HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-96 Resolution No. 99-96
RESOLUTION
ENDORSING LOCAL MAIN STREET PROGRAM AND THE
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF ELGIN APPLICATION
TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE CITY OF ELGIN TO BECOME
AN ILLINOIS MAIN STREET TOWN
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin recognizes the importance of
downtown Elgin as it relates to the economic health and
quality of life of the community; and
WHEREAS, the continued improvement, revitalization, and
development of downtown Elgin is a city goal; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Neighborhood Association, an
Illinois not-for-profit organization, has been formed as a
local Main Street organization to stimulate economic
development and preservation of downtown Elgin, thereby
lessening the burdening of municipal government; and
WHEREAS, the Main Street approach to downtown
revitalization has generated community-wide interest and
support; and
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin has committed to provide
financial support to the Downtown Neighborhood Association as
a Main Street organization through having entered into a
Service Agreement with the Downtown Neighborhood Association
of Elgin for 1999 wherein the city shall pay to the Downtown
Neighborhood Association the sum of $60, 000 to be applied by
the Downtown Neighborhood Association to operating expenses
such as staff, salary and benefits, rent, meeting expenses and
expenses associated with sponsorship of community events .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that the City Council does hereby
endorse the concept of a local Main Street program and the
submittal of an application to the State of Illinois to become
an Illinois Main Street town.
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Kevin Kelly, Mayo
Presented: March 24 , 1999
Adopted: March 24, 1999
Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 0
Attest :
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk