T21-99 emk Ordinance No. T21-99
Revised
AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A RIVERFRONT/CENTER CITY STEERING COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin is a home rule unit pursuant
to the Illinois Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin, as a home rule unit, may
exercise any power and perform any function relating to its
government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Elgin has
determined that it is desirable to provide for the preparation
and adoption of a master plan for the redevelopment of the
riverfront of the Fox River and the center city area and to
thereafter undertake the redevelopment of the riverfront and
center city area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Elgin has
further determined that it is necessary and desirable to
create a new special advisory committee to assist and advise
the City Council regarding the preparation and adoption of
such a master plan and such redevelopment of the riverfront
and center city areas .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS :
Section 1 . Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee
Created. There is hereby created the Riverfront/Center City
Steering Committee for the purpose of advising, assisting and
recommending policies to the City Council regarding the
preparation and adoption of a Riverfront/Center City Master
Plan and for the redevelopment of the riverfront and center
city areas and for all other matters regarding the
redevelopment of the riverfront and center city areas .
Section 2 . Membership.
A. The Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee shall
be composed of thirteen members to be appointed by the City
Council . Each member shall serve for an indefinite term. The
City Council may at any time appoint successor members to the
committee to replace then-current members or to fill vacancies .
B. One member and chairperson of the committee shall be
the Mayor, one member shall be a member of the City Council,
one member shall be the City Manager, one member shall be a
member of the Kane County Forest Preserve District Board, one
eft member shall be an officer or employee of Metra, one member
shall be a representative of the Grand Victoria, two members
shall be representatives with downtown interests, and five
members shall be appointed from the public at large .
Section 3 . Meetings . The members of the Riverfront/Center
City Steering Committee shall meet as soon as practical and
shall establish regular meeting dates which shall not be less
than four times annually. The Riverfront/Center City Steering
Committee may establish rules regarding the conduct of
meetings and where not otherwise provided Robert ' s Rule of
Order, Newly Revised, shall apply. Minutes shall be taken at
all meetings . All meetings shall be conducted in accordance
with the Open Meetings Act .
Section 4 . Staff . The City Manager, from time to time,
in her discretion, shall make available the service of the
city' s professional staff to aid and cooperate with the
Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee in carrying out its
responsibilities .
Section 5 . Powers and Duties . The Riverfront/Center
City Steering Committee shall have the power and duty to
evaluate and advise the City Council regarding all aspects of
the study, preparation and adoption of a master plan for the
redevelopment of the riverfront and center city areas and
shall have the further power and duty to evaluate and advise
the City Council regarding all other aspects of the
redevelopment of the riverfront and center city areas
including but not limited to:
A. Meet with the city' s consultants to develop a
Riverfront and Center City Master Plan.
B. Meet with property owners and the public regarding
the redevelopment of the riverfront and central city areas .
C. Recommend to the City Council a Riverfront and
Center City Master Plan for adoption by the City Council .
D. Develop and recommend to the City Council for
adoption by the City Council a financial feasibility plan
which outlines anticipated revenues and expenses associated
with the redevelopment of the riverfront and center city areas .
E. Invite up to three additional persons to participate
on the committee as non-voting ex-officio members when the
committee determines that the participation of such additional
non-voting ex-officio members would assist the committee in
carrying out its duties . Any such non-voting ex-officio
members shall not be counted as members of the committee for
the purposes of a quorum or otherwise .
F. Enlist volunteers to aid in the redevelopment of the
riverfront and center city areas .
G. Solicit donations to be applied toward redevelopment
of the riverfront and center city areas .
H. Recommend to the City Council the application for
grants to support riverfront/center city area redevelopment .
I . Create various ad hoc committees to assist the
Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee in carrying out its
responsibilities .
J. Work with and coordinate activities with the city' s
consultants for the Riverfront/Center City redevelopment
projects .
K. Provide a public relations program for communicating
the Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee ' s and the city' s
goals for the redevelopment of the riverfront and center city
areas .
Section 6 . Dissolution of Committee . The
Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee shall automatically
be dissolved upon the adoption of a Riverfront/Center City
Master Plan by the City Council unless the City Council takes
further action to extend or recreate the committee .
Section 7 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are
hereby repealed.
Section 8 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage in the manner provided
by law.
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: August 11, 1999
Passed: August 11, 1999
Vote : Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded: August 12 , 1999
Published:
Attest :
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Do_onna Mecum, City Clerk
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