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City of Rockford Planning & Development Committee met May 23.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. COMMITTEE REPORTS

1. Development Agreement and Lease with Think Big Corporation for a business development center, small business incubator, technical assistance and training and other similar business development services at 1311 N. Main Street.

2. Funding Agreement with African-American Resource Center at Booker (AARCB) for capital improvements in partnership with Winnebago County utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in the amount of $134,080.

3. Funding Agreement with Northwest Rockford Neighbors, Inc. to establish a crime reduction and violence prevention strategy through youth programming utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in the amount of $50,000.

4. Funding Agreement with Community Life Center of Rockford to establish a crime reduction and violence prevention strategy through community and youth programming utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for $50,000.

5. Funding Agreement with Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) for the years 2023-2028 and the continued lease of 102 N. Main Street for an additional six years. The funding source is seventy percent (70%) of the five percent (5%) Municipal Hotel Operators Occupation Tax (HMT). The base rent will be an annual fee of $85,382.88.

III. RESOLUTIONS

1. Community Relations Commission recommends approval of the $50,000 Rockford REGROW Grant Awards to the following applicants:

A. Comprehensive Community Solutions - Alpha Project

B. 815ALIVE, INC, 815Alive Toolbox/815 Alive - Renegade Football Team

C. New Genres Art Space, Fair Grounds Boys & Girls Club - Digital Fairgrounds: An Innovative Art & Technology After School Program

2. Community Relations Commission recommends approval of the $150,000 Rockford REGROW Grant Award to Youth Education and Equity Center.

3. Proposal to amend the City of Rockford's 2020 Comprehensive Plan to include the Auburn Street Corridor Study.

IV. ADJOURNMENT

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