CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

6:15 PM

Dates

DATES SET:

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2007, AT 7:30 A.M. to 12:00 Noon

SPECIAL MEETING of the CITY COUNCIL to hold a COUNCIL RETREAT to Discuss GOVERNANCE & COUNCIL RULES, COMMUNICATIONS, MEETING TIMES & PREPARATION, OVERVIEW OF BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2008 BUDGET, FUTURE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SHORT TERM/LONG TERM PLANNING BY COUNCIL, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE & MISCELLANEOUS - To be Held at the Peoria Civic Center, Room 135, 201 S.W. Jefferson, Peoria, Illinois.

TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007, at 6:15 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARING Regarding the Designation of the Eagle View TIF Redevelopment Project Area and Regarding the Adoption of Tax Increment Allocation Financing - To Be Held at City Hall, Room 400, 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois.

TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007, Immediately Following the Previous Public Hearing

PUBLIC HEARING Regarding the Designation of the Warehouse TIF Redevelopment Project Area and Regarding the Adoption of Tax Increment Allocation Financing - To Be Held at City Hall, Room 400, 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois.

TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2007, at 6:15 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARING Regarding the Proposed ANNEXATION of Property Located at 10104 N. EVA LANE, 10128 N. EVA LANE, 10117 N. KNOXVILLE, 10023 N. KNOXVILLE - To be Held at City Hall, Council Chambers, 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois.

All matters listed under CONSENT AGENDA are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and one roll call vote. There will not be separate discussion on these items. If discussion is desired by a Citizen or Members of the Council, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed immediately after approval of the Consent Agenda. Citizens desiring discussion on any item listed under the CONSENT AGENDA should contact a Council Member or the City Clerk prior to the meeting and request that the item be removed for discussion.

*CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS AN ITEM NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SHOULD CONTACT A COUNCIL MEMBER PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ALL OTHER PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE HEARD UNDER CITIZENS REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL NEAR THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.

NOTE: THE ORDER IN WHICH AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED MAY BE MOVED FORWARD OR DELAYED BY AT LEAST 2/3 VOTE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.

THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN REGULAR BUSINESS SESSIONS THE FIRST FOUR TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH AT 6:15 P.M. AT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 419 FULTON STREET, PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

WHEN A FIFTH TUESDAY IN A MONTH OCCURS, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT MEET UNLESS A SPECIAL MEETING IS CALLED. NOTICES OF ANY SPECIAL MEETING ARE POSTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR.

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CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS AND PROCEEDINGS ISSUED BY:

MARY L. HAYNES, MMC, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK

CITY HALL, ROOM 401

(309) 494-8565

INTERNET ADDRESS: www.ci.peoria.il.us

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING

CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS

6:15 P.M.

Regular Meeting

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC.

PROCLAMATION: MR. DON MILLER

PROCLAMATION: 50TH ANNIVERSARY of SOUTH-WEST KIWANIS CLUB

PROCLAMATION: POPPY DAYS: MAY 17 - 19, 2007

PROCLAMATION: FOSTER PARENT APPRECIATION DAY: MAY 17, 2007

FOSTER PARENT APPRECIATION MONTH: MAY 2007

PROCLAMATION: COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY MONTH: MAY 2007

MINUTES

PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – CITY OF PEORIA

ITEM NO. 1 CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY OMNIBUS VOTE, for the City of Peoria, with Recommendations as Outlined:

A. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval to Accept the LOW BID and Award a CONTRACT for HEATER SCARIFICATION to AMERICAN ASPHALT SURFACE RECYCLING, in the Total Project Amount of $125,197.65, with the City's Cost Being $17,436.63, and Requesting Approval of an INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT with the CITY OF PEKIN.

B. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval to Accept the BID from R. A. CULLINAN & SON, INC., in the Amount of $319,982.00, to Complete a Portion of the Annual Bituminous Patching Work that was Normally Performed by City Employees and Equipment.

C. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Information Systems Requesting Approval to PURCHASE COMPUTER MONITORS, SERVERS, and PRINTER from MIDWEST COMPUTER PRODUCTS, in the Amount of $27,803.00, and to PURCHASE PRINTERS and PLOTTER from CDW-G, in the Amount of $37,526.00, for a Total Amount of $65,329.00.

D. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval to PURCHASE REAL ESTATE Located at 1505 W. JOHN H. GWYNN, JR. AVENUE, in the Amount of $20,000.00, as an OPPORTUNITY ACQUISITION for the Future Widening of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.

E. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting Approval to Accept the LOW BIDS and Award CONTRACTS for the 2007 ALLEY SECURITY LIGHT PROGRAM to KOENER ELECTRIC for INSTALLATION SERVICES, in the Amount of $188.00 Per Installation, and to CRESCENT ELECTRIC for EQUIPMENT SUPPLY SERVICES, in the Amount of $43.35 Per Unit Cost.

F. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Inspections Requesting Authorization for the City Manager to Enter into a TWO-YEAR WEED AND LITTER REMOVAL CONTRACT with HULSE'S LAWNCARE and JC CONSTRUCTION, the Low Bidders, to Perform Abatement of Weeds and Litter on Private Lots Throughout the City on a Unit-Based Price Not to Exceed $143,000.00.

G. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Economic Development Requesting Approval of a BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FUND LOAN, in the Amount of $150,000.00, to GLOBE ENERGY for Renovations, Equipment, and Operating Expenses for Their Project Located at 1610 W. ALTORFER, and Requesting Authorization for the City Manager to Execute the Necessary Documents, with Recommendation from the Loan Review Committee to Approve.

H. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting Adoption of an ORDINANCE Granting a SPECIAL USE in a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District for an AUTO SERVICE STATION with GAS PUMP CANOPY for Property Located at 1302 W. BRADLEY AVENUE, with Conditions.

I. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of STREET LIGHT REQUESTS, in the Total Amount of $342.24 Annually for the Locations of 410 E. FORREST HILL, 1036 E. FORREST HILL, 1114 E. FORREST HILL, and 1236 E. FORREST HILL.

ITEM NO. 2 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting Approval to REQUIRE COMPLIANCE with the LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DESIGN STANDARDS for ALL CITY FUNDED DEVELOPMENT of SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED and DETACHED HOUSING.

ITEM NO. 3 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting Approval to FUND HAND UP COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, in the Amount of $108,000.00, of HOME CHDO FUNDS for the Construction of TWO NEW AFFORDABLE SINGLE-FAMILY OWNER-OCCUPIED HOMES Located at 1209 W. WILCOX and 117 W. VIRGINIA Built to City-Funded Residential Design Standards.

Unfinished Bus-Adjourn

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

(07-201-A) Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting Adoption of the Following ORDINANCES that ESTABLISH and SUPPORT the FORM DISTRICT CODE, Which Includes the SPECIFIC FORM DISTRICTS of SHERIDAN FORM DISTRICT, PROSPECT FORM DISTRICT, MAIN FORM DISTRICT, and WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT:

1. ORDINANCE Adopting the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICT CODE as APPENDIX C to the Code of the City of Peoria Replacing the Existing Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances, Appendix B and A of the Code of the City of Peoria, Only for Those Areas Designated as SHERIDAN FORM DISTRICT, PROSPECT FORM DISTRICT and MAIN FORM DISTRICT;

2. ORDINANCE Amending APPENDIX C, the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICT CODE, to ADD the AREA DESIGNATED as the WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT;

3. ORDINANCE Amending the PERMANENT ZONING ORDINANCE of the City of Peoria, APPENDIX C by Changing the Zoning of Property in the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICTS as Follows:

IN THE SHERIDAN FORM DISTRICT (Generally described as Sheridan Road from W. McClure North to W. Hanssler Place) from a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District, O-1 Arterial Office District and R-4 (Single Family Residential) District to a Class ST (Sheridan Form District);

IN THE PROSPECT FORM DISTRICT (Generally described as N. Prospect from E. Forrest Hill North to E. War Memorial Drive) from a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District and R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District to a Class PR (Prospect Form District);

IN THE MAIN FORM DISTRICT (Generally described as W. Main Street from N. North Street to N. University from a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District and R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District to a Class WM (Main Form District);

4. ORDINANCE Amending the PERMANENT ZONING ORDINANCE of the City of Peoria, APPENDIX C, of the City of Peoria Code, by Changing the Zoning of Property in the HEART OF PEORIA WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT:

IN THE WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT (Generally described as S. W. Jefferson to the Illinois River, the Robert Michel Bridge to an Area Approximately One Block Southwest of and Parallel to S. MacArthur Highway) from a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District, C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District, I-2 (Railroad/Warehouse Industrial) District, I-3 (General Industrial) District and B-1 (Central Business) District to a Class WH (Warehouse Form District);

5. ORDINANCE Adopting the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICT ZONING MAP for the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICTS: WM (Main Form District), ST (Sheridan Form District), PR (Prospect Form District), and WH (Warehouse Form District);

6. ORDINANCE Amending APPENDICES A and B of the City of Peoria Code Pertaining to the ADOPTION of the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICT CODE;

7. ORDINANCE Amending the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICT CODE, APPENDIX C, to Include LIGHTING REGULATIONS for all FORM DISTRICTS and SIGNAGE REGULATIONS for the SHERIDAN FORM DISTRICT, PROSPECT FORM DISTRICT, and MAIN FORM DISTRICT;

8. ORDINANCE Amending the HEART OF PEORIA FORM DISTRICT CODE, APPENDIX C, to Include SIGNAGE REGULATIONS in the WAREHOUSE FORM DISTRICT.

(07-201-B) Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting City Council DIRECTION on CHANGES to the TABLED COMPONENTS of the PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, and with Staff Recommendation to REMOVE from the TABLE the TABLED COMPONENTS of the PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR ADOPTION, With or Without the Knoxville Thoroughfare Coding, and Set a Date to Place These Item back on the City Council Agenda.

(06-204) REPORT BACK Regarding IMPACT of AMENDMENTS to CHAPTER 17 Regarding MINORITY/WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION (M/WBE), with Request to Receive and File.

(07-209) Communication from the City Manager and Director of Economic Development Requesting to Direct Staff to COMMENCE the PROCESS of EXPANDING the CITY OF PEORIA ENTERPRISE ZONE to Include the SHERIDAN TRIANGLE BUSINESS DISTRICT and PROSPECT ROAD BUSINESS DISTRICT.

(07-221) Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from the Zoning Commission to Adopt and with Staff Recommendation to DENY an ORDINANCE Rezoning Property Located at 10001 N. KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Temporary Address) from the Present Class O-2 (Exclusive Office Park) District to a Class C-1 (General Commercial) District.

(07-231) Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Adoption of an ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 2 of the Code of the City of Peoria Pertaining to RENAISSANCE PARK BOUNDARIES and WEST MAIN STREET CORRIDOR BOUNDARIES. (New Communication and New Ordinance)

NEW BUSINESS

CITIZEN REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE SESSION

ADJOURNMENT