City Council Regular Meeting

URBANA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MINUTES DATE: Monday, August 3, 2020 TIME: 7:00 P.M. PLACE: *Held virtually due to Governor’s and Mayoral Emergency Orders The City Council of the City of Urbana, Illinois, met in regular session on Monday, August 3, 2020, at 7:00pm via Zoom. ELECTED OFFICIALS PHYSICALLY PRESENT: Diane Wolfe Marlin, Mayor; Phyllis D. Clark, City Clerk ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT VIA ZOOM: Maryalice Wu, Ward 1; Shirese Hursey, Ward 3; Bill Brown, Ward 4; Dennis Roberts, Ward 5; Bill Colbrook, Ward 6; Jared Miller, Ward 7 ELECTED OFFICIALS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT VIA ZOOM: Sheila Dodd; Elizabeth Hannan; Stepheny McMahon; Kay Meharry; Carol Mitten; Lorrie Pearson; Bryant Seraphin; James Simon; Scott Tess OTHERS PRESENT ELECTRONICALLY: Public comment: Brianna Lewis; Meghan McDonald; Christopher Hansen; Tracy Chong; Aiden Watson Morris; Julie Watkins; Ben Joselyn; Giovanna; Ameena Payne; Sarah Nixon; Karen Medina; Karen Esposito; Kate Popetz; Marya Ornelas 1. Call to Order and Roll Call With a quorum present, Chair Bill Brown called the meeting of the Committee of the Whole to order at 7:22pm, following a special City Council meeting. 2. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting CM Roberts mad a motion to approve the minutes from the July 20, 2020 meeting. Motion seconded by CM Wu and carried by roll call vote as follows: Aye: Wu, Hursey, Brown, Roberts Colbrook, Miller No: None 3. Additions to the Agenda There were no additions to the agenda. 4. Public Input and Presentations Public Input via Zoom: Public input via Zoom was provided by the following: Brianna Lewis; Meghan McDonald; Christopher Hansen; Tracy Chong; Aiden Watson Morris; Julie Watkins; Ben Joselyn; Giovanna; Ameena Payne; Sarah Nixon; Karen Medina; Karen Esposito; Kate Popetz; Marya Ornelas. Comments included: drop charges against Aleyah Lewis; free the 27 protesters; intimidation of students by School Resource Officer; do away with SRO in Urbana schools; city needs more transparency; 2% decrease in police funding not enough; glad to see council members involved in making changes in community; stop disparity in traffic stops. Public Input via email Public input was provided by email from the following: Jon Hays; Durl Kruse; Megan Mericle; Urbana Resident; Grace Walworth. Comments included: seek counsel of experts regarding defunding of police; defund and abolish police; do not sacrifice public safety by replacing Page 1 of 4  police with social workers; drop charges against Aleyah Lewis and 27 protesters; reduce police funding; county probation office giving citizenship status information to ICE. 5 Staff Report a. CDBG-CV Programs Update Grants Manager Sheila Dodd presented a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Covid programs update. Ms. Dodd reported that the City of Urbana received $294,600 in CDBG Covid funds through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES). The City must follow Department of Housing and Urbana Development (HUD) requirements for use of the funds. The two programs adopted by City Council for use of these funds were the Small Business Grant Program and the Housing Assistance program. She explained the process of awarding the grants for businesses and housing. Ms. Dodd said the Covid-19 Manual adopted by Council, allows the use of HOME funds for rent assistance and that staff will bring a request to council in August to reallocate unexpended prior year funds for rental assistance. She answered questions and concerns from council members. Discussion ensued. Police Chief Bryant Seraphin provided information regarding a protest that was held on University Avenue and Lincoln Avenue that took place on June 23, 2020. There were calls about an older female in a car who was trying to go around protesters and the vehicle came into contact with a couple of 18 year old protesters. The car was going very slowly and both protesters denied injuries. He added there were also complaints about police officers responding at the protest not wearing masks. Five out of six officers did have masks on and one did not. He was given a mask by one of the protesters. Chief Seraphin said the slides from the body cam presentation done on July 13, 2020 are posted on the website with meeting information for that date. 6. Resolution No. 2020-08-034R: A Resolution Approving a Champaign-Urbana Solid Waste Disposal System Agreement Environmental Sustainability Manager Scott Tess presented this resolution. He informed council members that this is a renewal and extension of an agreement with Champaign for a portion of a closed landfill, called the Champaign Urbana Solid Waste Disposal System. The extended agreement will end on June 30, 2040. Mr. Tess responded to questions and concerns from council members. CM Wu moved to send Resolution No. 2020-08-034R to council with recommendation for approval. Motion seconded by CM Roberts and carried by roll call vote as follows: Aye: Brown, Colbrook, Hursey, Miller, Roberts, Wu Nay: None 7. Resolution No. 2020-08-035R: A Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Grant for Market at the Square (Farm Credit Illinois Grant - Snap Double Value Program - 2020) Economic Development Coordinator Stepheny McMahon presented this resolution. She