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City of Rockford City Council met Oct. 3.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

I. CALL TO ORDER

A. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

B. Roll Call

C. Acceptance of the Journal

1. Journal of Proceedings for the City Council meeting held on July 11, 2022.

II. PROCLAMATIONS

1. Proclamation proclaiming the month of October 2022 to be "National Bullying Prevention Month" in the City of Rockford, Illinois.

III. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

A. Planning and Development Committee

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. Traffic Commission Agenda for the meeting to be held on October 12, 2022 and Minutes from that meeting for consideration at the Code and

Regulation Committee meeting on October 24, 2022. Referred to Code and Regulation Committee.

2. Memorandum from Nicholas Meyer, Legal Director, regarding the 2023 City Council and Committee calendar schedule. Referred to Code and Regulation Committee.

3. Memorandum from Megan McNeill, Assistant City Attorney, regarding the Pre-Annexation Agreement for 2690 Cunningham Road. Referred to Code and Regulation Committee.

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Memorandum from Robert Wilhelmi, Brownfields Redevelopment Specialist, regarding the approval of an application and acceptance of the award for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Community-wide Assessment Grant. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

2. Memorandum from Karl Franzen, Community and Economic Development Director, regarding proposed lien releases on certain Winnebago County Trustee parcels in order to facilitate the sale. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

3. Memorandum from Jennifer Cacciapaglia, Mayor’s Office of Domestic and Community Violence Prevention, regarding the acceptance of Grant Award Fiscal Year 2022 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

4. Memorandum from Sarah Brinkmann, Housing and Program Manager, regarding the approval of an application and acceptance of the Cities for Financial Empowerment Grant in the amount of $100,000.00. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

5. Memorandum from Jennifer Cacciapaglia, Mayor’s Office of Domestic and Community Violence Prevention, regarding the acceptance of the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fiscal Year 2022 Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence Grant Award. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

6. Memorandum from Carrie Hagerty, Finance Director, regarding the Internal Controls, Cash Handling and Fraud Policy. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

7. Memorandum from Carrie Hagerty, Finance Director, regarding the American Rescue Plan Implementation proposal. Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

IV. PUBLIC SPEAKERS

1. Larry Washington

2. John Tac Brantley

V. NEW COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. Planning and Development Committee

1. Committee recommends approval of an ordinance to terminate the Assisted Living/River Housing Tax Increment Financing District. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

2. Committee recommends approval of an ordinance to correct a scrivener's error in the First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project for the Amended Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

3. Committee recommends approval of an ordinance terminating the West State/Kilburn Redevelopment Project Area and the dissolution of the

Special Tax Allocation Fund for the State/Kilburn Tax Increment Financing District. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

4. Committee recommends approval of an ordinance for the Second Amendment to the Tax Increment Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project for the Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

5. Committee recommends approval of an ordinance for the Second Amendment to the Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area Designation. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

6. Committee recommends approval of an ordinance adopting the Tax Increment Allocation Financing for a Second Amendment to the Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeal's recommendation of denial for a Special Use Permit for an automated car wash in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 6845 East State Street (Tanner Brandt for Christianson Companies/Applicants).

2. Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeal's approval for a Variation for deviations from the regulations for the landscaping plan for the construction of a new parking lot expansion in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District at 2716 8th Street (Howe Properties, Inc./Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

3. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's recommendation for:

a. Approval for a Modification of an existing Liquor License (Class PKG) to allow a full liquor license; and

b. Approval for the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a grocery store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 3118 North Rockton Avenue (Harwinder Kaur/AAG Groceries, Inc. dba Lo-Cost Grocery/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinances.

4. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for a Modification of an Existing Liquor License (NG-L) to add additional corporate owners for a total of ten (10) owners in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District (Raymond Andrew Koons/Willie Krump/Therese Grumley/214 East State LLC dba The Standard/Applicants). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

5. Committee recommends:

a. Sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class L50); and

b. Modifying the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's recommendation to allow three (3) video gaming terminals in conjunction with a restaurant and bar in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 4477 and 44xx Linden Road, Suite E (Ankit Patel/Alpine Rd. LLC dba Alfredo’s Pizza & Pasta/Applicants). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

6. Committee recommends:

a. Sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class L50); and

b. Sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Packaged Liquor (Class PKG) in conjunction with a restaurant, and outdoor seating area; and

c. Modifying the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's recommendation to allow five (5) video gaming terminals in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 2219 East State Street (Philip Salamone, Jr./Brieanna Salamone/RKFDSN, LLC dba Salamone’s on State/Applicants). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

7. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class NG-L) in conjunction with performing arts, lectures, poetry, readings, stand-up comedy and small plays in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at 406 North Main Street (Sarah Honeyville/Main Street Theater & Arts, Inc. dba Main Street Theater & Arts/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

8. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for a Modification of an existing Liquor License (Class PKG) to modify the condition requiring perimeter landscaping along 11th Avenue and 7th Street and interior landscaping in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 1203 7th Street (Sean Chinna/WIN Liquor, Inc. dba WIN Liquor/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

9. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for a Modification of an existing Liquor License (Class L50) to extend hours from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday; Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight), and to include an outdoor seating area in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at 215 and 217 7th Street (Michael D. McNeely/Jazs Properties, Inc. dba J & J Fish and Chicken/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

10. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class NG-L) in conjunction with a restaurant and outdoor seating area in a C-4, Urban Mixed Use Zoning District at 307 South Main Street (Quintisha Hannah/T & C Cooking Creations, LLC dba Ambiance/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

11. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a tobacco and grocery store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 1312 7th Street (Abdulatef Abdell Al Bahlool/Seventh Street Convenient Store, LLC dba Seventh Street Convenient Store/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

12. Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's approval for the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a gas station and convenience store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 3121 North Rockton Avenue (Mahmood Abdulqader/Rockton Gas Mart, Inc. dba Mobil Rockton Gas Mart/Applicant). Subject to conditions. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

13. Committee recommends approval of the Final Plat of The Cottages at Peterson Meadows Subdivision. The location of the final plat is 6265 Newburg Road.

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Committee recommends approval of the vouchers in the amount of $11,469,185.73 as approved at the Finance and Personnel Committee meeting on September 26, 2022.

2. Committee recommends approval of lien assignment of city liens to the Northern Illinois Land Bank from City of Rockford for vacant parcels within Emerson Estates Subdivision with a boundary of School Street to the south, Pierpont to the east, Auburn to the north and Springfield to the west. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

3. Committee recommends approval of the Memorandum of Understanding with City/State/RMTD (Rockford Mass Transit District) for Rockford Complete Streets Revitalization Project. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

RAISE Grant: $ 16,384,905

City: $ 2,900,000

IDOT: $ 2,601,706

RMTD: $ 478,099

Total: $ 22,364,710

4. Committee recommends approval of an Agreement between the City of Rockford and Union Pacific Railroad outlining preliminary engineering services for the grade crossing improvements at 11th Street and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The Legal Director shall prepare the appropriate ordinance.

VI. OFFICERS REPORTS

VII. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

A. Planning and Development Committee

1. Committee recommends approval of a resolution in Support of Tax Increment Financing Districts.

2. Committee recommends approval of the grant application and award acceptance for the Illinois Special Bridge Program FY-28 (ISBP) Grant for 15th Avenue over Rock River Bridge in the amount of $2,718,071.00.

3. Committee recommends approval of the grant application and award acceptance through Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Grant Program for the Ninth Street Two Way Conversion Project. The grant application amount is approximately $6,500,000.00.

B. Code and Regulation Committee

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Fire Department Laundry Services to R &H Laundromat and Dry Cleaning, Inc./dba A1 Dry Cleaners, of Rockford, Illinois for an estimated annual value of $32,000.00 (based on unit pricing). The contract duration is one (1) year with (4) possible one-year extension options. Annual price adjustments for CPI considered at contract renewal only. The funding source is Fire Department Operating Budget.

2. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Facility Maintenance & Hardware Supplies to Tri-B Hardware and Supply and Nicholson Hardware, both of Rockford, Illinois for an estimated annual value of $80,000.00 (based on unit pricing). The contract duration is One (1) year from date of award with four (4) possible one-year annual extension options. Annual price adjustments for CPI considered at contract renewal only. The funding source is Property Fund Operating Budget.

3. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: 638 Whitman Street Demolition to N-TRAK Group, of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of $28,100.00. The project is estimated to be completed by October 21, 2022. The funding source is CIP General Fund.

4. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: City-Wide Crack Sealing - 2022 to Complete Asphalt Services, of Pittsfield, Illinois in the amount of $50,000.00 (25,770 lbs.). The project is estimated to be completed by November 11, 2022. The funding source is Motor Fuel Tax.

5. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Lindale Road & 20th Street Drainage Repair to DPI Construction, Inc., of Pecatonica, Illinois in the amount of $51,509.00. The project is estimated to be completed by November 4, 2022. The funding source is CIP General Fund.

6. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Engineering Agreement: Millennium Fountain Renovation to Fehr Graham Engineering & Environmental in the amount of $38,700.00. The design portion is estimated to be completed in 2022 and the construction portion in 2023. The funding source is Redevelopment Funds (60%) & DCEO Grant (40%).

7. Committee recommends approval of the Award of RFP: Worker's Compensation Third Party Administration to PMA Companies, of Schaumburg, Illinois for an estimated annual claim expense of $104,900.00 flat rate guarantee three (3) years. The contract duration is One (1) year with four (4) subsequent one-year renewals. The funding source is Worker's Compensation Fund.

