>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOHN, THAT MAN THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> BENEFIT TO THE SOUTH MOVE.

IS IS TREMENDOUS.

>> THE WHITE SOX ARE OUT WITH DAZZLING PLANS FOR A NEW STADIUM AT THE 78.

SO WHAT RESIDENTS THINK ABOUT A DISPUTE OVER MINING PROPOSAL ON THE CITY'S SOUTHEAST SIDE.

AND WHAT WARM FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES COULD MEAN FOR CHICAGO.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

OFFICIALS SAY A CRIMINAL ACTOR IS TO BLAME FOR THE LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

THE HOSPITAL SHUT DOWN HIS OWN PHONE E-MAIL AND MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEMS.

MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AFTER IT DISCOVERED THE BREACH.

THE CYBER ATTACK HAS CUT DOCTORS AND NURSES OFF FROM DIGITAL PATIENT RECORDS AND LIMITED PARENTS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR KIDS.

CAREGIVERS.

HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE FBI AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THERE'S MORE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

CHICAGOANS GET A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY'S CONTROVERSIAL GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY SPOT SHOOTER, THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY SET TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT SAINT SABINA CHURCH TONIGHT AT 6, 36, 30 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AND SPOT SHOOTER WILL BE TAKING QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMISSIONERS.

THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR INACCURACY IN FOR BEING USED AS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL.

CITY OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING WHETHER TO RENEW THE SPOT SHOOTER CONTRACT.

IF YOU STILL OWE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, THERE'S SOME RELIEF ON THE WAY THE COOK COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE NOW SAYS IT'S CUTTING INTEREST PENALTIES IN HALF FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE LATE PAYING THEIR TAX BILL.

THAT MEANS IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT YOUR FIRST INSTALLMENT BY MARCH FIRST, THE INTEREST RATE PENALTY WOULD DROP FROM 18% A YEAR TO 9% A YEAR.

IT'S BECAUSE OF A STATE LAW PASSED LAST YEAR.

THE TREASURER'S OFFICE SAYS WITH THE NEW LOWER RATE PROPERTY OWNERS SAVE $90 FOR EVERY $1000 OLD ON TAXES.

ONE LOCAL SCHOOL IS JOINING THE MANY CHICAGO WINDS KICKING OFF A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.

ROBERT HEALY, ELEMENTARY IN BRIDGEPORT HELD ITS ANNUAL EVENT WHERE STUDENTS PERFORM TRADITIONAL SONGS AND DANCE IS INCLUDING THE LINE DANCE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE HOLIDAYS.

ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY START CELEBRATING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR ON FEBRUARY 10TH.

AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS YEAR, IT'S THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.

THE DRAGON CONSIDERED A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH, COURAGE AND GOOD LUCK.

UP NEXT, REACTION TO RENDERINGS OF THE NEW POTENTIAL STADIUM FOR THE WHITE SOX.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> THE >> WHITE SOX ARE COVERING ALL THEIR BASES IN A GLITZY PROPOSAL TO BUILD A BRAND NEW BALL PARK ON THE 78.

THAT'S A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTH LOOP OWNED BY DEVELOPER RELATED MIDWEST.

IT WOULD NESTLE THE STADIUM RIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER AND CALL FOR HIGH RISES AND PUBLIC PARK SPACE.

NOT ONLY THAT, THE DEVELOPER PROPOSING A RE-IMAGINING OF GUARANTEED RATE FIELD IN BRIDGEPORT TO BE A SOCCER STADIUM POTENTIALLY TO HOUSE THE SOCCER.

THE CHICAGO FIRE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ON LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY PARKING LOTS PAIR SHOTS JOINS US HERES LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, ITS MASSIVE 9 BILLION DOLLAR PLAN UNVEILED JOINTLY BY RELATED MIDWEST.

AND THE WHITE SOX PROMISING.

>> 4 BILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

200 MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY THAT THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING REALIZE HERE.

AND IT ACTIVATES THIS LONG DORMANT PARCEL OF LAND BORDERED BY CLARK ROOSEVELT AND THE RIVER.