said this is from Farm Credit Illinois and is a $5,000 grant. It broadens the selection of food items that can be purchased at the market. CM Roberts moved to send Resolution No. 2020-08-035R to council with recommendation for approval. Motion seconded by CM Miller and carried by roll call vote as follows: Aye: Brown, Colbrook, Hursey, Miller, Roberts, Wu Nay: None Page 2 of 4 8. Resolution No. 2020-08-036R: A Resolution Approving Amendment No. 1 to a Subgrantee Agreement for a Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program (Courage Connection TBRA FY 2017-2018 No. 1718-CC01) Grants Manager Sheila Dodd presented this resolution. She informed council members that this would extend the terms of the agreement by adding an additional 18 months to allow Courage Connection to continue its Tenant-Based Rental Assistance program (TBRA). This would help ten households with rental assistance. It would not involve any additional funds, and would further the goal of helping provide affordable housing in general, and to special populations which would include those with mental disabilities. Ms. Dodd responded to questions and concerns from council members. CM Wu moved to send Resolution No. 2020-08-036R to council with recommendation for approval. Motion seconded by CM Hursey and carried by roll call vote as follows: Aye: Brown, Colbrook, Hursey, Miller, Roberts, Wu Nay: None 9. Resolution No. 2020-08-037R: A Resolution Accepting a “Tornado Trees” for Tree Town Grant from Rotary Club of Urbana Mayor Marlin presented this resolution. She told council members this grant will help cover the cost of replacing some of the 64 trees destroyed by an F-1 tornado that struck Urbana in May 2019. CM Miller made a motion to send Resolution No. 2020-08-037R to council with recommendation for approval. Motion seconded by CM Colbrook and carried by roll call vote as follows: Aye: Brown, Colbrook, Hursey, Miller, Roberts, Wu Nay: None 10. Ordinance No. 2020-08-041: An Ordinance Revising the Annual Budget Ordinance (Budget Amendment #1 - Omnibus) Finance Director Elizabeth Hannan presented this ordinance. She said the most significant part of the amendment is the increase in the Human Relations Officer position, which will go from part-time to full-time. There will also be an increase of $10,000 in the legal services line in Human Relations to help pay for a hearing officer for appeals of police complaints and another $10,000 increase for recruitment of the position. Other revisions include addition of a temporary position in the Finance department, a donation to the Fire department and various rebudgeted amounts. Ms. Hannan responded to questions from council members and discussion ensued. CM Roberts moved to send Ordinance No. 2020-08-041 to council with recommendation of approval. Motion seconded by CM Colbrook and carried by roll call vote as follows: Aye: Brown, Colbrook, Hursey, Miller, Roberts, Wu Nay: None 11. Discussion - Public Safety and Policing - Next Steps Follow-Up Mayor Marlin began the discussion by saying there is a need for an evaluation of a different approach to public safety. She talked about the formation of an advisory committee to work on the approach. She said in the coming year the focus will be on reallocation of resources and what roles police should continue, look at use of force policy, and alternative models for civilian oversight and accountability. She reminded council that in two weeks there will be a One Door discussion, which concerns responding to calls for mental health. City Administrator Carol Mitten added that staff is looking at ways to engage public in broad Page 3 of 4  areas such as safe communities. There was extensive discussion about the advisory committee and topics of conversation for future meetings concerning police. 12. Adjournment With no further business to come before the council, Chair Brown adjourned the meeting at 10:02pm. Kay Meharry Assistant City Clerk This meeting was video recorded and is viewable on-demand. Minutes Approved:August 17, 2020 Page 4 of 4 From: To: !City Council Subject: PUBLIC INPUT: 08/03/2020 Date: Monday, August 03, 2020 1:57:41 PM City Council, Mayor Marlin Please, call on Julia Reitz to drop all charges against Aleyah Lewis and the 27 protestors. I want to remind the mayor and council members how many people are calling for defunding of the police. There has been an unfortunate sense that the council might be perceiving this movement as only a few handfuls of people, but obviously one hour’s time for calling in cannot represent a wider public. Consider the open letter to UIUC calling for the university to divest from local policing. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1opMQ0EnjEHGDT2wJUUs2iBQiPtVSQYojKC8ZfqC2mXs/edit Over 1,600 individuals have signed on to the letter, many of whom are currently doing graduate studies in a very wide selection of fields and disciplines. Professors have signed it as well. And of course, many of these same students and professors do daily research and study that is highly relevant to matters of policing. In other words, these scholars represent large bodies of knowledge, that span across many fields and back through decades and even centuries of knowledge. This knowledge is our greatest resource, and further, it is being actively offered up to city council, on a weekly basis. But is this knowledge being sought? I watched all of Illinois Newsroom’s event on July 23rd, “What Should be the Role of Police in Champaign-Urbana”. In it, Mayor Marlin stated that she is speaking to police officers one-on-one regarding this issue, but I have to ask; is Mayor Marlin seeking out one-on-one conversations with the scholars and activists calling for defunding of police? Dr. Naomi Paik, Professor Evelyn Reynolds and Ph.D candidate Tariq Khan, all of whom spoke at the same Illinois Newsroom event, could offer so much more information in an extended and individual dialogue. In the televised event itself, they offered wonderful ideas that were grounded in historical analysis and offered up alternatives. However, these and other experts are not being consulted. And if Marlin, and the rest of the council won’t seek out further knowledge, then the entire conversation between the public and the city is unequitable. 3 minutes is not enough time to make truly compelling arguments, and pitted against that the police are being given infinitely more deference. At the end of the day, the prerogative of the police, individually and as an institution, is to preserve themselves. We cannot expect anything from police but the most paltry of reforms, and what they offer will in turn be further curtailed by the FOP. All the people advocating for police divestment are warning you that reform does not work. Why does reform not work? Why does increased policing lead to the same or even higher rates of crime? Why does a justice system that purports to be colorblind still target Black people so disproportionately that in Champaign county Black people comprise over 50% of the county jail population even though they make up only about 13% of the same counties population? I could, and will, spend the following weeks and months writing and calling to city council about these questions and so many more, with all the eloquence I am capable of, but what will it matter if city council won’t seek this knowledge themselves? It is available, and I am begging you all to demonstrate your own research, and to not continue the pattern I’ve observed over the last couple months, in which public input, in some form or other, is disregarded and condescended to. The presentation at last weeks city council meeting regarding the future of policing was insulting. The presentation about FOIA the week before was another insult to people burdened by legitimate problems. Time wasted, that could surely have been better spent. By continuing to slough off the public’s input to defund the police, via tactics of delay, and condescending assumptions that we simply don’t understand certain details, I can only anticipate that the relationship of the public to the city will only grow to become more adversarial. But this sense of hostility absolutely exists on the city side as well. What do we do? Please, proactively seek out the counsel of academic experts regarding our continuing conversation about defunding. Jon Hays Champaign resident Good Evening Mayor and City Council, I find it interesting that you are voting tonight on a resolution entitled: “Social Equity and Justice in Urbana’s Sustainability Framework”. It seems like an appropriate and timely resolution for you to support. But, I must ask you why you haven’t considered a similar council resolution to reduce traffic stop racial disparities. The approved 2018 – 2021 Council and Mayor priorities list “Priority #3 – Achieve equity in traffic stops…… “ as one of six priorities ( see attachment below). It seems racial equity in traffic stops is just as or even more important as sustainability equity. Therefore I ask you to act on your list of highest priorities and vote during agenda item “Policing – Next Steps” tonight to begin the process of developing a suitable, necessary, and long overdue council resolution regarding traffic stop racial disparities (a draft resolution attached below). Possibly titling it: ”Policing Changes To Improve Equity In Traffic Stop Practices And Tactics”. Now to address the upcoming 2019 Annual Traffic Stop Report. It is time to ask for the inclusion in the 2019 Report the following changes and additions. These changes should be requested of the UPD tonight so they are alerted in a timely manner and so you are assured they will be incorporated into the upcoming report. 1. “Section 2 – Benchmarks” must include a thorough explanation of the new method the State used to produce Urbana’s 2019 Traffic Report. Since a totally new method is used, it is worthy of public discussion and knowledge. The UPD report should include the state’s findings for Urbana. UPD opinions or preferences should play no role in factually reporting this state data to the public. 2. Direct the UPD to stop using “all drivers” (ticketed and non-ticketed) in accidents to determine the local ratio. Nowhere has this criterion been recommended as a reliable statistical method to determine the racial make-up of the driving public. The UPD must use only not-at-fault accident data, namely the race of the “non-ticketed” driver to maintain the randomness and integrity of the mathematical process. The UPD seems to have picked the “all driver” method with no documented support or proof that it is reliable. This method seems to statistically make it look as if progress in reducing racial disparities is being made when it is actually not. If the UPD believes this approach is mathematically sound, ask for the evidence that confirms it! Sections 2 and 2.1 in the 2019 Report should reflect the above method change and resulting data updates. 