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All the meeting to order, Ms. Gibbess, you want to do the roll call? Trustee Ruin. Here. Here. Trustee Wichowski. Trustee Benucci. Here. Trustee, Kalkanis. Here. Trustee Kfern. Present. Trustee Larson. Here. Mayor Goodamus. Here. Thank you. Just for protocol sake, Trustee Kalkanis is joining us via Zoom. If there are no objections from many board members, then we can proceed with her attendance via Zoom. Are there any objections?

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from the board as to Trustee Calcana's attending via Zoom.

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No. No. No. No. Okay, very good then.

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A little bit of housekeeping there I didn't think there would be.

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Tonight we have, oh we're going to start with the pledge allegiance.

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Let's stand for the pledge please.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God

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indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you.

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I want to wish everyone a happy new year.

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It is 2025, it's amazing to think it's already 2025, but it is, 2024 is in the books.

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A lot of good things have happened in playing field over 2024, a lot of hard work has been

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put into a lot of projects and things, and we're looking forward to just that much more

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if not more in 25.

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The next item on the presidential comments, we do have an oath of office for officer

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Kelly buddy chief you want to start us out with this one.

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Yes thank you. You

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guys know we've done this a time or two now how important it is when we have a

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new officer that we're swearing in we like to do it in front of the village board

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so in front of the crowd as well. So everyone sees so we are very proud of that.

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Kelly I can't believe the amount of people who showed up here tonight

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you're swearing in. I mean this is I've never seen this many at a swearing in

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before so. But I will say Kelly comes to us. She is a cold city born and raised. We kind

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of stole her from the Yorkville Police Department. She was there for four years. So she is

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now, you know, a part of the Plainfield family. This is the third officer we have gotten

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from Yorkville so I don't know it is good it's it's all good so I don't know if we should be driving

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through Yorkville but Kelly you know comes to us like I said from the Yorkville Police Department

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she's here with her family her husband DJ is a canine officer for the Wilk County Sheriff's Office

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so with that said Kelly come on forward for the oath of office.

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Having

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been appointed to the Office of Police Officer, in the village of Plaintfield, in

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Will and Kendall County, Zillenoid, do solemnly swear, that I will support the Constitution

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of the United States,

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and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully

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discharge the duties of the office of police officer in the village playing field and will and

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Kendall County's Illinois for the best of my ability. Congratulations.

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So the other thing we do we have a

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little tradition which a lot of police departments do is we have a loved one come up and her husband

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and DJ is going to come up and pin the badge on Kelly.

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Experience.

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Good job, Chief.

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Building the team, right?

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It's kind of like working through the portal, kind of,

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isn't it?

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As long as we provide you with enough NIL,

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I think we'll be fine, won't we?

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Could you use a little book more NIL, but we'll be fine.

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Uh-oh.

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Money people kind of shake in their heads there.

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We do have a proclamation here, which I will read.

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We are proclaiming National Catholic Schools Week, whereas the theme Catholic schools communities of faith knowledge and service Catholic schools in Illinois and across the nation are celebrating National Catholic schools week from Sunday, January 26th through Saturday, February 1st, 2025, whereas nearly 38 Catholic schools in the diocese of Joliett provide quality education in the Catholic tradition to over 16,000 students and their families annually.

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Whereas the Catholic schools in the state of Illinois have educated many students in preparation for the responsibilities as residents of this state and as members of society, whereas the Catholic schools in the state currently provide students with an education that emphasizes the formation of moral values and committee commitment to community service, and whereas the welfare of the state of Illinois requires that this and future generations of school age children be assured ample opportunity to develop their intellectual capacities to the fullest.

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Now, therefore, I, John F. Argadola's president of the village of Plainfield, Illinois, do

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hereby proclaim January 26th through February 1st, 2025, as National Catholic Schools week

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throughout the village of Plainfield, Illinois, and I commend this observance to all our

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citizens.

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Is there someone representing the Catholic Schools?

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There you are.

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Let me come down and I'll present.

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If you'd like to say a few words, you're welcome to as well, or no, I just present you

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with this.

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Very good.

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Trustee Cummins.

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Congratulations to officer Buddy. I think it speaks volumes to see such a commitment within the family of law enforcement. I know she'll do a great job with the PD. So welcome aboard to her and all of our officers stay absolutely safe in 2025.

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And I think we've got some canine stuff coming up pretty soon to so excited those promotions as well.

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And I just wanted to say a quick congratulations to Trustee Calcannis, who's not here right now on her new baby, which is the reason why she's not here.

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I'm glad everyone's healthy and happy.

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She is here. You can hear you.

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Doing well at home, I understand, which is good. Any other Trustee comments this evening?

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very good now is the time for public comment anybody who would like to make a

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comment from the public is welcome to step before the microphone state your name

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please and make your comment or ask your question

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no no just a little light on

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the base of the microphone should be on okay it is on okay speaking of the

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microphone please thank you thank you I'll make this short and sweet I'm not a

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public speaker so additionally full transparency I do watch the board meeting

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It seems a lot, I don't know if there's a good thing or bad thing, so I'm here tonight

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to ask the trustees with regards to the industrial land as well as a lot of the homes that

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are going up around the village just to maybe take a step back and think about the decision

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that might be made tonight.

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I don't have any problems with the homes and development, but it just seems like over the

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last four years there's just been a lot of a lot of building a lot of the homes

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around where I live in the northern part of the of the village are not yet

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started or some of them haven't been completed yet so I just feel like there's

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gonna be a lot of traffic and with a lot of the things that are that I've seen

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with regards to the village board over the last six months a year it just feels

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like there's a lot of traffic that's taking place, I commute a lot to the city on a regular basis so

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I was telling somebody out in the hallway, sometimes it takes me 20 to 30 minutes to go from 127th

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in Higgs to Essings and to get on I-55. So I feel like because of the subdivisions haven't been

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completed, I think there's going to be a lot more traffic. And then additionally, if we put in a lot

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of industrial land out west. 143rd is obviously going to be a truck route so there's going to be a lot

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of truck traffic and so on and so forth so I would all just ask the trustees just if you could

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just take a step back wait till things kind of pan out and see where we stand in maybe a year or two

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because I'm a little concerned that there's going to be so much traffic just over the holidays

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And chief, you might know this over the holidays, 59 and 135 was completely closed because

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of a T-bone accident and the traffic was backed up way past Van Dyke.

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So just, that's all I'm asking is just take a step back maybe and think and kind of see.

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I know there's a comprehensive plan.

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We talk about traffic improvements and so on and so forth.

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But I think the next six months, you're going to see an uptick in traffic.

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And I'm just like I said just asking for it maybe take a step back. Thank you very much.

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Danielle, oh yes please step forward sir.

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Good evening.

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Trustees and President Argadalus. I'm pleased to present myself. I'm Andalib Calgadi. I'm the Superintendent of School District 308.

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And I see one of my colleagues here this evening.

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then is here from 202 and I want to just invite you and share with you some good news

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that we are in the process of engaging a strategic plan. We are proud to serve students from

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Plainfield, many of them are Grand Park or Murphy and I'll speak at least high school and

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throughout the district because students may participate in various programs across many

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of our schools. We're the seventh largest school district in Illinois and we are proud members

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of also, and include plaintiffs, we're proud of that history and that connection here.

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One of the things that I'm here to share with you is that we've started the last couple

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of months engaged in a strategic planning process, and in order to really think about how

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we coordinate the supports to support all of our schools.

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We have 24 school sites and with all the resources, how do we pace ourselves to ensure that

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And every effort is made to ensure that every one of our schools is the best it can be.

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We know that effort cannot be left alone to one individual or just a few individuals.

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So it's important to me to come out this evening and reach out to you.

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Invite you all for your contributions and reflections.

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If you go to our website, schooldistrict www.sd308.org, you're going to see a welcoming sign

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on there of our story, and we want to invite you to join our story.

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and to invite your residents to join in this storytelling

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and also more importantly, envisioning our future

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so we can have a shared story of the success of our school district.

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I have some flyers here for you this evening.

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I'll leave them with you here and I'm grateful also

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to be joined by a fellow board member who will come up and speak equally.

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Thank you.

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Other public comment this evening?

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I see this one? Okay.

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Thank you. Good evening, and happy New Year to everyone. My name is Mary Jo Onemith. I'm actually an Ask We Go resident, but more importantly, I have the privilege of serving as a member of the SD 308 Board of Education. Board of Education. It's hard to do in one breath. I'm going to just kind of piggyback on what Dr. Calgatti said. We are putting the strategic plan together and the goal of the strategic plan is to ensure that our students

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when they leave our doors for the last time as students are the most well-rounded,

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well-educated, happy, to an extent that they can be.

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A fulfilled people that will be ready to answer into society and become

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productive members of society. That's a lofty goal, but it's one that we think

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that we can at least start to head toward

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and make a big dent in, but in order to get that done,

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we do need to put this plan together.

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And being as large a school district as we are,

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we know that every individual has kind of

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a different idea of how to get there.

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My idea of how to accomplish that

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may be a little bit different from yours

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based on where you live,

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based on how old your children are.

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If you have children in the district, if you don't,

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I mean, we have such a diverse community,

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There's a myriad of things that can kind of change everyone's perception.

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We think it doesn't serve the community for all of us, for just the board,

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and some of the admin at school to sit together and put a plan together

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without any input from the rest of the community, because the community is what makes up our school district.

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So again, to kind of piggyback on what Dr. Kelgady was saying,

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we are having a number of forums of small group discussions.

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we actually just had two of them go on today where people can kind of just give us their input.

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We want to be able to get input from as many people in the community as we possibly can

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so that we can make sure as I said that we put together the best most diverse plan

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that leads us into the future and again ultimately services our kids which in turn services the community.

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So SD308.org, as Dr. Kay said, please take a moment to just take a look and again, any input

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of yours is welcome, please spread the word.

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We welcome everyone's comments.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for coming.

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As is our long time policy, if you want to go home, you can go home too.

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We don't expect people to wait for the whole meeting.

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Other public comments, please step forward, state your name.

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My name

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is Stephan Dubois, I have to be honest, this is my very first Board of Trustees meeting.

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I've lived in Plainfield for about a year and a half and my wife and I and my son

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and my mother-in-law live in part of the new development so the gentleman that spoke first

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I wanted to thank him first for his comment because my wife and I we moved out here planning

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to start a family.

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My wife was actually pregnant when we moved into our home and the idea was that we are moving

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to an area that was very family-oriented and about six months maybe a year after moving

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in we noticed a distribution center warehouse was being built literally on our street and

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honestly it hurt a lot because my son I love him more than anything and I'm missing

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time with him right now to be here to speak with you all because I don't want him growing

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up in a neighborhood where we have semi-truck traffic and we've all driven the freeways in

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Chicago. I imagine from one time or another we've seen the way that they drive, it's not even

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their fault, they're overworked and it's dangerous. I also have a dog, God forbid if he ever got out,

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fortunately he's a German shepherd, he won't go anywhere, he's terrified to leave home without me.

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But with all of these changes happening, the immense amount of traffic specifically with

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semi-trucks, trains are constantly going through traffic aside, it can be dangerous for

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kids, especially young kids.

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What if my song got out?

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I look, I fenced in my yard, but is that enough?

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I don't know.

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I pray that I do a good job, a good enough job as a father to protect him, to make him aware.

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but in my eyes it just seems very concerning to see the type of development being

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placed right next to families and I hope you all just take a minute to think

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about it and maybe kind of gauge a few things traffic is the infrastructure in

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place is it safe those are the types of things I worry about thank you any other

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public comment?

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That's fine. Just identify both of yourselves and it's probably your last name,

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but it's hard to just spell and Smith. Miranda Kinsinger, K-I-N-S-I-N-G-E-R, and Brandon Kinsinger.

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So before we move to Plainfield in 2020, we spent so much time in Plainfield because we loved

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the community that our family joked we should move here, and in 2020 we did. Right before the pandemic,

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And, you know, for such a challenging time playing field was instantly home, and we loved

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that.

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And since the five years we've been here in Liberty Grove, we've seen hundreds of homes

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be constructed near us, and at the end of the day, their homes, they give other people

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the same chance to live in the great community that I love.

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However, putting an industrial park right next to all of these homes that have been built,

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It doesn't seem like this is for the people or the citizens or for our community.

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It seems like it has different motives.

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I own a business in Plainfield.

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Most of my business is commuting.

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Over the years, the commute times the traffic has become worse.

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Our infrastructure already isn't supporting all that Plainfield's already grown, let alone

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to add more in semis.

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On 143rd there are children that play.

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We walked to the little cheesecake shop and what used to be a family video, but

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You know the semi-traffic there isn't safe that this isn't the spot for this

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So I just wanted to come today and express that and

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Basically the same comment for me

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Sorry, let me raise this up a little bit here

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Now, we had the goal of coming up here because we liked playing fields very much when we

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were kids and so we did end up moving up here, as my wife had said, we're going to start

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a family.

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Other things came.

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There's neither here nor there.

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Basically, what I'd like to get to is I understand the expansion of designation on 143rd to move

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the truck traffic through.

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I was looking through it, it seems very good on paper, but I'm not quite understanding

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exactly how that fully connects the traffic into 55.

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Are they bringing the traffic back into 126 on the east side of 59?

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One thing I would advise you and anybody else interested, they're on our website, the plans

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for 143rd or laid out, but just briefly, it's going to be extended east when it dead ends on 59th,

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it's being extended, it's under construction now, so it'll be extended east to present day 126.

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So the traffic route 126 will be swapped out with Lockport Street, 126 will be 143rd Street.

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That plan is one that's been in the works for maybe 15 or 18 years, and that's coming to fruition.

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So it will connect up to the existing route 126 and 143rd Street will be route 126 probably in 2026.

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Okay. Okay.

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Well there's more information on the website. So anybody who's interested in the details please check out the website, the Village website.

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Gotcha. Understood.

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The ending comment I would have to that would be could we just see how that expansion works before we zone out more industrial park?

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for coming. Any other public comments?

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Very good. We'll move on with the business meeting. Is it? Oh, okay. Please step forward.

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I would.

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Deity Quinn.

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I have three basic comments. I'm going to start with. I don't appreciate being censored by you, Mayor Arvidales.

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And it's illegal, and I would appreciate being put back on the public page.

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You were caught and lies at the last meeting, and that's why you censored me.

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That's number one.

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Number two, I'm going to get into the brunt of this.

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I'd be happy to explain it to you, if you'd like, after the meeting.

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The East traffic is going right into another part of your forgotten plane field that you don't

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really care about.

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it's going into other residents. If you look at this village plan, all of the

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purple here,

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which is most of this page, is now becoming industrial. Industrial,

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this is the north part of our village, industrial. They took away almost 500

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acres and turned it into industrial.

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And I don't understand why you are

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agreeing to that. I want to know how you keep on saying it's a benefit to the village, how is

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this going to alleviate our tax bill? You say it's a benefit to us. How is this alleviating our

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tax bill? Our tax bill. My tax bill keeps going up higher and higher and higher since I've moved

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here in early 20s. In fact, early 2000s, 2001, my tax bill is more than doubled. I haven't seen it

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paper. You haven't spelled it out to us. You haven't said this is how it's going to alleviate. Where

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is the dollars? Where and when are places like Woodmans, Portillo's, all of these valuable assets

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to our community. How and when is that going to alleviate our tax bill? How is the truck route? How

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How is this specifically, these seven warehouses going to alleviate our tax bill?

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There's no end customers to these seven warehouses.

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How is that going to alleviate our tax bill, you're going to spend our money, who's going

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to pay the taxes to alleviate our tax bill?

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We're paying for, we are paying for that.

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We're paying for all of this infrastructure.

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Where is that money coming from to pay us back?

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Let me also ask this question.

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We're approving this east side concrete,

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I keep calling it concrete, it's warehouses.

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I know that recently there was a, or sorry, the west side, there was an east side industrial

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that was next.

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It was where the quarry was going to be put in, and I know it was Bowlingbrook, but we were

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part of nixing that because it was next to Liberty schools. Liberty. Why was that

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nix and everyone agreed to nix that? Everyone agreed to it and we're not nixing

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all way down on the west side where there's schools, there's residents. Everyone

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here seems to be against it. I'm on Facebook all over the place. There aren't

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residents and this is rhetorical now. I'm not explaining. I'm not asking you to

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solution I'd say or agree and disagree. Why was that one nixed and the west side is

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all open and everyone's like let's go for it. We're all gung ho on it and all these

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taxing bodies are gung ho on it. So why is that? So those taxing bodies that are saying oh yeah

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that's all we're gung ho on it. We're great for it and I'm wondering my district 308 is out here

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asking for it too. So bottom line is we keep talking for 20 years we've been

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talking about the infrastructure. We're saying we got problems for the last 20

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years that I know up. We got problems with the infrastructure. Where is the

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the infrastructure plan in here? Where's the infrastructure plan? We've been as

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residents as a community, we've been saying there's a problem with infrastructure. Trains,

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streets, trucks, we've been saying it's been taken. Who said 27 minutes to get from, you

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know, one side of the bill is the other. No, no, no, it's 27 minutes to get from 59 to 55.

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Where's the infrastructure plan?

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That's where to come before this.

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Okay, is there any other public comment this evening?

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Please date and spell your last name, please.

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I'm on top of what everybody has already said.

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My biggest question is why are we going to move forward with this industrial plan when

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we have no businesses that have even expressed interest in it?

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So we're going to put up concrete buildings that are going to help our taxpayers, but nobody's

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interested at this point and said, yes, build these because we're going to move in.

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That's what I just want to add to the previous comments.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Any other public comment?

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Hello, Nora Dalton, D-A-L-T-O-N. I've been a Plainfield resident for 20 plus years.

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I also have a unique experience in national real estate for the past 20 years, including

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a lot of industrial.

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I also have worked in transportation specifically for roadway, which is FedEx company.

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So I know uniquely what lots of trucks do to a community and the issues that come with that.

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Support what the previous citizens have set up here. And to be honest, I think the best word that I can say is that this is a detrimental plan to Plainfield. If I wanted to live in Romeoville and Juliet, with lots of industrial, that was shiny and new at one point, I would have gone there. We all know what eventually happens there. And I think Plainfield has the opportunity to look and take a pause.

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because, as I understand it, like Kathleen said, we don't have anybody clamoring for this.

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So, these jobs, there are no jobs, there's nobody supporting anything.

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My real issue is, I am very involved with the community.

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I don't know anybody who wants this.

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I'm in lots of organizations, I have not met a single person who says, yes.

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And it is an ICE world, but they're right across from that new subdivision.

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So, somebody wants this.

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and my question is, who is that and what are their motives and they should be checked.

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Thank you. That's it. Got all the notes? Appreciate it.

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Thank you. Any other public comments, Sydney? Very good. We'll move on to our business meetings.

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Their motion to approve the agenda.

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The motion's been made and seconded to approve the agenda. Trustee Brune?

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Yes.

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Trustee Wajowski?

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Yes.

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Trustee Winnerti?

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Yes.

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Trustee Kalkanis?

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Yes.

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Trustee Kiefer?

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Yes.

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Trustee Larson.

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Yes.

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Thank you.

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Motion carries.

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Ms. Gives, please proceed with number two.

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The consent agenda.

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We're seeking board consideration of a motion to approve the consent agenda to include

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minutes at the board meeting, held on December 16th.

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Bill's paid and bill's payable report for January 6th.

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Approval of the reduction of the MI homes, Lockley Park, bond number, ending in 1847.

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remaining bond balance of $67,259 and $5.00 approval of the reduction of the MI Homes Riverstone bond ending in 0381

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remaining bond balance of $4,558,691.78 and reduction in bond ending in 0383 as remaining bond balance of

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of $2,760,257 and 25 cents.

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Ordnance number 3701, increasing the number of class

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F liquor licenses to 26 for Cooper's talk

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to be located at 163, 44 South Boulevard Place

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and Mulgreens to be located at 137,17 South Route 30,

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Suite A and Authorized Village President

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to execute an intergovernmental agreement

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with Kendall County providing for an annual contribution

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of $7,220, pursuant to the agreement to the Kendall area transportation program,

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expiring on December 31st, 2027.

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So moved.

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Second.

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Motion's been made.

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And seconded to Providence A through F under the consent agenda.

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Trustee Bueing?

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Yes.

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Trustee Wajawski?

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Yes.

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Trustee Benucci?

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Yes.

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Trustee Kielkannis?

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Trustee Kiefer?

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Yes.

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Trustee Larson?

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Yes.

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Thank you, that motion carries.

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Ms. Gives, please proceed with item three.

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Next item on the agenda is Tracy Johnson and Wilson.

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We're seeking board consideration of a motion to authorize payments to Tracy Johnson and Wilson.

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The amount of $3,502 and 25 cents.

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The motion's been made and seconded.

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Are there any comments or questions on this item?

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Hearing none, I'll proceed with the role.

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Trustee Brewery.

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Yes.

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Trustee Wajowski.

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Yes.

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Trustee Benucci.

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Yes.

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Trustee Kielcannis.

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Yes.

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Trustee Kiefer.

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Yes.

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Trustee Larson.

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Yes, thank you, the motion carries.

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Please proceed with item 4, Ms. Gibbous.

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Next item on the attendance, Equal Williams and Provin Zalley.

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We're seeking for consideration of the motion to authorize payment to Equal Williams and Provin Zalley in the amount of $1,612 and $0.50.

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So moved.

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The motion's been made and seconded.

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Are there any comments or questions on this item?

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I have a question.

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Given the judgment happened in 2023, and this is more for Mr. Vogel than anybody else

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and this involves the mayor's legal case, knowing that this went to the appellate level

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and was denied by three justices, and then the denial went came through within days for

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a reconsideration.

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Last I knew we were in 2025, and after the first of the year, we worked to start a collections

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process.

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So when are we starting that collections process?

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Yes.

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I mean, I think that's a question I would probably direct to the Equal Provenz-Olly firm

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because I've not represented the village in this to any extent whatsoever.

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Okay.

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So we've spent over $120,000 from a lawsuit from 2018 that has been extended out, that

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has been lost in the courts up through the appellate level.

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So I'll reach out to Mr. Terry Equals, which will cost the taxpayers more money as we attempt

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to recoup nearly $50,000, $60,000 at 9% interest against the mayor's judgment.

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Thank you.

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Any other comments on this matter?

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Ms. Gibbous?

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The motion was made in seconded to authorize payment to Equal Williams and Provenzallion, the amount of $1,612.50.

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Trustee Ruin?

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Yes.

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Trustee Wajamski?

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Yes.

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Trustee Benouti?

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Yes.

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Trustee Kale-Kannis?

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Yes.

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Trustee Kiefer?

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Yes.

