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Good evening, and welcome to the Village of Lombard Board of Trustees meeting for Thursday, February 20th, and I hope all is well.
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At this time, I'd like to ask my dear friend Carl Goldsmith to lead us in the point of the legions.
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The United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
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Sharon, a roll call, please. President Janario.
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Trustee Whittington.
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Trustee Puchio.
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Here.
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Trustee Fultonavich.
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Trustee Honig.
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Trustee Militello.
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Okay. Thank you.
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We have no public hearings.
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There are none.
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Okay.
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For the folks in the audience, if you do have a
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agenda, you'll see that there's a spot for public participation.
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We're going to skip that and you will be able to speak when that your item comes up
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on the agenda.
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So I didn't want you to think that I was, I'm outnumbered, I wouldn't blow you off
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soul.
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There's someone here to talk about something else.
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I don't have any words to know, no one's submitting for other than a agenda.
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Was there possibly anybody out there that was on a separate issue besides the storage facility
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and the hotel?
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All righty, we're looking for approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of February 6th to 2020.
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We have a first by Trustee Whittington, second by Trustee Ware, Sharon on a roll call please.
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Trustee Whittington, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio, Trustee Poochio.
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All right.
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It's six and eight.
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Look exactly the same.
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Okay.
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Moving on to committee reports.
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We have two.
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It looks like economic community development committee, Trustee Puchio.
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Thank you, Mr. President.
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The ECDC met on the 10th.
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We consider text amendments to the village code pertaining to outdoor dining.
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The supplements to code amendments that were considered by the Planning Commission.
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The ECDC recommended approval.
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We also began discussion regarding a humane animal ordinance, following up from discussion
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at our December 5th board meeting.
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About 30 individuals came to the meeting, comments, information was shared, and we've continued
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the matter to our April 13th meeting so that additional information could be collected.
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Thank you, Anthony.
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Thank you. Second is public works and environmental concerns committee, Trustee Weir.
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Thank you, President General. We met Tuesday night it was. We discussed the 2020 roadway
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projects and improvements for the upcoming year and also on the technology side. We regarding
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the website or by March or so we should have the interaction map on the website for the residents
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to work with and see what the roads are were, were fixed and so.
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That's it?
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Thanks, Bill.
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Okay.
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Moving on to, that's it for the committee reports moving on to board and managers comments.
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Can't you have anything?
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No, just I would add.
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I have seen a few people walking here in the last minute or so.
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If you do intend on speaking regarding the storage facility or the hotel, please fill out the
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and you can bring it up and provide it to the villager over here.
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Thank you.
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Any board comments on this side?
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Well, read Go ahead.
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Thank you, Mr. President.
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I would like to congratulate your good friend, Carl Goldsmith,
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is President-elect of the Firebird Soccer Club.
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So, big night for the goals in the stand.
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I mean, he chose pizza is a proud sponsor.
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Oh, okay.
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It peach retops have already begun.
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Oh, a little fog out.
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Oh, you know.
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You know, a little blurb on a t-shirt
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only goes so far, you know.
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Thought it used to be Chico's bail bond.
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That's the other business.
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That's the softball weeks.
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Anything else?
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Stails?
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Yeah, that's all that needs to go.
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All right, Sharon, you have two nuts.
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OK, go ahead.
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The Lambert Historical Society will unveil a newly acquired original Sheldon Pack Portrait Thursday,
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February 27th from 53730 pm at the Sheldon Pack Comsted at 355 East Parkside Avenue.
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The portrait is the first acquisition by the society and what is hoped will be the start of a gallery of original Pack Portraits.
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Light refreshments will be served and the event is free and open to the public and reservations are not required.
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The 2020 Census is coming. The 2020 Census counts every person living in the 50 states,
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district of Columbia and the 5 US territories. It is essential that all those living in
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your household be counted. Come early March 2020, households will start receiving their
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census login information in the mail, and the Census response website will go live. The
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2020 census will be.
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Easier than ever to respond. For the first time ever, each home will receive an invitation to respond to the census online, on the phone, or through the mail. Learn about the 2020 census at villageoflover.org, BX-2020 census.
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Thank you, Sharon. We can go right into the consent agenda if you're ready to roll.
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Okay. Paywell and Accounts Paywell, Item A approval of Accounts Paywell for the period ending January 31st
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in the amount of 710,312 dollars and 82 cents. Item B approval of Village Paywell for the period ending
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February 1st in the amount of 937,617 dollars in 10 cents. Item C approval of Accounts Paywell for the period
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ending February 7th in the amount of 650,153 dollars and 36 cents. Item D approval of Accounts
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available for the period ending February 14th in the amount of 1,260,349 dollars and 83 cents.
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Ordnances on first reading, waiver refers requested item E.
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Expansion of a conditional use, soaring April Academy, 800 South Park View Boulevard,
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an ordinance approving an amendment to an existing conditional use per-the-conditions of approval
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of ordinance 7103 pursuant to the Lombard Village Code for the Expansion of a School
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use private, full-time elementary, middle, and high within the OPD Office District Plan
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Development in District 2.
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Item F, animal rescue, the Feral Fixers, 330 West Eisenhower Land North, an ordinance
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approving an conditional use pursuant to the Lumberd Village Code to allow for an animal
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rescue organization to locate at the subject property located within the eye, limited industrial
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District in District 3.
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Item G, an ordinance approving an amendment of the Lombard Village Code in regard to open-space
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requirements for planned developments, and any other relevant sections for clarity in all
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the districts.
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Item H approval of an ordinance amending the Lombard Village Code in regarding an honorary
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street name signs, eliminating the one-year time limit and changing oversight of requests
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from the Director of Community Development to the Director of Public Works.
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Item I, ordnance-approving village department requests to sell and or dispose of surplus
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equipment as more specifically detailed and exhibit A attached to the ordinance to be sold
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at auction, sold for scrap, or recycled as these items have extended beyond their useful
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life, or obsolete to include 21 reflective safety vests, one ice maker, 86 del
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6 generators, which public works will accept proposals for.
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Other ordinances on first reading item J, the petitioner, the village of Lumberd, is
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requesting zoning tax amendments to the following sections of the Lumberd Village
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Code and other relevant sections for clear clarity.
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Number one, a man's section 155.413B and 155.413K of the village code to add outdoor dining
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as an assessor used to a restaurant or grocery store subject to check subject to chapter 119
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of the Lambert Village Code to the list of permitted uses in the B1 limited neighborhood
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shopping district and amend the restrictions on business uses.
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Number two, a men's section 155.414K of the Village Code relative to restrictions on business
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uses in the B2 general neighborhood shopping districts, number three, a men's section 155.415
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I of the village code relative to restrictions on business uses in the B3 community shopping district.
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Number four, a men's section 155.416K of the village code relative to restrictions and business uses in the B4 corridor commercial shopping district.
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Number five, a men's section 155.417, G1A, and section 155.417, G10 of the village code to add outdoor dining
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As an accessory used to a restaurant or grocery store, subject to chapter 119 of the
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Lombard Village Code, to the list of permitted uses in the B4A Roosevelt Road
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corridor district, and amend the restrictions on business uses.
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Item 6, amend section 155.418i of the Village Code, relative to restrictions on business uses
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in the B5 Central Business District, item 7, amend section 155.419i of the Village Code,
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relative to restrictions on business uses.
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And the B5A downtown perimeter district, item eight,
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a men's section 155802 of the village code
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to define outdoor dining in a man
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the definition of outdoor cafe and all the districts.
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Item K and ordinance approving amendments to the village code
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to adopt by reference, the 2017 National Electric Code
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and local amendment relative to the GFCI requirements
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for some pump connections in all the district.
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Item L and ordinance approving amendments to the village code to modify weekend construction hours within the village in all the districts.
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Item M, an ordinance amending the village code regarding outdoor dining and private commercial property in all the districts.
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Item N, an ordinance amending the village code in regard to drug-related offenses.
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Relative to the possession of cannabis, paraphernalia, by individuals under the age of 21.
