City Council meeting 3/3
The city council will be meeting this evening at 7pm in the city council chambers. We will be discussing some of the issues below. As always please click the link for the agenda and the packet of information.
SWEARING-IN CEREMONY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO COMMEMORATE THE FOLLOWING SWEARINGS-IN:
• JOSEPH LOMBARDO, FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC
• RAUL RAMIREZ, FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC
• MICHAEL MAJOR, FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC
• BRIAN CAMPBELL, FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
ARTUR ZADROZNY – Term to Expire March 17, 2028
Consideration of an Ordinance Amending Article B of Chapter 7 of Title 1 of the City of Des Plaines City Code Regarding the City Clerk – FIRST READING – ORDINANCE M-5-25
Consideration of a Plat of Vacation and Associated Development Agreement at 760 Lee Street – FIRST READING – ORDINANCE Z-2-25 (deferred from the 2/3/2025 & 2/18/2025 City Council Agendas)
Agenda
Packet
Downtown Strategic Plan
Subsequent to a request for proposals (RFP) in August 2024, the City retained a team of professional consultants comprised of Teska Associates, Inc., Goodman Williams Group, and The Planera Group to facilitate an economic development strategic plan for Downtown Des Plaines. After holding two public meeting and meeting with some local business owners they have made some recommendations that start on page 343. Please click the link to see the report.
Start on page 343
Legal and Licensing for the Des Plaines Theater
Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amended and Restated Lease Agreement By and Between the City of Des Plaines and Onesti DPT, Inc. Regarding the Des Plaines Theatre –RESOLUTION R-51-25
The City entered into an agreement with Onesti Entertainment Corporation on May 20, 2019, via Resolution R-107-19, allowing Onesti Entertainment to operate at 1476, 1486, and 1486 ½ Miner Street. The original agreement established a term of five years beginning on the Operational Date as defined in the contract, such term being initiated on October 31, 2021.
The amended and restated agreement currently proposed updates to various financial and contractual terms:
a. Payments for real estate taxes owed from November 2021 through April 2022 in the amount of $63,242.81 would be waived in a manner similar to the rent waiver previously approved for this period;
b. Payments for real estate taxes for the period of January 2025 through October 2026 would be increased from $10,083 per month to $15,500 per month.
c. Rent payments for the period of January 2025 through December 2025 would be reduced from a range of $16,000–$18,000 per month to $2,000 per month.
d. Rent payments for the period of January 2026 through October 2026 would be reduced from $18,000 per month to $4,000 per month.
e. The amended agreement would remove renewal rights included under the original agreement.
All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged.
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