CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

6:15 PM

Dates

DATES SET:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011, from 5:30 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.

CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT to be Held at the Peoria Public Library, Second Floor Conference Room, 107 N. E. Monroe, Peoria, Illinois.

TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011, at 6:15 P.M.

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING to Hold a POLICY SESSION to Discuss the PRELIMINARY PLANS for Improving WASHINGTON STREET, from Hamilton Boulevard to Edmund Street, and to Take Action on Any Business that may Arise Per a Listed Agenda.

NO DATES SET:

POLICY SESSION - Special Assessment Process

POLICY SESSION - Simplify the Sign Ordinance

DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT

City Council/Town Board Meetings are wheelchair accessible. Individuals with hearing difficulties can request to use available FM auxiliary aids before or during the meeting by visiting the City Clerk’s Office, Room 401, City Hall Building, 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois. Requests to receive an Agenda in an alternate format or other types of auxiliary aids and services must, when possible, be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office a minimum of 48 hours prior to the meeting. To contact the City Clerk’s Office, call 309-494-8565 (V). TTY users, call the Illinois Relay Center at 1-800-526-0844 (TTY) or 1-800-526-0857 (V).

CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD

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

(Click on Council Agenda/Minutes)

All matters listed under CONSENT AGENDA are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the City Council/Town Board 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 City Council/Town Board, 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 City Council/ Town Board 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 CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ALL OTHER PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE HEARD UNDER CITIZENS’ OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD NEAR THE END OF THE MEETING.

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

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007, THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD WILL MEET IN REGULAR BUSINESS SESSIONS THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH AT 6:15 P.M. AT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS (Room 400), 419 FULTON STREET, PEORIA, ILLINOIS. TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD JOINTLY WHEN CALLED. NOTICES OF ANY SPECIAL MEETING ARE POSTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS

6:15 P.M.

Regular Meeting

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC.

PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – CITY OF PEORIA

MINUTES

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 of the LOW BID of ORDAZ CONSTRUCTION, in the Amount of $204,435.40, with Authorization Up To $224,878.94, (Additional 10% for Contingencies) for SINR CONTRACT #38 for SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT on VIRGINIA, GIFT, and HANSSLER from University to Sheridan.

B. Communication from the City Manager and Inspections Director Requesting Approval to Execute a TWO-YEAR CONTRACT to the LOWEST BIDDER, SHERWIN WILLIAMS, in an Amount Not to Exceed $15,000.00, for the 2011 PAINT PROGRAM.

C. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval to REPLACE SEVEN STREET LIGHTS on COOPER STREET at an Estimated Cost of $24,510.00, Using City Funds and Grant Funds from the Neighborhood Association.

D. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of a Total of $46,377.50 for Both Right-of-Way ACQUISITION and TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT of Portions of Parcel 13-02-100-005, for the Construction of ORANGE PRAIRIE ROAD from US Route 150 (War Memorial Drive) to Illinois 91/Grange Hall Road/Alta Lane.

E. Communication from the City Manager, Police Chief and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting the Following:

1. Adoption of an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 Relating to the U.S. DEPARTMENT of JUSTICE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JAG GRANT, in the Amount of $118,416.00; And

2. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute an INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Between the CITY OF PEORIA and the COUNTY OF PEORIA Under the EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM Fiscal Year 2011 LOCAL SOLICITATION, in the Amount of $118,416.00.

F. Communication from the City Manager, Information Systems Director and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting to DISPOSE of EXCESS COMPUTERS, MONITORS, PRINTERS, COPIERS and RELATED ITEMS Through State of Illinois Registered Collectors, Recyclers, and Refurbishers of ELECTRONIC WASTE.

G. APPOINTMENTS by Mayor Jim Ardis to the WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, with Request to Concur:

Vickie Clark (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2014

Patrick Urich (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2014

H. REPORT of the CITY TREASURER PATRICK A. NICHTING for the MONTH of MAY 2011, with Request to Receive and File.

ITEM NO. 2 Communication from the City Manager Requesting to Approve the CHARTER of the METROPOLITAN POLICY COMMITTEE (MPC) and to Concur with the Mayor's Recommendation that the City Appointees to the Committee be Councilman Bill Spears, Councilman Tim Riggenbach and Councilman Ryan Spain.

ITEM NO. 3 Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Adoption of an ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 5 of the Code of the City of Peoria Pertaining to DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, Adding a Definition of Dangerous Buildings.

ITEM NO. 4 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt the Following:

A. ORDINANCE Amending APPENDIX B of the Code of the City of Peoria Relating to FRONT YARD FENCES;

B. ORDINANCE Amending APPENDIX C of the Code of the City of Peoria Relating to FRONT YARD FENCES.

ITEM NO. 5 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Request to Receive and File GROWTH CELL STRATEGY REPORT 1996 - 2010.

Unfinished Bus-Adjourn