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Of the City Council of the City of Chicago) (Published by the Authority of the City Council of the City of Chicago) COPY JOURNAL of the PROCEEDINGS of the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY of CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Regular Meeting - Wednesday, February 24,2021 at 10:00 A.M. (Teleconference) OFFICIAL RECORD. LORI E. LIGHTFOOT ANDREA M. VALENCIA Mayor City Clerk JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting - Wednesday, February 24,2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Public Comment .27502 Communications From City Officers 27503 Reports Of Committees.......... 27532 Committee on Finance 27532 Committee on the Budget and Government Operations ....27635 Committee on Health and Human Relations 27646 Legislative lndex .....,, Appendix A 212412021 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC 27501 Attendance At Meeting. Present - The Honorable Lori E. Lightfoot, Mayor, and Aldermen La Spata, Hopkins, Dowell, King, Hairston, Sawyer, Mitchell, Harris, Beale, Sadlowski Garza, Thompson, C6rdenas, Quinn, Burke, Lopez, Coleman, Moore, Curtis, O'Shea, Taylor, Brookins, Rodriguez, Tabares, Scott, Sigcho-Lopez, Maldonado, Burnett, Ervin, Taliaferro, Reboyras, Cardona, Waguespack, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ramirez-Rosa, Villegas, Mitts, Sposato, Nugent, Vasquez, Napolitano, Reilly, Smith, Tunney, Gardiner, Cappleman, Martin, Osterman, Hadden, Silverstein. Absent - Alderman Austin. Call To Order. On Wednesday, February 24,2021 at 10:00 A.M., the Honorable Lori E. Lightfoot, Mayor, called the City Council to order and noted that pursuant to applicable law and her determination that attendance by remote means was necessary because an in-person meeting was not practical or prudent due to the declared public disaster caused by COVID-19, the meeting was being conducted by videoconference. The Honorable Andrea M. Valencia, City Clerk, then called the roll of members and it was found that there were present at that time: Aldermen La Spata, Hopkins, Dowell, King, Hairston, Sawyer, Mitchell, Harris, Beale, Sadlowski Garza, Thompson, C6rdenas, Quinn, Burke, Lopez, Coleman, Moore, Curtis, O'Shea, Taylor, Rodriguez, Tabares, Scott, Sigcho-Lopez, Maldonado, Burnett, Ervin, Taliaferro, Reboyras, Cardona, Waguespack, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ramirez-Rosa, Villegas, Mitts, Sposato, Nugent, Vasquez, Napolitano, Reilly, Smith, Tunney, Gardiner, Cappleman, Martin, Osterman, Hadden, Silverstein - 48. Quorum present. Pledge Of Allegiance Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot led the City Council and assembled guests in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. 27502 JOU RNAL..C lTY COU NCI L..CH ICAGO 2t24t2021 lnvocation. Pastor William Hall of St. James Community Church opened the meeting with prayer PUBLIC COMMENT ln accordance with the City Council's Rules of Order and Procedure, the following members of the general public addressed the City Council: Nirmale Nereyenerebdy Cyrus Rab Junaid Ahmed Kiran Gajendra lmran Desai lliyaz Syed Jasvir Singh Mohamed Rasdee Renee Patten ln accordance with the City Council's Rules of Order and Procedure, the following members of the general public registered to address the City Council but did not testify: Linda Marlovitz Maggie Liston Ravindra Pathare 2t24t2021 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. 27503 ln accordance with the City Council's Rules of Order and Procedure, the following members of the general public submitted written comments to the City Council: Hemant Patel Motika Anand Kiran G.S. Sachin Tripathi Linda Marlovitz Shishir Shetty REPORTS AND COMMUNICAT'ONS FROM CITY OFFICERS. Rules Suspended -- TRIBUTE TO LATE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT KAREN LEWIS. 1R2021-2241 The Honorable Lori E. Lightfoot, Mayor, presented the following communication: OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY OF CHICAGO February 24,2021 To the Honorable, The City Council of the City of Chicago: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN .- I transmit herewith, together with Aldermen Sadlowski Garza, Ramirez-Rosa, Dowell, King, Hairston, Harris, Thompson, Cdrdenas, Quinn, Burke, Coleman, Moore, O'Shea, Brookins, Rodriguez, Scott, Sigcho-Lopez, Maldonado, Ervin, Taliaferro, Reboyras, Waguespack, Austin, Villegas, Mitts, Nugent, Reilly, Smith, Tunney, Martin, Osterman, Hadden and Silverstein, a resolution honoring the life and memory of former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis. 27504 JOURNAL--CIry COUNCI L..CHICAGO 2t24t2021 Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated Very truly yours, (Signed) LORI E. LIGHTFOOT, Mayor, Alderman Mitchell moved to Suspend the Rules Temporarily to permit immediate consideration of and action upon the said proposed resolution. The motion Prevailed. The following is said proposed resolution WHEREAS, The members of this chamber were deeply saddened to learn