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Recap: Planning and Development Committee
Here s a recap of our live coverage of this evening s meeting of the Evanston City Council Planning and Development Committee.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 5:40 p.m.
A packet with information on tonight’s agenda items is available online.
Meeting called to order at 5:48 p.m.
P1 – 1101 Church St. adaptive reuse of former Sojourner Church
Chair Melissa Wynne, 3rd Ward, says it’s a great development, adaptive reuses.
Alderman Eleanor Revelle, 7th Ward, also praises the project.
Approved 6-0 for introduction.
It’s a ccreative use of an unused space in a changing neighborhood, Wynne says.
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Many aldermanic candidates raised little from own wards
Candidates in this month s Evanston aldermanic election on average raised only a quarter of their contributions from people who could vote for them.
Candidates in this month’s Evanston aldermanic election on average raised only a quarter of their contributions during the first three months of the year from people who could vote for them.
But in five out of eight contested races, the candidate who raised a higher percentage of their funds from their constituents ended up winning the election.
First quarter campaign finance reports were required to be filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections last week.
Winners were bigger spenders in most aldermanic races evanstonnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from evanstonnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Police Chief Demitrous Cook.
Evanston aldermen Monday night approved spending $90,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by several men whose mugshots were inadvertently posted to Snapchat last year by Police Chief Demitrous Cook.
After the incident came to light, the Cook said he had been introduced to the app at a community meeting and thought it took excellent photos, so when he was reviewing some investigative files around 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, he snapped about 80 images from the files thinking he was saving them only to his cell phone.
But instead, Cook says, they actually were posted publicly on the Snapchat app, where one or more people who knew of his account started distributing them more widely on social media.
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Recap: Administration and Public Works Committee
Here s a recap of our live coverage of this afternoon s Evanston City Council Administration and Public Works Committee meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
A packet with information on the agenda items is available online.
Meeting called to order at 4:03 p.m.
Alderman Tom Suffredin, 6th Ward, is chairing the meeting. Aldermen Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, and Cicely Fleming, 9th Ward, are also present.
No speakers present for public comment.
Consent agenda
Suffredin asks to have A17 and A21 removed
With those exceptions, consent calendar is approved.
Back to public comment … Mike Vasilko objects to various items.