Alderman Carl Franco – We will be having a 5th ward meeting on February 17th at 6:30. It will be similar to what we did in October. It will be a combo of in-person and virtual. The in-person portion will be in the city council chambers. As of now we are only allowed to have 10 attendees due to the Covid restrictions. We may be allowed more as we approach that date. The attendees will be on a first-call first-serve basis. If interested, please contact me to get on the list. Prior to the meeting I will contact you to let you know if you are able to attend. Don’t assume that you are in unless I confirm with you. Masks are mandatory.The virtual portion will be streamed via Facebook live which can be accessed via the city’s Facebook page or this one.As is our normal meeting structure, we will have a guest speaker which for this meeting is Mayor Richard Irvin. Our Community Oriented Police officers and I will also give updates.As mentioned in the recent 5th ward newsletter, which I hope everyone received, our normal neighborhood group meetings have been suspended until the pandemic is past us. Hopefully by summer we can resume them.