06-24-02 Joint Committee Meeting Health & Public Safety and Residential Neighborhoods

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Meeting of the Health&Public Safety Committee and the Residential Neighborhoods Committee June 24, 2002 Page 4 attended the neighborhood partnership meetings spoke in favor of the proposed regulations. She also noted that Chief Bennett has been sent additional information which the Council Attorney received from the Chicago Police Department and that she is awaiting a response from the Chief on those items. Council Member Coleman noted that the Council has a good track record of keeping "public hearings open"and that he also would like to"take the Police Chief's temperature"on the proposed regulations. He believes that they may provide additional tools for the police department, but he would like to hear the Chief's recommendations. He noted that he would defer to the authors of the proposed ordinance if additional time was necessary for the Chief to formally weigh in on this measure. Council Member Coleman suggested having the public hearing tonight but to continue the public hearing until July 22nd to allow the attorneys to update the Council and to allow Chief Bennett to respond. Following discussion, Council Member Coleman made a motion, seconded by Council Member King that Substitute Bill No. 42-02 be sent to the Council without recommendation in light of the fact that additional persons need to weigh in on the regulations and that the public hearing would be kept open. The motion passed. There being no further business to come before the joint Committee meeting, Council Member Ujdak adjourned the joint meeting at 4:03 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Council Member Andrew Ujdak, Chairperson Health and Public Safety Committee Council Member Charlotte Pfeifer, Chairperson Residential Neighborhoods Committee KCF:kmf Attachments