REMEMBER, IT HAD BID AND LAST OUT FOR THE CHICAGO CASINO.

IT HAS ONE OTHER THING PLANNED FOR THE SITE.

THE DISCOVERY PARTNERS INSTITUTE, A RESEARCH CENTER.

SO THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR ANCHOR TENANT FOR THAT GIANT PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU SEE THERE.

SOME OF THE BIG SELLING POINTS FOR BASEBALL STADIUM HERE.

THERE'S 3 CTA LIVES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, THE RED, THE GREEN IN THE ORANGE.

THERE'S A METRO LINE, THE SOUTH SHORE LINE.

IT GOES TO BED EARLY, BASICALLY HITTING ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

ARE SOX FANS COME FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.

THERE'S.

HIGHWAYS.

THERE'S A EMINENTLY ROADWAY WAS SIDE WALKS FROM THE LOOP IN FROM CHINATOWN AS WELL.

WHAT'S MORE THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING TO TURN THE CURRENT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD IN BRIDGEPORT INTO A SOCCER STADIUM AND BUILD ESSENTIALLY A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THAT SEA OF PARKING LOTS CURRENTLY SET IN THE RENDERINGS.

LOOK INSANE.

YEAH.

LIKE JUST TO THINK ABOUT JUMBO SCREEN.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT SKYLINE, A SEARS TOWER RIGHT THERE IN THE BACKGROUND RIGHT THERE?

I MEAN, STILL A BIG QUESTION HERE.

WHO'S GOING PAY FOR SAID IT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION AND >> REINSDORF, THE OWNER OF THE WHITE SOX KIND OF HAS A HISTORY OF THE TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE BILL FOR HIS STADIUMS.

>> AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS IN STADIUMS AND THE WHITE SOX 10 KEEP ALL THE REVENUE.

SO THERE'VE BEEN REPORTS THAT THE WHITE SOX ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND A 2% HOTEL TAX THAT IS PAID FOR GUARANTEED RATE FIELD AND PAID FOR SUBSEQUENT UPGRADES GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S POURED COLD WATER ON THE NOTION OF ANY PUBLIC MONEY SAYING HE BELIEVES THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD PAY FOR THEIR OWN FACILITIES ON THEIR OWN WITH THE PUBLIC HELP COMING FROM MAYBE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE RELATED MIDWEST DOES HAVE 140 MILLION DOLLARS IN PUBLIC TAX MONEY AT ITS DISPOSAL TO HELP DEVELOP THE ENTIRE SITE.

BUT SO THINKING 9 BILLION DOLLARS 140 BILLION 1 MILLION DOLLARS, FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF A PENNY HERE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOKING FOR MORE.

SO I DID SCROLL THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TRYING TO SEE WOOD.

>> PEOPLE WERE SAYING WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING, THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMENTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T BE A CELL SITE TEAM ANYMORE.

BUT THEN TONS OF COMMENTS WERE LIKE THIS WOULD BE AMAZING.

THIS WOULD BRING MORE OF AN AREA FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AFTER THE PAUL PARK LIKE MORE NIGHTS, EVEN WHAT?

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

DON'T YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL THE SOUTH SIDE.

IT'S THE SOUTH LOOP AND YOU'VE GOT CHINATOWN RIGHT THERE.

IT'S WHAT, 15 BLOCKS NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

I MEAN, I OTHER SOX FANS LIKE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PARK?

>> THE NO PARKING LOTS IN THIS PLAN.

BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS TO GET PEOPLE THERE VIA PUBLIC TRANSIT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN POSITIVE SO FAR FROM THE MAYOR AND THEN ALDERMAN PAT DOWELL A A WHO REPRESENTS THE WAR WITH A 78 IS ESPECIALLY WITH THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE VISION TO BUILD INACCESSIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, AROUND THE BALLPARK, THAT KIND OF LOCKING OFF FROM EVERYTHING.

BUT THERE'S THE COLEY ALDERWOMAN IN BRIDGEPORT.