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Trustee Larson?

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Yes.

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Thank you, that motion carries.

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Ms. Gibbs, you want to proceed with 5A?

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Next item on the agenda is TCC Plainfield.

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We're seeking board consideration of motion to open a public hearing regarding the proposed

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annexation agreement for the development known as TCC Plainfield located generally south

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of 143rd Street and west of Steiner Road.

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That motion has been made and seconded all in favor.

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All opposed.

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Thank you.

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That motion carries.

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Mr. Rosenova, I don't know if you want to say anything during

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in this time and Mr. Pru.

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So thank you, Mary.

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Good evening.

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Trustee Ziff, I may just offer a few staff comments as an introduction before he hand things

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over to the development team and I called the public hearing as well.

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This project was first introduced, the committee of the whole on November 25th.

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So just before Thanksgiving, I just wanted to set the stage for where we are procedurally.

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This is the first formal meeting for consideration at the village board level.

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So what we're hoping to accomplish tonight is to hold a public hearing on the proposed annexation agreement.

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And then we're also asking the village board to direct our village attorney to prepare the necessary ordinances for a project approval.

449
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Those ordinances would come back at a subsequent meeting currently it will be anticipated at the February 3rd village board meeting for approval of annexation by annexation agreement for approval of special use for planned development.

450
00:37:01,370 --> 00:37:06,170
a rezoning of the property in a preliminary and final plan.

451
00:37:07,270 --> 00:37:11,230
So, procedurally we're holding public hearing and we're looking for a direction to prepare

452
00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:15,350
ordinances, but there would be no request for project approval at tonight's meeting.

453
00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:22,570
Just a few staff comments I didn't have an opportunity to point out at the committee of the

454
00:37:22,570 --> 00:37:27,130
whole meeting, just to take a step back, not specific to this location, but I think it's

455
00:37:27,130 --> 00:37:55,450
It's important to recognize that the village of Cleanfield is very fortunate to have a developer of the quality of Tramble Crow looking to invest literally hundreds of millions of dollars here in the village, and I don't think there's a community in the Chicago and area or the state of Illinois for that matter that would not want to welcome that opportunity to to consider a proposed project. So we're certainly fortunate to have Tramble Crow here interested in investing in the village of Cleanfield.

456
00:37:57,610 --> 00:38:02,930
I know we talk a lot about the importance of having infrastructure to support development.

457
00:38:03,090 --> 00:38:15,790
And I think it's worth noting for this project at this location that the villager point field has already completed three significant road improvements that support this development kind of sequentially.

458
00:38:16,130 --> 00:38:25,930
The villager point field is the entity that improved 143rd Street where the ones who built 143rd Street west of Medellin out to Steiner Road, which did not exist.

459
00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:34,170
then the village completed the extension of Steiner Road north of Blackbird Street at Route 126 up to 143rd Street.

460
00:38:35,110 --> 00:38:52,130
That was accomplished with the assistance of the property owner that's the current property owner of the subject property here who donated the right away for Steiner Road with the understanding that the village would cooperate with future development that's was compatible with the village's comprehensive plan.

461
00:38:53,330 --> 00:38:58,470
And then thirdly and most recently, the village extended 143rd Street west of Steiner Road

462
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:59,190
out to Ridge Road.

463
00:38:59,450 --> 00:39:03,010
So that's the ribbon cutting we just held out in late December.

464
00:39:04,470 --> 00:39:10,410
So I think this is an excellent example of the village investing in infrastructure that

465
00:39:10,410 --> 00:39:12,010
supports future growth.

466
00:39:13,650 --> 00:39:18,990
I think we're familiar with the project, but just a brief description, it's located west

467
00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:24,970
of sign-of-road between 143rd Street and the north side and Lockport Street around 126 on the south side.

468
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:27,870
And it compasses approximately 340 acres.

469
00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:36,570
The current site plan proposes up to seven buildings that would total approximately 5 million square feet of overall development.

470
00:39:37,150 --> 00:39:41,830
That would be accomplished in phases likely over many years, several years.

471
00:39:43,490 --> 00:40:10,370
The proposed warehouse distribution development is entirely compatible with the trend of development we see in the area really started with the Diazio Warehouse and Distribution Center that was approved in 2018 and then the DHL project, which was approved in 2022 as well as the Stuart Farmer Plainfield Business Center project, which is also approved in late 2022.

472
00:40:11,430 --> 00:40:15,570
As you can see, we're just now seeing the first of those buildings in the Plainfield

473
00:40:15,570 --> 00:40:19,010
Business Center near completion of the construction here in 2025.

474
00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:25,810
So, even as these projects are approved, it takes several years to go through the closing

475
00:40:25,810 --> 00:40:31,270
and acquisition of the property, the final engineering, the marketing and finding end users.

476
00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:37,830
So, it's not an overnight impact to the community, it certainly takes several years for these

477
00:40:37,830 --> 00:40:44,930
projects to be implemented. But again, to the trend of development, certainly what's

478
00:40:44,930 --> 00:40:51,190
being proposed is consistent with the trend of development with the area. And more over

479
00:40:51,190 --> 00:40:57,550
the applicant applied in April of 2024. And one of the reasons we're just now getting

480
00:40:57,550 --> 00:41:05,110
to consider this in early 2025 is that it was necessary to complete the bill of comprehensive

481
00:41:05,110 --> 00:41:07,250
of plan brand new comprehensive plan.

482
00:41:07,450 --> 00:41:09,930
It's not an update, a new comprehensive plan process.

483
00:41:10,530 --> 00:41:12,870
Our applicant was very patient with the village,

484
00:41:13,150 --> 00:41:15,390
understanding that they didn't want

485
00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:18,050
and we didn't want a specific development proposal

486
00:41:18,050 --> 00:41:20,750
to drive the village's comprehensive planning efforts.

487
00:41:21,710 --> 00:41:24,730
So as the village approved or adopted,

488
00:41:24,890 --> 00:41:27,110
our new comprehensive plan on October of 2024,

489
00:41:28,130 --> 00:41:30,730
that allowed this project now to come forward.

490
00:41:31,190 --> 00:41:33,510
And the project is entirely compatible

491
00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:37,730
and consistent with the comprehensive plan that the village approved last October.

492
00:41:39,410 --> 00:41:48,170
In terms of some of the project benefits, certainly it would have substantial financial benefits

493
00:41:48,170 --> 00:41:54,010
during construction in terms of temporary construction impacts but weren't over the long-term

494
00:41:54,010 --> 00:42:01,690
employment benefits over 3,600 permanent employees and estimated $6 million in annual tax

495
00:42:01,690 --> 00:42:17,090
revenues to all of our local units of government per year, so over a 10-year period that's $60 million, $60 million of property tax revenue to our local community, and that's, you know, annually in perpetuity.

496
00:42:19,290 --> 00:42:25,170
I will note a few things. The project was considered by the Plane Commission in July of 2024.

497
00:42:25,170 --> 00:42:27,890
for the Planning Commission held a public hearing.

498
00:42:27,970 --> 00:42:30,710
There was one comment I believe the representative

499
00:42:30,710 --> 00:42:33,910
of an adjoining property owner had some concerns

500
00:42:33,910 --> 00:42:36,890
about compatibility and I believe our comprehensive plan

501
00:42:37,330 --> 00:42:38,930
addressed those concerns I would defer

502
00:42:38,930 --> 00:42:41,790
to that property owner should he choose to speak,

503
00:42:42,230 --> 00:42:45,670
but certainly staff's perception that any concerns

504
00:42:45,670 --> 00:42:47,670
that were raised at that planning commission

505
00:42:47,670 --> 00:42:50,310
public hearing have been addressed beyond that.

506
00:42:50,350 --> 00:42:52,810
There were no other public comments into staff's knowledge.

507
00:42:52,810 --> 00:42:59,710
there have been no comments, phone calls, or emails relative to the project in support

508
00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:05,730
or opposition, or I should say in support, we do have communication support but no phone

509
00:43:05,730 --> 00:43:10,450
calls or emails in opposition to the project outside of that plan commission public hearing.

510
00:43:13,290 --> 00:43:17,150
In terms of the annexation agreement, which is a subject to the public hearing this evening,

511
00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:45,810
It identifies some financial benefits to the village as we have negotiated for each of the industrial projects that have come through and in fact this project is the most generous or most substantial in terms of the dollar value of public contributions and not just the total dollar value at approximately $6.4 million but also on our just a per square foot basis, which is a calculation we use to make sure that the projects are consistent and some of the compatible from project to project.

512
00:43:45,810 --> 00:43:59,290
So this project would provide a benefit to the village of our approximately $1.28 per square foot, whereas some of the other projects have ranged from $0.75 to $1 per square foot, so this is really the most generous or most substantial benefit.

513
00:44:00,190 --> 00:44:03,410
Now, where do those six point for four million dollars go?

514
00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:15,710
The agreement has been drafted to give the village board flexibility to identify how the funds are spent but staff has proposed certain projects that will be priorities based on our comprehensive plan and the transportation plan.

515
00:44:15,710 --> 00:44:45,510
Some of those projects could include a feasibility study for a great separation on 143rd Street east of Bandaiq Road for a phase one study for widening of 143rd Street between Steiner Road and Wallen Drive to fund construction of future improvements to that section of Wallen Drive to provide financial contributions to implement our water and sanitary sewer master plan in this area which has been a challenge

516
00:44:47,710 --> 00:44:59,510
So that funding would really allow the village to take the lead in implementing some of the regional infrastructure utility projects that are needed and there's also been suggestions for

517
00:44:59,510 --> 00:44:59,970
Thank you.

518
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,900
A contribution to fund improvements within the riverfront and other improvements. Lastly, I'll just note, the project does propose constructing county line road through to through the development. That's a transportation improvement that's in our current transportation plan. The developers not seeking any financial contributions for that. There is a provision in the in the station agreement that would allow the developer to get credit for cost for the

519
00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:33,700
intersection of county line road and route 126 which would have to be reconfigured

520
00:45:34,380 --> 00:45:36,980
potentially with road rate of way involved.

521
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:42,280
And then the last thing I'll note, I know this is in your packet.

522
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:47,080
There is a letter of support, a unified letter of support from all five

523
00:45:47,660 --> 00:45:52,300
units of government here and I see many representatives in the audience to my knowledge.

524
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:56,980
May 20 plus years here at the village of Plainfield. This is the first time for a development

525
00:45:56,980 --> 00:46:02,860
my proposal that we've had all of our peer units of government recommending approval.

526
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:08,060
I don't want to speak for them, but I know they're deferential to the village that this is a land use decision.

527
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:13,560
But I think it underscores the magnitude of the project and the importance to our local community.

528
00:46:14,580 --> 00:46:16,780
So with that, it's just some staff commentary.

529
00:46:17,580 --> 00:46:22,700
I'd like to turn it down and hand things over to Vince Rosanova, but there was no further than Whitaker for any further presentation.

530
00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:27,580
Mr. Pru, thank you for that very thorough overview of things.

531
00:46:27,780 --> 00:46:31,520
I know we've had this in our committee of the holes, and we've learned a lot about this project.

532
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,620
But thank you for summarizing all the key points again.

533
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:36,540
Mr. Rosenova, welcome this evening.

534
00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:37,640
Good evening, Mayor.

535
00:46:37,860 --> 00:46:38,620
podium jurors, sir.

536
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:39,620
These for the record.

537
00:46:39,860 --> 00:46:40,180
I'm back

538
00:46:43,540 --> 00:46:47,380
this evening on behalf of the petitioner, which is Travel Crow Company.

