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September 24, 2018 - City Council Meeting
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A
B
E
B
B
And
whereas
the
month
of
October
is
designated
as
national
community
planning
month
throughout
the
United
States
of
America
and
its
territories.
And
whereas
the
American
Planning
Association
and
its
professional
Institute.
The
American
Institute
of
Certified
planners
endorsed
national
community
planning
month
as
an
opportunity
to
highlight
the
contributions.
B
And
whereas
the
celebration
of
national
community
planning
month
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
publicly
recognize
the
participation
and
dedication
of
the
members
of
Planning,
Commission's
and
other
city
planners
who
have
contributed
their
time,
expertise
and
to
the
improvement
of
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
whereas
we
recognize
the
many
valuable
contributions
made
by
professional
community
planners
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
extend
our
heartfelt
thanks
or
their
commitment.
Continued
commitment
to
public
service
by
these
great
professionals.
B
B
Hey
did
you
have
anything
to
add
to
that
Katie?
Did
you
want
to
speak?
Oh
okay,
that's
pretty
clear
next
one
with
special
pride,
although
I
had
nothing
to
do
with,
it
is
Illinois
Wesleyan
day
and
I
know.
We
have
several
people
here.
I
know:
we've
got
the
president.
We've
got
the
first
lady
and
we
got
Carl
cuz
Carl's
everywhere
and
if
you'd
come
forward,
please
yeah
and
Carl
come
on.
B
Now,
therefore,
I
Terry
Renner,
mayor
of
Bloomington,
do
by
here
proclaim
the
first
day
of
October
to
the
Illinois
Wesleyan
University
day
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
in
coordination
with
the
Centennial
homecoming
of
the
University
and
hope
the
citizens
of
the
city
will
recognize
the
importance
in
the
impact
that
the
university
has
had
on
our
community
and
witnessed
there
of
I
signed
this
on
this
date.
Thank
you
very
much
and
congratulations.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do.
B
And
we've
got
the
troops
up
here,
except
all
that
great
and
our
distinguished
chief
good
to
see
you
thank
you.
Proclamation
Fire,
Prevention,
Week,
October
7
through
13
2018,
whereas
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
committed
to
ensuring
the
safety
and
security
of
all
those
living
and
visiting
Bloomington,
and
whereas
fire
is
a
serious
public.
Safety
concern
both
locally
and
nationally
and
homes
are
the
location
where
people
are
at
greatest
risk
from
fire
and
where,
as
home
fighters
killed,
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty
five
people
in
the
United
States
in
2016.
B
According
to
the
National
Fire
Prevention
Association
and
fire
departments
in
the
United,
States
responded
to
three
hundred
and
fifty
two
thousand
home
fires
and
whereas
the
majority
of
fire
deaths,
Florida
five
occur
at
home
each
year
and
whereas
the
fire
death
rate
per
thousand
home
fires
reported
to
the
u.s.
Fire
Department's
was
ten
percent
higher
in
2016
than
in
1980,
and
whereas
Bloomington
residents
should
identify
places
in
their
home
where
fighters
can
start
and
eliminate
those
hazards.
B
Fire
can
happen
everywhere.
That
rhymes
effectively
serves
to
remind
us
that
we
need
to
take
personal
steps
to
increase
our
fire
or
excuse
me
our
safety
from
fire.
Therefore,
I
Terry
Renner,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bloomington,
do
hereby
proclaim
October
7th
through
the
13th
2018,
as
Fire
Prevention
Week
throughout
the
city
and
I
urge
the
people
of
Bloomington
to
be
aware
of
their
surroundings.
Look
for
available
ways
out
in
the
event
of
a
fire
or
other
emergency
was
responded.
B
B
And
whereas
the
parks
and
recreation
cultural
program
enhances
the
community's
economic
prosperity,
their
increased
property
values,
expansion
of
the
local
tax
base,
increased
tourism,
the
attraction
and
retention
of
business
and
crime
reductions
and
whereas
Bloomington
Illinois
recognizes
and
embraces
the
benefits
from
parks,
recreation
and
cultural
arts
resources
and
celebrates
50
years
of
contributing.
These
benefits
to
our
community.
B
Therefore,
I
Terry
Renner,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Bloomington,
do
hereby
recognize
and
celebrate
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
city's
Parks
and
Recreation
cultural
arts
department
and
invite
the
community
to
celebrate
the
50th
celebration
in
Miller
Park
on
Saturday
September
29th
from
2:00
to
5:00
p.m.
thank
you
so
much.
G
I'm
here,
because
my
son
works
for
the
Pepsi
I
Center
and
he
parks
in
the
parking
ramp
he's
worked
there
five
years
he's
going
to
college,
he
drives
samboni,
it's
been
a
great
job.
He
uses
our
car
to
get
to
and
from
work.
A
couple
of
months
ago
he
received
a
ticket
for
parking
in
the
Pepsi
Ice
Center
parking
lot.
He
appealed
the
ticket.
G
What
happens
is
if
you
park
there
for
more
than
four
hours
you
get
a
ticket,
they
have
two
parking
passes
for
the
entire
staff
over
there
and
those
are
used
by
the
managers.
My
son
has
worked
there.
Five
years
he's
considered
a
seasonal
employee,
so
he
hasn't
gotten
a
raise,
which
is
fine.
It's
a
great
job
to
earn
some
cash
while
he
goes
to
college
but
the,
and
he
also
can't
park
in
there
more
than
once
a
day.
