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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
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On Tuesday Feb 24, 2009 the City Council will consider the adoption of the 1% Sales and 1% Hotel tax for properties located in the Hospitality Improvement Zone Business Development Ditrict (HIZ BDD).
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The purpose of this tax is to provide revenue to assist in the improvement of the Hospitality businesses within the District.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
HIZ TIF and BDD Adopted
HOSPITALITY IMPROVEMENT ZONE - CITY OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS
Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) and Business Development District (BDD)
The City Council of Peoria adopted the Hospitality Improvement Zone (HIZ) Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) on October 28, 2008. The City Council adopted the Business Development District (BDD) on November 11, 2008. Both of these districts will last for 23 years. The map above shows the BDD. The TIF is slightly smaller, omitting the Civic Center property south of Monroe.
The City of Peoria is making a concerted effort to assist downtown hotels and other businesses to improve. The City has a great downtown and Civic Center, but more and improved hotel rooms are needed to support larger conferences and conventions.
The City has created a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District and a Business Development District (BDD). The TIF will capture new property taxes generated by improvements to the hotels, and put some of the increased property taxes back to the hotels to help pay for the improvements. The BDD permits an up to 1% Sales and an up to 1% Hotel tax to be established. The City would refund these tax revenues back to the hotels to help fund their improvements.
The City encourages all hotels to plan for improved facilities. A great first impression of the City is vital in securing new investment. Our downtown is beautiful, overlooking the Illinois River and wooded bluffs. Improved hotels, restaurants, and retail will help improve our image, and increase the number of people visiting our community.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Public Hearings
Tax Increment Financing District (TIF)
and a Business Development District (BDD).
The Hearings will be held before the City Council on Tuesday 14 October 2008 after 6:15 pm.
There will be a second public hearing on the BDD on 28 October 2008 before the City Council after 6:15 pm.
Interested citizens are encouraged to send their comments and suggestions to me at Hullingerc@gmail.com.
We will add comments received to the public record.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
HIZ & BDD Schedule Update
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Work continues on the development of the of the Hospitality Improvement Zone (HIZ) Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) and the Business Development District (BDD). We have completed the property survey work, and both plans have been completed and are on file for public review at the Economic Development office at 505 NE Monroe.
Work continues on the development of the of the Hospitality Improvement Zone (HIZ) Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) and the Business Development District (BDD). We have completed the property survey work, and both plans have been completed and are on file for public review at the Economic Development office at 505 NE Monroe.
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Based on our survey work, research, and plan, the consultant and City staff have found that the district is qualified for both the TIF and BDD under Illinois State law. Both the TIF and BDD would assist HIZ area businesses reinvest and improve their properties, enhancing the hospitality industry.
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The JRB met on September 11, 2008 to consider the TIF. They met a second time on September 29, 2008 at 09:00 at City Hall. The taxing bodies voted unanimously that the area was eligible for the TIF.
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The JRB met on September 11, 2008 to consider the TIF. They met a second time on September 29, 2008 at 09:00 at City Hall. The taxing bodies voted unanimously that the area was eligible for the TIF.
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The BDD is scheduled for two public hearings before City Council on 14 and 28 October 2008.
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The TIF is scheduled for consideration at a public hearing on 14 october 2008 before the city council.
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Both the TIF and BDD are scheduled for City Council consideration for approval on the 28 October 2008.
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Info and schedule of future meetings and actions are on the blog below.
Info and schedule of future meetings and actions are on the blog below.
Contact Craig Hullinger or Bobby Gray at the City Economic Development office if you have any questions or concerns.
309 494 8640 hullingerc@gmail.com
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HIZ TIF and BDD - Executive summary
Hospitality Improvement Zone (HIZ)
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District
Business Development District (BDD)
Executive Summary
The map below shows the area to be included in the Proposed Hospitality Improvement Zone (HIZ) Tax Increment Fiancing (TIF) District. The proposed Business Development District (BDD) covers the same area plus the Civic Center area to the southwest of the map.
The City of Peoria is considering the creation of a Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) and a Business Development District (BDD) in downtown Peoria. The purpose of these Districts is to help the Hospitality industry improve, bringing more investment, vitality, tax base, and jobs to downtown Peoria.
TIF INTRODUCTION – PROJECT AREA
The proposed Hospitality Improvement Zone TIF is irregular in shape and is generally bounded by Main, Monroe, Fayette, Adams, Hamilton, Madison, Fulton, Monroe, William Kumpf and M.L. King Drive. The Project Area is approximately 26 acres in size and contains a total of 49 tax parcels. Approximately 6 acres of land are dedicated to streets, alleys and other public rights-of-way, leaving 20 acres of net land area, which is classified as improved property.