539
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:52,520
With me this evening, we have Joshua Hoffman and Matt Frytag, both with Travel Crow,

540
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:56,720
as well as our entire design team happy to answer any questions.

541
00:46:57,340 --> 00:47:01,840
At our last meeting, we gave the long version of the overview, so for tonight,

542
00:47:02,340 --> 00:47:08,020
our plan is to first introduce Josh Voodle Hoffman, who will give some additional background on Trammel Crow,

543
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,240
as well as their vision for the Plainfield Business Center,

544
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:16,380
at which point then I'll introduce Rory Fanceler, who will give an overview of her traffic study,

545
00:47:16,740 --> 00:47:21,360
and then I'll wrap it up with a summary of the economic benefits to the village

546
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:25,740
and accounting. As always we're more than happy to answer any questions so if

547
00:47:25,740 --> 00:47:29,280
any of those come up along the way let us know and we'll do our best to get

548
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:29,900
those answered.

549
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:43,260
Good evening and happy new year everybody. Thank you Mr. Mayor,

550
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,960
trustees and staff for the time this evening and the consideration of our

551
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,140
application of Tremor Crow Company for the expansion of Plainfield Business

552
00:47:51,140 --> 00:47:56,300
Center. As Vince mentioned we went into a more in-depth presentation during the

553
00:47:56,300 --> 00:47:59,640
committee of the whole meeting so I'll endeavor to be a bit more brief this

554
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:03,460
Evening, although, remedies not always my top skill set.

555
00:48:03,780 --> 00:48:06,100
So I'll try to launch in here quickly.

556
00:48:06,420 --> 00:48:11,560
As Mr. Peru was so kind to enumerate

557
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:15,160
in some of his opening remarks, I do have the good fortune

558
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:16,960
to be with Tramble Crow Company.

559
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,760
We've been recognized by many organizations

560
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,020
throughout the United States as one of the largest

561
00:48:22,020 --> 00:48:24,460
and most active developers in the country.

562
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:27,320
Specifically, over the last 11 years,

563
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:32,920
we've actually developed the most square footage from all product types across the United States.

564
00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:37,980
We've now entered into the European markets. What a lot of folks also don't know is we're actually

565
00:48:37,980 --> 00:48:43,620
a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE. CBRE is a brand that many folks are more familiar with in

566
00:48:43,620 --> 00:48:49,880
Tramble Crow Company. Why that's meaningful is it actually allows us to be a division of the

567
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:54,940
largest real estate company in the world by a factor of several. We're currently ranked I think

568
00:48:54,940 --> 00:48:58,140
about 126 on the Fortune 500 companies list.

569
00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:00,800
That gives us access into capital markets,

570
00:49:01,020 --> 00:49:03,020
into debt markets, and perhaps most important

571
00:49:03,020 --> 00:49:04,120
to the group in this room.

572
00:49:04,540 --> 00:49:07,860
It gives us access to the largest employers in the world.

573
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,380
In many, many cases, the brokers that we work

574
00:49:11,380 --> 00:49:12,880
with to help represent our buildings

575
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,480
are actually the brokers also representing these tenants.

576
00:49:16,020 --> 00:49:17,780
And I'm going to touch on a couple of examples of that

577
00:49:17,780 --> 00:49:19,620
as we go through the presentation here this evening.

578
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:23,220
A couple of numbers for the group here in the room.

579
00:49:23,220 --> 00:49:27,680
Currently, we have $19 billion of projects under active development in the United States,

580
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,380
with an additional $13 billion of projects actively in the pipeline.

581
00:49:31,940 --> 00:49:36,600
For example, the Rusyn Ellis property would be in our pipeline in terms of that calculation.

582
00:49:43,150 --> 00:49:47,550
Diling in that aperture here in the Midwest, I have the good fortune to lead our industrial

583
00:49:47,550 --> 00:49:48,750
team for the upper Midwest.

584
00:49:48,750 --> 00:49:52,690
We cover about eight states with a priority focus on Chicago, given its overall scale,

585
00:49:52,690 --> 00:49:55,650
and really significant importance in the overall logistics

586
00:49:55,650 --> 00:49:57,170
within the United States of America.

587
00:49:57,850 --> 00:49:59,610
We currently have about three-quarters

588
00:49:59,610 --> 00:50:02,030
of a billion dollars of active industrial projects

589
00:50:02,030 --> 00:50:03,490
under construction in the Midwest

590
00:50:03,490 --> 00:50:05,770
and have completed about 600 million

591
00:50:05,770 --> 00:50:07,570
over the last four or five years.

592
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,060
Again, maybe dialing into what's most important

593
00:50:13,060 --> 00:50:14,060
to the folks in this room.

594
00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,340
These are the groups that we do business with

595
00:50:16,340 --> 00:50:18,020
on a day-end and day-out basis.

596
00:50:18,580 --> 00:50:20,720
Every logo that you see on this page,

597
00:50:20,900 --> 00:50:22,220
we have built buildings for,

598
00:50:22,460 --> 00:50:23,260
we have done that,

599
00:50:23,260 --> 00:50:30,280
Where we are the owner we have done that where we are the feed developer for them. They represent thousands of jobs across the our

600
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:31,940
various markets that we do business them

601
00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:36,830
Perhaps bringing some of that to a more

602
00:50:37,890 --> 00:50:40,530
Relevant representation that that will be meaningful to this group

603
00:50:40,530 --> 00:50:47,410
We've had the great fortune to be in in business with the city of decalb for nearly 15 years now

604
00:50:47,410 --> 00:50:53,230
Chicago West Business Center is out at I 88 piece for those of you have made me not been out west that way in a while

605
00:50:53,230 --> 00:50:56,290
Well, this started in 2012.

606
00:50:57,250 --> 00:50:59,810
We've currently developed about 1,000 acres out there.

607
00:51:01,090 --> 00:51:05,710
It took us, I think, five years to stick our first shovel on the ground.

608
00:51:06,390 --> 00:51:09,690
When we started that process, we had exactly zero tenants.

609
00:51:11,010 --> 00:51:18,910
And up and until we had a site that was ready for development, we had really zero significantly

610
00:51:18,910 --> 00:51:20,130
interested tenants.

611
00:51:20,130 --> 00:51:24,010
There's a saying in my business, no land, no deal.

612
00:51:25,170 --> 00:51:29,610
We've been working on this site that we're before you tonight to consider for two and

613
00:51:29,610 --> 00:51:30,090
a half years.

614
00:51:31,250 --> 00:51:37,050
There is nary attendants in the world that has the ability to plan their distribution

615
00:51:37,050 --> 00:51:39,890
facilities four plus years out.

616
00:51:40,930 --> 00:51:45,790
You might be surprised even the most sophisticated in the firms in the country will come to us and

617
00:51:45,790 --> 00:51:52,570
say, we're out of time, we need to be in in six months. To wit, we've recently broke

618
00:51:52,570 --> 00:51:55,390
round on a building as many of you know, and actually you'll be seeing some really

619
00:51:55,390 --> 00:51:59,150
significant progress next week. We're going to start lifting our crane panels up for

620
00:51:59,150 --> 00:52:04,230
the exterior of that building. We broke ground. I believe it was, if I recall correctly, like

621
00:52:04,230 --> 00:52:11,730
October 15th, October 22nd. We have three proposals out on that building already. There is significant

622
00:52:12,310 --> 00:52:15,450
interest in industrial space in the village of Plainfield.

623
00:52:15,850 --> 00:52:18,510
I can assure you and I feel confident that our firm,

624
00:52:19,330 --> 00:52:24,550
maybe more than anybody, is placing a big bet on the demand that exists for them.

625
00:52:25,310 --> 00:52:28,090
But the reality is we simply cannot be successful

626
00:52:28,510 --> 00:52:32,370
if we don't have land that we can go out and confidently propose to these end users.

627
00:52:33,210 --> 00:52:35,250
Again, I'll draw you to the screen in front of you.

628
00:52:35,590 --> 00:52:39,870
What you're looking at represents about $2 billion of investments since 2018.

629
00:52:39,870 --> 00:52:46,130
It would not have happened if we did not have that land approved for development.

630
00:52:46,770 --> 00:52:49,750
And on top of that, we had a phenomenal relationship with the city of Decal.

631
00:52:49,850 --> 00:52:52,390
Bill Nicholas, I'll call out specifically as the city manager.

632
00:52:52,830 --> 00:52:57,130
He's been an absolute champion of Tramble Crow and our partners at Krizenski Construction.

633
00:52:57,810 --> 00:53:02,950
I'll also give a shout out to the Decal County EDC that went and put some significant incentives

634
00:53:02,950 --> 00:53:03,430
in place.

635
00:53:03,930 --> 00:53:08,530
We're not seeking that in this location, but they went out and proactively put that together

636
00:53:08,530 --> 00:53:12,010
and made this vision come to reality alongside Tramble Crow.

637
00:53:12,190 --> 00:53:13,350
We consider them our partners.

638
00:53:13,950 --> 00:53:17,230
As I mentioned, we've been here since 2012 in the city of Decalve.

639
00:53:18,370 --> 00:53:20,810
We are very fortunate as Tramble Crow Company

640
00:53:20,810 --> 00:53:23,070
to have access to a tremendous depth of capital.

641
00:53:23,710 --> 00:53:26,210
The only way these well-thought-out master plan

642
00:53:26,210 --> 00:53:29,010
industrial communities come to reality

643
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:33,490
is to have large developers with significant capital resources

644
00:53:34,070 --> 00:53:37,290
put up the risk capital, as we call it,

645
00:53:37,290 --> 00:53:40,530
to get the, to de-risk the opportunity,

646
00:53:40,790 --> 00:53:42,770
to create the opportunity for the ultimate user.

647
00:53:43,350 --> 00:53:45,770
Ferrari Candy would not have considered this facility

648
00:53:46,350 --> 00:53:48,210
if we didn't have that land zone and approved.

649
00:53:49,170 --> 00:53:52,930
Amazon, which is the BTS on this site plan

650
00:53:52,930 --> 00:53:55,190
that you're looking at, this is actually an old site plan,

651
00:53:55,310 --> 00:53:58,050
so I apologize, would not have considered this location.

652
00:53:58,750 --> 00:54:01,010
The half a billion dollar facility

653
00:54:01,010 --> 00:54:02,370
were currently under construction for

654
00:54:02,370 --> 00:54:04,790
with Kraftine Food Corporation absolutely

655
00:54:05,130 --> 00:54:06,650
would not have considered this.

656
00:54:06,650 --> 00:54:08,950
if we had not progressed this improvement.

657
00:54:09,750 --> 00:54:12,850
We also have a billion dollar Facebook met a data center campus.

658
00:54:13,450 --> 00:54:17,650
What you're not seeing on here is that 900 acres of additional land we are currently

659
00:54:17,650 --> 00:54:22,110
working through and getting zone and approved to the south and to the west of this.

660
00:54:23,070 --> 00:54:27,010
These take tremendous amounts of time and tremendous amounts of capital.

661
00:54:27,770 --> 00:54:31,370
To it, Rousson Ellis, I'll stand up here and say it because I have to answer this question

662
00:54:31,370 --> 00:54:32,070
on a weekly basis.

663
00:54:32,650 --> 00:54:34,450
We're almost a million dollars into this.

664
00:54:34,450 --> 00:54:36,910
and we still obviously don't know what the outcome is.

665
00:54:37,090 --> 00:54:37,890
That's our problem.