G
So
if
he
leaves
and
works,
let's
say
three
hours
and
then
he
covers
the
shift
of
one
of
his
coworkers.
He
can
get
a
ticket,
so
he
received
another
ticket
about
I,
would
say
two
weeks
ago,
because
he
parked
there
longer
than
four
hours
I
believe
a
shift
with
six
hours
he
has
been.
There
was
an
occasion
about
a
year
or
a
year
and
a
half
ago
where
he
was
heading
out
of
the
building
and
he
heard
gunshots,
so
he
called
the
police.
He
was
interviewed
by
the
police.
My
concern
is
they've,
told
him.
G
They've
told
my
husband
that
we
can
buy
a
parking
pass
for
him
at
$50.00
a
month.
He
makes
less
than
$10
an
hour.
His
paychecks
are
probably
anywhere
from
one
to
two
hundred
dollars
a
week
that
covers
his
spending
money.
He
we
make
him
pay
for
his
books
and
incidentals
gas.
That
kind
of
thing-
and
my
other
concern
is
if
he
has
to
move
his
car
after
four
hours
and
he
works
a
lot
of
times
until
midnight
because
he
drives
em
boney
and
nice
time
is
precious
and
people
skate
till
very
late.
G
He
it's
not
safe
for
him
to
move
his
car
at
that
time
of
night
and
then
have
to
move
it
someplace
and
walk
back,
maybe
a
few
blocks.
So
in
the
appeals,
we've
appealed,
the
tickets,
the
two
different
tickets
twice
and
we
were
denied
and
we
were
told
that
this
is
our
next
step.
So
what
I'm
asking
is
that
you
consider
giving
additional
parking
passes
to
the
employees
or
that
you
change
the
rules
so
that
it
doesn't
affect
and
he's
not
the
only
employee
that
this
has
happened.
G
B
H
H
There
are
some
people
that
I
agree
that
the
council
members
should
be
elected
by
ward
I've,
always
felt
and
still
do
that
they
should
be
elected
by
ward
at
large.
That
way,
if
just
the
alderman
for
a
ward
is
making
decisions,
can
pack
that
word
fine,
but
they're
making
decisions
compact,
the
whole
lousy
city-
and
you
have
a
lot
of
times-
and
you
have
nothing
no
say
you
know
other
than
just
shut
your
mouth
and
I,
don't
agree
with
it.
I
don't
agree
with
you,
mr.
H
I
Well,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
before
the
elected
business
leaders
of
the
city
of
Bloomington.
My
intent
tonight
includes
providing
each
of
you
a
depiction
to
provide
modak
motivation
to
the
council
for
to
place
a
real
high
priority
on
what
IBEW
is
a
really
important
current
opportunity.
I
The
visual
reminder
I'm,
providing
each
of
you-
is
a
gift
bag
there
around
the
front
of
your.
Don't
try
going
over
and
reach
it
down,
you
might
fall
in,
but
the
isn't
is
a
bag
gift
bag,
including
a
highly
transparent,
mason
jar,
labeled
Grossinger
arena.
Stop
the
red
ink!
That's
why
I've
got
ready
read
on
tonight.
Are
you
going
for
this
too?
Or
is
this
for
the
firemen
I?
Don't
know
how
about
a
crew
recruits
you
for
my
issue?
I
So
that's
that's!
What
I'm
here
for
I
intend
that
jar
of
material
to
be
a
prioritization
place
maker,
so
you'll
think
about
hey.
We
got
to
work
on
this
you'll
discover
in
the
barge
are
some
red
candies,
some
real
hot
red
candy
and
that's
based
on
the
arena.
A
little
bit
and
I'll
explain
that
the
report
you
got
last
week
indicated
that
the
arena
continues
to
lose
a
lot
of
money.
I
expect
when
you
get
the
capital
expenses
and
so
forth.
I
Folded
in
with
that
we're
going
to
be
up
to
two
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
is
my
hopeful
guess
that
I'm
high
for
the
current
year.
You
know
who
knows
what
the
cumulative
lifetime
negative
right
answer
impact
has
been
for
the
for
the
arena,
I'm
concerned
about
it.
Let's
assume
for
a
second
that
that
red
candy
inventory
is
represents
City
dollars,
and,
let's
assume
for
a
moment
that
it
represents
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
it's
in
those
bags.
That
would
make
each
piece
of
candy
worth
four
thousand
bucks.
Now.
I
Lastly,
the
bag
contains
a
single
sheet
list
of
eleven
questions
which
I
respectively,
provide
to
you
for
you
to
consider
I,
think
they're,
highly
relevant
and
I.
Think
if
you
consider
those
carefully
that
you
can
get
a
long
ways
towards
finding
a
solution
for
the
grossing
inter
I've,
given
you
the
questions
myself
and
the
citizens
are
waiting
for
your
answers
in
your
action.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
B
If
not,
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
as
presented
move
by
all
the
woman
helmet?
Is
there
a
second
second
by
all
the
woman
she's
met
any
further
discussion?
Okay,
okay,
sorry
about
that
there
we
go
motion
carries
nine
to
zero.
There
are
no
needs
to
announcement
on
clerk
and
we
move
right
along
to
item
8a
and
that's
consideration
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
city
code.
Administrative,
adjudication
and
I
believe
Angela
finance
Jimenez,
who
is
right
here,
is
going
to
present
or
Steve.
Are
you
starting
or
no
I
was.
