City Hall, Second Floor  
425 E. State Street  
Planning and Development Committee  
Meeting Agenda  
Rockford, IL 61104  
Monday, June 22, 2026  
5:30 PM  
The following represents, in general, the chronological order of proceedings at the City  
Council/Committee Meetings: Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, Public Speaking  
and City Council/Committee Agendas.  
Meeting will be live streamed on Channel 17 and via this link:  
I.  
CALL TO ORDER  
II.  
COMMITTEE REPORTS  
1.  
2.  
Approval of the proposed Grant of Easement to ComEd for the  
City-owned property located at 850 S. Horace Ave., Rockford, Illinois  
(PIN# 11-21-377-003).  
Approval 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. The funding source is  
Cannabis Funds.  
3.  
4.  
Approval 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. The funding source is  
2025 and 2026 Casino Funds.  
An Ordinance for 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.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
An Ordinance Approving the South Rockford Industrial Tax Increment  
Financing District Redevelopment Project Area.  
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.  
III. RESOLUTIONS  
1. Approval of the proposed 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 per business. The Program will  
have $300,000 designated from 2026 and 2027 Casino Funds.  
IV. ADJOURNMENT  
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SPIRIT OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. IF A SIGN LANGUAGE  
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