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Resolutions owe resolution approving a one-year contract with association for individual
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development, AID, and the amount of $20,000 to provide social services to the village of
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Lombard is recommended by the Community Relations Committee.
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Item P, authorizing the use of MFT funds in the amount of $2,125,000 for over-time wages
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related to snow removal, and our asphalt patching funding for the general local streets
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resurfacing, as well as the purchase of salt, calcium chloride, and salt-brain for fiscal
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year 2020, and all the districts.
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Item Q, Lombard Meadows, Phase 3, easements, accepting three grants of easements, two temporary
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these months related to the construction of the project and third permanent easement related
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to the construction of new sidewalk at the end of Cherry Lane in District 6. Other matters
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item are water and sewer system supplies in order to contract to Z-bell water service products
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for lowest responsible bidder of four bids received and an amount not to exceed 49,500 dollars
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for various supplies needed for the water and sewer systems.
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Okay, thank you Sharon. We've all heard the consent agenda. We're looking for a motion to approve.
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We have a first by Trustee Honig, second by Trustee Weir.
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Sharon on a roll call, please.
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Trustee Honig.
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Hi.
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Trustee Melatello.
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Trustee Weir.
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Trustee Wittington.
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Trustee Pugio.
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Hi.
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Trustee Pugio.
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Trustee Pugio.
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Okay, we're going to move on to items for separate action letter A. Sharon.
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Other ordinances on first reading.
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Item A, the Plan Commission submits its recommendation, the approval of a conditional use pursuant to section 155.415G2B 11 of Lombard Village Code to allow for a massage establishment as defined and regulated by Title 11 chapter 122 of the Lombard Village Code within the B4A Roosevelt Road corridor district in district two.
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Thank you, Sharon. Was there any discussion on this? Looking for emotion? I'm a first
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by Trustee Puchio. Second by Trustee Woodington. Sharon on a roll call, please.
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Trustee Puchio. I, Trustee Puchio. I, Trustee Puchio. I, Trustee Puchio. No. Trustee Honig.
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Aye. Trustee Miletello. Aye. Trustee Weir. Aye. Trustee Woodington. Aye. Okay.
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We'll be not to let her be, we're going to act, do we have a regional reach?
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She should read it and then build, can do the presentation.
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Go ahead and read it and then Bill's going to give a short presentation.
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Okay.
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The Plan Commission transmits for your consideration.
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It's recommendation to approve a zoning tax amendment to Section 155.417G2B.
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The B4A Roosevelt Road corridor district of the village code to list storage centers
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provided that they use fronts along an arterial roadway as a conditional use in all the districts.
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Okay, still this item in the next one are companion items.
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Thank you, President General.
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Staff is going to give a quick summation of the matters that were before the Plan
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Commission, earlier this month, the relative to two items.
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One is a text amendment to disowning ordinance and a companion request for a condition
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to use to allow for a storage center use at a 50-eased Roosevelt Road.
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The first action right now, storage centers are not listed as a permitted or conditional
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use.
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So, the first request that is being contemplated and being requested by the petitioner is
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to include it within the provisions of the zoning ordinance and in consideration of that,
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The conference a plan does identify rows of road quarters, a community commercial shopping area,
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it provides for services beyond daily living needs, in the past, such storage centers have been deemed
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compatible with other commercial uses within the quarter, and they tend to generate fewer trips
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and many of the other restaurant and retail uses along the corridor.
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That is a precursor and should the village board take an action on that item. That sets the pretext for the actual petition that is being contemplated day, a 50-east, reservoir road. So there will be two votes on the matter. One do a men the village code and then the second would be to consider the petition that is before us tonight.
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The property, as I noted, is zoned before a reservoir of quarter district, and they're looking
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for a conditionally used for a storage center should the first action be approved.
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The petitioner, who is in the audience and can ask questions if so needed, has identified
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a standard prototype, beyond self storage is the entity that be looking to utilize the site.
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We did undertake a communication efforts.
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There was a voluntary neighborhood meeting back in December 11, 2019, and through some of the
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resident comment of the people that attended, the petitioner did modify their site plan,
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their original looking at possibly a variation on the eastern and the property.
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That has now been removed for the plan that was brought before the plan commission.
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The building was shifted to the west.
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We went through our standard public hearing notification process to include the people that were at the meeting as well as everyone that is required through the village code to be notified.
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And we did have regular engagement through social media and outreach directly by staff.
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Key items for tonight include recognition of the property.
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It is zoned before A. It's been vacant, vacant property through the years, and it's been zoned commercial at least since the 1970s.
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The petitioners request consists of the conditioners itself.
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They are going, they're intending to actually meet all the other provisions of village code.
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When we talk about permitted and conditional uses, this slide was put together.
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The items that are on the left if the petitioner wanted to so put the locate one of those businesses on the property they could do it simply by applying for a building permit.
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Conditional uses that means it needs to go through a public care process which the plan commission did.
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The project details and some of the comments that people have asked about the building height.
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It's approximately 37 feet, six inches,
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by right of buildings can be up to 40 feet in height
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within that district.
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They are going to meet the transitional buildings setbacks.
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That's the distance between the building
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and the east property line, both without before you feet,
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and the landscape, which you'd be 30 feet.
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So they intend to meet those provisions.
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And again, it could be, with the conditional use
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approval, it could be constructed.
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One question, what is the conditional use?
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It is an item think of it in terms of a traffic light.
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Permitted use can be similarly apply for your building permits and you can go ahead and do it.
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A yellow light is you need to go through a conditioners process.
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A red light means you would need to get a variance.
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And they are not seeking any advances associated with this approval request.
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The petitioner applied for elevations.
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It's going to be a mix of a metal seam roof, brick masonry components, as it was shown
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in the earlier exhibits.
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The building itself will be oriented towards Roosevelt Road.
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The main entrance of itself will actually be on the west side of the property.
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One thing that is unique if we don't have with other storage centers within the village
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of Lombard at this point time is that all the loading and unloading should be
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done inside the building itself. One would enter, based on the exhibit here,
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enter our
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offer as a vote road, proceed up to the north circle around, go in the building park, unload
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whatever is to be unloaded or stored, and then come on out. One of the things that did come
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up in both the Planck Mission public hearing, as well as just general comments that we've
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heard, concerns about stormwater management. And before this, even one before the Planck
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commission, it was readily recognized that this is a special management area.
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And special management areas mean that the villager lumbar doesn't have the sole approval
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authority to approve any permits that has to be reviewed by DuPage County.
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What you see on the exhibit right here is wetland floodplain areas that have been previously
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mapped out.
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So far west portion and the northern portion of it is identified as a special management
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area. That area has to more or less be protected or preserved essentially as is.
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So that information was contemplated as one of the first steps before the petitioner actually developed their site plan.
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And you can see a little more in the context of this exhibit itself, and that is the reason why.
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The proposed building was pushed to the south as close as a practical and to the east as close as possible to keep away from the wetlands for applying.
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And one thing that was recognized as part of any development, you need to provide strong water detention.
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This plan shows that there are going to be two detention facilities, and that's above and beyond any stormwater
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or wetland flood-playing areas that has to be located outside of that in the petitioner.
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Partitioner has sought that through the plan itself.
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There are some comments regarding landscaping in one of the conditions of approval was to provide
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a between landscape preservation to the north and additional transitional landscaping to be code that we provide on the east side of the property.
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So, the Planck Commission did hear the matter.
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They heard the presentations, took the public comment, and they recommended approval
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to the petition to the Village Board subject to conditions within the Ornsov approval.
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This is the Ornsov required two Ornsov readings for approval.
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I should the Village Board preceded this matter, this matter will appear for second and
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final reading on March 5th.
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development within accordance to the plans,
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address any things that were identified
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in the interdepartmental review report,
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apply for receipt and receive permits,
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before an activity starts,
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and then a private,
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provides some additional landscape
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and screening as set forth.
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So with that staff,
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would be happy to answer any questions you have regarding the petition.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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So if I'm understand you quickly,
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Bill,
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is that they've almost
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helped or even overdid some of this stuff for a possible water retention in the future.
