T19-00 Ordinance No. T19-00
r. AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A RIVERFRONT/CENTER CITY
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM
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
previously 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, on May 24 , 2000, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. G28-00 which amended the Comprehensive Plan for
the City of Elgin by incorporating therein the city' s
Riverfront/Center City Master Plan dated May 24 , 2000 ; 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 manage the details
of riverfront project implementation as well as to advise and
recommend to the City Council specific implementation actions
for 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 Project Management
Team Created. There is hereby created the Riverfront/Center
City Project Management Team for the purpose of advising,
assisting and recommending actions to the City Council
regarding the implementation of a Riverfront/Center City
Master Plan and for the redevelopment of the riverfront and
center city areas and for all other matters regarding project
implementation for the riverfront and center city areas .
Section 2 . Membership.
A. The Riverfront/Center City Project Management Team
shall be composed of fifteen 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 .
Clow, 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 Board, one member shall be a
representative from the Elgin area Chamber of Commerce, one
member shall be a member of the Kane County Forest Preserve
District Board, one 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, two members shall be representatives of downtown
business interests and four members shall be representatives
of state and federal legislative interests .
Section 3 . Meetings . The members of the Riverfront/Center
City Project Management Team 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
Project Management Team 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 Project Management Team in carrying out
its responsibilities .
Section 5 . Powers and Duties . The Riverfront/Center
City Project Management Team shall have the power and duty to
evaluate and advise the City Council regarding all aspects of
the implementation of the 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 implement the
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 specific Riverfront
and Center City Master Plan implementation actions .
D. Enlist volunteers to aid in the redevelopment of the
riverfront and center city areas .
E. Recommend to the City Council the application for
grants to support riverfront/center city area redevelopment .
F . Create various ad hoc committees to assist the
‘nr• Riverfront/Center City Project Management Team in carrying out
its responsibilities .
Section 6 . Dissolution of Committee . The
Riverfront/Center City Project Management Team shall
automatically be dissolved upon the completion of the
implementation of the 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.
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Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: September 13 , 2000
Passed: September 13 , 2000
Vote : Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded: September 14 , 2000
Published:
Attest :
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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