666
00:54:37,890 --> 00:54:39,830
We're not asking for any sympathy for that.

667
00:54:40,450 --> 00:54:43,710
But the opportunities developed several hundred acres

668
00:54:43,710 --> 00:54:48,930
at once does not happen without a thoughtful engagement,

669
00:54:49,350 --> 00:54:51,210
with obviously the village in this instance,

670
00:54:51,630 --> 00:54:54,230
as well as a investor and developer

671
00:54:54,230 --> 00:54:55,790
that will work through the process

672
00:54:56,250 --> 00:54:57,870
in a thoughtful and meaningful way.

673
00:54:58,030 --> 00:54:58,790
And then be there.

674
00:54:59,210 --> 00:55:01,590
We've been into Cal for 12 plus years.

675
00:55:01,830 --> 00:55:03,210
I have another example in KC.

676
00:55:03,210 --> 00:55:10,670
I don't have a slide but a Kansas City logistics park which sits on the land next to KCI airport. We've been working on since 2008

677
00:55:11,570 --> 00:55:16,750
We are in this for the long haul and we want to be community partners with the village of Plainfield

678
00:55:16,750 --> 00:55:19,130
Just like we are the city of Decal and

679
00:55:21,530 --> 00:55:23,570
we can talk about that a little bit in this instance

680
00:55:24,470 --> 00:55:30,510
Mr. Prue mentioned we submitted our initial application for what's being considered tonight in April of 2024. That's accurate

681
00:55:31,410 --> 00:55:35,730
We submitted a previous application, though, in the spring of 2023.

682
00:55:38,650 --> 00:55:42,210
Unfortunately, our industry competitor, C-Free, were not able to move forward on their

683
00:55:42,210 --> 00:55:45,230
project directly to our north on what's known as the Stuart Farmland.

684
00:55:46,250 --> 00:55:51,190
We saw this as an opportunity, so we paused our pursuit, which was not an easy decision

685
00:55:51,190 --> 00:55:54,710
for us, given the amount of money and time that we had invested into the Rusyn Ellis Land.

686
00:55:55,490 --> 00:55:57,470
However, it did a lot of critical things.

687
00:55:58,450 --> 00:56:03,030
We already had DSV waiting to see if they could get into the community of plan field.

688
00:56:04,090 --> 00:56:09,630
We didn't, I shouldn't say, we couldn't confidently tell them when we were going to be approved,

689
00:56:09,990 --> 00:56:12,870
but we knew we could solve it on the land to the north because it was already approved.

690
00:56:13,570 --> 00:56:16,670
That allowed us to put that transaction together in 90 days.

691
00:56:17,430 --> 00:56:20,450
That only happens because the land is zoned and ready to go.

692
00:56:21,130 --> 00:56:24,430
We've also broken ground as I mentioned on the speculative project directly on the north

693
00:56:24,430 --> 00:56:24,710
side.

694
00:56:24,710 --> 00:56:28,690
that represents about an $80 million investment just on the building.

695
00:56:29,330 --> 00:56:33,110
Probably another 25 to 50 percent of that total will be invested inside that

696
00:56:33,110 --> 00:56:36,510
building with racking material, handling equipment, office build out, etc.

697
00:56:38,730 --> 00:56:41,990
The number of jobs that go along with that could vary widely depending on what

698
00:56:41,990 --> 00:56:42,970
goes in there and what user.

699
00:56:45,260 --> 00:56:47,400
There is no one in this room that would like to know

700
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,840
every single user we're going to put in these buildings more than me. My job would

701
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:56,040
be so much easier. We have to go out and convince our investors and our debt

702
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:59,580
partners that we understand the marketplace and we understand the demand

703
00:56:59,580 --> 00:57:03,920
drivers that are out there. We take a tremendous amount of risk when we don't

704
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:12,300
have a tenant. But again, no land, no deal, no building, no tenant. Good parks have

705
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:18,860
a combination of both speculative projects and build the suits. And to that end, if

706
00:57:18,860 --> 00:57:22,520
we are fortunate enough to get approved, we currently have three different users,

707
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:27,520
all of which are names that this group would recognize that have suggested they

708
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:31,040
are interested, but they will not let us submit a formal proposal until they

709
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:36,260
know we have the ability to do so. So I assure you that the demand exists in

710
00:57:36,260 --> 00:57:38,420
the marketplace for this to be here.

711
00:57:41,990 --> 00:57:44,650
I won't belabor the site plan that that's

712
00:57:44,650 --> 00:57:47,310
here in front of you just because I think Mr. Prude did such a great job of

713
00:57:47,310 --> 00:57:51,450
talking about it. I know it's been in your board packets and I know my colleagues

714
00:57:51,450 --> 00:57:55,690
and partners at Kim Lee Horne and Mr. Rosenova will go through in great detail.

715
00:57:55,790 --> 00:57:59,990
Let's hear. We think this represents a good illustration of what will likely end up here,

716
00:57:59,990 --> 00:58:02,870
but obviously, as I've mentioned, the marketplace will help us determine that.

717
00:58:03,430 --> 00:58:08,510
We do have one group that would actually potentially take two-thirds of this land.

718
00:58:09,270 --> 00:58:12,810
Will we land that tenant or that occupier? We don't know yet,

719
00:58:13,590 --> 00:58:16,730
but we don't yet have the tools to find out if the answer is yes or no,

720
00:58:16,950 --> 00:58:18,430
and we're hopeful to achieve that with this group.

721
00:58:19,550 --> 00:58:23,530
A couple of important things on the site plan, though, that may be Mr. Prudent touch on.

722
00:58:24,190 --> 00:58:29,550
We've been working with the fire district now for several months, and as part of our developer contributions,

723
00:58:30,110 --> 00:58:35,250
we would actually like to provide the land, padwriting for their development within the park.

724
00:58:35,730 --> 00:58:39,990
Not only does this provide a clear and measurable benefit to the community here in Plainfield,

725
00:58:40,270 --> 00:58:42,730
but frankly it provides a clear and measurable benefit to us.

726
00:58:42,730 --> 00:58:48,210
This allows us to confidently tell our tenants that we have one of the best fire production

727
00:58:48,210 --> 00:58:49,630
districts at their doorstep.

728
00:58:50,150 --> 00:58:52,070
Many, many users find this very important.

729
00:58:52,890 --> 00:58:57,570
You may not realize this, but different product that goes into these buildings has different

730
00:58:57,570 --> 00:59:01,790
fire classifications, which requires different sprinkler systems, it allows them to stack

731
00:59:01,790 --> 00:59:03,610
to a certain height, or not to a certain height.

732
00:59:04,130 --> 00:59:08,490
Having that adjacency of a potential firehouse right next to that is a tremendous benefit

733
00:59:08,490 --> 00:59:09,070
for us to.

734
00:59:09,070 --> 00:59:13,790
So we are absolutely aligned and how much this could mean for not only Plainfield Business Center

735
00:59:13,790 --> 00:59:17,730
but the village of Plainfield and we're actually thrilled that we're able to potentially have this

736
00:59:17,730 --> 00:59:18,670
be part of our development.

737
00:59:21,420 --> 00:59:25,080
Maybe most importantly what we were able to accomplish by pivoting

738
00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:33,720
in the fall of 2024 I'm sorry the fall of 2023 was to acquire the 200 acres to our North

739
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:38,740
that was owned by the Stuart Farms. That allowed us to create something that no one else could do.

740
00:59:38,740 --> 00:59:46,760
The previous entitlement actually restricted access off of this site, so you would not have been able to access it to the Roussinalis Farmland, but there are 340 acres.

741
00:59:47,220 --> 00:59:50,400
It would have to bend from other roadways, either Stein or 126.

742
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:59,980
We came in, we put the DSV deal together, and we have a permanent easement now that we've put in place for our benefit, as well as anyone else that would ever own this land beside...

743
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:29,980
The utilities in the roadway now are granted in perpetuity to provide access to this site. That allows us to take all truck traffic and remove it from Steiner. Does it allow us to remove truck traffic from the entire community? Of course not. Just like houses, there's no way to eliminate the car traffic that's associated with those. I'll be the first to admit. My father was a truck driver, so maybe I have a softer spot. My heart for trucks. Mother was a hairstylist. I didn't get the hair gene, but there is a lot of really good statistics.

744
01:00:29,980 --> 01:00:34,160
around the jobs that we put into the facilities and believe it or not there's

745
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:41,220
actually a lot of supporting evidence as to the less impactful traffic impacts

746
01:00:41,220 --> 01:00:44,520
that that truck traffic has versus residential development which Roy will

747
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:48,140
touch on in her presentation. But I think it is important to note that this

748
01:00:48,140 --> 01:00:54,940
allows us to have essentially a 550 acre fully coordinated development plan

749
01:00:54,940 --> 01:00:59,360
that'll be universal in its architectural theme or I should say complimentary I

750
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:02,120
know my architect would correct me if I said universal because that's not good

751
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:07,100
architecture. It allows us to master plan all the engineering, utilities, access

752
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:11,980
points, roadway connections. That can only be done with a thoughtful and advanced

753
01:01:11,980 --> 01:01:17,040
comprehensive plan, and that can only be done certainly with other folks than

754
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:19,720
Tramble Crow Company, but we think Tramble Crow Company does it the best,

755
01:01:19,860 --> 01:01:24,460
impartial, but it requires a significant upfront investment. So we really hope

756
01:01:24,460 --> 01:01:28,160
that there'll be strong consideration for what we're trying to do and hopefully

757
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:34,080
our malleability and openness to work with and incorporate the priorities that have been

758
01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:35,420
shared with us that we're able to.

759
01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:38,020
Thank you.

760
01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:43,720
Good evening.

761
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:46,120
My name is Rory Fienzler-Split with Kimberly Horn.

762
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:51,240
I'm going to walk through high level a couple of key elements of the traffic impact study

763
01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:53,240
that was prepared for the proposed development.

764
01:01:53,900 --> 01:01:58,280
The traffic impact study was prepared pursuant to IDOT and village standards.

765
01:01:58,280 --> 01:02:04,660
I want to quickly touch on some of the comments that were made earlier.

766
01:02:05,180 --> 01:02:07,640
The traffic study does take a step back.

767
01:02:08,060 --> 01:02:11,080
It looks at your 2034 traffic projections.

768
01:02:11,340 --> 01:02:16,120
It evaluates existing conditions as well as future your 2034 traffic projections.

769
01:02:17,020 --> 01:02:22,770
The 2034 traffic projections were developed using an ambient compounded growth rate of

770
01:02:32,190 --> 01:02:51,190
So that includes buildings and units that may not be constructed yet, that may not be occupied, but that we expect to be online by 2034, that traffic is contemplated in the traffic impact study.

771
01:02:52,010 --> 01:03:00,150
And based on the analysis, we identified a number of improvements to the area roadway network, which are highlighted on the screen before you.

772
01:03:01,670 --> 01:03:08,390
As was mentioned earlier, county line road would be connected to 143rd Street, just touched on that.

773
01:03:09,430 --> 01:03:16,890
Again, all trucks would be, all site generated trucks would be directed to the 143rd Street access point under phase one.

774
01:03:16,890 --> 01:03:25,390
In addition, to facilitate car access to the southbound right turn lane would be installed on Steiner road at the north driveway.

775
01:03:25,990 --> 01:03:38,270
At both the north and south driveways on Steiner road, the existing pavement would be re-striped to provide a northbound left turn lane to facilitate inbound left turn movements for cars accessing the site.

