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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJPZ - 06/07/1983 - ECNOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINUTES VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE R E C E E JUDICIARY, PLANNING & ZONING 98COMMITTEE JUN 1 6 1983 YIL(gGE CwS The meeting of the Judiciary, Planning & Zoning Committee, as called by Chairman James Petri at the regular Village Board Meeting on May 24, 1983, convened at 7:00 P.M., June 7, 1983 in the Trustees Conference Room of the Municipal Building, 901 Wellington Avenue. Members Present: James Petri, Chairman Edward Hauser, Trustee Joseph Bosslet, Trustee Staff Present: George C. Coney, Director of Finance Leonard J. Flood, Asst Director of Finance Others Present: Mr. Harry Pestine, Manager of Marketing - Region 1, State of Illinois, Department of Commerce & Community Affairs Miss Phyllis Podgorski, Marketing Representative, State of Illinois, Department of Commerce & Community Affairs The following Topic was discussed: Economic Development At the request of the JPZ Committee Mr. Harry Pestine and Miss Phyllis Podgorski were invited to speak to the Committee to discuss ways in which the State of Illinois can assist the Village of Elk Grove in promoting commercial and industrial development in the community. Mr. Pestine and Miss Podgorski are with the State of Illinois, Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) . The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (RCCA) was established to promote community and economic development in Illinois. RCCA serves as a central source of information and assistance for businesses and local governments in the state. RCCA was created October 1, 1979, by merging the Department of Local Government Affairs, the Governor's Office of Manpower and Human Development, and the Department of Business and Economic Development, in order to consolidate their economic and community development programs and increase the effectiveness of the state in industrial and community development. Page 2 The primary mission of the agency is to ensure economic stability, enhance business prosperity, increase employment and training opportunities and promote the increased capabilities of local governments and other public and not-for-profit entities to achieve balanced development of physical, economic, fiscal, and human resources. The marketing and communications division, for which Mr. Pestine and Miss Podgorski work, is solely concerned with retaining, expanding and promoting business and economic development throught the State of Illinois. The Department has recently completed a reorganization which has resulted in the State being divided into six regions. Region 1 encompasses the Chicago Metropolitan area. DCCA currently administers 40 programs in the economic development and urban administration areas. Mr. George Coney explained that the Village is seriously interested in creating a dynamic economic development program. He outlined the process that the Village and the Committee has followed to date in this regard. Mr. Pestine expressed his pleasure with the attitude that the Village has adopted. RCCA seeks to create a partnership with communities throughout the State. Their goal is to cut through the red tape and administrative bureaucracy of State government, and help business and industry in relocation and expansion. Mr. Pestine emphasized that retention and expansion of bus- inesses in the Village should be our first goal. Retention without expansion does not support growth in the community. 80% of the new jobs in the Village will come from existing firms. Mr. Pestine noted that the Village's decision to issue Industrial Revenue Bonds was an extremely positive action, helping to offset the higher taxes industries pay in Cook County by helping to lower the cost of financing. He suggested that the idea of "rolling over" IRB fees into the Village's economic development program was a good approach, thus putting the costs for promoting the economic development program on IRB users who benefit by it. To aid businesses in relocation and expansion, DCCA maintains a computerized community profile of all towns in Illinois with pertainent information on each. This is only one way RCCA fosters contact with businesses. In addi- tion, they offer professional referrals and maintain information on their computers as to available sites, both vacant and developed parcels, in towns throughout the state. The nationally unique Illinois Industrial Sites and Building Location Data Base (SBL) provides a company seeking to expand or relocate in Illinois, a means of identifying a site or building that will meet their location criteria, (such as transportation, labor force, etc.) . Thisis in addition to the demographic information on the particular community and the services available at any specific location. Page 3 Mr. Pestine acknowledged the work of the Village staff in providing information on vacant parcels and stated that their department should be advised of all new annexations of vacant property in Elk Grove Village in order to keep their records current. Information on vacant buildings is generally obtained from industrial real estate brokers and developers. Mr. Pestine suggested that the Village encourage developers and realtors to supply information to DCCA on vacancies in the Village in a format consist with the SBL Data Base. Miss Podgorski briefly discussed the Illinois, Inc. , campaign which is an alliance of state government, business, labor, communities, units of local government joined in an international marketing and economic development program which invites the world to "Discover the Mangnificent Miles of Illinois". It was suggested that the logo Discover The Magnificent Miles ofl itois AeAe should appear on all economic development literature as a sign of our committment to the growth of business and industry in Illinois. The Village can join with the State in advertising the community in various trade journals and magazines at a significant cost savings over advertising on our own. We can even target certain markets we wish to attact under this program. The use of economic development literature such as the "puff - pieces", quality of life books and statistical information sheets was strongly en- couraged. According to Mr. Pestine the Village of Elk Grove has a definete attraction factor. Within the community is the nations largest industrial park and the types of companies located here have made Elk Grove Village known throughout the world. Mr. Pestine felt that economic development literature on Elk Grove Village would be extremely beneficial to the State of Illinois in attracting businesses here because of Elk Grove Village's role as the leading industrial community in the country. He indicated that such information could be dis- tributed throughout DCCA's foreign offices and would be carried to special shows and exhibitions because of Elk Grove Village's name recognition value. Page 4 Mr. Pestine suggested that the Village consider including information in their economic development literature on DCCA and especially two pro- grams operated through the State - Small Business Growth Corporation and industrial Training Program (ITP) Businesses seeking to relocate or expand in Illinois may not be aware that ITP pays a portion of the salaries of new workers while they are being trained. Such information would be significant to a firm weighing the benefits of several locations across the country. Mr. Pestine urged the Village to get involved in the Illinois, Inc. Campaign. There is no cost for the Village to become a member. In addition, Miss Podgorski suggested that we use the services of DCCA to help sell the benefits of Elk Grove Village. This would include advising their department of all inquiries regarding building or expansion within the Village as well as requests for information on IRB's. Their interests would be concentrated entirely on locating or expanding that business within Elk Grove Village. At the conclusion of the meeting Miss Podgorski indicated that she would be sending the Village the following information: 1. Information on the Illinois, Inc. Campaign. 2. Samples of the advertisement used by the State in promoting economic development with participating organizations. 3. Blanks for updating the Villages Community Profile. 4. Copies of the statistical fact sheets used by the State in their promotional literature. Those in attendance thanked Miss Podgorski and Mr. Pestine for their comments and suggestions. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Leonard`JFl, Assistant Director of Finance LJF/el CC: President 6 Board of Trustees Village Manager Asst Village Manager Village Attorney Village Clerk Director of Finance