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8/16/99
CITY OF EVANSTON
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. 57-R-99
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENT OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
AREA, REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF EVANSTON .
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (the "City") is
considering the amendment of a redevelopment project area and approval of a
redevelopment plan and project with the City's corporate limits, known as the City of
Evanston Washington National Tax Increment Finance District, pursuant to the "Tax
• Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act," 65 ILCS 5/1 1-74.4-1, et seq., as amended
(the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1 1-74.4-5(a) of the Act, the City must fix a
time and place for a public hearing prior to the adoption of an ordinance proposing the
amendment of a redevelopment project area or approval of an amendment to a
redevelopment plan project and financing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 1 1-74.4-5 and 1 1-74.4-6 of the Act, the City
must give certain notices prior to this public hearing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1 1-74.4-5(b) of the Act, the City must convene
a Joint Review Board ("Board") in order to consider the proposed amendment .of a
• redevelopment project area and approval of an amendment to a redevelopment plan
and redevelopment project area prior to the adoption of ordinances regarding those
matters; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Mayor and the City Council to conduct the
public hearing and to convene the Board described above; and
WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of this Resolution, the City has made available
for public inspection a separate report that provides, in reasonable detail, the basis for
the amended redevelopment project area qualifying the area as a conservation area in
compliance with Section 1 1-74.4-5(a) of the Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Mayor and the City Council of the
City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois as follows:
SECTION 1 : The statements set forth in the preambles to this Resolution are
found to be true and correct and are adopted as part of this Resolution. •
SECTION 2: The Mayor and the City Council hereby fix the date of October 11,
1999 at the hour of 8:30 p.m. at the Evanston Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing to hear from any
interested persons, taxpayers, or affected tax districts regarding- the proposed
amendment of the redevelopment project area and redevelopment plan for the area
legally described on Exhibit A, which is attached to this Resolution and incorporated
by reference into it. The public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Act.
A copy of the proposed amendments to the redevelopment plan and project, shall be
on file in the office of the City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection during
regular business hours as of August 16, 1999.
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• SECTION 3: Notice of the public hearing described in Section 2 above, shall be
given by publication and mailing as required by the Act-. The notice shall be
substantially in the form attached to this Resolution as Exhibit B and incorporated by
reference into it. The City's attorney and Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc., are
authorized and directed to take all actions necessary to provide such notice in
accordance with the Act and all other notices necessary to achieve compliance with
the Act.
SECTION 4: At the public hearing described in Section 2 above, any interested
person, taxpayer, or affected taxing district may file with the City Clerk written
comments and/or objections to, and may be heard orally with respect to, any issues
embodied in the notice given for the public hearing.
• SECTION 5: A Joint Review Board (the "Board") has been established for the
,. purposes set forth in the Act. The Board shall consists of one representative selected
by each community college district, unit school district, high school district, elementary
school district, park district, library district, and county that has authority to directly
levy taxes on the property within the redevelopment project area; a representative
selected by the City, and a public member. The public member and the Board's
chairperson were selected by a majority of other members of the Board. The Board
shall meet on September 1, 1999, at 7:30 PM. at the Evanston Civic Center, 2100
Ridge Avenue Street, Evanston Illinois.
SECTION 6: The Board shall act in accordance with the Act. Its actions shall
• include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
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a. The Board shall decide whether to recommend that the City •
approve or deny the proposed redevelopment plan and project.
b. In making its decision, the Board shall review the public record,
planning documents, and proposed ordinances approving the redevelopment
plan and project to be adopted by the City before concluding its deliberations.
C. As part of its deliberations, the Board may hold additional hearings
on the proposed redevelopment plan and project.
d. The Board shall make its decision to recommend approval or denial
of the proposed redevelopment plan and project on the basis of whether or not
the area at issue in the redevelopment plan and project satisfies the eligibility
criteria defined in Section 1 1-74.4-3 of the Act.
e. The Board's recommendation shall be adopted by a majority vote
of the Board.
f. The Board's recommendation shall be an advisory, non -binding
recommendation.
g. The Board's recommendation shall be reduced to a written report. •
This report shall state, among other things, whether the redevelopment project
area fails to meet one or more of the criteria defined in Section 1 1-74.4-3 of the
Act and, if so, why it fails to meet such criteria.
h. This report shall be submitted to the City a maximum of thirty (30)
days after the convening of the Board. Failure of the Board to submit its report
on a timely basis shall not be cause to delay the public hearing described in
Section 2 above, nor any other step in the process of establishing or amending
the redevelopment project area contemplated by this Resolution. In the event
the Board does not file this report, it shall be presumed that the taxing bodies
represented on the Board find the redevelopment project area to satisfy the
eligibility criteria defined in the Act.
