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[7:10] good evening

[7:11] everyone we got a good crowd here

[7:14] tonight so that's wonderful thanks

[7:16] everybody for coming uh the video of

[7:18] this meeting is streamed live on YouTube

[7:20] and will also be available on Facebook

[7:23] and on the Village website I'd like to

[7:26] call the meeting to order and ask Clerk

[7:28] saladino to call the

[7:31] role trusty Augustine here trusty Gail

[7:35] here trusty McGee here trusty O'Brien

[7:39] here trusty Peterson here trusty

[7:42] Thompson here president ker here and uh

[7:47] we have a special presentation in a

[7:50] little bit but in that honor we have uh

[7:55] account senior account clerk Cheryl

[7:58] aquilla's family and I know she has a

[8:00] lot of volunteers for the pledge

[8:02] allegiance so if everybody who's going

[8:04] to say the Pledge could come up to the

[8:05] podium that would be wonderful and

[8:08] you're can to either introduce yourself

[8:10] or introduce your brother

[8:13] grandson granddaughter however you want

[8:15] to do it so that we make sure everybody

[8:17] gets introduced

[8:43] hi CHL will you say their name into the

[8:45] microphone so Kevin's gonna help you too

[8:47] I think kin all right this is

[8:50] gaan and Emma and Grayson Charlie

[8:55] Frankie and Freddy and my son Charlie

[8:57] awesome what a great group to say the

[8:59] Pledge of

[9:06] Legion the flag of the United States of

[9:09] America and to the for it stands one

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[9:20] nation what a fantastic job thank you

