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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Bill Wiet, Chief Development Services Officer
DATE: August 14, 2015
SUBJECT:
To request approval of a Third Amendment to the Seize the Future Development Foundation (STFDF) Finish Line Downtown Grant Program to provide for the Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant Program
PURPOSE:
The Finish Line Grant Program was established in 2014 to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of downtown buildings. The STFDF is tasked with administering the Finish Line Grant Program. From time to time the Program has been amended to better assist with buildings, properties, or uses that benefit the continued revitalization of downtown. The proposed Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant Program provides an incentive for specific buildings along West New York Street to disconnect their sanitary service from an aging sewer along Pinney Street, in favor of a connection to a newly installed sanitary sewer main along West New York and River Street.
BACKGROUND:
Per the guidelines and eligibility memo from STFDF (attached), the program only will be offered to specific buildings located on W New York Street, west of the Fox River and east of River Street. This includes the buildings of 28 W New York Street, 29 W New York Street, 31 W New York Street, 33 W New York Street, 35 W New York Street, 37 W New York Street, 39 W New York Street, 41 W New York Street, and 47 W New York Street/101 N River Street. These are the buildings who currently have connectivity to the Pinney Street sanitary sewer.
DISCUSSION:
The Program will offer a 100% reimbursement of the costs associated with rerouting a sanitary line from Pinney Street to W New York Street. Applicants that reroute the grease trap to W New York Street are eligible for a 50% reimbursement of the associated costs. Grease traps that are relocated from Pinney Street to W New York Street that utilize the 50% reimbursement are required to allow multiple units to feed into the relocated grease trap with recapture rights.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
The Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant will have a positive impact on the downtown and the existing buildings within this impact area
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Third Amendment to the Finish Line Grant Program be approved for the Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant Program as attached as Exhibit A
cc: Alderman O’Connor, Chairman
Alderman Mervine
Alderman Bohman
Alderman Mesiacos, Alternate
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Approving the Third Amendment to the Seize the Future Development Foundation Finish Line Grant Program to Provide for the Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, R14-152, approved by the City Council of the City of Aurora, initiated the Finish Line Grant Program, and from time to time amendments have been made to the Program for the betterment of the downtown, which said program is administered by the Seize the Future Development Foundation (STFDF); and
WHEREAS, the STFDF is submitting for consideration a Third Amendment to the Finish Line Grant Program to be known as the Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant Program, in order to provide an incentive for the disconnection of sanitary service off an aging sanitary sewer main starting along Pinney Street, and to assist in the construction/relocation of grease trap systems as part of the disconnect; and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Aurora find that it is in the best interest of the City and its residents to approve said Third Amendment to the Finish Line Grant Program
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows:
Section1. That the Third Amendment to the Finish Line Grant Program for the Grease Trap and Sanitary Relocation Grant be approved as indicated on the eligibility and guidelines on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part thereof.
Section 2. That all other provisions, terms and conditions of the Finish Line Grant Program contained in Resolution R14-152 and subsequent amendments remain in effect.