The BDD is slightly larger then the TIF. It includes the Civic Center property to the south of the TIF.
TIF ELIGIBILITY
The Project Area is being designated using the criteria for an improved “conservation area.” In order to be designated as a conservation area, 50% or more of the buildings in the Project Area must be 35 years of age or older.
The Project Area contains 32 buildings, 27 of which meet the age threshold, representing 84% of all buildings. The eligibility analysis to determine whether the Project Area qualifies for designation under the TIF statute included the following tasks:
Exterior survey of the condition and use of each building
Field survey of environmental conditions involving parking facilities, public infrastructure, site access and general property maintenance
Analysis of existing land uses and their relationships
Comparison of surveyed buildings to zoning regulations
Analysis of current platting, building size and layout
Review of previously prepared plans, studies, inspection reports and other data
Analysis of real estate assessment data
Exterior building condition and site conditions surveys of the Project Area were undertaken on June 24-25, 2008. At least 3 factors of 13 factors that are defined in the TIF Act must be meaningfully present and reasonably distributed with respect to improved property.
Six factors meet this requirement with respect to the proposed Hospitality Improvement Zone TIF. These factors include:
Obsolescence – evidenced by the age of structures, deferred maintenance, inadequate provision for service and off-street loading, and vacancies, especially on upper floors, that reflect economic and functional obsolescence.
Deterioration – with respect to private property, including site improvements buildings, and maintenance with respect to windows, doors, fascia and other trim elements that are beyond normal repair. Most tax parcels exhibit deterioration with respect to site improvements and buildings. Deteriorated public infrastructure, including alleys, sidewalks, and street pavement is also found throughout the Project Area. Deterioration was identified with respect to 84% of all tax parcels and 59% of buildings.
Inadequate utilities – due to the age and capacity of utilities and the lack of separated sanitary and storm sewers. The City is under an EPA mandate to develop a plan the reduce pollutant discharges from the existing combined sewer system. The central water system is old and electric service is also in poor condition. Utility upgrades will be needed to support new development in the Project Area.
Excessive land coverage or overcrowding of community facilities – with closely spaced, multi-story buildings that are obsolete and deteriorating, inadequate provisions for off-street loading. During the field survey of building and site conditions, numerous instances of delivery trucks off-loading supplies from public streets were observed.
Lack of community planning – illustrated by parcels that are generally of inadequate shape and size to meet contemporary development standards, and uses (such as adult entertainment and the work-release facility) that are incompatible with the desired image of the area as a convention and meeting center anchored by the Civic Center and major, high-quality hotels. The current land use pattern evolved under a planning philosophy that is no longer considered desirable in Peoria. In particular, the emphasis on large surface parking lots to serve various commercial and civic land uses consistent with planning philosophy common from the 1950’s through the 1980’s. This approach has given way to an emphasis on compact mixed use development that energizes activity at the street level and the use of parking structures, as articulated in the Heart of Peoria Plan.
Lagging or declining EAV – the EAV of the Project Area has declined in two of the last five years and lagged that of the City for two other years, meeting the statutory test for the presence of this factor.
In addition three other factors are present to a more limited extent. These factors support designation of the area as a Tax Increment Finance District, but were not used to establish eligibility of the Project Area for TIF designation. These factors are:
Excessive vacancies (13 of the 32 buildings, 41%, were either fully or partially vacant. These vacancies contribute to the image of decline and disinvestment and serve as an impediment to attracting new private investment.
Presence of structures below minimum code standards (affecting only three buildings – the theater, Amvets and parking deck – based on the presence of significant deterioration or limitations on use of upper floors related to life safety issues)
Deleterious land use or layout (affecting only the block in the northwest portion of the Study Area, where an overcrowded car repair shop and used car lot conflict with the commercial/residential mixed use character of the remainder of the block).
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
The Plan seeks to encourage redevelopment and repositioning of the Project Area as a vibrant regional conference center that provides adequate hotel facilities to support the Civic Center and other hospitality-oriented businesses. The Plan is intended to improve Peoria’s ability to compete as a regional conference center by expanding and upgrading hotel facilities. The Plan recognizes that new investment in hotel, commercial and mixed-use property is needed to improve and revitalize the Project Area.