SECTION 7: The City's representative on the Board shall be the Chairperson of
the Economic Development Committee or his designee.
SECTION 8: This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
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AYES: Aldermen Moran, Engelman, Rainey, Feldman, Newman, Drummer, Bernstei
and Kent
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Alderman Wynne
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 16 DAY OF AUGUST, 1999.
ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
oashington National TIP District
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n pareol 6F Band is the South 1/2 at aecti.oa 18. Township 41 Worth,
RaAge 14 Bast of Third Principal Meridian eompriai,ng Lot 1 and Lots
12 to L6, both inc :usive is Block 113 in The Vll:.ige of gvanaten i.n
Section 13, Towaah.p 41 North, Unge L3 UPit of Third Principal neridian
arld Sections 7, 18 and 19, Township 41 Nurth. RaAge l3 Eaat nt t%i.rd
Principal Meridims. the 20 fast Northerly pad Southerly public alloy
lying W*gterly of ,kAd a42aininq the Weete#y Liao of said lots. the
�iestarly 1/2 of Ch:Cava Avenue lying 8asce*ly oz adjoining the Ustsrly
lini said Lots and the Southerly 1/2 of Church Street lying Martberly
the Martheerly line- and the Northerly 1izet extend Westerly 20 fe4m,
of said Lot I an#i more particularly dosesii►ai as Eollowa coaatensins
at the point of in:rrscctzca of the centerlines of Church Street
and Chicago Avenue, thaaea saluthwstasLy s onq the said center line
Of Chiaa$o AVenu0 -:a its i4t4s8eeti0n Wlthlehe exteAsLon South*"terly
of the Soatkarly 1.ae of said Lot 12r _hanpo Northwesterly along; said
extended )ias, the Southerly line of said ;.ot 12 and the said Southerly
line extended Xorthwsteriy to the 'westsrlk line of aforesaid 2C tact
Nostherly and Southerly public allsy, thence Northeasterly along:"id
:wstarly lino arW ,mad Westerly lire extended Northerly of maid 20
feat Northerly and southerly public allay to its ia6orsectlon with
"a said oencar is se of Church Street. thepce southeaceer,y 314Ag
said center Line o church Street :o the point of baginning, Cook
County, Lllino�s.
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION •
Amendment to Washington National TtF District
(amended area only)
That part of the East 1/, of the West ! and the West 1h of the Southeast IA of Section 19, Township
41 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian described as follows: beginning at the point
of intersection of the East line, extended South, of Benson Avenue and the center line of Church
Street (said point of intersection being a point in the South line of tre East '/-. of the Northwest'/-; of
said Section 18); thence North along said extended East Line; the East line and said East line
extended North of said Benson Avenue to the North W-w of ins First east and west 20 ft. public alley
North of said Church Street; thence East along said North line and said North line extended across
a 20 north and souh al.e•: and across Sherman Avenue to the East line of said Sherman Avenue;
thence South along, said cast :ine to the North line of Church Strout; thence East along said North
lire and said North line extended aeress a 20 ft. north and south alley and across Otrington Avenue •
to the Easterly I:n: of said Orrington Avenue; thence Southerly along said Easterly line and said
Easterly line extended across Church Street to the So=herly luie or Lot 7 in Block 19 in the Village
o: Evanston in Sector. 13. Township 41 North. Range 0 Fast of the Third P:ineiFal Meridian and
Section 7, 18 and 19.-o\wrship 41 North, Range l East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence
Easterly along stud Southerly line and said Southerly extended across a 20 -,1 northerly and southerly
alley and across Chicago Avenue to the Easterly line of said Chicago Avenue; thence Southerly
alona ;ail "-tar!v :.na arul said Easteriv tine extended across Davis Street and across a Easterly 8-
lk ester!,- 20 ft a:le,, to t-ic Seutherly lire. extended Scu!heasterly, o: Log, a in Block 7-7 in the
Village of Evanston a:oresaid; thence ?northwesterly along said extended Southerly line the
Souther:•, line and the said Southerly line extended across a 20 rt. n orrherly and southerly alley
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Westerly of said Lot 4 to the Westeriv line of said alley; thence Northerly along tl&.e said Westerly
• line of alley :o the Northerly line of Lot 10 in Block ?7 in. the Village of Evanston aforesaid; thence
Nr'orthwesterly along said horherly line and said Northerly line exwnded to the West line of
Sherman Avenue; thence North along said West line to the Southerly line of Davis Street; thence
Northwesterly and Westerly along said Southerly line to the East line, extended South, of Benson
