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Council hears project updates: golf-course RFP advertised; foreclosure cases active; staff probing Illinois pondweed
Summary
Council members received updates that the golf-course RFP has been advertised with a Dec. 1 nonmandatory walkthrough, the city's legal team has active foreclosure cases and is returning preliminary filings next week, and staff are working with a lobbyist on Illinois pondweed inquiries.
At the Nov. 18 meeting the city administrator told the council the request for proposals (RFP) for the golf course has been advertised and that a nonmandatory walkthrough for prospective bidders is scheduled for Dec. 1.
The city administrator said, "The RFP for the golf course is advertised. December 1, we do have a non mandatory walk through, of the golf course for folks who would potentially attend." The timeline and public walkthrough are intended to assist prospective proposers ahead of submittal.
Council members also asked about foreclosure liens for several properties. Legal staff said they had researched title on 10 properties, found no significant title issues, and that cases are active. A staff speaker (identified in the transcript as Aditi) said preliminary case-filing information is expected by the end of the coming week and praised the law firm's responsiveness.
On environmental concerns, a council member asked what the city is doing about Illinois pondweed and whether residents should take action. Staff said they are using the city's lobbyist to make inquiries but had no final results to report.
Separately, council members discussed administrative handling of previously tabled zoning/ordinance items, including whether ordinance numbers that correspond to withdrawn or stalled applications should be administratively marked as abandoned to ease record-keeping. Counsel advised that declaring ordinance numbers abandoned would be legally feasible; council members asked staff to reach out to applicants to confirm intentions before taking final administrative action.
The meeting adjourned after routine clerk business and the discussion of how to handle the tabled ordinance numbers.
