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Michelle, if you'd give the invocation, please.

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Lord Jesus, we thank you for this time together to make decisions for the city of Freeport

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according to your will for this city.

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Before this meeting gets started, I would ask that each one would examine their heart

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as read in Ephesians 4, 31-32, and this comes out in the message version.

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Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speakings be put away from you with

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all malice, and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God and Christ

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forgave you.

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So that what needs to be done and accomplished for the City of Freeport can happen through

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grace, wisdom, love, and forgiveness, through godly wisdom, not through our own understanding.

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Not our own understanding, our own will be done for the City of Freeport, but the Lord's

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will be done to glorify Christ Jesus.

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That God would bring the City Council, Mayor, and City Manager together and redeem what

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has been broken.

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The word says in Philippians 3.13,

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Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended,

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but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind

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and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.

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Transform minds and hearts tonight to unite,

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bringing Freeport to its full potential

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and destiny in Christ Jesus.

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In James 1.19, it says, know this, my beloved brothers,

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let every person be quick to hear,

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Slow to speak and slow to anger. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Amen. Thank you. In the Mayor's absence, I'll call this meeting to order at 6.01.

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The Mayor will be marked absent and Alder persons present. Klemm?

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Aye. Monroe?

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Aye. Simmons?

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Here. Parker?

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Aye. Stacy?

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Here. Shadle?

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Here. Sanders is absent. Sellers?

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Aye.

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And we do have a quorum for our meeting. Alder person Klemm, if you'd lead the pledge and then the meeting is yours to chair.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you. We need to get up to amend the agenda and then we need approval of the

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agenda. Between items number six and seven we need to have a presentation for

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Public Works employee of the year and Public Works and then we also

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need to move to second public comment before item number 14, the closed session.

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We will return to open session but we need that. There's no sense to draw that

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so could I have a motion to amend the agenda? So moved. Second. Do we need to do

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voice or all in favor? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes.

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Approval of minutes of the City Council meeting of the whole held on January

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and

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I get a motion and a second. So move. Second. Who is first, Joy? Yes. Thank you, Joy. All

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in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Same sign. Public comments? Madam Clerk, do

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we need to approve the agenda yet? We did the amendment. We approved the amendment, you're

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You're correct Greg. I apologize. We need a motion to vote on the agenda then. We voted

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on it. Second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Thank you Alderman

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Shadle for bringing that up. Public comments. There's nobody signed up for public comments.

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So now we have the presentation.

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Thank you.

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I'd like to ask James Gobe and Randy Kolbauer to come up, please.

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So I would like to start with James.

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James is the street department employee of the year.

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He is classification as a tree trimmer one.

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I'd like to start with a fun fact about James.

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I recently was told that James likes to ride his bike to work on most days, which I think

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is pretty unique. James came to the city with over 20 years of forestry experience.

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Working different operating jobs in forestry positions over his career, he

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took the opportunity to introduce himself to Pat Ingram while the two-man

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forestry crew was doing some work outside the library one day. Not even

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completing a full year of employment with the city, James likes to stay busy

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Wright, and Richard.

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I can say a few things about his leadership.

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He has a strong work ethic, sound decision-making,

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collaboration, and drive to the street department.

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A crew along with his vast knowledge

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of his position that he brought with him, seemingly quiet,

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and I heard he didn't want to come tonight.

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He started to come out of his shell

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and never fails to lighten the mood in a stressful situation

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and his peers and we're happy to have him and look forward to many more years of service

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with the City of Freeport. James, another award we'd like to give tonight, and before

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I forget, I'd like to thank the Public Works Department for coming out and supporting their

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crews tonight. I really appreciate all your attendance after hours. Again, our second

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award of the night is Utility Department Employee of the Year, which this year, Randy Kolbauer

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was selected and she is our environmental and regulatory compliance officer.

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Can you hold that for me?

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I'm going to give you a little fun fact about Randi.

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She's actually got a few.

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Randi is a former police officer.

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She's part of the rural fire department and she's also a safety officer at a firearms

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training center.

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Randi is a self-starter and a dedicated employee to the city of Freeport.

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She is a true teammate to all and is willing to learn all duties as assigned.

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Randi has helped build the compliance department and she is considered an equal to the streets

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and utility superintendents.

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Randi's compliant roles involve all areas of required utility tracking and reporting

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for state compliance.

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This is an extremely important role in the utility operations business.

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Her assignments include working with many team members daily including the lab staff,

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the water and wastewater operations staff,

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our significant industrial users, landfill partners,

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timber industries who maintains our woodlot.

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Compliance reporting includes annual

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and monthly water reporting, consumer confidence reports,

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and an annual and monthly sanitary sewer reporting.

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Randy's role also performs field visits

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for stormwater compliance, sampling, monitoring,

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and reporting of MS4 stormwater authority requirements.

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Other special duties assigned include I-Works streets

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compliance and right away compliance.

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She issues warning violations and issues right away fines.

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She attends code hearings as the city's representative.

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And she does all of the EPA sampling

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as required for the overall compliance system.

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And until recently, she did that in her own car.

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Randy never backs down from a challenge.

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She will make sure she's well-informed, educated when something is new, presented to her, and

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won't take shortcuts to get a quicker result.

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When presented with anything, she listens, absorbs the information being provided, and

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just does not react.

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He always makes the desk best.

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In fact, she always makes the best decision possible in the moment.

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Also, she humbles herself if the decision is wrong.

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She is by far one of the easiest people on our staff to collaborate with and never

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hesitates to offer help to all others, regardless of what she already has

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on our plate. I'd like to sincerely congratulate Randi for her contributions

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and congratulate her as the utility employee of the year for 2024.

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24.

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Oh, hey, hold on.

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James, come back up here.

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I forgot.

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So I asked the utility department to come up

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with some special awards for these people.

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And the mechanics came through for us today.

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So we have, inspired by the NFL touchdown necklaces,

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we have made our crew members their own necklaces.

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James. James is all for James. And then since Brandy, Brandy is the shirt for the Talbot and comes with her violations, we've got you.

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thank you again for coming guys if I could be if I could before the guys head

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out. Hey, on behalf of the council, we really appreciate what you guys do. It really shows

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the camaraderie of you guys coming out and supporting your team. It's very important

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to all of you guys and to all of us. We're proud of what you guys do. We're kidding around

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beforehand. We know it looks like we got a snowfall coming up. The major thing in that

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is make sure you guys are safe. It's no matter how fast you do it, it's no matter how safe

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if you do it. So thank you guys for all your work. We really, and gals for all your work.

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We really, really appreciate it. We put in record that Alderman Sanders was here at 606.

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Item number seven is a presentation action plan for safe streets for the AOL grant. Questions

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and Answers in the presentation, and that would be from this gentleman in front of us, who I do not have his name in it.

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So I'd like to introduce Matt. He's with ALTA Planning and Design. They were hired to do the Freeport Safety Action Plan.

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It's part of the SS4A grant. Matt and his coworker Lexi are here in town for the

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next few days. We are also having an open house tomorrow night here at this

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facility for anybody in the public that wants to participate. Matt's probably got

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about a 15-minute presentation on progress that we've been working for in

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the last quarter. All right, good evening. Again, Matthew Deerdahl out of ALTA

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We have a lot of planning and design, really happy to be here. We got in on Sunday and had a really good day talking to people today and then I got to bike around a bit this afternoon and drove around to kind of check out some of the different areas we've been talking about for safety so I feel like I'm really starting to get to know Freeport and I think these in-person visits are really important. So yeah, I'm going to try to go quick. I may or may not focus on the slides.

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and I don't want to stick to it, but I definitely want to talk a little bit about the safe systems approach,

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what a safety plan actually is and what we're trying to do here with it.

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And then give just a little bit of an overview and some outcomes that we're hoping for.

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And then I added some slides based on the information that we collected today.

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So again, I'm the project manager for ALTA partnering with Fehr Graham on this safety action plan.

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And so why pursue a safety action plan?

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It starts with the safe system approach that the FHWA decided to frame

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because the traditional and maybe older school approach to safety

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is about preventing crashes, improving behavior, individual behavior,

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and then reacting based on where crashes are happening.

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and so the safe system approach kind of a newer approach starts with the premise

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that death and very serious injuries on our roads are unacceptable and zero is

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the goal so zero fatal crashes zero injuries that impact somebody's life for

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the rest of their life so that's the start also we know that mistakes are

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are going to happen, so you can't engineer away mistakes,

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but what we want is that when those mistakes happen,

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that it doesn't impact people's lives.

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And then there's a variety of other things out there.

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Reducing speed is a big factor in it.

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And then through our safety analysis,

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identifying these risks and preventing them in the future.

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I'm not gonna go over all of these,

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but I just wanted to highlight at the national level,

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the impact of traffic safety, of traffic deaths

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is staggering at the national level.

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And then some Illinois statistics,

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you can see on the screen there,

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I'll just say about 300,000 crashes involving motor vehicles.

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About 1,100 fatal crashes.

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And then just some bicycle statistics up there as well.

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and then Stevenson County here in Illinois.

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You can see some trends there as well.

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So why is this happening?

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There's a lot of reasons and part of what we're gonna figure

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out in this plan is try to really understand

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what those particular reasons are here in Freeport.

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But big picture, speed is one of the biggest factors.

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When cars are going fast and they hit things,

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bad things happen.

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And part of the reason that motor vehicle speeds

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are an issue is because of the way streets historically have been designed for high speeds.

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So wide speeds, wide travel lanes, things like that.

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We know that vehicle size continues to increase, both personal vehicles like SUVs and trucks

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and commercial vehicles and trucks.

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And then land use.

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So where do people live?

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How dense is development around the city?

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and then what are the connections between those uses

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and how can people get around.

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So those are some of the big picture reasons

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why it's happening.

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So again, the specific thing that we're working on

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and we'll produce as a part of this

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is a document that'll be a safety action plan.

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And so the elements here on the screen

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are required by the federal government.

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I won't go through each of these in detail,

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but it starts with a leadership commitment

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of wanting to tackle these serious and fatal injuries.

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We have developed a safety committee

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as a part of the project

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through collaboration with the city.

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A systemic level safety analysis

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is a really interesting part of it.

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We'll see a map in a few minutes

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that starts to get at understanding

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where crashes are happening

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and particularly different severity levels.

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And we'll get to that in a second

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because that really starts to help us understand

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where to target to make the most benefit

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through our efforts.

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Engagement is important.

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This is an engagement week.

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We've had several focus groups today and tomorrow.

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We're having our second steering committee

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or TAC, Technical Advisory Committee tomorrow

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and then an open house.

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So I wanna plug that a couple of times.

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We have these cards here that are on the desk over there

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that will tell you about it.

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And we also have a survey and an interactive map.

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The interactive map is a really cool opportunity

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to get in in the city that you know and identify.

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It's very user friendly.

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Identify, it's very user friendly.

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Identify areas that you don't feel safe

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or where you see cars going too fast

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or not yielding to pedestrians or if there's school issues,

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you can let us know all of that

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and that'll be really important.

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The federal grant requires us to look

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at equity considerations and basically that's mapping

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a variety of demographic information

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to help us understand areas that we can focus

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through our priority projects at the end.

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And then as we get into the final stages

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towards the end of this year,

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we'll develop a robust implementation plan

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that identifies short-term, medium-term,

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and long-term projects.

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And I think that's probably one of the biggest reasons

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that we're doing the Safety Action Plan,

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is it gets Freeport eligible for attractive federal grants

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to implement some of these things.

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and then we'll also at the end we'll have what we call a dashboard that will show

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the work that we do to be transparent and let you all know and let the

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community know what's going on where there are issues and what we plan to do

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about it. Our approach I think I talked about a lot of this let me just double

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check if there's anything else I really want to highlight I don't think so it's

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We're going to wrap up in late fall 2025 with that document, and so we're really looking forward to some public engagement. We hope people here watching tonight or in the future will participate in the survey interactive map, probably the best way to do that.

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We hope people here watching tonight or in the future will participate in the survey

00:21:47.710 --> 00:21:53.990
interactive map, probably the best way to engage if you're interested in this.

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So our TAC that we developed as a part of this project is helping us to find the problem.

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So we're going to have a mapping exercise tomorrow and we started that today as well

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to really understand the context of Freeport

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and where the issues are across the city.

00:22:10.849 --> 00:22:14.289
And again, the TAC will, towards the end,

00:22:14.289 --> 00:22:21.059
help shape the solutions and help prioritize.

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I think I've talked about most of the engagement things here.

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We have the online map, stakeholder meetings.

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So I'll skip past that.

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So the fun stuff.

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This I worked on this afternoon.

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I hope there aren't any spelling errors in there,

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but forgive me if there are.

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But this is what we've heard so far

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in both the meetings we had today

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and then the bike ride and the drive around town.

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We stopped and took a bunch of pictures,

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which I'll come to in a second.

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But some of the things we've noticed so far

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and heard so far, again, speed of motor vehicles

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was one of the first things that came up.

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Wide streets and there's some particular areas

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around the city where there's some transitions

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from four lanes undivided down to two or three lanes.

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:26.299
So just some considerations there. Accessibility for pedestrians, both at intersections, so how does it feel, how does it look, what types of curb ramps are available for people to cross the street, and then how many lanes are they crossing, those things are really important.

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:30.740
and then also along the streets so looking at the sidewalk network you know

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:36.500
is there is there space for people to walk or are they mixing with traffic and

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:43.819
then also interestingly there's there's a lot of discussion today about what are

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:48.380
the primary routes in town and then where are some of these cut through

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:52.180
routes that people are taking that I think is interesting and then how does

00:23:52.180 --> 00:24:09.180
How does that interact with where people are naturally walking and crossing, so where are the schools, where are the businesses, where are people working, and then just thinking through how is that space designed for all of those different uses.