B
K
Good
evening,
Council
on
this
amendment,
the
ordinance
that
we're
asking
you
to
amend
add
minimum
fines.
So
we've
had
administrative
court
since,
like
April
2015
and
we've
seen,
some
property
owners
will
go
in
and
abate
right
before
our
hearing,
and
they
do
that
because
they
don't
have
to
pay
the
fine.
K
What
we've
done
in
the
past
year,
we've
added
a
court
cost
one
hundred
and
ten
dollars
a
hundred
dollars
for
court
and
ten
dollars
for
the
attorneys,
because
that's
what's
in
your
organs
right
now,
however,
we
still
have
individuals
that
procrastinate
with
their
abatement
and
they
play
the
system.
So
I
think
what
would
happen
be
best
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
that
if
they
do
not
abate
by
the
time
the
department
forwards
the
case
over
to
legal
prior
to
that
first
court
date.
K
That
will
assess
the
core
cost
of
one
hundred
and
ten
dollars,
as
well
as
a
minimum
sign
per
code
violation.
So
if
they
have
seven
violations,
there'd
be
$50
depending
on
the
type
of
violation
but
$50
per
each
of
those
counts.
And
then
the
other
thing
that
we
also
are
memorializing
is
a
chronic
nuisance
properties.
K
Under
prosecutorial
discretion,
if
I've
had
a
case
that
has
had
other
violations
within
12
calendar
months
example,
rubbish
I
will
not
dismiss
the
case
until
that
property
has
been
in
complete
abatement
for
one
year,
so
this
ordinance
will
memorialize
that
time
frame.
They
come
see
me
at
one
month,
two
months,
three
months,
six
months
in
a
year,
and
so
that's
what
I'm
asking
within
this
ordinance
to
change,
because
I
think
that
will
help
inspectors
and
force
of
codes
that
they
see
that
are
constantly
in
violation.
Do
you
guys
have
any
questions
good.
L
K
It's
actually
the
chronic
property.
So,
for
example,
if
let's
take
fronting
Grove,
for
example,
fronting
Grove
has
been
an
AC
court
for
rubbish,
they've
been
in
AC
Court
for
housing
violations
for
that
particular
property,
so
that
particular
property
would
be
deemed
a
chronic
property
that
would
have
to
be
in
compliance
and
then
each
time
I
afforded
a
new
violation.
They
would
have
higher
fines
and
they'd
have
a
faster
court
date,
but
twelve
months,
I
think
that's
what
I've
had
in
comparable
municipalities.
K
L
K
So
what
happens?
There
are
non-compliance
from
code
enforcement.
It's
forwarded
to
me
if
they
are
in
non-compliance
but
a
hearing
date.
We
will
take
a
judgement.
We
have
to
wait
for
35
days
after
that
judgment
and
we're
enforcing
it
in
Circuit
Court
for
an
LLM
and
then
it's
a
contempt
matter.
For
example,
I'll
be
back
tomorrow
for
some
contempt
proceedings
on
a
particular
property
owner.
M
K
So
a
behavioral
violation
are
my
OB
tickets
at
the
police
officers
issue
or,
for
example,
Lake
patrol
typically,
those
are
for
the
police.
That's
just
orderly.
Some
of
the
homeless
situations,
downtown
cannabis,
I
see
a
lot
of
cannabis
under
10
grams,
paraphernalia
I,
don't
like
Patrol
would
be
no
swimming
in
the
lake
situations
such
as
that
and
those
are
over
prosecuted
over
in
the
Osborn,
where
there's
not
really
a
way
for
them
to
abate
it.
Besides
the
monetary
or
the
public
service.
Okay,.
M
Thank
you
for
that,
and
then
my
understanding
is.
Somebody
gets
a
notice
that
they're
they've
got
a
violation.
Then
they
do
they
get
a
second
notice
and
then
they
end
up
in
the
administrative
court.
After
that
or
is
it
multiple
notice
has
been
there
in
administrative
court,
so
they've
had
multiple
opportunities
to
fix
something.
First
before.
K
It's
forwarded
to
me
it's
really
within
the
discretion
of
the
code
enforcement
Department,
how
many
notices
they
give
an
individual
owner.
However,
when
it
comes
to
me
once
they
issue
a
summons,
they
have
16
days
before
the
summons
will
be
issued
before
they
can
actually
come
to
court.
So
I,
but
a
chronic
property
owner
once
they've
had
that
one
particular
property
in
court.
If
they
have
another
violation,
they'll
just
automatically
be
referred
to
a
c-corp.
Okay.
M
Last
question
is
so
we
have
some
properties
in
various
places
around
town
where
things
are
not
getting
fixed.
Is
there
any
sort
of
a
provision
at
all
where,
if
somebody
still
hasn't
fixed
an
issue
six
months
in
or
whatever
the
amount
of
the
fines
goes
up,
or
is
it
just?
They
continue
to
stay
to
the
same
fine,
the
entire
time,
if.
K
K
N
You
thank
you
for
putting
this
together
at
the
risk
of
paraphrasing
Thanos.
This
type
of
ordinance
brings
a
smile
to
my
face.
We've
been
talking
about
this
for
forever
and
getting
aggressive
is
I
mean
I
wish
it
were
more
aggressive
than
this,
but
this
is
the
recommendation
from
staff
and
so
I'm,
supportive
I
guess
I'd
like
to
mark
on
the
calendar,
maybe
a
year
from
now
or
nine
months
from
now
to
circle
back
to
see
how
this
is
doing.
