PEORIANS WILL SEE FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE COMING YEARS.
WILL SEE FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE COMING YEARS. >> LET ME READ A QUOTE FROM LAST
COMING YEARS. >> LET ME READ A QUOTE FROM LAST MAY WITH REGARD TO CUMULATIVE
>> LET ME READ A QUOTE FROM LAST MAY WITH REGARD TO CUMULATIVE VOTING, THIS IS FROM YOU, MAYOR.
MAY WITH REGARD TO CUMULATIVE VOTING, THIS IS FROM YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE
VOTING, THIS IS FROM YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER AT-LARGE ELECTION WITH
I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER AT-LARGE ELECTION WITH CUMULATIVE VOTING.
ANOTHER AT-LARGE ELECTION WITH CUMULATIVE VOTING. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE CUMULATIVE
CUMULATIVE VOTING. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE CUMULATIVE VOTING OR ARE THERE EFFORTS TO
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE CUMULATIVE VOTING OR ARE THERE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE IT?
VOTING OR ARE THERE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE IT? >> I WILL STICK BY THAT QUOTE
ELIMINATE IT? >> I WILL STICK BY THAT QUOTE AND SAY I DON'T THINK WE DO.
>> I WILL STICK BY THAT QUOTE AND SAY I DON'T THINK WE DO. IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS BEING
AND SAY I DON'T THINK WE DO. IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS BEING DONE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS BEING DONE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP
DONE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP THAT IS LOOKING AT THE
ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP THAT IS LOOKING AT THE CUMULATIVE VOTING SITUATION.
THAT IS LOOKING AT THE CUMULATIVE VOTING SITUATION. THEY ARE TRYING TO GAUGE THE
CUMULATIVE VOTING SITUATION. THEY ARE TRYING TO GAUGE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR LOOKING AT
THEY ARE TRYING TO GAUGE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR LOOKING AT A NEW SYSTEM WHICH IS BEING
LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR LOOKING AT A NEW SYSTEM WHICH IS BEING EMBRACED BY EVERY ONE. I THINK
A NEW SYSTEM WHICH IS BEING EMBRACED BY EVERY ONE. I THINK CLEARLY NO ONE HAS TALKED ABOUT
EMBRACED BY EVERY ONE. I THINK CLEARLY NO ONE HAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE ORIGINAL GOALS FOR
CLEARLY NO ONE HAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE ORIGINAL GOALS FOR CUMULATIVE VOTING BEING
WHAT THE ORIGINAL GOALS FOR CUMULATIVE VOTING BEING SUCCESSFUL.
CUMULATIVE VOTING BEING SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION
SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION WE HAVE GOT OVER TWO YEARS -- OR
WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION WE HAVE GOT OVER TWO YEARS -- OR RIGHT AT TWO YEARS BEFORE THE
WE HAVE GOT OVER TWO YEARS -- OR RIGHT AT TWO YEARS BEFORE THE NEXT -- ACTUALLY WE HAVE GOT
RIGHT AT TWO YEARS BEFORE THE NEXT -- ACTUALLY WE HAVE GOT ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS
NEXT -- ACTUALLY WE HAVE GOT ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE THE NEXT CUMULATIVE
ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE THE NEXT CUMULATIVE RAISE.
BEFORE THE NEXT CUMULATIVE RAISE. I THINK WE WILL HAVE A NEW
RAISE. I THINK WE WILL HAVE A NEW VOTING MODEL BY THEN.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE A NEW VOTING MODEL BY THEN. >> IN THE COUPLE OF MINUTES
VOTING MODEL BY THEN. >> IN THE COUPLE OF MINUTES REMAINING, LET ME READ FROM
>> IN THE COUPLE OF MINUTES REMAINING, LET ME READ FROM JERRY KLEIN COLUMN IN SUNDAY'S
REMAINING, LET ME READ FROM JERRY KLEIN COLUMN IN SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER, THE JOURNAL STAR, AND
JERRY KLEIN COLUMN IN SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER, THE JOURNAL STAR, AND THIS IS IN REGARD TO, JIM, YOU
NEWSPAPER, THE JOURNAL STAR, AND THIS IS IN REGARD TO, JIM, YOU SAID IN THE PAST, I WISH THE
THIS IS IN REGARD TO, JIM, YOU SAID IN THE PAST, I WISH THE MEDIA WOULD BE MORE BALANCED IN
SAID IN THE PAST, I WISH THE MEDIA WOULD BE MORE BALANCED IN ITS REPORTING THINKING IT IS TOO
MEDIA WOULD BE MORE BALANCED IN ITS REPORTING THINKING IT IS TOO NEGATIVE.
