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Orland School Districts 135 and 230 Threat of Litigation Update
History
At the April 1, 2024 Board of Trustees meeting, staff provided an update regarding the Downtown Orland Park project. During the discussion, the matter of the threat of litigation against the Village was also discussed. Below is the text of the agenda from the April 1, 2024 meeting.
As directed by the Village Board, a proposal was sent to the superintendents of D135 and D230. As of this writing, the Village has not received a response to the attached proposal.
The purpose of the discussion at this April 15, 2024, meeting is to provide the Village Board with any applicable updates.
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At the May 2, 2022 Village Board meeting, the Village Board approved the Conceptual Master Development Plan for Downtown Orland Park. Downtown Orland Park is approximately 27 acres. The Conceptual Master Development Plan outlines the proposed development for the remaining 9.15 acres of Downtown Orland Park.
The approved conceptual plan was the foundation for the specifications for a Request for Proposals that was issued seeking a master developer. Two proposals were received, and at the August 15, 2022 Village Board meeting, the Village Board approved initiating negotiations on the Redevelopment Agreement (RDA) for the Downtown Orland Park project with Edwards Realty Company.
For this redevelopment to happen, the Village plans to:
1) amend the existing Main Street Triangle (MST) TIF District boundary to include only a subset of the parcels currently in the MST TIF District, and;
2) designate a new TIF District on some of the parcels currently in the MST TIF District, to be known as the Downtown Orland Park (DOP) TIF District.
At the October 16, 2023 Board of Trustees meeting, the Village Board authorized the execution of a Term Sheet with Edwards Realty for the Downtown Orland ...
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