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good evening
everyone we got a good crowd here
tonight so that's wonderful thanks
everybody for coming uh the video of
this meeting is streamed live on YouTube
and will also be available on Facebook
and on the Village website I'd like to
call the meeting to order and ask Clerk
saladino to call the
role trusty Augustine here trusty Gail
here trusty McGee here trusty O'Brien
here trusty Peterson here trusty
Thompson here president ker here and uh
we have a special presentation in a
little bit but in that honor we have uh
account senior account clerk Cheryl
aquilla's family and I know she has a
lot of volunteers for the pledge
allegiance so if everybody who's going
to say the Pledge could come up to the
podium that would be wonderful and
you're can to either introduce yourself
or introduce your brother
grandson granddaughter however you want
to do it so that we make sure everybody
gets introduced
hi CHL will you say their name into the
microphone so Kevin's gonna help you too
I think kin all right this is
gaan and Emma and Grayson Charlie
Frankie and Freddy and my son Charlie
awesome what a great group to say the
Pledge of
Legion the flag of the United States of
America and to the for it stands one
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nation what a fantastic job thank you
we have a few things on tonight's agenda
uh but one of the main purposes is of
tonight's meeting is to recognize our
citizen
volunteers uh this evening we're
afforded the opportunity to show our
appreci as a board for the individuals
that volunteer their time and talents to
our boards and commissions uh and that
really makes up the government uh in the
village of L Grange these men and women
devote countless hours to reviewing and
understanding the issues before them
they contribute their free time to
ensure that the work of government gets
accomplished in recognition of these
efforts we'd like to take some time to
present some of the accomplishments of
these boards and commissions this
evening which will be presented uh by
the Liaisons to the various groups the
individuals are encouraged to raise
their hand or briefly rise uh to be
acknowledged after their names called
after the meeting we'll have a reception
in the back of the room as a gesture of
our appreciation to begin the
presentation I'd like to invite Deputy
Village manager community development
director charity Jones to present the
board of fire and police uh
commission thank you in accordance with
State Statute the board of fire and
police commissioner ERS undertake
several efforts related to the
appointment of all full-time firefighter
paramedics and police officers they also
consider promotional appointments and
administer disciplinary action the board
of fire and police Commissioners
includes Alise hoffenberg who has served
10 years and is our current chair Brian
borma who served six years and Tom
Lavado who has served five years
my place there for a second we'll try to
keep going here um next up uh is Trusty
Peterson to present the community
Economic Development
commission the community and economic
development commission C DC considers
and makes recommendations to the village
board regarding Economic Development
issues the cedc considers current
economic Trends and the potential for
their application in lrange the cedc
continues to remain engaged in the
implementation of brand strategy through
a variety of initiatives over the past
year the cedc provided Direction on the
development of a valet parking program
and updates to the Village special
events policy they have also played an
active role in supporting the ongoing
comprehensive Plan update and the
members are Mr Russ Roberto 10 years and
current chairperson Steve Nazir two
years Christopher he hiri two years
Katie mcquiston three years John
Janowski three years Justin Hansen four
years Beverly Hayes five years Maurice
McGee five years Michael butan six years
Tom Cassidy eight years Camille hall
nine years Jane James janeski nine years
Lisa Shear n years Margaret Coulson 16
years and Steve Palmer 24
years thank you uh trusty Peterson and
thank you to everybody here that that
served on on that important commission
uh Tristy Thompson please present the
design review commission thank you
president cooker the design review
commission formerly known as the DRC
reviews and makes recommendations to the
village board on design review M
permanent applications which generally
Encompass this Central business district
along the gra Ro Hill Grove and
Burlington Avenues they administer The
Village's commercial building
comprehensive sign plan and reviews for
the central business district bade
renovation and restoration Loan program
over the past year the DRC reviewed and
recommended approval of significant bade
renovations to accommodate First
National Bank and Trust at 620 West
Burlington and additional tenant space
at 115 North lrange Road minor fake a
changes were made at existing properties
were also recommended for approval at Starbucks at 38 South L
Grange Road the wooden paddle at 23 West
calendar Court White Buffalo at 31
South 31.5 South L Range Road and the
Elm at 23 West haris Avenue the DRC also
reviewed and recommend approval of one
new comprehensive sign plan at 115 North
lrange Road and one sign plan Amendment
to commodate the stretch Lab at Ford
West calendar Court the members of this
committee are are Kevin Cahill who is
the current chairperson has been on the
committee for five years Ray Baker who's
four years Kirk volman two years Lindsey
Hansen two years and appointed February
26 of this year of Matt D'Or and Lee
Ruda thank you for your
service thank you Tristy Thompson and
again thank you everyone for their
service it's much appreciated uh next up
we have truste O'Brien with the
Environmental Quality commission thank
you president kler the Environmental
quality commission or eqc Works to raise
public awareness of environmental issues
and makes related recommendations to the
village board this past year at the E
I'm Excuse me this past year the EC
continued to consider and support a wide
range of sustainability initiatives
under the greenest region compact
framework including probations on C tar
salance Municipal aggregation of
electrical power supply green
infrastructure for storm water
management and other topics a top
priority in
2023 was developing a recommendation to
Target reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions the eqc evaluated and
recommended adoption of a 2021 Chicago
region climate action plan which sets
goals for reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions as part of a regionally
focused effort and plan this Regional
approach leverages the actions and
resources of a participating communities
and agencies continuing excuse me
continuing their commitment to public
engagement QC promoted an annual holiday
light recycling event collection of
smoke detectors Native Garden Tour
partnered with lrange Park on a pumpkin
recycling event and attended a farmers
market in Westend artfest to fur further
educate others on how sustainable
actions can be incorporated into daily
living and contribute towards continual
improvements to the quality of life en
enjoyed within the Grange uh they there
three threeyear terms of 15 members are
rose n who's been on the board for 10
years and current CH chairperson Amanda
L Monica Weir appointed 226 of 24 John
marovich appointed 226 of 24 Juan Vinnie
Miguel appointed 226 of 24 Ryan Lavar
one year Dan Mullen two years Elli bo uh
two years M Madonna Walsh two years
akuka Leva three years Molly Mahone
three years jannis fek three years Lori
Braun 5 years Brandon Simi 5 years and
Stan naroi 5 Years thank you triste
O'Brien and thank you to the eqc and
their hard work we really did appreciate
the presentation earlier this year it
was fantastic continuing on we have
trusty Gale with the plan commission
thank you Mr President um I'm happy to
serve as the liais on of the plan
commission and the plan commission
reviews and recommends applications for
special use permits plan development
approval slight plan appr approval
amendments to the zoning code and
official map uh an official map uh
vacation of public rights away and
subdivision plats uh this is a
particularly busy group and over the
last year the plan commission conducted
public hearings and recommended approval
for larger development projects such as
the Reconstruction of the McDonald's at
the corner of lrange and Ogden uh in
addition to our theater across the
street here site improvements at the gry
hill facility at uh 561 West Hill grve
and and a new Chase Bank walkup facility
at the Northeast intersection of Ogden
in the Grange Road uh which project
included Rehabilitation of the existing
downtown Chase Chase Bank at 14 South
The Grange Road also right across the
street uh which will include uh the
first floor multi-tenant commercial with
residential units above uh the CL
commission also reviewed special use
permits for the stretch lab uh The Tall
Grass uh Sunbury school and Upper Land
uh text amendments to allow changeable
uh
message signs at gas stations and
allowing physical fitness facilities
with limited retail space as a special
use within C1 and C2 commercial
districts as well uh the plan commission
has also served as a pivotal role as a
steering committee for the ongoing
lrange forward comprehensive Plan update
which we hope you have completed um by
the fall uh and this experienc group
includes Greg Pace for 15 years and his
current chairperson Peter o Conor who
has served for four years uh Susan
Mosher who has served for
Glenn WK who served for seven years uh
Jeff hoffenberg who has served for eight
Dave Schwarz who served for nine and
then Julie Eagan who has served for 10
years thank you Tristy Gil and thank you
to the members of plan commission we
have one of the things that they looked
at on our agenda later tonight so we
know that it's a very busy uh commission
and moving on to trusty Augustine zoning
board of appeals thank you Mr President
