Agenda - City Council

City Hall, Second Floor

425 E. State Street

City Council

Rockford, IL 61104

www.rockfordil.gov

Meeting Agenda

Monday, June 29, 2026

5:30 PM

SPECIAL

CALL TO ORDER

A. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

B. Roll Call

C. Acceptance of the Journal

1. Journal of Proceedings for the City Council meeting held on April 6, 2026.

PROCLAMATIONS

II.

III. PUBLIC HEARING

Public Hearing on the proposed Annexation of 14xx, 15xx and 16xx Edson Road and a

portion of 8631 11th Street

IV. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Planning and Development Committee

Code and Regulation Committee

Memorandum from Scott Capovilla, Planning and Zoning

Manager, regarding Plat No. 2 of Rosewood Subdivision. Referred

to Code and Regulation Committee.

26-00779

26-00807

Traffic Commission’s Agenda for the meeting to be held on July 8,

2026 and Minutes from that meeting for consideration at the Code

and Regulation Committee meeting on July 13, 2026. Referred to

Code and Regulation Committee.

Memorandum from Martin Bloom, Project Manager-Permits and

Special Events, regarding upcoming special events for RockYard

Music Fest and R.A.M.P. River Run. Referred to Code and

Regulation Committee.

26-00808

Finance and Personnel Committee

Memorandum from Jennifer Cacciapaglia, Mayor’s Office of

Domestic and Community Violence Prevention, regarding the

acceptance of a Department of Justice/Office on Violence Against

Women Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program

FY25 Award in the amount of $500,000.00 and with a project

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26-00794

period of 36 months.

Committee.

Referred to Finance and Personnel

Memorandum from Jennifer Cacciapaglia, Mayor’s Office of

Domestic and Community Violence Prevention, regarding the

acceptance of the Illinois Attorney General Office, Violent Crime

Victims Assistance Grant Award. Referred to Finance and

Personnel Committee.

Memorandum from Joshua Versluys, Assistant City Attorney,

regarding the proposed sale of the city-owned property located at

218 South Independence Avenue. Referred to Finance and

Personnel Committee.

26-00809

26-00810

26-00811

Memorandum from Charlotte Hoss, City Attorney, regarding the

consideration and approval of a plan of acquisition of 4100 East

State Street by the Rockford Board of Library Trustees. Referred

to Finance and Personnel Committee.

Memorandum from Scott Sanders, Public Works Director,

regarding a Settlement Agreement for 401 East State Street.

Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.

PUBLIC SPEAKERS

Steven McMaster

Kathleen Monteleone

Shelton Kay

Antonio Ramirez

Jessica Vandiver

VI. NEW COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. Planning and Development Committee

Committee recommends denial of the proposed Funding

Agreement with Goodwill in partnership with IBEW Local 364 for

Electrical Workers Trades Program to better prepare individuals

for IBEW application process in the amount of $85,172.00. The

funding source is Casino Funds.

26-00663

Committee recommends approval of the proposed Grant of

Easement to Commonwealth Edison for the city-owned property

located at 850 South Horace Avenue, Rockford, Illinois (PIN:

11-21-377-003).

26-00667

26-00662

Committee recommends denial of the proposed Funding

Agreement with Comprehensive Community Solutions (CCS) to

expand prevention and intervention programming in collaboration

with the City of Rockford's Community Healing Center in the

amount of $400,000.00. The funding source is Cannabis Funds.

Committee recommends denial of the proposed Funding

Agreement with Angelic Organics Learning Center Inc., an Illinois

not-for-profit corporation d/b/a Farmers Rising in partnership with

City Center Market for the establishment of a Mobile Grocery

Store in the amount of $822,000.00. The funding source is 2025

and 2026 Casino Funds.

26-00664

Committee recommends approval of an ordinance terminating the

Global Trade Park South Redevelopment Project Area and the

Dissolution of the Special Tax Allocation Fund for Global Trade

Park South Tax Increment Financing District.

26-00764

26-00765

Committee recommends approval of an ordinance approving the

South Rockford Industrial Tax Increment Financing District

Redevelopment Project Area.

Committee recommends approval of an ordinance designating the

South Rockford Industrial Redevelopment Project Area.

26-00766

26-00767

Committee recommends approval of an ordinance adopting Tax

Increment Allocation Financing for the South Rockford Industrial

Redevelopment Project Area.

Code and Regulation Committee

Committee recommends sustaining the Traffic Commission’s

approval requiring that traffic on 13th Avenue be required to yield

prior to entering the intersection of 17th Street.

26-00755

26-00756

26-00757

Committee recommends sustaining the Traffic Commission’s

approval requiring traffic on 14th Street to yield prior to entering

the intersection of 10th Avenue.