3. On page 13 of the April 1, 2018 Report it stated: As of January 1, 2018, tickets that indicate questioning beyond the scope of the traffic stop now denote this in the electronic record. This data will be presented at the City Council meeting on April 22, 2019. I am not aware of the UPD keeping its commitment to reporting on April 22, 2019, am I wrong? If not, closer monitoring and vigilance is clearly needed by the council. Be sure that the UPD follows through by adding this new data in its next report, because it goes to the heart of the nature of pretextual stops. 4. Finally, I encourage you to require the UPD to add more detailed information regarding RESIDENCY and stops, namely to include race percentages (see attachment). This data provides some interesting insights into how local and non-local residents are stopped differently by race. How is it that local blacks are stopped 16% higher than local whites and more than non-resident blacks? Residency data is enlightening and warrants much more discussion. Thank you for your time and consideration, Durl Kruse  RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLICING CHANGES TO IMPROVE EQUITY IN TRAFFIC STOP PRACTICES AND TACTICS WHEREAS, the City of Urbana ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6, of the Illinois Constitution, 1970, and may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs, and the passage of this Resolution constitutes an exercise of the City's home rule powers and functions as granted in the Illinois Constitution, 1970; and WHERE AS, the State of Illinois passed legislation sponsored by then State Sen. Barack Obama to require law enforcement agencies to annually report traffic stop data to inform communities of any racial disparities; and WHEREAS, the City of Urbana is the local governing body responsible for ensuring that all citizens are policed fairly and equitably; and WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States guarantees equal protection for all citizens under the law regardless of race; and  WHEREAS, the City of Urbana supervises and oversees the police department and can set community standards for policing; and WHEREAS, the Urbana Police Department is charged with protecting and serving all citizens of Urbana; and WHEREAS, the Urbana Police Department has reported traffic stop racial disparities negatively affecting African-American drivers for sixteen consecutive years (2004-2019); and WHEREAS, the racial behavior and the effects of implicit bias on police conduct can overtime become institutionalized and normalized; and WHEREAS, the City of Urbana has studied, reviewed, and implemented changes related to traffic stop disparities with little effect in eradicating racial disparities; and WHEREAS, the persistent yearly racial disparities have had a negative financial, social, and psychological affect on Urbana’s African-American community; and WHEREAS, the scholarly research has documented the negative impact that ongoing racial disparities in traffic stops have on police/community relations and minority trust of police; and WHEREAS, the discretion of the police officer is the primary factor influencing the initiation of a traffic stop; and WHEREAS, racial injustice, prejudice and discrimination are anathema to Urbana’s core values. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council, of the City of Urbana, Illinois, as follows: SECTION ONE: The Urbana Police Department will review traffic stop policies, procedures, and practices to implement street level changes necessary to eliminate African-American traffic stop racial disparities by the end of 2021. SECTION TWO: The Urbana Police Department will stop using pretextual or investigatory stops as a reason for initiating a traffic stop; unless there is clear evidence that criminal activity is occurring. SECTION THREE: The Urbana Police Department will delink traffic law enforcement from other types of police activity, e.g. calls for service or hot spot policing. SECTION FOUR: The Urbana Police Department will monitor individual officer amount of time and specific locations conducting traffic stops to avoid inadvertently over-policing black drivers. SECTION FIVE: The Civilian Police Review Board will be given the responsibility of reviewing annual traffic stop data reported by the Urbana Police Department, to make recommendations, and of reporting their findings annually to the City Council. From: To: !City Council Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT 8/3: On Public Relations and Budget Amendments Date: Monday, August 03, 2020 3:59:16 PM Dear City Council members and Mayor Marlin, My name is Megan Mericle, and I am a resident of Champaign and member of the Graduate Employee Organization. First, I want to respond to today’s budget amendment. Though you will likely argue that the proposed police funds are “necessary” to meet state training requirements and are a result of COVID-19 disruptions, not “new” funding, it is still an allocation of additional funds to police. If these funds are necessary, I urge you to propose an equal or greater cut to the police