the zoning board of appeals or ZB a as
we often refer to it review applications
for relief from one or more requirements
of The Village's zoning code conducts
public hearings and makes
recommendations to this Board of
Trustees regarding those applications
typical requests for zoning variations
relate to front side and rear yard
setbacks for single family homes
building coverage for single family
homes building coverage and setbacks for
the replacement of detached garages and
similar considerations over the past
year the zba has heard and recommended
approval of four applications for
variations one seeking relief from the
required maximum building and loot
coverage on a non-conforming property
one seeking relief from the front yard
requirement to allow for an
accessibility ramp one seeking relief
from signage requirements to allow
additional signage on a commercial
property and one seeking relief from the
front yard requirements to allow for
construction of a
shed uh I was at all of those meetings
this year it was impressive and a
pleasure certainly to watch them lead
and do this important work on this board
is a seven member board five-year term
chairman and 14 years in is Michael
finder appointed just this year just a
couple of months ago is Lauren Deval one
year in is Julie Workman Matthew datillo
is one year Liam Brenan been on the
board on on this this commission for
three years Bridget Shen three years and
Paul kpan 5
Years thank you uh try Augustin and
thank you for their hard work we also
have the uh fire and uh police board and
for that I would ask Fire Chief Dan Rita
to maybe not
do uh what's it oh director Mike is I
guess with the microphone ready to to
stand in so uh thank you if you can uh
introduce the two members
nope thank you just flashing back and
forth scen all right my apologies for
that I'd like to introduce John Peterson
and William O'Brien as the fire pension
board advisory members the fire pension
board was established in accordance with
the Illinois state statute Ute and
monitors pension fund performance
reviews pension applications evaluates
disability claims and other related
items John Peterson is one of two
resident members of the five member fire
pension board Mr Peterson has served on
the fire pension board since June of
2015 William O'Brien is the second
resident member of the five member
pension board and Mr O'Brien has served
on the fire pension board since October
of
2020 thank you Susie and moving on to to
the police board police chief Tim
Griffin thank you president kler I'd
like to introduce John M and John
Peterson police pension board advisory
members the police pension board was
established in accordance with Illinois
State Statute and monitors pension fund
performance reviews
pension applications and evaluates
disability claims and other related John
uh Peterson is one of two two resident
members of the five member police
pension board Mr Peterson has served on
the police pension board since June of
2022 John madin is the second resident
member of the five member police pension
board Mr mad has served on the board
since July
2020 thank you very much Chief uh and
thank you for everybody that served we
do appreciate it you all do uh great
work uh for the village and um uh the
residents appreciate it also uh the
board also uh is responsible uh for
board presentations and liaison
assignments uh those have been renewed
again this year and they can be found in
our packet on
2b1 so moving on to one of the great
things we get to do today and that's
recognition of senior account clerk
Cheryl Aquilla for 18 years of dedicated
service to the Village of lrange and
when you saw all the grandchildren that
Cheryl and Chuck have you you can
understand why she would be uh uh
wanting to retire um so let me recognize
Cheryl for all our great service after
18 years of distinctive and dedicated
service to the Village of lrange senior
account clerk Cheryl Aquilla will retire
from her position on June 21 Cheryl
began her career with the finance
department as a part-time account clerk
on September 25 2006 providing front
counter service in the finance
department she was promoted to the
full-time account clerk on May 1 2012 to
perform Utility Billing in addition to
front customer duties in June of 2018
she became responsible for payroll and
was promoted to senior account clerk at
each of these levels she's demonstrated
a willingness to take on new
responsibilities and continue to learn
and work outside of her comfort zone a
really just has truly performed
commendable uh tasks and show her her
fantastic TR
Cheryl has ad depthly overseen new
platforms throughout her tenure with the
village this includes effectively
transitioning meter reads to impressa
enhanced platform along with converting
the reading measurements from 100 cubic
feet to cubic feet she transferred
employee payroll records formerly stored
on 3x5 index cards into an electronic
spreadsheet upon The Village's
successful integration into the
intergovernmental personal benefit Cor
Cooperative the
ipbc she migrated all internal employee
benefit data into the benefit solver
platform and just last year she
effectively transferred all data from
the benefit salver to a new platform
called plan source so with that I'd like
to congratulate uh Cheryl on our
retirement and thank you for 18 years of
great service
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so Cheryl you can feel free to say stuff
say anything uh we do have L back our former Finance Chief Luc ceroni and
his right hand Joe marzulla uh if
anybody want and Susie anybody wants to
say anything feel free feel free but
Cheryl I just want to thank the village
of lrange for becoming my work family
I started part-time as you have already
spoken about and moved to full-time
Clerk and a senior account clerk
processing water bills and
payroll Joe and Lou are back there and
Sandy were great to work with letting my daughter show up after being
at LT High School and showing up after
work and staying there till I left
letting my dog Riley come in the office
in the afternoons after he got groomed
we they've truly made me feel like
family and it continues with Susie Mah
she is a great addition to the village
and she is going to continue the finance
family that I have felt through all
these years thank you thank you
although we don't have it on the agenda
today uh from our fire department
Captain Tom binfield will be retiring
and we want to make sure that uh we wish
him all the best and we'll recognize him
at an upcoming meeting and also Mike
dulo from our Community Development
Department is leaving to uh go to
another Village so we wish him all the
best uh in his future endeavors
before moving on I'd really like to
express thanks to the organizers of the
pep parade and their partnering
organizations as long as well as the
village staff and the others that
contributed to the 78th annual pep
parade on June 1 uh surprisingly we got
a little damp it does never rains on pep
parade except in 2024 um but it was
amazing how many people L the sidewalks
uh even in the rain uh WGN came out did
a great job if you haven't uh seen it or
you didn't see it live uh go on YouTube
and and it really made the village look
great so I want to thank the lgba its
volunteers for another year of the
carnival um which again was was a
success a little low on the numbers on
Saturday but made up for uh by record
crowds on Friday and Sunday um and
really the village that it's it's a lot
of work uh the carnival and prep parade
for all of our departments um from
Public Works Community Development
police and fire they were all active uh
that weekend and we appreciate all their
um hard work and great activity um
before I pass the microphone to Village
manager Knight I will say that uh in our
summer we normally have um cancel two
meetings the second meeting in July and
the first meeting in August and we are
planning to do that again the um the
July meeting is scheduled for July 8th
so if that becomes a problem with our
board or or our department heads we
could look at rescheduling that to July
15th so just let Jack or myself know if
July 8th looks like it's problematic
with vacation plans uh with that I would
pass the microphone to Village manager
night thank you president cougler and
good evening everyone uh first off
congratulations to Cheryl ailla on her
retirement we wish you all the best in
retirement and uh enjoy those grandkids
um there's H one item listed tonight
under the manager's report uh that is
the village code comprehensive update
Title One uh item a uh refers to this
effort that kicked off in February of
2022 when the village board approved a
contract for a comprehensive code update
with munic code uh a consultant in the
field the goal of the project is to
develop a code that is more reflective
of current day regulations and one that
clearly articulates the values
requirements and expectations of the
community the consultant has since
drafted two uh draft updates and has
been uh reviewed by staff at this point
uh staff has provided input based upon
modern regulations best practices and
operational considerations amongst other
factors latest draft of title one has
been reviewed by staff Village attorneys
and now presented for village board
consideration the item has been prepared
for consideration has a few ATT ATT Ms
that includes a table listing more uh
substantial changes and a summary of the
explanation of those changes it also
includes a clean copy of the uh code as
well as a strikethrough version to
illustrate some of the changes that are
being proposed the purpose of the item
as it's prevented uh tonight is to
capture the thoughts and input of the
village board on the proposed update to
title one uh the input will be
incorporated into a final draft that
will be presented to the board later
this year which is anticipated to be
sometime in the fall uh president k that
concludes my report on this item and
again at this time we're just seeking
village board feedback on the proposed
Title One ordinance uh thank you and