Redevelopment projects to be undertaken in the Project Area are intended to:
Rehabilitate existing hotels and commercial buildings in the Project Area;
Encourage development of new hotel facilities;
Encourage redevelopment of large surface parking lots into appropriate commercial and mixed use development; and
Provide public and private infrastructure, open space, streetscape improvements and other amenities to support private investment.
The Plan seeks to:
Make the downtown a viable business, tourism and entertainment center;
Provide an economic environment that supports existing and new businesses;
Make Peoria aesthetically desirable;
Provide safe and efficient infrastructure and utilities;
Provide for the orderly transition from obsolete uses to economically sustainable land development patterns;
Create an attractive environment that encourages new hotel and other hospitality-oriented uses;
Increase the Project Area’s tax base;
Encourage redevelopment of parcels that are underutilized and vacant;
Reduce or eliminate deleterious conditions within the Project Area; and
Improve public facilities and amenities.
Public intervention is needed to achieve the City’s development objectives for the Project Area, prevent the Project Area’s decline and encourage private investment. Revitalization of the Project Area will take time and cannot be accomplished without creation of public/private partnerships.
Despite investments made by the Pere Marquette, Mark Twain and Holiday Inn over the past decade in an effort to bring their facilities closer to the expectations of the current hotel market and investments by other commercial property owners, the taxable value of the Project Area as consistently lagged the economic growth of the rest of Peoria. Between 2002 and 2007, the taxable growth for all of Peoria averaged 6.2% annually, compared with 2.0% for the Project Area.
Repositioning the Project Area to make it a more competitive urban place will require significant new public and private investment.
LAND USE PLAN
The land use plan is intended to serve as a guide for future land use improvements and developments within the Project Area. The land use designation for the Project Area is Hospitality Mixed Use. The intent is to develop a vibrant mix of hospitality-oriented facilities that are integrated into the broader fabric of the downtown land use pattern. Within this framework, residential, commercial and institutional uses are appropriate complimentary uses. These uses are consistent with the redevelopment goals of the TIF plan, Peoria’s Comprehensive Plan and the Heart of Peoria Plan.
HOUSING IMPACT STUDY
The Project Area includes 4 buildings with residential units, 63 of which are inhabited. One mixed use building is vacant. Two other mixed use buildings contain units that are occupied by households. The final building is the DOC work-release facility with 26 dormitory-style rooms that can accommodate up to 200 inmates. Under U.S. Census definitions, the work-release facility is classified as “group quarters” and residents are not considered to be households.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON TAXING DISTRICTS
Increased service demands for most taxing districts are expected to be moderate because they are already serving the Project Area. Upon completion of the Plan and Project, all taxing districts will share the benefits of a substantially improved tax base. To the degree that taxing districts experience increased costs as a result of implementation of the Plan, the City may enter into agreements with the affected taxing district in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
BUDGET
Over the 23 year life of the TIF, incremental property tax revenues are expected to be generated from new private development in the Project Area. These new property tax revenues may be available to support a variety of eligible redevelopment activities including infrastructure improvements, streetscape enhancement, rehabilitation and other eligible activities. The 2007 EAV of the Project Area is approximately $12,250,600. By tax year 2032, following substantial completion of development of the Hospitality Improvement Zone TIF Redevelopment Project, the EAV of the Project Area is estimated to be approximately $136 million.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (BDD)
The BDD is a separate district. it covers the same area as the proposed TIF, and also the remainder of the Civic Center property to the southwest of the District. The BDD allows the City to enact an up to 1% sales tax on hotels and businesses. The money would be used to help hotels and businesses improve their properties. Citizens who wish to know more about the plan are invited to review a copy of the complete plan at the Economic Development Office.
FURTHER PUBLIC REVIEW
Citizens who wish to know more about the plan are invited to review a copy of the complete plan at the City Clerk office, or at the Economic Development Office temporarily located at 505 E. Monroe Street, Peoria, Illinois. You can also send comments or questions to Craighullinger@gmail.com, or call at 309 494 8640.