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Yes, the intent is to meet all the provisions, all the provisions, the county stormwater
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or instance, as well as our local amendments, and I think this plan is probably the most important.
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None of the stormwater detention will be located within wetlands or floodplain areas.
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This will be above and beyond. Right now, the property generates a sheet of drains to the north
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and to the west.
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This will be an opportunity actually to provide for additional attention on site, both to
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meet the requirements that development would not earn in a half, but also to make sure
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that the floodplain and wetland areas are not negatively impacted through the development.
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Okay, perfect.
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Thank you.
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Who does that follow-up?
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So after this, let's say this is built, who does the follow-up to make sure that everything
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is structured properly.
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Two things.
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Both field staff and because this is a special management area do page county also will have
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an oversight authority because of the special management area component to it as well.
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Does that size in it?
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And what happens if it's not met?
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That's say, for whatever reason, the flooding is worse.
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What happens?
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And things aren't met.
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What would happen that?
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Just like with any situation, if the plan doesn't meet code compliance through the county
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regulations and through ours, the petitioner, or the developer, would actually have to
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make steps to correct the deficiency from the planet itself.
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And how is that then? I mean, who enforces that? Is that where the county comes in on that?
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It's really a two step process. The village do page county reviews and approves the special
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management area component, but the village itself would also have an enforcement
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L arm to it as well. So if the detention ponds are not being properly maintained,
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we can take code enforcement action on that as well. The riparian areas associated with the
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wetland and floodplain do page county also has oversight on that as well. And they would work
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through us if there was a violation for follow up.
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Any other questions for Bill?
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Okay, we will, we have one resident who would like to speak on this particular issue, text
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amendment.
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This is a two-part issue, text amendment, and then if the text amendment is approved, whether
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or not to grant the conditional use, and this is only on the text amendment.
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But before we start, I don't know how many of you folks, I know some out here have been
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board meetings. Some may not have ever been to a board meeting. It may sound
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corny, but I believe it and every person sitting up here believes that we
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consider this room and what happens in this room as part of our Lombard House.
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So we expect to be treated just the way you expect to be treated with respect. And we're a majority of us in here, our
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Lombardians. And let's keep that in mind too. All, you know, everybody's sitting up here that has a vote. It's from Lombardians. We're just like you. So there will be no yelling,
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no applauding, no screaming, no swearing, at all, we respect each other and believe me, believe
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me, I will not let anything get out of hand. And I expect that from the trustees, I expect
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it of myself, and I expect it from anybody here if you're going to speak or not. And again,
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I'm not trying to come down as, you know, I'm a fairly nice guy, but I, again, will not allow the meeting to get out of hand.
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And we can't accomplish anything with screaming and yelling and applauding, you'll have three minutes, get your point across, please, because I don't like cutting people off, but I have to, three minutes.
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Okay, so we have Jeremy Hops, okay, that'll be the first and if you come up to the podium,
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we just need to state your name for the record, no address or anything,
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right.
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Jeremy, you are speaking solely on the text amendment on this one.
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Thank you.
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Thank you Mr. President, thank you to the board.
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I've been in Lombard for about 10 years.
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I know that there is the acceptance of buildings that are three stories, 40 feet in the area.
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I don't recall seeing that many of them.
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The one thing that would stand out to me is that I've seen a lot of different storage facilities.
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And primarily the ones that I've seen that are more than one story or in industrial areas.
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And so I feel like that would be a detriment to allow that ordinance to pass in the
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Lombard area, because I think that there's a lot of areas, there are a lot of streets
[32:16]
that border along that area, the corridor, that would really suffer from aesthetic purposes
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as well as I think our property values, and I would like you all to please consider that.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Was there any other comment on the board
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looking for a motion?
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We have a first by trustee. We'll tell those second by trustee Puchio.
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Motion to approve, correct? Yes.
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Mm-hmm.
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That wasn't told. No, it was.
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No, it was. Hello, and Puchio.
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You're in the roll call?
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Trustee Malatala.
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All right. Trustee Wear.
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All right.
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Trustee Wear,ington.
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All right.
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Trustee Puchio. All right.
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Trustee Portinavitch.
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Trustee Honig.
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Let her see.
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Yeah.
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And self-storage 850 East Roosevelt Road.
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The Plan Commission transmits for your consideration.
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It's recommendation to approve a zoning conditional use for so intersection 155.417G2B.
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Of the Lombard Village Code to allow for a storage center provided that the use fronts along our anaterial roadway.
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And the subject property located within the B4A Reservot Road corridor district in District 6.
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Thank you, Sharon.
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We will go right into public participation.
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Jeremy, you're back up.
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Sorry, it was just the way they were stacked.
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I could have just had to stay out there.
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Jeremy helps 1147 South-Arens.
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As I said, I've been in the area for 10 years.
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So we just bought our house last year.
[34:14]
When I look out my door, I can see the big sign that is there on the left where the property
[34:19]
is in question, it's right adjacent to it.
[34:23]
I can see that sign pretty clearly.
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I can only imagine what it's going to look like when I can see a three-story building there.
[34:30]
A lot of the trees are deciduous trees are going to be removed in order to put in the detention
[34:36]
and I feel like that's going to definitely change the view and make it even more obvious
[34:41]
than I can see this big structure at the end of my street.
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You know, part of the reason I moved to Lombard was obviously for the beautification, you know,
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that the city has put into it in the village and I think that's very important.
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There's not a storage facility within a mile in either direction that's more than one story.
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To me, that means that, obviously, the village and even in corporate areas have made a decision that this is part of a reason why they don't want to make anything too tall,
[35:18]
because it would obstruct a lot of views from, you know, beyond the main corridor.
[35:23]
So I think it's a valid point that a three story is a big issue because it is mostly in an industrial area.
[35:30]
And if it were one story, it wouldn't probably even be an issue.
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I think a lot of us would understand, okay, you know, that this is maybe something that could be used.
[35:38]
But there's also so many other storage areas in the area.
[35:42]
And we find it very hard to justify having a three story building in an area that's already saturated.
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I'm sure that point will be made multiple times.
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As I said, I know that the zoning area, as a petitioner mentioned, the zoning area is allowing
[36:00]
up to three stories.
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But as you can tell, by anybody that's lived in that area, that this area is stayed the
[36:08]
way that stayed by not allowing a three-store building to really be built on the main quarter
[36:13]
because of the static summit.
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And it would be very hard to find a building that would blend in well with a lot of single
[36:20]
story buildings went to a three story building that's going to stick out like a sort of
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thumb.
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I just think that it would really be a detriment to allow something like this to happen.
[36:32]
I can't speak for the water backing up for the flood plains because I don't live in that
[36:39]
area on that side of the street but I can see just by the picture that there's a chance
[36:43]
that it might make its way over to me if it floods too much because I'm just across the street
[36:48]
from where a lot of the people will have a problem with it.
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And I would really hate to see people who lose their homes.
[36:54]
Because I know that they're trying
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to build something that's definitely up to code
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and everything like that.
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But we've looked at a lot of what has happened in the neighborhood
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and just as an understanding that the displacement
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of the land, we've got to wrap it up, yes, sir.
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Sorry, the displacement of the land
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is going to be a detriment to the water area.
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We hope that you consider that.
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Thank you.
[37:17]
Thank you.
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I forgot to say this, but we are going to do like the on deck system just to kind of move things along a little bit.
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Next would be William.
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Start with a B.
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You're okay.
[37:38]
Bob.
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You're on Morris. I can't.
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Roble.
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Roble.
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I'm deck.
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On deck would be Stephanie.
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And
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that car was out of line.
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evening.
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My name is Bob Roble.
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I apologize for speaking out of turn last meeting.
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I just like to know too what makes this ground so gourmet that these guys can't build something like this in a more industrial area instead of a residential area.
[38:17]
There are any streets and sand guys in the building here.
[38:19]
You know that there is a very dangerous, not dangerous, a very vital area for flooding.