B
C
O
So
just
a
quick
question
in
regards
to
the
effective
date
and
kind
of
how
the
effective
date
comes
together
with
our
processor
in
the
city,
so
section
5
says
that
the
ordinance
takes
effect
10
days
after
approval
in
publication.
So
if
we
vote
YES
tonight
and
then
we
so
maybe
walk
us
through
a
little
bit,
if
you
know
the
timeframe
that
let's
say,
a
property
owner
currently
may
be
negatively
affective
affected
by
this,
what
kind
of
notice
will
they
have
and
time
to
act
and
remedy
things
before
this
becomes
effective,
F
to
them?
Well,.
K
If
it
was
voted
on
and
approved
tonight,
then
we'd
have
to
wait
the
mandatory
ten
days
and
then
it
would
be
published
within
the
local
newspaper
and
then
it
would
state
the
effective
date
within
that
publication
when
this
ordinance
comes
into
play
now.
Some
of
this
is
already
memorialized.
Really
I
already
do
the
three
months,
the
six
months
and
the
year.
So
this
is
just
putting
it
into
writing
and
I
already
charged
the
$110
court
cost
because
they
the
authority
to
do
so
with
other
ordinances
and
it's
within
my
prosecutorial
discretion.
K
O
E
You
I
wanted
to
to
kind
of
reiterate
what
I
heard
Scott
and
Karen
say
about
about
the
cost
and
trying
to
recoup
the
cost
as
much
as
possible.
I
mean
I,
do
understand
it.
You
know
it
and
I
yield
two
staffs
wisdom.
You
know
when
they're
trying
to
put
something
together,
but
at
the
same
time
I
have
concern
for
you
know
in
terms
of
fairness
for
those
people
who
do
a
good
job
with
their
properties
and
then
on
the
other
end,
you
have
people
who
don't
who
do?
E
E
Don't
know
if
you
have
a
sort
of
an
educational
piece
and
let
me
talk
in
terms
of
example,
so
I
I
do
know
of
a
group
of
folks
who
live
together,
I
think
they're
I,
don't
know
if
they're,
renters
or
or
not,
but
they're,
not
doing
a
very
good
job.
You
know
with
their
property
and
and
and
it
took
the
neighbors.
E
You
know
talking
to
me
and
saying
look:
this
is
not
okay,
you
know
we're
taking
care
of
our
property,
but
these
folks
are
not
you
know
and
Community
Development
has
to
go
back
to
their
time
and
time
again,
but
I.
Don't
think
those
individuals
necessarily
understand
that
if
their
property
is
not
kept
up
to
par,
the
other
properties
in
the
areas
are
going
to
be
depressed
in
terms
of
their
values.
P
Anything
a
lot
of
these
things.
You
know
we
have
a
minimum
code
standard
and
there's
also
a
community
standard.
A
neighborhood
standard,
so
I
think
this
education
piece
of
making
sure
that
those
property
owners
that
might
be
in
the
neighborhood
that
aren't
maintaining
that
the
standard
of
the
neighborhood
I
think
that's
something
we
need
to
look
into,
and
you
know
you
should
all
understand
that
we,
you
know
where
we
are
complaint
driven,
and
so,
when
we
get
that
complaint,
we
we
automatically
will
send
out.
P
Do
the
inspection
send
out
that
notice
and
that
timing
on
the
notice
is
based
on
the
violation.
That's
occurred,
so
we're
working
through
that
violation,
notice
and
then
tall
grass
and
weeds
as
an
example
would
be
something
that
if
they
had
a
multiple
violation
in
a
within
that
same
time
frame
or
year,
we
would
be
actively
moving
that
forward
to
administrative
hearing.
So.
C
N
Blonde
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
that.
I,
don't
think
you
meant
it
this
way
and
I'm
just
gonna
clarify
them
when
we
say
standards,
the
neighborhood
that
we're
going
to
be
enforcing
the
code
evenly
across
the
community.
You
know
I'd
hate,
to
see
some
areas
get
more
attention
than
others,
and
especially
in
our
historic
or
then
those
folks
have
the
right
to
have
a
very
high
level
of
living
in
their
their
neighborhood.
Okay,.
B
The
motion
carries
nine
to
zero.
There
are
no
names
to
announce
madam
Clerk,
and
we
go
on
to
item
B.
That's
consideration
of
an
ordinance
approving
an
economic
incentive
agreement
to
support
the
retention
and
expansion
of
commercial
packaging
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
requested
by
the
Community
Development
Department
and
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
start
with
a
president.
I'll
turn
it
over
to
mr.
Rasmussen
and
for
whatever
remarks
he
might
have,
and
then
mr.
Mart,
yes,.
J
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
I.
Just
didn't
want
to
make
a
note
that
this
was
a
change
to
the
regular
agenda
that
we
had
had
it
on
the
consent
agenda,
and
then
there
was
an
amendment
that
went
out
to
change
this
to
a
regular
agenda
item
8b
for
those
people
who
didn't
see
it
on
the
regular
agenda
and
having
said
that,
then
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Bob
Mart
to
walk
through
this
process
with
us.
Mr.
Martin,
thank
you.
P
Thank
You
mayor
and
council
tonight,
I'd
like
to
provide
an
overview
of
the
municipal
incentive
request
from
commercial
packaging.