Jack maybe you know or Ben how many
titles will we be looking at do we have
an idea yes yeah we have seven titles in
total okay uh this one is one of the
shorter ones uh there are some that are
far more lengthy okay we're we're easing
uh the board into it uh and so I believe
what the staff is hoping to have had a
accomplished is that the board would
have reviewed uh title one uh and if
they have any
questions we could uh have those
addressed now so starting with that does
anybody have any questions on title any
the changes or any of the existence of
Title
One Jesse
iy thank you president cair um I don't
have any tough questions but I do have
uh because I think it was well done and
I'm I'm glad to see that this is being
done and look forward to the rest of it
but I learned a couple things here
um I don't see this around too much or
do or do I just miss it but that the
official motto of lrange is tradition
and pride moving forward I like that um
also and I don't know if I've ever heard
it or if it exists somewhere but I'd
love to know uh since we have an
official song uh of the village Mila
Grange the words and music which were
written by uh local local local local
notable James Patrick Dunn for the 1979
lrange Centennial oh copy of the
official song may be found on files in
the office of the village clerk so it's
not online it's in a file just the
words according to the code yes yeah I
might we may have to follow up with the
remainders of the dun family and see if
we can get an updated signal on we would
intend to yeah I love that in the
meantime maybe our lawyer can lead us in
the
song do we do we do we have Milo or the
answer to that is
no it is legal liability I where's Milo
when we need him uh maybe we can have
Milo sing the song for us he's a
resident uh singer uh Tristy a anything
else all right uh I did get an email
from a resident and I owe a response to
and uh his email was uh regarding the
village flag and uh he said that he
would love to purchase a a a village
flag um and uh and flat I thought that
would be a great idea I know Village
manager Knight was looking for some and
we have yet to have we yet to find one
or are we still working on maybe having
a contest to develop a new flag uh the
one that we are aware of is right behind
us here over my shoulder terrific uh
that is the only one that we know to be
in existence so maybe I'll stretch that
out so the camera can see
it we also discussed the flag at a cedc
meeting a few years ago when we were
rebranding with the logo and talked
about potentially redesigning
it that's my uh van white impers
impersonation for the day uh okay uh
Tristy gal get back on to what we're
doing here I I also want to just commend
the staff and and Jack and and Ben and
everybody for for working on this this
is something I've I've wanted to see us
do for a long time as well um so I'm
glad glad you guys are getting into it
and now now that we're talking about the
flag like maybe we don't want to have
like that if that's the only one that's
very special like maybe like we don't
want to have duplicates of it so you
know it's just oneof a kind like
Irreplaceable um something to consider
but I'm very glad you guys are we're
doing this and I think it's very
important um and a um a good resource
for residents and and something that we
need to do so thanks thank you trusty
Gail
okay uh not seeing any further comments
uh again if anything comes up uh we can
always uh have the appropriate person
and Staff address those uh comments or
concerns
um and and thank you uh to to our staff
and attorney Schuster I know it was a
lot of work uh and continues to be a lot
of work work and we appreciate your
efforts and we do look forward to the
next steps uh in the someday brand new
code uh with that Village clerk saladino
I request that you read the items on the
consent agenda followed by current
business matters on the consent agenda
will be considered by a single motion
and vote because they already have been
considered fully by the board at a
previous meeting or have been determined
to be of a routine nature any member of
the Board of Trustees May request that
an item be moved from the consent agenda
to current business for separate
consideration item a annual appointment
of Village
officials Item B an ordinance
authorizing renewal of an aggregation
program for electric load item C minutes
of the special joint meeting of the
village Board of Trustees Board of fire
and police commissioners
community and economic development
commission design review commission
Environmental Quality commission plan
commission and Zony board of appeals
Wednesday April 24th
2024 item D minutes of the village of
lrange Board of Trustees meeting Monday
May 13
2024 item e Consolidated voucher
24527 item F Consolidated voucher
24610 current business this agenda item
includes a consideration of matters
being presented to the Board of Trustees
for action item a resolution endorsing
the climate action plan for the Chicago
region Item B an ordinance approving the
zoning code Amendment for plan
developments within the C4 convenience
commercial district and a special use
for a plan development site plan and
design review permit for 811 to 901 West
Hillgrove
Avenue thank you clerk
saladino
um I have a motion to approve the
consent agenda in a second so moved
thank you trusty Gail second thank you
trusty Peterson is there any discussion
regarding items on the consent
agenda yes I do thank you president kler
um as uh previously stated I recuse
myself from voting on any agenda items
related to our village prosecutor and
that usually pertains to our
Consolidated voucher item but tonight we
also have an annual appointment of
Village officials and uh my brother is a
long serving Village prosecutor here so
if anyone's ever wondered that's why I
recuse
myself uh thank you Tristy
I seeing no other uh questions or
comments I would ask clerk saladino for
a roll call vote can I have one oh sorry
I meant to say one more thing if I can
item D in the minutes um could we can we
vote on that next week would that hold
us up at all and Jack I'm thinking about
the concern one of our residents has
about how she was noted in the in the
minutes is that something we can amend
later or is it would it be okay to clear
ify how those remarks are the concern
that was shared with us has been
addressed in the minutes so it's already
it's updated in this one in those
minutes yes
corre sorry
then okay with that a roll call vote
please trusty Thompson hi trusty O'Brien
hi trusty
McGee trusty Augustine hi trusty
Peterson hi trusty Gail
I and that passes unanimously uh next
we're up uh for item a and I would refer
that to trusty O'Brien thank you
president
kler this is regards to resolution
endorsing the climate action plan for
the Chicago region the Metropolitan
mayor's caucus or MMC a membership
organization consisting of 275 cities
towns and villages in the read in the
region led the development of a climate
CL action plan for the Chicago region or
cap the plan encompasses goals to reduce
future impacts and adapts adapt to a
changing climate Municipal actions and
decisions can evaluate ways to re excuse
me ways to reduce greenhous gas or ghg
emissions and Achieve adaptation to
prepare for the impacts of a changing
climate climate the Environmental
Quality commission eqc has reviewed this
framework and is in support of adopting
the capap as aligns with and enhances
The Village's overall sustainability
efforts the benefits of adopting the
capap including partnering with the MMC
and other larger National agencies in
working to me measure Regional
greenhouse gas data assess Regional
climate risk and align efforts currently
42 municipalities and Counties have
endorsed the capap through resolution
the C sets science-based mitigation
targets for greenhouse gas emissions
reduction excuse me gas emissions
reduction and Equitable climate ad
adaptation targets although the plan is regional in scope strategies in the
plan are specifically tailored for
Action at the municipal scale the eqc
presented a review of this of the cap to
the village board on April 22nd
2024 the EC recommends a resolution to
endorse the 2021 climate action plan for
the Chicago region region the resolution
provides access to a regional framework
that has additional resources to track
and measure Regional progress towards
these goals upon adoption the eqc would
include related goals into their 2024
work plan and measure and Report
progress as part of their annual
review the climate action plan along
with the greenest region Compact 2
guides implementation of wellestablished
best practices and sustainability and
would inform the consideration of
policies in both sustainability and
greenhouse gas emissions reduction staff
has reviewed the specifics of the client
action plan and finds there is alignment
with current efforts with endorsement of
the plan sing to increase the
effectiveness of sustainability
efforts uh staff recommends approval of
resolution endorsing the climate action
plan for the Chicago region and I in
agreement so you're moving I moved to a
recomend the approval of the resolution
and any second second I'm sorry who
second I'll second thank you chuste a
before we have any discussion I've heard
from my right I've heard from my left
I've heard from the audience that I
skipped public comments so in case
there's any public comments on this item
uh I would invite public comments now on
any items that are on our
agenda please
hello there we go uh my name is Tim
penrad I live at 543
Blackstone um my question concerns the
climate action plan um just reading this
to me it seems like um there's a lot of
open-ended commitments and a lot of
platitudes and I want to know if the
village has done anything to assess what
um commitments to this plan is going to
cost the village and what it's going to
cost individuals I
mean like these M mitigation goals
they're fine but you know it says reduce
50% by 2030 how are we going to do that
um says U mitigation objectives
decarbonize energy sources how are we
going to do that um decarbonized
