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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: S.G.
Ordinance No. 19-O-0040 — Real Estate Tax Abatement —
Discovery Drive Investors FILE NUMBER:
COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: N/A
COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: 12/2/2019
STAFF REVIEW: SIGNATURE
APPROVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR: SIGNATURE.
ITEM SUMMARY:
In March 2018, the City Council approved a partial property tax abatement for Discovery Drive Investors
LLC, which leases its building in the DuPage Business Center to the Suncast Corporation. That
Agreement requires the participating taxing bodies to approve an Abatement Ordinance within 60 days of
the Completion Date, which was October 15, 2019.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of Ordinance No. 19-O-0040.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
This item didn’t go to Committee because it is a requirement of a previously approved IGA.

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ORDINANCE NO. 19-0-0040
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT - DISCOV ERY
DRIVE INVESTORS LLC
WHEREAS, the Illinois Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/18-165, authorizes any taxing
district to abate its taxes in relation to a specific property; and
WHEREAS, in “An Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of West Chicago,
DuPage Airport Authority, West Chicago Library District, West Chicago Fire Protection District,
West Chicago Elementary School District 33, Community High School District 94 and Discovery
Drive Investors, LLC in Regard to a Property Tax Abatement Relative to the Development of the
Discovery Drive Investors Property,” dated March 26, 2018 (“IGA”), the City Council of the City
of West Chicago previously determined it to be in its best interests to abate a portion of its taxes
on the real estate legally described in Exhibit 1, attached hereto and made a part hereof (“Subject
Property”), in order to encourage a commercial firm to redevelop the Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, the conditions of the IGA for the abatement of a portion of the taxes on the
Subject Property have been met; and
WHEREAS, in the IGA, this City Council previously determined such abatement of taxes
to be in the best interests of its tax payers in order to encourage a commercial firm to redevelop
the Subject Property, increase the tax base, and increase employment opportunities; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor of the City of West Chicago,
DuPage County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. This City Council hereby finds that all of the recitals contained in the preambles
to this Ordinance are full, true and correct and does now incorporate the same herein by reference.
Section 2. The County Clerk of DuPage County, Illinois is hereby ordered to abate the real
estate taxes to be extended on the Subject Property, on behalf of the City Council according to the
rate set forth in Section 3 below, but excluding any levy or levies for debt service (“Abatement
Rate”), commencing at the start of the next calendar year after the year in which this Ordinance is
passed. However, in no event shall the aggregate abatement of real estate taxes levied against the
Subject Property by the City of West Chicago, together with real estate taxes levied against the
Subject Property and abated in previous and future years by all other taxing districts, exceed the
total of Four Million and No/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00).
Section 3. The Abatement Rate shall be Fifty Percent (50%) of the real estate taxes to be
extended on the Subject Property on behalf of the City of West Chicago.
Section 4. The Mayor and City Clerk of the City of West Chicago are hereby authorized
and directed to execute this Ordinance and cause a certified copy of the same to be filed with the
County Clerk of DuPage County, Illinois.

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Section 5, This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption and
publication.
PASSED this day of 2019.
Alderman Beifuss ee Alderman Chassee
Alderman Sheahan ee Alderman Brown ee
Alderman Hallett _ Alderman Ferguson
Alderman Birch-Ferguson | Alderman Dimas ee
Alderman Swiatek _ Alderman Garling
Alderman Stout Alderman Short
Alderman Ligino-Kubinski
APPROVED as to form:
City Attorney
APPROVED THIS day of 2019.
Mayor Ruben Pineda
ATTEST:
City Clerk Nancy M. Smith
PUBLISHED:

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EXHIBIT1
LEGALDESCRIPTIONOFTHESUBJECTPROPERTY
(attached)
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Legal Description of Subject Property
THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7,
TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 8 OF DUPAGE NATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY PARK NORTH ASSESSMENT PLAT LOT 8, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 10, 2007 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2007-184626;
THENCE NORTH 05 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST
LINE OF SAID LOT 8, A DISTANCE OF 999.83 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 18
MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE 78.99 FEET TO A POINT ON THE
SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF DISCOVERY DRIVE DEDICATED PER
DOCUMENT R2007-131936; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY FOR
THE NEXT 3 COURSES; (1) THENCE EASTERLY 255.96 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A
NON-TANGENT CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1100.00 FEET AND
WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 80 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST 255.38
FEET TO A POINT OF COMPOUND CURVATURE; (2) THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 314.58
FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A TANGENT CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS
OF 1264.92 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 66 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 43
SECONDS EAST 313.77 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE; (3) THENCE
EASTERLY 872.37 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A TANGENT CIRCLE TO THE LEFT
HAVING A RADIUS OF 660.08 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 82 DEGREES
47 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST 810.26 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 43
DEGREES 40 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST 71.53 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE;
THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 14.98 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A TANGENT CIRCLE TO
THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 48.50 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 52
DEGREES 31 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST 14.92 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY;
THENCE SOUTH 61 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST 427.37 FEET TO A POINT
ON A NON-TANGENT CURVE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 190.62 FEET ALONG THE
ARC OF A NON-TANGENT CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 182.00 FEET
AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 23 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST
182.03 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 48 MINUTES
31 SECONDS WEST 202.87 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 55
SECONDS WEST 135.39 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 5 OF
DUPAGE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PARK NORTH ASSESSMENT PLAT LOT 5,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 10, 2007 AS DOCUMENT
NUMBER R2007-184620 SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON A NON-TANGENT CURVE;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY 182.35 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGENT
CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 795.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD
BEARS SOUTH 26 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 59 SECONDS WEST 181.95 FEET TO A POINT;
THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST 190.06 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF FABYAN PARKWAY (AKA
BARTON ROAD AND DUPAGE COUNTY HIGHWAY 21); THENCE NORTH 85 DEGREES
57 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE

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1,563.04 FEET; THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST ALONG
SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 68.24 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING,
IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
CONTAINING 38.675 ACRES OR 1,684,698 SQUARE FEET MORE OR LESS.
P.I.N.: 04-07-400-023
Common address: 805 Discovery Drive, West Chicago, Illinois

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Tren # §.C.
RESOLUTION NO. 19-R-0062
A RESOLUTION MAKING A DETERMINATION RELATIVE TO THE
RELEASE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES PURSUANT TO THE
ILLINOIS OPEN MEETINGS ACT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Chicago met from time to time
in executive session for purposes authorized by the Illinois Open Meetings Act; and,
WHEREAS, as required by the Act, the City Clerk has kept written minutes of all
such executive sessions; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act, the City
Council has met in executive session to review all executive session minutes; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the minutes of the meetings or
parts of meetings listed on Schedule “A” attached hereto no longer require confidential
treatment and should be made available for public inspection; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that a need for
confidentiality still exists to the executive session minutes from the meetings or parts of
meetings not set forth on Schedule “A” attached hereto.
NOW, HEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of West
Chicago, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Executive Session minutes for those meetings set forth on
Schedule “A” attached hereto are hereby released for public inspection.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to make said
minutes available for inspection and copying in accordance with the standing procedures
of the Clerk’s office.
SECTION 3. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
adoption and approval.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2™ day of December 2019.
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Ruben Pineda, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nancy Smith, City Clerk

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19-R-0062
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RESOLUTION 19-R-0062
SCHEDULE “A”
EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES
WHICH NO LONGER REQUIRE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION
3/15/04 Planter’s Palette
7/19/04 Planter’s Palette
6/18/07 —_ Tronox Property Donation
5/5/08 Dugan v. WC
10/19/09 342 E. York Sewer Back-up
4/5/10 342 E. York Sewer Back-up
11/1/10 151 W. Washington Street
2/21/11 151 W. Washington Street
2/21/11 Litigation Imminent — Henkel
6/6/1 151 W. Washington Street
6/20/11 Sewer Back-up on York
5/21/12 151 W. Washington Street
T/N16/12 151 W. Washington Street
10/7/13 Henkel Litigation
10/7/13 Tobin Litigation
10/7/13 Giordano Litigation
8/18/14 Henkel Litigation
9/15/14 103 W. Washington Lease
10/6/14 103 W. Washington Lease
2/2/15 Henkel Litigation
4/6/15 Tobin Litigation
4/20/15 Oliver Hoffman Litigation
8/3/15 Pension Fund Litigation
11/2/15 305 Main Street Lease
1/18/16 Hernandez EEOC
5/16/16 Marathon Gas Station Lease
8/1/16 Henkel Litigation
10/17/16 Marathon Gas Station Lease
11/7/16 Tobin Litigation
3/6/17 509 Church Street Lease
3/6/17 Henkel and Hernandez EEOC Complaints

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Them # &.D,
RESOLUTION NO. 19-R-0063
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION
OF AUDIO RECORDINGS OF CERTAIN CLOSED MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Section 2.06 (a) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2.06
(a), requires public bodies to audio or video record their closed meetings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Chicago has complied with that
requirement; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.06 (b) the Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2.06 (b),
permits a public body to destroy the verbatim record of closed meetings without
notification to or the approval of a records commission or the State Archivist not less
than eighteen (18) months after the completion of the meeting recorded, but only after:
1. It approves the destruction of a particular recording; and
2. It approves the written minutes of the closed meeting in compliance with
Section 2.06 (a) of the Open Meetings Act.
WHEREAS, for the verbatim record by tape of the closed meeting(s) set forth in
Section 2 below of this Resolution, at least eighteen (18) months have passed since the
completion of those meetings, and, further, the City Council has approved written
minutes for each of those meetings; and
WHEREAS, a body may order the destruction of the verbatim record even if it
continues to withhold the approved written minutes of the closed meeting until some later
period of time; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is unaware of any judicial or administrative causes
of action imminent or pending that would require judicial examination pursuant to
Section 2.06 (e), 5 ILCS 5/2.06 (e), of the verbatim record of the meetings set forth in
Section 2 below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST CHICAGO, DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, in regular session
assembled as follows:
Section 1. Foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Based upon said recitals, the City Council hereby orders the City
Clerk to destroy the verbatim record being an audio tape of the following closed
meetings:
Resolution No. 19-R-0063
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2017
June 15, 2017 August 7, 2017
Section 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon
its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2™ day of December, 2019.
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Ruben Pineda, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nancy M. Smith, City Clerk
Resolution No. 19-R-0063
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