[38:25]
It's a huge problem. We've been here six years now and we've only had like maybe four or five
[38:32]
inches of rain that really came down bad. But I took a bike ride and I could just see
[38:37]
just south of us, there's a ditch that the guys got four feet of water in the side of his house
[38:44]
compared to the other guy's side of the house and it's just flowing like a banshee and then you go
[38:48]
by that pond that's just southwest of us and it's overflowed and it's all in the communities
[38:55]
over there too.
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Tell you here on a news now is global warming.
[39:00]
More heavy rains, more storms, more frequent rains.
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You turn on a news, Mississippi, they're underwater.
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Where are you guys going to do one?
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You're maxed out, your sewer drains are maxed out and 90 plus percent.
[39:13]
Where is this stuff going to go?
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in our yards, up our basements, up our floors.
[39:18]
It's going to be the lawyers and the builders,
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are going to be nowhere to be found,
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and we're going to point our fingers to it.
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It's a problem already, and it's going to
[39:30]
possibly be a bigger problem if this thing goes in
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without proper drainage, which it's been a swamp for 60 years.
[39:37]
There's a reason for that.
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Why can't the village vehement unbuildable and let it be
[39:43]
where it's going to be because it could escalate into a bigger, wetter problem if this thing goes down.
[39:50]
It's all I got. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I'm deck would be Lynn Roby.
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Hi, I'm the trustees and president, Giorno. I'm Stephanie Ostralsky, and I'm a 50 year resident of
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Lombard. And I don't know if this is the time in place to say this or not, but I know of no other time.
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I have a list of ones for beyond self-storage if this goes through, unfortunately.
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At no time, will any tax-lombard tax dollars be used to improve the access or exit from beyond self-storage?
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No tax paid dollars should ever be used in any way for the building.
[41:01]
Beyond self-storage has to be responsible for planting U.C. dissiduous trees, but I would
[41:10]
like fast-growing evergreen trees.
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On two sides of the building to hide the building,
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I don't want necessarily so many dissiduous
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trees because that will just add to our leaf pick up that we pay for and so that's going
[41:28]
to cost us money.
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No one other than the grounds crew should be walking around the grounds
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of beyond self storage during the day.
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No additions can be allowed to the exterior of beyond
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storage. We would not like vending machines on the outside of the building. Every expense caused
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by beyond self-storage needs to be paid by beyond self-storage. No County, Lombard, Township
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or State Money can be used for anything beyond self-storage needs.
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Beyond self-storage needs
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to abide by all federal state county of DuPage and Village of Lombard laws.
[42:24]
I'm curious about the I. permit.
[42:29]
I don't think that's been thoroughly addressed.
[42:34]
The
[42:34]
trash, the screening of the trash, is an issue and I want to make sure that, you know,
[42:40]
probably there is going to be trash when it's going to knock it over. I'd like to know
[42:46]
But somebody's going to pick up this trash that's going to get knocked over.
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Any modifications to alter the project need to go to the plan commission.
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And that's my say.
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Okay, thank you.
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Len?
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Excuse me.
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Can we get a copy of that?
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Sure.
[43:07]
I'll be fine if I didn't.
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I think she seems to be.
[43:10]
Yes.
[43:10]
Stephanie, do you happen to have a copy of your list?
[43:21]
Okay, well, yeah, I think it would be helpful for staff to communicate with the board prior to final vote if it is approved in terms of those things which could potentially be under village control and there's some other ones on their like state funds
[43:36]
I don't think it would be appropriate for the village to make an opinion on state funds but it might be helpful for us to provide a comment on each of those and for the information of the public and the board
[43:49]
I think one of the things that Mr. Strasky was talking about is village incentives and there
[43:54]
are no incentive requests from the petitioner for this. They're building it all on their
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own accord without any rebate of property tax and...
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Carol, are you going to be in the same town?
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Okay. Maybe you can coordinate that.
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Okay. So you can coordinate through Carol.
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Okay, all right. Okay. Good.
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You're all set.
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I'm Lynn Robe.
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I'm sorry.
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One second, Lynn.
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Valerie.
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Do you all?
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I'm going to disclose.
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I'm sorry.
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I won't interrupt you again.
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My name is Lynn Robe.
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My mother's house is at 1125 South Airens.
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My house is at 1032 South School Street.
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I have been a resident for over 50 years here in Lombard and we've owned our house on school street for over 30 years.
[44:54]
When we moved in we were one of the highest houses on the block and the area.
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We are now...
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Like the second lowest. And we've had nothing but flooding problems, flooding problems, flooding problems. Every time somebody is allowed to do something that I would think would be illegal, like all the houses that used to be little tiny houses. And they were torn down, they built these huge houses. And all that water has to go somewhere. And they were allowed, like the house behind me was allowed to build up six feet above my property line. They used to be one of the lowest houses.
[45:28]
The hagai is next to me. They were allowed to build. They're about two feet higher than me, but they were lower than me before.
[45:35]
And we fought all of this and we kept saying, hey, and the village kept saying, oh, no, this won't happen. This won't happen.
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That house won't be higher than yours. But once it's built, it's there.
[45:44]
We had an illegal house built that we were able to stop the garage from going up.
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But then when we got our city sewers and sidewalks, they said, oh, they could, and they allowed them to build more.
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Now, all these houses around me are starting to flood.
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They're older people mostly.
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This whole area is older people.
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We're flooding all the time.
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1032 South Skull Street.
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Go on my backyard right now,
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and you'll see half of it is flooded over with ice.
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And even though they finally put an empty lot to collect water,
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the way they did it, the water never goes there.
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It just sits in my backyard.
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And we watch it flow.
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The French plumbing that lumbered told me about,
[46:22]
how the water is supposed to go over the hill
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and down the road, I don't know, grab a five-year-old
[46:26]
dance to them if they think water goes uphill.
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It doesn't, and it hasn't, and that's been many years.
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My mother's house, water all over the place.
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That pond back there, the hidden, whatever it's,
[46:38]
water's so far that sometimes they can't even get
[46:40]
through their streets.
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Why do we want to do this when we have not
[46:45]
repaired the issues we already have?
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That whole area is so flooded, so overdone and damaged
[46:52]
When they put in that our sewage, my husband, who has a couple of master's degrees, tried to talk to them and explained to them that the sewage system was not big enough for that area.
[47:02]
They kept selling him no. Well, guess what? It's not big enough for that area.
[47:08]
So, now the water goes instead of going down my driveway goes up my driveway into my driveway.
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It sits in my backyard. It's there right now. It's been there for months. It sits in my mother's yard.
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It sits in my neighbor's yard where destroying these houses.
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These people that have been willing to stick with Lombard for decades are being destroyed by this.
[47:32]
And I'm saying, why don't you come and fix that empty lot across for me and make sure the water drains out of there
[47:38]
so that when more water comes from this area on Roosevelt Road, it's not going to go into my backyard.
[47:43]
You're going to have to write. So that's my point. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.
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Dan Jesky?
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Yes.
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You're on deck.
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Hi.
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Good evening.
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I'm Valerie Ewalt.
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I live in the old Grove area over there.
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My concern is primarily has to do with the property values that are going to affect the entire old Grove area.
[48:16]
If that storage facility is built where it's at.
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That storage facility is going to back on to the properties over on here.
[48:24]
It's going to decrease their values, subsequently that's going to decrease the values of all the properties in the area.
[48:32]
And I know for a majority of lumber, that's not going to matter, but it is going to be matter to the people and old growth.
[48:39]
But I also have a huge concern with regards to the flooding.
[48:42]
I give the petitioner credit in that they did try to address the issues that we talked about at the meeting.
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But when we were at the planning commission, they were talking about, you know, they changed the larger detention areas, but they're all only four feet deep.
[48:58]
Currently, the property is built, I mean, it's got a ton of huge trees, it's got plants and vegetation throughout, and it's got the little creek area.
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So if you take away all those plants, you know, they're going to have, you know, obviously
[49:16]
lose quite a bit of the planage plants, and they're going to plant some new trees, which
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are not going to be older, well settled.