transportation how are we going to do
that um it just seems like this is very
open-ended nobody's done as far as I
know any cost benefit analysis on this
um so I'm just wondering what the impact
is going to be on the village
taxpayers thank you Mr Conrad and I can
tell you that I don't think we've done a
comprehensive study of if we were to
achieve all the goals uh how much it
would cost in in in dollars and cents
however when we do um individual things
we always look at uh what is the cost an
example is we're doing a pay
blocks and next to at lot three which is
the parking lot next to the elm and
there's a substantial cost increase to
do paper blocks versus asphalt and we
looked at that we were able to obtain a
grant um uh from mwrd that uh for the
most part offsets the additional cost
for the village uh just recently we went
out for uh purchase of electricity and
there were different maybe uh manager n
could give more of the detail but there
were different plans um and we elected
one that had I believe less of a
negative environmental impact and there
was a a cost of that but maybe you could
give some more background yeah correct
so on the consent agenda Item B uh
refers to that Municipal aggregation
program uh through that program we're
able to aggregate the purchasing power
of our residents residents don't pay any
additional cost for electricity however
we are able to go out to Market realize
some savings with those savings uh we do
uh purchase uh RAC so renewable energy
credits so that's one example of several
where we would look for options where we
can reduce our environmental footprint
without a cost to our
residents
sure if you sign on to this plan does
the village have the right to disavow um
any requirement that this whole um plan
if you if we agree with it and you know
maybe the rest of the villages don't can
we um set aside something in that or are
we committed to everything that they do
we we definitely are not committed to
everything that they do it's a it's a
goal to do the certain of these things
but we're not committed to
it put the
microphone my name is gu Wanger and I
own a building at 9913 Hill Grove and I
wanted to address the 811 to uh 901 West
Hill Grove
development um I'm all for development
in this town uh I love lrange I think it
should be done
responsibly putting a four-story
apartment building up 31 apartments only
30 parking spaces first floor commercial
no parking on the street uh I think
that's a ler responsible and I just
wanted to voice my opinion thank thank
you for coming out
tonight thank you uh for for those
comments um with that uh we'll go back
to the current business item a uh which
his a motion was made and a second so
I'll open that up for any questions or
comments seeing none I would have a roll
call on item
a trusty Gail hi trusty
McGee trusty Peterson hi trusty Thompson
hi trusty Augustine hi trusty O'Brien
I and that passes unanimously now moving
on to Item B which is the Hill Grove
property I would move that to trusty Gil
thank you Mr President uh so this is the
uh this is an ordinance to allow a
zoning code amendment to allow floor
area ratio adjustments for the plan
development within um for plan
developments within the C4 uh commercial
district and then an also an ordinance
approving a special use for plan
development site plan and design review
permit for 811 to 901 West Hill
Avenue uh so I'll do the introduction
and then the motion uh so 817 to 821
West Hillgrove LLC is the applicant uh
and they are the property owner of 817
to 821 West Hillgrove Avenue as well as
contract purchaser for both 811 West
Hill Grove and 901 West Hill grve the
applicant is seeking to construct a
four-story mixed use building at the
property commonly known as 811 to 901
West Hillgrove Avenue uh the applicant
is seeking four things um four things
they are request a special use for a
plan development site plan approval and
a design review permit the applicant is
also seeking approval to amend the
zoning code as it relates to the maximum
adjustments of floor area ratio for plan
developments within
C4 the project proposes a four-story
mixed use building with uh approximately
4,400 squ ft of first floor commercial
space underneath 31 residential units uh
the building provides a mix of
residential unit types proposing Three
Studio 19 one bedroom and nine
two-bedroom units each residential unit
will have a balcony and all units will
have access to a shared roof deck uh the
site plan includes 30 surface level
parking spaces to the north of the
building 14 of which are primarily
located below the building's uh second
to Fourth floors they'll be accessed
from an adjacent public alley applicant
is also proposing a curb cut on Hill
crove Avenue Hillgrove Avenue excuse me
uh to provide access to a six-car
interior parking garage uh placement of
papers and installation of planter boxes
and Landscaping along Hillgrove uh
RightWay adjacent to the development is
also proposed all portions of the alley
AB budding the development will be
resurfaced uh as mentioned the applicant
is Seeking a text Amendment as well to
section 5- 1110 F10 of the zoning code
which states that no increase of the
maximum f is allowed in the C4 District
the applicant is proposing a Max maximum
F adjustment to uh 2.0 for the plan
development the public hearing of the
application was opened by the plan
commission at uh on April 9th 2024 and
ultimately continued to May 14th uh 2024
at the April meeting Commissioners
requested additional engineering
analysis of potential impacts uh to the
public sewer infrastructure as well as
additional traffic analysis
Commissioners requested consideration of
revising uh facade materials to
complement surrounding buildings and the
Stone Avenue Metro station reducing the
height of the elevator of the building
and adding windows to the rear elevation
of the building which is on the North uh
the plan commission also requested the
applicant to address Village staff's
suggested conditions within their April
memo which is uh included in our in our
packet and online a total of 13
residents spoke at the hearing the
majority stating concerns with the
proposed development's height the facade
design potential impacts to public
infrastructure traffic and parking
others praise the development for either
contributing to the diversification of
The Village's housing stock or for it
supporting long-term Community goals for
developing and revitalizing the West End
um the public hearing was concluded by
the plan Commission on May 14th 2024 the
applicant prevented uh uh the applicant
presented revised building Heights
facade materials and Architectural
design staff presented the results of
supplemental engineering and traffic
analysis at that meeting as well uh
resident comment at the meeting
concerned the development's potential
traffic generation as well as existing
parking conditions along with concern
that the new development would
exacerbate those conditions residents
also expressed opposition to the overall
Building height and density the
applicant noted changes to the building
design and how the facade of the
building is articulated to provide
relief with each end being two stories
taller than its immediate neighbor the
applicant also noted that the project
will result in a reduction in total
commercial demand for public parking as
compared to the existing condition and
shared that they felt the project was
consistent with others in in and along
the BNSF Corridor and serves to support
the established Community Vision for the
area uh the plan commission was
supportive of the revised plans and
reiterated the importance of
revitalizing the West End Commissioners
noted the modifications through the plan
development process can provide uh
flexibility to code requirements to
achieve Go Achieve goals outlined in the
community Commissioners felt that
development could serve as a catalyst
for the area and affirmed the results of
the technical analysis that was done um
after deliberation the plan commission
voted 60 to recommend the application
with the following conditions uh parking
spots should be allocated number one
parking spot should be allocated lease
number two within the parking garage all
parking spaces except two most Northwest
parking spaces must be restricted to
compact vehicles snow must be removed
from the site and not stored on on the
property the photometric plan must be
revised to comply with the village
zoning code and a plat of consolidation
must be submitted staff worked with the
village attorney in developing the
attached ordinances um the applicant has
agreed to comply with the conditions of
the plan commission which have been
Incorporated in the attached ordinance
approving the plan development site plan
and design revieww permit and our staff
recommends approval of the attached
ordinances uh as reflective of the
recommended recommendation of the plan
commission and then attorney Schuster
can I make one motion for both pieces or
does oh we are going to vote on the
ordinances separately so we're going to
vote on the ordinances so I should uh
which one do we take first do we take
the or does it matter uh I would suggest
the text Amendment first because unless
that is adopted uh the plan development
ordinance cannot be adopted very good so first I will move for hold on make
sure I get the right one here uh an
ordinance approving a zoning code
Amendment so Mo move to amend the zoning
code to allow floor area ratio
adjustments for plan developments within
the C4 convenience commercial district
and we'd be changing it from one to
2.0 so I'm looking for a motion to
change the zoning code uh floor area
ratio
from 1 to 2.0 so moved thank you and a
second second thank you uh uh Tristy
Gale and Tristy Peterson um before we
begin can either um Ben or uh Deputy
Village manager Jones explain what far
is and what it means to go from one to
two sure so floor area measure floor
area ratio is a a measurement of bulk on
a property so an F of one could be a
one-story building covering 100% of the
lot or a two-story building covering 50%