Notice of Public Hearing
City of Peoria Illinois, Peoria County, Illinois
Proposed Approval of HOSPITALITY IMPROVEMENT ZONE
BUSINESS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Notice is hereby given that on the 30th Day of September , 2008 at 6:15 P.M. at City Hall, Room 400, Peoria, Illoinois, and on the 14h day of October, 2008, at 6:15 P.M. at City Hall, Room 400, Peoria, Illinois, public hearings will be held to consider the approval of the development plan (the “Development Plan”) for and the designation of the Hospitality Improvement Zone Business District (the Business District) of the City. The Business Development District consists of the territory legally described as follows:
The approximate street location of the Business District is as follows:
Commencing at the corner of Kumpf Blvd. and Main St., said point being the intersection of the easterly line of W.M. Kumpf Blvd. and the southwesterly line of Main St.; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of Main St. a distance of 111 feet to the Point of Beginning of the tract to be described; thence southeasterly along said southwesterly line of Main St. to the intersection of the southwesterly line of Main St. and the southeasterly line of Monroe St.; thence northeasterly across main to the intersection of the northeasterly line of Main St. and the southeasterly line of Monroe St.; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly line of Main St. to the intersection with the northwesterly line of an alley in block 16 of the Original Town of Peoria; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly line of the alley to a point on the southwesterly line of Hamilton Blvd.; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly line of Hamilton Blvd. to the southeasterly line of Monroe St.; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly line to a point that is 94 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Fayette St.; thence northwesterly and parallel with Fayette St. a distance of 171 feet to the southeasterly line of the alley in block 37 of Hale’s Addition; thence northeasterly along said alley line a distance of 94 feet to the southwesterly line of Fayette St.; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of Fayette to the northwesterly line of Adams St.; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line to the centerline of a vacated alley in block 9 of the Original Town of Peoria; thence northwesterly along said centerline to the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave.; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave. to the northeasterly line of Hamilton Blvd.; thence northwesterly along said northeasterly line to the northwesterly line of Madison Ave.; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line to a point that is 230 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Main St.; thence northwesterly and parallel with Main St. a distance of 171 feet to the southeasterly line of an alley in block 17 of the Original Town of Peoria; thence southwesterly along said southeasterly line to the southwesterly line of Fulton St.; thence southeasterly on said southwesterly line to a point that is 383.94 northwesterly from the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave.; thence southwesterly and parallel with Jefferson Ave. a distance of 132 feet; thence southeasterly and parallel with Fulton St. a distance of 210 feet; thence northeasterly and parallel with Jefferson Ave. a distance of 132 feet to the southwesterly line of Fulton St.; thence southeasterly along said southwesterly line to the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave.; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave. to the easterly line of Kumpf Blvd.; thence northerly along the easterly line of Kumpf Blvd. to the southerly line of M.L. King Dr.; thence easterly along the southerly line of M.L. King Dr. to a point that is 100 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Main St; thence southeasterly and parallel with Main St. a distance of 111 feet; thence northeasterly and parallel with M.L. King Dr. a distance of 100 feet to the Point of Beginning.
There will be considered at the hearing approval of the Business District Development Plan. The proposed Development Plan is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, Room 401, Peoria, Illinois 61602. Pursuant to the proposed Development Plan the City proposes to have the right to exercise the use of eminent domain; To acquire, manage, convey or otherwise dispose of property in accordance with the development or redevelopment plan; To apply for and accept capital grants and loans from the United States and the State of Illinois, or any instrumentality of the United States or the State, for business district development or redevelopment; To borrow funds as deemed necessary for the purpose of business district development and redevelopment; To enter into contracts with any public or private agency or person; To sell, lease, trade or improve real property; To employ such persons as may be necessary for the planning, administration and implementation of business district plans; To expend public funds as necessary for the planning, execution and implementation of business district plans; To establish by ordinance or resolution procedures for the planning, execution and implementation of business district plans; To create a Business District Development and Redevelopment Commission to act as an agent for the municipality; To impose a retailers’ occupation tax and a service occupation tax in the business district to pay for business district project costs as set forth in the business district plan approved by the municipality; To impose a hotel operators’ occupation tax to pay for the business district project costs as set forth in the business district plan approved by the municipality; and to issue obligations to be secured by the business district tax allocation fund described in Section 11-74.3-6 of the Act.
Prior to the date of the hearing, interested persons may submit written comments to the City, to the attention of the City Clerk, City Hall, 419 Fulton Street, Room 401, Peoria, Illinois 61602.
At the hearing, all interested persons may file written objections with the City Clerk and may be heard orally with respect to any issues regarding the approval of the proposed Development Plan.
The hearing may be adjourned by the Mayor and City Council of the City 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.