Commercial
packaging
started
business
here
in
Bloomington
in
1983,
and
they
have
been
growing
expanding
in
McLean
County
for
over
35.
Now
the
company
distributes
bags
that
are
used
in
multiple
industries
and
they
have
a
wide
product
line
under
that
component.
The
company
currently
employs
approximately
40
people
within
McClain
County.
Tonight,
representatives
of
commercial
packaging
are
here
the
vice
president
of
operations
and
the
chief
financial
officer
are
in
the
back
row.
P
The
subject
property
located
at
2047,
Ireland
Grove
Road,
is,
is
approximately
150,000
square
feet
of
a
building
originally
constructed
in
1964
Modine
manufacturing
company
Modine
closed
in
1984,
the
property
was
acquired
by
Wildwood
industries
in
1985
and
Wildwood
went
bankrupt
in
about
2009
commercial
packaging
purchased
the
property
in
the
summer
of
2017.
Currently
there
are
two
businesses
on
the
site:
the
building's
currently
undergoing
renovation,
a
portion-
that's
used
for
warehousing,
is
in
operation
right
now
and
they're
continuing
to
do
renovations
for
the
office
area
that
serves
as
their
headquarters.
P
In
addition,
the
plumbing
distributor,
a1
McDonald's
and
is
a
subsequent
addition
to
the
building
commercial
packaging
originally
met
with
city
staff.
In
the
spring
of
2017
talks
centered
around
miscible
financed
assistance
to
help
with
the
removal
of
a
derelict
water
tower
and
relief
from
the
Mercer
Avenue
tap
on
fee.
They
have
requested
to
make
a
secondary
exit
or
entrance
onto
Mercer
Avenue.
P
They
have
an
existing
commercial
entrance
that
on
Ireland
Grove,
considering
the
blighted
condition
of
the
property
at
the
time
and
the
developers
plan
to
make
significant
improvements
to
the
property
and
located
headquarters
office
headquarters
offices,
there
staff
recommends
the
city
council
support
the
developers
request.
The
removal
of
the
water
tower
is
estimated
to
be
roughly
$27,000.
P
The
Mercer
Avenue
tap
on
fee
is
estimated
to
be
$80,000
under
its
current.
Under
its
current
cost,
the
proposed
incentive
agreement
provides
for
a
rebate
of
the
city's
portion
of
the
property
tax
increment
from
the
subject:
property
to
rebate
the
actual
cost
of
the
removal
of
the
derelict
water
tower
limited
to
$40,000.
They
have
a
preliminary
estimate.
We've
taken,
this
dollar
amount
up
to
40,000.
In
case
there
is
some
contingencies
that
need
to
be
fulfilled
under
that
removal.
P
The
in
order
to
receive
the
rebates,
the
demolition
of
the
water
tower
must
be
complete
and
the
headquarters
offices
located
on
the
subject
property
by
March
1st
of
2019.
Additionally,
the
agreement
commits
the
city
to
providing
a
discount
of
60%
on
the
tap
on
fee
for
the
Mercer
South
Mercer
Avenue
entrance.
P
So
right
now
the
tap
on
fee
is
roughly
$80,000.
60%
of
that
would
be
would
be
48,000,
so
they
would
have
under
the
current
conditions.
They
would
have
roughly
32,000
and
tap
on
fees,
so
that
number
we
can't
really
lock
in
that
number
right
now,
because
we
don't
know
when
that
commercial
entrance
would
actually
go
in
and
so
that
that
tap
on
feet
can
incrementally
increase.
P
So
the
tap
on
fee
is
based
on
the
original
construction
cost,
with
the
increase
in
the
Consumer
Price
Index
and
interest
over
time,
so
that
incrementally
is
raising
over
time
as
we
go,
so
that
the
interest
would
be
to
to
make
that
commercial
entrance
as
soon
as
possible.
So
you
don't
have
that
incremental
fee
increasing
adding
the
two
components
of
the
agreement
together
results
in
a
package
of
assistance
of
approximately
75,000.
P
The
proposed
agreement
includes
a
clawback
provision
under
which
the
developer
would
be
agree
required
to
repay
the
city,
a
portion
or
all
of
the
rebated
property
tax.
In
event,
the
business
ceases
to
operate
as
at
the
subject
property.
Such
a
clawback
provision
is
a
recommended
under
the
city's
economic
incentive
guidelines.
The
this
project
also
supports
a
number
of
strategic
economic
development
goals
for
the
city,
including
prosperous
community,
providing
normal
and
customary
incentives
to
new
and
existing
businesses
that
located
within
the
city
and
create
jobs
and
a
number
of
comprehensive
plan
goals
related
to
economic
development.
P
O
Thank
you
for
that
presentation
and
thank
you
for
your
responses
to
the
several
questions.
I
asked
I
I
sent
those
over
this
afternoon,
so
you
all
will
be
ready
to
speak
to
those
points
and
already
written
out.
Your
answers
and
I
do
appreciate
that
so
I
have
additional
questions
or
then
talk
to
me
about
the
valuation
of
this
particular
business.
What
what?
What
kind
of
a
concern
is
this?
What
what
is
their
net
worth.
P
We
don't
really,
we
didn't
really
evaluate
the
the
the
cost
of
the
property
or
the
valuation
on
that
really.
The
project
is
centered
on
the
incentive
directed
at
removing
the
derelict
water
tower
and
that's
something
that
would
remain
on
the
property
if
we
did
not
offer
this
incentive.