11TH WERE SHE SENT US THIS STATEMENT, QUOTE, I MEAN, UNYIELDING AND MY DESIRE FOR THE SOX IN BRIDGEPORT TO CONTINUE OUR 100 PLUS THE RELATIONSHIP PAST 2029.

THAT'S WHEN THIS DEAL EXPIRES FOR GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

WE'RE CONVENING A WORKING GROUP RIGHT NOW TO FOCUS ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE 35TH STREET QUARTER DESIRABLE FOR THE TEAM AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO NORMALLY YOU GET PUSHED BACK FOR THESE KINDS OF STADIUM PLANS FROM MIKE.

THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT IN THIS CASE, WE SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH LOOP NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION.

HE SAYS LET'S PLAY BALL.

>> LET'S PLAY BALL DEVELOPMENT IN A WISE EFFECTIVE MANNER WILL BENEFIT THE SOUTH YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW YOU GO DOWN IN CERTAIN AREAS.

IT'S A FLUKE.

>> AND YOU SEE EMPTY STORE FRONT AFTER EMPTY STOREFRONT.

AND WE DO NEED SOMETHING TO JUMP START THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWEST.

>> WELL SAYS THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS, ESSENTIALLY WANTS TO SEE THE TEAM IN THE CITY FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THE LION SHARE OF THE TRAFFIC COMES FROM MASS TRANSIT MODES OTHER THAN DRIVING AND PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IT DOES SEEM IS A CORNERSTONE PART OF THIS PLAN.

>> BUT WE DO THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SOME THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE PART EVEN THE BALL PARK BEING BUILT WHERE THE RED LINE STATION AT THE 15TH PROBABLY BUILDING A NEW METRO YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT COULD BE USED THERE'S AN OPERABLE OPEN UNUSED A BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER.

THAT THAT WE CAN IN THEY COULD POTENTIALLY USE THAT YOU KNOW, TO BRING BUSES RIDESHARES, A TAXIS, ETC.

>> LOT OF EXCITING PLANS.

BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

IT'S GOING TO NEED APPROVAL FROM ZONING IN THE CITY.

IT'S GOING TO NEED APPROVAL FROM ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS AND THE GOVERNOR.

LOTS OF STEPS BEFORE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS.

HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU, PIERS.

SHOTS.

>> UP NEXT, A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

DEVELOPERS HAVE A MASSIVE UNDERGROUND WAREHOUSE DREAM FOR THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

CONCRETE.

AN ENERGY COMPANY OWES GUYS PITCHING THE INVERT AN UNDERGROUND WAREHOUSE WITH PARK SOLAR PANELS AND MORE ON THE SURFACE.

BUT IN ORDER TO BUILD, THEY WOULD NEED TO MIND A PRACTICE CURRENTLY BANNED IN THE CITY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE OSCAR SANCHEZ CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE AND ALDERMEN GILBERT, VILLEGAS OF THE 36 WAR, WHO IS CO SPAWNED DURING CO SPONSORING AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR SOME MINING IN CHICAGO.

WE REACHED OUT TO INVERT CHICAGO, BUT THEY DECLINED TO JOIN US.

ALDERMAN VILLEGAS, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF DIGGING UNDERGROUND.

THE FORMER STEEL MEAL.

WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE TO.

>> WELL, I WITH THIS IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME BROWNFIELD THAT CURRENTLY IS BEING DEVELOPED.

AND WE IMAGINE HOW TO REPURPOSE LAND, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED.

AND TAKE A LOOK AT PUTTING FORWARD A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT QUITE FRANKLY, IS A NOVEL IN AMERICA IN KANSAS CITY RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE A SIMILAR PROJECT, 30 MILLION SQUARE FEET WITH ANOTHER 10 MILLION COMING.

A LINE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE BEING SMART ABOUT UTILIZING UNDERNEATH A SERVICE AND A TOP PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THAT FACILITY IN KANSAS.

>> NO, I'M THAT IS ON MY LIST AGAIN BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY CURRENTLY.