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All of the water that those trees and plants take in currently is just going to go into the
[49:33]
those detention ponds then flow into the creek area. You know, is my understanding based upon what was stated at the Commission, or at the Planning Commission meeting, is there's going to be little drainage that's going to drain it slower into the area that's going to the creek area that's going to turn around and flow and going to those ponds.
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Over in the old-growth area. I live in that area, so I see this. I'm the one who took the pictures. That show the bench and everything. So this is something that is going to be an ongoing issue. My concern is that it's not going to be properly taken care of just by doing four feet deep.
[50:18]
And the question is, when it doesn't work, or if it isn't effective, and there is flooding,
[50:25]
who's going to be responsible for changing that to make sure that there isn't future flooding?
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And is the storage units, are they going to turn around and change things?
[50:38]
Because the way it's stated right now, you're talking about if it meets regulations currently, it's going to be okay.
[50:44]
But what if, you know, what they put on paper in reality doesn't work that way?
[50:50]
What's going to happen then?
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So I think that part needs to be addressed.
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I also think the property values with that huge facility being right next to Aaron's
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and backing up onto the yards.
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I think it's going to diversity affect the entire neighborhood.
[51:07]
So for your consideration.
[51:08]
Thank you
[51:12]
and Tom Nick Nick but kiss close enough.
[51:21]
Good evening folks.
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Hi, my name is Dan Jasker, I'm president of Glass Court's Women Fitness.
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So I have two interests in my house and my commercial building are both close to this wetland.
[51:36]
It's a wetland. It's a giant bowl of water.
[51:39]
Right now, it is a giant swamp.
[51:43]
I'm very concerned about future flooding, like most of the people here.
[51:49]
I've already pretty much made everything knowledgeable about it at the building committee.
[51:55]
I don't know if you can allow my phone as evidence.
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I've got a video that I would like to show everyone in here how bad the flooding can be.
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The old Grove District behind Glass Court's Women Fitness has two ponds.
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They're very small.
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When the flooding takes place, which happens every three to five years,
[52:19]
and it actually happened this fall, those ponds become a five to ten acre lake.
[52:25]
I could run my vast boat in it.
[52:28]
I think that we need reassurances by the builders of the self storage facility.
[52:37]
Maybe they should take out insurance policies to cover our basements when they flood.
[52:42]
Fortunately, glass court swimming fitness has never taken on water.
[52:45]
We've been blessed and same with my house.
[52:48]
I live in 1127 South Fairview.
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Every year, I'm in the middle of my intersection, breaking out the sewer grates.
[52:57]
It's frustrating.
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And the waters from the ponds, they come pouring in.
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And I think that this is going to make the water works.
[53:08]
It's going to increase the amount of flooding.
[53:11]
So that's basically all I have to say.
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I mean, I understand these people don't want a 35 foot structure
[53:18]
in their backyard.
[53:20]
It sucks.
[53:20]
It really does.
[53:22]
But thank you.
[53:23]
Thank you.
[53:30]
You points that I kind of wanted to make.
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Could you state your name for my name's Tom Novicus?
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So, you know, I had come to the initial meeting, I had really been to plan meetings, and I actually got a little more riled up the more I sat through the presentation, and so I was going to be built, and that's why I'm here tonight.
[53:51]
So, there's a couple things that I was kind of thinking about that I wanted to talk about.
[53:54]
One is that in general, the storage center is probably a pretty good use of that land, it's quiet.
[54:00]
And I think that if the petitioner had come and asked for a one-story building there, I think everybody would be pretty happy with it.
[54:08]
You know, we would still have to address flood issues, but you know, there's, there's that.
[54:13]
But this is huge. So for a sense of scale, we're in this room today and this room is probably at most 15 feet high.
[54:21]
So I just, for a sense of scale, where you all are sitting, would be the backyard of these folks.
[54:29]
And the building would be twice as high as this wall that you're looking at back here.
[54:34]
That's huge, right? More than twice as high.
[54:39]
The other kind of question I had in my mind was, you know, it's 145,000 square feet.
[54:45]
So I was thinking, you know, what is that big?
[54:48]
And I looked up the average size of a Walmart on Google.
[54:51]
The average size of a Walmart is 100,000 square feet.
[54:54]
So this is there again 50% bigger than that.
[54:57]
So, kind of the answer to all that.
[55:00]
Well, this is allowed by code, right? And the thing about that is that there's a reason that this
[55:06]
lot hasn't been developed all these years, right? It's been vacant for 60 years. And meanwhile,
[55:10]
other lots and rows of road have developed one, two, even three times. And the question is why?
[55:15]
Well, this is a really difficult lot to develop because of the flood initiatives. And I think that the
[55:20]
storage in our works here because it needs really limited parking. But the idea that any other
[55:25]
development, you know, a drive through their wood function is, I think, not likely, and, you
[55:32]
know, the market has borne that out over the years. Nothing has been built there.
[55:38]
So, you know, I think that, I think that, you know, well, the storage centers are great
[55:41]
use because of the limited park in the size and scale. This is untenable. I would also
[55:46]
point out that there's a billboard that is adjacent to this lot,
[55:55]
that from, as
[55:55]
the building. And so I guess I would be curious if at that point the city is going to be
[56:04]
get a request to increase the height of that billboard, which, again, would have to be probably
[56:09]
a hundred feet tall in order to overcome the building. I'm sorry, I don't usually speak
[56:18]
in public. I would also just point out that the petitioner is an out-of-town developer. The
[56:24]
landowner is not a town landowner and this will not provide any employment for presumably anybody
[56:30]
but maybe one person who maybe might be a lumbar resident and this is not in keeping with
[56:36]
the Roosevelt Road corridor plan in terms of rep things.
[56:40]
pedestrian access so I just I don't see any reason for us to approve this it's not good for us.
[56:48]
Thank you.
[56:49]
Thank you.
[56:51]
Okay that will take care of the public participation on this.
[56:54]
Is it issue trusty where did you have yep it's some thoughts and comments thank your president's
[57:00]
Nario I'm gonna go from the hip here because I did have some written notes at home
[57:07]
which I unfortunately forgot first of all I want to thank the residents for coming out
[57:13]
I do appreciate it I know the area I've walked it I actually have a friend that lives over that way so I'm familiar with it
[57:23]
I was at that I've talked to some of you, I've met some of you in person, so I understand
[57:29]
your concerns.
[57:32]
But after being on this a day as year for 11 years, going on 12, I know, I just did it myself.
[57:40]
One of the things that I always find myself having to do is to balance what's good for the
[57:48]
neighborhood, what's good for the district, but also what's good for
[57:53]
Lombard as a whole, not only now, but five, ten years from now.
[58:00]
I have a daughter that just bought in this town, which I'm very glad and proud that
[58:06]
she decided to stay in Lombard because she liked growing up here.
[58:10]
So I also have to be thinking of what's good for now, and
[58:14]
20, 10, 20 years, now hopefully grandkids that I could be going over there and help him with.
[58:20]
But what I'm saying is, it's a balancing act.
[58:22]
I know all the trustees up here have to balance their neighborhood, their district, what's
[58:30]
good now, what's good in their future.
[58:33]
I believe that Petitioner has done their request to address to flooding stuff.
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Thank you Bill Hanna for commenting that what they have done on that it sounds like their landscaping is going to be there to address it
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But also one same morning thing we have to do what's best for Lombard. So as a whole I will be supporting this petition.
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Thank you Bill.
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Any other comments or emotions or rebook?
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A couple of questions clarification.
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Sure. So Bill Hennus.
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With the stormwater, I know how most of the time that goes in first.
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Would that occur with this project?
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Would all the stormwater go in before any sort of building would go vertical?
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Yes, and that is a county code requirement.
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Stormwater always, strong retention must be in place before any building goes vertical.
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So we would be able to see village and county would be able to see how that's working before any building is put in place.
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Okay.
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Also kind of a clarification and maybe we can reach out to the park district.
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The old Grove and that pond and all that land is actually.
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Part district land just so everyone's clear here.
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So it's two different government entities and clearly we all need to talk and maybe something needs to be done with old Grove.