of the lot or a three-story building
covering a third of the lot so it's just
a relation of the total square footage
of the building to the total square
footage of the
property so it can we assume that if
it's 2.0 it's covering 200% or or total
of 200 so it could be the full lot size
two stories or more akin to this
development about half of the lot and
about four stories and and for this I
know that that it'll be the next vote
but what is the far as
proposed the F for this project is
1.99 I think okay it's just under the
two okay um and I know I know that um
our code
said that the far could never exceed one
um and that wasn't even something like
we could do a variance on right so the
what the actual text amendment is is
allowing an increase in F in the C4
current for plan developments So
currently in the code the way the
ordinance reads that one of the things
that can be varied through the plan
development process is adjusting the
maximum floor area ratio and it
specifies for different districts to
what extent the village board can grant
a floor area ratio adjustment in the C4
the zoning code limits the board's
discretion to Grant floor area ratio
adjustments through the plan development
process this text Amendment would allow
the board to Grant a floor area ratio
adjustment up to
2.0 okay uh thank you
um I do have some comments but I'll wait
till hear from the trustees trust Gil
thank you Mr President um I I just I can
I have comments but I'll just break out
the f one because that's what we're
talking about now um I mean I it really
struck me as interesting that this
particular area has this particular
restriction that you cannot go above
1.0 uh in the C4 area and uh I noted
that because you know it seems
intentional like you can do it in other
spots but you can't do it here which
means to me that when when we thought
through you know the board not us
personally but this board thought
through uh where to put these zoning
requirements they specifically did not
want to allow increased dents and bulk
in that particular area um so that that
concerns me if if we're going to allow
it to go from from one to two I get that
with the text Amendment we're not saying
this development goes from one to two to
but I think that there was an
intentional Choice here to keep this more less bulky in this
smaller commercial area so I'm not in
favor of it thank you trusty
Gil trusty Thompson charity how old is
that
code this particular provision I don't
know if it's in the original 96 version
of 1996 version of the code or if it was
amended at some point along the way it hasn't been amended in the time that
I've worked here
so so we we agreed to a comprehensive
plan back in 2005 that allows for that
suggests and it's also the BNSF quarter
plan that says in this C4 District we
will bring in high density housing we
are in this process of doing a new
comprehensive plan the regional
transportation board has come to us and
asked for us to bring bring in higher
density housing and we just signed a
pack to complete was all this
environmental stuff is the citizen ask
what are we committing to we're actually
committing to bring in higher density
housing to reduce Transportation miles
reduce energy reduce carbon and if we
don't make these changes we're never
going to achieve that because the C4
business district is the area where you
need to have high density housing along
the railroad tracks I don't think in
1996 the board was ever thinking about
anything about what was going to come
but this is the way the BNSF rail
Corridor is being developed and I know
of two other developers are looking at
very similar lots and if this rule isn't
changed those two developments also will
go away and we will have no development
on the west end so if if we as a village
want to begin to develop the West End
vacant Lots currently we have to make
these changes or we're just going to
have vacant property sitting there
drawing very little taxes and never have
any more increased housing and for the
League of Women Voters never have a
chance to have affordable housing be
built in the grain so for me I support
this completely thank you Mr Thompson
any other
comments uh you
do thank you president kler figure I'll
kind of give my statement here as well
because if this doesn't pass then second
part doesn't matter so much
um this is the um this is hang on a
second Peggy can you hear me okay
because sometimes you can't and you get
mad at me after these
meetings um
so um more than two years ago I was
invited to be a part of a
pre-application meeting with this
applicant they came in to discuss their
idea before moving forward in this
meeting was our community development
staff Police Chief Fire Chief uh
chairman of the plan commission
president kler and possibly a few
others it's a kick the tires before
moving forward kind of meeting and the
applicant came in to find find out if
their plans were in line with our codes
and standards and ordinance and that
kind of
thing it was it's you know this kind of
thing it was my first and only so far uh
that kind of pre-application meeting and
I think it's a a great thing that we
offer um certainly can save everyone a
lot of time and aggravation but in this
particular preapplication meeting it
seemed to me that most everything was
understood and the meeting seemed to go
well and now tonight I get to vote on it
for me this is the first planed
residential development that I have that
I've come across since I've again as I
said been here and I've been here for
just going on five years now here on
this board um but I have curiously
followed and watched quite a few
development projects
unfold in the process from plan
commission to village board no single
development was a slam dunk all had
strong
residential push back Andor commissioner
concerns many had contentious moments
and some were frankly hard to watch but
they were full of lessons for future me
from the beds development to 40 South
Ashland to Uptown Jackson Square and
then most recently I think if I have my
order right Mason
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point there was a great deal of concern
for all of these developments at the
time that they were
discussed res
residents concerned about the problems
it could
create were there and they expressed
their
interests in the end all but one were
eventually
built and seemed to be serving us fairly
well the generation before these
developments that have happened in say
the last 5 to seven years we're part of
many of them our our Tiff our tax in
increment F financing phase uh the
triangle project that we know of some of
us remember the the Borders bookstore
and now it's AT&T but Trader Joe's I
think Illinois was the or lrange had the
second Trader Joe's in Illinois right
there and it's still there and we built
that tall tall building behind it that
was a new big development but it wasn't
around too many residential
neighborhoods and that probably got some
decent
support and then shortly thereafter two
new large but less less tall
developments at Kensington right by the
tracks just just north and just south of
the tracks are two huge developments in
L
range there's a big Condo building on
Ashland just south of the tracks facing
the calender lot I think those
structures are fairly massive in scale
certainly relative to what we we had
seen in lrange before some of them right
alongside homes others replacing old
retail Parcels one replacing an old car
dealership
these developments were no doubt also
met with
disapproval from some but all projects
eventually went through the same process
for approval that we have today and as
it turns out they seem to fit in quite
well so what I see here tonight with
this new
project is is is nothing new and and I
did attend the first of the two plan
commission meetings because I think this
is very important the neighbors there
were very passionate had some very
legitimate concerns and certainly fears
that this may disaffect their quality of
life if it is approved
tonight only time will tell but this
town has had a great track record on
this The Grange has been careful and
considerate in their review of
developments they ask for improvements
in any number of areas and only approve
the project when they have met those
standards in my opinion the plan
commission has been has been in a in in
no hurry or under no obligation to
recommend any development but when they
do those seem to have been very well
thought
through as an elect official I see first
firsthand the importance of Healthy
Growth and how it adds value to town to
our town as we grow we are obviously
landlocked so opportunities are few and
far between but opportunities are there
no one out no one out out there seems to
be screaming for more retail got a good
deal of that in some vacancies in those
spaces but homes condos and apartments
do very well here thanks to you know a
number of things our our great shops our
restaurants our reputation for school
safety and an exceptional sense of
community so when I saw that the plan
commission upon further review and
changes from the applicant voted
60 to recommend this plan that carried a
lot of weight for me so I am inclined to
support uh both both of uh both of the
items on the agenda tonight for this
development thank you trusty
Augustine um trust G thank you Mr
President I I neglected to say that the
applicants are here if anybody has any
questions I forgot to add that I think
everybody knew that but I just want to
make sure I pointed that out and and
that may come up more in the second one
than than the first is my guess but if the applicant wants to speak now I'm fine with that sure no problem take
your time
my name is Tim Foley I'm the attorney
for the petitioner um I just wanted to
speak briefly on the issue ofar um we
talked about the dates of the uh the
code I think it's important to to point
out though the comprehensive plan that
was approved and adopted in 2005 makes
clear that they wanted that the village
wanted to develop the West End and I
just want to read um it's in the various
agenda that I I filed but I just want to