776
01:03:39,030 --> 01:03:45,990
Similarly, the existing pavement on Steiner would be re-striped to provide for southbound left turn lanes to green briar.

777
01:03:45,990 --> 01:03:54,470
Under phase two, the existing intersection of route 126 in county line road would be improved.

778
01:03:54,870 --> 01:04:01,910
That would include modifications to the south leg of the intersection to provide through movements north,

779
01:04:02,330 --> 01:04:05,890
again providing connectivity to 143rd.

780
01:04:06,310 --> 01:04:11,350
This also includes extension of the existing storage lane on the westbound left turn movement,

781
01:04:12,070 --> 01:04:28,010
installation of an e-span lectern lane and traffic signal modifications for phase two the intersection of route 126 and county line road would facilitate site generated truck traffic for trucks approaching the site from the south and the west.

782
01:04:28,690 --> 01:04:34,430
Again trucks would also have the option to use the 143rd street west extension access.

783
01:04:35,630 --> 01:04:42,030
The traffic impact study also contemplates the infrastructure plan defined by the village

784
01:04:42,030 --> 01:04:43,270
in Kendall County.

785
01:04:44,230 --> 01:04:52,250
This includes the recently completed 143rd Street West Extension and associated signal

786
01:04:52,250 --> 01:04:55,370
and geometric improvements at Ridge Road.

787
01:04:56,070 --> 01:05:01,490
The traffic study is also consistent with the village plans, as was mentioned earlier for

788
01:05:01,490 --> 01:05:11,510
the swap or jurisdictional transfer of 143rd Street to Idaught to establish a designated class to truck route to interstate 55.

789
01:05:12,590 --> 01:05:19,490
And then 126 from Ridge Road east through downtown will be jurisdictionally transferred to the village from Idaught.

790
01:05:19,870 --> 01:05:25,670
This is consistent with the village's long term vision to establish 143rd Street as a truck route and

791
01:05:25,670 --> 01:05:30,630
Lockport Street through downtown would provide access for local traffic only.

792
01:05:31,570 --> 01:05:42,570
With the jurisdictional traffic and established designated truck route along 143rd Street trucks would no longer travel through downtown, site generated truck traffic would not travel through downtown.

793
01:05:43,730 --> 01:05:54,830
The traffic impacts study also contemplates the plan traffic signal at the intersection of 143rd and Steiner Road, as well as Kendall County's plans to widen Ridge Road to a four lane cross section.

794
01:05:54,830 --> 01:06:01,070
which is included in the Long Range Transportation Plan, as well as the county's five-year surface transportation program.

795
01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:14,300
Again, just to emphasize this point, the truck routing under Phase 1 would direct all site generated trucks to the 143rd Street West Extension only.

796
01:06:14,900 --> 01:06:25,740
This provides truck access to I-55 via the 143rd Street East Extension, which is underway, and access to I-80 via Ridge Road.

797
01:06:25,740 --> 01:06:34,760
Site-generated trucks will not be permitted on Steiner Road and the driveways will be designed to limit truck churning movements in addition to education and enforcement.

798
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:53,500
Under phase two, the same applies to 143rd Street West Extension that will continue to facilitate truck traffic to and from the site in addition at the South Access at the intersection of Route 126 Lockport County Line Road.

799
01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:58,780
trucks would be directed to and from the west to Ridge Road.

800
01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:03,120
There would be signage posted, no trucks, no left turn.

801
01:07:04,340 --> 01:07:08,380
And then trucks traveling to and from I-80 would use Ridge Road and Lockport Street,

802
01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:13,320
west of County Line Road only as well as 143rd Street.

803
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:18,300
Tracks traveling to and from I-55 would use 143rd Street.

804
01:07:18,300 --> 01:07:26,740
Again, this is consistent with the village's long-term vision to establish a hundred and forty-third street and remove truck traffic through downtown.

805
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:48,280
The traffic study in addition to evaluating intersections, the traffic study also evaluated roadway segments using again the 2034 traffic projections based on this analysis, all roadway segments and the vicinity of the site would have access capacity to support the site generated traffic as well as planned and approved development.

806
01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:57,580
in the area. One exception was noted on Ridge Road South of 126. However, this is based

807
01:07:57,580 --> 01:08:02,840
on the existing geometry with the planned for-link cross-section improvement programmed

808
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:08,880
by Kendall County. There would be excess capacity to support your 2034 traffic projections.

809
01:08:12,350 --> 01:08:18,070
A supplemental analysis was prepared outside the traffic impact study to compare site-generated

810
01:08:18,070 --> 01:08:24,470
traffic to that of a residential development, this was mentioned by Josh a few minutes ago.

811
01:08:25,070 --> 01:08:30,130
For purposes of this comparison, we assumed three units, three single family units per

812
01:08:30,130 --> 01:08:33,190
acre, which results in just over a thousand units.

813
01:08:34,010 --> 01:08:40,250
As shown, residential trip generation is about 54% higher in the morning peak hour and 78%

814
01:08:40,250 --> 01:08:44,070
higher in the evening peak hour as compared to the proposed development.

815
01:08:44,070 --> 01:08:49,910
development. Therefore, a residential development would increase delay and queues of the study

816
01:08:49,910 --> 01:08:52,950
intersections as compared to the proposed development.

817
01:08:55,600 --> 01:08:57,780
And with that, let's turn it over to Vince.

818
01:09:01,510 --> 01:09:06,470
Just to wrap up our overview, I'd just like to hit upon some of the significant economic

819
01:09:06,470 --> 01:09:11,550
benefits of this project brings not only to the village but also to Will County as well

820
01:09:11,550 --> 01:09:16,450
as our intergovernmental partners. Question came up, we heard from one of the speakers

821
01:09:16,450 --> 01:09:23,470
this evening is what is the financial benefit associated with this project. To put it as

822
01:09:23,470 --> 01:09:28,510
succinctly as I can, this would mark the most significant financial investment in the

823
01:09:28,510 --> 01:09:34,090
village in its history. As part of our submittal, we had the economist firm of Gru and Gru and

824
01:09:34,090 --> 01:09:41,230
Associates, a very well-respected Chicago-based firm prepare a extensive fiscal impact study

825
01:09:41,230 --> 01:09:46,150
which was submitted to the village, discloses those financial benefits to the village as

826
01:09:46,150 --> 01:09:47,150
as well as Will County.

827
01:09:47,750 --> 01:09:49,410
Some of the key highlights include

828
01:09:49,410 --> 01:09:51,950
that permanent jobs upon stabilization,

829
01:09:52,630 --> 01:09:54,010
completion of this development,

830
01:09:54,030 --> 01:09:58,790
there's anticipated to be 3,600 jobs approximately.

831
01:10:00,210 --> 01:10:03,110
57% of this employment is expected

832
01:10:03,110 --> 01:10:05,670
to occur in the plain field community.

833
01:10:06,130 --> 01:10:07,070
Why this is important?

834
01:10:07,370 --> 01:10:08,690
I know I said it at the last meeting,

835
01:10:08,690 --> 01:10:09,550
but I'm going to say it again

836
01:10:09,550 --> 01:10:10,530
because it's very important.

837
01:10:11,030 --> 01:10:13,230
Is data coming out of Will County tells us

838
01:10:13,230 --> 01:10:19,310
that 72% of village residents have to leave not only the village, but also have to leave

839
01:10:19,310 --> 01:10:22,310
the county for employment more times than not Cook County.

840
01:10:22,590 --> 01:10:26,790
That's evident of the fact that although there's beautiful residential homes throughout

841
01:10:26,790 --> 01:10:31,450
the village, there's just not enough industrial enough commercial and there's not enough jobs.

842
01:10:31,970 --> 01:10:34,170
Developments like this help to move the needle.

843
01:10:34,830 --> 01:10:40,490
So those 3,600 jobs, those speak to permanent jobs throughout the dependency of development,

844
01:10:40,490 --> 01:10:43,070
which is anticipated to be five to ten years.

845
01:10:43,370 --> 01:10:47,490
There will be considerable construction jobs throughout all levels of the trades,

846
01:10:47,850 --> 01:10:55,090
lasting up to ten years from excavation utilities all the way up to the ultimately the finish work.

847
01:10:55,730 --> 01:11:01,150
In addition to the massive job creation, there's other substantial revenues that will be generated.

848
01:11:01,690 --> 01:11:08,490
John alluded to the one-time contribution that Tremel Crowe was making voluntarily to the tune of $6.4 million,

849
01:11:08,490 --> 01:11:15,910
dollars which could be allocated to achieve strategic objectives of this board pursuant to the

850
01:11:15,910 --> 01:11:21,050
potential guidelines in the annexation agreement. There will also be increased local spending

851
01:11:21,050 --> 01:11:27,550
that's oftentimes hard to quantify but that's very real. For instance, 3,600 folks working in

852
01:11:27,550 --> 01:11:32,090
the community on a daily basis they're visiting the downtown merchants, they're shopping along 59

853
01:11:32,090 --> 01:11:36,790
they're buying cars here locally, they're supporting all businesses in the playing field community.

854
01:11:37,430 --> 01:11:45,130
Equally important is when you spend dollars in the playing field community that comes back to the community as part of the state retailers occupation tax

855
01:11:45,130 --> 01:11:53,890
So certainly those additional dollars from sales tax will be realized through local spending the village also has a utility tax ordinance

856
01:11:53,890 --> 01:11:56,790
applies to electric rates as well as gas rates

857
01:11:56,790 --> 01:12:00,610
Ultimately, those will come back as additional revenues to the village

858
01:12:00,610 --> 01:12:08,530
substantial. Those utility taxes coupled with the annual reoccurring property taxes is estimated

859
01:12:08,530 --> 01:12:15,730
to generate over $500,000 to the village alone just with the three utility tax, gas tax, real estate

860
01:12:15,730 --> 01:12:21,650
property tax. But perhaps most importantly, this development continues to achieve the village's

861
01:12:21,650 --> 01:12:27,990
strategic objective of taking the tax burden off of the residents of the village and placing that

862
01:12:27,990 --> 01:12:32,210
more by incubating industry and commercial within the community.

863
01:12:32,670 --> 01:12:36,870
I've always been told in the world of economic development – a municipality should look

864
01:12:36,870 --> 01:12:42,970
to develop with no more than 70 percent residential, with 30 percent or more if you could get

865
01:12:42,970 --> 01:12:46,210
it in the commercial – the industry bracket.

866
01:12:46,590 --> 01:12:51,630
I believe that Plainfield, as a result of being an absolutely wonderful place to live, has

867
01:12:51,630 --> 01:12:58,730
has developed with 85% residential and very little commercial industrial, about 15%

868
01:12:58,730 --> 01:13:04,610
that lowers the EAV and that puts the corresponding tax burden on the residents and not industry

869
01:13:04,610 --> 01:13:06,290
and commercial where it should be.

870
01:13:06,990 --> 01:13:10,190
Ultimately this concept hasn't been missed by anybody.

871
01:13:10,730 --> 01:13:16,190
The Comprehensive Plan consultant wrote this numerous times in the Comprehensive Plan,

872
01:13:16,190 --> 01:13:41,710
Language to the effect that the village should seek to identify areas as industrial and commercial so that they can create more of a healthy mix of the underlying equalized assess value to release that burden, reduce that burden on the residents of the village and prevent against rising tax bills, rising tax rates certainly developments like this continue to move that needle.