ITS REPORTING THINKING IT IS TOO NEGATIVE. IN JERRY KLEIN'S COLUMN, AS IT
NEGATIVE. IN JERRY KLEIN'S COLUMN, AS IT ONCE GREAT CITY EMPTIES OUT INTO
IN JERRY KLEIN'S COLUMN, AS IT ONCE GREAT CITY EMPTIES OUT INTO THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF IS A BUR
ONCE GREAT CITY EMPTIES OUT INTO THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF IS A BUR BEE A, THE STREETS ARE
THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF IS A BUR BEE A, THE STREETS ARE DANGEROUS.
BEE A, THE STREETS ARE DANGEROUS. UNLESS WE CAN GET SAVE STREETS,
DANGEROUS. UNLESS WE CAN GET SAVE STREETS, AND PEOPLE WALK IN SAFETY THERE
UNLESS WE CAN GET SAVE STREETS, AND PEOPLE WALK IN SAFETY THERE WILL NOT KNOT BE MUCH OF A
AND PEOPLE WALK IN SAFETY THERE WILL NOT KNOT BE MUCH OF A HALLOW CORPS OF BAGHDAD WHERE
WILL NOT KNOT BE MUCH OF A HALLOW CORPS OF BAGHDAD WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, AND
HALLOW CORPS OF BAGHDAD WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS AS WELL.
ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS AS WELL. I HAD E LIKE TO GIVE ALL THREE
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS AS WELL. I HAD E LIKE TO GIVE ALL THREE OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND
I HAD E LIKE TO GIVE ALL THREE OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT.
OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT. MAYOR, WE WILL START WITH YOU.
TO THAT. MAYOR, WE WILL START WITH YOU. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, MY
MAYOR, WE WILL START WITH YOU. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS, EVEN I
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS, EVEN I LIKE TO READ JERRY, AND HE DOES
GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS, EVEN I LIKE TO READ JERRY, AND HE DOES A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB.
LIKE TO READ JERRY, AND HE DOES A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB. I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF HIS
A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB. I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF HIS ARTICLES, HE REALLY LOOKS AT HOW
I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF HIS ARTICLES, HE REALLY LOOKS AT HOW THINGS USED TO BE, MAYBE IN SOME
ARTICLES, HE REALLY LOOKS AT HOW THINGS USED TO BE, MAYBE IN SOME WAYS WE ALL KIND OF WISH THINGS
THINGS USED TO BE, MAYBE IN SOME WAYS WE ALL KIND OF WISH THINGS WERE HOW THEY USED TO BE WHEN WE
WAYS WE ALL KIND OF WISH THINGS WERE HOW THEY USED TO BE WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP OR WHATEVER.
WERE HOW THEY USED TO BE WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP OR WHATEVER. I THINK TO EQUATE PEORIA TO
WERE GROWING UP OR WHATEVER. I THINK TO EQUATE PEORIA TO BAGHDAD WOULD SUGGEST SOMEONE
I THINK TO EQUATE PEORIA TO BAGHDAD WOULD SUGGEST SOMEONE HAS NEVER BEEN TO BAGHDAD OR
BAGHDAD WOULD SUGGEST SOMEONE HAS NEVER BEEN TO BAGHDAD OR SEEN PICTURES OF THAT.
HAS NEVER BEEN TO BAGHDAD OR SEEN PICTURES OF THAT. PEORIA IS ANYTHING BUT.
SEEN PICTURES OF THAT. PEORIA IS ANYTHING BUT. SO WHILE I THINK THAT COLUMN
PEORIA IS ANYTHING BUT. SO WHILE I THINK THAT COLUMN WOULD PROBABLY REFLECT A LOT OF
SO WHILE I THINK THAT COLUMN WOULD PROBABLY REFLECT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE CHIEF AND
WOULD PROBABLY REFLECT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE CHIEF AND COUNCIL AND THE MANAGER AND
THE THINGS THAT THE CHIEF AND COUNCIL AND THE MANAGER AND MYSELF ARE WORKING ON, WE ARE
COUNCIL AND THE MANAGER AND MYSELF ARE WORKING ON, WE ARE TAKING BITES OUT OF THIS, TRYING
MYSELF ARE WORKING ON, WE ARE TAKING BITES OUT OF THIS, TRYING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE
TAKING BITES OUT OF THIS, TRYING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, TRYING TO GET PEORIA
TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, TRYING TO GET PEORIA BACK TO A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE
ISSUES, TRYING TO GET PEORIA BACK TO A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE SOLID SCHOOLS, WE HAVE SAFE
BACK TO A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE SOLID SCHOOLS, WE HAVE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PEOPLE DO
SOLID SCHOOLS, WE HAVE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PEOPLE DO WANT TO COME BACK IN AND LIVE.