read one small portion um this is from
the comprehensive plan The Village's
planning process established that the
West End should reposition itself in the
market and intensify with new mixed use
development this would largely consist
of retail uses on the first floor with
residential uses above accomp
accomplishing this objective will
require relaxing parking requirements in
the West End Zone I I think implied also
is the idea what they' have to
build higher buildings as well to
accommodate the commercial uses on the
first floor and residential on the upper
floors and I think one thing I just want
to and this can come up later but just
remind everybody that the the height of
the building the majority of it is 43
ft all residents will occupy a space 43
fet or below so and we can address that
uh further but I I believe that
when the village adopted the
comprehensive plan in
2005 it envisioned this and I I think
the fact that they Envision mixc use
development that's exactly what our
client brought to the village and I
think it's consistent with that so I
that's all I have to say for now but I'm
glad to answer any questions you may
have thank thank you attorney Foley we
appreciate it we appreciate your efforts
in this regard uh with that any other
trusty comments uh I'll be very brief
um I I I have a concern on on the far uh
going from one to to two um I personally
can can live with with two I I don't
vote unless it's a tie anyway but to
give my opinion I I can live with a two
um but I don't know that I could live
with higher than a two and um this is
really more directed towards the plan
commission or future developers that say
boy they seem pretty quick to switch
from one to two we probably can get them
go from two to four and that to me is uh
a step too far um I'd really like to see
how we do at two uh and and see how it's
um Incorporated within the village and
what problems if any develop uh so um
and and the way I'm able to get from one
to two uh has what trusty Thompson
alluded to or stated uh we do have sever
members of League of Women Voters here
who uh Advocate uh for affordable
housing and affordable housing has
different definitions uh but one of the
definitions clearly is a mix of housing
units uh this project uh and and part of
the reason the to of going from a far of
one to a far of two is because there's
going to be smaller units um than
traditionally are in lrange um that is
giving uh renters another option uh that
they don't have today and that is one of
the things that we have residents
advocating for um and so that's where I
personally uh uh line up on it and with
that I would ask uh clerk cadino for a
roll call
vote trusty Augustine
that's still just one one
right trusty O'Brien hi trusty Thompson
I trusty
McGee trusty Peterson I trusty Gail no
and that passes 5 to one with that we
have the introduction of the second
ordinance so yes I'll I'll simply make
the make the motion again um so I
already went through the presentation so
this is an ordinance approving uh
special use for a plan development site
plan and design review permit for 811 to
901 West Hillgrove
Avenue so move second thank you trusty
Gil and truste O'Brien
um before I open it up to the trustees I
do want to because we had a person
indicate that there's 31 units with with
only 30 parking spots that did not
include the six indoor spots so there's
31 residential units plus the commercial
units but 36 I believe is the number of
parking spots um and I will be asking
some questions about the Commonwealth
Edison uh uh current um Transformer
station and what the developer if
anything is willing to do if that
becomes available for sale but I'll
first open it up to trustee comments
trusty G thank you Mr President I'll say my piece and then be done um so
I want to first I want to thank the
applicant for um for the time effort and
energy you know I work in the
development area as well and I know it's
a lot of time money and energy to go
through these various processes before
you've even turned a turned a shovel in
the ground um I also want to thank the
residents that that came out at
different you know different meetings to
express their views um uh you know
democracy is in a lot of ways a
conversation and the way we resolve
issues is we have discussions and
meetings and take votes and then we move
forward um so I think this this plan
development is certainly a vision of
things to come you know we we as trusty
Augustine even said we we have approved
density we need density it's it's going
to uh it's going to be something we have
to do uh but I also don't think these
developments Are All or Nothing
propositions um you know a development
needs to fit our standards it needs to
fit um you know it needs to fit the
location and so when I think about these
kind of projects I go I go right into
the numbers it tends to be how I
consider them um you know and so we've
already talked about the f um but
another concern I have with you know
with this particular proposal is there's
this is broadly speaking but I don't see
setbacks here for this building you know
it's right up to the sidewalk light lot
line to lot line on the sides um I think
with the four-story height it's going to
be quite an imposing structure uh for
the area um also you know it never get
seems to get a lot of coverage but the lot area per dwelling um this is uh
it's going to be about
660 um which is I think about as dense
as we've ever approved um which is you
know a measure of of how many how many
people are going to be in that space and
then we talked about the F and and look
I'm I'm okay with softening the F again
I think this is a vision of things to
come I just do think that it's quite
telling that in this area this was
prohibited from going Beyond 1.0 and
while I appreciate comprehensive plan is more of a goal
right the code is when we actually
approve what it's going to be in what
place um and I think that's that's
influential for me so uh and finally you
know I'll turn to you know I sat through
the plan commission hearings I saw all
the residents come and talk and when
people come and they express their views
and they are uh strongly you know in
opposition to something that's the
in-person representation of of these of
these numbers if this had setbacks if
this were shorter If This Were squeezed
in on the side I wouldn't have any issue
with this but I think it just goes a
little too far I think it's going to
have a an impact on the uh on the um
adjacent properties and the character of
the area and so um I just I can't
support it as it's presented thank you
trusty Gale Tristy Peterson uh I do also
want to thank uh the plan commission and
I want to thank the staff and I also
attended the meeting the plan Commission
meeting and listened to the residents
come on out and I uh was very respectful
of their opinions uh but uh I also
looked into the existing comprehensive
plan and uh the the draft of the new
comprehensive plan that has will range
forward that's going to be coming out
and I have to say that I do think that
the Bland commission and staff work to
address most of their uh the issues that
were brought up and I also think that
the current this development is in
alignment with the existing
comprehensive plan and the new draft
that's coming up so I will be voting to
support the
development thank you trusty
Peterson trusty
Thompson and I appreciate the developer
coming out working on this I appreciate
the village staff Planning Commission
and the developer all working together
to make changes we built this complex
and there's been a lot of debate between
the the trustees on this issue and I was
reminded as I was talking to trustee
McGee this afternoon a couple months ago
I caught an Uber in Dallas Texas up to
Frisco Texas and the Uber driver just
had him say where you coming from I said
I'm coming from Chicago he said
specifically he said where I said I'm
coming from lra he goes I grew up in lra
he said I'm a Far East Side guy I said
oh you know Shana McGee and Brussel Dort
certainly do he said my family grew up
with them were both four time all four
generation people he said I got to move
back to lrange when they built Uptown
lrange having those apartments there
gave me a chance to be able to afford to
live on the grain now unfortunately
except for his parents the rest of the
families moved to Texas to avoid
Illinois taxes but he said he really
enjoyed having those apartments
available he said that was the one thing
if there was more here more children
like him would move into town because
they can't afford to buy a home but it
gives them a chance to live in an area
like lrange and enjoy the downtown that
area and it always stuck out with me you
know just a CH chance Uber ride with a
kid who actually moved here because he
could finally afford to live here so
this is giving affordable options to
people to live here it is the planned
area as far as the setbacks go there are
no setbacks on the current property the
thing I like about this and the the
developer they put in flood control
bigger flood control than is needed for
the property and for an area that has no
flood control that suffers a great from
flooding so I'm actually happy to see
this come in because it's probably going
to help the flooding in the area for all
those homeowners in are around it where
that water's just not going to head to
the backs and head out to the tracks and
flood that area out I remember R Newman
when she was a congressman saying how
the railroad track at that area was
completely underwater and unpassable and
that's exactly where she was talking
about so you imagine how deep that was
in June of 2021 to be over the railroad
tracks at brainer so anything to pull
water in and do that so this site
development has really had a lot of
thought going to it change the look of
it to make it match the neighborhood
more so again I appreciate Village staff
the Planning Commission and the
developer working with us so I fully
support this development hope it moves
forward thank you Tristy Thompson Tristy
McGee