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:21.180
And also we talked a little bit about behavior, so personal behavior, texting, while driving, being distracted, things like that, all of these things are important.

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:27.180
So I have just a couple of slides of pictures, took several, I think 70 or 80, but I have a few to share.

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:35.180
This slide is just a few samples of pedestrian crossing conditions and thinking about accessibility.

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:44.180
So some better than others. The one on the left, South Drive and West Avenue, does not have an accessible crossing.

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.180
Huffines.

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I just wanted to note that Kiwanis in the middle, Empire, those are some areas where there are

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:57.980
marked crosswalks with different signage present today.

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And then also, so the Empire, there's a school there.

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And then up on Kiwanis, I think it's the community college.

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:09.299
And then Walnut Road and South Street, just kind of sharing a variation of a crossing

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.960
where there's a slip lane there.

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So a free right to separate from the through lane, and then you can see the kind of the

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:22.119
separated crossing with the island there.

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:27.680
And I'm not necessarily sharing these to evaluate or make suggestions at this time, I think

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:33.339
we're really in a phase of trying to gather feedback and gather context and understanding.

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:40.920
So this one, again, I got a bike today from Derek Thompson and Fehr Graham and got to

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:45.380
to bike around and found some really interesting paths.

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:50.180
So Park Ave and Pearl City Road there I thought were fun

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.980
and they're nice paths.

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:55.660
Adams Avenue and then near Clark Street,

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:58.660
those are connected and so there's this nice,

00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:00.779
pretty low stress bike route

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and I found that to be interesting

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and I wanted to take off and see where it went

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:07.079
to the northwest because it looked like

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:09.180
there's a lot of green and I thought that would have been

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.779
fun but didn't have time.

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.380
so hopefully tomorrow I can do that.

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And then Stevenson Street is a good example right here

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and I don't recall the cross street

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but where it transitions from the four lane undivided

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:26.339
and pretty wide, no sidewalks,

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:29.819
and it transitions at the crest of a hill

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so sight lines are an interesting issue there

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:35.500
and then transitions to two lane to the east

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and I believe the street width is the same there

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and I think there's a speed transition slowing down as they go eastbound, okay?

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:53.799
And then just a couple more examples, this is South Street and then Bouchard, if I'm

00:26:53.799 --> 00:27:00.519
saying that right, on the right. So earlier I mentioned that I think one of

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:04.639
the more interesting aspects will be the data analysis, so what we're gonna look

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:08.599
at is where the crash is happening, where are they most dangerous, again getting

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:15.480
back to the issue of wanting to prevent the most harmful crashes from happening, and then

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:21.579
what are the countermeasures or solutions that we can apply to what we find happening?

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:28.420
And so sometimes we'll, like we're gonna end up developing crash profiles, so we might

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:34.519
find that there's a lot of left turn crashes, we might find that there's a lot of rear end

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:37.960
and the crashes at certain locations, side swipes,

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.839
maybe lane departure, which I don't know

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:43.519
that we'll see that in a more urban area,

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:47.319
but we'll identify specific countermeasures

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:51.700
that the FHWA has listed as proven counter safety measures.

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.259
And so that's kind of the value

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:56.360
of this in-depth safety analysis.

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:59.720
So we'll start with just mapping the crashes on the left

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:02.960
and there, and again, I'm not asking

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:09.319
and I don't think you can see the level of detail that well here but the brighter ones

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:13.519
or the orange is the most serious crashes and they go down in severity from there into

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:22.079
the blue and green colors and then we start to identify corridors where the severity of

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:28.440
those crashes and the concentration of them start to become higher and more concentrated

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:31.340
and so what we want to stand out there is the red

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:33.259
and maybe the orange a little bit

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:37.900
and that starts to tell us where the biggest issues are

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:40.019
and usually one of the big headlines from this

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:42.500
which we don't have yet, we're just diving

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:46.360
into the safety analysis will be something along lines

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:50.940
of 60% of all fatal and serious crashes are happening

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:53.220
on maybe 10% of the roadways

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:55.659
and so that's like that type of statement,

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:57.380
We'll see what it is.

00:28:57.380 --> 00:29:00.940
Really helps you identify where we should be making

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:06.529
the safety improvements to get the best safety impact.

00:29:06.529 --> 00:29:08.570
Again, plug for the open house tomorrow.

00:29:08.570 --> 00:29:11.869
I hope to see you and others there.

00:29:11.869 --> 00:29:15.950
City Hall, right here, from 5.30 to 7.30.

00:29:15.950 --> 00:29:20.090
And it'll be fun, like I think it'll be fun for most people

00:29:20.090 --> 00:29:22.730
because we're gonna have a map, a big map,

00:29:22.730 --> 00:29:27.289
and we'll get to just ask people how they feel about safety

00:29:27.289 --> 00:29:33.049
and Comfort when they walk, maybe bike or drive around Freeport.

00:29:33.049 --> 00:29:34.929
And I think that's mostly it.

00:29:34.929 --> 00:29:39.529
This is the same thing that's in my hand right now.

00:29:39.529 --> 00:29:43.029
I think I've talked about this enough, so I'll end there.

00:29:43.029 --> 00:29:44.529
And thank you for the time tonight.

00:29:44.529 --> 00:29:45.570
I really appreciate it.

00:29:45.570 --> 00:29:47.090
And if there's questions.

00:29:47.090 --> 00:29:49.730
Yeah, I'd like to make a quick comment.

00:29:49.730 --> 00:29:53.490
So something that I wanted to make clear,

00:29:53.490 --> 00:29:55.970
The card that Matthew has, we will be-

00:29:55.970 --> 00:29:59.259
that Matthew has we will be posting that on Freeport's website so community

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:03.000
members have access to the QR codes so they'll be able to even if you can't

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:07.559
attend the meetings you'll be able to make comments go on the interactive max

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:14.759
trap you what you want as far as the level of items that we're looking at

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:19.559
here it's not just vehicles we're also looking at bicycle routes pedestrian

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:24.640
Walkways, and we could also lighting could be a safety issue as well so I'm just

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:27.920
throwing that out there in general that those types of items can be trapped

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:33.880
within the plan and also be part of the data analysis, correct? Yep. All right, thank

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:37.759
you. Darren, could you explain a little bit more if you wouldn't take a matter

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:42.240
appreciated we maybe have some questions for you, but a little bit more about the

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.240
Miller.

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:52.440
I believe the sitting council went after this grant.

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:58.200
It is a $500,000 project with a $400,000 grant.

00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:03.359
The grant is through the IDOT chain.

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:06.240
This is called the planning stage of the grant.

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:11.720
And in order to open Freeport up to implementation money, which means construction money, you

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.440
You have to do the planning process.

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.339
You have to have a completed plan.

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:27.319
It has to meet the FHWA rules, Federal Highway Department is actually the main source of

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:31.559
the money for this, excuse me.

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.299
It's very important to Freeport.

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:39.980
You guys have challenged us to find different ways to find money to fix safety issues and

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:42.660
Doerr Road Problems within Freeport.

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:45.339
This is one of the biggest funding sources

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.420
that's out there right now.

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:50.460
There's billions of dollars within that bipartisan deal

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.619
for this type of funding.

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:54.500
But again, you had to do the planning grant

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.259
to get to the construction grant.

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.779
And so that's why you'll see we have

00:31:57.779 --> 00:32:00.420
a time frame of less than a year to get this completed

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:03.500
so we can be on the next cycle of implementation money.

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.860
OK.

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:07.619
Does anyone have any questions for Matt

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:29.380
Yes, can you tell me who are the members of this safety committee and how they were chosen?

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:36.220
When we started the project, we met with city staff and then identified key stakeholders

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:45.019
in Freeport. So I think there's a lot of members of the city itself. So police, fire, greater

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:53.259
Freeport partnership. There's transit representative. Pretzel City Transit. Yeah. Highland Community

00:32:53.259 --> 00:33:01.099
College. Did you say Park District? Park District. School District. We sent invitations out to all

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:10.539
and all the governmental and leadership areas of town requesting that they be part of this.

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:15.180
That's the first, the key, the stakeholders list is, you know, all of the big partners

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:19.920
within Freeport to have input from schools and the park systems.

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:24.400
We even invited some of the, there's a couple different bike groups within Freeport.

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.339
We invited them as well.

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:34.480
again we've sent out numerous invitations and those stakeholders that the TAC

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:39.099
program is what he's talking about the technical assistance that's really

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:45.740
narrowed down to our local officials of Wayne's on there I'm on there I believe

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:50.860
the fire department has a representative the police has a representative it's

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:56.079
really our technical advisory committee to make sure that we are using the most

00:33:56.079 --> 00:34:11.079
We have the most up-to-date safety plans, for instance, like the 2025 handicap pro-ag standards, where those are just standards that the city is making to be able to have safe assessments for our streets.

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:24.079
You'll see those maps that the crash analysis came from. That came from a combination of the City of Freeport Police Department and also IDOT. We worked with those partners to get that data.

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:29.409
We've got some data from the county.

00:34:29.409 --> 00:34:31.409
Anyone else? Alderman Sanders?

00:34:31.409 --> 00:34:42.070
It's very interesting that this is on the agenda meeting for discussion.

00:34:42.070 --> 00:34:49.070
I don't recall that this was even coming into preview at this time.

00:34:49.070 --> 00:34:56.070
And now I'm going to ask the question, what is the severity of obtaining a grant of this nature?

00:34:56.070 --> 00:34:58.070
and the City of Freeport.

00:34:58.070 --> 00:35:00.070
And I'm wondering if you have any information about the

00:35:00.070 --> 00:35:06.070
nature and what severity level that this project is to be

00:35:06.070 --> 00:35:12.070
presented to the City of Freeport and not only that, who's

00:35:12.070 --> 00:35:18.070
making these recommendations and whether you, I think what I

00:35:18.070 --> 00:35:24.070
heard was that it was a mandate or something of that sort by

00:35:24.070 --> 00:35:25.070
and John.

00:35:25.070 --> 00:35:31.829
So I'm hearing a lot of information, but I have not had time to digest it all just yet.

00:35:31.829 --> 00:35:37.349
I'm just listening to see what jumps out at me.

00:35:37.349 --> 00:35:46.869
And what I'm listening to is whether or not the analysis, the data, the statistics, and

00:35:46.869 --> 00:35:52.570
where all of this data information is coming from, and when did this project start?

00:35:52.570 --> 00:36:00.949
who set this program up to start the analysis to make sure that we are creating a plan, first

00:36:00.949 --> 00:36:07.010
of all, to create a plan to start something of this nature and where did this come from

00:36:07.010 --> 00:36:13.070
and how did it start? Why haven't the council been informed? Why haven't we seen any kind

00:36:13.070 --> 00:36:19.389
of surveys? I understand you went out and took a few pictures for slides and things

00:36:19.389 --> 00:36:21.389
Hickman, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John.

00:36:23.670 --> 00:36:25.670
And I think that's a really important thing,

00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:29.789
that we need to be able to have these kinds of things of this

00:36:30.789 --> 00:36:32.789
nature to present to the council, but it still doesn't give us

00:36:33.809 --> 00:36:35.809
enough detail information how these things came into

00:36:36.730 --> 00:36:38.730
existence, how these projects came into existence.

00:36:42.349 --> 00:36:44.349
And I think without us absolutely knowing what the

00:36:46.269 --> 00:36:48.269
severity of this reporting is, whatever it is, we need to see

00:36:49.389 --> 00:36:51.389
and

00:36:52.389 --> 00:36:54.389
John.

00:36:55.389 --> 00:37:00.389
I'm trying to figure out how does this start to develop and who is

00:37:00.389 --> 00:37:06.389
coming up with the concept and whether this program, these grant

00:37:06.389 --> 00:37:12.389
proposals have been in place for however long. Are we just bringing

00:37:12.389 --> 00:37:17.389
this to the city of Freeport? I'm trying to figure out how does this

00:37:17.389 --> 00:37:23.550
are we just bringing this to the council at this present time is it has it been

00:37:23.550 --> 00:37:29.829
something that's been in the back up in the back of the people minds who's

00:37:29.829 --> 00:37:35.230
generating this program for grants how long had this been around you know we I

00:37:35.230 --> 00:37:41.510
just like to know and I'm quite sure the council members would like to know how

00:37:41.510 --> 00:37:46.570
we got started with all of this so I'm not sure but I think you had at least

00:37:46.570 --> 00:38:04.570
I know. I did that. I did that on purpose. I did that on purpose simply because. If you want answers to them, you got to slow them down. I know. But the thing about it is, the thing about it is, as soon as I stop questioning, then I have to run into brick walls after I stop questioning.

00:38:04.570 --> 00:38:05.570
Weston.

00:38:05.570 --> 00:38:10.769
Well, this program was approved by this council and you voted for it.

00:38:10.769 --> 00:38:11.769
Okay.

00:38:11.769 --> 00:38:17.409
And so this project only started in October and this is the first report, as we said,

00:38:17.409 --> 00:38:20.050
to the council of where we're at.

00:38:20.050 --> 00:38:24.970
This was requested by City Manager Boyer to come and give a presentation of where we're

00:38:24.970 --> 00:38:26.610
at in the project.

00:38:26.610 --> 00:38:33.570
All the analysis data has come from our safety resources, which is the Freeport Police, IDOT,

00:38:33.570 --> 00:38:39.090
Scherriff, County, all the data is accurate.

00:38:39.090 --> 00:38:42.050
In the grant process, we've already committed to this grant.

00:38:42.050 --> 00:38:45.170
We signed the paperwork when this council approved

00:38:45.170 --> 00:38:45.970
the resolution.

