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Recap: Administration and Public Works Committee
Here s a recap of our live coverage of this afternoon s meeting of the Evanston City Council Administration and Public Works Committee.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.
A packet with information on the committee’s agenda items is available online.
Meeting called to order at 4:31 p.m.
Ald. Braithwaite is chairing the meeting. Also present Alds. Kelly, Nieuwsma, Burns and Reid.
11 people signed up for public comment. Three minutes for each.
Five people actually spoke
A7, vending machine contract, by Kelly
A11, agreement with Housing Authority of Cook County, by Nieuwsma.
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Zoning panel returns ‘family’ issue to Plan Commission
Homeowners near campus oppose change, but panel concludes existing restrictions fail to prevent nuisance issues. Affordable housing advocates want those restrictions removed to increase available housing stock.
Rob Biesenbach holds up a picture on his tablet computer of the aftermath of a party in his neighborhood during Wednesday night s Zoning Committee meeting.
Members of Evanston’s Zoning Committee voted Wednesday night to send the issue of whether the city should end attempts to restrict the types of people who can live together back to the Plan Commission.
But they didn’t agree on what to do about the question.
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Council approves grant for rent assistance program
January 12, 2021
City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a $500,000 grant to Connections for the Homeless for a rent assistance program.
The program is expected to help between 40 and 70 households across the city for up to six consecutive months. Connections for the Homeless will process and approve applications prioritized mainly by census tract, income level and the amount of rent owed.
When the current federal rent moratorium is set to expire at the end of January, over 3,000 renter households in Evanston may be at risk of eviction, according to the November Week 20 US Census Household Pulse Survey for the Chicago metro area and the 2019 American Community Survey data.
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