[9:46] we have a few things on tonight's agenda

[9:49] uh but one of the main purposes is of

[9:52] tonight's meeting is to recognize our

[9:54] citizen

[9:55] volunteers uh this evening we're

[9:57] afforded the opportunity to show our

[9:58] appreci as a board for the individuals

[10:01] that volunteer their time and talents to

[10:03] our boards and commissions uh and that

[10:06] really makes up the government uh in the

[10:08] village of L Grange these men and women

[10:11] devote countless hours to reviewing and

[10:13] understanding the issues before them

[10:14] they contribute their free time to

[10:16] ensure that the work of government gets

[10:18] accomplished in recognition of these

[10:21] efforts we'd like to take some time to

[10:22] present some of the accomplishments of

[10:25] these boards and commissions this

[10:26] evening which will be presented uh by

[10:29] the Liaisons to the various groups the

[10:31] individuals are encouraged to raise

[10:33] their hand or briefly rise uh to be

[10:35] acknowledged after their names called

[10:37] after the meeting we'll have a reception

[10:39] in the back of the room as a gesture of

[10:41] our appreciation to begin the

[10:43] presentation I'd like to invite Deputy

[10:45] Village manager community development

[10:47] director charity Jones to present the

[10:50] board of fire and police uh

[10:54] commission thank you in accordance with

[10:57] State Statute the board of fire and

[10:58] police commissioner ERS undertake

[11:00] several efforts related to the

[11:01] appointment of all full-time firefighter

[11:03] paramedics and police officers they also

[11:06] consider promotional appointments and

[11:07] administer disciplinary action the board

[11:09] of fire and police Commissioners

[11:11] includes Alise hoffenberg who has served

[11:13] 10 years and is our current chair Brian

[11:16] borma who served six years and Tom

[11:18] Lavado who has served five years

[11:29] my place there for a second we'll try to

[11:31] keep going here um next up uh is Trusty

[11:35] Peterson to present the community

[11:37] Economic Development

[11:39] commission the community and economic

[11:42] development commission C DC considers

[11:45] and makes recommendations to the village

[11:47] board regarding Economic Development

[11:49] issues the cedc considers current

[11:53] economic Trends and the potential for

[11:55] their application in lrange the cedc

[11:58] continues to remain engaged in the

[12:00] implementation of brand strategy through

[12:03] a variety of initiatives over the past

[12:06] year the cedc provided Direction on the

[12:09] development of a valet parking program

[12:12] and updates to the Village special

[12:14] events policy they have also played an

[12:17] active role in supporting the ongoing

[12:19] comprehensive Plan update and the

[12:23] members are Mr Russ Roberto 10 years and

[12:27] current chairperson Steve Nazir two

[12:30] years Christopher he hiri two years

[12:34] Katie mcquiston three years John

[12:37] Janowski three years Justin Hansen four

[12:42] years Beverly Hayes five years Maurice

[12:46] McGee five years Michael butan six years

[12:50] Tom Cassidy eight years Camille hall

[12:54] nine years Jane James janeski nine years

[12:59] Lisa Shear n years Margaret Coulson 16

[13:03] years and Steve Palmer 24

[13:07] years thank you uh trusty Peterson and

[13:10] thank you to everybody here that that

[13:11] served on on that important commission

[13:15] uh Tristy Thompson please present the

[13:17] design review commission thank you

[13:19] president cooker the design review

[13:20] commission formerly known as the DRC

[13:22] reviews and makes recommendations to the

[13:24] village board on design review M

[13:26] permanent applications which generally

[13:28] Encompass this Central business district

[13:30] along the gra Ro Hill Grove and

[13:32] Burlington Avenues they administer The

[13:34] Village's commercial building

[13:35] comprehensive sign plan and reviews for

[13:37] the central business district bade

[13:40] renovation and restoration Loan program

[13:42] over the past year the DRC reviewed and

[13:44] recommended approval of significant bade

[13:47] renovations to accommodate First

[13:49] National Bank and Trust at 620 West

[13:52] Burlington and additional tenant space

[13:54] at 115 North lrange Road minor fake a

[13:56] changes were made at existing properties

[13:59] were also recommended for approval at Starbucks at 38 South L

[14:03] Grange Road the wooden paddle at 23 West

[14:06] calendar Court White Buffalo at 31

[14:09] South 31.5 South L Range Road and the

[14:12] Elm at 23 West haris Avenue the DRC also

[14:15] reviewed and recommend approval of one

[14:17] new comprehensive sign plan at 115 North

[14:21] lrange Road and one sign plan Amendment

[14:23] to commodate the stretch Lab at Ford

[14:25] West calendar Court the members of this

[14:28] committee are are Kevin Cahill who is

[14:30] the current chairperson has been on the

[14:32] committee for five years Ray Baker who's

[14:34] four years Kirk volman two years Lindsey

[14:37] Hansen two years and appointed February

[14:41] 26 of this year of Matt D'Or and Lee

[14:43] Ruda thank you for your

[14:45] service thank you Tristy Thompson and

[14:47] again thank you everyone for their

[14:49] service it's much appreciated uh next up

[14:52] we have truste O'Brien with the

[14:54] Environmental Quality commission thank

[14:56] you president kler the Environmental

[14:59] quality commission or eqc Works to raise

[15:01] public awareness of environmental issues

[15:03] and makes related recommendations to the

[15:05] village board this past year at the E

[15:08] I'm Excuse me this past year the EC

[15:10] continued to consider and support a wide

[15:12] range of sustainability initiatives

[15:14] under the greenest region compact

[15:17] framework including probations on C tar

[15:19] salance Municipal aggregation of

[15:22] electrical power supply green

[15:24] infrastructure for storm water

[15:25] management and other topics a top

[15:28] priority in

[15:29] 2023 was developing a recommendation to

[15:32] Target reduction of greenhouse gas

[15:34] emissions the eqc evaluated and

[15:37] recommended adoption of a 2021 Chicago

[15:40] region climate action plan which sets

[15:42] goals for reduction in greenhouse gas

[15:45] emissions as part of a regionally

[15:46] focused effort and plan this Regional

[15:49] approach leverages the actions and

[15:51] resources of a participating communities

[15:53] and agencies continuing excuse me

[15:56] continuing their commitment to public

[15:57] engagement QC promoted an annual holiday

[16:01] light recycling event collection of

[16:03] smoke detectors Native Garden Tour

[16:05] partnered with lrange Park on a pumpkin

[16:07] recycling event and attended a farmers

[16:10] market in Westend artfest to fur further

[16:13] educate others on how sustainable

[16:15] actions can be incorporated into daily

[16:17] living and contribute towards continual

[16:20] improvements to the quality of life en

[16:22] enjoyed within the Grange uh they there

[16:25] three threeyear terms of 15 members are

[16:28] rose n who's been on the board for 10

[16:30] years and current CH chairperson Amanda

[16:33] L Monica Weir appointed 226 of 24 John

[16:37] marovich appointed 226 of 24 Juan Vinnie

[16:41] Miguel appointed 226 of 24 Ryan Lavar

[16:46] one year Dan Mullen two years Elli bo uh

[16:50] two years M Madonna Walsh two years

[16:53] akuka Leva three years Molly Mahone

[16:57] three years jannis fek three years Lori

[17:00] Braun 5 years Brandon Simi 5 years and

[17:04] Stan naroi 5 Years thank you triste

[17:08] O'Brien and thank you to the eqc and

[17:11] their hard work we really did appreciate

[17:13] the presentation earlier this year it

[17:15] was fantastic continuing on we have

[17:18] trusty Gale with the plan commission

[17:20] thank you Mr President um I'm happy to

[17:23] serve as the liais on of the plan

[17:24] commission and the plan commission

[17:25] reviews and recommends applications for

[17:27] special use permits plan development

[17:29] approval slight plan appr approval

[17:32] amendments to the zoning code and

[17:33] official map uh an official map uh

[17:36] vacation of public rights away and

[17:38] subdivision plats uh this is a

[17:40] particularly busy group and over the

[17:42] last year the plan commission conducted

[17:44] public hearings and recommended approval

[17:46] for larger development projects such as

[17:47] the Reconstruction of the McDonald's at

[17:49] the corner of lrange and Ogden uh in

[17:51] addition to our theater across the

[17:53] street here site improvements at the gry

[17:55] hill facility at uh 561 West Hill grve

[17:58] and and a new Chase Bank walkup facility

[18:00] at the Northeast intersection of Ogden

[18:02] in the Grange Road uh which project

[18:04] included Rehabilitation of the existing

[18:06] downtown Chase Chase Bank at 14 South

[18:09] The Grange Road also right across the

[18:11] street uh which will include uh the

[18:13] first floor multi-tenant commercial with

[18:15] residential units above uh the CL

[18:17] commission also reviewed special use

[18:19] permits for the stretch lab uh The Tall

[18:21] Grass uh Sunbury school and Upper Land

[18:26] uh text amendments to allow changeable

[18:28] uh

[18:29] message signs at gas stations and

[18:30] allowing physical fitness facilities

[18:32] with limited retail space as a special

[18:34] use within C1 and C2 commercial

[18:37] districts as well uh the plan commission

[18:39] has also served as a pivotal role as a

[18:41] steering committee for the ongoing

[18:42] lrange forward comprehensive Plan update

[18:45] which we hope you have completed um by

[18:47] the fall uh and this experienc group

[18:50] includes Greg Pace for 15 years and his

[18:52] current chairperson Peter o Conor who

[18:55] has served for four years uh Susan

[18:57] Mosher who has served for

[18:59] Glenn WK who served for seven years uh

[19:02] Jeff hoffenberg who has served for eight

[19:04] Dave Schwarz who served for nine and

[19:06] then Julie Eagan who has served for 10

[19:09] years thank you Tristy Gil and thank you

[19:11] to the members of plan commission we

[19:13] have one of the things that they looked

[19:15] at on our agenda later tonight so we

[19:17] know that it's a very busy uh commission

[19:21] and moving on to trusty Augustine zoning

[19:23] board of appeals thank you Mr President

[19:26] the zoning board of appeals or ZB a as

[19:29] we often refer to it review applications

[19:32] for relief from one or more requirements

[19:34] of The Village's zoning code conducts

[19:36] public hearings and makes

[19:37] recommendations to this Board of

[19:39] Trustees regarding those applications

[19:42] typical requests for zoning variations

[19:44] relate to front side and rear yard

[19:46] setbacks for single family homes

[19:48] building coverage for single family

[19:50] homes building coverage and setbacks for

[19:52] the replacement of detached garages and

[19:54] similar considerations over the past

[19:57] year the zba has heard and recommended

[19:58] approval of four applications for

[20:01] variations one seeking relief from the

[20:03] required maximum building and loot

[20:05] coverage on a non-conforming property

[20:07] one seeking relief from the front yard

[20:09] requirement to allow for an

[20:11] accessibility ramp one seeking relief

[20:13] from signage requirements to allow

[20:15] additional signage on a commercial

[20:17] property and one seeking relief from the

[20:19] front yard requirements to allow for

[20:21] construction of a

[20:22] shed uh I was at all of those meetings

[20:25] this year it was impressive and a

[20:27] pleasure certainly to watch them lead

[20:29] and do this important work on this board

[20:33] is a seven member board five-year term

[20:36] chairman and 14 years in is Michael

[20:39] finder appointed just this year just a

[20:42] couple of months ago is Lauren Deval one

[20:45] year in is Julie Workman Matthew datillo

[20:48] is one year Liam Brenan been on the

[20:50] board on on this this commission for

[20:52] three years Bridget Shen three years and

[20:55] Paul kpan 5

[20:57] Years thank you uh try Augustin and

[21:00] thank you for their hard work we also

[21:03] have the uh fire and uh police board and

[21:09] for that I would ask Fire Chief Dan Rita

[21:11] to maybe not

[21:15] do uh what's it oh director Mike is I

[21:19] guess with the microphone ready to to

[21:21] stand in so uh thank you if you can uh

[21:24] introduce the two members

[21:41] nope thank you just flashing back and

[21:45] forth scen all right my apologies for

[21:48] that I'd like to introduce John Peterson

[21:51] and William O'Brien as the fire pension

[21:53] board advisory members the fire pension

[21:55] board was established in accordance with

[21:57] the Illinois state statute Ute and

[21:59] monitors pension fund performance

[22:01] reviews pension applications evaluates

[22:03] disability claims and other related

[22:05] items John Peterson is one of two

[22:08] resident members of the five member fire

[22:10] pension board Mr Peterson has served on

[22:13] the fire pension board since June of

[22:15] 2015 William O'Brien is the second

[22:18] resident member of the five member

[22:19] pension board and Mr O'Brien has served

[22:22] on the fire pension board since October

[22:23] of

[22:24] 2020 thank you Susie and moving on to to

[22:28] the police board police chief Tim

[22:30] Griffin thank you president kler I'd

[22:33] like to introduce John M and John

[22:35] Peterson police pension board advisory

[22:37] members the police pension board was

[22:39] established in accordance with Illinois

[22:41] State Statute and monitors pension fund

[22:43] performance reviews

[22:45] pension applications and evaluates

[22:48] disability claims and other related John

[22:52] uh Peterson is one of two two resident

[22:54] members of the five member police

[22:56] pension board Mr Peterson has served on

[22:58] the police pension board since June of

[23:01] 2022 John madin is the second resident

[23:04] member of the five member police pension

[23:06] board Mr mad has served on the board

[23:08] since July

[23:10] 2020 thank you very much Chief uh and

[23:13] thank you for everybody that served we

[23:15] do appreciate it you all do uh great

[23:17] work uh for the village and um uh the

[23:22] residents appreciate it also uh the

[23:25] board also uh is responsible uh for

[23:29] board presentations and liaison

[23:31] assignments uh those have been renewed

[23:33] again this year and they can be found in

[23:35] our packet on

[23:39] 2b1 so moving on to one of the great

[23:42] things we get to do today and that's

[23:45] recognition of senior account clerk

[23:47] Cheryl Aquilla for 18 years of dedicated

[23:51] service to the Village of lrange and

[23:53] when you saw all the grandchildren that

[23:56] Cheryl and Chuck have you you can

[23:58] understand why she would be uh uh

[24:01] wanting to retire um so let me recognize

[24:05] Cheryl for all our great service after

[24:07] 18 years of distinctive and dedicated

[24:10] service to the Village of lrange senior

[24:12] account clerk Cheryl Aquilla will retire

[24:15] from her position on June 21 Cheryl

[24:18] began her career with the finance

[24:19] department as a part-time account clerk

[24:21] on September 25 2006 providing front

[24:25] counter service in the finance

[24:27] department she was promoted to the

[24:29] full-time account clerk on May 1 2012 to

[24:33] perform Utility Billing in addition to

[24:34] front customer duties in June of 2018

[24:38] she became responsible for payroll and

[24:40] was promoted to senior account clerk at

[24:42] each of these levels she's demonstrated

[24:44] a willingness to take on new

[24:46] responsibilities and continue to learn

[24:48] and work outside of her comfort zone a

[24:51] really just has truly performed

[24:54] commendable uh tasks and show her her

[24:57] fantastic TR

[24:58] Cheryl has ad depthly overseen new

[25:01] platforms throughout her tenure with the

[25:03] village this includes effectively

[25:05] transitioning meter reads to impressa

[25:08] enhanced platform along with converting

[25:11] the reading measurements from 100 cubic

[25:13] feet to cubic feet she transferred

[25:16] employee payroll records formerly stored

[25:18] on 3x5 index cards into an electronic

[25:22] spreadsheet upon The Village's

[25:24] successful integration into the

[25:26] intergovernmental personal benefit Cor

[25:28] Cooperative the

[25:30] ipbc she migrated all internal employee

[25:33] benefit data into the benefit solver

[25:35] platform and just last year she

[25:37] effectively transferred all data from

[25:40] the benefit salver to a new platform

[25:43] called plan source so with that I'd like

[25:45] to congratulate uh Cheryl on our

[25:48] retirement and thank you for 18 years of

[25:50] great service

[25:51] [Applause]

[25:54] [Music]

[26:06] so Cheryl you can feel free to say stuff

[26:09] say anything uh we do have L back our former Finance Chief Luc ceroni and