00:38:45.970 --> 00:38:47.970
So in the priority level, I would

00:38:47.970 --> 00:38:50.489
say it's pretty high since it was already approved

00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:51.650
to move forward as a project.

00:38:54.889 --> 00:38:57.010
I'm sorry I don't remember all the other questions,

00:38:57.010 --> 00:38:58.610
but the data is what it is.

00:38:58.610 --> 00:39:03.050
We're just getting to the actual stakeholders and the survey.

00:39:03.050 --> 00:39:09.409
So over the last quarter, we've been developing the tax, the advisory, giving outlines of

00:39:09.409 --> 00:39:12.470
issues that may or may not be.

00:39:12.470 --> 00:39:17.329
But because we're doing public open houses, and we're doing the stakeholder meetings of

00:39:17.329 --> 00:39:22.389
different people, for instance, I did not attend the stakeholder meeting because this

00:39:22.389 --> 00:39:28.730
is for us to get other information from people outside of the city staff on what we think.

00:39:28.730 --> 00:39:32.130
to open house tomorrow is to get outside information.

00:39:32.130 --> 00:39:33.909
That was explained at last week's meeting.

00:39:33.909 --> 00:39:35.529
If you want to have a voice,

00:39:35.529 --> 00:39:37.170
you're more than welcome to come tomorrow

00:39:37.170 --> 00:39:41.529
and mark down anything you want as an issue or opportunity.

00:39:41.529 --> 00:39:43.769
We're also doing the QR codes

00:39:43.769 --> 00:39:45.929
so people that don't wanna come to a meeting

00:39:45.929 --> 00:39:48.170
can have their input as part of the plan.

00:39:48.170 --> 00:39:49.570
It's a city-wide plan.

00:39:49.570 --> 00:39:52.409
It has nothing to do with any certain area or not.

00:39:52.409 --> 00:39:54.210
That's why the full map's up there.

00:39:54.210 --> 00:39:57.400
Scott, that's why the full map's up there, and honestly, I don't remember what else you

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.400
asked.

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:08.000
Following up with that, I appreciate all that you just presented to us again, refreshing

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:11.840
the people's memory about what took place at certain council meetings and things of

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:18.400
this nature, especially when I didn't realize this was going to be part of the format tonight,

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:25.519
which is appreciated that we do look at this seriously and I just wanted to make sure that

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:31.599
we're reiterating the things that we talked about back in October and that I understand

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:38.440
and understood if I voted for that, that means that there was a higher level of understanding

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:42.920
of why I did that and this is the reason why I'm asking right now at this moment.

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.920
I appreciate you.

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:47.519
I believe that Matt had, you had something you wanted to add.

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:49.440
And I just wanted to say that, you know,

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:52.920
this is just the start of this and in your program,

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:56.960
you mentioned the end of, or later in 2025.

00:40:56.960 --> 00:41:00.300
And I just wanted to ask the question to Darren.

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:05.300
Darren, is this grant part of or separate

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:10.199
from the grant for the bike pass, that type of stuff?

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:26.880
This is independent. This is I believe that was ITEP was the bicycle grants. This is actually SS4A Safe Streets for All and is more of a broad scoped that can focus on roads.

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:39.719
For instance, I know, I don't want to speak in very many specifics, but I know a couple intersections that have had a high crash rate that are local streets, which is one of them is Empire and Walnut

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:41.679
and another one is Greenfield and Stevenson

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:46.400
that have a high crash rate with multi-issues.

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:48.199
As you can see from the crash map,

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:52.159
a lot of our crashes also occur around I-DOT roadways,

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:54.960
especially traffic signal areas, which

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:58.559
may mean that our traffic signals are very dated,

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.320
very old.

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:09.280
Again, the entire point of doing this SS4A assessment

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:14.280
is to find and find projects that we need to do

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.440
to make it safer in the city of Freeport.

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:19.480
And that opens you up to implementation money

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:22.440
by doing part A to get to part B.

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.260
Appreciate it.

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:25.519
Matt, you had something you wanted to ask, I appreciate it.

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:28.079
Maybe just at a high level

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:31.119
where safety has been coming from at the federal level.

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:33.559
And I won't have the exact dates,

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:37.039
but in the 2015s, right?

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.900
so that decade.

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:43.159
Vision Zero was kind of the hot topic across the country

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:45.179
so it was mostly at the city level

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:50.179
so cities saying any death on our streets is unacceptable

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:54.940
and so cities started developing Vision Zero action plans

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:56.340
and then that kind of evolved

00:42:56.340 --> 00:43:00.340
and then became a federal DOT priority

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:03.320
and I believe with the Biden administration,

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:13.320
The I.I.J.A., so the Infrastructure and Jobs Act at the federal level, created the S.S. grade program.

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:18.320
So that's just a little bit of how it's kind of evolved that helps.

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:20.320
Appreciate it. Alderman Stacey?

00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:27.320
Yes. Can you explain what equity consideration is?

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:57.320
Yes. So there's a variety of ways that we think of equity in this plan. One is looking at data, so demographic information, so it ends the product of the equity analysis in that regard is a map that's sort of a bit of a heat map across the city, which we're going to be developing. We haven't started that yet, but it's looking at a variety of factors such as race, availability, or like car ownership,

00:43:57.320 --> 00:44:04.199
and so forth, but things like that, and then that gets aggregated, our data people do that,

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:05.199
I don't...

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:06.199
Could you say car ownership?

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:11.400
Car ownership, yeah, yeah, so like zero vehicle households, one vehicle households, things

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:20.760
like that, and then that gets mapped to kind of show areas that, you know, either have

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:26.360
high equity consideration or low, and it kind of like shades throughout the map, and that

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:31.380
That just gives us a sense along with community engagement and the crash analysis of where

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:35.639
we may want to prioritize projects.

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:39.079
And then the second part, so that was data.

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:42.960
The second part of equity is just talking to people and trying to make sure that we

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:49.199
do a good job connecting with residents in Freeport and understanding what people are

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:56.489
dealing with as they walk, bike, or drive around Freeport.

00:44:56.489 --> 00:45:13.489
Alderman Monroe. Thank you Alderman Klemm. I just want to clarify a couple of things. So you didn't really break down anything directly to Freeport, but you did Stevenson County. What are the dates of the data that wasn't real clear in the slides that you showed?

00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:20.769
Yes, so we start with the most recent 10 year data set through the IDOT data that Darren

00:45:20.769 --> 00:45:26.369
referenced for an overall crash analysis, so really trying to understand trends at a

00:45:26.369 --> 00:45:32.610
high level that are going on, and then as we get deeper into the analysis and look at

00:45:32.610 --> 00:45:38.130
the high injury network, we do the most recent five years, because we think that gives us

00:45:38.130 --> 00:45:40.130
and

00:45:41.210 --> 00:45:43.210
John, and I think that's a good way to

00:45:44.449 --> 00:45:46.449
address better certainty of the recent crashes.

00:45:47.869 --> 00:45:49.869
A lot can change in ten years and roads get

00:45:50.989 --> 00:45:52.989
reconstructed and resurfaced and things like that.

00:45:54.090 --> 00:45:56.090
Five years feels like a better analysis for that.

00:45:59.329 --> 00:46:03.329
The local data that we got, was a five-year span of crash data

00:46:03.329 --> 00:46:05.329
or wreck data or pedestrian incident data.

00:46:05.329 --> 00:46:12.570
and to follow up this is more of a comment and this is one of the reasons why I initially ran for an alderman seat.

00:46:13.050 --> 00:46:15.050
Equity to me is

00:46:15.170 --> 00:46:17.170
very discouraging to hear

00:46:17.269 --> 00:46:23.909
when it comes to this type of a project because we put in a brand new sidewalk network on the east side of the city

00:46:24.289 --> 00:46:25.809
that was in a flood zone.

00:46:25.809 --> 00:46:30.829
We spent all of that money and yet some of the streets that are our most dangerous in the city

00:46:31.010 --> 00:46:34.849
that service our community college still have no sidewalks.

00:46:35.329 --> 00:46:36.329
Fowler.

00:46:36.329 --> 00:46:42.690
There are high speeds, there are lots of near misses, there's a lot of incidences of accidents.

00:46:42.690 --> 00:46:47.690
And that to me is concerning because, you know, when you start throwing money at a problem

00:46:47.690 --> 00:46:54.489
that's perceived based on the color of the skin or the people's financial earnings or

00:46:54.489 --> 00:47:01.170
whatever it may be, whatever those numbers and how it parses out, it misses the broader

00:47:01.170 --> 00:47:03.650
support for the community at a whole.

00:47:03.650 --> 00:47:09.970
and that's very concerning in that sense because we want to create a better freeport at the

00:47:09.970 --> 00:47:16.289
end of the day and, you know, I see roads, you know, I think of Kiwanis, I think of Stevenson,

00:47:16.289 --> 00:47:21.570
I think of Laurel, I think of some of these roads that are very, very heavily traveled

00:47:21.570 --> 00:47:26.289
in the city have no sidewalks and people are walking in them and the same can be said of

00:47:26.289 --> 00:47:32.570
Galena and 26, 26 sidewalk even though we have it in some of the places is very, very

00:47:32.570 --> 00:47:33.570
Miller.

00:47:33.570 --> 00:47:48.970
I want to make sure that this money is being spent in the most beneficial way to all of

00:47:48.970 --> 00:47:54.929
the citizens in Freeport and not just being put into a certain part of the town based

00:47:54.929 --> 00:48:00.690
on what some data analysis guy comes up with.

00:48:00.690 --> 00:48:15.690
Yeah, so just to point that out, I couldn't agree with you more on that point. However, the Federal Highway Authority requires equity and diversity be part of the inclusive process here.

00:48:15.690 --> 00:48:26.690
And so obviously, you know that as a nation, we focus a lot of energy towards the equity portion of the projects and people that may or may not need it.

00:48:26.690 --> 00:48:58.029
I thought this project fit Freeport well because some of our diverse areas need the most help right so again if we're talking about I'm just theoretically if we're talking about a roundabout at Empire and Walnut to make that a safer intersection it's got to be required about the safety equities just part of the program it's not the number one factor it's really reducing crashes and making the the city a safer place

00:48:58.029 --> 00:48:59.029
and others.

00:48:59.029 --> 00:49:00.029
Thank you.

00:49:00.029 --> 00:49:05.389
I appreciate you presenting, you and your partner, thank you for coming out and going

00:49:05.389 --> 00:49:06.389
over this stuff.

00:49:06.389 --> 00:49:08.389
Are there anything else before we close?

00:49:08.389 --> 00:49:09.389
Yes?

00:49:09.389 --> 00:49:12.309
Thanks for having us and hope to see you tomorrow night.

00:49:12.309 --> 00:49:13.309
Okay.

00:49:13.309 --> 00:49:14.309
Thank you very much.

00:49:14.309 --> 00:49:16.630
We appreciate it.

00:49:16.630 --> 00:49:23.349
Item number eight is discussing a resolution approving a retainer with Nepoli for potential

00:49:23.349 --> 00:49:32.949
litigation for PFAs at Alberta's Airport presented by Manager Blair. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

00:49:32.949 --> 00:49:40.130
So forever chemicals, perfluorinated compounds, PFOS, PFOA, these are all the same things.

00:49:40.130 --> 00:49:45.190
For many years, starting in the 70s, these chemicals were produced, sometimes under the

00:49:45.190 --> 00:49:51.190
is the trade name of Teflon and various other forever chemicals.

00:49:51.190 --> 00:49:51.989
We are in the process...

00:49:51.989 --> 00:49:59.320
We are in the process of replacing our current water, source water to get away from the old

00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:05.840
treatment plant that had issues in the raw water supply of the perfluorinate compounds.

00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:12.400
And we have worked with Napoleon Shacolnick as our litigator for this process.

00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:18.219
And we've been very successful and they've been successful in terms of negotiating settlements

00:50:18.219 --> 00:50:48.219
for the communities involved in this. This is kind of a logical extension of what we've already been engaged in. There is a dramatic amount of use of these firefighting foams. It's been used at airports all over the country. And there is residual at those locations. So this is essentially a continuation of what we've already been doing with the water supply, except going, there's going to be a new lawsuit related to

00:50:48.219 --> 00:51:08.039
Coneck, and the next phase of this program, which is airports. And so it's my recommendation that we continue to work with them and, uh, as we navigate this, uh, this future litigation.

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:38.039
Fowler, John, John, John, John, John, John, John,

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:43.039
in favor of getting monies into the city.

00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:46.880
So this is basically really a continuation of that

00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:49.880
to add the airport onto it if we could.

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:54.880
So any discussion, any questions, Alderman Sanders?

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:59.280
Yep, one thing that I do wanna know,

00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:03.840
have everything been conveyed far as the water?

00:52:03.840 --> 00:52:06.980
I hear the water, I hear about water.

00:52:06.980 --> 00:52:11.940
now hear about the airport, now hear about the polyfoam.

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:16.340
All of these things, have they have been conveyed to us

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:20.340
of all the detailed information and why now

00:52:20.340 --> 00:52:24.619
that these situations are coming up

00:52:24.619 --> 00:52:26.420
and that they're almost like mandated.

00:52:26.420 --> 00:52:28.440
Is it because of the lawsuits

00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:32.639
that has been presented to the city?

00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:37.639
Do we have a mandate to put everything in perspective?

00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:44.400
Do we have all of the nuts and bolts of the reasons

00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:49.400
why we're walking into these venture programs,

00:52:50.679 --> 00:52:52.360
especially out at the airport?

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:55.000
I'm trying to understand the connection with the airport

00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:58.280
and the water tower and the water and the polyfoam

00:52:58.280 --> 00:53:03.280
and how the city is handling it.