873
01:13:41,710 --> 01:13:46,030
And I know I showed this exhibit at our last meeting, I showed again because I do feel

874
01:13:46,030 --> 01:13:47,870
that this is very important.

875
01:13:48,090 --> 01:13:53,550
So here I'm just taking, as an example, a $500,000 house in Plainfield School District

876
01:13:53,550 --> 01:13:59,430
202 versus a $500,000 house in Naperville School District 203.

877
01:13:59,630 --> 01:14:01,530
So very much apples to apples.

878
01:14:02,110 --> 01:14:08,790
School District 203 in Naperville has about a 30 to 35% tax base of commercial as well

879
01:14:08,790 --> 01:14:11,830
as industrial, so as a result, they have a higher EAV.

880
01:14:12,190 --> 01:14:16,170
The corresponding effect is they have a reduced tax rate,

881
01:14:16,670 --> 01:14:20,570
whereas Plainfield School District 202 has more residential,

882
01:14:20,890 --> 01:14:23,430
85% less commercial and industrial,

883
01:14:23,810 --> 01:14:25,670
that combined tax rate for all districts

884
01:14:25,670 --> 01:14:27,650
approaches 7.8.

885
01:14:28,150 --> 01:14:31,450
So ultimately, what happens is on a year-in, year-out basis,

886
01:14:31,950 --> 01:14:34,090
the Plainfield resident in District 202

887
01:14:34,090 --> 01:14:37,890
could expect to pay 20% more in taxes annually

888
01:14:37,890 --> 01:14:42,270
on an Apple's to Apple's $500,000 house, which is real dollars.

889
01:14:42,510 --> 01:14:48,190
It's over $2,000 a year that that person, that family, has to pay for the same house.

890
01:14:48,430 --> 01:14:53,390
They can get in a jurisdiction within a different school district with a higher percentage

891
01:14:53,390 --> 01:14:55,690
of commercial and industrial tax base.

892
01:14:55,690 --> 01:14:59,730
with regard to the overall text generation.

893
01:15:00,020 --> 01:15:29,940
Right now, the property is agricultural. It's subject to an agricultural exemption. It's under performing. It contributes very little to the surrounding area, despite the comprehensive plan designating it as an appropriate area for industrial. But if we look at what grew and grew and anticipates the full tax bill will be upon stabilization $6 million. It's John pointed out over a 10-year period that's $60 million. That's more than real dollars. So the first line

894
01:15:29,940 --> 01:15:33,580
is perhaps the most important school district 202.

895
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:37,220
They're gonna realize on an annual basis $3.8 million.

896
01:15:37,820 --> 01:15:39,640
I would venture to say that that would be

897
01:15:39,640 --> 01:15:41,800
the biggest uptick school district 202

898
01:15:41,800 --> 01:15:45,240
has ever seen in real estate tax game in their history.

899
01:15:45,740 --> 01:15:48,760
Not to mention when they do typically see increases

900
01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:52,440
in their tax generation, it comes with offsetting students

901
01:15:52,440 --> 01:15:53,700
because more times than not,

902
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:56,140
it's a large scale residential development.

903
01:15:56,140 --> 01:16:00,220
Plainfield Fire Protection District, 682,000 a year,

904
01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:03,520
Wheel County, 415,000,

905
01:16:03,880 --> 01:16:06,060
Village of Plainfield, Justin Textes alone,

906
01:16:06,940 --> 01:16:11,180
345,000, not even including all the other benefits.

907
01:16:11,700 --> 01:16:15,140
Community College District 525, 212,000,

908
01:16:15,460 --> 01:16:17,880
Plainfield Park District, 183,000.

909
01:16:18,300 --> 01:16:20,500
Once again, without the population generation

910
01:16:20,500 --> 01:16:22,800
or the burden library district,

911
01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:28,000
$133,000 right down the line to a grand total of $6 million,

912
01:16:28,520 --> 01:16:31,420
which is in stark contrast to what exists today.

913
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:36,600
So right now with the 340 acres with the agricultural exemption,

914
01:16:36,980 --> 01:16:41,260
a total of $26,000 is generated from this property.

915
01:16:41,460 --> 01:16:46,140
So I wish I was up here talking of delta between $5,000 or $5,000,000

916
01:16:46,140 --> 01:16:47,280
and $6,000,000.

917
01:16:47,340 --> 01:16:48,420
And it was $1,000,000 delta.

918
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:51,320
I'm talking about a delta of almost $6 million here

919
01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:54,680
that this property could be realized in consistency

920
01:16:54,680 --> 01:16:58,300
with the village's objective to diversify the tax base.

921
01:16:58,540 --> 01:17:00,580
This hits that nail right on the head.

922
01:17:01,180 --> 01:17:02,500
So I'm not going to believe at this point,

923
01:17:02,580 --> 01:17:04,020
I thought John did a really nice job.

924
01:17:04,480 --> 01:17:07,080
This is the one time financial contribution

925
01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:11,480
to $6.4 million to be allocated any way

926
01:17:11,480 --> 01:17:13,040
the village trustees see fit

927
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:15,360
to meet those strategic objectives

928
01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:17,500
in excess of what the prior developers

929
01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:20,660
that have come along have been willing to do.

930
01:17:20,660 --> 01:17:25,880
and also just in closing I'd like to thank each of you trustees and the mayor for your time and

931
01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:31,420
consideration. I know we've been up here for extended periods of time so we appreciate you for

932
01:17:31,420 --> 01:17:36,420
your consideration and your patience and we also appreciate all the support we've realized throughout

933
01:17:36,420 --> 01:17:42,500
the community from the park district school district fire district township library district right

934
01:17:42,500 --> 01:17:48,860
down the line amongst many many others so we're available for questions and thank you for your time.

935
01:17:48,860 --> 01:18:00,760
Thank you. I think it's certainly, you know, it's been said before by all the members of this board that your presentation has been so thorough and to have professional reports on traffic, professional reports on tax generation.

936
01:18:01,420 --> 01:18:13,980
These are important things for us to consider that these are government organizations and businesses that you've employed that are professionals in giving us this data so we can make a good decision for Plainfield.

937
01:18:13,980 --> 01:18:16,620
So thank you for presenting all of that to us.

938
01:18:16,980 --> 01:18:19,460
I know that this is a public hearing.

939
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:22,640
So if there's anybody from the public who hasn't spoke,

940
01:18:22,840 --> 01:18:25,620
who still wants to speak on this matter, on this matter,

941
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:27,580
not the generalized public hearing we had earlier,

942
01:18:27,740 --> 01:18:29,620
but anybody from the public want to step up,

943
01:18:29,700 --> 01:18:30,600
this is your opportunity.

944
01:18:33,180 --> 01:18:35,300
Please step to the podium and speak in the microphone.

945
01:18:35,980 --> 01:18:36,500
Thank you.

946
01:18:36,760 --> 01:18:43,030
Was the traffic study done from end to end?

947
01:18:43,650 --> 01:18:46,350
And I don't know what you call it, 12643.

948
01:18:46,350 --> 01:18:50,590
third was it done from I-55 all the way to the warehouses?

949
01:18:58,890 --> 01:19:04,570
The traffic impact study evaluated eight intersections in close proximity to the site.

950
01:19:04,570 --> 01:19:09,230
It does not evaluate intersections immediately adjacent to I-55.

951
01:19:09,890 --> 01:19:15,350
The concept of our traffic study is to evaluate the intersections closest to the site because

952
01:19:15,350 --> 01:19:18,230
those are the intersections that are most impacted.

953
01:19:18,230 --> 01:19:25,130
as the traffic is, uh, travels throughout the roadway network, it's dispersed, and so

954
01:19:25,810 --> 01:19:30,210
intersections that are more than a mile, half mile away, generally are less

955
01:19:30,210 --> 01:19:34,170
impacted than those in the immediate vicinity. This is consistent with Ida and

956
01:19:34,170 --> 01:19:40,450
village practices. Specifically, and I made, maybe I've read it wrong, but Route 59 and 143rd Street,

957
01:19:40,450 --> 01:19:45,730
that was included. That was included. Okay. And there's no road east of there at this point. Yeah, I'm sorry, I missed it.

958
01:19:45,730 --> 01:19:58,170
Yeah, we did not and evaluate the future east extension. So it went east to the existing route 59 143rd Street intersection correct. So it circled around it ended at 59 and went around to the

959
01:19:59,370 --> 01:20:00,010
warehouses

960
01:20:00,690 --> 01:20:02,930
correct west west

961
01:20:04,010 --> 01:20:07,370
And I just want to say I highly disagree that it would

962
01:20:08,310 --> 01:20:14,390
You know not impact any neighborhoods where track where people are trying to get out onto the road

963
01:20:14,390 --> 01:20:19,410
I already have a difficult time getting out of my subdivision on to

964
01:20:20,670 --> 01:20:26,090
126 I can't in the morning. I can't and get back in and leaving or out in the evening

965
01:20:27,450 --> 01:20:31,190
Okay, is there any other public comment? This is our public hearing

966
01:20:32,050 --> 01:20:32,610
chief

967
01:20:32,610 --> 01:20:35,730
I think we can spell your name

968
01:20:37,330 --> 01:20:39,710
Please please state it for the record though

969
01:20:39,710 --> 01:20:44,930
Chief Fido binamo at the Plainfield Fire District, and I'm also a resident of the village of Plainfield.

970
01:20:45,650 --> 01:21:02,430
So I'm here to express the fire district support for this project, not only for the what Tremel Crow contributes or will contribute for the infrastructure improvements for the village, but also for the financial benefits and low impact on services to the taxing bodies.

971
01:21:02,430 --> 01:21:13,170
We too as a fire district have a vested interest in how this community develops so that we can plan for our expansion of fire, EMS, and rescue services to the community as it grows.

972
01:21:13,830 --> 01:21:21,150
The fire district's main source of revenue for those that don't know to provide these services is through the collection of property taxes.

973
01:21:21,790 --> 01:21:27,810
These services are not funded or performed by the village of Plainfield. This is done through the Plainfield Fire Protection District.

974
01:21:28,490 --> 01:21:40,870
The fire district is questioning, though, as to what is the vision of the village board for future development along the 143rd Street corridor that is zoned industrial and what it's going to be?

975
01:21:41,390 --> 01:21:50,170
The area in which this development is requesting for annexation and development is zoned industrial according to the comprehensive plan as that's been stated.

976
01:21:50,170 --> 01:21:53,830
You know, according to the village as a competence of plan, this is a community

977
01:21:53,830 --> 01:21:58,490
of vision involving residents, businesses, and workers in the process of crafting the

978
01:21:58,490 --> 01:22:00,750
community vision for Plainfield's future.

979
01:22:01,530 --> 01:22:06,810
This was done through workshops with the village officials, stakeholders including the fire

980
01:22:06,810 --> 01:22:16,450
district, and community members through workshops and I think, as a matter of fact, this was actually

981
01:22:16,450 --> 01:22:21,650
approved by the Village Appointing Field, and as we expanded after the fact.

982
01:22:22,010 --> 01:22:28,390
So the comprehensive plan does identify this area for industrial development.

983
01:22:28,890 --> 01:22:32,790
So I've heard a lot of a comparison between residential and industrial, and

984
01:22:32,790 --> 01:22:35,810
I want to express this on how this relates to the fire district.

985
01:22:36,390 --> 01:22:44,150
This project is slated to generate $682,559 a year to the fire district through the building

986
01:22:44,150 --> 01:22:46,170
through the construction of the seven buildings.