[26:15] his right hand Joe marzulla uh if

[26:18] anybody want and Susie anybody wants to

[26:20] say anything feel free feel free but

[26:23] Cheryl I just want to thank the village

[26:26] of lrange for becoming my work family

[26:29] I started part-time as you have already

[26:31] spoken about and moved to full-time

[26:34] Clerk and a senior account clerk

[26:36] processing water bills and

[26:37] payroll Joe and Lou are back there and

[26:41] Sandy were great to work with letting my daughter show up after being

[26:47] at LT High School and showing up after

[26:49] work and staying there till I left

[26:52] letting my dog Riley come in the office

[26:54] in the afternoons after he got groomed

[26:57] we they've truly made me feel like

[26:59] family and it continues with Susie Mah

[27:03] she is a great addition to the village

[27:06] and she is going to continue the finance

[27:09] family that I have felt through all

[27:10] these years thank you thank you

[27:31] although we don't have it on the agenda

[27:33] today uh from our fire department

[27:35] Captain Tom binfield will be retiring

[27:38] and we want to make sure that uh we wish

[27:41] him all the best and we'll recognize him

[27:43] at an upcoming meeting and also Mike

[27:46] dulo from our Community Development

[27:48] Department is leaving to uh go to

[27:52] another Village so we wish him all the

[27:54] best uh in his future endeavors

[28:02] before moving on I'd really like to

[28:04] express thanks to the organizers of the

[28:06] pep parade and their partnering

[28:09] organizations as long as well as the

[28:11] village staff and the others that

[28:13] contributed to the 78th annual pep

[28:15] parade on June 1 uh surprisingly we got

[28:19] a little damp it does never rains on pep

[28:21] parade except in 2024 um but it was

[28:26] amazing how many people L the sidewalks

[28:29] uh even in the rain uh WGN came out did

[28:32] a great job if you haven't uh seen it or

[28:35] you didn't see it live uh go on YouTube

[28:38] and and it really made the village look

[28:40] great so I want to thank the lgba its

[28:42] volunteers for another year of the

[28:45] carnival um which again was was a

[28:48] success a little low on the numbers on

[28:50] Saturday but made up for uh by record

[28:53] crowds on Friday and Sunday um and

[28:57] really the village that it's it's a lot

[28:59] of work uh the carnival and prep parade

[29:02] for all of our departments um from

[29:05] Public Works Community Development

[29:06] police and fire they were all active uh

[29:09] that weekend and we appreciate all their

[29:12] um hard work and great activity um

[29:16] before I pass the microphone to Village

[29:18] manager Knight I will say that uh in our

[29:21] summer we normally have um cancel two

[29:24] meetings the second meeting in July and

[29:28] the first meeting in August and we are

[29:30] planning to do that again the um the

[29:34] July meeting is scheduled for July 8th

[29:37] so if that becomes a problem with our

[29:41] board or or our department heads we

[29:43] could look at rescheduling that to July

[29:45] 15th so just let Jack or myself know if

[29:49] July 8th looks like it's problematic

[29:51] with vacation plans uh with that I would

[29:54] pass the microphone to Village manager

[29:56] night thank you president cougler and

[29:58] good evening everyone uh first off

[30:00] congratulations to Cheryl ailla on her

[30:02] retirement we wish you all the best in

[30:04] retirement and uh enjoy those grandkids

[30:07] um there's H one item listed tonight

[30:09] under the manager's report uh that is

[30:11] the village code comprehensive update

[30:12] Title One uh item a uh refers to this

[30:16] effort that kicked off in February of

[30:18] 2022 when the village board approved a

[30:20] contract for a comprehensive code update

[30:22] with munic code uh a consultant in the

[30:24] field the goal of the project is to

[30:26] develop a code that is more reflective

[30:28] of current day regulations and one that

[30:30] clearly articulates the values

[30:31] requirements and expectations of the

[30:33] community the consultant has since

[30:35] drafted two uh draft updates and has

[30:37] been uh reviewed by staff at this point

[30:40] uh staff has provided input based upon

[30:42] modern regulations best practices and

[30:45] operational considerations amongst other

[30:47] factors latest draft of title one has

[30:49] been reviewed by staff Village attorneys

[30:51] and now presented for village board

[30:53] consideration the item has been prepared

[30:56] for consideration has a few ATT ATT Ms

[30:58] that includes a table listing more uh

[31:00] substantial changes and a summary of the

[31:03] explanation of those changes it also

[31:05] includes a clean copy of the uh code as

[31:08] well as a strikethrough version to

[31:09] illustrate some of the changes that are

[31:11] being proposed the purpose of the item

[31:13] as it's prevented uh tonight is to

[31:15] capture the thoughts and input of the

[31:16] village board on the proposed update to

[31:18] title one uh the input will be

[31:21] incorporated into a final draft that

[31:22] will be presented to the board later

[31:23] this year which is anticipated to be

[31:25] sometime in the fall uh president k that

[31:28] concludes my report on this item and

[31:29] again at this time we're just seeking

[31:31] village board feedback on the proposed

[31:33] Title One ordinance uh thank you and

[31:36] Jack maybe you know or Ben how many

[31:38] titles will we be looking at do we have

[31:41] an idea yes yeah we have seven titles in

[31:44] total okay uh this one is one of the

[31:46] shorter ones uh there are some that are

[31:47] far more lengthy okay we're we're easing

[31:50] uh the board into it uh and so I believe

[31:54] what the staff is hoping to have had a

[31:57] accomplished is that the board would

[31:59] have reviewed uh title one uh and if

[32:04] they have any

[32:06] questions we could uh have those

[32:08] addressed now so starting with that does

[32:11] anybody have any questions on title any

[32:13] the changes or any of the existence of

[32:16] Title

[32:17] One Jesse

[32:20] iy thank you president cair um I don't

[32:23] have any tough questions but I do have

[32:26] uh because I think it was well done and

[32:28] I'm I'm glad to see that this is being

[32:30] done and look forward to the rest of it

[32:31] but I learned a couple things here

[32:35] um I don't see this around too much or

[32:38] do or do I just miss it but that the

[32:39] official motto of lrange is tradition

[32:41] and pride moving forward I like that um

[32:44] also and I don't know if I've ever heard

[32:46] it or if it exists somewhere but I'd

[32:48] love to know uh since we have an

[32:50] official song uh of the village Mila

[32:53] Grange the words and music which were

[32:55] written by uh local local local local

[32:58] notable James Patrick Dunn for the 1979

[33:02] lrange Centennial oh copy of the

[33:04] official song may be found on files in

[33:06] the office of the village clerk so it's

[33:07] not online it's in a file just the

[33:11] words according to the code yes yeah I

[33:14] might we may have to follow up with the

[33:15] remainders of the dun family and see if

[33:16] we can get an updated signal on we would

[33:18] intend to yeah I love that in the

[33:21] meantime maybe our lawyer can lead us in

[33:23] the

[33:25] song do we do we do we have Milo or the

[33:28] answer to that is

[33:29] no it is legal liability I where's Milo

[33:34] when we need him uh maybe we can have

[33:36] Milo sing the song for us he's a

[33:38] resident uh singer uh Tristy a anything

[33:43] else all right uh I did get an email

[33:46] from a resident and I owe a response to

[33:49] and uh his email was uh regarding the

[33:53] village flag and uh he said that he

[33:55] would love to purchase a a a village

[33:58] flag um and uh and flat I thought that

[34:02] would be a great idea I know Village

[34:04] manager Knight was looking for some and

[34:06] we have yet to have we yet to find one

[34:08] or are we still working on maybe having

[34:11] a contest to develop a new flag uh the

[34:14] one that we are aware of is right behind

[34:16] us here over my shoulder terrific uh

[34:18] that is the only one that we know to be

[34:20] in existence so maybe I'll stretch that

[34:22] out so the camera can see

[34:25] it we also discussed the flag at a cedc

[34:28] meeting a few years ago when we were

[34:29] rebranding with the logo and talked

[34:31] about potentially redesigning

[34:42] it that's my uh van white impers

[34:45] impersonation for the day uh okay uh

[34:49] Tristy gal get back on to what we're

[34:52] doing here I I also want to just commend

[34:54] the staff and and Jack and and Ben and

[34:57] everybody for for working on this this

[34:59] is something I've I've wanted to see us

[35:00] do for a long time as well um so I'm

[35:02] glad glad you guys are getting into it

[35:04] and now now that we're talking about the

[35:05] flag like maybe we don't want to have

[35:07] like that if that's the only one that's

[35:09] very special like maybe like we don't

[35:11] want to have duplicates of it so you

[35:12] know it's just oneof a kind like

[35:15] Irreplaceable um something to consider

[35:17] but I'm very glad you guys are we're

[35:19] doing this and I think it's very

[35:20] important um and a um a good resource

[35:23] for residents and and something that we

[35:24] need to do so thanks thank you trusty

[35:27] Gail

[35:30] okay uh not seeing any further comments

[35:35] uh again if anything comes up uh we can

[35:39] always uh have the appropriate person

[35:42] and Staff address those uh comments or

[35:45] concerns

[35:49] um and and thank you uh to to our staff

[35:53] and attorney Schuster I know it was a

[35:55] lot of work uh and continues to be a lot

[35:57] of work work and we appreciate your

[35:59] efforts and we do look forward to the

[36:02] next steps uh in the someday brand new

[36:06] code uh with that Village clerk saladino

[36:09] I request that you read the items on the

[36:11] consent agenda followed by current

[36:18] business matters on the consent agenda

[36:20] will be considered by a single motion

[36:22] and vote because they already have been

[36:23] considered fully by the board at a

[36:25] previous meeting or have been determined

[36:27] to be of a routine nature any member of

[36:30] the Board of Trustees May request that

[36:32] an item be moved from the consent agenda

[36:34] to current business for separate

[36:37] consideration item a annual appointment

[36:40] of Village

[36:41] officials Item B an ordinance

[36:44] authorizing renewal of an aggregation

[36:47] program for electric load item C minutes

[36:51] of the special joint meeting of the

[36:53] village Board of Trustees Board of fire

[36:56] and police commissioners

[36:58] community and economic development

[37:00] commission design review commission

[37:02] Environmental Quality commission plan

[37:05] commission and Zony board of appeals

[37:07] Wednesday April 24th

[37:10] 2024 item D minutes of the village of

[37:13] lrange Board of Trustees meeting Monday

[37:16] May 13

[37:17] 2024 item e Consolidated voucher

[37:24] 24527 item F Consolidated voucher

[37:30] 24610 current business this agenda item

[37:33] includes a consideration of matters

[37:34] being presented to the Board of Trustees

[37:36] for action item a resolution endorsing

[37:40] the climate action plan for the Chicago

[37:44] region Item B an ordinance approving the

[37:48] zoning code Amendment for plan

[37:49] developments within the C4 convenience

[37:52] commercial district and a special use

[37:55] for a plan development site plan and

[37:57] design review permit for 811 to 901 West

[38:02] Hillgrove

[38:05] Avenue thank you clerk

[38:08] saladino

[38:16] um I have a motion to approve the

[38:19] consent agenda in a second so moved

[38:23] thank you trusty Gail second thank you

[38:25] trusty Peterson is there any discussion

[38:28] regarding items on the consent

[38:32] agenda yes I do thank you president kler

[38:36] um as uh previously stated I recuse

[38:39] myself from voting on any agenda items

[38:41] related to our village prosecutor and

[38:43] that usually pertains to our

[38:45] Consolidated voucher item but tonight we

[38:47] also have an annual appointment of

[38:48] Village officials and uh my brother is a

[38:51] long serving Village prosecutor here so

[38:53] if anyone's ever wondered that's why I

[38:54] recuse

[38:56] myself uh thank you Tristy

[38:59] I seeing no other uh questions or

[39:02] comments I would ask clerk saladino for

[39:04] a roll call vote can I have one oh sorry

[39:09] I meant to say one more thing if I can

[39:10] item D in the minutes um could we can we

[39:13] vote on that next week would that hold

[39:15] us up at all and Jack I'm thinking about

[39:18] the concern one of our residents has

[39:20] about how she was noted in the in the

[39:22] minutes is that something we can amend

[39:24] later or is it would it be okay to clear

[39:27] ify how those remarks are the concern

[39:30] that was shared with us has been

[39:31] addressed in the minutes so it's already

[39:33] it's updated in this one in those

[39:35] minutes yes

[39:36] corre sorry

[39:38] then okay with that a roll call vote

[39:42] please trusty Thompson hi trusty O'Brien

[39:48] hi trusty

[39:51] McGee trusty Augustine hi trusty

[39:55] Peterson hi trusty Gail

[39:58] I and that passes unanimously uh next

[40:02] we're up uh for item a and I would refer

[40:06] that to trusty O'Brien thank you

[40:08] president

[40:09] kler this is regards to resolution

[40:12] endorsing the climate action plan for

[40:14] the Chicago region the Metropolitan

[40:17] mayor's caucus or MMC a membership

[40:19] organization consisting of 275 cities

[40:23] towns and villages in the read in the

[40:25] region led the development of a climate

[40:27] CL action plan for the Chicago region or

[40:30] cap the plan encompasses goals to reduce

[40:33] future impacts and adapts adapt to a

[40:35] changing climate Municipal actions and

[40:39] decisions can evaluate ways to re excuse

[40:41] me ways to reduce greenhous gas or ghg

[40:45] emissions and Achieve adaptation to

[40:48] prepare for the impacts of a changing

[40:50] climate climate the Environmental

[40:52] Quality commission eqc has reviewed this

[40:55] framework and is in support of adopting

[40:58] the capap as aligns with and enhances

[41:01] The Village's overall sustainability

[41:03] efforts the benefits of adopting the

[41:05] capap including partnering with the MMC

[41:08] and other larger National agencies in

[41:10] working to me measure Regional

[41:12] greenhouse gas data assess Regional

[41:15] climate risk and align efforts currently

[41:18] 42 municipalities and Counties have

[41:20] endorsed the capap through resolution

[41:23] the C sets science-based mitigation

[41:26] targets for greenhouse gas emissions

[41:29] reduction excuse me gas emissions

[41:31] reduction and Equitable climate ad

[41:34] adaptation targets although the plan is regional in scope strategies in the