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:09.579
How is it that we as the city citizens

00:53:11.860 --> 00:53:14.860
not understanding the whole mechanism to everything?

00:53:14.860 --> 00:53:19.559
How is it that these things are beneficial to the city?

00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:22.139
Who does it support the most?

00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:26.579
How much of a debt does that put the city in?

00:53:26.579 --> 00:53:36.460
if the lawsuit is awarded, was there a lawsuit awarded to the city to move forward to take

00:53:36.460 --> 00:53:39.420
care of these types of problems?

00:53:39.420 --> 00:53:45.460
And that's one of the, I'm not done, but the thing about it is I'm just curious, but now

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:49.739
I'm surface, I'm doing a little surface test here just to see where we're at.

00:53:49.739 --> 00:53:52.780
I'm sure Manager Boyer can answer all that.

00:53:52.780 --> 00:53:58.860
Absolutely. A lot of these firefighting foams are used in aviation. They're one of the few

00:53:58.860 --> 00:54:02.900
substances you can use and it will snuff out the fires and they have been used for training

00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:08.659
in the past and I'm sure the fire chief could confirm or bring in in just a minute any other

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:13.779
details he might have. Essentially all this is doing is if there is contamination of this

00:54:13.779 --> 00:54:19.260
sort at the airport, which I'm not sure that we have, but if there is, we need to be going

00:54:19.260 --> 00:54:23.760
After, whatever revenue is out there because, well, I'm sure we'll be cleaning it up someday.

00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:28.239
So that's kind of the idea. And Chief, did you have anything you'd like to add on some

00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:30.500
of these, your experience with some of these?

00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:37.699
Sure. Well, I'm not familiar with any application of the AFFF foam out at the airport. However,

00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:47.619
we also practice the safe environmental uses of firefighting foam. So July 6th of 2023,

00:54:47.619 --> 00:54:57.019
We engaged a licensed waste hauler to take away the PFA AFFF foam that we were in possession

00:54:57.019 --> 00:54:58.019
of.

00:54:58.019 --> 00:55:03.460
Instead of us using it in the environment, using it in a fire, having strict guidelines

00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:14.739
to follow when you do use that PFA type foam, filing also with the EPA and the county EMA

00:55:14.739 --> 00:55:24.739
We chose just to get riven and now we have an environmentally safe substitute foam which is essentially soap suds.

00:55:24.739 --> 00:55:31.739
It's more expensive, you have to use more, but we're not exposing our personnel to that type of carcinogen.

00:55:31.739 --> 00:55:35.739
We're not exposing the environment to that type of situation.

00:55:35.739 --> 00:55:40.739
So we're 100% PFA free with our foams.

00:55:40.739 --> 00:55:52.010
Thank you. I'd just like to also add, we've kind of gone full circle. This started to

00:55:52.010 --> 00:55:57.090
become pretty prevalent or on the radar of a lot of different, not only communities,

00:55:57.090 --> 00:56:05.889
but companies in the mid-2000s, early 2000s, and as time went on, there was testing done.

00:56:05.889 --> 00:56:10.210
Freeport was one of the pilot communities to have our source water tested, and I believe

00:56:10.210 --> 00:56:16.210
about 2015. We've been working through and that's why we have the new water

00:56:16.210 --> 00:56:21.570
plant, Berchard, and that's why we need to finish finish out our redundant

00:56:21.570 --> 00:56:27.050
capacity with well 12 is coming up. But essentially this is just a natural

00:56:27.050 --> 00:56:31.489
aggregation of what's been happening here with this, particularly these agents

00:56:31.489 --> 00:56:36.210
that that are toxic and they're also in our environment.

00:56:36.210 --> 00:56:44.409
Alderman Monroe. Thank you Alderman Klemm. Chief do you know did we use the

00:56:44.409 --> 00:56:50.690
AFFF foam at the fire at the airport at any point in the past or would we have

00:56:50.690 --> 00:56:56.170
records of that that we could we could pull up? As I indicated I'm not familiar

00:56:56.170 --> 00:57:01.130
with any events that took place out at the airport that required the AFFF

00:57:01.130 --> 00:57:06.650
type foam. I'm not sure how far back our records would go to show that I mean we

00:57:06.650 --> 00:57:16.650
We could do a query for based on that address and based on that incident type, but again I'm not familiar with any involvement out there.

00:57:16.650 --> 00:57:21.650
I know many years ago it was permissible to use that for training.

00:57:21.650 --> 00:57:29.650
Actually to this day my understanding is AFFF foam is permissible in extreme emergencies only.

00:57:29.650 --> 00:57:35.889
there's some large towns who have a vast quantity of that and they still go ahead

00:57:35.889 --> 00:57:40.929
and utilize it when appropriate but again they're exposing potentially

00:57:40.929 --> 00:57:47.329
exposing their personnel to carcinogen of PFA they're potentially contaminating

00:57:47.329 --> 00:57:53.849
the environment and the soil and then the paperwork required to be filed when

00:57:53.849 --> 00:58:02.130
you do use that type of firefighting foam is pretty rigorous with EPA and also with the

00:58:02.130 --> 00:58:03.610
county EMA.

00:58:03.610 --> 00:58:06.170
Yes, thank you.

00:58:06.170 --> 00:58:12.070
And so the reason I ask is have we ever tested the groundwater at the airport since they

00:58:12.070 --> 00:58:22.409
are on well water to see if any prior to your being here, my being here, if it had been

00:58:22.409 --> 00:58:24.409
Huffines, James, James, Joe, and Rachel.

00:58:25.269 --> 00:58:30.269
The ground water that was being used, if the ground water was

00:58:30.269 --> 00:58:33.110
safe and had been tested out there, because one of the

00:58:33.110 --> 00:58:35.809
reasons why I'm asking this is we've been trying for years to

00:58:35.809 --> 00:58:39.289
get water and sewer out to the airport, and that becomes a

00:58:39.309 --> 00:58:46.610
pretty big safety issue if it is in some way damaged our

00:58:46.610 --> 00:58:52.039
environment out there as well as anybody's wells that may be

00:58:52.039 --> 00:59:02.039
I'd have to check, James, I don't know the answer to the testing question. I assume, based on all of our testing requirements, that the well water out there has been tested.

00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:13.039
But I will find out that answer for you. Another reminder I just wanted to say is, remember, these types of lawsuits are class action suits, right?

00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:20.000
and so since Freeport was one of the first 500 municipalities located with PFAS, POFAs,

00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:26.400
it would be natural for us to know that you know at some point some of these chemicals leached into

00:59:26.400 --> 00:59:31.920
our water fields or we wouldn't have them right so they're just offering us an olive ranch to be

00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:38.079
part of the class action suit based if there is financial monies coming which we all know on the

00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:42.840
Waterside. There is money coming that's already been determined. What they're

00:59:42.840 --> 00:59:46.840
doing is holding the makers of these chemicals responsible. They knew

00:59:46.840 --> 00:59:51.840
producing these and putting them out that they were alive.

00:59:51.840 --> 00:59:53.960
They were a liability to our environment and they continued to produce them and sell them

00:59:53.960 --> 00:59:54.960
without exception.

00:59:54.960 --> 00:59:55.960
Alderman Sanders?

00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:56.960
Yeah.

00:59:56.960 --> 01:00:08.039
One of the things that I wanted to observe is the study that took place to make these

01:00:08.039 --> 01:00:17.039
a determination whether we should go or whether we should not follow through with it.

01:00:17.039 --> 01:00:24.960
How did we come up with the study to know that there's contamination possibly?

01:00:24.960 --> 01:00:35.159
Because right now everything is at a presumption at this moment and has not been definitively

01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:37.679
been factual at this present time.

01:00:37.679 --> 01:00:42.960
And I'm just trying to figure out where is the presumption of anything that might be

01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:44.960
Huffines, John, and the rest of the public.

01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:47.800
So I'm just wondering, what are the

01:00:50.179 --> 01:00:52.179
issues that are going to be happening out at the airport?

01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:57.739
Was there a filing complaint? Was there a lawsuit taking place

01:00:57.739 --> 01:00:59.739
to bring this

01:01:02.019 --> 01:01:04.219
complaint to the city and the fact that we're contemplating

01:01:04.219 --> 01:01:09.599
possibly changing things out there at the airport to make

01:01:09.599 --> 01:01:12.699
things right and what it will cost, if it's going to cost the

01:01:12.699 --> 01:01:17.699
are going to offset the expenses for the chemical,

01:01:17.699 --> 01:01:22.059
possible chemical well water contaminations

01:01:22.059 --> 01:01:23.340
that are going on.

01:01:23.340 --> 01:01:26.980
If there is, because we still under the presumption,

01:01:26.980 --> 01:01:28.699
if there is anything going on,

01:01:28.699 --> 01:01:32.659
where's the study analysis that we can look at,

01:01:32.659 --> 01:01:35.659
that we can see where these things are coming in at?

01:01:35.659 --> 01:01:37.559
Because as far as I am concerned,

01:01:37.559 --> 01:01:50.340
and John. When I look at this thing, a pre-lit, what was it called? A litigation per and poly

01:01:50.340 --> 01:01:57.199
kind of thing. What was the decision made on whether the defective poly foam out there

01:01:57.199 --> 01:02:03.440
is the reason why we're making changes to bring water, wells and checking water wells

01:02:03.440 --> 01:02:08.440
and others, and all these. Who is doing all of these studies? Because this is an expense.

01:02:08.440 --> 01:02:13.659
It is going to be an expense at the end of the road. And I just wanted to see where we

01:02:13.659 --> 01:02:14.659
were at with that.

01:02:14.659 --> 01:02:19.579
Mr. Chairman. Manager Boyer can answer that. But please remember, all we are asking for

01:02:19.579 --> 01:02:25.440
at this point is a resolution to go with the company that we have. There is no cost to

01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:31.000
us as part of a class action suit. It is a matter of receiving funding back. But go ahead,

01:02:31.000 --> 01:02:32.000
Manager Boyer.

01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:38.280
If I could address some of your points, sir, Alderman Sanders, as far as I understand,

01:02:38.280 --> 01:02:45.239
so we haven't kind of got to the scope of the issue, so we need to work through that.

01:02:45.239 --> 01:02:49.900
And so to be participating in this part of the process is going to be identifying the

01:02:49.900 --> 01:02:54.239
scope of the issue, if any exists. We don't at this time know that there's an issue, we

01:02:54.239 --> 01:03:00.900
just presume that there may be due to the fact that these foams were used quite extensively

01:03:00.900 --> 01:03:08.179
at airports in general. We don't really know if they were used at Albertus. However, we're

01:03:08.179 --> 01:03:13.699
going to, you know, it would be great to work with Napoleon Shaconek in case we run up and

01:03:13.699 --> 01:03:17.860
find that we do have some issues there. So essentially all this is doing is kind of lining

01:03:17.860 --> 01:03:25.219
us up as the kind of second step on getting remunerated for these types of contamination.

01:03:25.219 --> 01:03:26.219
Miller.

01:03:26.219 --> 01:03:29.199
Thank you.

01:03:29.199 --> 01:03:30.199
Any questions?

01:03:30.199 --> 01:03:37.639
We need a motion and a second to move this forward to the next meeting.

01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:40.000
I make a motion to move it forward.

01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:49.110
Do you need a voice or a motion to move it forward?

01:03:49.110 --> 01:03:51.389
All in favor signify by saying aye.

01:03:51.389 --> 01:03:52.389
Aye.

01:03:52.389 --> 01:03:53.389
Opposed?

01:03:53.389 --> 01:03:55.389
Same sign.

01:03:55.389 --> 01:03:57.150
Motion passes.

01:03:57.150 --> 01:04:05.630
number nine regarding ESRI municipal and county enterprise agreement for GIS by Director Suttman.

01:04:11.150 --> 01:04:14.590
I'll first just kind of go through basically what's in the memo that you guys all got.

01:04:14.590 --> 01:04:21.630
The background in 2011, the city, I kind of built the GIS for the city, the water and sewer system.

01:04:21.630 --> 01:04:28.070
System. At first it was just on my computer. It wasn't super useful. Over the years we

01:04:28.070 --> 01:04:31.449
started kind of handing it out to more and more of the water crews to the point where

01:04:31.449 --> 01:04:37.630
now a few are using it. Kind of a big part of this enterprise agreement is we want to

01:04:37.630 --> 01:04:45.429
put it in even more people's hands and increase that functionality even more. GIS is Geographic

01:04:45.429 --> 01:04:50.980
and I'm going to explain in a minute here what that is.

01:04:50.980 --> 01:04:59.329
One of the biggest places we think this agreement will help is with, definitely with Water and

01:04:59.329 --> 01:05:02.250
Sewer and kind of the field crews.

01:05:02.250 --> 01:05:06.170
The idea is to put all the information they would need day to day directly in their hands

01:05:06.170 --> 01:05:10.849
on a tablet so they're not having to go back to the office necessarily and look through

01:05:10.849 --> 01:05:11.849
AP records.

01:05:11.849 --> 01:05:17.210
It's kind of a two-fold advantage because then also they can add data in the field.

01:05:17.210 --> 01:05:19.130
and doesn't have to wait and go to drafting

01:05:19.130 --> 01:05:22.090
and touch a lot of hands to get into the real-time system.

01:05:24.420 --> 01:05:28.860
The financial aspect of this is it's about,

01:05:28.860 --> 01:05:30.920
it's a little over 30 grand a year.

01:05:33.079 --> 01:05:34.460
And this is a three-year agreement.

01:05:34.460 --> 01:05:37.820
This was approved for the 2025 budget

01:05:37.820 --> 01:05:41.019
and it will probably be split out about 21,000 modern sewer

01:05:41.019 --> 01:05:44.300
and 9,000 city funds will be the breakout.

