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COMMI'iTEE OF THE WHOLE
AGENDA
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
Senior Citizens' Center Tuesday, November 24, 1992
50 South Emerson Street 7:30 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER . ROLL CALL
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 10, 1992
III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
IV. DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT - BROADAq~RE AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES
In September of this year, the Village Board, staff, Business District Development
and Redevelopment Commission and Broadacre convened a Downtown
Redevelopment Workshop. At that time, a decision was made to re-focus efforts
away from the original Broadacre plan which required acquisition of certain
downtown properties due to an inability to reach agreement on the purchase price
of same. The Board felt it would be more productive to concentrate efforts on
the Pine/Wille area with the goal of starting construction as soon as possible after
the old Public Works site is vacated.
Since that Workshop, staff has been hard at work along several lines. First, all
Statutory requirements including notice, convening of a Joint Review Board and
the setting of a Public Hearing are in progress for the anticipated extension of the
TIF Redevelopment Area. Second, staff along with Broadacre have been working
with Catholic Charities to refine and better integrate their proposed Senior
Housing Project into the overall redevelopment scheme. Third, staff has entered
into preliminary discussions with Broadacre regarding an extension of their
consulting services agreement.
Attached is a series of memoranda from Planning Director David Clements and
Finance Director David Jepson highlighting key facts regarding the proposed
Catholic Charities Development including the impact of this tax exempt property
on TIF revenues. The memoranda also outline an aggressive timetable for
beginning redevelopment in the Pine/Wille block as early as September 1993.
The fundamental issue for discussion is the Village Board's approval of the
Catholic Charities Project as part of the overall Downtown Redevelopment Project.
If there is a consensus reached that the Catholic Charities Project should be a part
of the anticipated development then a letter of commitment to a particular site
will be required from the Board so that Catholic Charities can proceed with the
Grant process.
Appropriate staff along with representatives from Catholic Charities and Broadacre
will be present to facilitate discussion.
V. MOUNT PROSPECT 2000 - REVENUE/EXPENDITURE PLAN
On November 10, the Village Board began discussion of Mount Prospect 2000 -
A Vision for the Future. This Plan represents a long-range comprehensive
approach to municipal governance. Mount Prospect 2000 attempts to dispense
with the "business as usual" approach of single-year incremental budgeting, short-
range planning and reactive policy and management decisions. The major
elements of the Plan include:
1. Long-range Strategic Planning
2. Multi-year Revenue/Spending Plans
3. Incentive Budgeting Techrfiques which include the use of performance
standards.
4. An enhanced Village Board/Staff Partnership
Due to the impending deficit conditions, we are, out of necessity, required to focus
on the Revenue/Expenditure Plan. At the November 10 Committee of the Whole
meeting, staff reviewed the overall Deficit Reduction Plan and identified, among
other things, a Plan to reduce expenditure levels; suggested change to the current
Refuse Disposal Program including Tax relief and the identification of several
potential new Revenue sources. This "menu" of options was presented so that a
rnLx of any or all the options could be utilized to reduce current deficit conditions
to zero.
During that initial discussion, several questions were raised regarding the impact
of the potential new revenue sources and additional detail was requested regarding
the proposed Expenditure Reduction Plan and the Basic Service Refuse Plan.
Attached are a series of memoranda which begin to address some of those
questions and provide more detail. Staff hopes this additional iaformation will
facilitate additional discussion and allow elected officials to reach consensus on this
important issue.
Appropriate staff will be in attendance to answer your questions.
VI. MANAGER'S REPORT
VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
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