8. Committee recommends approval of the Award of RFP: Worker's Compensation Attorney Services to Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd., of Rockford, Illinois for Hourly Rates - partners and associates $175.00 per hour, paralegal's $100.00 per hour. The contract duration is three (3) years with two (2) subsequent one-year renewals. The funding source is Workers' Compensation Fund.

VIII. NEW BUSINESS (ORDINANCES)

A. Planning and Development Committee

1. An ordinance approving the termination of the Assisted Living/River Housing Tax Increment Financing District.

2. An ordinance approving the correction of a scrivener's error in the First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project for the Amended Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area.

3. An ordinance terminating the West State/Kilburn Redevelopment Project Area and the dissolution of the Special Tax Allocation Fund for the State/Kilburn Tax Increment Financing District.

4. An ordinance approving the Second Amendment to the Tax Increment Redevelopment Plan and Redevelopment Project for the Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area.

5. An ordinance approving the Second Amendment to the Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area Designation.

6. An ordinance approving the adoption of the Tax Increment Allocation Financing for a Second Amendment to the Amerock Hotel Redevelopment Project Area.

B. Code and Regulation Committee

1. An ordinance approving a Variation for deviations from the regulations for the landscaping plan for the construction of a new parking lot expansion in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District at 2716 8th Street (Howe Properties, Inc./Applicant).

2. An ordinance approving a Modification of an existing Liquor License (Class PKG) to allow a full liquor license in conjunction with a grocery store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 3118 North Rockton Avenue (Harwinder Kaur/AAG Groceries, Inc. dba Lo-Cost Grocery/Applicant).

3. An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a grocery store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 3118 North Rockton Avenue (Harwinder Kaur/AAG Groceries, Inc. dba Lo Cost Grocery/Applicant).

4. An ordinance approving a Modification of an Existing Liquor License (NG-L) to add additional corporate owners for a total of ten (10) owners in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District (Raymond Andrew Koons/Willie Krump/Therese Grumley/214 East State LLC dba The Standard/Applicants).

5. An ordinance approving the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class L50) and three (3) video gaming terminals in conjunction with a restaurant and bar in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 4477 and 44xx Linden Road, Suite E (Ankit Patel/Alpine Rd. LLC dba Alfredo’s Pizza & Pasta/Applicants).

6. An ordinance approving the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class L50), the Sale of Packaged Liquor (Class PKG) in conjunction with a restaurant, and outdoor seating area and five (5) video gaming terminals in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 2219 East State Street (Philip Salamone, Jr./Brieanna Salamone/RKFDSN, LLC dba Salamone’s on State/Applicants).

7. An ordinance approving the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class NG-L) in conjunction with performing arts, lectures, poetry, readings, stand-up comedy and small plays in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at 406 North Main Street (Sarah Honeyville/Main Street Theater & Arts, Inc. dba Main Street Theater & Arts/Applicant).

8. An ordinance approving a Modification of an existing Liquor License (Class PKG) to modify the condition requiring perimeter landscaping along 11th Avenue and 7th Street and interior landscaping in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 1203 7th Street (Sean Chinna/WIN Liquor, Inc. dba WIN Liquor/Applicant).

9. An ordinance approving a Modification of an existing Liquor License (Class L50) to extend hours from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday, Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight), and to include an outdoor seating area in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at 215 and 217 7th Street (Michael D. McNeely/Jazs Properties, Inc. dba J & J Fish and Chicken/Applicant).

10. An ordinance approving the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class NG-L) in conjunction with a restaurant and outdoor seating area in a C-4, Urban Mixed Use Zoning District at 307 South Main Street (Quintisha Hannah/T & C Cooking Creations, LLC dba Ambiance/Applicant).

11. An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a tobacco and grocery store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 1312 7th Street (Abdulatef Abdell Al Bahlool/Seventh Street Convenient Store, LLC dba Seventh Street Convenient Store/Applicant).

12. An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a gas station and convenience store in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 3121 North Rockton Avenue (Mahmood Abdulqader/Rockton Gas Mart, Inc. dba Mobil Rockton Gas Mart/Applicant).

C. Finance and Personnel Committee

1. An ordinance approving lien assignment of city liens to the Northern Illinois Land Bank from City of Rockford for vacant parcels within Emerson Estates Subdivision with a boundary of School Street to the south, Pierpont to the east, Auburn to the north and Springfield to the west.

2. An ordinance approving a Memorandum of Understanding with City/State/RMTD (Rockford Mass Transit District) for Rockford Complete Streets Revitalization Project. The estimated funding amount for the project is $22,364,710.00 with the city's portion being $2,900,000.00.

3. An ordinance approving an Agreement between the City of Rockford and Union Pacific Railroad outlining preliminary engineering services for the grade crossing improvements at 11th Street and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

IX. CLOSED SESSION

A. Motion to Convene into Closed Session in order to discuss Pending Litigation matters.

X. ADJOURNMENT

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