@CHIdocumenters Today's meeting was rescheduled from 1 pm to noon and has yet to start. The in person meeting at City Hall is also being livestreamed, which you can access at the Chi City Clerk website.

@CHIdocumenters Still waiting for the livestream to start. The first agenda item includes lowering the citywide default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 Martin (47) mph. You can also find today's meeting agenda and other meeting materials on the City Clerk site.

@CHIdocumenters Still waiting for the meeting to start.

@CHIdocumenters The meeting is underway and starts off with public comments. Each speaker has a three minute limit to speak.

@CHIdocumenters Jessica Jackson speaks first. "I'm here because I have concerns about the fact that Cook County Public Administration officials are stealing Black people's property... they have tried to take my mother's property. They have no legal right to do so."

@CHIdocumenters Jackson asks why city officials prioritize issues regarding immigrants in Chicago over Black communities.

@CHIdocumenters Another public speaker comments on today's agenda item regarding the city's speed limit. "In 2012. A strategic plan was published titled Chicago forward... the first policy was to set a goal of zero annual traffic fatalities within 10 years..."

@CHIdocumenters "...It has now been 10 years and then some later and traffic fatalities have increased our speed limit has not budged... we can see that not only are traffic fatalities more likely to occur in the south and west sides," the speaker adds.

@CHIdocumenters "...a disproportionate share of Black residents and those with high economic burden are victims of traffic fatalities," the speaker said.

@CHIdocumenters George Blakemore is another public speaker. Blakemore talks about the city's investment into Black residents, something he says pales in comparison to other issues like incoming migrants. "I'm outraged. I hate all of y'all," Blakemore said before the time limit.

@CHIdocumenters Kyle Lucas from Better Streets Chicago speaks next. "I came here today to talk about speed limits, and I know that we're not going to be having that conversation in the committee today."

@CHIdocumenters "We know that speed does kill. We have the data that proves that... [the committee's] priority there is to prioritize the movement of vehicles, not the safety of the people," Lucas said.

@CHIdocumenters "...traffic stops are incredibly dangerous, and unfortunately, we have lost the life of Dexter Reed very tragically and very alarmingly," Lucas added. Read more about Dexter Reed and what Chicago organizers are rallying for: thetriibe.com/2024/04/amid-l…

@CHIdocumenters The public comment public period comes to a close. The committee moves on to routine ordinances before the committee and skips over the agenda item regarding lowering the citywide default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 which has been postponed.

@CHIdocumenters The meeting adjourned around 2:15 PM.

@CHIdocumenters The meeting concluded with a motion to recommend approval of all ordinances on pages eight through 12 of the agenda to be passed without a departmental recommendation, and was approved. Those items will be reported out.

@CHIdocumenters That concludes this thread. Thanks for following along and respond here with any comments or questions. Follow @CHIdocumenters #CHIdocumenters for more coverage like this. Keep an eye out for notes on this meeting by Eliot Wyeth.