CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS

 

  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

 

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

 

6:15 PM

 

Dates

DATES SET:

NO DATES SET:

POLICY SESSION - SIMPLIFY SIGN ORDINANCE

POLICY SESSION - TREE POLICY

 

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 MEETING

CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS

6:15 P.M.

 

Regular Meeting

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC.

PROCLAMATION:    DAVE SNELL - 1,000th CONSECUTIVE BRADLEY BASKETBALL BROADCAST

PROCLAMATION:    DOUG SMITH - THE UNIQUE TWIST & TWISTING CREW

PROCLAMATION:    NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK - February 19 - 25, 2012

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 of the LOW BID of McALLISTER EQUIPMENT in Springfield, Illinois, for the PURCHASE of TWO (2) PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSORS (Fully Equipped) at a Total Cost of $28,108.00.

 

B.            Communication from the City Manager and Acting Director of Planning and Growth Management with Recommendation from the Human Resource Commission (HRC) to Use the 2ND FY2011 ESG ALLOCATION, in the Amount of $47,801.00, for a HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM Administered by the City of Peoria HPRP Providers and Use FY2012 FUNDS for HOMELESS and HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS as Outlined.

 

C.           Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with Request to Concur with Staff's Recommendation to SET THE DATE for the PUBLIC HEARING Regarding CITY SEWER RATE ADJUSTMENTS on MARCH 13, 2012, at 6:15 P.M.

 

D.           Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of a SEWER IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT with the GREATER PEORIA SANITARY DISTRICT for the REPAIR of SEWERS as a part of the City of Peoria's SEWER REHABILITATION PROGRAM {Design Area 1 Point Repairs Project 8 (GPSD Project #2192)}, and with Request to Concur in the Award of the CONTRACT with J. C. DILLON, INC., for the LOW BID, in the Amount of $461,428.75

 

E.            Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of the AMENDMENT and AGREEMENT for PROFESSIONAL SERVICES with MAURER-STUTZ, INC., in an Amount Not to Exceed $75,300.00 for the REPAIR OF SEWERS as a Part of the City of Peoria's SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION PROGRAM {Design Area 1 Point Repairs Project 10 (GPSD  Project #2203)}. (Amends Item No. 10-072)

 

F.            Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of an AMENDMENT to AGREEMENT C09L0194 for PROFESSIONAL SERVICES with HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC., in an Amount Not to Exceed $262,585.00, for the REPAIR of SEWERS as a Part of the City of Peoria's SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION PROGRAM {Design Area 1 Point Repairs Projects 9 and 11 (GPSD Projects #2211 & 2214)}. (Amends Item No. 10-071)

 

G.           Communication from Council Member W. Eric Turner Requesting Approval of a RESOLUTION in Support of the NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE and the City of Peoria Hosting the REGIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CONFERENCE in SEPTEMBER 2013.

 

H.           Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Adoption of an ORDINANCE ABATING the TAX Heretofore Levied to Pay SPECIAL SERVICE AREA TAXES on the RIVERWEST NEIGHBORHOOD (Formerly the Colonel John Warner Homes Development).

 

I.              Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Adoption of an ORDINANCE Abating the TAX Heretofore Levied to Pay Principal of and Interest on GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BONDS, of the City of Peoria, 1998 SERIES C, 2002 SERIES A, 2003 SERIES A, 2004 SERIES B & C, 2005 SERIES A & B, 2007 SERIES A, 2009 SERIES A, 2010 SERIES A, B, C & D, AND 2011 SERIES A & B.

 

J.            Communication from the City Manager and Acting Director of Planning and Growth Management with Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Approving a MULTI-FAMILY PLAN in a Class R-7 (Multi-Family Residential) District for CAMDEN HILLS WEST APARTMENTS with an Address of 2311 W. WILLOW KNOLLS ROAD, with Conditions.

 

K.            Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller Requesting Adoption of an ORDINANCE Amending the CITY OF PEORIA BUDGET for FISCAL YEAR 2012 Relating to the OUTSTANDING ENCUMBRANCES as of DECEMBER 31, 2011, in the Amount of $12,407,467.00.

 

L.            Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel Requesting Approval of the DATES for SCHEDULED EVENTS SPONSORED by PEORIA AREA COMMUNITY EVENTS, INC. (P.A.C.E.) on June 14 through 16, 2012,  for the Steamboat Festival at Riverfront Festival Park; August 8, 2012, (Rain Date August 9, 2012) for the Taste of Peoria at Riverfront Festival Park; and September 3, 2012, for the Labor Day Picnic at Riverfront Festival Park, Subject to their Filing the Necessary Permits and Approval as Required by the City Code.

 

M.           REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Jim Ardis to the PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION, with Request to Concur:

 

Richard V. Laukitis (Voting) - Term Expires 9/30/2016

Rev. Cleveland Thomas, Sr. (Voting) - Term Expires 9/30/2016

 

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

 

O.           ADOPTION of COMMITTEE REPORT Regarding the Preliminary Plans for Improving the Warehouse District per the Washington Street and Federal Tiger II Agreements.

 

P.            ADOPTION of the COMMITTEE REPORT Regarding the Concept Plan and Funding Plan for the City's Portion of Costs of the Allen Road Project from Townline Road to Wilhelm Road Including the Old Route 174 Intersection.

 

ITEM NO. 2    Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval to Accept the LOW BID of PRAIRIE ARCHWAY INTERNATIONAL of Normal, Illinois, for an Amount Not to Exceed $265,362.00, for the PURCHASE of TWO (2) FULLY-EQUIPPED DUMP TRUCKS (with Dump Box, Snow Plow, and Salt Spreader).

 

ITEM NO. 3    Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works Requesting Approval of a VARIANCE from the Requirements of SECTION 12-9 of the Code of the City of Peoria Allowing Multiple Additions and New Structures at KOMATSU USA Property Located at 2300 N.E. ADAMS STREET, which have the Lowest Floors Lower than Two Feet Above the Base Flood Elevation.

 

ITEM NO. 4    Communication from the City Manager Regarding a REPORT on the TOWN HALL MEETING Held FEBRUARY 2, 2012, Pertaining to the Use of Southtown TIF Funds, with Request to Receive and File.

 

Unfinished Bus-Adjourn

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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

FROM THE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING)

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

CITIZENS' OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD

EXECUTIVE SESSION

ADJOURNMENT