01:05:45.539 --> 01:05:47.139
Aaron, does this have to be approved

01:05:47.139 --> 01:05:50.599
or is it just informational?

01:05:50.599 --> 01:05:53.679
Ultimately, you would need a motion at the committee level,

01:05:53.679 --> 01:05:56.079
motion second, a vote in favor,

01:05:56.079 --> 01:05:58.659
to then get it on to the council agenda.

01:05:58.659 --> 01:06:00.840
So that's our intention tonight is to give you

01:06:00.840 --> 01:06:02.920
a lot of information and hopefully get it moved

01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:04.720
on to the next meeting for approval.

01:06:06.440 --> 01:06:10.079
And as I state in the memo, I do believe it hits every,

01:06:10.079 --> 01:06:12.320
basically every strategic vision we have,

01:06:12.320 --> 01:06:14.099
this would benefit.

01:06:14.099 --> 01:06:16.539
Now, as far as what GIS is,

01:06:16.539 --> 01:06:17.920
when I was just getting into GIS,

01:06:17.920 --> 01:06:21.019
People would say it's AutoCAD with data attached.

01:06:21.019 --> 01:06:23.720
And I didn't really know what that meant until I saw it.

01:06:24.940 --> 01:06:30.809
So on the screen here, you have a map.

01:06:30.809 --> 01:06:31.650
Yeah.

01:06:32.809 --> 01:06:34.289
So this is our data.

01:06:34.289 --> 01:06:38.130
This is a storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and water main.

01:06:38.130 --> 01:06:40.170
And right now it looks just like lines.

01:06:40.170 --> 01:06:43.210
So that's not a lot different than a paper map.

01:06:43.210 --> 01:06:46.510
But if you zoom in, you can actually click on these.

01:06:47.610 --> 01:06:49.989
When it refreshes here, go click on one,

01:06:49.989 --> 01:06:54.309
and you can kind of see the data attached.

01:06:54.309 --> 01:06:57.690
So that one there, it's a 24 inch clay pipe.

01:06:57.690 --> 01:07:00.150
So you know that just by click on it.

01:07:00.150 --> 01:07:02.989
It's not terribly useful to go around and click on it,

01:07:02.989 --> 01:07:05.670
but you can also go ask GIS questions.

01:07:05.670 --> 01:07:09.789
Not like you'd ask an AI, you know, you can write queries.

01:07:09.789 --> 01:07:11.750
But you could say, so when we're out in the field

01:07:11.750 --> 01:07:13.309
and we gather data on these,

01:07:13.309 --> 01:07:15.150
which is a little data at this point,

01:07:16.150 --> 01:07:17.470
you know, we rated them.

01:07:17.470 --> 01:07:19.269
You know, inlets with blocks falling out of them

01:07:19.269 --> 01:07:23.029
or a Santerie manhole looked like it was backed up.

01:07:24.590 --> 01:07:25.829
For project season, you could go

01:07:25.829 --> 01:07:27.029
and maybe ask the questions like,

01:07:27.029 --> 01:07:28.670
how many do we have backed up?

01:07:28.670 --> 01:07:29.929
You know, how many linear feet?

01:07:29.929 --> 01:07:32.029
So it's a great planning tool as well.

01:07:34.440 --> 01:07:36.039
I do have a little presentation.

01:07:36.039 --> 01:07:37.279
I don't know if we need to go through it,

01:07:37.279 --> 01:07:39.079
but we'll look through it.

01:07:39.079 --> 01:07:39.920
Yeah.

01:07:40.679 --> 01:07:47.199
When you brought up the GIS study,

01:07:47.199 --> 01:07:57.599
have we already had that mechanism for the city at one time? And who was governing it then?

01:07:57.599 --> 01:08:08.559
Who was supervising that GIS study? Who was doing the supervising of that particular?

01:08:08.559 --> 01:08:14.800
Because what the data that you're demonstrating right now is pretty much was data that was already

01:08:14.800 --> 01:08:15.800
McEvoy.

01:08:15.800 --> 01:08:27.559
I don't know when, but I'm just trying to figure out what firm or company was supervising

01:08:27.559 --> 01:08:30.520
those particular studies, those GIS studies.

01:08:30.520 --> 01:08:42.520
And if that is the same study, can we also use that data as well, I mean, to increase

01:08:42.520 --> 01:08:44.680
What it is that is going on within the city?

01:08:44.680 --> 01:08:50.359
So this GI actually looking at, if we're, let's frame it as the water and sewer system.

01:08:50.359 --> 01:08:57.559
That was created by me between, let's say, 2011 and 2017, and that was done through a combination

01:08:57.559 --> 01:09:01.319
of the paper records down at Water and Sewer, which those guys did an amazing job for the last

01:09:01.319 --> 01:09:06.119
hundred years, digitizing those into the computer, and then also going out in the field and hand

01:09:06.119 --> 01:09:13.260
Verified, Depps, Condition, things like that. My supervisor at the time would have been

01:09:13.260 --> 01:09:19.440
the city engineer throughout that. But this data will go into the new one. It always keeps

01:09:19.440 --> 01:09:26.119
accumulating on top of itself. What this is, it almost, the value here is the deployment

01:09:26.119 --> 01:09:33.760
to others. It's putting in the hands of staff to make their everyday tasks faster, easier,

01:09:33.760 --> 01:09:39.199
and Gertrude.

01:09:46.050 --> 01:11:06.899
If I could, Kurt. First of all, I want to thank you and congratulate you because you've been around a while and I know how hard you've worked with us over the year.

01:11:06.899 --> 01:11:13.619
and congratulations to you guys, as Curt said, for keeping the records that they have for

01:11:13.619 --> 01:11:16.060
a hundred years on it.

01:11:16.060 --> 01:11:23.380
City of Freeport, fortunately, is very, very far ahead of other communities on this, as

01:11:23.380 --> 01:11:30.100
far as what's recorded, as far as any breakage, anything they know, need to know, they know

01:11:30.100 --> 01:11:36.100
instantly, which is worth the fortune, as far as number one, how do you fix it, where

01:11:36.100 --> 01:11:42.340
Sanders, what's affected by this. So this is really good. And the GIS to be able to

01:11:42.340 --> 01:11:49.260
get that and pass it on without a doubt would be helpful. Whether it be a developer, whether

01:11:49.260 --> 01:11:55.699
it be anything, you know what you have in the area so you can draw from. So I appreciate

01:11:55.699 --> 01:12:02.220
what you've done so far in this and look forward to doing this. But thank you guys for what

01:12:02.220 --> 01:12:03.220
you've done.

01:12:03.220 --> 01:12:11.739
Sanders. Yeah, the accumulation of the data that is being retrieved without going into

01:12:11.739 --> 01:12:26.649
great detail. What I'm concerned about is when this program starts, when you start implementing

01:12:26.649 --> 01:12:59.939
and I have been doing this study, how much feed data that you have, where have you not been, where is the demographic areas that you have not been to do studies and then we still need to accumulate more data to put into the system so that overall, the city overall will be something that will be accessible to our

01:12:59.939 --> 01:13:29.939
What I want to say, people that are supposed to be in the know that is doing these projects, that needs this information, because you're going to have existing problems within the city system, and we need to be able to evaluate that through our GIS studies, and that that information has to be part of a situation that you're able

01:13:29.939 --> 01:13:30.939
and so forth.

01:13:30.939 --> 01:13:34.100
So, you would need to go back that far back and look at what was the structural linings

01:13:34.100 --> 01:13:38.659
and things of this nature with the piping, the water lines and all of these kinds of

01:13:38.659 --> 01:13:39.659
things.

01:13:39.659 --> 01:13:44.100
You would need a history count of everything that's been going on throughout the city over

01:13:44.100 --> 01:13:45.579
decades.

01:13:45.579 --> 01:13:52.539
And that would help you to understand what you're up against when you approach any project

01:13:52.539 --> 01:13:54.420
problem or whatever the case is.

01:13:54.420 --> 01:13:57.699
I just wanted to understand that this is where you're headed.

01:13:57.699 --> 01:14:04.399
This is what you're continuing to develop. This is what you want to put into your program

01:14:04.399 --> 01:14:09.819
and that we can spit it out at the other end when you do your assessment studies.

01:14:09.819 --> 01:14:14.619
Yeah, so we did as much of the city as we could. I think there's a few curb stops we

01:14:14.619 --> 01:14:20.859
couldn't find with the wand. But that's right there is the main goal. This is a living document.

01:14:20.859 --> 01:14:21.859
Yeah, okay.

01:14:21.859 --> 01:14:27.579
So it's all the history and we do have some of the guys through the draft now that have

01:14:27.579 --> 01:14:33.579
We've been here a long time and that's part of the one of the reasons we want to do it now too is to make sure we get that institutional knowledge kind of baked into it.

01:14:33.579 --> 01:14:34.579
Yeah.

01:14:34.579 --> 01:14:44.579
So I'm supporting Kurt on this, the utility really needs an upgrade to this system.

01:14:44.579 --> 01:14:56.579
One of the curtain I discussed this earlier today we still have people that are drafting on my LARS down at the wastewater treatment plant regularly for updates that we make it's very antiquated.

01:14:56.579 --> 01:15:26.579
We calculated some numbers today that we believe this system will pay for itself in modern upgrades also when we do project work and I'll pick Adams Avenue for example the way we track our systems and way we build them we will be able to actually port that information to Kurt's team and he'll be able to drop it right in there and the new data will all appear magically as we do the construction inspections

01:15:26.579 --> 01:15:35.579
We're trying to track everything now with our GPS equipment, and that will continuously update the system as construction updates are made throughout the city.

01:15:35.579 --> 01:15:41.579
The system that we currently have, that's not capable of doing, and the upgrades are tough.

01:15:41.579 --> 01:15:51.579
And another point that we have is that we're probably using the system that we have right now beyond our means because we don't have as many licenses as we need to actually use it.

01:15:51.579 --> 01:15:56.300
We're kind of cheating the system a little bit right now, just trying to make it work,

01:15:56.300 --> 01:15:59.739
knowing that we would get to an upgrade that would be budgeted for this year.

01:15:59.739 --> 01:16:00.739
Absolutely.

01:16:00.739 --> 01:16:01.739
Alderman Parker?

01:16:01.739 --> 01:16:02.739
Do we need a motion to move this forward?

01:16:02.739 --> 01:16:04.939
I'll make the motion to move this forward.

01:16:04.939 --> 01:16:07.579
Okay, Alderman Parker, matching.

01:16:07.579 --> 01:16:08.579
Okay.

01:16:08.579 --> 01:16:09.579
Okay.

01:16:09.579 --> 01:16:20.000
Do we need a voice vote, okay?

01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:21.000
Okay.

01:16:21.000 --> 01:16:23.560
All in favor, signify by saying aye.

01:16:23.560 --> 01:16:24.560
Aye.

01:16:24.560 --> 01:16:25.560
Aye.

01:16:25.560 --> 01:16:28.189
Opposed?

01:16:28.189 --> 01:16:29.189
Same sign?

01:16:29.189 --> 01:16:30.189
Same.

01:16:30.189 --> 01:16:41.140
Did I understand you to say that it's going to cost about $30,000 a year, and it's in

01:16:41.140 --> 01:16:42.140
three-year terms?

01:16:42.140 --> 01:16:46.859
Each, yep, it's a three-year term, so it's $30,000 every year.

01:16:46.859 --> 01:16:51.979
And that it was budgeted for the 2025?

01:16:51.979 --> 01:16:53.380
Yes.

01:16:53.380 --> 01:17:00.560
Okay, so if we budgeted for it, hasn't it already been approved?

01:17:00.560 --> 01:17:01.560
Denning.

01:17:01.560 --> 01:17:02.560
That's not the agreement.

01:17:02.560 --> 01:17:08.119
The funds are allocated, but the agreement to enter a contract with ESRI hasn't.

01:17:08.119 --> 01:17:09.119
That's what this is.

01:17:09.119 --> 01:17:10.119
Okay.

01:17:10.119 --> 01:17:17.359
I just wanted to add, if I could, until we move to the next one, I'd really like to thank

01:17:17.359 --> 01:17:23.159
also, I thank Eric and Kirk for all the work they did, but all the work Fehr Graham did

01:17:23.159 --> 01:17:25.319
and also Tom Glenn Denning.

01:17:25.319 --> 01:17:29.920
As we know, Tom Glenn Denning put his heart into this to really start to move it forward,

01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:35.260
Thanks to all the people involved to this point. Next item is item number 10.

01:17:35.260 --> 01:17:39.800
Yeah Tom, you actually got to take the vote. So you got to do all those in

01:17:39.800 --> 01:17:48.460
favor still. You got to take the vote now. You got a motion and you second?

01:17:48.460 --> 01:17:53.739
No, because I had a question. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.

01:17:53.739 --> 01:18:03.000
Opposed, same sign. You take the vote. Okay, item number 10 regarding resolution

01:18:03.000 --> 01:18:10.600
Adopting Northwest Illinois Safety Action Plan as part of participating in

01:18:10.600 --> 01:18:15.680
Stevenson County's application to the Department of Transportation Federal

01:18:15.680 --> 01:18:24.279
Highway Safe Streets Grants and this will be presented by Darren. Yeah so not to

01:18:24.279 --> 01:18:28.880
confuse the subject because we talked about the City of Freeport's program. We

01:18:28.880 --> 01:18:35.760
We are also part of a small piece of the Stevenson County SS4A plan because we're part of the

01:18:35.760 --> 01:18:42.559
county. Their configuration includes, I believe, five other counties, so it's a much larger

01:18:42.559 --> 01:18:49.140
broad-based program. We started that program, I believe, just over a year ago. They're getting

01:18:49.140 --> 01:19:01.220
towards their finality of it and as part of their plan they're asking us to have a resolution

01:19:01.220 --> 01:19:07.079
stating that we are a part of their plan and if they go to implementation which would be

01:19:07.079 --> 01:19:12.359
the final reporting that we're just signifying that we're part of the plan.

