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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 03/02/1983 - City Council (2)PUBLIC HEARING ON ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS GRANT APPLICATIONS MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1983 7 P.M. The Public Hearing was called to order by Mayor Stanek on Monday, March 2, 1983 at 7:07 P.M. in City Hall. Purpose of the hearing was to record citizen input so as to comply with the citizen participation requirements of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) Community Develop- ment Assistance Program. The City of McHenry announced that it intends to make grant application for grant funds pursuant to the Illinois Community Development Assistance Program administered by the State of Illinois (DCCA) to fund the follow- ing projects: 1. Expansion of the Vocational Rehabilitation Center owned and operated by McHenry County Association for the Retarded, an Illinois not -for - profit Corporation located at 4001 Dayton Street, McHenry, including the acquisi- tion of adjoining land and necessary equipment; 2. The present City of McHenry sewer system (city garage to treatment facility) is inadequate to accomodate the increased need which will be required by the new hospital and that of future businesses and industries in the immediate area of the hospital construction site. The project consists of improvements to the present City of McHenry collection and conveyance system to adequately transport hospital and/or other businesses' and industries' sewer contributions to the present treatment facility; 3. To provide for internal modification of existing facilities, retrofitting of equipment and laboratory facilities including the transportation, relocation and installation of equipment at Illinois Coil Spring Company, 1415 N. Industrial Drive, McHenry. At roll call the following aldermen were in attendance: Pepping, Busse, Gelwicks, Smith, Serritella, Meurer. Nolan arrived at 7:55 P.M. Absent: Datz. Other city staff in attendance from McHenry County Association for the Retarded were: Robert Lambourn of 3412W.. Fairway Drive, McHenry; John Bobbe of 4317 W. Prairie Avenue, McHenry; Roberta Wilse of 3513 W. Oakdale Avenue, McHenry; Thomas Gollan of 8522 Garrison Road, Wonder Lake and Attorney James Militello of Crystal Lake. Reporter Lloyd Burger of the McHenry Plaindealer and Reporter Donna Bertulis of the McHenry Herald were also present. Mayor Stanek announced that the citizen's input is necessary to comply with the citizen participation requirements of DCCA's program. Each applicant community must have at least one public hearing prior to application submittal to announce the applications for project funds and to obtain local citizen con- cerns regarding the proposed projects. A notice was published in the McHenry Plaindealer on February 18, 1983 concerning each of the proposed grant applica- tions. These public notices gave notification that a public hearing would be held March 2, 1983 at 7 P.M. for citizen input. Certificates of Publication for announcement of each of the three grant applications were presented at the hearing and entered into the record. A record of the public hearing announcement of the City of McHenry's intent to apply for grant funds for each of the grant applications, a copy of the minutes of this hearing a letters of local support or opposition will be made a part of the final records as evidence of citizen participation. Mayor Stanek asked if there was anyone in attendance who wished to present oral or written comments at this public hearing regarding any of the three grant application proposals. The only one to respond was Robert Lambourn, Executive Director of McHenry County Association for the Retarded. He stated he wished to give verbal comments as well as submit letters of support for the grantapplication for a capital improvement project for Pioneer Center. Statement of Mr., Lambourn: "For the record and as an overview or perhaps a summation --as you all know, as sponsors of our grant for the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, we are attempting to develop a project that will allow primarily for the expansion of vocational rehabilitation training facility in Tonyan Industrial Park. Very quickly, the components of that project include the expansion of our existing facility by 12,000 square feet, the acquisition of the vacant adjacent lot, the purchase of certain office and factory equipment and the surfacing of our parking lot. We project that the project, in terms of its total capital outlay, will come in at $364.560.00. That will allow us to create job -type activities for 77 developmentally disabled people who are re- ferred to in the grant as low and moderate income individuals and that plan is to maximize itself by the year 1987. In addition to the grant application and its particular proposal, I would also like to submit in writing, for the record, certain letters of support that we have received from a variety of constituents and the community at large. Those letters, for the record, include public officials, the Honorable Dick Klemm, State Representative of the 63rd District; the Honorable Jack Schaffer, State Senator from the 32nd District; from Economic Development people including Peter Fox, Director of DCCA; Bill Hubbard, Chairman of the McHenry County EDC; William Bolger, Director of Development of the Tuesday, March 2, 1983 Page 2 McHenry Area EDC; and from various funding agencies that we deal with as an entity as far as operations are concerned including the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services; McHenry County Outreach Center - Jack Haffner; and finally, a statement of the minutes of the Mental Health Board dated 1-20-83 which indicates support for the program. I will offer this testimony." Lambourn submitted photo copies of the support letters to Mayor Stanek who announced they would be entered into the permanent records of this hearing. Lambourn concluded by stating, "We continue to appreciate your support and look forward to working with you in the pursuance of our proposal and I say thank you." Mayor Stanek asked if there was anyone else who wished to make written or oral comments on any of the proposed grant applications but no one responded. Mr. Bobbe was asked to give a status report on the City of McHenry sewer line and lift station improvement grant which he was compiling. He stated it was in the preliminary stages and the proposed grant guidelines had just been received from DCCA in Springfield. He said letters of support have been requested from the community concern- ing this project and were being gathered at this time. The applications are due in Springfield April 8, 1983. City Attorney Narusis asked that the various documents neces- sary to execute the grants be presented to the City Council in adequate time to permit Council review prior to the approval date. Lambourn stated that the expect to have the information the City required by the March 21, 1983 Council meeting. Mayor Stanek commented on the relocation and modification monies being requested by Illinois Coil Spring. There was a proposed rollover of $100,000 which would be utilized by the City for various and sundry sewer and water improvements which would be directly related to commercial and industrial development and jobs created by the same. There being no further comments on the grant application, motion by Pepping, seconded by Busse, to adjourn the Public Hearing. Voting Aye: Pepping, Busse, Gelwicks, Smith, Serritella, Nolan, Meurer. Voting Nay: None. Absent: Datz. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 P.M.