Ciy of Rochelle Council Chambers
420 N 6th Street, Rochelle, IL 61068
7:00 pm
I. CALL TO ORDER:
• Pledge to the Flag
• Prayer
II. ROLL CALL:
III. PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC:
• pdf Bruce McKinney Day – May 1, 2018 (241 KB)
• pdf Municipal Clerks Week May 6-May 12, 2018 (144 KB)
• pdf Arbor Day – April 27, 2018 (272 KB)
IV. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
• Mayor
• Council Members
• Retirements – Joanne Peters
Bruce McKinney
• Annual Police Department Report
V. PUBLIC COMMENTARY:
VI. BUSINESS ITEMS:
1) CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY OMNIBUS VOTE with Recommendations:
a) Approve Minutes of City Council Meeting – pdf 04/09/18 (86 KB)
b) Approve Exceptions – pdf 04/04/18-04/16/18 (71 KB)
c) Approve Bills – pdf 04/17/18 (236 KB)
d) Approve Payroll – pdf 03/26/18-04/08/18 (50 KB)
e) pdf Accept and Place on File Financial Statement March 2018 (795 KB)
f) Authorize VFW Memorial Day Parade – pdf May 28, 2018 (53 KB)
g) Approve Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival Request – pdf August 17-19, 2018 (39 KB)
h) Approve Resolution Authorizing Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival Parade – pdf August 19, 2018 (42 KB)
i) Approve United Methodist Church Request – pdf Love Your Neighbor Outreach May 24, 2018 (25 KB)
j) Approve Request from Kenny’s Place to Hold a Street Dance/Block Party – pdf 6/23/18 (62 KB)
2) Ordinance Authorizing the Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate- 122 South 9th Street
3) Adoption of Resolutions and Ordinances for the Northern Gateway Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District
4) Non-Exclusive Easement Agreement to Allow Main Street Parking Lots to Remain as Parking
VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
VIII. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONT.:
1) Swearing In Ceremony for City Clerk Susan Messer
2) Swearing In Ceremony for Deputy City Clerks RoseMary Huéramo and Jennifer Thompson
IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION
X. ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda Item #2 Ordinance Authorizing the Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate- 122 South 9th Street
Staff Contact: Michelle Pease, Community Development Director
Summary: City owned property located at 122 South 9th Street (P.I.N. 24-25-102-009) was conveyed to the City through a deed in lieu of a foreclosure process. The subject property is zoned R5 (Multi-Family-High Density Residential) and has a lot size of 66’ x 123.75. The lot is vacant land.
On October 23, 2017, the City approved by ordinance to acquire the property. The City obtained a written appraisal, prepared by state certified appraiser Ryan L. Herbig of Midwest Appraisal Services, LLC. November 1, 2017. The written appraisal set the value of the property at $6,000.00 and was available for public inspection. On November 27, 2017, the City passed a resolution authorizing the sale of surplus real estate.
Required by the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11 76-2, notice has been published of the proposal to sell the City’s interest in the property and bids have been invited for the purchase of the City’s interest in the property, with the first notice published on March 11, 2018 and having been published for three successive weeks thereafter.
The City Council may accept any proposal determined to be in the best interest of the City by a two-thirds vote of the corporate authorities presently holding office, but in no event may a proposal be accepted if the purchase price is less than 80% of the appraised value.
Bruns Construction, Inc. is offering $4,800, which is 80% of the appraised value. Closing shall be on or before June 1, 2018, or at such time that is mutually agreed upon by both parties. There will be no credit or proration for 2017 or 2018 taxes paid by seller or buyer.
Recommendation: Approve an ordinance authorizing the Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate located at 122 South 9th Street, Rochelle, IL.
Supporting Documents:
pdf Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate (617 KB)
Agenda Item #3 Adoption of Resolutions and Ordinances for the Northern Gateway Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District
Staff Contact: Jeff Fiegenschuh, City Manager & Michelle Pease, Community Development Director
Summary: In an effort to address blight, aging infrastructure and vacancies in our Northern Gateway, the establishing of the Northern Gateway TIF would assist with potential development. An established Northern Gateway TIF would encourage private investment, assist to restore and enhance the tax base by the development or redevelopment of the area, provide public infrastructure upgrades throughout the area and provided incentives for retail/commercial development in an area where development would not occur but for the use of tax increment financing.
This ordinance, which the City is required to pass under the TIF Statute, establishes the Interested Parties Registry. The Interested Parties Registry allows all individuals who reside, or have places of business, within the City to receive all necessary information regarding the TIF District.
The Inducement Resolution allows the City to recoup the costs of establishing the TIF.
The Feasibility Resolution informs the taxing districts that the City is in the process of reviewing Eligibility/Feasibility factors of the TIF Area.
With the permission of Rochelle City Council, Moran Economic Development, LLC will undertake a feasibility study on the designation of a redevelopment project area. The area that is proposed for tax increment financing encompasses parcels along IL Route-38, IL Route-251 and Flagg Rd.
Recommendation:
Approve an Ordinance Authorizing the Establishment of a Tax Increment Financing Interested Parties Registries and adopting Registration Rules for the Registries.
Approve a Resolution Declaring an Intent to Reimburse Certain Development Project Costs
Approve a Resolution Providing for a Feasibility Study on the Designation of Areas as Redevelopment Project Areas
Supporting Documents:
pdf Inducement Resolution (14 KB)
pdf Feasibility Resolution (14 KB)
pdf Proposed TIF Map 1 (1.27 MB)
pdf Proposed TIF Map 2 (2.49 MB)
pdf Rochelle Northern Gateway TIF District Plan (11.36 MB)
Agenda Item #4 Non-Exclusive Easement Agreement to Allow Main Street Parking Lots to Remain as Parking