I um I have to say that um I also have
spent a lot of time um going over this
proposal um I have lived in lrange my
entire life and I was initially against
putting up a four-story
building um it's sad that I have to say
I uh have not been on the west end
in maybe 40
years I have no I've always always love
lrange and I've had no reason to
actually go down that far and I would
always cross brainer and make a right
and never went back that way and so when
I first started reading the proposal I
was very confused as to exactly where um
the you know design where what space
they were talking about and so I decided
to just take a journey over there just
to look at it and um I'm happy to say
that once I got there and saw exactly
where it was going to be I thought it
would be an asset to the community um
but the thing that concerns me is the
fact that I saw um the 30 parking spaces
and I remember several months ago a
gentleman came um to one of our meetings
and he had just uh Ren uh rented an
apartment on Bluff and he said he only
had one parking space but he needed two
and I also live next to a small
apartment building and the tenants often
have that problem parking and lrange has
a huge parking um problem here and so my
concern is that what are you going to do
for those um tenants that actually need
two parking
spaces and so that's a question I I
think thank you
and just if you could introduce yourself
too hi I'm Adam cadil I'm the applicant
and uh so it it will be um 36 parking
spots so uh and 31 units so it will at
least be one parking spot per unit our
thought is that it's right off the the
train line there and um some people
might need no parking spots you know
possibly one and there will be extra
parking spots as well um I know lrange
is looking into doing you know something
for parking in the overall area you know
for different business owners and unit
owners um you know this is just uh what
the project is I actually lived at
Uptown Apartments for a couple years and
there was people there that that had no
parking spots that used a train every
day uh some that had one you know um I
don't know the percentage I I could I
could probably try to inquire cuz I did
live there but of people that actually
needed two I I think it was majority of
residents um that were living there you
know needed one so uh I think parking
across the grain is is an issue and um
you know we worked different sizes of
this building you know over time at one
point it was five stories and in 42
parking spots and it went down to four
stories and and uh you know 36 parking
spots and and really uh it's not a big
development overall so the economics
just really don't work if it's if it's
much smaller um so we believe that there
will be sufficient parking for for the
building so okay thank you let me before
you I'm not going to let you sit down
with with you uh suggesting that lrange
is going to do something for the parking
that that don't what I don't want to
have happen is in a couple of years you
come because we've we we've had people
that uh we've told them you're not
addressing parking when you build this
building and then they come and say what
have you done for me to solve my parking
problem so we're not planning to build a
parking deck or anything up that way and
so uh you know this is this needs to be
understood you're building this your commercial uh business will have no
dedicated parking for an employee or for
a customer and your units as it is now
are 36 I'd like maybe we can address the
Commonwealth Ed that may bring in nine
more spots but that's what we're dealing
with today yes sir and I'm sorry I
didn't if I misspoke um I was speaking
to to the area in general just uh as to
the commercial you know concerns over
there from other business owners about
the parking um not not to the
residential we believe that our 36 spots
for 31 units is sufficient and we had a
parking study that that noted that as
well um and and and that do you have
anything else you want to add
yeah I think that it covers it well um
the parking study indicated a 1:1 ratio
for residential um and then you also
have the
um uh group of uh I can't think of the
um Traffic Engineers um they had I think
there K came out well KOA um it did a
study they they indicated one to one but
there's also a national group that
indicated when a residential unit is in
close proximity to um public
transportation that the rate would be
1.14 and uh our client is providing 1.16
so he exceeds that um can you address
the cameth
Edison property I can you know we're
working hard on that and I appreciate uh
charity Jones her input as well I I
think we will get there um my
understanding is they are going to
retire that substation um I was able to
locate some old leases so comad many years ago leased that area for
parking so there is uh uh you know a
precedent for it I think the issue is
when are they going to remove the
equipment and uh um but we definitely
want to be on top of that right I mean
to to me it it seems that when you look
at that property and and it's on my
understanding it's going to be
decommissioned within a year um the the
highest and best use would be parking
for this development and we're we're at
least I'm kind of taking you on faith
that when that becomes available you'll
use you know reasonable judgment but
best efforts to obtain it because if it
becomes undeveloped if you guys don't
purchase it or lease it then nobody will
and and you know then we're in a real
problem that's right yeah we if it
becomes available we plan to lease it it
would improve uh you know it would just
make the situation better improve the
value of the building and be able to
offer even additional parking um so we
do plan to move forward if that becomes
available thank you Tristy McGee
it's
yeah and and you know I think given the
unit sizes and and everything you know
we we don't believe that it will be a
problem uh you know I live in lrange I
live a few blocks from there um you know
I I lived in uptown lrange for a number
of years as well um I I put a lot of
thought and effort into this and I
wouldn't want to put something up in
lrange that wasn't sufficiently parked
or something that was going to cause
future problems or something I wasn't
proud of um so I believe that it'll be
sufficient if I could if I could just
add uh one of the conditions of approval
um is that the parking spaces will be
assigned to the residents and I think
that's important because you won't have
a case where everybody's you know trying
to race to get a parking space if you
have a second car and you don't have an
assigned space you're going to have to
find a a place to park the vehicle and
uh our client uh you know accepted that
condition is certainly
reasonable all thank
you uh
justy thank you president kler um yeah a
couple things parking is a huge issue in
the village we're always addressing
it
um Central business district West End
everywhere uh we could use more but we
certainly don't want to be the town just builds parking garages uh every
couple of years so we're we're trying to
be creative in that and but that's
certainly right behind infrastructure
and flooding is is certainly one of the
most important issues because if we're
going to grow and we're going to do
these things uh with developments then
we we will need some more space so I I
hope that between the comprehensive plan
and future meetings and conversations
amongst the commissions we start talking
about uh unique ways to solve the
problem because we can't grow I think
without solving that problem a bit and
then shaana talked on touched on
something else I wanted to mention which
is proximity I think probably a big
reason you're developing where you're
developing is
because it's not just close to the train
station uh can imagine people living
there like the people in uptown need to
take the train so they're probably not
going to contribute to traffic
congestion in the morning when the
schools are coming through and in the
evening people are coming home that's
just an assumption I'm making but it
helped me uh you know it helps me to
know that that's probably the case um
but they're close to shopping really
great shopping and restaurants they can
walk everywhere and it's a wonderful
community so that is why they're living
across the train you know I mean it'll
be a little bit loud I grew up a couple
blocks from the train I you get used to
it but it's people who are going to rent
here and the people who buy on the
tracks sure they want to just live in
the Grange and maybe that's one of the
reasons but I think it is because they
want to walk around they want the ease
of leaving their car or not having a car
and being able to get around and with
Ubers you know there's not as much need
for a car so that certainly helped me
and what I did want to mention is just
kind of on a larger scale that what this
project has succeeded in doing if
nothing else is putting land use
development as it relates to the vision
for lrange uh front and center how we
should approach it in our new
comprehensive plan will be important and
so this development I think couldn't
have come at a better time because it's
created a lot of real life conversation
for us as we go forward and lock some of
these things up but we we do need to uh
discuss in in future developments how we
incorporate in affordable housing and I
hope that that as it continues to come
up tonight will to come up in the days
to come and we really do something about
it uh but thanks again for bringing this
development to our attention
and thank you trusty
Augustine trusty Gil thanks I just had a
quick question for charity um uh C4 is
this I seem to recall in the packet is
this the only area that has C4 or is
that sprinkled throughout the village no
C4 is really isolated just in this small
portion of the Far West End okay it's
just here okay thanks
thank you trusty Gail um one of the
questions that that I had um is is uh
maybe for our legal counsel or for
attorney Foley and that's this
development with the balconies that hang
over our sidewalk um do we have any