01:19:12.359 --> 01:19:17.979
We have been from the start, City Manager Boyer sits on their TAC team and has represented

01:19:17.979 --> 01:19:19.819
of the City.

01:19:19.819 --> 01:19:21.979
Again, the reason we did two different programs,

01:19:21.979 --> 01:19:25.760
not to confuse it, is there is a much broad-based program that's

01:19:25.760 --> 01:19:27.619
covering six counties.

01:19:27.619 --> 01:19:31.899
Freeport is just covering Freeport.

01:19:31.899 --> 01:19:35.739
This is, as Darren explained, this is no cost to us

01:19:35.739 --> 01:19:36.500
or anything else.

01:19:36.500 --> 01:19:39.020
It's just being part of the county's program.

01:19:39.020 --> 01:19:40.659
I have a motion to move forward.

01:19:40.659 --> 01:19:41.460
So moved.

01:19:41.460 --> 01:19:41.960
Second.

01:19:50.930 --> 01:19:59.149
All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed same sign. Motion carries. Item

01:19:59.149 --> 01:20:04.810
number 11. Discussion regarding Distressed Communities grant funding

01:20:04.810 --> 01:20:16.090
presented by Alderman Stacey in Monroe. Good evening. I wanted to bring this to

01:20:16.090 --> 01:20:22.949
the council to gather a little more understanding on this distressed grant

01:20:22.949 --> 01:20:32.470
Program. City Manager Boyer, can you tell me how many times and when we have

01:20:32.470 --> 01:20:41.550
received this? We received it one time and I believe it was the end of 2021 and I

01:20:41.550 --> 01:20:54.350
yeah so one time in 2021 can you tell me how much we received off the time I had

01:20:54.350 --> 01:21:04.579
I think it was about $81,000 okay because that number is much much lower

01:21:04.579 --> 01:21:10.880
than what it was when you and I spoke the other day and I also mentioned that

01:21:10.880 --> 01:21:14.840
I didn't have it on top my head but I thought it was a certain range but since

01:21:14.840 --> 01:21:33.840
I believe that was the whole thing. However, the money never came through the city. It went directly from ComEd to the contractor. So I don't know if that included any discounts on light fixtures or anything like that.

01:21:33.840 --> 01:21:35.279
I believe that was the whole thing.

01:21:35.279 --> 01:21:38.800
However, the money never came through the city.

01:21:38.800 --> 01:21:41.539
It went directly from ComEd to the contractor.

01:21:41.539 --> 01:21:44.239
So I don't know if that included any discounts

01:21:44.239 --> 01:21:46.159
on light fixtures or whatever.

01:21:46.159 --> 01:21:58.649
So, but that was the information that I had.

01:21:58.649 --> 01:22:02.630
So, Manager Boyer, kind of moving forward,

01:22:02.630 --> 01:22:03.930
I know there was a lot of discussion

01:22:03.930 --> 01:22:06.630
about the Distressed Community Grant funding

01:22:06.630 --> 01:22:10.750
and the actual title of Distressed Communities.

01:22:10.750 --> 01:22:14.909
Do you see that as being a negative for the city of Freeport as we move forward

01:22:15.350 --> 01:22:18.689
to be titled that and to have that as kind of a

01:22:19.909 --> 01:22:23.909
Slogan almost. Yeah, I don't have an opinion on it for getting

01:22:24.789 --> 01:22:27.069
funding from ComEd to do lighting

01:22:27.069 --> 01:22:31.229
I I'm not really in a position to tell them what to call their grant funding

01:22:31.229 --> 01:22:35.670
but I understand it's now called the select communities grant and it looks like

01:22:36.149 --> 01:22:39.229
We have a representative here that might have some more information on that

01:22:40.750 --> 01:22:52.750
George, would you like to speak on this, please, since it's a ComEd and we thank you for coming?

01:22:52.750 --> 01:23:00.750
You're welcome. George Gollarap, citizen of Freeport, Illinois, employed as external affairs manager for ComEd.

01:23:00.750 --> 01:23:07.750
We no longer have the Distress Community Program. It's now called Select Community.

01:23:07.750 --> 01:23:09.750
and the rest of the community.

01:23:09.750 --> 01:23:11.750
Last year, select community.

01:23:11.750 --> 01:23:15.750
So last year when I was talking about Freeport being on the

01:23:15.750 --> 01:23:17.750
list, I said, you know what?

01:23:17.750 --> 01:23:19.750
I said, what a horrible name.

01:23:19.750 --> 01:23:22.750
Is there any possibility we can change this?

01:23:22.750 --> 01:23:26.750
Because Rockford had been on it and still is on it for many

01:23:26.750 --> 01:23:28.750
years since I've been over there.

01:23:28.750 --> 01:23:31.750
They receive discounts on the lighting, different programs

01:23:31.750 --> 01:23:32.750
that we do have.

01:23:32.750 --> 01:23:34.750
It's not so much of a grant program.

01:23:34.750 --> 01:23:35.750
Huffines.

01:23:35.750 --> 01:23:57.489
We have many other reductions in cost, and all these are stackable, which means you don't

01:23:57.489 --> 01:23:59.189
get 10% only.

01:23:59.189 --> 01:24:03.090
You can go through the program and stack these up to 100%.

01:24:03.090 --> 01:24:17.090
It's a great program. It's listed for communities that do struggle. Out of 400 communities that ComEd serves, there's 125 communities on this list.

01:24:17.090 --> 01:24:30.090
I mean, you know, 25%. I mean, it's a lot. I mean, northern Illinois does have a lot of issues, and with your support and with your administration support, you can dig out of this.

01:24:30.090 --> 01:24:46.090
and it can be much better for the city itself. So I have been working with Rob Boyer and Mayor Miller since August, July of last year, I believe, to try to move things forward and make sure that you are eligible for these stackable discounts.

01:24:48.090 --> 01:25:03.630
I'm just a little, last week we were told, well why didn't we know it was select and not distressed? First of all.

01:25:03.630 --> 01:25:17.989
Second of all, why did we not know that we're on this select community grant?

01:25:17.989 --> 01:25:25.989
I found out about it last week in an internal staff meeting. I was very excited about this.

01:25:25.989 --> 01:25:34.989
And as soon as I found out about it, I communicated this with Manager Boyer, but he said he had already seen the letter from ComEd earlier.

01:25:34.989 --> 01:25:35.989
Huffines.

01:25:35.989 --> 01:25:41.470
That Freeport was eligible, but they're still under the old name, not the new name.

01:25:41.470 --> 01:25:45.069
So if anybody, if you want to blame anybody, you can blame me for not knowing earlier than

01:25:45.069 --> 01:25:46.069
last week.

01:25:46.069 --> 01:25:47.069
No.

01:25:47.069 --> 01:25:51.069
But we had an internal meeting and I was really grateful to find out that Freeport was on

01:25:51.069 --> 01:25:54.029
this list and is eligible.

01:25:54.029 --> 01:26:07.029
It's not about blaming anyone, Mr. Gorewrap. It's about understanding what we have and

01:26:07.029 --> 01:26:11.630
what we're able to do with what we have.

01:26:11.630 --> 01:26:17.189
Yes, and you're also working with a group called the Will Group. They're the ones that

01:26:17.189 --> 01:26:22.390
provided the city with an application and we're trying to make sure that that application

01:26:22.390 --> 01:26:28.229
is acceptable. There were some mistakes put on there by the Will Group, inadvertently,

01:26:28.229 --> 01:26:33.789
that Mr. Boyer pointed out. So those have been corrected. I'm working with two outreach

01:26:33.789 --> 01:26:41.930
people, Ian McAdams and Eric Hennessy, to make sure the application does get accepted.

01:26:41.930 --> 01:26:46.789
And that's step one on the first set of discounts on the project.

01:26:46.789 --> 01:26:50.409
So we're still at the application level, though?

01:26:50.409 --> 01:26:54.970
It's completed. It had been by January 30th, and it was. We're just making some corrections.

01:26:54.970 --> 01:27:01.529
And as we go on, you become more eligible for more and more discounts along the way.

01:27:01.529 --> 01:27:08.250
So some of the discounts. What ComEd wants you to do is be energy efficient. So they

01:27:08.250 --> 01:27:14.369
want you to take the old high-pressure sodium lights or whatever lights you may have and

01:27:14.369 --> 01:27:22.050
Reduce the wattage, not reduce the brightness of the light, just the wattage to new technology.

01:27:22.050 --> 01:27:26.489
And I believe for every watt you reduce, it's one dollar.

01:27:26.489 --> 01:27:35.890
So if you take a 400-watt light and you reduce it down to a 60-watt light, you have $340

01:27:35.890 --> 01:27:37.970
of credit on each light that you do.

01:27:37.970 --> 01:27:40.369
And that adds up rather quickly.

01:27:40.369 --> 01:27:43.050
Darren, do you have any other?

01:27:43.050 --> 01:28:12.550
Yeah, so I want to clarify something to the council. So, George and myself and city manager have been working for over a year, actually probably two years now, on getting the select community, distressed community, whatever we're calling that, it's ComEd's designations, not the City of Freeport's designation, trying to get back on that list.

01:28:12.550 --> 01:28:14.750
We were on it in 2021.

01:28:14.750 --> 01:28:18.190
Somehow we were off the list.

01:28:18.190 --> 01:28:20.550
We were trying to move forward with lighting projects,

01:28:20.550 --> 01:28:22.829
but the cost was not acceptable to us,

01:28:22.829 --> 01:28:27.949
knowing that we qualified for these larger rebates.

01:28:27.949 --> 01:28:33.430
So George is the Northern Illinois Affairs Manager

01:28:33.430 --> 01:28:34.149
for ComEd.

01:28:34.149 --> 01:28:35.909
So we contacted George.

01:28:35.909 --> 01:28:38.670
We also contacted our congressmen.

01:28:38.670 --> 01:28:41.390
We also contacted our area reps.

01:28:41.390 --> 01:28:45.430
and we sent letters downstate to plead with our state

01:28:45.430 --> 01:28:48.550
because ComEd is not the only party that has to agree

01:28:48.550 --> 01:28:49.809
to put us on this list.

01:28:49.809 --> 01:28:52.170
The state of Illinois also has to allow to it.

01:28:52.170 --> 01:28:55.109
By evaluating the list, we saw that there were communities

01:28:55.109 --> 01:28:58.789
in much better shape for it that were already on the list.

01:28:58.789 --> 01:29:01.470
And so that's what we've been trying to do

01:29:02.869 --> 01:29:04.909
and we've been waiting to get the select status.

01:29:04.909 --> 01:29:07.130
We actually had a project in the queue,

01:29:07.130 --> 01:29:10.430
which was to remove the high pressure sodium lights

01:29:10.430 --> 01:29:14.350
down the IDOT corridors because they're all older lighting.

01:29:14.350 --> 01:29:17.149
And so that's the program that we had been working on

01:29:17.149 --> 01:29:21.149
when we started talking about the safer areas

01:29:23.309 --> 01:29:26.289
that Chief Shenberger had applied for, right?

01:29:26.289 --> 01:29:29.750
So we just found out, Rob actually texted me

01:29:29.750 --> 01:29:33.529
from the city manager's conference

01:29:33.529 --> 01:29:36.550
that we were selected as a select community.

01:29:36.550 --> 01:29:37.829
And that's how we found out.

01:29:37.829 --> 01:29:42.190
and we spent a lot of time last week fixing the paperwork

01:29:42.190 --> 01:29:44.069
to get it in in time to...

01:29:44.069 --> 01:29:51.420
to get it in in time to qualify for the IDOT corridor lighting. So when this

01:29:51.420 --> 01:29:59.359
money cometh, I'm gonna speak it into existence. It's not money, it's credit.

01:29:59.359 --> 01:30:08.239
It's credit, cometh. Discounts? Discount, cometh, yes. Is it gonna be limited to a

01:30:08.239 --> 01:30:11.460
R., Trump, arrives, and we'll see how it goes.

01:30:13.199 --> 01:30:16.000
Do you think it's going to go to a certain area?

01:30:19.239 --> 01:30:21.319
No. My understanding from reading the

01:30:21.319 --> 01:30:26.979
information that George gave us is that we qualify for it city

01:30:26.979 --> 01:30:29.920
wide, right? It's a community function.

01:30:29.920 --> 01:30:33.880
It's just we have to remember if what he said earlier, if

01:30:33.880 --> 01:30:37.020
you're reducing wattage, there's more of incentive than

01:30:37.020 --> 01:31:07.020
which will reduce some of the stackable credits, but there's still other credits, correct? So we might not get as deep of a discount, but we'll still be able to stack other items like Maiden, Illinois or other designations there. I won't say that the application isn't kind of confusing because it is. There's a lot of different information on it. So Alderman Stacy, if you would like, I'm not for sure the next city council meeting or the one after that. What I'll do is I'll get all the

01:31:07.020 --> 01:31:38.359
I just, I just want something that's going to affect all of Freeport.

01:31:38.359 --> 01:31:48.760
and just not a certain area because to my understanding the last distress slash

01:31:48.760 --> 01:31:59.460
select grant we received all that funding went downtown. I can answer why

01:31:59.460 --> 01:32:05.500
that is okay because the downtown lighting is our number was our number one

01:32:05.500 --> 01:32:09.460
bill for the city of Freeport it was a huge expense because those were all

01:32:09.460 --> 01:32:15.539
Culling, Condescence, by switching them to LED, City Manager Boyer reduced the cost of

01:32:15.539 --> 01:32:20.260
the city greatly in the amount that it takes to light the downtown regularly.

