>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO NICK

BLUMBERG WHO IS IN EVANSTON AS

PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT"

"IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES"

AND HE IS JOINED WITH THE

INCOMING MAYOR.

>> NICK?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

I'M HERE WITH MAYOR ELECT DANIEL

BISS YOU ARE SET TO BE SWORN IN

ON MONDAY.

COVID-19 AS I DON'T SEE HOW IT

COULD BE ANY OTHER WAY WAS A

HUGE PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RECOVERY.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT COVID

RECOVERY IS EQUITABLE?

>> IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE

WE GET SHOTS IN ARMS WHICH WE

ARE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE IN

EVANSTON.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FILL ALL OF

THESE STOREFRONTS AND OFFICES

THAT WE SEE NEAR US HERE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COME

BACK WITH AN EXE THAT IS MORE

EQUITABLE THAN THE ONE WE HAD

BEFORE THAT MEANS PUTTING

RESOURCES IN THE HANDS OF

ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR.

AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND

COLLABORATION WITH THE HIGH

SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

AND EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT

YOUTH HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT

AND IF WE SEIZE IT WE CAN BUILD

A MORE JUST ECONOMY BUT WE HAVE

TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> YOU'VE SAID THAT EXAMINING

THE EVANSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

AND BUDGET IS A DAY ONE PRIORITY

FOR YOU.

A LOT OF FOLKS RETHINKING

POLICING THEY MIGHT HEAR

ACTIVISTS USE PHRASES LIKE

DEFUND THE POLICE THAT CAN BE A

NO GO FOR THEM.

HOW DO YOU HELP CREATE SPACE FOR

THE CONVERSATIONS?

>> I DON'T TRY TO GET MIXED UP

IN THE QUESTION OF WHAT LANGUAGE

OTHER PEOPLE USE.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WORK ON

FACTS AND DATA AND THE BASIC

VALUES THAT WE HAVE AS A

COMMUNITY.

AND THOSE VALUES DICTATE A MORE

HUMAN THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH

TO PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

WHERE THE DEPLOYMENT OF FORCE

AND VIOLENCE ARE A LAST RESORT

NOT A FIRST STEP AND THAT MEANS

BUILDING UP OUR CAPACITY WITH

MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SUBSTANCE

ABUSE TREATMENT AND FORMS OF

VICTIMS SERVICES DIFFERENT WAYS

OF DOING TRAFFIC STOPS AND MORE.

IF WE DO THAT PROPERLY NOT ONLY

ARE WE PROVIDING A BETTER

QUALITY OF SHARED PUBLIC SAFETY

FOR ALL, WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR

POLICE OFFICERS RATHER THAN

ALLOWING A MISSION THAT HAS THEM

DOING THINGS THEY WERE NOT

TRAINED FOR OR SIGN UP TO DO.

>> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE

PACKAGE ABOUT EVANSTON'S

REPARATIONS PROGRAM.

THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BE INVOLVED

IN THAT PROGRAM?

HOPES OF EXPANDING IT?

>> YES.

WE ARE I THINK RIGHTLY PROUD

HERE IN EVANSTON TO BE LEADING

THE COUNTRY IN ESTABLISHING A

MUNICIPAL REPARATIONS PROGRAM

AND I'M EXCITED BUT IT'S

IMPORTANT TO SAY WE HAVE JUST

BEGUN.

RECENTLY THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED

THE FIRST 4% OF THE REPARATIONS

DOLLARS THAT WILL BE GOING OUT

THE DOOR SHORTLY THAT LEAVES 96%

OF THE MONEY THAT WE STILL HAVE

TO DETERMINE HOW IT WILL BE

ALLOCATED AND WHAT PROGRAM

DECISIONS WILL BE MADE AND GROW

THAT POT BECAUSE BY THE WAY, THE

MONEY COMING IN SO FAR DOESN'T

ADDRESS ALL THE EQUITIES AND --

INEQUITIES AND IT'S NOT COMING

FROM THE DIFFERENT SOURCE THAT

DID THE HARM WE'RE TRYING TO

REPAIR.

WE ARE NOT FAR FROM NORTHWESTERN

UNIVERSITY IF YOU LOOK AT

HISTORIC PRACTICES WITH RACIAL

SEGREGATION THEY CONTRIBUTED TO

THE HARM.

LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS THAT PARTICIPATED

IN REDLINING AND RESIDENTIAL

SEGREGATION THEY PARTICIPATED IN

THAT HARM AND NOW THEY NEED TO

STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPAIR

IT.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO

DO.

>> A BIG QUESTION FOR 30 SECONDS

LEFT OR SO, CLIMATE CHANGE A BIG

ISSUE FOR YOU AS WELL.

HOW CAN A CITY PLAY A ROLE IN

ANSWERING A GLOBAL QUESTION?

>> THE THING ABOUT CLIMATE

CHANGE IS NO ONE INSTITUTION

WHETHER YOU PERSONALLY OR THE

UNITED NATIONS CAN DO IT ALONE.

WE ALL HAVE TO STEP UP.

AND EVANSTON HAS A STRONG PLAN

THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK

TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO

TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDING

CODES AND WASTE DISPOSAL AND

MORE TO LIVE UP TO THE

COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE AND I'M

DEDICATED TO MAKE SURE WE DO

THAT.

>> MAYOR ELECT DANIEL BISS THANK

YOU FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR

EVENING WITH US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.