Rockford Sun

City of Rockford City Council met Aug. 1.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

I. CALL TO ORDER

A. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

B. Roll Call

II. PROCLAMATIONS

1. Proclamation proclaiming Tuesday, August 2, 2022 to be “National Night Out” in the City of Rockford, Illinois.

2. Proclamation proclaiming the month of August 2022 to be "National Minority Donor Awareness Month" in Rockford, Illinois.

III. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

A. Planning and Development Committee

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. Memorandum from Brandon Kruse, Construction Services Coordinator, regarding Elevator Regulation and Inspection. Refer to the Code and Regulation Committee

2. Memorandum from Martin Bloom, Project Manager-Permits and Special Events, regarding upcoming special events which include: Screw City Beer Fest and Cycle on 2nd. Refer to Code and Regulation Committee.

3. Memorandum from Megan McNeill, Assistant City Attorney, regarding an Ordinance for the Annexation of 7XX Waveland Avenue. Referred to Code and Regulation Committee.

4. Memorandum from Megan McNeill, Assistant City Attorney, regarding an Ordinance for the Annexation Agreement of 7XX Waveland Avenue. Referred to Code and Regulation Committee.

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Memorandum from Kyle Saunders, Director of Public Works, regarding Intergovernmental (City-FRSA) Agreement for Charles Street Reconstruction. Refer to Finance and Personnel Committee.

2. Fine Reduction Request for 1407 Post Avenue, Rockford, IL

IV. PUBLIC SPEAKERS

1. Rev. Earl S. Dotson

2. Prophet Yusef

V. NEW COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. Planning and Development Committee

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. Committee recommends approval establishing a Passenger Loading Zone from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday on the south side of East State Street from 20 feet to 45 feet east of Madison Street, thus repealing the existing restriction of 1-Hour Parking on the south side of East State Street from 20 feet to 45 feet east of Madison Street. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

2. Committee recommends approval to establish 2-Hour Parking on the east side of Madison Street from 40 feet to 60 feet south of East State Street, thus repealing the existing restriction of Passenger Loading Zone on the east side of Madison Street from 40 feet to 60 feet south of East State Street. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

3. Committee recommends approval to establish No Parking Any Time on the south side of Mound Avenue from North Main Street to 45 feet east of North Main Street, thus repealing the existing restriction of 2-Hour Parking on the south side of Mound Avenue from North Main Street to 45 feet east of North Main Street. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

4. Committee recommends approval to establish No Parking Any Time on the north side of Mound Avenue from North Main Street to Indian Terrace, thus repealing the existing restriction of No Parking Any Time on the north side of Indian Terrace from Main Street to Indian Terrace North/South. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

5. Committee recommends approval to establish No Parking Any Time on the west side of Indian Terrace from Mound Avenue to Dickerman Drive, thus repealing the existing No Parking Any Time restriction on the west side of Indian Terrace from Indian Terrace East/West to Dickerman Drive. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

6. Committee recommends approval establishing that traffic on Shepherd Trail (North/South) be required to stop prior to entering the intersection with Shepherd Trail (East/West). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

7. Committee recommends approval for the amendments to the City of Rockford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 29, Article V (Towing Services). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

8. Committee recommends approval for the amendments to the City of Rockford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II (Noise), Article III (Nuisance Vehicles & Devices), Article IV (Impoundment of Nuisance Vehicles & Devices), and Section 19-3 (Offensive Use of Property) The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

9. Committee recommends approval for Final Plat No. 1 of Four Rivers Bluff Subdivision

10. Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’ approval of a Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development for a Single-Family Residence, a guest/play house, and to allow all existing buildings to remain on the site in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 3828 Spring Creek Road (Attorney Jim Hursh for Merat Esfahani/AROM, LLC/Applicants). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

11. Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’ approval of a Variation to reduce the required setback of a freestanding sign from five (5) feet to one (1) foot in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District, and I-2, General Industrial Zoning District at 2233 Kishwaukee Street and 22xx Starr Street (JNB Signs, Inc., for Little Flowa Properties/Applicants). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

12. Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’ denial for a Variation to increase the maximum permitted square footage from 236 square feet to 288 square feet for all signage based on street frontage in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 6820 East State Street (Adam Firsel for Core Rockford 1, LLC/Applicants).

13. Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’ approval for a Modification of Special Use Permit#141-99 to add eight (8) duplexes in an R-2, Two-Family Residential Zoning District at 6265, 6493 Newburg Road, 1620, 1722, and 1819 Meadow Circle (Tom Okite for Wesley Willows Senior Living/Applicant). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

14. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board’s approval for the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a grocery and tobacco store in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 5801 Columbia Parkway, Suite 125 (Thaer Ibrahim Safi/Safi Food Service Corporation dba Safi Food Service/Applicant). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

15. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board’s approval for the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a gas station in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 360 College Avenue (Daoud Mahmoud Jaber/Kassem Nasser Kassem Ahmed/Trust & Co. dba Trust Gas Co./Applicants). The Legal Director Shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

16. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board’s approval for the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a smoke shop in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 4477 and 44xx Linden Road, Suite C (Shailesh Patel/Buddy’s Rockford, LLC dba Buddy’s Smoke/Applicant). The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Vouchers in the amount of $5,049,267.12

Committee recommends approval of the vouchers in the amount of $5,049,267.12 as approved at the Finance and Personnel Committee meeting held on July 25, 2022.

VI. OFFICERS REPORTS

VII. APPOINTMENTS LAID OVER

1. Reappointment of Brian Blakemore to the Building Board of Appeals for a five year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

2. Reappointment of Jeffrey Bockhop to the Building Board of Appeals for a five year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

3. Reappointment of Jennifer Spencer to the Building Board of Appeals for a five year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

4. Reappointment of William Waldorf to the Building Board of Appeals for a five year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

5. Appointment of Joe Scandroli, Jr. to the Building Board of Appeals for a five year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

6. Appointment of Norma Borrero to the Community Relations Commission for a term expiring June 2024. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

7. Appointment of Jeff Pettera to the Community Relations Commission for a term expiring May 2024. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

8. Reappointment of Todd Burton to the Community Relations Commission for a three-year term, expiring June 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

9. Reappointment of Ricardo Montoya to the Community Relations Commission for a three-year term, expiring June 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

10. Appointment of Tamir Bell to the Historical Preservation Commission for a three year term, expiring June 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

11. Appointment of Frank St. Angel to the Historical Preservation Commission for a three-year term, expiring June 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

12. Reappointment of Val Olafson to the Historical Preservation Commission for a three-year term, expiring July 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

13. Reappointment of Jennifer Spencer to the Historical Preservation Commission for a three-year term, expiring July 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

14. Reappointment of Janet Larsen to the Library Board for a three-year term, expiring June 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

15. Reappointment of Paul Logli to the Library Board for a three-year term, expiring June 2025. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

16. Appointment of Jason Bottensek to the Mechanical Board for a term expiring June 2023. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

17. Reappointment of Scott Laue to the Police Pension Board for a two-year term, expiring June 2024. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

18. Appointment of Anisha Grimmett to the Rockford Housing Authority for a five year term, expiring July 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this appointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

19. Reappointment of Dock Ward to the Traffic Commission for a five-year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

20. Reappointment of Tom Fabiano to the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals for a five-year term, expiring June 2027. (Pursuant to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after August 10, 2022.)

VIII. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

A. Planning and Development Committee

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. Committee recommends approval of the Ward 11 Parade and Festival This event is scheduled for Saturday, August 13th from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. The parade route will begin at Buckbee Avenue and Seminary Street to Kishwaukee Avenue to Broadway to 11th Street, ending at Keye Mallquist Park

2. Committee recommends approval of the National Night Out Event This event is scheduled for Tuesday, August 2, 2022 from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. (road closures will begin at 3 p.m.). The event location will be 202 Market Street at Water Street - City Market Pavilion

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Guardrail Installation and Repair Services to Northern Contracting, Inc. of Sycamore, Illinois and Huskie Contractors, LLC of Byron, Illinois for an estimated annual contract value of $40,000.00 (based on unit pricing). The contract duration is through April 30, 2023 with four (4) possible one year annual extensions. Annual price adjustments for Consumer Price Index (CPI) considered at contract renewal only. The funding source is Street Division Operating Budget.

2. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Seminary Street Resurfacing (North of Catherine Street to south of Bremer Street) to Rock Road Companies of Janesville, Wisconsin for $844,804.75. The project is estimated to be completed by October 14, 2022. The funding source is 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax.

3. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: City Wide Street Repairs Group No. 5 - 2022 (Parking Lots) to N-TRAK Group of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of $1,447,553.77. The project is estimated to be completed by October 28, 2022. The funding source is ARPA Revenue Replacement Fire Department ($832.034.67), ARPA Revenue Replacement Street Department ($327,926.35) and Parking Fund Bond Proceeds ($285,592.75).

4. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Bridge Repairs 2022 to Martin & Company of Oregon, Illinois in the amount of $148,628.00. The project is estimated to be completed by October 28, 2022. The funding source is 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax.

5. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Contract(s): Public Works Materials to Northern Illinois Service of Rockford, Illinois, William Charles Construction of Loves Park, Illinois, Rock Road Companies of Janesville, Wisconsin and N-TRAK Group of Loves Park, Illinois for an estimated annual contract value of $200,000.00 (based on unit pricing). The funding source is various departmental operating budgets.

IX. NEW BUSINESS (ORDINANCES)

A. Planning and Development Committee

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. An ordinance approving a “Passenger Loading Zone 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday-Friday” on the south side of East State Street from 20 feet to 45 feet east of Madison Street be restricted, thus repealing the existing restriction of “1 Hour Parking on the south side of East State Street from 20 feet to 45 feet east of Madison Street.

2. An ordinance approving the establishment of a 2-Hour Parking on the east side of Madison Street from 40 feet to 60 feet south of East State Street, thus repealing the existing restriction of Passenger Loading Zone on the east side of Madison Street from 40 feet to 60 feet south of East State Street.

3. An ordinance approving the establishment of a No Parking Any Time restriction on the south side of Mound Avenue from North Main Street to 45 feet east of North Main Street, thus repealing the existing restriction of 2-Hour Parking on the south side of Mound Avenue from North Main Street to 45 feet east of North Main Street.

4. An ordinance approving the establishment of a No Parking Any Time restriction on the north side of Mound Avenue from North Main Street to Indian Terrace, thus repealing the existing restriction of No Parking Any Time on the north side of Indian Terrace from Main Street to Indian Terrace North/South.

5. An ordinance approving the establishment of a No Parking Any Time restriction on the west side of Indian Terrace from Mound Avenue to Dickerman Drive, thus repealing the existing No Parking Any Time restriction on the west side of Indian Terrace from Indian Terrace East/West to Dickerman Drive.

6. Traffic- Shepherd Trail (North/South)

An ordinance approving that traffic on Shepherd Trail (North/South) be required to stop prior to entering the intersection with Shepherd Trail (East/West).

7. An ordinance approving the amendments to City of Rockford Code of Ordinance, Chapter 29; Article V (Towing Services).

8. Committee recommends approval for the amendments to the City of Rockford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17, Article II (Noise), Article III (Nuisance Vehicles & Devices), Article IV (Impoundment of Nuisance Vehicles & Devices) and Section 19-3 (Offensive Use of Property)

9. An ordinance approving a Variation to increase the maximum allowed height of a fence in the front yard from four (4) feet to six (6) feet along Camlin Avenue in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 1839 Melrose Street (Nicole Lynch/Applicant).

10. An ordinance approving a Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development for a Single-Family Residence, a guest/play house, and to allow all existing buildings to remain on the site in an R-1, Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 3828 Spring Creek Road (Attorney Jim Hursh for Merat Esfahani/AROM, LLC/Applicants).

11. An ordinance approving a Variation to reduce the required setback of a freestanding sign from five (5) feet to one (1) foot in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District, and I-2, General Industrial Zoning District at 2233 Kishwaukee Street and 22xx Starr Street (JNB Signs, Inc., for Little Flowa Properties/Applicants).

12. An ordinance approving a Modification of Special Use Permit#141-99 to add eight (8) duplexes in an R-2, Two-Family Residential Zoning District at 6265, 6493 Newburg Road, 1620, 1722, and 1819 Meadow Circle (Tom Okite for Wesley Willows Senior Living/Applicant).

13. An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a grocery and tobacco store in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 5801 Columbia Parkway, Suite 125 (Thaer Ibrahim Safi/Safi Food Service Corporation dba Safi Food Service/Applicant).

14. An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a gas station in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 360 College Avenue (Daoud Mahmoud Jaber/Kassem Nasser Kassem Ahmed/Trust & Co. dba Trust Gas Co./Applicants).

15. An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a smoke shop in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 4477 and 44xx Linden Road, Suite C (Shailesh Patel/Buddy’s Rockford, LLC dba Buddy’s Smoke/Applicant).

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Bid Opening for the Sale of 1115 6th Avenue

X. ADJOURNMENT

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