[41:39] plan are specifically tailored for

[41:41] Action at the municipal scale the eqc

[41:44] presented a review of this of the cap to

[41:47] the village board on April 22nd

[41:49] 2024 the EC recommends a resolution to

[41:53] endorse the 2021 climate action plan for

[41:56] the Chicago region region the resolution

[41:58] provides access to a regional framework

[42:01] that has additional resources to track

[42:03] and measure Regional progress towards

[42:05] these goals upon adoption the eqc would

[42:08] include related goals into their 2024

[42:11] work plan and measure and Report

[42:13] progress as part of their annual

[42:15] review the climate action plan along

[42:17] with the greenest region Compact 2

[42:21] guides implementation of wellestablished

[42:23] best practices and sustainability and

[42:26] would inform the consideration of

[42:28] policies in both sustainability and

[42:30] greenhouse gas emissions reduction staff

[42:33] has reviewed the specifics of the client

[42:35] action plan and finds there is alignment

[42:37] with current efforts with endorsement of

[42:40] the plan sing to increase the

[42:41] effectiveness of sustainability

[42:45] efforts uh staff recommends approval of

[42:48] resolution endorsing the climate action

[42:50] plan for the Chicago region and I in

[42:54] agreement so you're moving I moved to a

[42:56] recomend the approval of the resolution

[42:59] and any second second I'm sorry who

[43:01] second I'll second thank you chuste a

[43:03] before we have any discussion I've heard

[43:06] from my right I've heard from my left

[43:07] I've heard from the audience that I

[43:09] skipped public comments so in case

[43:13] there's any public comments on this item

[43:16] uh I would invite public comments now on

[43:18] any items that are on our

[43:21] agenda please

[43:30] hello there we go uh my name is Tim

[43:32] penrad I live at 543

[43:35] Blackstone um my question concerns the

[43:38] climate action plan um just reading this

[43:41] to me it seems like um there's a lot of

[43:44] open-ended commitments and a lot of

[43:46] platitudes and I want to know if the

[43:49] village has done anything to assess what

[43:53] um commitments to this plan is going to

[43:55] cost the village and what it's going to

[43:57] cost individuals I

[43:59] mean like these M mitigation goals

[44:02] they're fine but you know it says reduce

[44:04] 50% by 2030 how are we going to do that

[44:09] um says U mitigation objectives

[44:12] decarbonize energy sources how are we

[44:14] going to do that um decarbonized

[44:17] transportation how are we going to do

[44:19] that um it just seems like this is very

[44:22] open-ended nobody's done as far as I

[44:25] know any cost benefit analysis on this

[44:28] um so I'm just wondering what the impact

[44:30] is going to be on the village

[44:33] taxpayers thank you Mr Conrad and I can

[44:35] tell you that I don't think we've done a

[44:38] comprehensive study of if we were to

[44:40] achieve all the goals uh how much it

[44:42] would cost in in in dollars and cents

[44:45] however when we do um individual things

[44:51] we always look at uh what is the cost an

[44:53] example is we're doing a pay

[44:57] blocks and next to at lot three which is

[45:00] the parking lot next to the elm and

[45:03] there's a substantial cost increase to

[45:05] do paper blocks versus asphalt and we

[45:08] looked at that we were able to obtain a

[45:10] grant um uh from mwrd that uh for the

[45:15] most part offsets the additional cost

[45:17] for the village uh just recently we went

[45:20] out for uh purchase of electricity and

[45:24] there were different maybe uh manager n

[45:27] could give more of the detail but there

[45:28] were different plans um and we elected

[45:32] one that had I believe less of a

[45:35] negative environmental impact and there

[45:37] was a a cost of that but maybe you could

[45:39] give some more background yeah correct

[45:41] so on the consent agenda Item B uh

[45:44] refers to that Municipal aggregation

[45:46] program uh through that program we're

[45:47] able to aggregate the purchasing power

[45:49] of our residents residents don't pay any

[45:52] additional cost for electricity however

[45:54] we are able to go out to Market realize

[45:56] some savings with those savings uh we do

[45:59] uh purchase uh RAC so renewable energy

[46:01] credits so that's one example of several

[46:04] where we would look for options where we

[46:06] can reduce our environmental footprint

[46:08] without a cost to our

[46:11] residents

[46:14] sure if you sign on to this plan does

[46:17] the village have the right to disavow um

[46:22] any requirement that this whole um plan

[46:25] if you if we agree with it and you know

[46:28] maybe the rest of the villages don't can

[46:30] we um set aside something in that or are

[46:34] we committed to everything that they do

[46:36] we we definitely are not committed to

[46:38] everything that they do it's a it's a

[46:40] goal to do the certain of these things

[46:42] but we're not committed to

[46:46] it put the

[46:52] microphone my name is gu Wanger and I

[46:55] own a building at 9913 Hill Grove and I

[46:59] wanted to address the 811 to uh 901 West

[47:03] Hill Grove

[47:04] development um I'm all for development

[47:06] in this town uh I love lrange I think it

[47:10] should be done

[47:12] responsibly putting a four-story

[47:14] apartment building up 31 apartments only

[47:18] 30 parking spaces first floor commercial

[47:23] no parking on the street uh I think

[47:26] that's a ler responsible and I just

[47:28] wanted to voice my opinion thank thank

[47:31] you for coming out

[47:40] tonight thank you uh for for those

[47:42] comments um with that uh we'll go back

[47:46] to the current business item a uh which

[47:50] his a motion was made and a second so

[47:53] I'll open that up for any questions or

[48:01] comments seeing none I would have a roll

[48:04] call on item

[48:08] a trusty Gail hi trusty

[48:12] McGee trusty Peterson hi trusty Thompson

[48:17] hi trusty Augustine hi trusty O'Brien

[48:22] I and that passes unanimously now moving

[48:25] on to Item B which is the Hill Grove

[48:29] property I would move that to trusty Gil

[48:33] thank you Mr President uh so this is the

[48:37] uh this is an ordinance to allow a

[48:39] zoning code amendment to allow floor

[48:41] area ratio adjustments for the plan

[48:43] development within um for plan

[48:45] developments within the C4 uh commercial

[48:47] district and then an also an ordinance

[48:49] approving a special use for plan

[48:51] development site plan and design review

[48:53] permit for 811 to 901 West Hill

[48:57] Avenue uh so I'll do the introduction

[48:59] and then the motion uh so 817 to 821

[49:02] West Hillgrove LLC is the applicant uh

[49:05] and they are the property owner of 817

[49:07] to 821 West Hillgrove Avenue as well as

[49:10] contract purchaser for both 811 West

[49:12] Hill Grove and 901 West Hill grve the

[49:15] applicant is seeking to construct a

[49:16] four-story mixed use building at the

[49:18] property commonly known as 811 to 901

[49:21] West Hillgrove Avenue uh the applicant

[49:23] is seeking four things um four things

[49:26] they are request a special use for a

[49:28] plan development site plan approval and

[49:31] a design review permit the applicant is

[49:33] also seeking approval to amend the

[49:35] zoning code as it relates to the maximum

[49:37] adjustments of floor area ratio for plan

[49:40] developments within

[49:41] C4 the project proposes a four-story

[49:44] mixed use building with uh approximately

[49:46] 4,400 squ ft of first floor commercial

[49:48] space underneath 31 residential units uh

[49:51] the building provides a mix of

[49:53] residential unit types proposing Three

[49:55] Studio 19 one bedroom and nine

[49:57] two-bedroom units each residential unit

[49:59] will have a balcony and all units will

[50:01] have access to a shared roof deck uh the

[50:04] site plan includes 30 surface level

[50:06] parking spaces to the north of the

[50:08] building 14 of which are primarily

[50:10] located below the building's uh second

[50:12] to Fourth floors they'll be accessed

[50:15] from an adjacent public alley applicant

[50:17] is also proposing a curb cut on Hill

[50:19] crove Avenue Hillgrove Avenue excuse me

[50:21] uh to provide access to a six-car

[50:24] interior parking garage uh placement of

[50:27] papers and installation of planter boxes

[50:28] and Landscaping along Hillgrove uh

[50:31] RightWay adjacent to the development is

[50:33] also proposed all portions of the alley

[50:35] AB budding the development will be

[50:37] resurfaced uh as mentioned the applicant

[50:40] is Seeking a text Amendment as well to

[50:42] section 5- 1110 F10 of the zoning code

[50:46] which states that no increase of the

[50:48] maximum f is allowed in the C4 District

[50:51] the applicant is proposing a Max maximum

[50:53] F adjustment to uh 2.0 for the plan

[50:58] development the public hearing of the

[51:00] application was opened by the plan

[51:02] commission at uh on April 9th 2024 and

[51:05] ultimately continued to May 14th uh 2024

[51:09] at the April meeting Commissioners

[51:10] requested additional engineering

[51:12] analysis of potential impacts uh to the

[51:14] public sewer infrastructure as well as

[51:16] additional traffic analysis

[51:18] Commissioners requested consideration of

[51:20] revising uh facade materials to

[51:22] complement surrounding buildings and the

[51:23] Stone Avenue Metro station reducing the

[51:25] height of the elevator of the building

[51:27] and adding windows to the rear elevation

[51:29] of the building which is on the North uh

[51:31] the plan commission also requested the

[51:32] applicant to address Village staff's

[51:34] suggested conditions within their April

[51:36] memo which is uh included in our in our

[51:39] packet and online a total of 13

[51:41] residents spoke at the hearing the

[51:42] majority stating concerns with the

[51:44] proposed development's height the facade

[51:46] design potential impacts to public

[51:47] infrastructure traffic and parking

[51:49] others praise the development for either

[51:51] contributing to the diversification of

[51:52] The Village's housing stock or for it

[51:54] supporting long-term Community goals for

[51:56] developing and revitalizing the West End

[51:59] um the public hearing was concluded by

[52:01] the plan Commission on May 14th 2024 the

[52:04] applicant prevented uh uh the applicant

[52:06] presented revised building Heights

[52:08] facade materials and Architectural

[52:09] design staff presented the results of

[52:12] supplemental engineering and traffic

[52:13] analysis at that meeting as well uh

[52:15] resident comment at the meeting

[52:17] concerned the development's potential

[52:18] traffic generation as well as existing

[52:20] parking conditions along with concern

[52:22] that the new development would

[52:23] exacerbate those conditions residents

[52:25] also expressed opposition to the overall

[52:27] Building height and density the

[52:29] applicant noted changes to the building

[52:30] design and how the facade of the

[52:32] building is articulated to provide

[52:33] relief with each end being two stories

[52:35] taller than its immediate neighbor the

[52:38] applicant also noted that the project

[52:39] will result in a reduction in total

[52:41] commercial demand for public parking as

[52:43] compared to the existing condition and

[52:45] shared that they felt the project was

[52:46] consistent with others in in and along

[52:48] the BNSF Corridor and serves to support

[52:51] the established Community Vision for the

[52:52] area uh the plan commission was

[52:54] supportive of the revised plans and

[52:56] reiterated the importance of

[52:58] revitalizing the West End Commissioners

[53:01] noted the modifications through the plan

[53:02] development process can provide uh

[53:05] flexibility to code requirements to

[53:06] achieve Go Achieve goals outlined in the

[53:08] community Commissioners felt that

[53:10] development could serve as a catalyst

[53:11] for the area and affirmed the results of

[53:13] the technical analysis that was done um

[53:17] after deliberation the plan commission

[53:19] voted 60 to recommend the application

[53:21] with the following conditions uh parking

[53:23] spots should be allocated number one

[53:25] parking spot should be allocated lease

[53:27] number two within the parking garage all

[53:29] parking spaces except two most Northwest

[53:32] parking spaces must be restricted to

[53:34] compact vehicles snow must be removed

[53:36] from the site and not stored on on the

[53:38] property the photometric plan must be

[53:40] revised to comply with the village

[53:42] zoning code and a plat of consolidation

[53:45] must be submitted staff worked with the

[53:47] village attorney in developing the

[53:48] attached ordinances um the applicant has

[53:51] agreed to comply with the conditions of

[53:52] the plan commission which have been

[53:54] Incorporated in the attached ordinance

[53:56] approving the plan development site plan

[53:57] and design revieww permit and our staff

[53:59] recommends approval of the attached

[54:01] ordinances uh as reflective of the

[54:03] recommended recommendation of the plan

[54:05] commission and then attorney Schuster

[54:07] can I make one motion for both pieces or

[54:10] does oh we are going to vote on the

[54:12] ordinances separately so we're going to

[54:15] vote on the ordinances so I should uh

[54:17] which one do we take first do we take

[54:19] the or does it matter uh I would suggest

[54:21] the text Amendment first because unless

[54:24] that is adopted uh the plan development

[54:27] ordinance cannot be adopted very good so first I will move for hold on make

[54:32] sure I get the right one here uh an

[54:33] ordinance approving a zoning code

[54:35] Amendment so Mo move to amend the zoning

[54:38] code to allow floor area ratio

[54:40] adjustments for plan developments within

[54:41] the C4 convenience commercial district

[54:43] and we'd be changing it from one to

[54:50] 2.0 so I'm looking for a motion to

[54:53] change the zoning code uh floor area

[54:56] ratio

[54:57] from 1 to 2.0 so moved thank you and a

[55:01] second second thank you uh uh Tristy

[55:05] Gale and Tristy Peterson um before we

[55:08] begin can either um Ben or uh Deputy

[55:13] Village manager Jones explain what far

[55:17] is and what it means to go from one to

[55:20] two sure so floor area measure floor

[55:24] area ratio is a a measurement of bulk on

[55:27] a property so an F of one could be a

[55:31] one-story building covering 100% of the

[55:33] lot or a two-story building covering 50%

[55:37] of the lot or a three-story building

[55:39] covering a third of the lot so it's just

[55:42] a relation of the total square footage

[55:44] of the building to the total square

[55:46] footage of the

[55:48] property so it can we assume that if

[55:51] it's 2.0 it's covering 200% or or total

[55:56] of 200 so it could be the full lot size

[56:01] two stories or more akin to this

[56:04] development about half of the lot and

[56:07] about four stories and and for this I

[56:10] know that that it'll be the next vote

[56:12] but what is the far as

[56:15] proposed the F for this project is

[56:19] 1.99 I think okay it's just under the

[56:22] two okay um and I know I know that um

[56:29] our code

[56:30] said that the far could never exceed one

[56:35] um and that wasn't even something like

[56:36] we could do a variance on right so the

[56:39] what the actual text amendment is is

[56:42] allowing an increase in F in the C4

[56:46] current for plan developments So

[56:49] currently in the code the way the

[56:51] ordinance reads that one of the things

[56:55] that can be varied through the plan

[56:56] development process is adjusting the

[56:59] maximum floor area ratio and it

[57:02] specifies for different districts to

[57:05] what extent the village board can grant

[57:07] a floor area ratio adjustment in the C4

[57:11] the zoning code limits the board's

[57:13] discretion to Grant floor area ratio

[57:15] adjustments through the plan development

[57:17] process this text Amendment would allow

[57:19] the board to Grant a floor area ratio

[57:21] adjustment up to

[57:23] 2.0 okay uh thank you

[57:26] um I do have some comments but I'll wait

[57:28] till hear from the trustees trust Gil

[57:32] thank you Mr President um I I just I can

[57:36] I have comments but I'll just break out

[57:38] the f one because that's what we're

[57:39] talking about now um I mean I it really

[57:42] struck me as interesting that this

[57:45] particular area has this particular

[57:48] restriction that you cannot go above

[57:51] 1.0 uh in the C4 area and uh I noted

[57:55] that because you know it seems

[57:57] intentional like you can do it in other

[57:59] spots but you can't do it here which

[58:01] means to me that when when we thought

[58:03] through you know the board not us

[58:06] personally but this board thought

[58:08] through uh where to put these zoning

[58:10] requirements they specifically did not

[58:12] want to allow increased dents and bulk

[58:15] in that particular area um so that that

[58:17] concerns me if if we're going to allow

[58:19] it to go from from one to two I get that

[58:23] with the text Amendment we're not saying

[58:24] this development goes from one to two to

[58:26] but I think that there was an

[58:27] intentional Choice here to keep this more less bulky in this

[58:32] smaller commercial area so I'm not in

[58:35] favor of it thank you trusty

[58:37] Gil trusty Thompson charity how old is

[58:40] that

[58:43] code this particular provision I don't

[58:45] know if it's in the original 96 version

[58:48] of 1996 version of the code or if it was

[58:50] amended at some point along the way it hasn't been amended in the time that