budget in another area. You might argue that $5,250 is a small amount, but it sets the City Council down a path of gradually chipping away at the progress of the $120,000 budget reduction, and communicates a commitment to increase police funding rather than defund the police. That $5,250 could instead be used to aid people experiencing food insecurity, pending evictions, and health problems. In addition, today I wanted to speak to a pattern of communication that I’ve noticed in City Council meetings. Members of the community have called in for months now to advocate for the defunding of the police, as well as the dropping of the charges against Aleyah Lewis and the 27 protestors. In the 3 short minutes that they are given to speak, they have brought up interconnections between their concerns and issues of school-to-prison pipelines, police brutality, FOIA concerns, mental health, evictions, and structural racism as a whole. City Council’s general pattern of response has operated from a deficit model that assumes that community members lack needed information, or that they are uneducated about the issues they advocate for. The FOIA presentation was an example of this, in which city staff took hours to explain the fees and appeals process that community members are speaking out against. Most strikingly, Mayor Marlin took up a large portion of last week’s meeting to outline what the city has supposedly done in relation to policing. I want to break down some of the points that Mayor Marlin raised: 1. One Door: Addressing mental health concerns is certainly an important goal, but I want to reiterate that One Door will only perpetuate existing police brutality unless it exists outside the system of policing. One Door should be an entirely separate system that residents can call without fear of police showing up to escalate the situation through trauma, arrest and violence, and it should not be dependent on police determining who should be directed to the One Door program, as they ultimately do not have the mental health expertise that is necessary. Anything else will only perpetuate the criminalization and incarceration of those with mental health concerns. Also, I was struck by the disingenuity here when One Door was cited as something that the city council “has done” when it hasn’t even reached the proposal stage. 2. Human Relations Officer: While it’s important to examine the language we use to describe administrative positions, and how that language then comes to define those roles, Mayor Marlin stated explicitly that this language shift would not change the job description in any way. It is a cosmetic change that appears to be listed here to strengthen the claim that the city is Doing Something, but does not reflect a systemic change, thus reinforcing the concerns that community members have raised about surface-level change used to pacify dissent. 3. Ten Shared Principles: Others have raised important concerns about the Ten Shared Principles in the past, so I’ll just briefly say that the Ten Shared Principles outlines a set of what should be common-sense values, but does not require police departments to commit to a clear step forward. The only clear action item is de-escalation training, which is already required by the state, though no minimum hours are set. It is concerningly individualistic and vague, as police officers could claim to “consider life to be the highest value,” while still participating in a system of policing that devalues marginalized people. Did the UPD treat life as “the highest value” when they body-slammed Aleyah Lewis during her arrest? A poster hung on the wall in the police station will not address the institutional issue of police brutality. Police brutality is a persistent generational issue that cannot be waved away through PR language and empty calls of “unity.” We need to bring an end to the system of policing, and the 10 Shared Principles don’t even go as far as to suggest reforms. When community members call for change in existing systems, and councilmembers respond by spending hours patronizingly explaining why existing systems prevent them from making such changes, I think you can understand how that would lead to frustration. You cannot claim to be enacting systemic change if you consistently use existing systems as a defense for inaction, or slowness. Last week councilmembers and the mayor used the term “structural change” to mean “permanent change,” suggesting that One Door would be structural if it existed for 10 years. But real structural change is not just long-lasting programmatic change that’s tacked on to existing systems. You have to start asking the hard questions about how your positions of power enable you to change these systems, and why you From: To: !City Council Subject: Public comment for City council meeting 8/3/20 Date: Monday, August 03, 2020 5:57:53 PM To the Urbana City Council, My name is Grace Wilken and I am an Urbana resident. I am contacting you as a concerned citizen about the following issues: I ask that you keep an open mind and compassionate heart when considering issues that impact our community. I ask that you contact Julia Reitz to request that the charges be dropped against Aleyah Lewis and the 27 protestors. The incidents of police interaction with Aleyah Lewis and protestors, though very distinct, are both examples of