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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: 7.
First Amendment to a Retail & Restaurant Grant
124 Main Street FILE NUMBER:
Raised Bakery and Café
COMMITTEE DATE: N/A
Resolution 24-R-0034
COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: = April 1, 2024 |
STAFF REVIEW: Tom Dabareiner, AICP SIGNATURE A
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REVIEW: Michael Guttman SIGNATURE
ITEM SUMMARY:
Raised Bakery & Café was awarded the City’s Retail-Restaurant Grant in an amount not to exceed $10,000
on December 16, 2019. The Grantee, Yolanda Peterson, began the build-out of the space at 124 Main
Street in early 2020 but had some personal setbacks that stalled the project. The City Council extended
the grant on April 3, 2023 to accommodate the continuation of the project.
Since then, the project suffered additional timing setbacks. The circumstances that have led to continued
challenges include a burst pipe that required the new flooring to be replaced, a second-floor leak
necessitated the remediation of newly replaced flooring in the restaurant, plumbing in the basement had to
be replaced due to a structural issue, and a delay in equipment delivery halted progress in the basement.
While the business has now received the Certificate of Occupancy, the business is not yet ready to open.
Pursuant to the terms in the Agreement, the Grantee is requesting an amendment to accommodate the
opening of the bakery within six months. As a reminder, Raised Bakery and Café will be a full-service retail
bakery and café, offering a selection of menu items including baked goods and gourmet coffees, as well
as a full breakfast and lunch menu.
Staff continues to support this request, as Raised Bakery and Café will be a desirable retail business and
café, which will generate additional traffic within the downtown. The opening of Raised Bakery and Café
will increase local tax revenues and support opportunities for new businesses, along with retention and
expansion of existing businesses, in the downtown area.
ACTIONS PROPOSED:
Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an amendment to the Retail-Restaurant
Grant Program Agreement in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 to Raised Bakery & Café for Qualifying
Expenditures to the property at 124 Main Street.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
This item did not go to a Committee.
Attachments: Draft Resolution and First Amendment; Original Grant Agreement

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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-R-0034
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN RETAIL & RESTAURANT
GRANT AGREEMENT WITH YOLANDA PETERSON
(124 MAIN STREET)
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of West Chicago, in regular session
assembled, that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a First Amendment to a Downtown Retail
& Restaurant Grant Program Agreement by and between Yolanda Peterson and the City of West
Chicago, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A.
APPROVED this day of April 2024.
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Mayor Ruben Pineda
ATTEST:
Executive Office Manager Valeria Perez

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Exhibit A to Resolution 2024-R-0034
A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN RETAIL & RESTAURANT GRANT
PROGRAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST CHICAGO AND YOLANDA
PETERSON
This FIRST AMENDMENT to the Downtown Retail & Restaurant Grant Program Agreement
(hereinafter referred to as the "AMENDMENT" is entered into this 1st day of April, 2024, by and between
the City of West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois, an Illinois municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "CITY") and Yolanda Peterson, (hereinafter referred to as the "GRANTEE") (the CITY and the
GRANTEE are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "PARTIES");
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the GRANTEE represents the owner of certain real property located at 124 Main Street,
in West Chicago, (hereinafter referred to as the "SUBJECT REALTY") and legally described on “Exhibit 1”,
which is attached hereto and incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the SUBJECT REALTY is located within the CITY’s Downtown Redevelopment
Project Area (hereinafter referred to as “AREA”), duly established pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
Redevelopment Act (hereinafter referred to as the “ACT”), 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities of the City of West Chicago established a Downtown TIF
Area Retail & Restaurant Business Grant Program via Resolution 2013-R-0006 on January 21, 2013
(hereinafter referred to as the “PROGRAM”) whereby the CITY may make financial contributions to
strengthen retail and restaurant business activity within the AREA; and
WHEREAS, the CITY previously approved the GRANTEE’s request for PROGRAM funding in an
amount of up to $10,000.00 on December 16, 2019 but was not memorialized via a Grant Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the CITY extended the GRANTEE’s approval via a Grant Agreement authorized by
Resolution 2023-R-0039 on April 3, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “GRANT AGREEMENT”); and
WHEREAS, the GRANTEE has recently obtained occupancy of the SUBJECT REALTY but has
not opened the restaurant within the time frame required in the PROGRAM; and
WHEREAS, the GRANTEE is committed to opening the restaurant within the next six months, and,
as such, is requesting an extension of the prior approvals, in accordance with the PROGRAM; and
WHEREAS, the CITY has determined that it would further the achievement of the objectives of the
AREA for the establishment of the proposed business at the SUBJECT REALTY and that the Qualifying
Expenditures would be eligible for reimbursement from the CITY based on the terms and conditions of this
AGREEMENT and the PROGRAM.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and in further consideration of the
mutual covenants, terms, and conditions herein set forth, the PARTIES do hereby mutually covenant,
promise, and agree to amend the GRANT AGREEMENT as follows:
Section 1. That Article V, Qualifying Expenditures, of the GRANT AGREEMENT be amended as
follows:

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ARTICLE V
QUALIFING EXPENDITURES
The CITY shall reimburse GRANTEE for a portion of those PROJECT costs that are “Qualifying
Expenditures” and which have actually been expended by GRANTEE:
1. Build out of tenant space;
2. Business start-up related media marketing and advertising; and
3. Other similar types of items as may be approved in the discretion of the Selection Committee,
as defined in the PROGRAM.
Items that are not eligible for reimbursement under this PROGRAM and GRANT include, but are not
limited to: moving expenses; rent; signs; production equipment; payroll; day-to-day operational costs (e.g.
utilities, taxes, maintenance, refuse collection, etc.); inventory/product; and City fees, including but not
limited to, fees licenses, deposits or other charges.
All Qualifying Expenditures must have actually been incurred between the original GRANT approval
date through six (6) months after the date of approval of this AGREEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT, and
evidenced by an appropriate invoice or receipt satisfactorily indicating payment of the expenses.
Documentation for Qualifying Expenditures, enabling payment to the GRANTEE must be submitted no later
than seven (7) months after the date of approval of this AGREEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT.
Section 2. That Article VI, Obligations of Grantee, item 3, of the GRANT AGREEMENT, be
amended as follows:
3. Open the business within six (6) months from the date of approval of this AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT.
Section 3. That the PARTIES do hereby mutually covenant, promise, and agree that all other
provisions of the GRANT AGREEMENT shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the PARTIES hereto have set their hands and seals on the date first above
written.
CITY OF WEST CHICAGO, an Illinois
Municipal Corporation:
By:
Mayor Ruben Pineda
ATTEST:
Executive Office Manager Valeria Perez
GRANTEE:
By:
Yolanda Peterson

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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF DU PAGE )
I, the undersigned, a Notary Public, in and for said County, in the State aforesaid, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that Ruben Pineda, Mayor of the City of West Chicago, and Valeria Perez, Executive Office
Manager, personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are set forth on the foregoing
instrument as such Mayor and City Clerk respectively appeared before me this day in person and
acknowledged that they signed and delivered the said instrument as their own free and voluntary act and as
the free and voluntary act of said City, for the uses and purposes therein set forth; and the said Executive
Office Manager then and there acknowledged that she, as custodian of the corporate seal of said City, did
affix the corporate seal of said City to said instrument, as her own free and voluntary act and as the free and
voluntary act of said City, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
GIVEN under my hand and Notarial Seal this day of , 2024.
Notary Public

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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF DUPAGE _ )
I, the undersigned, a Notary Public, in and for said County, in the State aforesaid, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that Yolanda Peterson, personally known to me to be the same person whose name is set forth on
the foregoing instrument appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that she signed and
delivered the said instrument as her own free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
GIVEN under my hand and Notarial Seal this day of , 2024.
Notary Public

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EXHIBIT 1
Subject Realty Legal Description
The northerly 25.75 feet in width of Lot 5 of the Warehouse Block, as shown on Plat of the Town of
Junction, as established by Decree of the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois, Chancery Case No.
3904, in the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 9, Township 39 North, Range 9, East
of the Third Principal Meridian in DuPage County, Illinois.
Permanent Index Number (PIN): 04-09-204-010
Property Address: 124 Main Street, West Chicago, IL 60185