NOW THIS THIS IT'S NOT PAYING ENOUGH PROPERTY TAXES CURRENTLY EMPLOYS 8 PEOPLE AND 144 ACRES.

SO I THINK ANY TIME YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE MILLIONS.

>> AND ALSO, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BUSINESSES?

>> IT'S DISHEARTENING.

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T HAPPENING IN THE REST OF COUNTRY.

TALK ABOUT THE EXAMPLE OF KANSAS CITY.

IT WAS SOMEWHERE WAS A RESIDENTIAL TURN TO THIS TYPE OF STYLE.

IT'S IT'S COMMON LANGUAGE THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE THE SOUTHEAST SIDE DOUBT.

THE GARDENS MUCH FROM PARK CONTINUE TO BE A SACRIFICE ZONE FOR THESE KINDS OF OPERATIONS.

THIS IS GOING TO EXPLOSIONS, TRILLIONS EXPOSURE NOT ONLY IN THE AIR, BUT ALSO TO LEAD PIPES.

MINING CREATES DESTRUCTION IN THESE PIPES IN FURTHER CONTAMINATES WATER.

SO IT'S REALLY ALARMING TO TALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEEN ALSO TALKING ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PARTY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE TALKING IMPACTS AND WHERE THE AUTUMN NBA HIMSELF IS INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE LEAD LINES WHEN IT'S GOING TO EXACERBATE THESE EFFECTS.

>> AND OSCAR TALKING ABOUT THAT, YOU RECENTLY WROTE A PIECE, A CHICAGO SOMETIMES OVER THIS CALLING THE LATEST THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT?

WHAT ARE THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS?

>> DEFINITELY FOR US.

IT'S ABOUT WHERE CHICAGO IS PUTTING THE BAR WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT.

IF WE SET THE BAR SO LOW, THE WORST OF THE WORST IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THIS IS THE WORST OF THE WORST.

OUR FAMILIES ARE AT RISK.

OUR CHILDREN ARE BATTLING OUR ELDERLY ARE DYING.

THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

MY FAMILY COMMON THROUGHOUT ALL THE FAMILIES.

THE SOUTHEAST SIDE HAS ONE OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

WE HAVE OVER 200 INDUSTRY OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE MOUNTAINS OF PETCO JUST LYING, OVERLY EXPOSED.

THERE USED TO BE A REAL PLAN TO ONE CHECK THESE KIND OF COLORS.

BUT 2, WE WANT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WE WANT THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO INCENTIVIZE CLEAN SUSTAINABILITY.

>> AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE AS YOU INTRODUCE THE ORDINACE ALONGSIDE ALDERMEN, PETER CHICO, WHOSE WARD THIS PROJECT IS IN, WHY SUPPORT THIS CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT THAT ISN'T YOUR WARD?

>> I THINK I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, WORKING WITH ALDERMAN WHO WANTS TO BRING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

2 SECTIONS THE CITY THAT QUITE FRANKLY, HAS BEEN ABANDONED.

LISTEN, I AGREE WITH OSCAR THAT HISTORICALLY THERE'S BEEN NOT ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON DEVELOPMENT, RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE THIS PROJECT.

DEVELOPERS, PORT RESPONSIBLE.

I WOULD NEVER CO-SIGNED, SO I THINK THIS STARTS TO DISCUSSION WORLD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A NEW PROJECT AND TO SIGN AT THE SAME TIME TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS WILL BE EMPLOYING PEOPLE LOCALLY, CREATING 600 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY, BUT DOING IT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER ALSO SAY THAT THIS THIS PROJECT, IT'S GOING TO BE ELECTRIC.

AND SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THE CITY'S TRYING TO TO TAKE A LOOK LAUREN GAS LAUREN, GREAT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE 100% ELECTRIC IN SOLAR PANELS, WHICH IN WILL PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR 1000 HOMES SO THAT THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO WHAT WHAT I WHAT I WANT EMPHASIZE TO OSCAR INTO SOMETHING SIDE IS THAT ALL THIS DOESN'T START A DISCUSSION OVER HOW TO INVEST IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

COMMUNITY THAT HISTORICALLY RELIED ON STEEL MILLS IN INDUSTRY IS CALM.