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__ Peoria County, Illinois
Proposed Approval of HOSPITALITY IMPROVEMENT ZONE
BUSINESS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Notice is hereby given that on the 30th Day of September , 2008 at 6:15 P.M. at City Hall, Room 400, Peoria, Illoinois, and on the 14h day of October, 2008, at 6:15 P.M. at City Hall, Room 400, Peoria, Illinois, public hearings will be held to consider the approval of the development plan (the “Development Plan”) for and the designation of the Hospitality Improvement Zone Business District (the Business District) of the City. The Business Development District consists of the territory legally described as follows:
The approximate street location of the Business District is as follows:
Commencing at the corner of Kumpf Blvd. and Main St., said point being the intersection of the easterly line of W.M. Kumpf Blvd. and the southwesterly line of Main St.; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of Main St. a distance of 111 feet to the Point of Beginning of the tract to be described; thence southeasterly along said southwesterly line of Main St. to the intersection of the southwesterly line of Main St. and the southeasterly line of Monroe St.; thence northeasterly across main to the intersection of the northeasterly line of Main St. and the southeasterly line of Monroe St.; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly line of Main St. to the intersection with the northwesterly line of an alley in block 16 of the Original Town of Peoria; thence northeasterly along said northwesterly line of the alley to a point on the southwesterly line of Hamilton Blvd.; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly line of Hamilton Blvd. to the southeasterly line of Monroe St.; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly line to a point that is 94 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Fayette St.; thence northwesterly and parallel with Fayette St. a distance of 171 feet to the southeasterly line of the alley in block 37 of Hale’s Addition; thence northeasterly along said alley line a distance of 94 feet to the southwesterly line of Fayette St.; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of Fayette to the northwesterly line of Adams St.; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line to the centerline of a vacated alley in block 9 of the Original Town of Peoria; thence northwesterly along said centerline to the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave.; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave. to the northeasterly line of Hamilton Blvd.; thence northwesterly along said northeasterly line to the northwesterly line of Madison Ave.; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line to a point that is 230 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Main St.; thence northwesterly and parallel with Main St. a distance of 171 feet to the southeasterly line of an alley in block 17 of the Original Town of Peoria; thence southwesterly along said southeasterly line to the southwesterly line of Fulton St.; thence southeasterly on said southwesterly line to a point that is 383.94 northwesterly from the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave.; thence southwesterly and parallel with Jefferson Ave. a distance of 132 feet; thence southeasterly and parallel with Fulton St. a distance of 210 feet; thence northeasterly and parallel with Jefferson Ave. a distance of 132 feet to the southwesterly line of Fulton St.; thence southeasterly along said southwesterly line to the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave.; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of Jefferson Ave. to the easterly line of Kumpf Blvd.; thence northerly along the easterly line of Kumpf Blvd. to the southerly line of M.L. King Dr.; thence easterly along the southerly line of M.L. King Dr. to a point that is 100 feet southwesterly from the southwesterly line of Main St; thence southeasterly and parallel with Main St. a distance of 111 feet; thence northeasterly and parallel with M.L. King Dr. a distance of 100 feet to the Point of Beginning.
There will be considered at the hearing approval of the Business District Development Plan. The proposed Development Plan is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, Room 401, Peoria, Illinois 61602. Pursuant to the proposed Development Plan the City proposes to have the right to exercise the use of eminent domain; To acquire, manage, convey or otherwise dispose of property in accordance with the development or redevelopment plan; To apply for and accept capital grants and loans from the United States and the State of Illinois, or any instrumentality of the United States or the State, for business district development or redevelopment; To borrow funds as deemed necessary for the purpose of business district development and redevelopment; To enter into contracts with any public or private agency or person; To sell, lease, trade or improve real property; To employ such persons as may be necessary for the planning, administration and implementation of business district plans; To expend public funds as necessary for the planning, execution and implementation of business district plans; To establish by ordinance or resolution procedures for the planning, execution and implementation of business district plans; To create a Business District Development and Redevelopment Commission to act as an agent for the municipality; To impose a retailers’ occupation tax and a service occupation tax in the business district to pay for business district project costs as set forth in the business district plan approved by the municipality; To impose a hotel operators’ occupation tax to pay for the business district project costs as set forth in the business district plan approved by the municipality; and to issue obligations to be secured by the business district tax allocation fund described in Section 11-74.3-6 of the Act.
Prior to the date of the hearing, interested persons may submit written comments to the City, to the attention of the City Clerk, City Hall, 419 Fulton Street, Room 401, Peoria, Illinois 61602.
At the hearing, all interested persons may file written objections with the City Clerk and may be heard orally with respect to any issues regarding the approval of the proposed Development Plan.
The hearing may be adjourned by the Mayor and City Council of the City 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.
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__ Peoria County, Illinois
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