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City Council approves creation of Reimagining Public Safety Committee City Council approved the creation of the Reimagining Public Safety Committee, an ad-hoc committee tasked with analyzing Evanston Police Department’s relationship with the city and presenting “community-informed” recommendations for the 2022 budget process, on Monday. In one of his first acts as mayor, Mayor Daniel Biss announced the formation of the committee at the first meeting of the 81st City Council. According to a memo prepared by Deputy City Manager Kimberly Richardson, the committee will review the city’s f...

Evanston Now Theater project is one of three seeking to benefit from the latest federal pandemic recovery program. A rendering of the proposed Northlight Theatre building on Church Street. Evanston’s Economic Development Committee discussed three proposals Wednesday night for use of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding — including a $2 million request from Northlight Theatre. Northlight Executive Director Tim Evans told the committee the theater has raised more than half of the $25 million required to construct the new theater at 1012-1016 Church St., and th...

Alderpeople instead referred the proposed U2 zoning district amendment to the Rules Committee for further review.   The previous council voted 5-4 to approve a two-year pilot program in November 2019, which would have allowed the University to host six single-day events and one multi-day event each year, with crowds of up to 3,000 people outdoors and 7,000 indoors. The program was met with widespread opposition at the time, particularly from 7th Ward residents who lived in the vicinity of Welsh-Ryan. The onset of the coronavirus pandemic sank any plans to host professional events for the ne...

Residents will have free access to Evanston beaches on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays starting this summer.  City Council was initially set to vote Monday on a resolution proposed by Ald. Devon Reid (8th) discontinuing the sale of beach tokens and refunding tokens already sold, which would have made Evanston beaches free seven days a week. Alderpeople unanimously voted for an amended resolution after a contentious debate that lasted multiple hours and included a suspension of procedural rules. The city will also develop a budget to allow all residents free access to Evanston beaches every da...

City Council members moved forward on a proposal that would mandate big box employers to provide a substantive payout to frontline employees during the pandemic. The ordinance, requested by Ald. Devon Reid (8th), would require retailers with over 500 employees nationwide to retroactively pay essential Evanston workers an additional $6 for every hour worked during Phases 1 through 3 of the state’s Restore Illinois program, and $3.50 for every hour worked through Phase 4.  The proposal was brought  to City Council only two weeks after Reid first requested the ordinance. City staff declined ...