BUT HOW DO HOW DO PURPOSE BROWNFIELDS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER?

AND I THINK THAT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR THE INFOR, THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS TO COME.

PROVIDES RESPONSABLE PARTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PROVIDES ALL TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES.

IT CREATES ALL TYPES OF INCIDENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY RECEIVE PROPERTY BACK ON TAX REVENUE.

AGAIN, THAT TIMES I'M SORRY, ULTIMATE EARS.

I WANT TO BRING OSCAR INTO THIS OSCAR.

YOU DID TALK ABOUT.

>> YOU ARE OPEN TO DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO THE AREA.

WHAT TYPE DEVELOPMENT YOU THINK WOULD BE WELCOMED IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> I FOR ME TALK ABOUT THING IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, RIGHT.

I THINK WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE JUST 6, COMPANIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPECTATION, IF IT'S A LOGISTICS COMPANY, THEY'RE BRINGING IN DIESEL TRUCKS.

SO IT'S JUST CREATING MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THESE EMISSIONS AND ALREADY CONCENTRATED AREAS.

IT'S LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE GOING TO CREATING HIGHER MISSIONS WHERE CHILDREN ARE ALREADY WALKING TO SCHOOL OR WE HAVING FAMILIES LIVING AROUND SO FOR US, IT'S ABOUT THE CITY TO COMMON SENSE, A BISON, THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

BUT IT'S BETTER IMPACTS ARE DISRUPTING QUALITY OF LIFE PLENTY OF LIKE THAT.

WE SEEMS RESEARCH.

THERE'S A THAT'S CONCEDED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STREETERVILLE AND OTHER PARTS CHICAGO.

GRAND LAKE EXPECTANCY IS DIFFERENT FROM 15 YEARS.

I WANT FOLKS TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT'S WE'RE NOT GETTING AN EYE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROPOSING A BASEBALL FIELD IN THE SOUTH.

WHEN IT COMES MIND FACILITY, IF IT WERE BOTH IN THE SOUTH YOU CAN PARK OR EVEN POSSIBLY EVEN 2 MONDAY.

THIS WARD PEOPLE WOULD BE OUTRAGE.

I WANT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT RE IMAGINE THE THINGS TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT THESE OPERATIONS HAPPENING THAT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY CHICAGO AND REALLY TRY TO LOOK AT WHOLE EXPERIENCE HOPEFULLY OF LIKE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE FACING.

YOU CAN HAVE GOOD JOBS FOR UNION ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS ALSO ATTACKED.

WE HELP INDUSTRY WHEN IT'S INTRODUCED.

MORE AND MORE ARE PLAYING LIKE TAKING AWAY MORE AND MORE.

>> AND AND ALL THE MUD AS I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MINING CURRENTLY, THERE'S ABANDONED MINE, A NEW MINING OPERATIONS.

WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE CHANGED?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU'RE LISTEN BY DEFINITION IN THE ORDINANCE IS JUST BUREAUCRATS DEFINITIONS.

SO YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ZONING ORDINANCE.

IT IS JUST WORDS ON NORTH.

IT'S SO WE'RE GOING DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT.

WORKING WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND WATERWAYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT DOING POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING LIFE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED IS NOT GOING TO BE USED BUT THE CONTRACTOR WILL HELP SEATING TO TRUCK IT OFF EVEN BARGES OFF.

BUT THE REALITY IS THAT MINING IS JUST A DEFINITION IN THE ORDINANCE CHANGED.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW PUT FORWARD OPPORTUNITIES FOR PART OF THE CITY THAT HAS HISTORICALLY THEY THINK THEY'VE LOST AN INDUSTRY.

AND HOW DO WE BRING BACK JOBS TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CITY?

THE SAME TIME RESPONSIBLE MANNER CREATING TAX WHERE OTHER ME THAT.

THAT'S I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE LEFT.