Committee recommends sustaining the Traffic Commission’s

approval for a restriction prohibiting commercial vehicles on

Guilford Road from Prospect Street to Alpine Road.

Committee recommends sustaining the Traffic Commission’s

recommendation that “No Action” be taken on the following items:

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a. Request to establish 4-way stop control at the intersection of

Phaeton Drive and Wagonette Drive;

b. Request to establish stop control at the intersection of Pioneer

Drive and Winthrop Lane; and

c. Request to establish traffic control at the intersection of

Wisconsin Avenue and Holland Street.

Committee recommends denial of the Annexation of 14xx Edson

Road, 15xx Edson Road, 16xx Edson Road and a portion of 8631

11th Street.

26-00715

The subject property is currently agricultural farmland. The

contract purchaser plans to develop an industrial subdivision on

this land.

Committee recommends denial of the Annexation Agreement for

14xx, 15xx and 16xx Edson Road and a portion of 8631 11th

Street.

26-00716

26-00717

Committee recommends denial of the Zoning Map Amendment

from County AG to I-3, Airport Industrial Zoning District at 14xx,

15xx, and 16xx Edson Road and a portion of 8631 11th Street

(Venture One Acquisitions, LLC/Applicants), thus reversing the

Zoning Board of Appeals’ recommendation of approval.

Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’

approval for a Variation to reduce the required front yard setback

from 30 feet to 20 feet and 5 inches in an R-1, Single-Family

Residential Zoning District at 2520 Driftwood Lane (Christian

Solares/Applicant). Subject to conditions.

26-00719

26-00718

26-00613

Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’

approval for a Zoning Map Amendment from R-1, Single-Family

Residential Zoning District to C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning

District at 8539 East State Street (Armen Properties,

LLC/Applicants). Subject to conditions.

10.

Committee recommends denial of the Sale of Tobacco Products in

conjunction with a tobacco store in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use

District at 714 Broadway (Damian Lyman/Lyman Enterprises dba

Dolla Dame Smoke Shop/Applicant), thus reversing the Liquor and

Tobacco Advisory Board’s recommendation for approval.

11.

Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco

Advisory Board’s approval for:

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a. The Sale of Liquor by the Drink (NG-L); and

b. The Sale of Packaged Liquor (PKG) in conjunction with a

cafe, restaurant and bar in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District

at 501 East State Street (Benjamin Chauvin/Eachother, LLC dba

Eachother/Applicant). Subject to conditions.

12.

Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco

Advisory Board’s approval for the Modification of an existing

liquor license to include liquor by the drink with video gaming

terminals in conjunction with a restaurant and banquet hall in a

C-1, Limited Office Zoning District, C-2, Limited Commercial

Zoning District, and C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at

6075 East Riverside Boulevard (Gerlando Galluzzo/Sam’s

26-00722

Ristorante

Pizzeria, LLC dba Sam’s Ristorante

Pizzeria/Applicant). Subject to conditions.

13.

Committee recommends denial of the:

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a. Sale of Packaged Liquor (Class PKG); and

b. Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a liquor store in a

C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 922 Kilburn Avenue

(Ashvin K. Patel/MaxMart Liquor, LLC dba MaxMart/Applicant),

thus reversing the Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board's

recommendation for approval.

14.

15.

Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco

Advisory Board’s approval for the Sale of Liquor by the Drink

(Class NG-L) in conjunction with a restaurant in an I-1, Light

Industrial Zoning District at 3222 and 3208 South Alpine Road

(Emily Ann Marrufo/Marrufo’s Tacos, LLC dba Marrufo’s

Tacos/Applicant). Subject to conditions.

26-00724

26-00725

Committee recommends denial for the Sale of Beer and Wine by

the Drink in conjunction with a restaurant and video gaming

terminals in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 7054

Walton Street (Dimple Amit Naik/Wings Rockford IL, LLC dba

Wing Snob Rockford/Applicant), thus reversing the Liquor and

Tobacco Advisory Board’s recommendation of approval.

Finance and Personnel Committee

Committee recommends approval of vouchers in the amount of

$15,480,571.48 as approved at the Finance and Personnel

Committee meeting held on June 22, 2026.

26-00769

Committee recommends approval of the Lien Reduction request

from Z Financial, LLC to release liens on various properties

incurred from 1987 to 2017 in the total amount of $15,495.50,

upon payment in full of $10,000.00.

26-00621

Committee recommends approval of a Memorandum of Agreement

with AFSCME Local 1058 regarding financial incentives for

Telecommunicators.