[58:56] I've worked here

[58:59] so so we we agreed to a comprehensive

[59:03] plan back in 2005 that allows for that

[59:06] suggests and it's also the BNSF quarter

[59:08] plan that says in this C4 District we

[59:11] will bring in high density housing we

[59:13] are in this process of doing a new

[59:15] comprehensive plan the regional

[59:17] transportation board has come to us and

[59:19] asked for us to bring bring in higher

[59:21] density housing and we just signed a

[59:24] pack to complete was all this

[59:26] environmental stuff is the citizen ask

[59:29] what are we committing to we're actually

[59:30] committing to bring in higher density

[59:32] housing to reduce Transportation miles

[59:34] reduce energy reduce carbon and if we

[59:37] don't make these changes we're never

[59:39] going to achieve that because the C4

[59:40] business district is the area where you

[59:42] need to have high density housing along

[59:44] the railroad tracks I don't think in

[59:46] 1996 the board was ever thinking about

[59:48] anything about what was going to come

[59:50] but this is the way the BNSF rail

[59:52] Corridor is being developed and I know

[59:55] of two other developers are looking at

[59:57] very similar lots and if this rule isn't

[59:59] changed those two developments also will

[1:00:01] go away and we will have no development

[1:00:03] on the west end so if if we as a village

[1:00:06] want to begin to develop the West End

[1:00:08] vacant Lots currently we have to make

[1:00:11] these changes or we're just going to

[1:00:12] have vacant property sitting there

[1:00:14] drawing very little taxes and never have

[1:00:16] any more increased housing and for the

[1:00:19] League of Women Voters never have a

[1:00:20] chance to have affordable housing be

[1:00:22] built in the grain so for me I support

[1:00:24] this completely thank you Mr Thompson

[1:00:27] any other

[1:00:30] comments uh you

[1:00:33] do thank you president kler figure I'll

[1:00:36] kind of give my statement here as well

[1:00:38] because if this doesn't pass then second

[1:00:41] part doesn't matter so much

[1:00:45] um this is the um this is hang on a

[1:00:48] second Peggy can you hear me okay

[1:00:51] because sometimes you can't and you get

[1:00:52] mad at me after these

[1:00:54] meetings um

[1:00:57] so um more than two years ago I was

[1:01:01] invited to be a part of a

[1:01:02] pre-application meeting with this

[1:01:05] applicant they came in to discuss their

[1:01:07] idea before moving forward in this

[1:01:10] meeting was our community development

[1:01:12] staff Police Chief Fire Chief uh

[1:01:15] chairman of the plan commission

[1:01:16] president kler and possibly a few

[1:01:19] others it's a kick the tires before

[1:01:21] moving forward kind of meeting and the

[1:01:24] applicant came in to find find out if

[1:01:26] their plans were in line with our codes

[1:01:27] and standards and ordinance and that

[1:01:29] kind of

[1:01:31] thing it was it's you know this kind of

[1:01:34] thing it was my first and only so far uh

[1:01:37] that kind of pre-application meeting and

[1:01:38] I think it's a a great thing that we

[1:01:40] offer um certainly can save everyone a

[1:01:43] lot of time and aggravation but in this

[1:01:45] particular preapplication meeting it

[1:01:46] seemed to me that most everything was

[1:01:48] understood and the meeting seemed to go

[1:01:50] well and now tonight I get to vote on it

[1:01:54] for me this is the first planed

[1:01:56] residential development that I have that

[1:01:58] I've come across since I've again as I

[1:02:01] said been here and I've been here for

[1:02:03] just going on five years now here on

[1:02:05] this board um but I have curiously

[1:02:09] followed and watched quite a few

[1:02:11] development projects

[1:02:15] unfold in the process from plan

[1:02:17] commission to village board no single

[1:02:20] development was a slam dunk all had

[1:02:23] strong

[1:02:26] residential push back Andor commissioner

[1:02:28] concerns many had contentious moments

[1:02:31] and some were frankly hard to watch but

[1:02:34] they were full of lessons for future me

[1:02:38] from the beds development to 40 South

[1:02:41] Ashland to Uptown Jackson Square and

[1:02:44] then most recently I think if I have my

[1:02:46] order right Mason

[1:02:47] [Music]

[1:02:48] point there was a great deal of concern

[1:02:51] for all of these developments at the

[1:02:53] time that they were

[1:02:54] discussed res

[1:02:56] residents concerned about the problems

[1:02:58] it could

[1:03:02] create were there and they expressed

[1:03:04] their

[1:03:05] interests in the end all but one were

[1:03:07] eventually

[1:03:08] built and seemed to be serving us fairly

[1:03:12] well the generation before these

[1:03:14] developments that have happened in say

[1:03:15] the last 5 to seven years we're part of

[1:03:19] many of them our our Tiff our tax in

[1:03:22] increment F financing phase uh the

[1:03:26] triangle project that we know of some of

[1:03:27] us remember the the Borders bookstore

[1:03:30] and now it's AT&T but Trader Joe's I

[1:03:32] think Illinois was the or lrange had the

[1:03:34] second Trader Joe's in Illinois right

[1:03:36] there and it's still there and we built

[1:03:38] that tall tall building behind it that

[1:03:40] was a new big development but it wasn't

[1:03:42] around too many residential

[1:03:44] neighborhoods and that probably got some

[1:03:45] decent

[1:03:47] support and then shortly thereafter two

[1:03:51] new large but less less tall

[1:03:54] developments at Kensington right by the

[1:03:56] tracks just just north and just south of

[1:03:58] the tracks are two huge developments in

[1:04:01] L

[1:04:02] range there's a big Condo building on

[1:04:06] Ashland just south of the tracks facing

[1:04:08] the calender lot I think those

[1:04:11] structures are fairly massive in scale

[1:04:13] certainly relative to what we we had

[1:04:15] seen in lrange before some of them right

[1:04:18] alongside homes others replacing old

[1:04:21] retail Parcels one replacing an old car

[1:04:23] dealership

[1:04:26] these developments were no doubt also

[1:04:28] met with

[1:04:29] disapproval from some but all projects

[1:04:33] eventually went through the same process

[1:04:36] for approval that we have today and as

[1:04:39] it turns out they seem to fit in quite

[1:04:41] well so what I see here tonight with

[1:04:44] this new

[1:04:45] project is is is nothing new and and I

[1:04:48] did attend the first of the two plan

[1:04:51] commission meetings because I think this

[1:04:52] is very important the neighbors there

[1:04:55] were very passionate had some very

[1:04:56] legitimate concerns and certainly fears

[1:04:59] that this may disaffect their quality of

[1:05:01] life if it is approved

[1:05:03] tonight only time will tell but this

[1:05:06] town has had a great track record on

[1:05:08] this The Grange has been careful and

[1:05:10] considerate in their review of

[1:05:12] developments they ask for improvements

[1:05:15] in any number of areas and only approve

[1:05:17] the project when they have met those

[1:05:20] standards in my opinion the plan

[1:05:22] commission has been has been in a in in

[1:05:26] no hurry or under no obligation to

[1:05:28] recommend any development but when they

[1:05:30] do those seem to have been very well

[1:05:33] thought

[1:05:34] through as an elect official I see first

[1:05:37] firsthand the importance of Healthy

[1:05:39] Growth and how it adds value to town to

[1:05:42] our town as we grow we are obviously

[1:05:44] landlocked so opportunities are few and

[1:05:46] far between but opportunities are there

[1:05:49] no one out no one out out there seems to

[1:05:51] be screaming for more retail got a good

[1:05:53] deal of that in some vacancies in those

[1:05:56] spaces but homes condos and apartments

[1:05:58] do very well here thanks to you know a

[1:06:01] number of things our our great shops our

[1:06:03] restaurants our reputation for school

[1:06:05] safety and an exceptional sense of

[1:06:07] community so when I saw that the plan

[1:06:10] commission upon further review and

[1:06:12] changes from the applicant voted

[1:06:14] 60 to recommend this plan that carried a

[1:06:17] lot of weight for me so I am inclined to

[1:06:22] support uh both both of uh both of the

[1:06:26] items on the agenda tonight for this

[1:06:28] development thank you trusty

[1:06:31] Augustine um trust G thank you Mr

[1:06:34] President I I neglected to say that the

[1:06:36] applicants are here if anybody has any

[1:06:38] questions I forgot to add that I think

[1:06:39] everybody knew that but I just want to

[1:06:42] make sure I pointed that out and and

[1:06:44] that may come up more in the second one

[1:06:46] than than the first is my guess but if the applicant wants to speak now I'm fine with that sure no problem take