BUT I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR INPUTS.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, WHAT'S BEHIND THIS WEEK'S WILD WEATHER?

>> HAVE >> YOU PULLED OUT YOUR SHORTS YET?

OKAY.

IT MIGHT BE A BIT EARLY FOR THAT.

DESPITE TEMPERATURES REACHING A HIGH OF 57 DEGREES TODAY AS CHICAGO EXPERIENCES NINO YEAR 2024.

SEEING TEMPERATURES ABOUT ONE TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT IS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FOR TRENT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I HAVE TO SAY I WALKED OUT WITH THE JACKET THIS MORNING TO WALK MY DOGS AND I INSTANTLY LIKE I COULD TAKE IT OFF.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS LEADING TO THIS UNSEASONABLE WARM TEMPERATURE WE'RE SEEING TODAY?

>> YEAH, IT IS PRETTY SURPRISING.

EVEN DOWN HERE IN CHAMPAIGN.

YEAH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITHOUT JACKETS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO YEAH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED OPENING.

I MEAN, WE'RE WHAT'S GOING LENO, A PATTERN, WHICH IS JUST A UNUSUALLY WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC.

AND BECAUSE THE PACIFIC IS SO LARGE, HUGE ENERGY SOURCE IT IT REALLY AFFECTS OF GLOBAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE.

WHEN WE SWITCH FROM EL NINO AND ITS COUSIN LA NINA.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE IN AN EL NINO EVENT, TYPICALLY MEANS A BIT OF A OF A FLAT JET STREAM FLOW, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GETTING MILD PACIFIC AIR MILES GULF OF MEXICO AIR.

AND IT KEEPS OUR TEMPERATURES ON THE MILD SIDE DEFINITELY OUT WARM BY ANY MEANS IN CHICAGO IN FEBRUARY, BUT ON THE MILD SIDE.

IT ALSO KEEPS US A BIT DRY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

THE AT LEAST THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

>> AND CAN THE WEATHER CAN WINTER WEATHER GIVE US AN INDICATION OF WHAT'S TO COME IN SPRING OR SUMMER?

WHY OR WHY NOT?

>> NOT YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE DON'T REALLY GET ANY KIND OF SIGNAL OF OF WHAT'S TO COME IN THE SPRING OR THE SUMMER.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED.

SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE MILD NOW DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BLAZING HOT SUMMER TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THERE'S REALLY NO RELATIONSHIP THERE.

ONE OF THE REASON BEING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH ON THE NEWS PLAYING A REALLY BIG ROLE IN OUR WEATHER AND CLIMATE RIGHT NOW, IT TENDS TO WEAKEN IN THE SUMMERTIME, ESPECIALLY IMPACT ON OUR WEATHER AND CLIMATE AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST ON THE NEWS LIKELY TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE SPRING AND MAYBE DIE BY THE SUMMERTIME.

SO PROBABLY WON'T EVEN BE A FACTOR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IN THE WINTERTIME DOESN'T RELIEF FOR 10, REALLY ANYTHING FOR SPRING OR SUMMER.

>> AND TRY AND JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU FIND MOST FASCINATING WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS WORK AND LIKE YOU SAID TODAY, IT'S ALSO WARM AND CHAMPAGNE.

WHAT DO YOU FIND MOST FASCINATING.

>> OH, MAN.

THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.

I MEAN WHETHER IS JIMMY IS SO VARIABLE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN ILLINOIS.

AND THIS IS GOING TO THE BEST PLACE TO STUDY WEATHER AND CLIMATE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING.

WE GET LOTS OF INTERESTING THINGS.

WE'VE HAD TORNADO WARNINGS EVEN THE CHICAGO CWA.

THE CHICAGO AREA HAS A TORNADO WARNINGS TODAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COMPARE THAT TO NEXT THIS WEEKEND.

WE MAY GET SOME SNOW HERE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SPRING TEMPERATURES COMING YOU KNOW, IN MARCH.

SO IT'S JUST A REALLY EXCITING PLACE TO STUDY WHETHER INCLINED ON THE FLIP SIDE BECAUSE WE GET SO MUCH SEVERE WEATHER AND IMPACTFUL WEATHER.