In
addition,
there
was
some
questions
raised
on
whether
or
not
that
could
be
used
as
a
sign,
and
in
this
case
our
sign
ordinance
would
consider.
P
P
O
So
my
earlier
question
about
their
value
net
worth
has
to
do
with
whether
or
not
we're
dealing
with
a
smaller
concern.
Here,
that's
having
trouble,
perhaps
putting
together
the
money
to
cover
the
cost
for
the
property
they
purchased
and
expect
to
inhabit
and
and
or
whether
you
know
I,
just
kind
of
like
to
get
a
feel
for
what
kind
of
yeah.
P
C
L
Woman
Schmidt
so
following
up
on
Kim's
questions
on
a
policy
level
or
I
guess
I
had
the
understanding
that
our
economic
development
policy
was
based
on
about
for
analysis
that
but
for
the
city's
assistance,
a
business
couldn't
you
know,
grow
or
settle
or
or
whatever,
and
it
sounds
like,
and
I
may
be
wrong
about
that
policy.
So
please
enlighten
me
if
I
in.
P
I
think
I
think
the
interest
in
this
particular
the
removal
of
the
water
to
water
tower
is
that
this
is
outside
the
norm
of
what
they
would
have
inherited
under
this
existing
facility,
and
so
that
this
is
out
this
cost
for
removal
of
this
particular
facility
on
their
property.
Is
it
extenuating
circumstance
in.
L
P
It
can
be
used
as
a
tool.
This
is
where
we're
at
with
with
this
particular
property.
There
are
no
enterprise
zone
incentives
available
to
this
particular
property.
There
are
no
TIF
districts
in
this
particular
property
and
they're,
not
in
an
area
where
they're
generating
sales
tax,
so
those
typical
tool,
book
or
tool
box
kind
of
efforts
that
we
would
work
with
them
aren't
really
available,
so
they
are
locating
at
this
particular
property.
We
want
to
encourage
their
relocation
to
this
facility
and
to
see
it
expand.
P
I
guess
I
would
say
that
the
incentives
that
could
be
available
to
them
were
addressing
this
aesthetic
issue
with
the
derelict
water
tower,
and
then
we
had
previously
provided
a
relief
from
the
full
tap
on
fees
to
the
property
to
the
north,
so
that
incentive
was
considered
for
this
particular
property.
They
are
not
required
to
put
in
the
secondary
entrance,
that's
something
that
they
wanted
to
do
to
expand
the
opportunities
for
both
their
business
and
the
subsequent
business
on
the
properties.
The
other
distributorship
I
think
this
would
also
provide
some
relief
for
the
traffic.
P
B
P
It
if
we,
if
we're
looking
at
something,
that's
been
there
for
over
fifty
five
years
or
so
it's
going
to
continue
to
deteriorate,
and
so,
as
far
as
an
enforcement
kind
of
thing,
I
can't
tell
them
to
take
that
that
down
whether
it's
a
night,
whether
you
consider
it
an
eyesore
or
not,
it
has
no
useful
purpose
for
them,
but
it
will.
It
could
offer
to
offer
opportunities
for
expansion
of
their
existing
facility.
All.
R
P
Sure,
but
these
two
and
these
two
incentives
have
not
been
part
of
their
current
project,
so
they
have
not
in
there
in
the
warehouse
facility
right
now,
they're
and
the
office
area
is
still
under
construction.
The
removal
of
the
derelict
water
tower
is
something
that
they
wanted
to
consider:
they're
not
obligated
to
remove
the
water
tower.
They
are
not
obligated
to
put
in
the
the
secondary
entrance
that
would
take
some
additional
traffic
off
of
Ireland
grow,
so
they
have
not
done
these
projects
yet
I.
P
R
Remember
when
the
Morrissey
Drive
storage
facility
bought
property
from
Wildwood,
they
were
very
upset
that
they
didn't
get
Tiff's
or
incentives,
and
they
did
a
great
job
with
that
property
and
and
what
do
we
say
to
them
and
other
people
who've
come
to
us
wanting
things
like
this
and
they've
been
denied.
Okay.
P
Well,
each
City
Council
takes
something
on
a
case-by-case
basis
and
you
determine
the
legitimacy
of
each
request
instead
of
requests
I'm
not
particularly
familiar
with
the
Morrissey
request
or
prior
counsel
action.
So
I
can't
answer
that
today,
but
we
could
certainly
provide
some
additional
information
on
that.
One.
Okay,.
R
P
S
Thank
you
a
lot
of
times
the
economic
development
packages
we
take.
A
look
at
are
dealing
with
new
companies
coming
to
our
community,
which
we
always
like
to
see.
But
this
is
a
nice
reminder
that
these
types
of
incentives
also
may
be
available
to
existing
companies
that
want
to
expand
or
relocate
within
our
community,
which
is
something
we
also
like
to
see.
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit,
because
I
think
this
is
different
than
some
of
the
other
ones
that
we've
seen
where
we're
talking
about
a
needs-based
incentive.
S
That's
being
given,
can
you
talk
about
how
this
particular
one,
which
is
dealing
more
with
the
condition
of
the
property
and
hopefully
changing
the
aesthetic
of
it?
How
that
ties
into
some
of
our
goals
for
infill
development
or
or
remediating
blighted
properties
in
our
community
as
its
laid
out
in
our
comprehensive
plan?
Sure.