[1:06:54] your time

[1:06:58] my name is Tim Foley I'm the attorney

[1:07:00] for the petitioner um I just wanted to

[1:07:02] speak briefly on the issue ofar um we

[1:07:04] talked about the dates of the uh the

[1:07:06] code I think it's important to to point

[1:07:08] out though the comprehensive plan that

[1:07:10] was approved and adopted in 2005 makes

[1:07:14] clear that they wanted that the village

[1:07:16] wanted to develop the West End and I

[1:07:19] just want to read um it's in the various

[1:07:21] agenda that I I filed but I just want to

[1:07:23] read one small portion um this is from

[1:07:26] the comprehensive plan The Village's

[1:07:28] planning process established that the

[1:07:30] West End should reposition itself in the

[1:07:32] market and intensify with new mixed use

[1:07:38] development this would largely consist

[1:07:40] of retail uses on the first floor with

[1:07:42] residential uses above accomp

[1:07:45] accomplishing this objective will

[1:07:47] require relaxing parking requirements in

[1:07:50] the West End Zone I I think implied also

[1:07:54] is the idea what they' have to

[1:07:56] build higher buildings as well to

[1:07:58] accommodate the commercial uses on the

[1:08:01] first floor and residential on the upper

[1:08:03] floors and I think one thing I just want

[1:08:05] to and this can come up later but just

[1:08:07] remind everybody that the the height of

[1:08:11] the building the majority of it is 43

[1:08:14] ft all residents will occupy a space 43

[1:08:19] fet or below so and we can address that

[1:08:23] uh further but I I believe that

[1:08:25] when the village adopted the

[1:08:27] comprehensive plan in

[1:08:29] 2005 it envisioned this and I I think

[1:08:32] the fact that they Envision mixc use

[1:08:34] development that's exactly what our

[1:08:36] client brought to the village and I

[1:08:38] think it's consistent with that so I

[1:08:40] that's all I have to say for now but I'm

[1:08:42] glad to answer any questions you may

[1:08:43] have thank thank you attorney Foley we

[1:08:45] appreciate it we appreciate your efforts

[1:08:46] in this regard uh with that any other

[1:08:49] trusty comments uh I'll be very brief

[1:08:53] um I I I have a concern on on the far uh

[1:08:58] going from one to to two um I personally

[1:09:01] can can live with with two I I don't

[1:09:04] vote unless it's a tie anyway but to

[1:09:06] give my opinion I I can live with a two

[1:09:09] um but I don't know that I could live

[1:09:11] with higher than a two and um this is

[1:09:15] really more directed towards the plan

[1:09:17] commission or future developers that say

[1:09:21] boy they seem pretty quick to switch

[1:09:23] from one to two we probably can get them

[1:09:24] go from two to four and that to me is uh

[1:09:30] a step too far um I'd really like to see

[1:09:33] how we do at two uh and and see how it's

[1:09:38] um Incorporated within the village and

[1:09:41] what problems if any develop uh so um

[1:09:45] and and the way I'm able to get from one

[1:09:48] to two uh has what trusty Thompson

[1:09:52] alluded to or stated uh we do have sever

[1:09:55] members of League of Women Voters here

[1:09:57] who uh Advocate uh for affordable

[1:10:01] housing and affordable housing has

[1:10:03] different definitions uh but one of the

[1:10:05] definitions clearly is a mix of housing

[1:10:07] units uh this project uh and and part of

[1:10:12] the reason the to of going from a far of

[1:10:15] one to a far of two is because there's

[1:10:18] going to be smaller units um than

[1:10:21] traditionally are in lrange um that is

[1:10:24] giving uh renters another option uh that

[1:10:28] they don't have today and that is one of

[1:10:32] the things that we have residents

[1:10:34] advocating for um and so that's where I

[1:10:39] personally uh uh line up on it and with

[1:10:42] that I would ask uh clerk cadino for a

[1:10:45] roll call

[1:10:49] vote trusty Augustine

[1:10:56] that's still just one one

[1:10:58] right trusty O'Brien hi trusty Thompson

[1:11:03] I trusty

[1:11:09] McGee trusty Peterson I trusty Gail no

[1:11:15] and that passes 5 to one with that we

[1:11:18] have the introduction of the second

[1:11:19] ordinance so yes I'll I'll simply make

[1:11:22] the make the motion again um so I

[1:11:24] already went through the presentation so

[1:11:26] this is an ordinance approving uh

[1:11:27] special use for a plan development site

[1:11:31] plan and design review permit for 811 to

[1:11:35] 901 West Hillgrove

[1:11:38] Avenue so move second thank you trusty

[1:11:42] Gil and truste O'Brien

[1:11:45] um before I open it up to the trustees I

[1:11:49] do want to because we had a person

[1:11:51] indicate that there's 31 units with with

[1:11:54] only 30 parking spots that did not

[1:11:56] include the six indoor spots so there's

[1:12:00] 31 residential units plus the commercial

[1:12:02] units but 36 I believe is the number of

[1:12:06] parking spots um and I will be asking

[1:12:10] some questions about the Commonwealth

[1:12:13] Edison uh uh current um Transformer

[1:12:18] station and what the developer if

[1:12:20] anything is willing to do if that

[1:12:21] becomes available for sale but I'll

[1:12:24] first open it up to trustee comments

[1:12:27] trusty G thank you Mr President I'll say my piece and then be done um so

[1:12:32] I want to first I want to thank the

[1:12:33] applicant for um for the time effort and

[1:12:35] energy you know I work in the

[1:12:37] development area as well and I know it's

[1:12:39] a lot of time money and energy to go

[1:12:41] through these various processes before

[1:12:43] you've even turned a turned a shovel in

[1:12:45] the ground um I also want to thank the

[1:12:47] residents that that came out at

[1:12:48] different you know different meetings to

[1:12:50] express their views um uh you know

[1:12:53] democracy is in a lot of ways a

[1:12:55] conversation and the way we resolve

[1:12:56] issues is we have discussions and

[1:12:58] meetings and take votes and then we move

[1:13:00] forward um so I think this this plan

[1:13:03] development is certainly a vision of

[1:13:04] things to come you know we we as trusty

[1:13:06] Augustine even said we we have approved

[1:13:09] density we need density it's it's going

[1:13:11] to uh it's going to be something we have

[1:13:13] to do uh but I also don't think these

[1:13:16] developments Are All or Nothing

[1:13:17] propositions um you know a development

[1:13:20] needs to fit our standards it needs to

[1:13:21] fit um you know it needs to fit the

[1:13:23] location and so when I think about these

[1:13:26] kind of projects I go I go right into

[1:13:28] the numbers it tends to be how I

[1:13:30] consider them um you know and so we've

[1:13:32] already talked about the f um but

[1:13:35] another concern I have with you know

[1:13:36] with this particular proposal is there's

[1:13:39] this is broadly speaking but I don't see

[1:13:41] setbacks here for this building you know

[1:13:43] it's right up to the sidewalk light lot

[1:13:46] line to lot line on the sides um I think

[1:13:48] with the four-story height it's going to

[1:13:50] be quite an imposing structure uh for

[1:13:52] the area um also you know it never get

[1:13:56] seems to get a lot of coverage but the lot area per dwelling um this is uh