IT COULD BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO WORK WITH SEEING SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF FLOODING AND EXTREME HEAT.

BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S IT'S ALWAYS BUSY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WEATHER AND CLIMATE, ILLINOIS.

>> I LOVE PASSION ABOUT THAT.

WHAT COULD AMOUNT SPRING MEAN FOR TREES AND OTHER PLANTS?

>> THAT'S THE ONE THING MENTION THERE WASN'T RELATION BETWEEN WINTER AND SPRING TEMPERATURES.

BUT IF WE CONTINUE THIS MILD TREND LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO THROUGH THE REST OF WINTER AND MAYBE INTO EARLY SPRING, WE COULD ON EARLY PERFORMANCE.

HE BREAK FROM OUR TREES ARE ARE PERENNIALS IN ARCO TO CULTURAL CROPS.

SO IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU GARDENING WATCHING A NEIGHBORHOOD TREES.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR.

NOT RIGHT NOW.

BUT AS WE GET CLOSE TO MARCH TO SEE IF WE SEE MAYBE EARLY BUT BREAK WHAT THAT COULD DO, IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE.

BUT WHAT IT COULD DO IS PUT THOSE TREES AND ESPECIALLY TREATING TREES AT ADDED RISK OF A OF SPRING FREEZE DAMAGE BECAUSE EVEN IF WE HAVE A MILD SPRING, IT TELLS US NOTHING ABOUT LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING A LATE SPRING FREE.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONE THING WHEN WE HAVE THESE MILD WINTER TEMPERATURES, MILDER SPRING TEMPERATURES.

SO ONE THING WE ASKS A TO KIND OF WATCH FOR IF WE'RE SEEING THAT EARLY DORMANCY BREAK FROM THOSE TREES THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK YOU.

HOW DO YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH PLAN?

IS ENTHUSIASTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO PLANT THEIR PLANS?

THOSE CONVERSATIONS LIKE?

>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT FOR THE PERENNIALS.

JUST, YOU KNOW, IF FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING IN THEIR YARDS, THE GUARDS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAY NO, THERE ARE PLANS BETTER THAN I DO.

SO THEY'RE WATCHING THEY KNOW.

BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF KIND OF BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A RIGHT TO SAY, OKAY, IF YOUR OWN PEACHES, FOR EXAMPLE, OR YOU'VE GOT A NICE APPLE TREE, THEY LIKE TO PICK FROM THE SUMMERTIME.

JUST WATCH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS AS IT NEEDS TO BE.

IF IT'S OPENING UP EARLY AS FAR AS PLANTING PLANTS.

AGAIN, JUST REMEMBERING THAT EVEN IF WE GET A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN NORMAL EARLY SPRING, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T HAVE A TIMELY OR LATE SPRING FREEZE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE PATIENT WHEN PLANTING THOSE TOMATOES AND THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE GET THAT ONE WARM-UP IN MARCH DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN THROW HIM IN THE GROUND WILL BE ALL SOCIO PATIENTS DURING THAT DURING THE DURING THE SPRING COMING TO TAKE CLIENT TO BUILD A WHOLE GARDEN OUTSIDE MY BACKYARD.

>> NOW, SINCE CHICAGO, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A WEEK WHERE IT'S REALLY COLD THEN IT'S REALLY WARM.

KENNY, WE US EXPECT THE REST OF THE WINTER TO BE THIS MILD.

>> SO LIKELY IF IF THE OUTLOOKS ARE RIGHT FOR THE REST OF FEBRUARY, WHICH ENDS KIND OF LOGIC, WINTER IS LIKELY TO BE MILD THROUGHOUT NEXT FEW WEEKS UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T GET SOME SHOTS OF COLD AIR, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THE OUTLOOK OFFICIALS, ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN MID-JANUARY WITH WE GET THAT BIG, YOU KNOW, COLD AIR OUTBREAK THAT LASTED FOR A WHILE.

>> WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT TRANS VERY INFORMATIONAL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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