CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS

 

  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

 

AND

 

TOWN OF THE CITY OF PEORIA AGENDA

 

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

 

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

 

6:15 PM

 

Dates

DATES SET:

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.

A MAJORITY OF A QUORUM of the PEORIA CITY COUNCIL have been Invited and May Attend a PUBLIC MEETING/SPECIAL WORKSHOP Hosted by the Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation Regarding the TAX ADVANTAGES of HISTORIC REHABILITATION under both New and Previous Legislation - To be Held at the G.A.R. HALL, 416 Hamilton Boulevard, Peoria, Illinois.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011, from 7:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.

A MAJORITY OF A QUORUM of the PEORIA CITY COUNCIL have been Invited and May Attend a PUBLIC MEETING Regarding REDISTRICTING - To be Held at Bradley University, Hartman Center, Founders Room, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011, at 6:15 P.M.

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING to Hold a BUDGET SESSION Regarding the FY2012 CITY OF PEORIA BUDGET and Other Matters  - To be Held at City Hall, Council Chambers (Room 400), 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011, from 7:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.

A MAJORITY OF A QUORUM of the PEORIA CITY COUNCIL have been Invited and May Attend a PUBLIC MEETING Regarding REDISTRICTING - To be Held at RiverWest, Frank Campbell Center, Community Room, 312 Merriman, Peoria, Illinois.

NO DATES SET:

POLICY SESSION - SIMPLIFY 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

 

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CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD MEETING

CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS

6:15 P.M.

 

Regular Meeting

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC.

PROCLAMATION: STAATS APPLIANCE - 62nd YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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 Police Chief Requesting Approval to PURCHASE FIVE (5) USED VEHICLES (Including Three Four-Wheel Drive) from FINISH LINE FORD for the POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VICE & NARCOTICS UNIT for a Total Amount of $86,600.00 (Includes Two Trade-Ins).

 

B.            Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Request to AWARD the 2011 ROOF REPLACEMENT CONTRACT for the HARRISON SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT ZONE to BRUCE EKHOFF BUILDERS, in an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000.00, from the 2011 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

 

C.           Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of the PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT with HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. / FARNSWORTH GROUP, INC., a Joint Venture, in an Amount Not to Exceed $1,145,062.00, for PHASE II ENGINEERING SERVICES for the WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, TIGER II PROJECT.

 

D.           Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of the Following:

 

1.         PHASE 2 AMENDMENT with the U.S. DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION for TIGER II FUNDS (Amends Item No. 11-084); and

 

2.         AMENDMENT #1 to the AGREEMENT with the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORTATION (IDOT) for the Funding of PHASE II PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING in the WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, TIGER II PROJECT (Amends Item No. 11-085).

 

E.            Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Authorization for the City Manager to Enter into an AGREEMENT with McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP to Provide ANNUAL AUDITING SERVICES for FISCAL YEAR 2011 and FISCAL YEAR 2012 for a Total Amount Not to Exceed $240,000.00; $120,000.00 Guaranteed Maximum Annual Audit Fees for Two Years, as Outlined.

 

F.            Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Approving the PRIVATE STREETS, PRIVATE STREET NAMES, and PRIVATE STREET MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS for NORTH TOBIAS LANE, NORTH HAUSSLER LANE, NORTH CLARISSA COURT, and NORTH AJ ROBERTSON COURT for the BRADLEY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS Per the Amended Bradley University Institutional Plan.

 

G.           Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending Ordinance No. 15,335 to REPLACE the PRIVATE STREET MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT Previously Approved for AUGUSTA DRIVE, Located in Augusta Estates Identified as Parcel No. 09-19-252-001.

 

H.           Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from the Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending Ordinance No. 15,418, an Existing Special Use in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District for a SHOPPING CENTER to Add TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS and PARKING AREAS for Properties Identified as Parcel ID Nos. 14-20-401-033, 14-20-401-034, 14-20-401-035, and 14-20-451-012, with an Address of 4606-4612 N. UNIVERSITY STREET, with Conditions.