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PEOPLE DO WANT TO COME BACK IN AND LIVE. >> VERY QUICKLY TO THE CHIEF.
WANT TO COME BACK IN AND LIVE. >> VERY QUICKLY TO THE CHIEF. >> WELL, I THINK THE COLUMN, YOU
>> VERY QUICKLY TO THE CHIEF. >> WELL, I THINK THE COLUMN, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES AN APPROACH
>> WELL, I THINK THE COLUMN, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES AN APPROACH THAT'S ALMOST AS IF PEORIA IS
KNOW, IT TAKES AN APPROACH THAT'S ALMOST AS IF PEORIA IS UNIQUE IN THE THINGS THAT PEORIA
THAT'S ALMOST AS IF PEORIA IS UNIQUE IN THE THINGS THAT PEORIA STRUGGLES WITH.
UNIQUE IN THE THINGS THAT PEORIA STRUGGLES WITH. I THINK MOST OF US REALIZE
STRUGGLES WITH. I THINK MOST OF US REALIZE PEORIA IS LIKE OTHER AMERICAN
I THINK MOST OF US REALIZE PEORIA IS LIKE OTHER AMERICAN CITIES.
PEORIA IS LIKE OTHER AMERICAN CITIES. WE HAVE THINGS WE ARE VERY PROUD
CITIES. WE HAVE THINGS WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.
WE HAVE THINGS WE ARE VERY PROUD OF. WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE
OF. WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE RISE, AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WE
WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE RISE, AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WE STRUGGLE WITH.
RISE, AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WE STRUGGLE WITH. BUT I THINK PEORIA, LIKE MANY
STRUGGLE WITH. BUT I THINK PEORIA, LIKE MANY AMERICAN CITIES, ALSO GAINING
BUT I THINK PEORIA, LIKE MANY AMERICAN CITIES, ALSO GAINING SOME GROUND.
AMERICAN CITIES, ALSO GAINING SOME GROUND. AND I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOODS
SOME GROUND. AND I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BETTER TODAY THAN THEY WERE
AND I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BETTER TODAY THAN THEY WERE A FEW YEARS BACK.
ARE BETTER TODAY THAN THEY WERE A FEW YEARS BACK. I PREDICT THAT TWO OR THREE
A FEW YEARS BACK. I PREDICT THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, THEY WILL BE
I PREDICT THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, THEY WILL BE BETTER THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
YEARS FROM NOW, THEY WILL BE BETTER THAN THEY ARE TODAY. >> CLOSING TEN SECONDS FROM THE
BETTER THAN THEY ARE TODAY. >> CLOSING TEN SECONDS FROM THE MANAGER.
>> CLOSING TEN SECONDS FROM THE MANAGER. RENAISSANCE PORK, FOR EXAMPLE,
MANAGER. RENAISSANCE PORK, FOR EXAMPLE, IS EXAMPLE OF TURNING THINGS
RENAISSANCE PORK, FOR EXAMPLE, IS EXAMPLE OF TURNING THINGS AROUND, YOU CAN GO FROM BRADLEY
IS EXAMPLE OF TURNING THINGS AROUND, YOU CAN GO FROM BRADLEY TO INNOVATION CENTER TO MEDICAL
AROUND, YOU CAN GO FROM BRADLEY TO INNOVATION CENTER TO MEDICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT IS THROUGH
TO INNOVATION CENTER TO MEDICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT IS THROUGH THAT TECHNOLOGY AND THROUGH THAT
SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT IS THROUGH THAT TECHNOLOGY AND THROUGH THAT INNOVATION WE TURN THINGS
THAT TECHNOLOGY AND THROUGH THAT INNOVATION WE TURN THINGS AROUND. BUT THAT AREA HAS
INNOVATION WE TURN THINGS AROUND. BUT THAT AREA HAS TURNED AROUND.
AROUND. BUT THAT AREA HAS TURNED AROUND. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR ARDIS, AND
TURNED AROUND. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR ARDIS, AND CITY MANAGER OLIVER, AND POLICE
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR ARDIS, AND CITY MANAGER OLIVER, AND POLICE CHIEF SETS SETS.
CITY MANAGER OLIVER, AND POLICE CHIEF SETS SETS. NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
CHIEF SETS SETS. NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PSH CIVIC CENTER AND U.S.
NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PSH CIVIC CENTER AND U.S. CELLULAR CENTER IN BLOOMINGTON.
THE PSH CIVIC CENTER AND U.S. CELLULAR CENTER IN BLOOMINGTON. JOIN US NEXT WEEK ON "AT ISSUE."
CELLULAR CENTER IN BLOOMINGTON. JOIN US NEXT WEEK ON "AT ISSUE." ISSUE.".