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because I did see the picture.
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I do know the area. There is a lot of water there, but just to remember, not all that is village of
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Lombard land, actually a lot of that is part district land. So that's something that we have to be in communication with.
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The third issue is Stephanie brought up an I. issue. What do you know what that was pertaining to, something with Roseville?
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The question that came up very early in the process and some of the initial discussions would I. Grant a curb cut they have to grant.
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some access to the property.
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The concept site plan here shows for full access out on the Roosevelt Road one single
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driveway.
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The petitioner has stated that I.D. is concept she's supportive of the plan as proposed.
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Of course, when you get to final engineering, I.D. will be doing a full review of that
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driveway, curb credit, it's location prior to them issuing a permit itself.
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Perfect.
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So, when you're saying a curb cut, that's not going to be right in left out or...
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It'll be full access.
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One of the items associated, because it is a low traffic generating use and there's no
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other reasonable means to get to the property, that's what they would be looking at in
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that regard.
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And then last thing.
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Go ahead.
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Last thing is more, it's a statement.
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I know, and no offense, the builders.
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I know a store, our storage unit is not a flashy project.
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On the board, we always want to come in with flashy projects, but this land has been undeveloped
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for so long, and on top of it, which is always a delicate balance.
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We can't force any private owner or developer to tell them what is going to go in there or not.
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And like I said, it is a free market. So if that's what the market is saying.
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Because I'm like with you, I go another storage unit.
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If that's what their data is showing them that there's a market for it.
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We're not a local government and government in general,
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not be telling private landowners what they can do and what they should do with their land when it's permitted use.
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Anybody else?
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Well, okay.
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Dan?
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All separate.
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As far as we don't sell the land, we can't control what the property owner and the
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the one where they find the little land does.
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We, in a second, this one is it's, we do, this one is wouldn't be.
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Is there any chance that this might enhance and maybe abate some of the stormwater?
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Well, that's one of the goals when you ever have the new development.
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But right now, there is no stormwater detention on the property whatsoever, everything
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sheet drains.
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It is eventually finding its way over into the wetland in what would be sugarcrete.
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So everything's going there.
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The advantage of development projects is you now will have stormwater detention that will
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collect water from the development and have it at a much more controlled or released rate.
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That is one of the benefits regarding stormwater management.
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And it's not like you're think of it as in this case two two bath tub's being put on the property the importance of keeping it outside the
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Widen Flood Plain is that it could actually take on water as opposed to just sitting in the existing Flood Plain wetland areas which
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Everyone agrees is out there. That's why it's what's pretty bad. It's so documented through DuPage County and through the Army Corps.
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Thank you.
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Okay, well, then we're looking for a motion and the first by trustee where
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Second by trustee Militello
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Sharon a roll call, please
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trustee where I trustee waiting 10. I trustee Puchia. I
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Trusty page savage. I
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Trusty Harnick. I
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Trusty Militello. All right. Okay,
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moving on to letter D
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Sure, and you want to read that.
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451 east north, they have new holiday in Express.
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The Plan Commission transmits for your consideration its recommendation regarding the above
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reference petition, holiday, and express petitioner.
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We request the village to take the following actions on the subject property located within
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the B4 corridor commercial district.
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Number one, a zoning conditional use pursuant to section 1,5,5,5,4,1,6,c, 34 of the
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on board village code to allow for 44 story building and buildings, which are 40 feet to 45 feet in height.
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And number two, approval of a two-lat major plant of very subdivision, the subject property for the proposed hotel is currently vacant.
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The petitioner proposes to hold a holiday and express, through the use of a hotel is permitted in the B4 zoning district, zoning in.
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Title, minutes are needed for the building, height and district 4.
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Thank you, Sharon. Bill? Thank you again, President General. We'll run through another power
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for presentation, relative to the proposed hotel facility at 451 East North Avenue. Here's the
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concept building elevation and one of the key things that is the reason why we are here tonight
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is associated with the fourth floor of the proposed hotel.
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The property I may make reference to is both 415 and 451 for general reference purposes.
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415 is where the old case is.
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It's been converted as we speak to a signature bankware
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office facility.
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That is a permitted use.
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Hotels themselves are permitted use within the underlying
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before zoning district.
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So we are here tonight to consider two actions.
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the condition news for the four-story building and a plat of resub division which is more of
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an administrative activity to move to really just move a lot line within that same project.
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In the intent of moving a lot line is so that all the parking associated with the hotel
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is actually on the same water record. If in case at some point in the future it would be sold to
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another entity. Communication efforts just as I noted before, there was a voluntary neighbor
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meeting back in December where the initial concept plans came out, that was very valuable
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because there was a lot of comment that was received from the public that was passed
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on to the petitioner and as I will go through, number of those things were incorporated into
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the plan that the plan commission themselves heard. We developed a frequently asked question sheet,
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public notice process as noted in the other petition. We had regular resident engagement
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through social media and we've been following up on an ongoing basis with any
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interested parties.
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As far as zoning and surrounded bland uses, the property in question is
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415 and 451.
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The immediate to the east is a commercial retail strip center within the
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corporate limits of the villager of Villapark.
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Immediately to the south east and on the other side of
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choice, our single-family residential neighborhood wrapping around, and also, importantly, directly
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to the south, is property that is owned by the Lombard Park District, and is the Lombard
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Lagoon Park Site.
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As I noted earlier, before, allows for hotels as they permitted use.
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For reference purposes, I identified what other types of uses could be built built here as
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a matter of right.
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even a hotel could be built here as a matter of right where the main purpose of the meeting tonight is to discuss the potential of the fourth floor
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That is the one zoning action
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The code talks about
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Anything less than 40 feet height being permitted
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Between 40 and 45 is a condition you some beyond that is a variance. It is already embedded within code
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So if the question comes up regarding while I they're following code technically. Yes, it's just that village staff doesn't have the authority
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to grant the final approval that authority grant is vested in the village board.
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The proposed building height is approximately 42 feet based on the final engineering
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site.
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So they're not conditions are not prohibited, but they go through this process.
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Landscaping was talked extensively.
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Both at the neighborhood meeting as well as at the Plan Commission.
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And we do recognize that it does about the Lombard Lagoon.
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There was a preliminary plan submitted.
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you even heard that through the planned commission discussion, that they made a condition that
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I'll go and talk about more at the end of the presentation, that they want some additional
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evergreen trees. There will be the full 30-foot transitional landscape out. This was a comment that
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really was coming out of the neighborhood meeting. The petitioner went back, working with our
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fire department, and determined whether there was a southern access was truly needed around the building.
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That came out of that meeting and the revised plan is that all the landscape planting that is sought for this project would be on the private property and would be maintained by the property owner.
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Traffic also came up. Again, while we're only talking about, you know, while the petition was about a forest story building.
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We did have a kale away. The villages traffic consultant do a traffic demand study. That's different than a full traffic analysis.
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But what they did determine is that it can be accompanied by the roadway system.
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There are recorded cross-access easements for this property.
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And there will be one between this and the signature banquet.
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So if you're ready, you can leave from here and go through the properties to get over to Grey Street.
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Parking meets code.
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The primary entrance will be a North Avenue kind of where cases or signature bakeway driveway is now. There's a full access that is on the choice right now. That will be going away. There'll be a new driveway access that will be left out right in to further encourage people to utilize North Avenue.
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Stormwater management, just like with the petitioner a few minutes ago, this was also raised
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as a concern, and while this one's a little different, and that there is not wetlands
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or flood plan a site, it was a concern that was raised at the public hearing.
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So the petitioner said they would meet all DuPage County Stormwater requirements and local
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codes.
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For further information, just so I've run as aware, the property, there's what we call
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a mini-vrigeline.
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That means some of the water would want to drain north, some of it may go south
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into the lagoon.
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Through this discussion, and even one of the plant commissioners may comment on that,
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the petitioner should this be approved would need to submit final engineering drawings.
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And the goal is to get as much water redirected toward North Avenue as practical and would be as allowed by eye dot through that review.