abuse of power and oppressive racism in our "justice" system. Please reconsider how our tax dollars are distributed. I request that we seriously reduce funding to the police department and instead use those funds to build healthy, resilient, inclusive, and peaceful communities. I ask that you request the county probation office to stop voluntarily giving citizenship status information to ICE. I did not follow-up yet on my last public comment including ICE interaction with the Urbana Police. I correct my previous statement; the Urbana police are not cooperating with ICE. However, they are not enforcing jurisdiction with ICE because the local police are not notified of ICE activity. This has resulted in people being taken into ICE custody while the local police and the family are looking for a missing person. However, the county probation office is voluntarily giving citizenship status information to ICE, which has resulted in persons being taken into custody after leaving the courthouse. Again, I ask that you truly listen to our public input with an open mind and make decisions that will benefit the communities that you represent and serve. Thank you, Grace Wilken  Urbana Businesses Request Sixth (6th) Video Gaming Terminal August 3, 2020 City of Urbana 400 South Vine Street Urbana, IL 61802 RE: Sixth (6th) Video Gaming Terminal Request Honorable Mayor Marlin and the Honorable Council, Thank you allowing us to request, via the electronic City Council meeting on Jul 27th, the consideration of a sixth (6th) video gaming terminal for Licensed Establishments in the City of Urbana. As per the comments, all stakeholders benefit from the addition of a sixth (6th) video gaming terminal in terms of revenue generation. The City of Urbana and the State of Illinois benefit via increased tax and fee revenue, as displayed below. Urbana, we believe, would see an increase in the following estimated revenue streams:* • $20,520 in annual machine fees; and • $70,000 in annual new incremental tax revenue, approximately a 20% increase, based on actual results in markets which allow six (6th) video gaming terminals. As retailers, it is critical to our long-term stability that we secure new and preserve existing sources of revenue. The allowance of one additional VGT is one option immediately available with your support. It is worth noting that neighboring communities have already allowed for their licensed establishment to add the sixth (6th) video gaming terminal without issue. As part of the change to the Video Gaming Act that was passed in June of 2019, the State provided for the allowance of a sixth (6th) video gaming terminal to help offset two increases in the tax rate (an increase of 14% in total) imposed on earnings from Video Gaming, both of which have already been implemented. Coupled with continuing increased minimum wage rates, on top of a large decline in patronage due to the pandemic, we need your support to allow for this additional revenue stream. Much like government, very rarely do our annual expenses ever go down. The addition of the sixth (6th) video gaming terminal and the corresponding revenue will help us recover after the recent COVID shut down. As an industry, our companies generated ZERO dollars in video gaming revenue from March 16th through June 30th; a time period of over 14 weeks with NO revenue generation from that side of the business, while also producing severely reduced revenue from food and beverage sales during that same time period. We, collectively or individually, are pleased to meet with you, City Staff and/or make a presentation at any upcoming public meeting to address and answer questions related to this request. We respectfully request that you allow for the addition of a sixth (6th) video gaming terminal in our respective establishments as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your consideration and we look forward to working with the City of Urbana on this opportunity. 6th Video Gaming Terminal Request August 3, 2020  Urbana Businesses Request Sixth (6th) Video Gaming Terminal Sincerely submitted by the following Urbana businesses: Mike Thiessen, Partner Keith Rentschler, Owner / Partner Blackhawk Restaurant Group, LLC-DBA Emma’s Trident Partners-DBA Ruby's Alex Plocher, President Amery Gardner, Director of Operations Hot Spot Restaurant, LLC SOILL Restaurant Systems, LLC-DBA Dotty’s Ben Manns and Frank Fonte Chanthaluxay and Vilayphone Keodara Bunny’s of Urbana, Inc.-DBA Bunny’s Tavern Bangkok, Inc. Two-DBA Bangkok Thai Restaurant John Maggio John Cain and Kurt Kiser Busey-Fletcher-Stillwell Post 630 Veterans of Foreign Northgate Gaming, Inc.-DBA Lucky Lukes War-DBA VFW Post 630 Chris Shipman Craig Minor Shipwreck Gaming, LLC-DBA Lucky’s Lounge Mala, LLC-DBA Lindy Lu’s Place Chris Saunders and Jordan Drahota Arlan Goldberg Premier Entertainment of Illinois, LLC DBA-Flamingo Slots Downtown Creations, LLC-DBA Blackbird Edward Salfelder Christy Grassman and Thomas Grassman Keagle Incorporated-DBA The Silver Bullet TC Grassman, LLC-DBA Boomerang’s Bar and Grill Martin Fuentes Bruce Brown, Commander El Toro, Inc.-DBA Toro Loco American Legion Post 71 *Estimates assume 19 of the existing 22 establishments opt for the additional sixth video gaming terminal and Urbana’s 2019 tax VGT revenue of approximately $357,000 6th Video Gaming Terminal Request August 3, 2020