liability if somebody's walking and
somebody drops something off a balcony
things like that the balconies are
recessed and don't hang over the
sidewalk so none of the balconies will be correct over our property that
answers that perfect um so the the last
thing I had was to again thank the
applicant for coming out we do
appreciate the investment in lrange we
appreciate uh your your history living
in in lrange and really wanting to uh
make this a good project um I've heard
reports from uh Deputy Village manager
uh Jones along the way about how you've
been receptive to staff's ideas um to
make this uh really a a better project
than when it came in so we appreciate
that but I also want to to thank the
residents for coming out I live close uh
to them and uh I know that their
concerns um although it may seem like we
didn't address their concerns this
project has developed uh and has changed
um and is better uh fit for that area uh
the board
has heard your your concerns the plan
commission did work to make some of
those things uh occur um in that I'd
like to thank the plan commission it's hard work um to look at these
projects and do your best to make these
projects uh top projects and uh I would
also like to thank staff it was a lot of
hours of of everybody that's here and and people that were with us in the
past uh that have gone on to other
departments um but they've worked hard
for this and I appreciate uh all of that
uh so with that being said I would ask
for a roll call
vote trusty Thompson
hi trusty Peterson hi trusty
McGee trusty Augustine hi trusty O'Brien
I trusty Gail no and that passes 5 to
one congratulations and uh we're looking
forward to seeing a great
project there's no more
okay we are now at the point of the
meeting to ask if the anyone in the
audience has comments not on the agenda
and as uh uh our uh favorite resident
Steve Palmer makes it up I will tell you
I bit my tongue as these talks about
living so close to the railroad
hopefully Stone Avenue won't be losing
any stops as we're building this
property around it we need more stops at
Stone Avenue uh but maybe that's for a
different hat come back and represent
met for you at any time but right now
I'm here uh as the co-chairman and and
uh part of the lrange Pet Parade for 78
years this parade has happened in our
town and it couldn't have happened
without the support of this village
board and the entire Village
um it's techically technically known as
a privately funded
parade even come can't even come close
without the support of the village and
what what happens and not only our
village but the villages who cooperate
and work with us
um I will tell you that over the last
few years we've seen issues happen uh
with other towns and other parades that
have been horrific and we all know that
um the work that this Village and your
professional staff has put into making
this parade safe is beyond what you
would know and what we should all know
but let me tell you that it's there
um so I want to obviously thank our fire
department for the amazing uh uh
Services they had out there
unfortunately we didn't need any of them
that day so that that's great um I want
to thank Our Community Development
Department for working so uh diligently
with us and making things happen and
especially uh Deputy Village manager
charity Jones for her hard work not only
uh for the parade itself but being on
the committee and Advising us throughout
the year
um state county Forest Reserve BNSF
Metra hatkins Mook Countryside Western
Springs the granch park Riverside
Brickfield Forest View Willis Springs
Broadview indiia Head Park Chicago and I
don't think I got them all police
departments came out to support our
parade that's
amazing that was part of what kept us
safe the plans that they had and how
they operate we don't need to discuss
but let me tell you that uh I was
extremely impressed being the Le on
working with the police department and I
want to especially give a shout out to
Ken yur our Deputy police chief for the
amazing job that that Ken did um I've
been part of the public safety end of
this parade for the last 20 years I have
not worked with
anybody on the public on the police
department side that has the credentials
and has done the work that Ken hu did to
make sure this parade was safe so
special recognition for him in that
effort and the entire effort of our
first responder Community uh what an
amazing group and and we are so thankful
um um the unsung heroes of the parade
Department of Public Works is
amazing uh this this group not only make
sure the parade routes cleaned up before
and after they're running electricity
they're doing all sorts of things
they're putting up barricades they're
part of our safety also with dump trucks
full of sand and and and and salt and
things put at different areas so a car
can't drive down the street um there so
many things that Public Works does
they're out there at 6:00 in the morning
that day um usually Russell and I take
our our drive the day before the entire
Parade route check the trees check
things if anything needs to be trimmed
because those fir trucks might have kids
on top uh and things like that but all
the things that that is done uh by the
Department of Public Works is so
thankful in and I don't know that
everybody sees them and what they do but
they are amazing
um the reain of the parade I'm going to
blame on the village
president I'll take it
but hopefully uh uh you know I'll
guarantee it never will happen again I I think the Testament though to the
parade was the fact uh at 6:15 in the
morning as I drive the parade route in
uh seeing people putting up chairs
putting up tents uh doing all sorts of
things and I'm not talking five or 10
people I'm talking hundreds of people
out there at 6:15 in the morning to get
their spot saved says something about
our town and our community that entire
parade did go off the only act that
really didn't get to perform of the
parade was the Shannon Rovers because
they couldn't do it with the weather um
I definitely want to acknowledge Lindsay
pan paus who is the president of pets
and pel Charities who is in charge of
fundraising and keeping this parade
going uh Bob and Susan Breen who are
part of the founding family and who
works so diligently with us all the time
and our parade coordinator Molly
price uh next year's prade 79 we're
getting ready for 80 which uh we plan on
having a a huge celebration uh but at
the end of the day it just the time that
we all got together and had a little
sense of community for a day even in the
rain was very special so thank you for
your support uh thank you Steve Palmer
we really do appreciate it it can't be
echoed enough uh how great our our team
does uh and did on that day um and I
know that there were a lot of
departments mentioned some other
departments in ook County uh was was
helpful uh and we do really appreciate
uh all of our surrounding um uh police
departments that they come to make sure
that that it's safe and we appreciate
all the all the work with you in all the
Departments but it probably Falls
heaviest on public works and police that
weekend at least during during the the
time those those uh departments are
really going 24 uh hours a day but I'll
stop with that so that we can have Kathy
demono come on up
thank you Mr President I too want to
thank the village for the support of our
biggest fundraiser at the lgba which is
the carnival the Pet Parade in the
carnival are part of the fabric of this
community and Public Works police and
fire charity thank you for your help dur
all this it's it was a great event a
little wet on Saturday but that's okay I
think everybody had fun and we felt safe
and supported so thank you
all thank you Kathy and I I learned uh
that the people that had the kids that
had their wristbands on Saturday were
whipping through the rides because it
wasn't so heavily attended so some
people took full advantage of the
weather but Becky come on
up so I just want to appreciate um every
everything that you all do and in
particular those of you who took time
out of your schedule to come to our
anti- introduction to anti-racism
conference really appreciated you're
doing that and um we left shortly after
the conference but we will be back in
touch with you to uh see how we can
assist to make our village welcoming for
everyone and I think everyone got an
invitation but um we're we're uh
celebrating with our partners on
Thursday night at 6:30 at the community
center um with our summer summer
celebration so um we invite you all to
come out and uh have some refreshments
and share with us uh continue our
conversation um I it would be helpful if
you can come to either tag me or send a
email to lrange diversity or myself so
we have enough food for everybody who's
planning on coming but if you can't RSVP
and you want to just stop by that would
be great so thank you Becky and again
that's open to the public correct um
it's it's more for people we've been
partnering with I'm sure if anybody
wants to support diversity and come we
would not turn anyone away but um
particularly to the village and the
people we've been working with um but
yeah anyone could come well terrific and
I know when they come they'll be able to
see a nice community garden at the uh
community house that was an eagle scale
project so uh a nice community garden
and a beautiful mosaic project that many
of you helped with yes if you have not
seen the anybody at home who has not
seen the Mosaic project it's well worth
driving by and if you go at different
times the light reflects off it
differently and it looks
wonderful any other public
comments seeing none I would ask if
there's any trustee
comments seeing none I would ask for a
motion to adjourn motion to adjourn
uh truste tenson and trustee Augustine
will will go with you as as moving and
seconding all in favor please say I I
any opposed and that passes
unanimously please join us for some
refreshments in the back and it if I am
correct it's from wooden paddle so it'll
be a sneak peek of wooden
paddle
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