P
We'd
like
to
see
the
redevelopment
of
that
of
this
particular
property,
and
you
see
within
your
agenda
packet,
the
blighted
conditions
at
the
time
of
their
purchase.
So
what
we're
seeing
now
is
a
complete
renovation
of
the
structure
to
accommodate
this
new
business
and
to
move
some
of
those
existing
businesses
that
were
within
the
facility
to
new
locations.
So
what
we're
seeing
is,
although
you're
displacing
one
or
two
businesses
out
of
that
existing
facility,
those
have
gone
out
and
purchased
additional
facilities
and
and
brought
new
life
to
those
areas.
P
S
B
B
J
U
U
Here
we
go
currently
all
the
revenue
categories,
I
shouldn't
say
all
the
revenue
categories.
Most
revenue
categories
are
tracking
favorably
I
want
to
take
a
couple
minutes
and
just
kind
of
go
through
each
line,
one
by
one.
To
give
you
a
feel
for
the
layout
of
this
report
and
any
variances
that
were
experiencing
right
now,
property
tax
right
now
we're
showing
a
1.9
million
variance
from
prior
year,
positive
variance.
That's
simply
a
timing
issue.
U
I
mean
the
levy,
is
a
levy
so
we're
not
going
to
be
experiencing
1.9
million
more
in
luck
and
property
tax
revenues.
So
that's
just
merely
a
timing.
Difference
the
home
rule
sales
tax.
You
can
see
we're
two
hundred
forty
seven
thousand
dollars
over
budget
year-to-date.
That's
a
very
positive
indicator
for
conditions
here
in
Bloomington.
It's
a
hundred
and
sixty
four
thousand
dollars
over
the
prior
year.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
and
show
you
what
we
do
internally
in
the
finance
department.
I
spoke
to
this
last
month.
U
I
thought
maybe
a
visual
on
it
would
be
more
helpful.
You
can
see
here
that
when
we
do
the
budget,
we
actually
do
seasonality
as
we
go
through
the
year.
We
budget
each
month
individually,
based
on
prior
years,
history
and
any
trends
we
may
see
from
the
prior
prior
year
monthly.
You
can
see
1.8
million
two
point,
one
almost
and
two
million
this
column
right
here
indicates
the
fees
that
were
experiencing
from
the
state
of
Illinois.
U
State
sales
tax,
unfortunately,
state
sales
taxes
is
under
for
the
month
and
that
has
actually
that
trend
has
continued
through
September
state
sales
tax,
we're
trying
to
get
a
handle
on
that
with
an
Illinois
Department
of
Revenue,
along
with
the
income
tax.
But
right
now
we're
just
not
really
sure
why
that's
not
tracking,
along
with
the
home
rule,
income,
taxes
rebounded
actually
through
September
we're
actually
$26,000
ahead
of
budget
for
income
tax,
the
Illinois
Department.
It
was
actually
told
us
on
that,
one
that
they
think
it's
related
to
positive
activity
in
the
economy.
U
Initially
they
were,
they
were
thinking
that
has
had
something
to
do
with
the
changes
in
the
tax
laws,
but
right
now,
there's
really
nothing
to
really
indicate
that
that's
the
case.
It's
really
more
or
less
just
positive
economic
activity.
That's
driving
the
extra
income
tax
utility
tax,
it's
been
hot,
so
we've
got
that
$60,000
variance
to
budget
$48,000
over
prior
year.
You
know
when
it,
the
temperatures
are
high.
The
air
conditioners
are
running
food
and
beverage.
$64,000
positive
year-to-date,
that's
another
great
indicator
that
conditions
in
Bloomington
are
going
well
$48,000
variance
to
the
prior
year.
U
So
we
all
have
to
be
happy
about
that
skipping
down
to
franchise
tax
I
mentioned
this
last
month.
I
really
think
that
we
probably
just
over
budgeted
on
that
one.
We
had
Metro
net
coming
to
town,
so
we're
kind
of
watching
that
one
it
still.
It
was
approximately
eighty
thousand
dollars
down
last
month,
so
it's
it's
kind
of
holding
there,
but
will
we
keep
an
eye
on
that
replacement
tax
trending
positively?
Is
everyone
familiar
with
replacement
tax,
I'm,
seeing
nodding?
U
This
is
a
tax
and
when,
in
effect,
I
think
back
in
the
70s
when
they
did
away
with
personal
property
tax.
So
this
is
an
income
tax,
that's
been
placed
on
pass-through
entities
and
things
of
that
nature
to
make
up
for
that
tax
on
a
local
basis
and
then
hotel-motel
it's
holding,
but
it
is
down
significantly
over
prior
year.
So
we're
going
to
be
keeping
an
eye
on
that
as
well.
Any
questions
about
revenue
all
in
all
I'd
say
revenue
is
trending.
Favorably
we
haven't
experienced.
You
know
the
state
farm
effect
to
this
point.
U
Okay,
I
can
but
we'll
just
run
through
this
quickly,
because
in
a
couple
months
we'll
start
updating
this
projection
this
column
over
here.
Updating
that
with
indications
we
see
in
salaries
and
benefits,
primarily
if
we
started
realizing
vacancy
savings
for
the
time
being,
I'll
just
highlight
a
couple
of
line
items.
U
You
know
what
we
do
in
finance,
we're
looking
for
variances
over
prior
year
variances
compared
to
budget.
At
this
point,
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
seasonality
in
the
budget
that
it
takes
a
few
months
for
that
to
kind
of
flesh
out.