[1:14:00] it's going to be about

[1:14:01] 660 um which is I think about as dense

[1:14:04] as we've ever approved um which is you

[1:14:07] know a measure of of how many how many

[1:14:08] people are going to be in that space and

[1:14:11] then we talked about the F and and look

[1:14:13] I'm I'm okay with softening the F again

[1:14:16] I think this is a vision of things to

[1:14:17] come I just do think that it's quite

[1:14:20] telling that in this area this was

[1:14:24] prohibited from going Beyond 1.0 and

[1:14:26] while I appreciate comprehensive plan is more of a goal

[1:14:31] right the code is when we actually

[1:14:33] approve what it's going to be in what

[1:14:34] place um and I think that's that's

[1:14:37] influential for me so uh and finally you

[1:14:40] know I'll turn to you know I sat through

[1:14:42] the plan commission hearings I saw all

[1:14:43] the residents come and talk and when

[1:14:45] people come and they express their views

[1:14:48] and they are uh strongly you know in

[1:14:51] opposition to something that's the

[1:14:53] in-person representation of of these of

[1:14:55] these numbers if this had setbacks if

[1:14:59] this were shorter If This Were squeezed

[1:15:02] in on the side I wouldn't have any issue

[1:15:04] with this but I think it just goes a

[1:15:06] little too far I think it's going to

[1:15:07] have a an impact on the uh on the um

[1:15:11] adjacent properties and the character of

[1:15:12] the area and so um I just I can't

[1:15:14] support it as it's presented thank you

[1:15:17] trusty Gale Tristy Peterson uh I do also

[1:15:22] want to thank uh the plan commission and

[1:15:25] I want to thank the staff and I also

[1:15:27] attended the meeting the plan Commission

[1:15:28] meeting and listened to the residents

[1:15:30] come on out and I uh was very respectful

[1:15:34] of their opinions uh but uh I also

[1:15:39] looked into the existing comprehensive

[1:15:42] plan and uh the the draft of the new

[1:15:45] comprehensive plan that has will range

[1:15:48] forward that's going to be coming out

[1:15:49] and I have to say that I do think that

[1:15:51] the Bland commission and staff work to

[1:15:53] address most of their uh the issues that

[1:15:57] were brought up and I also think that

[1:15:59] the current this development is in

[1:16:01] alignment with the existing

[1:16:04] comprehensive plan and the new draft

[1:16:06] that's coming up so I will be voting to

[1:16:09] support the

[1:16:11] development thank you trusty

[1:16:15] Peterson trusty

[1:16:18] Thompson and I appreciate the developer

[1:16:20] coming out working on this I appreciate

[1:16:22] the village staff Planning Commission

[1:16:24] and the developer all working together

[1:16:25] to make changes we built this complex

[1:16:28] and there's been a lot of debate between

[1:16:29] the the trustees on this issue and I was

[1:16:32] reminded as I was talking to trustee

[1:16:34] McGee this afternoon a couple months ago

[1:16:36] I caught an Uber in Dallas Texas up to

[1:16:39] Frisco Texas and the Uber driver just

[1:16:40] had him say where you coming from I said

[1:16:42] I'm coming from Chicago he said

[1:16:43] specifically he said where I said I'm

[1:16:45] coming from lra he goes I grew up in lra

[1:16:47] he said I'm a Far East Side guy I said

[1:16:50] oh you know Shana McGee and Brussel Dort

[1:16:53] certainly do he said my family grew up

[1:16:55] with them were both four time all four

[1:16:57] generation people he said I got to move

[1:17:00] back to lrange when they built Uptown

[1:17:02] lrange having those apartments there

[1:17:04] gave me a chance to be able to afford to

[1:17:06] live on the grain now unfortunately

[1:17:08] except for his parents the rest of the

[1:17:10] families moved to Texas to avoid

[1:17:12] Illinois taxes but he said he really

[1:17:14] enjoyed having those apartments

[1:17:16] available he said that was the one thing

[1:17:17] if there was more here more children

[1:17:20] like him would move into town because

[1:17:21] they can't afford to buy a home but it

[1:17:23] gives them a chance to live in an area

[1:17:24] like lrange and enjoy the downtown that

[1:17:27] area and it always stuck out with me you

[1:17:29] know just a CH chance Uber ride with a

[1:17:31] kid who actually moved here because he

[1:17:33] could finally afford to live here so

[1:17:35] this is giving affordable options to

[1:17:37] people to live here it is the planned

[1:17:39] area as far as the setbacks go there are

[1:17:41] no setbacks on the current property the

[1:17:44] thing I like about this and the the

[1:17:45] developer they put in flood control

[1:17:47] bigger flood control than is needed for

[1:17:50] the property and for an area that has no

[1:17:53] flood control that suffers a great from

[1:17:55] flooding so I'm actually happy to see

[1:17:57] this come in because it's probably going

[1:17:58] to help the flooding in the area for all

[1:18:00] those homeowners in are around it where

[1:18:01] that water's just not going to head to

[1:18:03] the backs and head out to the tracks and

[1:18:04] flood that area out I remember R Newman

[1:18:07] when she was a congressman saying how

[1:18:08] the railroad track at that area was

[1:18:10] completely underwater and unpassable and

[1:18:12] that's exactly where she was talking

[1:18:13] about so you imagine how deep that was

[1:18:15] in June of 2021 to be over the railroad

[1:18:17] tracks at brainer so anything to pull

[1:18:20] water in and do that so this site

[1:18:22] development has really had a lot of

[1:18:23] thought going to it change the look of

[1:18:25] it to make it match the neighborhood

[1:18:27] more so again I appreciate Village staff

[1:18:29] the Planning Commission and the

[1:18:31] developer working with us so I fully

[1:18:32] support this development hope it moves

[1:18:35] forward thank you Tristy Thompson Tristy

[1:18:38] McGee

[1:18:49] I um I have to say that um I also have

[1:18:54] spent a lot of time um going over this

[1:18:58] proposal um I have lived in lrange my

[1:19:02] entire life and I was initially against

[1:19:06] putting up a four-story

[1:19:08] building um it's sad that I have to say

[1:19:13] I uh have not been on the west end

[1:19:19] in maybe 40

[1:19:21] years I have no I've always always love

[1:19:25] lrange and I've had no reason to

[1:19:27] actually go down that far and I would

[1:19:31] always cross brainer and make a right

[1:19:34] and never went back that way and so when

[1:19:36] I first started reading the proposal I

[1:19:38] was very confused as to exactly where um

[1:19:43] the you know design where what space

[1:19:47] they were talking about and so I decided

[1:19:50] to just take a journey over there just

[1:19:52] to look at it and um I'm happy to say

[1:19:56] that once I got there and saw exactly

[1:19:59] where it was going to be I thought it

[1:20:01] would be an asset to the community um

[1:20:05] but the thing that concerns me is the

[1:20:08] fact that I saw um the 30 parking spaces

[1:20:12] and I remember several months ago a

[1:20:14] gentleman came um to one of our meetings

[1:20:17] and he had just uh Ren uh rented an

[1:20:21] apartment on Bluff and he said he only

[1:20:24] had one parking space but he needed two

[1:20:28] and I also live next to a small

[1:20:30] apartment building and the tenants often

[1:20:33] have that problem parking and lrange has

[1:20:37] a huge parking um problem here and so my

[1:20:41] concern is that what are you going to do

[1:20:43] for those um tenants that actually need

[1:20:47] two parking

[1:20:49] spaces and so that's a question I I

[1:20:52] think thank you

[1:20:57] and just if you could introduce yourself

[1:20:59] too hi I'm Adam cadil I'm the applicant

[1:21:03] and uh so it it will be um 36 parking

[1:21:07] spots so uh and 31 units so it will at

[1:21:11] least be one parking spot per unit our

[1:21:14] thought is that it's right off the the

[1:21:17] train line there and um some people

[1:21:20] might need no parking spots you know

[1:21:22] possibly one and there will be extra

[1:21:23] parking spots as well um I know lrange

[1:21:26] is looking into doing you know something

[1:21:28] for parking in the overall area you know

[1:21:30] for different business owners and unit

[1:21:33] owners um you know this is just uh what

[1:21:36] the project is I actually lived at

[1:21:38] Uptown Apartments for a couple years and

[1:21:40] there was people there that that had no

[1:21:42] parking spots that used a train every

[1:21:43] day uh some that had one you know um I

[1:21:47] don't know the percentage I I could I

[1:21:48] could probably try to inquire cuz I did

[1:21:50] live there but of people that actually

[1:21:52] needed two I I think it was majority of

[1:21:54] residents um that were living there you

[1:21:56] know needed one so uh I think parking

[1:21:59] across the grain is is an issue and um

[1:22:03] you know we worked different sizes of

[1:22:05] this building you know over time at one

[1:22:07] point it was five stories and in 42

[1:22:10] parking spots and it went down to four

[1:22:11] stories and and uh you know 36 parking

[1:22:14] spots and and really uh it's not a big

[1:22:17] development overall so the economics

[1:22:20] just really don't work if it's if it's

[1:22:22] much smaller um so we believe that there

[1:22:25] will be sufficient parking for for the

[1:22:27] building so okay thank you let me before

[1:22:31] you I'm not going to let you sit down

[1:22:33] with with you uh suggesting that lrange

[1:22:37] is going to do something for the parking

[1:22:40] that that don't what I don't want to

[1:22:42] have happen is in a couple of years you

[1:22:45] come because we've we we've had people

[1:22:48] that uh we've told them you're not

[1:22:51] addressing parking when you build this

[1:22:53] building and then they come and say what

[1:22:55] have you done for me to solve my parking

[1:22:57] problem so we're not planning to build a

[1:23:00] parking deck or anything up that way and

[1:23:04] so uh you know this is this needs to be

[1:23:08] understood you're building this your commercial uh business will have no

[1:23:14] dedicated parking for an employee or for

[1:23:17] a customer and your units as it is now

[1:23:21] are 36 I'd like maybe we can address the

[1:23:23] Commonwealth Ed that may bring in nine

[1:23:26] more spots but that's what we're dealing

[1:23:28] with today yes sir and I'm sorry I

[1:23:31] didn't if I misspoke um I was speaking

[1:23:35] to to the area in general just uh as to

[1:23:37] the commercial you know concerns over

[1:23:40] there from other business owners about

[1:23:42] the parking um not not to the

[1:23:44] residential we believe that our 36 spots

[1:23:47] for 31 units is sufficient and we had a

[1:23:49] parking study that that noted that as

[1:23:52] well um and and and that do you have

[1:23:56] anything else you want to add

[1:23:59] yeah I think that it covers it well um

[1:24:02] the parking study indicated a 1:1 ratio

[1:24:05] for residential um and then you also

[1:24:08] have the

[1:24:09] um uh group of uh I can't think of the

[1:24:17] um Traffic Engineers um they had I think

[1:24:20] there K came out well KOA um it did a

[1:24:24] study they they indicated one to one but

[1:24:27] there's also a national group that

[1:24:28] indicated when a residential unit is in

[1:24:32] close proximity to um public

[1:24:35] transportation that the rate would be

[1:24:37] 1.14 and uh our client is providing 1.16

[1:24:41] so he exceeds that um can you address

[1:24:45] the cameth

[1:24:46] Edison property I can you know we're

[1:24:49] working hard on that and I appreciate uh

[1:24:51] charity Jones her input as well I I

[1:24:54] think we will get there um my

[1:24:57] understanding is they are going to

[1:24:59] retire that substation um I was able to

[1:25:02] locate some old leases so comad many years ago leased that area for

[1:25:09] parking so there is uh uh you know a

[1:25:12] precedent for it I think the issue is

[1:25:14] when are they going to remove the

[1:25:16] equipment and uh um but we definitely

[1:25:20] want to be on top of that right I mean

[1:25:23] to to me it it seems that when you look

[1:25:26] at that property and and it's on my

[1:25:28] understanding it's going to be

[1:25:29] decommissioned within a year um the the

[1:25:32] highest and best use would be parking

[1:25:34] for this development and we're we're at

[1:25:38] least I'm kind of taking you on faith

[1:25:42] that when that becomes available you'll

[1:25:44] use you know reasonable judgment but

[1:25:46] best efforts to obtain it because if it

[1:25:49] becomes undeveloped if you guys don't

[1:25:50] purchase it or lease it then nobody will

[1:25:53] and and you know then we're in a real

[1:25:56] problem that's right yeah we if it

[1:25:59] becomes available we plan to lease it it

[1:26:02] would improve uh you know it would just

[1:26:05] make the situation better improve the

[1:26:07] value of the building and be able to

[1:26:08] offer even additional parking um so we

[1:26:12] do plan to move forward if that becomes

[1:26:14] available thank you Tristy McGee

[1:26:26] it's

[1:26:55] yeah and and you know I think given the

[1:26:58] unit sizes and and everything you know

[1:27:01] we we don't believe that it will be a

[1:27:02] problem uh you know I live in lrange I

[1:27:05] live a few blocks from there um you know

[1:27:08] I I lived in uptown lrange for a number

[1:27:09] of years as well um I I put a lot of

[1:27:12] thought and effort into this and I

[1:27:14] wouldn't want to put something up in

[1:27:15] lrange that wasn't sufficiently parked

[1:27:18] or something that was going to cause

[1:27:20] future problems or something I wasn't

[1:27:21] proud of um so I believe that it'll be

[1:27:26] sufficient if I could if I could just

[1:27:28] add uh one of the conditions of approval

[1:27:31] um is that the parking spaces will be

[1:27:33] assigned to the residents and I think

[1:27:35] that's important because you won't have

[1:27:37] a case where everybody's you know trying

[1:27:39] to race to get a parking space if you

[1:27:41] have a second car and you don't have an

[1:27:43] assigned space you're going to have to

[1:27:44] find a a place to park the vehicle and

[1:27:47] uh our client uh you know accepted that

[1:27:50] condition is certainly

[1:27:52] reasonable all thank

[1:27:55] you uh

[1:27:58] justy thank you president kler um yeah a

[1:28:01] couple things parking is a huge issue in

[1:28:05] the village we're always addressing

[1:28:07] it

[1:28:09] um Central business district West End

[1:28:12] everywhere uh we could use more but we

[1:28:14] certainly don't want to be the town just builds parking garages uh every

[1:28:19] couple of years so we're we're trying to

[1:28:20] be creative in that and but that's

[1:28:22] certainly right behind infrastructure

[1:28:24] and flooding is is certainly one of the

[1:28:25] most important issues because if we're

[1:28:27] going to grow and we're going to do

[1:28:28] these things uh with developments then

[1:28:31] we we will need some more space so I I

[1:28:33] hope that between the comprehensive plan

[1:28:35] and future meetings and conversations

[1:28:38] amongst the commissions we start talking

[1:28:40] about uh unique ways to solve the

[1:28:42] problem because we can't grow I think

[1:28:43] without solving that problem a bit and

[1:28:46] then shaana talked on touched on

[1:28:48] something else I wanted to mention which

[1:28:49] is proximity I think probably a big

[1:28:51] reason you're developing where you're

[1:28:53] developing is

[1:28:54] because it's not just close to the train

[1:28:57] station uh can imagine people living

[1:28:59] there like the people in uptown need to

[1:29:01] take the train so they're probably not

[1:29:03] going to contribute to traffic

[1:29:05] congestion in the morning when the

[1:29:06] schools are coming through and in the

[1:29:07] evening people are coming home that's

[1:29:09] just an assumption I'm making but it

[1:29:10] helped me uh you know it helps me to

[1:29:14] know that that's probably the case um

[1:29:16] but they're close to shopping really

[1:29:20] great shopping and restaurants they can

[1:29:22] walk everywhere and it's a wonderful

[1:29:24] community so that is why they're living

[1:29:26] across the train you know I mean it'll

[1:29:27] be a little bit loud I grew up a couple

[1:29:29] blocks from the train I you get used to

[1:29:30] it but it's people who are going to rent

[1:29:33] here and the people who buy on the

[1:29:35] tracks sure they want to just live in

[1:29:37] the Grange and maybe that's one of the

[1:29:38] reasons but I think it is because they

[1:29:40] want to walk around they want the ease

[1:29:43] of leaving their car or not having a car

[1:29:45] and being able to get around and with

[1:29:46] Ubers you know there's not as much need

[1:29:48] for a car so that certainly helped me

[1:29:51] and what I did want to mention is just

[1:29:52] kind of on a larger scale that what this

[1:29:55] project has succeeded in doing if

[1:29:57] nothing else is putting land use

[1:29:59] development as it relates to the vision

[1:30:00] for lrange uh front and center how we

[1:30:04] should approach it in our new

[1:30:05] comprehensive plan will be important and

[1:30:08] so this development I think couldn't

[1:30:09] have come at a better time because it's

[1:30:10] created a lot of real life conversation

[1:30:12] for us as we go forward and lock some of

[1:30:14] these things up but we we do need to uh

[1:30:17] discuss in in future developments how we

[1:30:19] incorporate in affordable housing and I

[1:30:21] hope that that as it continues to come

[1:30:23] up tonight will to come up in the days

[1:30:24] to come and we really do something about

[1:30:26] it uh but thanks again for bringing this

[1:30:29] development to our attention

[1:30:31] and thank you trusty

[1:30:34] Augustine trusty Gil thanks I just had a

[1:30:37] quick question for charity um uh C4 is

[1:30:41] this I seem to recall in the packet is

[1:30:43] this the only area that has C4 or is

[1:30:45] that sprinkled throughout the village no

[1:30:47] C4 is really isolated just in this small

[1:30:50] portion of the Far West End okay it's

[1:30:52] just here okay thanks

[1:30:55] thank you trusty Gail um one of the

[1:30:58] questions that that I had um is is uh

[1:31:03] maybe for our legal counsel or for

[1:31:06] attorney Foley and that's this

[1:31:08] development with the balconies that hang

[1:31:10] over our sidewalk um do we have any

[1:31:14] liability if somebody's walking and

[1:31:16] somebody drops something off a balcony

[1:31:18] things like that the balconies are

[1:31:20] recessed and don't hang over the

[1:31:22] sidewalk so none of the balconies will be correct over our property that