 

I.              Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from the Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Correcting the MISIDENTIFICATION of a ZONING DISTRICT on the OFFICIAL CITY OF PEORIA ZONING MAP from a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District to a Class O-2 (Exclusive Office Park) District for Property Located at 2327 W. WILLOW KNOLLS ROAD.

 

J.            Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from the Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending Ordinance No. 13,932, as Amended, an EXISTING SPECIAL USE, in a Class C-2 (Large Scale Commercial) District for a SHOPPING CENTER to REVISE the LOCATION of an EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY ENTRANCE and ADD a NEW RIGHT-OF-WAY ENTRANCE OFF of ORANGE PRAIRIE ROAD for Property Commonly Known as the SHOPPES at GRAND PRAIRIE and Located at 5201 W. WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE.

 

K.            Communication from the City Manager with Recommendation from the Zoning Commission to Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending APPENDIX B of the Code of the City of Peoria Relating to PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW of ENTERPRISE ZONE EXPANSIONS and to RETURN the DUTIES to the DESIGNATED ZONE ORGANIZATION.

 

L.            Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval to HOLD a POLICY SESSION at the NOVEMBER 8, 2011, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING to Discuss the PRELIMINARY PLANS for IMPROVING the WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Per the FEDERAL TIGER II AGREEMENT.

 

M.           Communication from the City Manager with Request to SET a DATE for a SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING to Further discuss the FY2012 CITY OF PEORIA BUDGET and Other Matters on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011, at 6:15 P.M. to be Held at City Hall, Council Chambers, 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois.

 

N.           Communication from the City Manager and City Treasurer with Request to AMEND the CITY OF PEORIA INVESTMENT POLICY, as Outlined.

 

O.           GREATER PEORIA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Including Independent Auditors' Report, as of and for the Years Ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, with Request to Receive and File. (Report is on File in the City Clerk's Office)

 

ITEM NO. 2      Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Authorization for the City Manager to Enter into an AGREEMENT with PEORIA COMMUNITY BANK to Provide Banking Services for Three Years Commencing January 1, 2012, with Optional Annual Renewal for Up to Two Additional Years, as Outlined.

 

ITEM NO. 3      Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Authorization for the City Manager to Enter into an AGREEMENT with ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK to Provide Banking Services for Three Years Commencing January 1, 2012, with Optional Annual Renewal for Up to Two Additional Years, as Outlined.

 

ITEM NO. 4      Communication from the City Manager and City Treasurer Requesting Approval of a RESOLUTION Authorizing NAMED BANKS to HONOR CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC. of the City of Peoria, Authorizing the City Treasurer, the City Manager, and the finance Director/Comptroller to Accept and Release Securities for Safekeeping Held by a Third Party, and REPEALING Resolution No. 09-189.

 

ITEM NO. 5      Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Adoption of the Following:

 

A.            RESOLUTION Pertaining to the HIRING of CITY EMPLOYEES by CITY CONTRACTORS; and

 

B.            ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 2 of the Code of the City of Peoria Pertaining to OFFICERS' and EMPLOYEES' ETHICS.

 

ITEM NO. 6      Communication from the City Manager and Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from the Zoning Commission and Staff to DENY a Request to REZONE Property Located at 3210, 3214, and 3216 N. KNOXVILLE AVENUE from a Class R-3 (Single Family Residential) District to a Class C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) District.

 

Unfinished Bus-Adjourn

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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

FROM THE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING)

 

(11-298)          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 Receive and File the REPORT BACK and 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.

 

(11-348)          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.

 

MOTION ON THE FLOOR: Enter into an agreement with Blue Star 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 Electricity Residential Opt-Out Program.

 

PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – TOWN OF THE CITY OF PEORIA

ITEM NO. 1      TOWN of the CITY of PEORIA FINANCIAL REPORT for PERIOD ENDING 9/30/2011, with Request to Receive and File.

 

NEW BUSINESS

CITIZENS' OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD

EXECUTIVE SESSION

ADJOURNMENT