So
you
know,
we've
got
a
big
increase
in
principle:
expense,
947
versus
$384,000
in
the
prior
year.
That
was
really
just
a
timing
issue
with
our
payment
for
the
government
Center.
U
So
we
paid
that
really
just
at
the
end
of
the
month
and
said
then
the
following
month,
so
it
occurred
one
month
earlier,
the
other
inter-government
expensed,
6.8
million
versus
5.3
million
in
the
prior
year,
that's
related
to
fire
and
police
pensions
that
are
based
on
the
property
tax
levy.
So
since
we
got
some
of
those
monies
early
from
the
property
tax,
we
paid
into
those
pensions
earlier,
so
those
are
the
variances
there.
U
It
one
more
slide,
sir
enterprise
funds
tracking
favorably,
you
know
other
than
the
arena
which
you
know
we
have
a
budgeted
loss,
I
added
a
line
for
this
month
to
show
the
revenue
trend.
These
trends,
you
know
with
the
problem
the
major
tax
revenues,
since
we
had
delays
with
those
those
are
quite
not
as
good
of
an
indicator
as
they
are
with
the
enterprise
funds.
U
So
I
wanted
to
put
it
put
that
on
here
for
the
enterprise
funds
you
can
see
water
sewer
and
storm
and
solid
waste
all
had
fee
increases
and
those
are
tracking,
pretty
close
to
our
target
of
33
percent.
So
those
fee
increases
are
starting
to
be
realized.
There
was
some
concern
by
myself
and
others
that,
potentially,
with
the
structure
we
put
into
place
with
solid
waste,
there
might
be
a
migration
from
those
larger
containers
down
to
the
smaller,
but
that's
not
occurring
at
this
point
and
then
with
golf.
U
You
can
see,
obviously
a
highly
seasonal
fun,
53
percent
revenue
trend,
but
you
can
see
last
year
they
were
at
52%
as
well,
so
really
just
right
on
track
with
last
year,
so
overall,
revenues,
tracking
favorably
and
two
months,
we'll
start
updating
the
projections
and
try
to
get
an
idea
on
the
year.
Any
questions,
questions.
J
B
B
Also
he
had
that
was
a
great
panel
on
Sister
Cities
and
not
just
an
educational,
cultural
component,
but
the
economic
components
and
the
economic
benefits
of
sister
cities.
But
anyway,
that
was
really
great
and
I
would
like
to
thank
all
the
woman
Schmidt
for
handling
the
speech
at
the
historic
marker
placement
in
Miller
Park
and
at
the
Friendship
Bridge.
Thank
you
so
much
appreciate
your
handling
that
I'm
sorry
I
bet
you
know.
Thank
you.
That's
all
I
have
so
all
the
manic
comments.
O
Sometimes
you
know
it's
it's
a
sweat
equity,
but
we
get
to
the
right
place
and
I
have
to
tell
you
a
lot
of
the
cities
and
towns
are
looking
to
us
and
they
they
want
to
steal
our
good
ideas,
which
is
fine
right.
So
one
of
the
interesting
sessions
that
I
attended
related
to
some
economic
development
opportunities
and
very
interesting
discussions
about
the
reset
of
retail
and
it
experiential,
retail
and
I-
just
think
it's
fascinating.
So
some
of
us
have
had
some
further
discussions
and-
and
just
you
know,
it
invites
creativity.
E
And
I
want
to
share
too
that
I
enjoy
going
there,
although
it
was
only
for
a
day,
so
it's
a
little
difficult
to
get
as
much
as
my
my
colleagues
did,
but
I
still
enjoyed
my
time
there.
One
of
the
interesting
sessions
that
I
went
to
was
the
opening
plenary
session
with
a
bull
Jackson,
and
so
it
was
really
interesting
to
hear
some
of
the
things
that
he's
involved
with
and
and
in
different
communities
and
and
I.
A
E
Know
until
we
have
a
an
opportunity
to
look
at
that,
because
he
didn't
go
into
a
whole
lot
of
detail.
Another
session
that
I
attended
was
on
on
Tiff's,
which
I
you
know.
I
I
wasn't
quite
sure
what
to
expect,
but
I
thought.
Well,
let
me
just
go
in
and
try
to
you
know
learn
as
much
as
I
can
and
realize
that.
Oh
my
gosh
we've
done
so
much
of
it
that
we
were
actually
there
wasn't
a
whole
lot
to
learn.
E
You
know
in
the
session
because
I
mean
Bloomington
has
done
a
quite
a
few
of
those
things
and
I
and
I
think
we
were
all
together
in
in
in
the
last
session,
with
some
candidates
for
statewide
office.
That
was
I
think
it's
the
first
time
that
the
IML
had
organized
something
like
that
to
try
to
hear
from
all
the
other
from
the
candidates,
but
unfortunately
some
could
that
make
it.
E
I
was
looking
forward
to
seeing
a
maybe
I
guess
you
know
contrasting
views
of
you
know
each
of
those
candidates,
and
then
you
know
and
how
you
know
what
their
he's
I
mean,
how
they
refused
it
might
affect.
You
know
the
city,
but
we
didn't
have
an
opportunity
to
do
that,
so
we
just
heard
from
one
side
or
another
so
but
it
was
very
good,
I
encouraged.
You
know
each
and
every
one
of
you
to
go
whenever
you
can
but
I
know
it's
really
difficult
with
schedules,
but
it
was
enjoyable.