[1:31:27] answers that perfect um so the the last

[1:31:30] thing I had was to again thank the

[1:31:32] applicant for coming out we do

[1:31:34] appreciate the investment in lrange we

[1:31:36] appreciate uh your your history living

[1:31:39] in in lrange and really wanting to uh

[1:31:43] make this a good project um I've heard

[1:31:46] reports from uh Deputy Village manager

[1:31:50] uh Jones along the way about how you've

[1:31:52] been receptive to staff's ideas um to

[1:31:56] make this uh really a a better project

[1:32:00] than when it came in so we appreciate

[1:32:02] that but I also want to to thank the

[1:32:04] residents for coming out I live close uh

[1:32:07] to them and uh I know that their

[1:32:10] concerns um although it may seem like we

[1:32:13] didn't address their concerns this

[1:32:15] project has developed uh and has changed

[1:32:19] um and is better uh fit for that area uh

[1:32:23] the board

[1:32:24] has heard your your concerns the plan

[1:32:26] commission did work to make some of

[1:32:28] those things uh occur um in that I'd

[1:32:32] like to thank the plan commission it's hard work um to look at these

[1:32:37] projects and do your best to make these

[1:32:38] projects uh top projects and uh I would

[1:32:42] also like to thank staff it was a lot of

[1:32:44] hours of of everybody that's here and and people that were with us in the

[1:32:49] past uh that have gone on to other

[1:32:51] departments um but they've worked hard

[1:32:54] for this and I appreciate uh all of that

[1:32:57] uh so with that being said I would ask

[1:32:59] for a roll call

[1:33:04] vote trusty Thompson

[1:33:08] hi trusty Peterson hi trusty

[1:33:14] McGee trusty Augustine hi trusty O'Brien

[1:33:19] I trusty Gail no and that passes 5 to

[1:33:23] one congratulations and uh we're looking

[1:33:25] forward to seeing a great

[1:33:29] project there's no more

[1:33:50] okay we are now at the point of the

[1:33:52] meeting to ask if the anyone in the

[1:33:55] audience has comments not on the agenda

[1:33:58] and as uh uh our uh favorite resident

[1:34:05] Steve Palmer makes it up I will tell you

[1:34:07] I bit my tongue as these talks about

[1:34:10] living so close to the railroad

[1:34:12] hopefully Stone Avenue won't be losing

[1:34:14] any stops as we're building this

[1:34:16] property around it we need more stops at

[1:34:19] Stone Avenue uh but maybe that's for a

[1:34:21] different hat come back and represent

[1:34:23] met for you at any time but right now

[1:34:24] I'm here uh as the co-chairman and and

[1:34:28] uh part of the lrange Pet Parade for 78

[1:34:31] years this parade has happened in our

[1:34:33] town and it couldn't have happened

[1:34:35] without the support of this village

[1:34:36] board and the entire Village

[1:34:40] um it's techically technically known as

[1:34:42] a privately funded

[1:34:45] parade even come can't even come close

[1:34:47] without the support of the village and

[1:34:49] what what happens and not only our

[1:34:51] village but the villages who cooperate

[1:34:52] and work with us

[1:34:54] um I will tell you that over the last

[1:34:56] few years we've seen issues happen uh

[1:34:59] with other towns and other parades that

[1:35:01] have been horrific and we all know that

[1:35:03] um the work that this Village and your

[1:35:07] professional staff has put into making

[1:35:09] this parade safe is beyond what you

[1:35:11] would know and what we should all know

[1:35:14] but let me tell you that it's there

[1:35:17] um so I want to obviously thank our fire

[1:35:20] department for the amazing uh uh

[1:35:24] Services they had out there

[1:35:25] unfortunately we didn't need any of them

[1:35:26] that day so that that's great um I want

[1:35:29] to thank Our Community Development

[1:35:30] Department for working so uh diligently

[1:35:33] with us and making things happen and

[1:35:35] especially uh Deputy Village manager

[1:35:37] charity Jones for her hard work not only

[1:35:40] uh for the parade itself but being on

[1:35:41] the committee and Advising us throughout

[1:35:43] the year

[1:35:45] um state county Forest Reserve BNSF

[1:35:49] Metra hatkins Mook Countryside Western

[1:35:52] Springs the granch park Riverside

[1:35:54] Brickfield Forest View Willis Springs

[1:35:56] Broadview indiia Head Park Chicago and I

[1:35:58] don't think I got them all police

[1:36:00] departments came out to support our

[1:36:02] parade that's

[1:36:05] amazing that was part of what kept us

[1:36:07] safe the plans that they had and how

[1:36:10] they operate we don't need to discuss

[1:36:12] but let me tell you that uh I was

[1:36:15] extremely impressed being the Le on

[1:36:16] working with the police department and I

[1:36:18] want to especially give a shout out to

[1:36:20] Ken yur our Deputy police chief for the

[1:36:23] amazing job that that Ken did um I've

[1:36:27] been part of the public safety end of

[1:36:30] this parade for the last 20 years I have

[1:36:33] not worked with

[1:36:34] anybody on the public on the police

[1:36:37] department side that has the credentials

[1:36:39] and has done the work that Ken hu did to

[1:36:42] make sure this parade was safe so

[1:36:44] special recognition for him in that

[1:36:46] effort and the entire effort of our

[1:36:48] first responder Community uh what an

[1:36:50] amazing group and and we are so thankful

[1:36:53] um um the unsung heroes of the parade

[1:36:56] Department of Public Works is

[1:36:58] amazing uh this this group not only make

[1:37:02] sure the parade routes cleaned up before

[1:37:03] and after they're running electricity

[1:37:06] they're doing all sorts of things

[1:37:07] they're putting up barricades they're

[1:37:08] part of our safety also with dump trucks

[1:37:11] full of sand and and and and salt and

[1:37:13] things put at different areas so a car

[1:37:15] can't drive down the street um there so

[1:37:18] many things that Public Works does

[1:37:20] they're out there at 6:00 in the morning

[1:37:21] that day um usually Russell and I take

[1:37:24] our our drive the day before the entire

[1:37:27] Parade route check the trees check

[1:37:29] things if anything needs to be trimmed

[1:37:30] because those fir trucks might have kids

[1:37:31] on top uh and things like that but all

[1:37:34] the things that that is done uh by the

[1:37:36] Department of Public Works is so

[1:37:39] thankful in and I don't know that

[1:37:41] everybody sees them and what they do but

[1:37:43] they are amazing

[1:37:47] um the reain of the parade I'm going to

[1:37:49] blame on the village

[1:37:51] president I'll take it

[1:37:54] but hopefully uh uh you know I'll

[1:37:56] guarantee it never will happen again I I think the Testament though to the

[1:38:00] parade was the fact uh at 6:15 in the

[1:38:03] morning as I drive the parade route in

[1:38:05] uh seeing people putting up chairs

[1:38:08] putting up tents uh doing all sorts of

[1:38:11] things and I'm not talking five or 10

[1:38:13] people I'm talking hundreds of people

[1:38:15] out there at 6:15 in the morning to get

[1:38:17] their spot saved says something about

[1:38:19] our town and our community that entire

[1:38:21] parade did go off the only act that

[1:38:23] really didn't get to perform of the

[1:38:25] parade was the Shannon Rovers because

[1:38:26] they couldn't do it with the weather um

[1:38:29] I definitely want to acknowledge Lindsay

[1:38:31] pan paus who is the president of pets

[1:38:33] and pel Charities who is in charge of

[1:38:35] fundraising and keeping this parade

[1:38:37] going uh Bob and Susan Breen who are

[1:38:39] part of the founding family and who

[1:38:41] works so diligently with us all the time

[1:38:43] and our parade coordinator Molly

[1:38:45] price uh next year's prade 79 we're

[1:38:49] getting ready for 80 which uh we plan on

[1:38:51] having a a huge celebration uh but at

[1:38:55] the end of the day it just the time that

[1:38:58] we all got together and had a little

[1:39:00] sense of community for a day even in the

[1:39:01] rain was very special so thank you for

[1:39:04] your support uh thank you Steve Palmer

[1:39:06] we really do appreciate it it can't be

[1:39:08] echoed enough uh how great our our team

[1:39:12] does uh and did on that day um and I

[1:39:15] know that there were a lot of

[1:39:17] departments mentioned some other

[1:39:19] departments in ook County uh was was

[1:39:21] helpful uh and we do really appreciate

[1:39:25] uh all of our surrounding um uh police

[1:39:29] departments that they come to make sure

[1:39:31] that that it's safe and we appreciate

[1:39:33] all the all the work with you in all the

[1:39:35] Departments but it probably Falls

[1:39:37] heaviest on public works and police that

[1:39:40] weekend at least during during the the

[1:39:43] time those those uh departments are

[1:39:45] really going 24 uh hours a day but I'll

[1:39:50] stop with that so that we can have Kathy

[1:39:52] demono come on up

[1:39:58] thank you Mr President I too want to

[1:40:01] thank the village for the support of our

[1:40:04] biggest fundraiser at the lgba which is

[1:40:06] the carnival the Pet Parade in the

[1:40:09] carnival are part of the fabric of this

[1:40:11] community and Public Works police and

[1:40:14] fire charity thank you for your help dur

[1:40:17] all this it's it was a great event a

[1:40:19] little wet on Saturday but that's okay I

[1:40:22] think everybody had fun and we felt safe

[1:40:25] and supported so thank you

[1:40:29] all thank you Kathy and I I learned uh

[1:40:32] that the people that had the kids that

[1:40:34] had their wristbands on Saturday were

[1:40:36] whipping through the rides because it

[1:40:38] wasn't so heavily attended so some

[1:40:40] people took full advantage of the

[1:40:42] weather but Becky come on

[1:40:48] up so I just want to appreciate um every

[1:40:52] everything that you all do and in

[1:40:54] particular those of you who took time

[1:40:56] out of your schedule to come to our

[1:40:58] anti- introduction to anti-racism

[1:41:00] conference really appreciated you're

[1:41:02] doing that and um we left shortly after

[1:41:05] the conference but we will be back in

[1:41:07] touch with you to uh see how we can

[1:41:09] assist to make our village welcoming for

[1:41:12] everyone and I think everyone got an

[1:41:14] invitation but um we're we're uh

[1:41:17] celebrating with our partners on

[1:41:19] Thursday night at 6:30 at the community

[1:41:22] center um with our summer summer

[1:41:25] celebration so um we invite you all to

[1:41:29] come out and uh have some refreshments

[1:41:31] and share with us uh continue our

[1:41:34] conversation um I it would be helpful if

[1:41:37] you can come to either tag me or send a

[1:41:41] email to lrange diversity or myself so

[1:41:45] we have enough food for everybody who's

[1:41:46] planning on coming but if you can't RSVP

[1:41:50] and you want to just stop by that would

[1:41:51] be great so thank you Becky and again

[1:41:54] that's open to the public correct um

[1:41:57] it's it's more for people we've been

[1:42:00] partnering with I'm sure if anybody

[1:42:02] wants to support diversity and come we

[1:42:04] would not turn anyone away but um

[1:42:07] particularly to the village and the

[1:42:08] people we've been working with um but

[1:42:11] yeah anyone could come well terrific and

[1:42:13] I know when they come they'll be able to

[1:42:14] see a nice community garden at the uh

[1:42:16] community house that was an eagle scale

[1:42:18] project so uh a nice community garden

[1:42:21] and a beautiful mosaic project that many

[1:42:24] of you helped with yes if you have not

[1:42:25] seen the anybody at home who has not

[1:42:28] seen the Mosaic project it's well worth

[1:42:30] driving by and if you go at different

[1:42:32] times the light reflects off it

[1:42:34] differently and it looks

[1:42:36] wonderful any other public

[1:42:40] comments seeing none I would ask if

[1:42:43] there's any trustee

[1:42:46] comments seeing none I would ask for a

[1:42:49] motion to adjourn motion to adjourn

[1:42:53] uh truste tenson and trustee Augustine

[1:42:57] will will go with you as as moving and

[1:42:59] seconding all in favor please say I I

[1:43:02] any opposed and that passes

[1:43:05] unanimously please join us for some

[1:43:08] refreshments in the back and it if I am

[1:43:12] correct it's from wooden paddle so it'll

[1:43:14] be a sneak peek of wooden

[1:43:22] paddle

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La Grange Village Board Meeting 6-10-24

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