of the death on February 8, 2021, at age 67, of Karen Lewis, the former president of the Chicago Teachers Union and a respected citizen of the City of Chicago; and WHEREAS, Born on July 20, 1953, Ms. Lewis was raised in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Her parents, Geoffrey Jennings and Martha Gakins, were both Chicago Public School ('CPS') teachers. Ms. Lewis attended Kenwood High School, where her father taught wood shop, and Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts before transferring to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. The only Black woman admitted to its Class of 1974, Ms. Lewis graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Music; and WHEREAS, After graduating from college, Ms. Lewis moved to Oklahoma and later to Barbados. ln 1984, she returned to Chicago to attend medical school at the University of lllinois, initially hoping to become a doctor. While there, Ms. Lewis realized that she was most interested in chemistry. ln 1987, Ms, Lewis began her 22-year teaching career with CPS as a substitute chemistry teacher at Sullivan High School, where, in her words, she fell "madly, passionately in love" with teaching. ln 1990, Ms. Lewis began teaching full time at Lane Technical Preparatory High School, where she helped lead efforts to integrate students of color and from working class families into the student body, ln 2006, she accepted a full-time teaching position at King College Preparatory High School; and WHEREAS, Deeply committed to her students and fellow teachers, Ms. Lewis worked throughout her career to increase her teaching proficiency and knowledge about the unique challenges confronting public school students and educators. ln 1993, Ms. Lewis received a Master's Degree in Education and lnner City Studies at Northeastern lllinois University, and, in 2002, she earned a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from Columbia College. A nationally certified CPS teacher, Ms. Lewis believed in teaching the whole child, once remarking that she "measured [her] success as a teacher by the hugs at the end of the year, by the conversations with kids who say, 'l never thought of it that way"'; and 2t24t2021 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC 27505 WHEREAS, A formidable leader in the fight for public education reform, Ms. Lewis joined the Chicago Teachers Union ("CTU') in 1988, where she advocated for increased school funding, transparency in administration and social justice within the education system. A CTU delegate at Lane Technical High School, Ms. Lewis became increasingly involved in union activity when, in 2008, she was named co-chair of the newly formed Coalition of Rank-and-File Educators ("CORE"), a group of like-minded teachers who believed in funding public education, blocking the expansion of charter schools, resisting school closures and increases in class size, and fighting for the collective good of students, families and school communities; and WHEREAS, ln 2010, Ms. Lewis was elected president of the CTU. She led by example, reducing the salaries of union officers and transferring the savings into outreach programs for educators and staff, and spearheading The Schoo/s Chicago Sfudenfs Deserue, i ZOIZ report calling for increased funding for schools, smaller class sizes, more nurses and social workers, and a greater role for educators in developing school curriculum. She was elected in 2013 to a second term as CTU president, receiving 80 percent of the votes cast by its members, a position Ms. Lewis held until June of 2018, when she retired after undergoing brain surgery; and WHEREAS, A truly remarkable woman, with a sharp wit and dazzling smile, Ms. Lewis was a connoisseur of the arts and culture. She spoke three languages, studied the Talmud, played the piano, loved the opera, show tunes and stand-up comedy, and enjoyed dancingj and WHEREAS, Karen Lewis will always be remembered as a fierce advocate for public education, as a tenacious and tireless champion of Chicago's teachers and children; for her unerring pursuit of a just and equitable public school system, and for her deep-seated love of Chicago; and WHEREAS, Karen Lewis is survived by her husband, John W. Lewis; her sister, Keli Jennings; her stepchildren, Antionette, Randolph and Adolph; her grandchildren, Kariah, Aaron, John, Jade, Jasmine and Journey; her great-grandchildren, Angel and Michaela; and by countless admirers and friends; now, therefore, Be /f Resolved, That we, .the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this 24th day of February 2021, do hereby the life and memory of Karen Lewis; and Be lt Furlher Resolved, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the family of Karen Lewis as a sign of our sympathy and good wishes. On motion of Alderman Mitchell, seconded by Aldermen Sawyer, Taylor, Scott, Ramirez-Rosa, Rodriguez, Taliaferro, King, Burnett, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Sigcho-Lopez, Moore, La Spata, Cardona,
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