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T21-99 (3) • Ordinance No. T21-99 Revised AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A RIVERFRONT/CENTER CITY TEERING COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the City of Elgin is a home rule unit pursuant to the Illinois Constitution; and WHEREAS, the City of Elgin, as a ome rule unit, may exercise any power and perform any funcsion relating to its government and affairs; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Elgin has determined that it is desirable to provid: for the preparation and adoption of a master plan for the edevelopment of the riverfront of the Fox River and the censer 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 necessa y and desirable to create a new special advisory committee o assist and advise the City Council regarding the preparat ' on and adoption of such a master plan and such redevelopment of the riverfront and center city areas . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TH: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS : Section 1 . Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee Created. There is hereby created the R'verfront/Center City Steering Committee for the purpose of ad ising, assisting and recommending policies to the City Co ncil regarding the preparation and adoption of a Riverfron /Center City Master Plan and for the redevelopment of the r'verfront and center city areas and for all other maters 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 ndefinite term. The City Council may at any time appoint suc•essor members to the committee to replace then-current members or to fill vacancies . B. One member and chairperson of t e committee shall be the Mayor, one member shall be a member of the ity Council, one member shall be the City Manager, ore member shall be a member of the Kane County Forest Preserv: District Board, one member shall be an officer or employee of Metra, one member shall be a representative of the Grand ictoria, 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 he Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee shall meet as s on as practical and shall establish regular meeting dates whi h shall not be less than four times annually. The Riverfront Center City Steering Committee may establish rules regardig 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 co ducted 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 . T e Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee shall have the power and duty to evaluate and advise the City Council reg-rding all aspects of the study, preparation and adoption of a master plan for the redevelopment of the riverfront and ce ter city areas and shall have the further power and duty to evaluate and advise the City Council regarding all oth:r aspects of the redevelopment of the riverfront and center city areas including but not limited to : A. Meet with the city' s consul ' ants to develop a Riverfront and Center City Master Plan. B. Meet with property owners and the public regarding the redevelopment of the riverfront and ce tral city areas . C. Recommend to the City Council a Riverfront and Center City Master Plan for adoption by th- City Council . D. Develop and recommend to the City Council for adoption by the City Council a financ ' al feasibility plan which outlines anticipated revenues and expenses associated with the redevelopment of the riverfront a d center city areas . E. Invite up to three additional p rsons 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 ass ' st 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 activ' ties with the city' s consultants for the Riverfront/Center City redevelopment projects . K. Provide a public relations prog am for communicating the Riverfront/Center City Steering Commi tee ' s and the city' s goals for the redevelopment of the riveriront and center city areas . Section 6 . Dissolution of Co mittee . The Riverfront/Center City Steering Committee shall automatically be dissolved upon the adoption of a R verfront/Center City Master Plan by the City Council unless t e City Council takes further action to extend or recreate the committee . Section 7 . That all ordinances or p,:rts 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 i the manner provided by law. s Ed S hock Ed Schoci , Mayor Presented: August 11, 1999 Passed: August 11, 1999 Vote : Yeas 7 Nays 0 Recorded: August 12 , 1999 Published: Attest : s/ Dolonna Mecum Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk July 23 , 1999 TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: Joyce A. Parker, City Manager SUBJECT: Riverfront/Center City Commissi.n PURPOSE The purpose of this memorandum is to ou line for the Mayor and members of the City Council the ;proposal to create a Riverfront/Center City Commission. BACKGROUND The Riverfront/Downtown planning project ill soon get underway in the month of August . As a part of that effo' t, it has been suggested that an advisory body be created o provide input and recommendations to the consultants and the City Council into the on- going process and the eventual planning product . The attached draft ordinance would implement this suggestion. This ordinance creates the Riverfront/Center City Commission. Its purpose is to assist and advise the City Council egarding the preparation and adoption of the master plan and aly redevelopment of the riverfront and the center city. The Commi-sion would meet with the consultant to develop and make recommendations to the plan, meet with property owners and the public regar.ing redevelopment issues and proposals, analyze the financial fea..ibility associated with redevelopment projects, and conduct public elations and fundraising programs . The Commission would consist of 13 members . These include the Mayor, also serving as the chairperson, a member of the City Council, the City Manager, a member of the Kane County Forest Preserve District Board, an officer or employee of Metra, a representative of the Grand Victoria, two representatives with downtown interests, and five members from the public at large . As many as three additional members would serve in an ex-officio capac ty. The Commission would meet frequently during the plan preparation process, and then a minimum of four times a year thereafte to monitor the plan' s implementation. ` • I Riverfront/Center City Commission July 23 , 1999 Page 2 COMMUNITY GROUPS/INTERESTED PERSONS CONTACTED The organizations from which members are proposed to be appointed have been contacted. They all have expressed a willingness to be represented. FINANCIAL IMPACT Members of the Commission would be vol nteers and would serve without compensation. LEGAL IMPACT None . RECOMMENDATION Approval of this ordinance creating the Riverfront/Center City Commission is recommended. Respec fully Submitted, Joyce Parker City M,:nager MTB/sm