<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Business and Economic Development Committee on 11/13/2018 at 1:45 PM</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=648423&amp;GUID=6ED6AB1E-C404-482A-8998-75D54108D697</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=6ED6AB1E-C404-482A-8998-75D54108D697&amp;ID=648423&amp;M=CalendarDetail&amp;Title=Board+of+Commissioners+of+Cook+County+-+Meeting+of+Business+and+Economic+Development+Committee+on+11%2F13%2F2018+at+1%3A45+PM" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>18-6995</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3726042&amp;GUID=472C7EE9-F37C-421C-9089-E8E1AB967492</link><guid isPermaLink="false">472C7EE9-F37C-421C-9089-E8E1AB967492-2023-01-30-16-42-40</guid><description>File #: 18-6995&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Committee Minutes&lt;br /&gt;Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES

Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 10/17/2018&lt;br /&gt;Action: approve&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Committee Minutes</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:42:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-6377</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3700169&amp;GUID=FAFEFD3F-EE1C-4B8B-9B34-0F7D7FD5C7C7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">FAFEFD3F-EE1C-4B8B-9B34-0F7D7FD5C7C7-2023-01-30-16-42-40</guid><description>File #: 18-6377&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution (Class 6B) Purchase for Value&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

JAARK REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LLC 6B PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b application containing the following information: 

Applicant: JAARK Real Estate Development LLC

Address: 8000 Joliet Road, McCook, Illinois 60525

Municipality or Unincorporated Township: McCook 

Cook County District: 16  

Permanent Index Number: (1) PIN: 18-11-203-015-0000

Municipal Resolution Number: Village of McCook, Ordinance 18-17 approved May 29, 2018  

Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 2 months at time of application to BED

Special circumstances justification requested: Yes 

Estimated Number of jobs created by this project:  5 full-time, 0 part-time 

Estimated Number of jobs retained at this location:  21 full-time, 2 part-time 

Estimated Number of employees in Cook County:  21 full-time, 2 part-time 

Estimated Number of construction jobs: 12-13 

Proposed use of property:  Industrial-manufacturing  

Living Wage O&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution (Class 6B) Purchase for Value</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:42:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-6378</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3700170&amp;GUID=D39EE03C-BE49-4E30-A56F-FA78050149B8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">D39EE03C-BE49-4E30-A56F-FA78050149B8-2023-01-30-16-42-40</guid><description>File #: 18-6378&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution (Class 8) Purchase for Value&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

MIDLAND CHICAGO REAL ESTATE LLC CLASS 8 PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 application containing the following information: 

Applicant: Midland Chicago Real Estate LLC

Address: 1479 Regency Court, Calumet City, Illinois 60409

Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Calumet City 

Cook County District: 4  

Permanent Index Number: (1) PIN: 29-24-400-027-0000

Municipal Resolution Number: City of Calumet City Resolution 17-54, approved October 12, 2017

Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 5 months at time of application to the Assessor

Special circumstances justification requested: Yes 

Estimated Number of jobs created by this project:  6 full-time, 0 part-time 

Estimated Number of jobs retained at this location:  0 full-time, 0 part-time 

Estimated Number of employees in Cook County:  0 full-time, 0part-time 

Estimated Number of construction jobs: 30 

Proposed use of property:  Industrial-Supply and&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution (Class 8) Purchase for Value</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:42:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-6379</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3700171&amp;GUID=ABAF2B35-C73B-4752-AB60-5C8686575BE0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ABAF2B35-C73B-4752-AB60-5C8686575BE0-2023-01-30-16-42-40</guid><description>File #: 18-6379&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution (Class 6B) Purchase for Value&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

165 N. LIVELY BLVD. PROPERTIES LLC  6B PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b application containing the following information: 

Applicant: 165 N. Lively Blvd. Properties LLC

Address: 165 N. Lively Blvd., Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Elk Grove Village 