01:32:20.260 --> 01:32:23.539
So that was the whole purpose and mission behind that project.

01:32:23.539 --> 01:32:24.539
Okay.

01:32:24.539 --> 01:32:26.819
That was City Manager Bucus.

01:32:26.819 --> 01:32:32.500
Bucus, but City Manager Boyer was the Public Works Director at that time.

01:32:32.500 --> 01:32:52.079
because we had 150 wattage and that was traded out with LEDs at about 32% lighting and that

01:32:52.079 --> 01:33:00.000
was one of the biggest mistakes made by the city when it come to lightening our city.

01:33:00.000 --> 01:33:03.640
Are you saying the lights downtown are less bright?

01:33:03.640 --> 01:33:05.960
No, I'm not talking about downtown.

01:33:05.960 --> 01:33:07.479
Downtown is lit up.

01:33:07.479 --> 01:33:10.079
I could go down there at 2 o'clock in the morning

01:33:10.079 --> 01:33:14.970
and walk my three miles with no fear.

01:33:18.010 --> 01:33:21.689
I'm just saying that these other concerned areas

01:33:21.689 --> 01:33:31.850
that we must and will start working on has got to get better.

01:33:31.850 --> 01:33:40.050
I want to thank you for what you did do on Salon Park.

01:33:40.050 --> 01:33:45.050
I respect that, and I acknowledge that.

01:33:45.050 --> 01:33:49.770
It still was not enough, but thank you for your efforts.

01:33:49.770 --> 01:33:52.449
Well, the intersection is well lit.

01:33:52.449 --> 01:33:54.210
Salon Park is not.

01:33:54.210 --> 01:33:57.170
But again, Salon Park is private property,

01:33:57.170 --> 01:34:00.649
and it would be pretty tough to use taxpayer dollars

01:34:00.649 --> 01:34:03.010
to light a private property.

01:34:03.010 --> 01:34:04.689
So whoever owns that.

01:34:04.689 --> 01:34:05.689
They're dead.

01:34:05.689 --> 01:34:09.090
There's one that needs to put the light in.

01:34:09.090 --> 01:34:09.569
Thank you.

01:34:09.569 --> 01:34:13.890
But one thing I did receive some bad news.

01:34:13.890 --> 01:34:17.850
I mean, Oak Street was sprayed with gang symbols

01:34:17.850 --> 01:34:19.289
on the utility poles.

01:34:19.289 --> 01:34:23.289
I think Rob Boyer and the Public Works Department,

01:34:23.289 --> 01:34:25.170
they went out and painted over those.

01:34:25.170 --> 01:34:29.210
And at the same time, we discovered a light over on Elk

01:34:29.210 --> 01:34:32.170
and Cherry that wasn't there.

01:34:32.170 --> 01:34:35.529
The city's supposed to be paying for a light,

01:34:35.529 --> 01:34:36.409
but it wasn't there.

01:34:36.409 --> 01:34:40.210
So the city will get credit, and we'll get a light up there.

01:34:40.210 --> 01:34:42.970
And I'm sure there's other examples in town

01:34:42.970 --> 01:34:45.449
that you may find there, too.

01:34:45.449 --> 01:34:46.890
And thank you again.

01:34:46.890 --> 01:34:48.529
And all of our sellers, thank you.

01:34:48.529 --> 01:34:52.890
Broadway and Cherry, because oak doesn't hit cherry.

01:34:52.890 --> 01:34:55.609
Elkin cherry?

01:34:55.609 --> 01:34:57.770
OK, I'll double check.

01:34:57.770 --> 01:34:59.130
And can you?

01:34:59.130 --> 01:35:04.250
thank you. Once again just give the number out if you have a street light out that

01:35:04.250 --> 01:35:09.449
they can call our citizens can call you directly. Yeah so the number you want is

01:35:09.449 --> 01:35:17.970
1-800-334-7661 so it's the edit 1-800-Edison-1. If you want to contact me

01:35:17.970 --> 01:35:23.529
directly they would have to go through the mayor, city council member, public

01:35:23.529 --> 01:35:28.329
works, or the city administrator and they can contact me. But the easiest way

01:35:28.329 --> 01:35:34.649
is a straight line. Mm-hmm. Agreed. Thank you. You can also do call Public Works because I've

01:35:34.649 --> 01:35:39.369
called those and they call them in right away and get it done too if you call Public Works.

01:35:39.369 --> 01:35:46.449
Or you can call Alderman Sellers because she has my phone number. Thank you. Thank you,

01:35:46.449 --> 01:35:53.210
Jerry. Appreciate it. Item number 12, discussion regarding fundraising money collected for downtown

01:35:53.210 --> 01:36:03.550
Decorations, presented by Alderman Stacy and Monroe. Well, I had hoped to discuss

01:36:03.550 --> 01:36:12.420
this tonight. However, the person that could probably answer my questions, for

01:36:12.420 --> 01:36:20.779
whatever reason, is not here. And so, I would just like to carry this matter to

01:36:20.779 --> 01:36:28.760
the next council meeting, the 18th of February. Since I was the second, I would

01:36:28.760 --> 01:36:30.760
and I agree to that as well.

01:36:30.760 --> 01:36:32.760
Is this the 13?

01:36:32.760 --> 01:36:34.760
Item number 12.

01:36:34.760 --> 01:36:36.760
Move to the third

01:36:36.760 --> 01:36:38.760
meeting of the month.

01:36:38.760 --> 01:36:40.760
Please.

01:36:40.760 --> 01:36:42.760
The 18th of February.

01:36:44.760 --> 01:36:46.760
Okay, we got

01:36:46.760 --> 01:36:54.739
Stacy.

01:36:54.739 --> 01:36:56.739
All in favor signify by saying

01:36:56.739 --> 01:36:58.739
aye. Aye. Aye.

01:36:58.739 --> 01:37:08.489
Opposed, same sign. Aye.

01:37:08.489 --> 01:37:10.489
Okay, so that will be up on

01:37:10.489 --> 01:37:32.859
Next week's agenda. Item number 13. Discuss potential $2 million Illinois Department of Transportation surface transportation program urban STU funding for streets by Darren. You're a popular guy tonight, Darren. That's okay.

01:37:32.859 --> 01:38:00.619
Apologies that I didn't have adequate time to get a map on the agenda. I have

01:38:00.619 --> 01:38:08.739
been working for probably the last three months with IDOT working on trying to

01:38:08.739 --> 01:38:14.539
find an avenue to find more transportation money for Freeport. This

01:38:14.539 --> 01:38:20.899
map that I handed out, Surface Transportation Program, so we were hoping

01:38:20.899 --> 01:38:25.300
to present a program that could still be pulled off in 2025.

01:38:25.300 --> 01:38:32.979
I found out from IDOT last week that even the modest plans

01:38:32.979 --> 01:38:35.779
that we want to do for these roads will require an ESR,

01:38:35.779 --> 01:38:40.020
which is an environmental survey report, which

01:38:40.020 --> 01:38:42.100
takes nine months to complete.

01:38:42.100 --> 01:38:48.100
So to not belabor it, I've been working.

01:38:48.100 --> 01:38:50.539
We have an STU fund.

01:38:50.539 --> 01:38:55.180
I've asked IDOT to contribute two and a half million dollars

01:38:55.180 --> 01:38:56.979
towards this project.

01:38:56.979 --> 01:39:00.899
They will agree if Freeport will support the engineering cost.

01:39:00.899 --> 01:39:05.779
So just so the audience knows, the streets

01:39:05.779 --> 01:39:07.659
that we're looking to do.

01:39:07.659 --> 01:39:11.260
These will be mill and overlays only with ADA ramp

01:39:11.260 --> 01:39:14.539
replacements and curbs.

01:39:14.539 --> 01:39:18.420
We would do Walnut Avenue from Empire to South.

01:39:18.420 --> 01:39:25.819
I would love to keep going on that project but the north side is in too far of disarray

01:39:25.819 --> 01:39:29.940
to be able to just do a mill and overlay that needs to be a full reconstruct.

01:39:29.940 --> 01:39:35.699
I would also like to finish the Adams Avenue project that we started this year.

01:39:35.699 --> 01:39:41.659
We were not able to pave completely from Float Street down to Exchange.

01:39:41.659 --> 01:39:42.159
Davis.

01:39:42.159 --> 01:39:44.800
to exchange this this would suggest that we would mill and overlay the rest of

01:39:44.800 --> 01:39:50.479
the re the rest of the road to make that project finally a new the entire length

01:39:50.479 --> 01:39:57.960
also in my travels Lincoln Boulevard from West Avenue to Locust Avenue I'm

01:39:57.960 --> 01:40:02.680
proposing to fix that section that that street probably had the most lead

01:40:02.680 --> 01:40:07.760
service lines that we replaced on one street I believe there was 25 in that

01:40:07.760 --> 01:40:11.399
that little section was almost every house and the streets turned into a roller coaster

01:40:11.399 --> 01:40:18.279
and wasn't on any current list for replacement. Again, I would just suggest based on the information

01:40:18.279 --> 01:40:23.460
that we looked at is a mill and overlay and a few ADA ramps on that. And then another

01:40:23.460 --> 01:40:34.199
section of concern that I saw was Stevenson Street from Locust Street to basically Park

01:40:34.199 --> 01:40:36.699
is starting to fall apart pretty heavily.

01:40:39.000 --> 01:40:42.000
It is savable yet without a full reconstruction.

01:40:42.000 --> 01:40:44.539
I believe we could mill and overlay three to four inches

01:40:44.539 --> 01:40:47.699
on that street, replace the remaining ADA ramps.

01:40:47.699 --> 01:40:52.699
We would also stay out of the West intersection.

01:40:53.640 --> 01:40:54.739
That's IDOT right away.

01:40:54.739 --> 01:40:58.579
So we'd stop short of each one of those areas.

01:40:58.579 --> 01:41:01.319
And again, it would just be a mill and overlay.

01:41:01.319 --> 01:41:05.880
Richard, Darren, did you say Stevenson, Locust, too?

01:41:05.880 --> 01:41:09.520
On the sheet, we put sunset, because we're already

01:41:09.520 --> 01:41:14.119
doing a project in 2025 that's the intersection of park.

01:41:14.119 --> 01:41:17.079
And so this would just butt up to that end of that project.

01:41:17.079 --> 01:41:19.600
We were just hoping to finish that.

01:41:19.600 --> 01:41:22.239
On the 2025 streets program already,

01:41:22.239 --> 01:41:25.659
we have the park and Stevenson intersection

01:41:25.659 --> 01:41:28.079
being done, where it's all falling apart with the rail

01:41:28.079 --> 01:41:29.359
tracks and sinking.

01:41:29.359 --> 01:41:31.100
Just that intersection is getting redone.

01:41:31.100 --> 01:41:33.140
and so this project would bud to that.

01:41:35.340 --> 01:41:38.260
As you can see from the map that I gave you,

01:41:38.260 --> 01:41:40.619
I'm trying to attack streets

01:41:40.619 --> 01:41:45.140
where we have some of our heavier traffic corridors

01:41:45.140 --> 01:41:46.539
trying to finish projects

01:41:46.539 --> 01:41:49.300
and connect projects that we've already done.

01:41:49.300 --> 01:41:52.460
Again, the city of Freeport, just for some understanding,

01:41:52.460 --> 01:41:56.760
we have a list of, they're called FAU routes

01:41:56.760 --> 01:42:00.460
and IDOT established this list many years ago,

01:42:00.460 --> 01:42:02.859
This surface transportation funding

01:42:02.859 --> 01:42:05.760
can only be used on those streets.

01:42:05.760 --> 01:42:13.239
And so we can't just take this to Kiwanis Drive, or Catherine

01:42:13.239 --> 01:42:16.939
Street, or Santa Fe, or any street we want to pick.

01:42:16.939 --> 01:42:20.239
It has to stay on the federal urban assistant routes

01:42:20.239 --> 01:42:22.319
that I'd established many years ago.

01:42:22.319 --> 01:42:27.439
So anyway, the reason I'm bringing it to you guys tonight

01:42:27.439 --> 01:42:31.439
is I would like some kind of direction as a council,

01:42:31.439 --> 01:42:33.140
whether we wanna move forward

01:42:33.140 --> 01:42:36.199
and have a contract brought forward

01:42:36.199 --> 01:42:38.319
to try to capture this money

01:42:38.319 --> 01:42:42.039
and do a program for 2026 with this funding,

01:42:42.039 --> 01:42:44.479
or if we don't wanna do it,

01:42:44.479 --> 01:42:47.319
I don't wanna spend any more energy or resources on it.

01:42:49.079 --> 01:42:51.079
Question, if you would there.

01:42:51.079 --> 01:42:52.199
Yep.

01:42:52.199 --> 01:42:54.720
What's engineering costs on it?

01:42:54.720 --> 01:42:59.680
We have to pay for the engineering costs to get to $2 million.

01:42:59.680 --> 01:43:00.680
Correct.

01:43:00.680 --> 01:43:04.840
On these types of mill and overlay projects, you could probably expect 7 to 8 percent for

01:43:04.840 --> 01:43:08.119
engineering costs to get it permitted and approved.

01:43:08.119 --> 01:43:15.039
These service transportation funds are federal funds, not state funds, so there's more requirements

01:43:15.039 --> 01:43:16.640
to do federal funds.

