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File #: MOT 20-022    Name:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 5/4/2020 Final action: 5/4/2020
Title: Trustees Walker-Peddakotla and Boutet Request a Motion to Consider the Village Board Creation of a Small Business Recovery Task Force that will work with Oak Park's Small Business Community to Support them during the Covid-19 Emergency.
Attachments: 1. Email-Business Recovery Task Force
Submitted By
Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
Trustees Walker-Peddakotla and Boutet Request a Motion to Consider the Village Board Creation of a Small Business Recovery Task Force that will work with Oak Park's Small Business Community to Support them during the Covid-19 Emergency.

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Overview
Overview
Mary Ann Bender, DPM, and President of the Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce, via email asked the Village Board to form a Business Recovery Task Force for the Village of Oak Park. A copy of that email is attached.

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Staff Recommendation
This is a policy decision of the Village Board.

Fiscal Impact
The motion proposed by Trustees Walker-Peddakotla and Boutet did not include any financial proposal.


Background
In an email dated April 27, 2020, Mary Ann Bender, DPM, and President of the Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce, asked the Village Board to form a Business Recovery Task Force for the Village of Oak Park. Ms. Bender states that, "...the Village of River Forest and City of Berwyn have already created task forces for their business communities. In fact, the Village of River Forest task force has met, created a plan, is developing videos to promote their small businesses this week, has supplied re-opening packets to their businesses, and has been calling or meeting with their businesses regularly."
Staff reached out to the Village of River Forest who shared that the Village's Economic Development Commission (not a new task force) is the entity which held a meeting to discuss a Shop River Forest initiative and is proceeding with that effort. We have also reached out to Berwyn and will provide information on how their efforts are being organized.
The Village does not yet have established timetables for when the COVID-19 Pandemic will stabilize in the Village nor in Illinois, which will determine when the Governor will lift the Stay Home order. It is also not yet known if there will...

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