CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

6:15 PM

Dates

DATES SET:

MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011, from 7:30 A.M. until 8:30 A.M.

JOINT PEORIA AREA CHAMBER BOARD/PEORIA CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP MEETING to Discuss Items of Mutual Concern - To be Held at Heartland Partnership Offices, 100 S.W. Water Street, Peoria, Illinois.

MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011, from 5:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

PRESENTATION of the GOOD ENERGY OPT-OUT RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL AGGREGATION PROGRAM - To be Held at the Gateway Building, Room 201, 200 N. E. Water Street, Peoria, Illinois.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011, at 6:15 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARING to Consider the Approval of an Amended Development Plan for and the Designation of the Hospitality Improvement Zone Business District of the City of Peoria - To be Held at City Hall, 419 Fulton Street, Council Chambers (Room 400), Peoria, Illinois.

NO DATES SET:

POLICY SESSION - Special Assessment Process

POLICY SESSION - Simplify the Sign Ordinance

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.

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

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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: DR. AMIR AL-KHAFAJI

PROCLAMATION: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 175TH ANNIVERSARY

PROCLAMATION: NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME RECOGNITION

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 with Request to Award a CONTRACT to the LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, WM. AUPPERLE AND SONS, INC., for an Amount Not to Exceed $92,800.00 (Including Waterproofing the Foundation Along the Parking Lot), to RECONSTRUCT the ADA RAMP into the CITY HALL BUILDING.

B. Communication from the City Manager and Police Chief Requesting Approval for the SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE of TWENTY (20) PREDATOR #2 BALLISTIC BODY ARMOR VESTS and FORTY (40) BODY ARMOR PLATES for the PEORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM'S DUTY USE from DIAMONDBACK TACTICAL BODY ARMOR, in the Amount of $47,700.00, with Funds being used from the Federal Asset Forfeiture Account.

C. Communication from the City Manager and Assistant Fire Chief Requesting Approval of the PURCHASE of a FIRE RESCUE BOAT from the LOW BID of THOMAS MARINE, in the Amount of $166,125.00 from the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.

D. Communication from the City Manager and Assistant Fire Chief Requesting Approval for the Acceptance of TWO (2) SIDE SONAR PACKAGES from THE BASS PRO SHOP at NO CHARGE TO THE CITY.

E. Communication from the City Manager and Assistant Fire Chief Requesting Approval for the PURCHASE of DIVE EQUIPMENT and TRAINING from the LOW BID of DEEP BLUE ADVENTURE, in the Amount of $24,160.00, from the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.

F. Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting Approval of the INVESTMENT of $400,000.00 in CDBG and HOME FUNDS for the HARRISON SCHOOL IMPACT ZONE HOUSING PROGRAM as Outlined.

G. Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Action as Follows:

1. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 Relating to the Use of the 1% HOTEL TAX COLLECTED within the BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT in the HOSPITALITY IMPROVEMENT ZONE TIF for CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS to the MARK TWAIN HOTEL, in the Amount of $27,321.00;

2. APPROVE the REIMBURSEMENT to the MARK TWAIN HOTEL, in the Amount of $27,320.22, from Their 1% Hotel Tax Collected within the Business Development District for Capital Improvements to the Facility.

H. Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Action as Follows:

2. APPROVE the REIMBURSEMENT to HOTEL PERE MARQUETTE, in the Amount of $15,702.00, from Their 1% Hotel Tax Collected within the Business Development District for Capital Improvements to Their Facility.

I. Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Approval of the APPLICATION for a CLASS H (Temporary Outdoor) LIQUOR LICENSE at 60 STATE STREET (Tonti Park) for the CHILDREN'S HOME OF ILLINOIS on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011.

J. Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Approval of the APPLICATION for a CLASS H (Temporary Outdoor) LIQUOR LICENSE at EXPOSITION GARDENS for a FUNDRAISER on AUGUST 20, 2011.

K. Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Approval of a SITE APPLICATION for a CLASS G (Restaurant, Wine & Beer Only) LIQUOR LICENSE at 2601 W. LAKE, SUITES A-2B/A-2C, with Recommendation from the Liquor Commission to Approve.

L. Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Approval of a SITE APPLICATION for a CLASS G (Restaurant, Wine & Beer Only) LIQUOR LICENSE at 618 W. GLEN AVENUE, with Recommendation from the Liquor Commission to Approve.

M. APPOINTMENT by Mayor Jim Ardis to the SPRINGDALE CEMETERY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, with Request to Concur:

Robert Manning (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2013

N. Communication from Mayor Jim Ardis APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER TIM RIGGENBACH to the CITY-COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL COMMITTEE (LANDFILL), Replacing Council Member Dan Irving, with Request to Concur.

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

P. ADOPTION of COMMITTEE REPORT Regarding a REVIEW of a DRAFT PLAN for IMPROVING WASHINGTON STREET (US 24) Between I-74 and EDMUND STREET, and to PROVIDE DIRECTION Regarding Any Changes to the Draft Plan and Steps to Implement the First Construction Project.

ITEM NO. 2 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 to the CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT with R.A. CULLINAN & SON, a Division of United Contractors Midwest, Inc., for the GLEN AVENUE and UNIVERSITY STREET INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, for an Additional Amount of $133,893.19 (8.02% of Original Authorization Amount of $1,668,488.44), for a Total Amended Authorization of $1,802,381.63. (Amends Item No. 11-266)

ITEM NO. 3 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with Request to Award a CONTRACT to the MOST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, SECURITY PARKING SYSTEMS, for REPLACEMENT of all PARKING ACCESS REVENUE CONTROL EQUIPMENT in the Four (4) City-Owned Parking Decks, in an Amount Not to Exceed $347,061.86.

ITEM NO. 4 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Approval for the City Manager to Enter into an AGREEMENT with GOOD ENERGY, L.P. to Provide PROFESSIONAL ENERGY CONSULTING SERVICES for the City of Peoria for the PROCUREMENT of ELECTRICITY for the City of Peoria Residential and Small Commercial Accounts Otherwise Known as an ELECTRICITY RESIDENTIAL OPT-OUT PROGRAM.

ITEM NO. 5 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Action on the Following:

A. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 Relating to the USE of WAREHOUSE DISTRICT TIF FUND BALANCE, in the Amount of $50,000.00, to Serve as the 20% Local Match Necessary for the Illinois Department of Transportation Grant Awarded to Tri-County Regional Planning Commission;

B. AUTHORIZE the City to CONTRIBUTE $50,000.00 from the WAREHOUSE DISTRICT TIF to Serve as the Local Match to an Illinois Department of Transportation Grant Received by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission to Conduct Specific Planning Tasks in the Warehouse District, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Necessary Documents.

ITEM NO. 6 Communication from the City Manager and Assistant Director of Planning and Growth Management Requesting a REVIEW of EXAMPLE MAPS for REDISTRICTING and Provide Direction to the AD HOC COMMITTEE of the CITY COUNCIL on REDISTRICTING and/or the Administration.

Unfinished Bus-Adjourn

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER ITEMS, IF ANY,

FROM THE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING)

(11-246) Communications from the City Manager and Mayor Ardis with Recommendations as Follows:

A. Communication from the City Manager with Request to Receive and File a REPORT on ISSUES Involving SPRINGDALE HISTORIC CEMETERY;

B. REAPPOINTMENT and APPOINTMENT by Mayor Jim Ardis to the SPRINGDALE CEMETERY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, with Request to Concur:

REAPPOINTMENT:

Kent Rotherham (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2015

APPOINTMENT:

Floyd C. Dailey, Jr. (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2015