ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Corporation Counsel with a Request to APPROVE the INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Between the City of Peoria and the COUNTY OF PEORIA to Delegate the Siting Process of a POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY within the Corporate Limits of the City of Peoria to Peoria County.
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BACKGROUND: Currently, the City does not have an ordinance in place to oversee the application and prospective approval process leading up to and including the required public hearings and meetings for a proposed “Pollution Control Facility” (PFC) to be located within the city limits of the City of Peoria. Peoria County, however, has adopted and have in place a siting ordinance that governs this process.
The IGA will permit Peoria County to oversee the PCF application process, conduct investigation as needed, assess and evaluate the documentation submitted by the applicant in support of their application for a permit to operate a PCF, conduct fact finding processes and conduct public hearings as required by the Ordinance. After Peoria County’s “Pollution Control Site Hearing Committee” performs these operations, the Committee will prepare a summary and recommendation as to the siting of the proposed PCF to be located within the City’s corporate limits and provide whatever further consultation to the City as needed.
In exchange, the County will collect and keep the application fee from the applicant. Should the costs exceed the filing fee, the applicant shall be responsible for paying those costs. Should the costs not exceed the filing fee, the balance of the filing fee shall be returned to the applicant. The ultimate decision on whether to approve the siting application will rest upon the City Council. The IGA will terminate within 6 months after being approved by both bodies unless so extended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There will be no financial impact to the City since the cost of the application process will be paid by the applicant to the County.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Not applicable.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The City will be able use the County’s already passed and utilized application process and siting review for proposed pollution control facilities.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The City would have to pass its own ordinance and set up the process from scratch on the application and siting review process for a pollution control facility.
ALTERNATIVES: As so directed by the City Council.
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WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Financially Sound City Government, Effective City Organization
2. Grow Peoria: Businesses, Jobs, and Population
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Grow employers and jobs.
2. Have an efficient government.
DEPARTMENT: Legal