Joint Review Board Downtown TIF II 2020 11-24-20
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APPROVED 11/23/21
ANNUAL JOINT REVIEW BOARD
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
DOWNTOWN II REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 3:10pm
City Hall Council Chambers
800 Game Farm Rd., Yorkville, IL 60560
NOTE: In accordance with Public Act 101-0640 and Gubernatorial Disaster
Proclamation issued by Governor Pritzker pursuant to the powers vested in the Governor
under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the United City of Yorkville is
encouraging social distancing by allowing remote attendance for the Joint Review Board
meetings, due to the current pandemic.
1. Call the Meeting to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:21pm by Chairman/City Administrator Bart Olson.
(All of the below attendees were by remote means, except Bart Olson who was in-person)
2. Roll Call
The following facts were agreed to by Board members prior to this meeting being called
to order: they would consider that roll call had already been taken in the previous
meeting, that Krysti Barksdale-Noble would remain as the Public Member and Bart
Olson would remain as Chairperson.
City of Yorkville, Bart Olson
Kendall County, Matt Asselmeier
Kendall Township, no representative
Yorkville School District #115, no representative
Waubonsee Community College, Sarah Orth
Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District, James Bateman, Tom Lindblom
Others Present:
City Attorney, Kathleen Orr
City of Yorkville, Finance Director Rob Fredrickson
City of Yorkville, Community Development Director Krysti Barksdale-Noble
3. Motion to Elect or Re-elect a Public Member
Krysti Barksdale-Noble was selected as Public Member in the first of this group of
meetings.
4. Motion to Elect or Re-elect a Chairperson
Bart Olson was re-elected as Chairman in the first of this group of meetings.
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5. Minutes for Approval
Mr. Olson entertained a motion to approve the previous meeting minutes of November
12, 2019. So moved by Mr. Bateman and seconded by Ms. Orth. Approved on a
unanimous roll call vote: Asselmeier-yes, Olson-yes, Orth-yes, Noble-yes, Bateman-yes.
Carried 5-0.
6. Review of Annual Report for the Downtown II Redevelopment Project Area
Mr. Fredrickson summarized the report and said the Fund Balance was in the negative.
He briefly reported the expenses and revenue, including the sale of the old jail. He also
referred to the itemization of the expenditures.
7. Questions, Comments from the Board
None
8. Discussion, Deliberation and Recommendations
Mr. Olson gave a brief update and said this TIF is in deficit since the city has approved
one redevelopment agreement for the old jail, but has not entered into any others. This
TIF deficit is less than the first Downtown TIF. He said the jail project is still in
compliance with the agreement and he commented on improvements made along with
abatements they received for building stabilization work. The project must be completed
by the end of 2023.
9. Public Comment
None
10. Adjournment
There was no further business and Mr. Olson entertained a motion for adjournment. So
moved by Ms. Orth and seconded by Mr. Bateman. Roll call vote: Asselmeier-yes,
Olson-yes, Orth-yes, Bateman-yes. Carried 4-0. Adjourned at 3:27pm.
Respectfully transcribed by
Marlys Young, Minute Taker