26-00770

26-00771

Committee recommends approval of an Intergovernmental

Agreement (IGA) between the City of Rockford and Rockford

Housing Authority (RHA) in the amount to be determined per

weatherized scattered site unit. The agreement does not require a

cost match. The agreement term is from the date of execution, with

a potential one-year extension.

VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS COMMITTEE REPORTS LAID OVER

Planning and Development Committee

Code and Regulation Committee

Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’

approval for the Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit

Development for an RV and Fifth Wheel only community in an

R-1, Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 2530, 2710 and

2720 South Main Street (Midwest Yard Holdings, LLC/Applicant).

Subject to conditions. (LAID OVER JUNE 15, 2026)

26-00454

Finance and Personnel Committee

VIII. OFFICERS REPORTS

IX. APPOINTMENTS

Reappointment of Jeremiah Griffin to the Community Action Advisory

Board as a private sector member for a term ending June 2029. (Pursuant

to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after July 1, 2026.)

26-00695

26-00696

Reappointment of Mary Cacioppi to the Community Action Advisory

Board as a private sector member for a term ending July 2029. (Pursuant

to Rule 18, this reappointment will be up for passage after July 1, 2026).

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

A. Planning and Development Committee

Committee recommends approval of the Spaces to Places Program,

which is intended to reduce commercial vacancies and support

small business growth by providing temporary rent assistance for

new or expanding businesses. The city will reimburse security

deposits and 50% of rent for up to 12 months for a total funding

level of up to $20,000.00 per business. The program will have

$300,000.00 designated from 2026 and 2027 Casino Funds.

26-00763

Code and Regulation Committee

Committee recommends approval of the request for authorization

to allow the Zoning Officer to file Text Amendments for multiple

sections of the Zoning Ordinance.

26-00692

Proposed Text Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Table 20-1,

Article 20-005-C (Lot Area per Dwelling Unit), Article 20-005-G

(Rear Setbacks), Table 21-1, Article 30-004 (Mandatory Planned

Unit Developments), Article 35 (Infill Overlay District), Article

50-003 (Off-street Parking Ratios), Article 50-016 (Access

Locations) and Article 80-003 (Nonconforming Uses and

Continuance of Nonconforming Uses.

Finance and Personnel Committee

Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: City Yards

Wash Bay Drain Replacement and Repairs (Bid No. 526-PW-048)

to DPI Construction, of Pecatonica, Illinois in the amount of

$118,630.00. This is a one-time project. The funding source is the

Property Fund.

Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Rails to

Trails Rock River Shoreline Repair (Bid No. 526-PW-044) to

Copenhaver Construction Inc., of Union, Illinois in the amount of

$570,582.94. The contract duration is through October 16, 2026.

The funding source is the 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax.

Committee recommends approval of the Award of

Non-Competitive Contract: Purchase of two (2) Police Vehicles to

Rock River Ford, of Rockford, Illinois in the amount of

$52,322.26. This is a one-time purchase. The funding source is

State Drug Asset and Forfeiture Funds.

Committee recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the

appropriation of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for improvement

under the Illinois Highway Code - Region 1 Planning Council

FY-2027 Funding (26-00682-00-ES) in the amount of $91,308.49.

Committee recommends approval of the authorization to issue a

Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of eight (8)

townhome units at 966 North Court Street.

26-00776

26-00777

Committee recommends approval of the authorization to issue a

Request for Proposals (RFP) for architectural design services to

develop a minimum of three (3) single-family residential design

templates for a new residential infill program.

XI. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES

A. Code and Regulation Committee

An ordinance requiring that traffic on 13th Avenue be required to

yield prior to entering the intersection of 17th Street.

An ordinance requiring traffic on 14th Street to yield prior to

entering the intersection of 10th Avenue.

An ordinance approving a restriction prohibiting commercial

vehicles on Guilford Road from Prospect Street to Alpine Road.

An ordinance related to the Annexation of 14xx Edson Road, 15xx

Edson Road, 16xx Edson Road and a portion of 8631 11th Street.

An ordinance related to the Annexation Agreement for 14xx, 15xx

and 16xx Edson Road and a portion of 8631 11th Street.

An ordinance related to the Zoning Map Amendment from County

AG to I-3, Airport Industrial Zoning District at 14xx, 15xx, and

16xx Edson Road and a portion of 8631 11th Street (Venture One

Acquisitions, LLC/Applicants).

An ordinance approving a Variation to reduce the required front

yard setback from 30 feet to 20 feet and 5 inches in an R-1,

Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 2520 Driftwood Lane

(Christian Solares/Applicant).

26-00795

26-00796

26-00797

An ordinance approving a Zoning Map Amendment from R-1,

Single-Family Residential Zoning District to C-2, Limited

Commercial Zoning District at 8539 East State Street (Armen

Properties, LLC/Applicants).

