ACTION REQUESTED:  
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Recommendation to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Renaming TODD DRIVE to ACADEMIC DRIVE, Peoria, IL (Council District 5).
 
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BACKGROUND:  
The City of Peoria has received a request from Methodist College to rename Todd Drive to Academic Drive.  Methodist College recently acquired the former American Furniture property and received approval for an Official Development Plan for a new Methodist College Campus.  The campus will include classrooms, labs, administrative office, and dormitories for student and faculty housing.
 
FINANCIAL IMPACT:  N/A
 
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:  Notification letters were sent to adjacent property owners and numerous quasi-governmental agencies.  No objections or concerns were received.
 
Emergency Communications Manager Dave Tuttle reviewed the proposed street name and does not object.
                     
IMPACT IF APPROVED:  Todd Drive will be renamed to Academic Drive.
 
IMPACT IF DENIED:  Todd Drive will not be renamed.
 
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
 
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER:  N/A
 
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
 
1. Grow Peoria: Businesses, Jobs, and Population                     
 
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
 
1. Grow employers and jobs.                     
 
DEPARTMENT: Community Development