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Ultimately, water that heads to the south goes into Lombard Lagoon, eventually it will head its way north.
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property, a strong water that is directed specifically to North Avenue, will also head to the West.
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Eventually it will be made up and headed toward the woods for its preserve.
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Plan Commission did hear the petition back in January.
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They made their recommendation and there were a number of conditions that were included within this.
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I do want to point out a few items associated with this that have changed since the Plan Commission.
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But again, this is the first reading of potential two readings with the second one being on March 5.
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Within the draft ordinance, there are conditions of approval.
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I'm going to jump to two of them that were specifically called out and even modified within the recommendations.
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We heard a number of residents offer questions or testimony concerned about the self-building elevation,
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specifically the burnt orange color that was being contemplated on the southern side if it could be muted.
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The revised plan makes that a little bit more of a chocolate brown color in this
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submittal.
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So, the petitioner went back to Holiday Incorporate and they consented to this as an accommodation for the development.
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So, condition number one, in accordance with all the site plans that are previously submitted as well as a revised
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other in Wallet exhibit and that's what it just showed you. So that is getting
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memorialized in the ordinance. They will have to follow that provision, address the
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other concerns, meet building permits, screening,
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minimizing or no-right turn signage,
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auto turns, signage that does not project above the roof, Bill, give you a little
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breather here. Explain what an auto turn is for people that may not know.
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One of the questions that came from the public was whether it's fire trucks or larger trucks,
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if you have, will people be able to make proper turns on to choice, will they be bumping
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curbs, and will it be a sufficient flow?
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Auto turns is nothing more than a computer program that makes sure that people won't be driving
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on to over curbs. So that will be submitted. And this is one of the concerns that our
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fire department would look at also to make sure that fire trucks can move. One of the
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questions also is concerned about truck movements. And there are some representations that
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other businesses which may or may not be individual long-barred have used that for truck access.
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Given that it's a hotel, they usually don't get heavy semi-truck deliveries. It's much more
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residential nature. So you're going to get a lot more cars or small box trucks. They don't
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have a, you know, a classic restaurant. They, you know, they have the, you know, the breakfast
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and milk, if you will. But to get right back to your question, auto turns is really to make sure
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that circulation can be probably meant by the, nothing's preventing them from turning right
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besides just a sign saying no right turn. The design of the concept and see if I, it shows really
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well on the plane is to actually have a little bit of a throat there to kind of force vehicles
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to be making a left-turns of a little bit of a bump out to discourage right-turn movements.
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So be very awkward movement.
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And again, because it's a hotel use that general thought is people are coming from not around
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here, staying here, but they're market.
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It is really going to be some more along North Avenue, whether it's heading up towards Ohio or heading
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to the west of 355 as opposed to servicing a neighborhood itself.
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Fencing and landscaping, maintaining good condition, people were concerned about what it might
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look like down the road, photometric plants, people were concerned about lighting.
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Our code already built and built in a lot of these requirements.
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So even if they weren't conditions, we want to clarify and make it so noted that these
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provisions need to be met.
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Concerns were raised about construction vehicles.
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So don't park a stage in Joyce or Lemoine.
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They can use the signature banquet kind of parking lot
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or on-site itself.
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Process, access, and park.
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So if there was ever ownership change,
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there's still a ability to travel from one
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property to the act next.
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Code requirements start within one year,
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unless an extension grant by the board.
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And one thing that was amended by the Plan Commission, people were concerned about the nature of the trees along the proposed southern property line, the transitional yard.
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So the Plan Commission requested, as part of the required submitted final landscape plan, the taller Evergreen trees, shall be incorporated in the final landscape plan.
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And we will look at that as part of the final engineering activities.
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And with that, Stafford, be happy to answer any questions you may have.
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I'll put you going to ask a question just about that last one, the taller evergreen trees.
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So, I was not, you know, very blessed in the height department.
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What does taller mean?
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I said a 20 foot tree is a 30 foot tree is that a 15 foot tree.
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For me, it's, you know, a 55 tree.
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Right?
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I think it was left a little bit open.
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The idea is that it would not be evergreen shrubs that would be at knee high.
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that you're actually going to be looking at
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coniferous trees that, you know,
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larger arbor variety, other species that they can look at,
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that can supplement, one of the things that we heard
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from the testimony of people concerned about, you know,
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giving bulk and mass so that over time
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as the tree material is the trees grow,
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particularly during the winter months,
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it will actually act as some screening.
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During the summer, you may very well get that
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from the trees that are already on the park district property.
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The idea for the toleratories is something that will be,
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will create a larger canopy for that area.
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Anyone down here?
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Okay.
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We will move into public participation on this issue.
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Again, we're going to do the unduck system.
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So we'll start off tonight with Theresa.
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Is it Theresa?
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I know, you have a couple of acts and things there.
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So I will just solo a, and again, when you're up at the podium, please to state your name
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for the record.
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And then, time starts with a C. I can't read.
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Carol.
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Carol.
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I'm Carol.
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I'm Carol.
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We're all tough.
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We're not okay.
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We're not okay.
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I swear I got starware in my class.
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Okay then.
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Laura, I'm not even going to try.
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Were there an S?
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I think that's a thing.
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It's a thing.
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She was asked to go through.
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Good evening.
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You're on.
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Hello, my name is Teresa Lola, 637, North Joy Street.
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I would like to wish President general the trustees and staff a good evening and thank you
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for this opportunity.
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leading up to this evening we were concerned that the Land of 451 East North Avenue was going to be
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developed at all. Our focus was first to keep the land untouched. When it was clear that we were to have a new hotel
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neighbor, we aimed for three stories. We strive to minimize the number of rooms while providing a viable
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business to less an impact. We worked for adjustments to help the hotel blend with the community. And we would like to
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the developers for the changes they have made. While we can't go back to change the zoning,
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let's look forward. Planning commissioners were thoughtful with their conditions and
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suggestions. Whatever the board's decisions, we need to ensure that all development conditions
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are followed through to completion. It is of the utmost importance. Let's also see what we can
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do to turn this development into an enthusiastic opportunity for both the hotel and the doing area.
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We can shine a light on the vegetation loss that has taken place around the
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lagoon property as a result of bordering business.
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We trust the hotel will consider present-part district recommendations.
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If Lombard is allowing more commerce, then please allow us to keep the Lagoon a safe and natural setting.
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We request village support of any current or future plans the Part District may have for the safety and restoration of the Lombard Lagoon as it pertains to bordering business.
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With whole-cultons, hotel construction, it will take some time to assess the needs of the park and ideas may require future years budget planning.
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fully promoting any part district plans or collaboration proposals for Lagoon
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Batterment will create an atmosphere benefiting our business neighbors with a well
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cared for North entrance to Lombard. There will be extra revenue from the
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whole to assist and the businesses along the park will profit from their
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proximity. We have been presented with an opportunity to aid all parties. As
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mentioned, we would like you to follow through with directing drainage towards
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North Avenue versus the Goon to prevent flooding and contamination.
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Encourage IDAP permissions and be a modern engineering example for others to emulate.
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Execute plans based on photometric studies to pinpoint light direction and be a technological leader.
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Make sure all required steps are taken to protect the turtles and encourage proper actions to cure for all wildlife being a model of compassion.
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Safe guard in the event that current owners of 451 East North ever sell the property include
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any allowable stipulations to encourage future sales to known reputable businesses that
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are appropriate for a family community and who are willing to work in partnership with our
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park district.
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Be known for your foresight.
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No other than Bart Hotel is as close to one of our public parks and single family home neighborhoods.
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You are responsible for both.
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In sure, all conditions are met.
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Find balance while giving our hotel neighbors the tools to succeed.
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Raise the bar to build a community foundation
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that will be examined for generations to come.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Can I go?
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Mr. Lella.
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I know I'm privy to the email you sent to trust the honing,
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but it sounds like maybe you made some amendments.
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So if we could get a copy of your letter,
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that would be great.
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And you can email it to us and give me my course
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or whatever it is for you.
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OK, I just give you the stick.