An ordinance related to the Sale of Tobacco Products in

conjunction with a tobacco store in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use

District at 714 Broadway (Damian Lyman/Lyman Enterprises dba

Dolla Dame Smoke Shop/Applicant).

10.

11.

An ordinance approving the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (NG-L)

and the Sale of Packaged Liquor (PKG) in conjunction with a

café, restaurant and bar in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District

at 501 East State Street (Benjamin Chauvin/Eachother, LLC dba

Eachother/Applicant).

26-00798

26-00799

An ordinance approving the Modification of an existing liquor

license to include liquor by the drink with video gaming terminals

in conjunction with a restaurant and banquet hall in a C-1, Limited

Office Zoning District, C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District,

and C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 6075 East

Riverside Boulevard (Gerlando Galluzzo/Sam’s Ristorante &

Pizzeria, LLC dba Sam’s Ristorante & Pizzeria/Applicant).

12.

13.

14.

15.

An ordinance related to the Sale of Packaged Liquor (Class PKG)

in conjunction with a liquor store in a C-2, Limited Commercial

Zoning District at 922 Kilburn Avenue (Ashvin K. Patel/MaxMart

Liquor, LLC dba MaxMart/Applicant).

An ordinance related to the Sale of Tobacco Products in

conjunction with a liquor store in a C-2, Limited Commercial

Zoning District at 922 Kilburn Avenue (Ashvin K. Patel/MaxMart

Liquor, LLC dba MaxMart/Applicant).

An ordinance approving the Sale of Liquor by the Drink (Class

NG-L) in conjunction with a restaurant in an I-1, Light Industrial

Zoning District at 3222 and 3208 South Alpine Road (Emily Ann

Marrufo/Marrufo’s Tacos, LLC dba Marrufo’s Tacos/Applicant).

An ordinance related to the Sale of Beer and Wine by the Drink in

conjunction with a restaurant and video gaming terminals in a C-2,

Limited Commercial Zoning District at 7054 Walton Street

(Dimple Amit Naik/Wings Rockford IL, LLC dba Wing Snob

Rockford/Applicant).

16.

An ordinance approving the Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit

Development for an RV and Fifth Wheel only community in an

R-1, Single-Family Residential Zoning District at 2530, 2710 and

2720 South Main Street (Midwest Yard Holdings, LLC/Applicant).

26-00732

26-00785

Planning and Development Committee

An ordinance related to the Funding Agreement with Goodwill in

partnership with IBEW Local 364 for Electrical Workers Trades

Program to better prepare individuals for IBEW application

process in the amount of $85,172.00. The funding source is Casino

Funds.

An ordinance approving the Grant of Easement to Commonwealth

Edison for the city-owned property located at 850 South Horace

Avenue, Rockford, Illinois (PIN: 11-21-377-003).

26-00780

26-00781

An ordinance related to the Funding Agreement with

Comprehensive Community Solutions (CCS) to expand prevention

and intervention programming in collaboration with the City of

Rockford's Community Healing Center in the amount of

$400,000.00. The funding source is Cannabis Funds.

An ordinance related to the Funding Agreement with Angelic

Organics Learning Center Inc., an Illinois not-for-profit

corporation d/b/a Farmers Rising in partnership with City Center

Market for the establishment of a Mobile Grocery Store in the

amount of $822,000. The funding source is 2025 and 2026 Casino

Funds.

26-00782

26-00783

An ordinance approving the termination of the Global Trade Park

South Redevelopment Project Area and the Dissolution of the

Special Tax Allocation Fund for Global Trade Park South Tax

Increment Financing District.

An ordinance approving the South Rockford Industrial Tax

Increment Financing District Redevelopment Project Area.

26-00784

26-00786

26-00787

An ordinance designating the South Rockford Industrial

Redevelopment Project Area.

An ordinance adopting Tax Increment Allocation Financing for the

South Rockford Industrial Redevelopment Project Area.

Finance and Personnel Committee

An ordinance approving the Lien Reduction request from Z

Financial, LLC to release liens on various properties incurred from

1987 to 2017 in the total amount of $15,495.50, upon payment in

full of $10,000.00.

26-00803

An ordinance approving a Memorandum of Agreement with

AFSCME Local 1058 regarding financial incentives for

Telecommunicators.

26-00804

26-00805

An ordinance approving an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)

between the City of Rockford and Rockford Housing Authority

(RHA) in the amount to be determined per weatherized scattered

site unit. The agreement does not require a cost match. The

agreement term is from the date of execution, with a potential

one-year extension.

XII. ADJOURNMENT