01:43:16.640 --> 01:43:20.960
Some of the most expensive costs will be ADA ramps and under federal program, you have

01:43:20.960 --> 01:43:30.960
We have to design them in whole, back 15 feet in every direction, so that survey time and the design portion of that is quite labor intensive.

01:43:32.960 --> 01:43:36.960
So again, what are we looking at cost-wise to accept this?

01:43:36.960 --> 01:43:46.960
So if we accept this, we would be accepting the engineering responsibility for the design and the construction engineering.

01:43:46.960 --> 01:43:54.239
the construction cost itself based on my estimates would pretty much wholly be covered by this program

01:43:54.239 --> 01:43:59.680
just for mill and overlays only so i know a lot of people have asked me before uh you're not

01:43:59.680 --> 01:44:04.960
replacing the curb on my street you're not uh you know doing this and that this would just be

01:44:04.960 --> 01:44:10.560
patching in areas enough to mill and overlay the street we're trying to treat everybody the same

01:44:10.560 --> 01:44:16.000
i know there's areas of these streets that you know the curb's not perfect i know it's not

01:44:16.000 --> 01:44:22.520
Overlaid Perfect. If we don't attack something on this area of Stevenson Street soon, that

01:44:22.520 --> 01:44:28.800
section will turn into a total reconstruct as the intersections are falling apart. Again,

01:44:28.800 --> 01:44:33.680
our goal was always to finish the Adams Avenue project. We just didn't have enough money

01:44:33.680 --> 01:44:38.939
to resurface it all the way to exchange. Walnut Street, we know is a problem, and I think

01:44:38.939 --> 01:44:43.520
North Walnut will be our next largest project in the City of Freeport because that is a

01:44:43.520 --> 01:45:04.760
I think you misunderstood my question. What is it going to cost us to go after this money?

01:45:04.760 --> 01:45:11.239
So far it has only cost you my public works time. I have this all, it's just a paperwork

01:45:11.239 --> 01:45:16.840
process at this time probably a thousand dollars in paperwork to secure the money

01:45:16.840 --> 01:45:21.439
for these projects for 2026 and then we have to do the design which would be

01:45:21.439 --> 01:45:25.640
about seven or eight percent of the cost of the project which is two and a half

01:45:25.640 --> 01:45:28.800
million dollars that's a pretty standard for engineering fees on a

01:45:28.800 --> 01:45:35.960
Mr. Chair. Yes. I think what you're getting at is the dollars. Yes. Seven to eight

01:45:35.960 --> 01:45:39.199
percent as he mentioned and a two million dollar that'd be a hundred and

01:45:39.199 --> 01:45:41.199
and

01:45:41.539 --> 01:45:47.359
Just to do the paperwork the nine months get it designed get it approved by the federal government

01:45:48.140 --> 01:45:55.760
seven seven percent seven and a half percent one hundred eighty seven thousand five hundred just to kind of give you that it's actually closer to

01:45:56.239 --> 01:45:59.960
200,000 down to 160 if you go two and a half million

01:46:02.520 --> 01:46:04.699
Well, he just said half yes, so

01:46:05.960 --> 01:46:07.960
Listen to the man. Yeah

01:46:07.960 --> 01:46:08.960
Miller.

01:46:08.960 --> 01:46:14.279
The sheet, the agenda tonight did say two million because I hadn't got the cost estimate

01:46:14.279 --> 01:46:16.000
fully ran.

01:46:16.000 --> 01:46:22.079
And you also have to remember when we do cost estimates is a very high level.

01:46:22.079 --> 01:46:25.300
We're not spending hours with our teams digging into this.

01:46:25.300 --> 01:46:26.720
We use some averages.

01:46:26.720 --> 01:46:33.000
So I'm saying around two and a half, it might be 2.3, it might be 2.6.

01:46:33.000 --> 01:46:37.279
Until we actually dig into the engineering, I'm not going to be able to come up with an

01:46:37.279 --> 01:46:38.279
Miller.

01:46:38.279 --> 01:46:45.760
I think it's rough to say that in my estimation 187 to get $2.5 million and yes we would have

01:46:45.760 --> 01:46:50.159
the construction is a no-brainer, anybody that wants to trade me that money I'll do it

01:46:50.159 --> 01:46:51.159
any day.

01:46:51.159 --> 01:46:52.159
Alderman Sellers.

01:46:52.159 --> 01:46:55.680
I guess that's what I was going to say Darren.

01:46:55.680 --> 01:47:02.119
If we could get what four streets done for $200,000 it's well worth it.

01:47:02.119 --> 01:47:06.859
I just want to be clear you know we are really working hard in the background to try to

01:47:06.859 --> 01:47:09.300
to address the infrastructure.

01:47:09.300 --> 01:47:11.699
I'm trying to be creative with what we come.

01:47:11.699 --> 01:47:15.420
And again, I want citizens to know that, you know,

01:47:15.420 --> 01:47:18.119
Stevenson Street, I would say is one of our heaviest

01:47:18.119 --> 01:47:20.340
local traffic streets in Freeport.

01:47:20.340 --> 01:47:22.220
We're treating it just the same as we've done

01:47:22.220 --> 01:47:23.060
every other street.

01:47:23.060 --> 01:47:24.500
It's a mill and overlay project.

01:47:24.500 --> 01:47:28.140
It's not all new curbs, not all new sidewalk.

01:47:28.140 --> 01:47:31.140
I've said this numerous times at the council floor.

01:47:31.140 --> 01:47:33.899
The citizens of Freeport, I know that's what we deserve,

01:47:33.899 --> 01:47:38.050
but that's not what we can afford.

01:47:38.050 --> 01:47:39.050
Huffines.

01:47:39.050 --> 01:47:40.050
Aldermen Station.

01:47:40.050 --> 01:47:50.729
So these four streets that you mentioned is in addition to our five-year plan streets?

01:47:50.729 --> 01:47:53.729
Yes.

01:47:53.729 --> 01:48:01.529
What we would do is we would stack these on top of next year's program, but we got it.

01:48:01.529 --> 01:48:04.449
I don't want to say we got it, that's not a good statement.

01:48:04.449 --> 01:48:10.090
I want to say if we really want to do it next year we have to get a contract signed because

01:48:10.090 --> 01:48:15.350
the environmental requirements from IDOT are a minimum of nine months and if we don't go

01:48:15.350 --> 01:48:20.529
through that process it just will push it another year and that is their new federal

01:48:20.529 --> 01:48:26.409
process and it's making the projects drag out longer and farther and you asked me to

01:48:26.409 --> 01:48:31.309
start trying to bring stuff to the couch so we could discuss it and entertain it so instead

01:48:31.309 --> 01:48:33.309
and

01:48:34.309 --> 01:48:36.309
John.

01:48:37.729 --> 01:48:39.729
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make a decision.

01:48:40.829 --> 01:48:42.829
I wanted to have a discussion whether we want to move forward

01:48:43.930 --> 01:48:45.930
as a group and I think it's a good decision but it's

01:48:47.029 --> 01:49:00.420
ultimately your decision.

01:49:02.520 --> 01:49:04.520
We have a motion to move it forward.

01:49:05.619 --> 01:49:07.619
Second. Chair?

01:49:08.899 --> 01:49:10.899
Yes. So you'll have an agreement.

01:49:10.899 --> 01:49:15.460
You want more than a voice vote on this considering dollars and cents?

01:49:15.460 --> 01:49:16.460
No.

01:49:16.460 --> 01:49:17.460
It's not necessary.

01:49:17.460 --> 01:49:18.460
Okay.

01:49:18.460 --> 01:49:20.500
All in favor signify by saying aye.

01:49:20.500 --> 01:49:21.500
Aye.

01:49:21.500 --> 01:49:22.500
Opposed?

01:49:22.500 --> 01:49:24.500
Same sign.

01:49:24.500 --> 01:49:25.500
Motion passes.

01:49:25.500 --> 01:49:28.500
Item number 14, public comment.

01:49:28.500 --> 01:49:32.020
Yes, Mr. Taber.

01:49:32.020 --> 01:49:33.779
Please state your name and your address.

01:49:33.779 --> 01:49:34.779
We appreciate it.

01:49:34.779 --> 01:49:35.779
Not address.

01:49:35.779 --> 01:49:36.779
Name.

01:49:36.779 --> 01:49:37.779
Name, please.

01:49:37.779 --> 01:49:38.779
Okay.

01:49:38.779 --> 01:49:39.779
Sorry.

01:50:04.840 --> 01:50:05.560
I do apologize for bothering you this evening. My name is John Staben, 1070 North Canyon Drive. I was once a member of the Freeport Airport Commission, and I was comfortably sitting at home when the discussion came up regarding the firefighting foam that may have been at the airport.

01:50:05.560 --> 01:50:08.600
and yes it was at the airport, about 12 years ago.

01:50:08.600 --> 01:50:14.359
While I was on the airport commission, Mr. Daryl Jensen brought it to the attention of the commission.

01:50:14.359 --> 01:50:18.920
At that time it was publicly known that it was hazardous material.

01:50:18.920 --> 01:50:22.359
The commission immediately decided to get rid of it.

01:50:22.359 --> 01:50:26.920
There was a small trailer with, I don't know, 6.8, 5-gallon cans

01:50:26.920 --> 01:50:30.439
and we called up the Freeport Fire Department.

01:50:30.439 --> 01:50:31.439
Miller.

01:50:31.439 --> 01:50:35.720
I have no idea where it went or what they did with it, but the Freeport Fire Department

01:50:35.720 --> 01:50:39.600
disposed of it, and that was about 12 years ago.

01:50:39.600 --> 01:50:43.880
So before that, to my knowledge and since, I don't know that foam has ever been used

01:50:43.880 --> 01:50:45.260
at the airport.

01:50:45.260 --> 01:50:52.319
But there was foam there just in case, and it was disposed of about 12 years ago.

01:50:52.319 --> 01:50:53.319
Thank you.

01:50:53.319 --> 01:50:54.319
Thank you.

01:50:54.319 --> 01:50:55.319
Thank you.

01:50:55.319 --> 01:50:56.319
Anybody else, Tommy?

01:50:56.319 --> 01:50:57.319
Tommy?

01:50:57.319 --> 01:51:07.890
I want to ask you to do a good job of public library.

01:51:07.890 --> 01:51:08.890
Thank you, Tommy.

01:51:08.890 --> 01:51:14.130
And Travis Davis, you do a good job of the police department.

01:51:14.130 --> 01:51:18.149
Thank you, sir.

01:51:18.149 --> 01:51:19.149
Donnie Dickerman.

01:51:19.149 --> 01:51:28.020
What's this about holiday and the police department?

01:51:28.020 --> 01:51:31.739
The holiday inn is closed, stay away from it.

01:51:31.739 --> 01:51:33.420
Don't make any reservations.

01:51:33.420 --> 01:51:43.569
make any reservations and we are working on getting rid of or demolishing it no go

01:51:43.569 --> 01:51:49.529
ahead thank you Alderman Klemm I just want to remind everybody if you miss the

01:51:49.529 --> 01:51:54.250
previous I pass on demand opportunity there's another one coming up February

01:51:54.250 --> 01:52:01.489
21st 830 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 314 West Stevenson Street if you don't know where

01:52:01.489 --> 01:52:03.489
and

01:52:04.489 --> 01:52:06.489
John.

01:52:08.090 --> 01:52:10.090
And, you know, it's a really good program.

01:52:11.289 --> 01:52:13.289
Otherwise you've got to go, I think the closest place now is

01:52:14.390 --> 01:52:16.390
the Belvedere oasis and that is a pain.

01:52:17.789 --> 01:52:19.789
So if you want to replace your I-pass, come here to City Hall

01:52:21.890 --> 01:52:23.890
and they will help you on the 21st of February.

01:52:24.989 --> 01:52:26.989
Thank you.

01:52:26.989 --> 01:52:39.180
Grant, I would like to then we'll talk about going into executive session pursuant to 5ILCS120-C-C-15

01:52:39.180 --> 01:52:47.460
for the purchase or lease of rental property, real property for the use of public body including

01:52:47.460 --> 01:52:54.260
meetings held on for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.

01:52:54.260 --> 01:52:58.539
We need a motion and a second to move forward.

01:52:58.539 --> 01:52:59.739
Till move.

01:52:59.739 --> 01:53:00.739
Second.

01:53:00.739 --> 01:53:01.739
Yeah.

01:53:01.739 --> 01:53:08.840
You have to roll her.

01:53:08.840 --> 01:53:10.020
Klemm, aye, Monroe.

01:53:10.020 --> 01:53:11.020
Yes, aye.

01:53:11.020 --> 01:53:13.420
You're going to count them?

01:53:13.420 --> 01:53:14.420
No.

01:53:14.420 --> 01:53:15.420
Aye.

01:53:15.420 --> 01:53:18.319
It doesn't matter to me.

01:53:18.319 --> 01:53:20.100
No, I'll do it.

01:53:20.100 --> 01:53:21.100
Simmons?

01:53:21.100 --> 01:53:22.100
Aye.

01:53:22.100 --> 01:53:23.100
Parker?

01:53:23.100 --> 01:53:24.100
Aye.

01:53:24.100 --> 01:53:25.100
Stacy?

01:53:25.100 --> 01:53:26.100
Aye.

01:53:26.100 --> 01:53:27.100
Shadle?

01:53:27.100 --> 01:53:28.100
Aye.

01:53:28.100 --> 01:53:29.100
Sellers?

01:53:29.100 --> 01:53:30.100
Aye.

01:53:30.100 --> 01:53:31.100
Excuse me, Sanders?

01:53:31.100 --> 01:53:32.100
Aye.

01:53:32.100 --> 01:53:33.100
And we have Sellers.

01:53:33.100 --> 01:53:35.100
Regular Session