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The Evanston Joint Review Board met on December 11, 2025, to conduct its statutorily required annual review of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district reports for fiscal year 2024. The agenda included approval of 2024 meeting minutes, review of annual reports for five active TIF districts (Howard Ridge, West Evanston, Dempster Dodge, Chicago Main, and Five Fifths), and board discussion. The meeting was held virtually via Google Meet and involved representatives from the City of Evanston, Oakton College, Evanston Township High School District 202, Evanston School District 65, and the Evanston Public Library.
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The Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors held a public meeting on December 2, 2024, to consider ordinances creating a Public Arts Commission and Historic Resource Overlay District (HR-484) and authorizing acquisition of a 0.777-acre parcel at 595 Park Ridge Drive through a PEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HR-485). The agenda also included announcements about ongoing infrastructure projects including the Strafford Park and Bair Road stormwater projects and the Contention Lane Bridge closure in January, as well as motions to approve various township business items including park upgrades, storm and sanitary pipe projects, and escrow releases totaling approximately $700,000.
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Jul 17, 2023
The Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors met on July 17, 2023, to conduct routine township business including approval of software and repair proposals, authorization of bids for trash and recycling services, and scheduling of public hearings for August 28 on four ordinances covering a Verizon cable franchise, industrial pretreatment standards, woodland conservation, and subdivision regulations. The board also announced upcoming infrastructure projects including the Chesterbrook Boulevard Leaning Wall Replacement Project running through the end of 2023 and a joint Fire/EMS Study meeting scheduled for July 31 with neighboring Easttown Township, while honoring Detective Sergeant Jim Slavin's promotion to Lieutenant.
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The Housing and Homelessness Commission held a meeting on May 2, 2019, in Evanston to address several agenda items including approval of March 7, 2019 meeting minutes, a funding application from the Alliance to End Homelessness of Suburban Cook County for HMIS (Homeless Management Information System), and discussion of a demolition tax index. The March 7 meeting minutes indicate the commission discussed bylaws and affordable housing fund revisions, with commissioners deciding to defer changes pending outcomes from the Affordable Housing Plan Steering Committee, and received public comment on the demolition tax and climate resilience initiatives.
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The Evanston City Council held a regular meeting on July 15, 2019, to address several agenda items including approval of prior meeting minutes, consideration of an inclining block water rate structure to adjust rates based on consumption levels, and approval of Resolution 76-R-19 authorizing a Local Public Agency Funding Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the Central Street Bridge Replacement project. The bridge project agreement establishes maximum federal grant funding at 80% of right-of-way purchase costs (up to $560,000), with the City of Evanston committing to fund the remaining 20% ($140,000) from its 2019 General Obligation Bonds Capital Improvement Fund.
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The Housing and Homelessness Commission held a meeting on December 6, 2018, in Evanston to consider funding requests and policy matters including a senior housing feasibility study from the Age-Friendly Evanston Task Force and renewal funding for Community Partners for Affordable Housing's IHO waitlist management program. The agenda also included discussion of demolition tax and affordable housing fund documents. The document includes draft minutes from the November 1, 2018 meeting and indicates the next scheduled meeting would be January 10, 2019.
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The Housing & Community Development Act Committee held meetings on November 15, 2016, and scheduled a follow-up for March 21, 2017, to address housing and community development matters in Evanston. The November meeting approved previous meeting minutes and conducted a public hearing on the draft 2017 Action Plan, during which representatives from Connections for the Homeless advocated for affordable housing at 30-50% of area median income and support for rapid re-housing initiatives. The March agenda included voting on approval of the 2016 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and reviewing a request for housing rehabilitation assistance for a 13-unit affordable rental project at 743 Brummel Street from the Housing Opportunity Development Corporation.
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The Housing & Community Development Act Committee of the City of Evanston held a remote meeting on December 15, 2020, to review and allocate 2021 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding based on an estimated grant amount of $1,650,000. The agenda included discussion and voting on the Draft 2021 Action Plan and Citizen Participation Plan Amendment, as well as consideration of city program and project applications for FY2021 CDBG funding, including targeted code enforcement, housing rehabilitation, and two alley improvement projects. Public comment was available to residents through written submission or remote participation via Zoom or phone due to COVID-19 public health concerns.
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