Avenue; thence North along said exuded East line, the East line and said East line extended across
two east and west alleys of said Benson Avenue to the South line of Church Street; thence
continuing North across the Southerly part of said Church Street to the point or beginning, Cook
County, Illinois.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF PUBLIC NOTICE •
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on October 11, 1999
at 8:30 p.m. at the City of Evanston Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue Street,
Evanston Illinois, on a proposed amendment to the Washington National
Redevelopment Plan, Redevelopment Project, and Redevelopment Project Area for a
tax increment financing program in Evanston, Illinois, Pursuant to the provisions of the
"Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act,"' 65 ILCS 5/1 1-74.4-1, et. seq., as
amended (the. "Act").
The proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Project Area (the Washington
National Tax Increment Finance District) (the "RPA") is generally bounded by:
Benson Avenue to the West; Davis Street and the alley south of the block of
600 Davis to the South (except at Chicago Avenue, the boundary extends south to
include the Ameritech building); the alley to the north of the former Marshall Field's
building and the Varsity theater, Church Street, and the alley north of the block of 600
• Davis to the North; and Chicago Avenue to the East.
The legal description of the amended Redevelopment Project Area is attached
as Exhibit 1.
The proposed amendments to the Redevelopment Plan provides for the City of
Evanston to implement a set of actions to facilitate commercial/retail and mixed
residential use redevelopment within this Redevelopment Project Area. The
contemplated City of Evanston actions include, but are not limited to land acquisition,
the construction of public facilities, including parking structures, sidewalks, roadways;
site preparation; building rehabilitation, and related professional costs. The City of
Evanston would realize the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Plan through
public finance techniques including, but not limited to, tax increment allocation
financing. A draft of the proposed redevelopment plan shall be on file with, and
available for, public inspection as of August 16, 1999, Monday through Friday in the
office of the City Clerk, 2100 Ridge Avenue Street, Evanston, Illinois.
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Pursuant to the Act, a Joint Review Board has been established to review
eligibility tax increment financing findings for the existing Redevelopment Project Area.
Pursuant to the Act, the Joint Review Board consists of one representative selected
by each community college district, elementary school district, high school district, unit
school district park district, library district, and county that has authority to directly
levy taxes on the property within the proposed amendments to the redevelopment
project area; a representative selected by the City of Evanston; and a public member.
The public member and the Joint Review Board's chairperson were selected by a
majority of other Joint Review Board members.
Pursuant to the Act, the meeting of the Joint Review Board must be held within
14 days of this notice being sent to the Joint Review Board. The first meeting of the
Joint Review Board has been scheduled for September 1, 1999 at 7:30 PM in the
Evanston Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue Street, Evanston, Illinois. The Joint
Review Board's recommendation on the proposed Redevelopment Project Area
eligibility for tax increment financing shall be advisory and non -binding and shall be
adopted by a majority vote of this Board and submitted to the City of Evanston within
30 days after first convening. Failure of the Board to submit its report on a timely is
shall not delay the holding of the public hearing described above, nor shall it
delay any other step in the process of amending the Redevelopment Project Area.
At this public hearing, any interested person or affected taxing district may file
with the City Clerk written objections to, and may be heard orally with respect to, any
issues embodied in this notice. Written comments are invited and can be sent in
advance of the hearing to the City Clerk, 2100 Ridge Avenue Street, Evanston, Illinois
60201. The City shall hear and determine all protests and objections at this public
hearing. This public hearing may be adjourned by the Mayor and the City Council
without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the
hearing, fixing the time and place of the subsequent hearing.
/s/Mary Morris
City Clerk
City of Evanston
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