Cook County District: 15th District  

Permanent Index Number: 08-22-205-010-0000

Municipal Resolution Number: Village of Elk Grove Village, Resolution No. 37-7

Number of month property vacant/abandoned: Seven (7) months vacant 

Special circumstances justification requested: Yes 

Estimated Number of jobs created by this project:  Five (5) - 10 full-time jobs 

Estimated Number of jobs retained at this location:  45 full-time jobs 

Estimated Number of employees in Cook County:  Same as above 

Estimated Number of construction jobs: 15-25 construction jobs 

Proposed use of property:  Industrial use, warehousing and distribu&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution (Class 6B) Purchase for Value</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:42:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-6420</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3703076&amp;GUID=7A0DBBA2-9DDC-472B-8AA9-BC9E74BBA822</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7A0DBBA2-9DDC-472B-8AA9-BC9E74BBA822-2023-01-30-16-42-40</guid><description>File #: 18-6420&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY FUND TO ADDRESS THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION IN THE 2020 CENSUS  

 WHEREAS, Cook County is a “Fair and Equal County for Immigrants” as defined in 07-R-240; and

WHEREAS, the 2020 Census poses unprecedented challenges that may inhibit an accurate count of the United States population such as a drastic reduction in field staff and the primary use of an online platform for the first time; and

WHEREAS, among these challenges, the inclusion of an untested citizenship question has been proposed by the Department of Commerce and accurate and reliable information on how the Census Bureau will handle this question is not yet available; and

WHEREAS, Cook County has the largest concentration of foreign-born residents in the state of Illinois and must be prepared to educate this population on the importance of participating in the Census to avoid an undercount; and

WHEREAS, immigrants are among the  hard-to-count populations that have experienced an undercount in the past, with 11,000 very young Latino children having been missed in Cook&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:42:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-6017</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3684470&amp;GUID=5FF568DA-ECA1-4A85-B583-1E2646EFAB6D</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5FF568DA-ECA1-4A85-B583-1E2646EFAB6D-2025-09-09-21-38-20</guid><description>File #: 18-6017&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Ordinance&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE

SUBSTITUTE ITEM NO. 18-6017 

PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
(Business and Economic Development Committee 11/13/2018)

 
WEST REGIONAL ENTERPRISE ZONE
 
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE IN THE VILLAGE OF BELLWOOD, THE VILLAGE OF BROADVIEW, THE VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, THE VILLAGE OF MELROSE PARK AND COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS SUBJECT TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
 
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, 20 ILCS 655/1 et seq., as amended (the “Act”) provides for the creation of enterprise zones to encourage private sector investments, stimulate business and industrial growth in economically distressed areas as well as neighborhood revitalization by relaxing government controls and tax incentives throughout the State; and
 
WHEREAS, the Village of Bellwood, the Village of Broadview, the Village of Maywood, the Village of Melrose Park (collectively, the “Municipalities”) and the County of Cook (the “County”), corporate bodies politic organized and existing under the laws of that State of Illinois, each have areas withi&lt;br /&gt;Action: accept as substituted&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Ordinance</category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:38:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-6017</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3684470&amp;GUID=5FF568DA-ECA1-4A85-B583-1E2646EFAB6D</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5FF568DA-ECA1-4A85-B583-1E2646EFAB6D-2025-09-09-21-38-20</guid><description>File #: 18-6017&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Ordinance&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE

SUBSTITUTE ITEM NO. 18-6017 

PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
(Business and Economic Development Committee 11/13/2018)

 
WEST REGIONAL ENTERPRISE ZONE
 
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE IN THE VILLAGE OF BELLWOOD, THE VILLAGE OF BROADVIEW, THE VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, THE VILLAGE OF MELROSE PARK AND COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS SUBJECT TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
 
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, 20 ILCS 655/1 et seq., as amended (the “Act”) provides for the creation of enterprise zones to encourage private sector investments, stimulate business and industrial growth in economically distressed areas as well as neighborhood revitalization by relaxing government controls and tax incentives throughout the State; and
 
WHEREAS, the Village of Bellwood, the Village of Broadview, the Village of Maywood, the Village of Melrose Park (collectively, the “Municipalities”) and the County of Cook (the “County”), corporate bodies politic organized and existing under the laws of that State of Illinois, each have areas withi&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval as substituted&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Ordinance</category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:38:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>