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Carol Maurer.
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Thank you.
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She's working tomorrow.
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Yes, she is.
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She's not going over time too.
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Okay.
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And David was there.
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Hi.
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I'm Laura Cesink, I live at 629 North Grace Street.
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I grew up in Lombard all 41 years.
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Just about our house three and a half years ago.
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And I've watched in the past three and a half years Grace Street flood.
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So as a resident, I would just like you to keep in mind of the condition of flooding because
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by great joys and East Lemoine, it floods, gray street, right behind Dunkin Donuts, there's
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a retention pond that overflows with water, then the lagoon overflows and it's flooded all
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the way up to the poor homes on East Lemoine Avenue to where there's ducks floating in
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front yard. So again, I won't try to make this really long with flooding, but just please
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keep in mind for that as the condition. Also, I do believe the tables water tables have changed
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on the north side because I am one of few who really love Halloween and decorate their front yard.
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And with all the rainwater, we had in September, October, November. We heard a thunk. We looked
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the street lights would shut off. It literally goes from Prairie all the way to North Avenue
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on Grace Street. So I do believe when it rains heavily, snow melts, and it actually happened
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two and a half weeks ago when we had that 52 degrees Sunday. So something's going on on our
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site at town with flooding. So again, please keep in mind and thank you for the time for tonight
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and also thank you Bill for filling out my freedom of information at, that somehow got lost
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in transition, but thank you for whoever worked to get it to me in two days, thank you so
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much.
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Thank you.
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David, you're up,
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Mr. Modi,
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with the petitioner.
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Hello, my name is Dave Weisnick.
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I live at 631 North, LaLondi, we've been there 38 years, so we have seen a lot of changes
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going on in the park and I want to complement the village because the park has improved dramatically
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over the 38 years we've been there. I mean the field of house has been built up and skating
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and taking care very well with a park district. So it's it's really a
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I think Jim of the village of Lombard,
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I think. But I think what we have to start thinking about is how to keep it in its pristine shape.
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We've developed all those businesses along North Avenue. Duncan Donuts, and Casey's was always there, but all those businesses that were there at Casey's,
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That whole section south of those businesses was heavily wooded.
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You didn't even know if there was cases was there.
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You couldn't hear it. You couldn't hear North Avenue.
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Now North Avenue, of course, like ten years ago,
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I became twice as wide.
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Traffic has increased.
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It's doubled.
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You can hear traffic constantly.
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If you're in the park, you can hear traffic all day long, you can hear Dunkin' Donuts, traffic coming in,
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the deliveries that early in the morning, five, six o'clock in the morning, there's deliveries.
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It doesn't really apply to the holiday in, but I'm just bringing it up for the village trustees to consider
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possibly trying to keep the park in its pristine, tranquil state, as it is, to consider putting in a sound barrier along the north edge of the park, like an i.s. sound barrier.
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They don't have to be expensive. I'm a retired civil engineer. You can find things that are fairly inexpensive.
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I know this is part district, but, you know, it's also village.
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I have one on the internet, I made a hole, some found some sound barriers on the internet,
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I can, I can share that with you, maybe it's a capital expense project down the road, kind
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of a thing.
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But I think it would really help the park.
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And just says a thought, there's going to be more traffic.
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But there's a lot of traffic on Marcus and Joyce right now.
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There's going to be increased traffic.
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It's not going to go down.
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We would like you to consider just putting in maybe some speed bumps along some of those
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areas.
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There's a lot of traffic that goes by that park with kids running in and out.
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That field house is used constantly.
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I'll bet you it's 80% of the time and weekends, so I'll leave this with you.
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There are 12 to 14 foot high sound barriers.
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They look pretty nice, but I'd appreciate your consideration of that.
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Thank you.
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We have one more that was filled out for you, Tech.
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Did you get a statement for the record, please?
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Hello, my name is Voitakev Boonsky,
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and I've lived in the neighborhood for about 10 years now.
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And I'll just throw a question more
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of the commission.
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And if we were to change the zoning for the three properties,
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which are there, how would we approach that?
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So in the future, let's say, if Duncan knows
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without a business and we develop her for storage facility,
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decides to build another three-story, four-story have building.
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Is there a way we can amend current zoning laws
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for the other two properties?
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So they don't expend in the future and how would we as a citizen go about to prevent
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that from happening?
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The attorney is here but typically request a rezoned property come from the property owners
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themselves in situations where a village may petition to change the zoning on their own.
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there is a standard that the village would have to follow relative to lowering the property
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values time, I believe. And if, for instance, a commercial property on North Avenue,
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and this would be a drastic situation, but it helps the example. If we were to try to
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rezone commercial property on North Avenue to recreational or open space, we would have to compensate
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the property owner for the decreased value in the land.
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So, saying how the current 41 property is not developed yet,
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can the zoning be changed before it gets developed at this stage?
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At this stage, it would either be a petition by the owners,
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and if the village did try to zone it from a commercially zone property,
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which is on.
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On a state route to something less intense, I believe we would still be on the hook to potentially pay for it.
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And we would probably end up in litigation. In litigation, and it would really, the quicker move would be to purchase the property and own it.
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But typically,
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each village board has their own decisions. But we try not to be landowners.
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And there are just statements in reference to the increased traffic.
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Any street, which is north of a sunset, whenever it's snow, it's always covered in snow
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for weeks.
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So with increased traffic that we're going to get, are we going to increase the snow plowing
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or sulting the streets?
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So when we had this meeting two weeks ago, I think, when the snow fell, when I left my
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property, as soon as I crossed sunset Avenue, it was nice and dry. I came over here, everything
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was nice and dry. I came back home, I was slipping and sliding because within those few blocks
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between Kramer and Grace and North Avenue and sunset. So if we're going to have increased traffic
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and the same scenario where snow stays for days, if not weeks on the street, that's going to
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potentially be potential hazard. So if I could ask you guys to do something about that in the future,
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And that's pretty much what we have.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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That's it for public participation.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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Yeah.
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Is it okay if I'm in comment?
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Yes.
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Absolutely.
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Thank you, President General.
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I know this has been a really contentious issue for quite some time now.
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But aside from that, I wanted to thank the developer for being sensitive to the issues
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to the residents of District 4 that have been brought in to light.
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I appreciate the cooperation between both sides that we're willing to engage in, which, in my opinion, truly highlights the character of Lombard residents to perpetuate the issues that they care so much about and that there were differences and they were hashed out in a really reasonable matter.
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And I believe keeping the park safe and away from harm is something that has been really
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important to me as someone who grew up in the area and went to look for crayfish when
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I was younger and when I was in fourth grade.
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And I think that making sure relating to flooding that area is always staying safe in that.
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I am always listening to concerns relating to that flooding issue.
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And I believe it would be against my better judgment to vote yes regarding the holiday and
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rest for just work for. And with that being said, I will not be supporting the hotel and I will be voting no.
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So that's all I have. Thanks Andrew. Anybody else have any comments?
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We're looking for a mode. Oh, we're going to appreciate all the civility. I think we always kind of whenever one of these big projects comes up.
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We always kind of have our guards up and it's, it's always refreshing to have people come up and be professional.
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and so we all appreciate that it's going to take us a minute to relax, so that's it.
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Okay, looking for a motion, they have a first by trustee Whittington, second by trustee
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Whare, Sharon on a roll call, please. Trustee Whittington. I trustee Poochio.
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I trustee floats in a bit. All right. Trustee Honig? No. Trustee Melatello? All right.
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Trustee Whare. All right. Okay, and that's all we have. There is no executive session
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this evening. So that's it for regular business. I would like to thank everyone who came out.
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I want to thank the folks that left after the storage unit discussion.
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And thank you to the
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trustees. And I am looking for a motion to adjourn. First by Trustee Puchio. Second by
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Trustee Fulton Evans. Sharon on a roll call. Trustee Puchio. Trustee Fultonabitch.
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All right.
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Trustee Honig.
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Trustee Melatello?
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Trustee Ware?
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All right.
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Trustee Willington.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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And good night.