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City of Peoria 419 Fulton Street Peoria, IL 61602 Agenda and Notice Tuesday, August 25, 2020 6:00 PM Council Chambers City Council AGENDAS AND PROCEEDINGS ISSUED BY: BETH BALL, MMC, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL, ROOM 401 (309) 494-8565 Agendas/Minutes and supporting documentation are available online at www.peoriagov.org. City Council Agenda and Notice August 25, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-48, issued on July 24, 2020, continues to limit any gatherings of more than fifty people. Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-44, requires that public bodies take steps to provide video, audio, and/or telephonic access to meetings. The CDC recommends social distancing of at least six feet between persons. City Hall is now open to the public with capacity and social distancing restrictions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To comply with these recommendations and requirements, the City is implementing the following changes and restrictions for the City Council Meeting on August 25, 2020, while complying with the spirit of the Open Meetings Act: • A City Council Meeting will be held on August 25, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. • The City Council Meeting will be conducted in person with the members of the Council, Mayor, City Manager, Corporation Council, City Clerk, and Deputy City Clerk present. Plexiglass has been installed between desks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. • Department heads will be present in a room 404 in order to respond to questions from Council via a microphone. Department heads will be distanced six feet or more from each other in Room 404. • The public can physically attend the meeting, but in order to maintain social distancing guidelines there can only be 15 people from the public inside City Council Chambers at one time. There will be a wait to enter City Council Chambers once the public capacity of 15 people is met. Public comments can be made by those that are inside City Council Chambers. Due to room capacity limitations, the public is invited and encouraged to watch through the following channels: - City of Peoria live stream at http://peoriail.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=8 o YouTube live stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofpeoriatv; - Television broadcast through local Channel 22; and - Radio broadcast through WCBU Radio. • Anyone wishing to make a public comment can do so by making their public comments live if they are physically present during the City Council Meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to send their comments to City Clerk, Beth Ball by 12:00 p.m. on August 25, 2020, due to room capacity restrictions. Public comments can be sent to the City Clerk, in writing, at bball@peoriagov .org or via fax at 309-494-8574. The email or fax should be labeled “Public Comment for August 25, 2020, City Council Meeting,” and we ask that you include your name and address. If a member of the public is physically present for the City Council Meeting and they already sent a public comment in writing to the City Clerk, then they will have the option to make that previously submitted written comment live instead of the comment being read by the City Clerk. • Media will be allowed to physically attend the meeting; however, due to capacity restrictions only one person from a media outlet will be allowed inside City Council Chambers. • Temperature screenings are required for access inside City Hall. Face coverings are required to be worn at all times inside City Hall. • The agenda, minutes and a video podcast or the meeting will be available online at http://www.peoriagov.org/city-council/meetings/. City of Peoria Page 2 Printed on 8/20/2020 City Council Agenda and Notice August 25, 2020 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). ROLL CALL INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MINUTES PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – CITY OF PEORIA CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY OMNIBUS VOTE, with Recommendations as Outlined: 20-212 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE the LOW BID of HOROWITZ CONCRETE CO., in the Amount of $296,745.00, and Award a CONTRACT for the NORTHSIDE BUSINESS PARK TIF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, with an Additional Authorization of $14,837.25 (5%) for Contingencies, for a Total Contract Award of $311,582.25. (Council District 1) 20-213 APPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the PEORIA CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY with a Request to Concur: Karrie Ross (Non-Voting) - Term Expiration 07/01/2022 20-214 APPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION with a Request to Concur: Jada Hoerr (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023 FIRST READINGS 20-215 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE a FIRST READING of an ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A, the Unified Development Code, Relating to TATTOO, PALMIST, PSYCHIC OR MEDIUM, OR MASSAGE PARLORS. 20-216 Communication from the City Manager with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE a FIRST READING of an ORDINANCE Establishing a JOINT COMMISSION on RACIAL JUSTICE and EQUITY with the County of Peoria. City of Peoria Page 3 Printed on 8/20/2020 City Council Agenda and Notice August 25, 2020 REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS, with Recommendations as Outlined: 20-217 Communication from the Mayor and Corporation Counsel with a Request to APPROVE the DECLARATION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. 20-218 Communication from the City Manager with a Request for the Following: A. APPROVE the New EDA CARES ACT REVOLVING LOAN FUND Plan; and B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the CITY OF PEORIA 2020- 2021 BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to a New Revolving Loan Fund Program through a Grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Cares Act Recovery Assistance, in the Amount of $1,419,000.00, and the Corresponding Expenditures of $1,290,000.00 to Establish the Loan Fund and $129,000.00 for Administrative Costs. 20-219 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Providing for the ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, in an Aggregate Amount not to Exceed $9,000,000.00, of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, to Provide for the Refunding of Certain Outstanding Bonds of the City, and Providing for the Levy of a Direct Annual Tax Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on said Bonds, Authorizing the Sale of said Bonds to the Purchaser Thereof, and Authorizing the Execution of an Escrow Agreement in Connection Therewith. 20-220 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Providing for the ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, in an Aggregate Amount not to Exceed $12,000,000.00, of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, to Provide for the Refunding of Certain Outstanding Bonds of the City, and Providing for the Levy of a Direct Annual Tax Sufficient to Pay the Principal of and Interest on Said Bonds, Authorizing the Sale of Said Bonds to the Purchaser Thereof, and Authorizing the Execution of an Escrow Agreement in Connection Therewith. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Including but not limited to motions to reconsider items, if any, from the previous Regular Meeting) 20-121 Communication from Council Member Kelly with a Request to Direct Staff to Establish an URBAN DECAY TAX ABATEMENT AREA for the NEAR NORTHSIDE, AVERYVILLE, and the FAR SOUTHSIDE, and to Amend the Boundaries of the City’s EAST VILLAGE TIF on the Near Northside to Accommodate the Urban Decay Tax Abatement Area. (Council District 1) 20-211 Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a Request to APPROVE a SETTLEMENT with HOPE FAIR HOUSING CENTER. City of Peoria Page 4 Printed on 8/20/2020 City Council Agenda and Notice August 25, 2020 20-198 Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a Request to Consider the ADOPTION of an ORDINANCE Amending CHAPTER 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria Pertaining to BODYWORK ESTABLISHMENTS. 20-182 Communication from the City Manager, Community Development Director, and Finance Director with a Request for DIRECTION Related to SHORT-TERM RENTAL Options. 20-141 Communication from the City Manager with a Request to APPROVE a VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE (VSI) for Sworn, Full-Time Fire Employees. 20-125 Communication from the City Manager with a Request to APPROVE the Recommended 2020 - 2021 BUDGET RESTRUCTURING as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. NEW BUSINESS CITIZENS' OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNMENT 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. City of Peoria Page 5 Printed on 8/20/2020