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Streator City Council to look at facade grant, downtown corridor funding, five-year road plan · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Street or City Council to look at facade grant downtown corridor funding,
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  five year road plan. Written by Emily Beebe This article is being
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  read by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. The Street
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  or City council meets Wednesday to possibly vote on a 15,000 facade
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  grant for a 12th Street business, authorize a grant application that could
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  bring eight degrees percent state and federal funding to the downtown corridor,
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  and approve a five-year road improvement plan. The council will consider a
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  resolution granting Todd and Melanie Cashmer, owners of The
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  12th Street TAP at 510 East 12th Street, a facade grant of
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  15,000 funded through the downtown TIFF 2. The project, estimated at 21,900,
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  would cover removing and installing new siding to the front of the
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  building, a new roll-up door to the service entrance, a new front
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  window, and new stairs at the front entrance. The Planning Commission reviewed
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  the application on September 8 and recommended approval. If this grant passes,
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  two remain available under the program. The council will also vote on
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  a resolution in support of an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant application
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  for improvements along Park, Monroe, Vermilion, and Hickory Streets in the downtown
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  corridor. The project, prepared by Hutchinson Engineering, would include removal and replacement
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  of existing sidewalks, streetlight upgrades, benches, trash receptacles, planters, and other items.
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  Streeter has received ITP funding before using previous grant awards for downtown
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  street scraping and pedestrian improvements. If awarded this cycle, the project would
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  be 80 funded by state and federal dollars, and the city would
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  match 20 through motor fuel tax fund.
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  And The
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  general fund. The project is a continuation of the city's 2020 IT
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  PEEP grant, with future phases planned as funding becomes available. A five-year
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  road plan is on the agenda for approval. Streets proposed for fiscal
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  year 2027 include the 100 block of Oak Street, the 200 block
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  of High Street, the 1 to 1300 block of E. Kent Street,
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  and the 100 block of E. Hickory Street. Funds would come from
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  the non-home rule tax fund. Other items The council will consider an
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  intergovernmental agreement to join the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network, or
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  IPW MAN, a statewide organization that allows public agencies to share personnel,
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  equipment and resources during disasters and major emergencies, with aid provided at
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  no cost to the requesting agency for the first five days. The
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  agreement before Streeter also clarifies that mutual aid extends beyond emergencies to
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  day to day operations. The council will also vote to waive the
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  city's peddler and solicitor fees for the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois,
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  allowing them to sell cookies for their fall product program from October
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  1st through November 2nd without paying the standard charges, which run 400
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  per week plus 25 per individual.