987
01:22:46,490 --> 01:22:48,770
The projected impact fees for the fire district

988
01:22:48,770 --> 01:22:50,610
are over $700,000.

989
01:22:51,250 --> 01:22:54,430
If we were to try to equate that to residential development

990
01:22:54,430 --> 01:22:57,990
using the 2023 tax rate for the fire district,

991
01:22:58,350 --> 01:23:01,650
that would equate to about 691 residential units

992
01:23:01,650 --> 01:23:03,270
that would need to be constructed.

993
01:23:03,790 --> 01:23:06,090
And that's based on, I used a conservative number,

994
01:23:06,510 --> 01:23:10,130
$330,000 value paying approximately $988

995
01:23:10,770 --> 01:23:12,850
in property taxes to the fire district.

996
01:23:12,850 --> 01:23:19,230
Again, that's going to bring 1750 plus new residents to the community, and that's going

997
01:23:19,230 --> 01:23:26,010
to bring 1265 vehicles using the Federal Highway Administration 1.83 cars per household

998
01:23:26,010 --> 01:23:28,770
number to the roadways within our community.

999
01:23:29,290 --> 01:23:34,790
As far as the impacts for service for the community, in 2024 the fire districts responded

1000
01:23:34,790 --> 01:23:39,390
to 5,677 incidents within our fire district.

1001
01:23:39,390 --> 01:23:44,590
of that, 3,052 incidents were in residential occupancies.

1002
01:23:45,090 --> 01:23:52,610
In additional, a 691 residential units will have a potential increase of 3% on our overall call volume.

1003
01:23:53,250 --> 01:23:59,230
If I compare this to a building that is currently on a 143rd Street industrial building,

1004
01:23:59,470 --> 01:24:05,110
the Diagia warehouse, in 2024 we responded to eight incidents at that location.

1005
01:24:05,770 --> 01:24:08,110
Granted, we're proposing seven buildings here.

1006
01:24:08,110 --> 01:24:17,670
If we use eight as the number for each unit, that's 56 calls, which would increase our call volume potentially by less than 1%.

1007
01:24:19,130 --> 01:24:33,990
The 143rd Street extension was funded in part by some of the taxing or by the taxing bodies, which will provide $7.5 million over 10 years to help reimburse the village for the extension of the road.

1008
01:24:33,990 --> 01:24:47,590
In 2025, this year, the Fire District will write a check to the village for $91,762.50 and in 10 years, the total amount of $861,546.

1009
01:24:48,270 --> 01:25:03,150
We agreed to funding this roadway project with the anticipation of a return on investment with future industrial growth, the extension would provide, and to see diage will remain in town and expand their abilities to serve the community.

1010
01:25:04,070 --> 01:25:09,670
If you see the letter that was sent to the taxing bodies by the Village Administrator

1011
01:25:09,670 --> 01:25:15,210
Josh Blakemore, in the letter it stated that the 143rd Street West Extension was critical

1012
01:25:15,210 --> 01:25:20,410
in securing the construction of the Diazio Warehouse and for future industrial development.

1013
01:25:21,670 --> 01:25:28,870
If this project isn't approved, 143rd Street will still be a recognized truck route and traffic

1014
01:25:28,870 --> 01:25:34,610
will be eventually rerouted from 126 to 143rd Street as identified within the

1015
01:25:34,610 --> 01:25:40,770
Plainfield's 143rd Street Court or a website. This area, you know, including

1016
01:25:40,770 --> 01:25:44,450
other surrounding neighboring communities, are a prime area for industrial

1017
01:25:44,450 --> 01:25:50,930
development as Vince has stated. If projects like this are not approved, these

1018
01:25:50,930 --> 01:25:55,750
companies will move to neighboring communities and the trucks will still use

1019
01:25:55,750 --> 01:26:04,630
This is a 143rd Street to gain access to truck routes in the area and access I-55 and other truck routes and we will receive nothing for it.

1020
01:26:05,810 --> 01:26:12,930
Probably the biggest benefit to this development is the future fire station that we're proposing within the development.

1021
01:26:13,130 --> 01:26:21,230
With the help of Tramocro we truly appreciate it because as we know land within this community to try and develop anything is hard to do especially for a fire station.

1022
01:26:21,230 --> 01:26:29,050
So we appreciate Ramacrow working with us to provide land and potential funding for a future fire station within the development.

1023
01:26:29,490 --> 01:26:33,810
This will help to reduce response times as the village continues to expand out west.

1024
01:26:34,290 --> 01:26:40,250
This will increase our response capabilities, providing additional staffing and apparatus to respond to emergencies.

1025
01:26:40,850 --> 01:26:49,010
And will help to maintain our ISO-1 rating, which is your insurance rating for fire protection, saving homeowners and businesses money.

1026
01:26:49,010 --> 01:26:51,430
and their fire insurance premiums.

1027
01:26:51,650 --> 01:26:54,310
I want to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to talk.

1028
01:26:54,830 --> 01:26:58,810
I hope you guys consider this development and approve it

1029
01:26:58,810 --> 01:27:00,590
because there are definite benefits

1030
01:27:00,590 --> 01:27:03,190
for the taxing bodies along with the fire district for it,

1031
01:27:03,190 --> 01:27:03,490
so thank you.

1032
01:27:04,550 --> 01:27:06,890
I don't know, I haven't mentioned it before,

1033
01:27:07,030 --> 01:27:09,010
but I don't mean to surprise you with questions.

1034
01:27:09,130 --> 01:27:09,290
That's fine.

1035
01:27:09,530 --> 01:27:10,810
There's a lot of numbers being thrown around

1036
01:27:11,550 --> 01:27:12,890
from everybody in this,

1037
01:27:13,010 --> 01:27:14,910
and my question is, I don't know

1038
01:27:14,910 --> 01:27:16,910
what a new fire station is going to cost.

1039
01:27:16,910 --> 01:27:21,030
Okay, and I know you're fully dependent on on taxpayer dollars. So

1040
01:27:21,870 --> 01:27:25,190
That in what is a standard ladder truck cost?

1041
01:27:25,830 --> 01:27:28,670
More of those I know that when we expand you're probably two or three

1042
01:27:28,670 --> 01:27:32,190
I don't know which is staff your house or that but to build a new firehouse

1043
01:27:32,190 --> 01:27:34,190
We need new fire equipment and what's the

1044
01:27:35,250 --> 01:27:39,650
Roundabout figure I'm not asking for a direct quote and I hope your board doesn't hold you to it. No, no, that's fine

1045
01:27:39,650 --> 01:27:43,850
We're actually going through this now because obviously we're planning on building additional fire stations

1046
01:27:43,850 --> 01:27:52,730
We needed as our fire district grows and it's harder, definitely to get around this town with truck traffic and cars and just the growth in town in general.

1047
01:27:53,250 --> 01:27:56,450
I'm a little biased as well truck driver, family, family, own trucking company.

1048
01:27:56,890 --> 01:28:01,310
Father was a truck driver, so we wouldn't get our goods and services if it wasn't for the trucks.

1049
01:28:02,050 --> 01:28:08,210
However, a fire station is about 550 dollars a square foot to construct.

1050
01:28:08,210 --> 01:28:19,310
So typically fire stations are stations now around 12,000, the satellite stations that we would create are about 10,000 square feet, so roughly 5.5 million for just the fire station.

1051
01:28:19,870 --> 01:28:33,330
A fire apparatus, so a fire engine right now is about 1.2 million dollars for just a fire engine that's not the equipment that goes on to the fire engine and ambulance is over $400,000 right now, just to give you some context.

1052
01:28:33,330 --> 01:28:37,870
The Cardiac Monitor for the ambulance alone is $50,000 for one.

1053
01:28:38,090 --> 01:28:42,510
We've got five ambulances, and we have ALS fire apparatus that have paramedics on it.

1054
01:28:42,870 --> 01:28:45,230
So we have a Cardiac Monitor on each fire engine.

1055
01:28:46,670 --> 01:28:53,010
SCBA, our breathing apparatus, that's $6,000 to outfit one firefighter, over $6,000 for

1056
01:28:53,010 --> 01:28:58,950
our turnout gear, to hire a firefighter right now to put a new firefighter on all in right now.

1057
01:28:58,950 --> 01:29:03,090
starting is probably $130,000 to $140,000 a person.

1058
01:29:03,830 --> 01:29:06,410
We minimally staff at minimum staffing right now,

1059
01:29:06,410 --> 01:29:08,950
we're at about 20 firefighters a day out

1060
01:29:08,950 --> 01:29:10,830
of our four fire stations and full staffing

1061
01:29:10,830 --> 01:29:15,210
we're at 25, so it's very expensive for personnel.

1062
01:29:15,530 --> 01:29:18,270
The latter truck that we bought two years ago

1063
01:29:18,270 --> 01:29:21,350
was $1.4 million at same tower ladder

1064
01:29:21,350 --> 01:29:23,810
that ladder truck right now is over $2 million

1065
01:29:24,090 --> 01:29:25,050
for that ladder truck.

1066
01:29:25,190 --> 01:29:27,690
So things are continuing to get more and more expensive.

1067
01:29:27,690 --> 01:29:34,530
And you have like we run into problems here when we buy big equipment that there's a lead time. It's sometimes a year two years down the road before it's even ready.

1068
01:29:34,530 --> 01:29:41,410
I wish it was the money for that. I just don't know if yours is. Yeah, no, I wish it was a year right now lead times for fire apparatus are four years.

1069
01:29:42,210 --> 01:29:48,090
And we have had an ambulance on order for almost three years and it will be delivered this month. So we have a

1070
01:29:48,530 --> 01:29:57,430
We have a long delay for getting apparatus. So as we talk about planning for future stations. Yeah, it's nice to have the land, but we can build the station and not have the

1071
01:29:57,430 --> 01:29:59,930
people to hire because fire service is struggling.

1072
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:16,420
We are planning to find people to take jobs, nowadays, and we also have apparatus that take four years to receive. So it takes a long time to plan for this. Thank you for the education. No problem. Thank you, Chief. Any other public comment? Dr. Wood, thank you.

1073
01:30:18,970 --> 01:30:30,690
Good evening. Happy New Year. My name is Glenn Wood. I'm Superintendent of the Plan Fools School District 202. I'm representing District 202 here, but also grateful we do have some representatives from the district that are here.

1074
01:30:30,690 --> 01:30:38,190
Board President, Mr. Rod Westfall, Steve Jepson, Association of Planned Fuel Teachers, Representative, Mr. Rick Instrom.

1075
01:30:38,190 --> 01:30:44,590
He's our Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations, and Mr. Elias Clances, he's one of our board members as well.

1076
01:30:44,870 --> 01:30:49,990
And so you've heard a lot tonight, and so just want to maybe mention a few things and have not been brought up.

1077
01:30:50,490 --> 01:30:59,370
Obviously, the letter that's posted here and shared just highlights the importance to the taxing bodies of this development that are there.

1078
01:30:59,370 --> 01:31:04,330
where, you know, in Illinois, it was touched on briefly, but local villages, you know,

1079
01:31:04,490 --> 01:31:07,370
you received money through several tax revenue streams.

1080
01:31:07,650 --> 01:31:14,070
You know, property taxes, sales taxes, utility, gasoline taxes, licenses, permits, there's

1081
01:31:14,070 --> 01:31:18,110
items on the agenda this evening that we don't receive revenue from, but the village does.

1082
01:31:18,710 --> 01:31:23,330
All our taxing bodies, we received money through property taxes and impact fees.

1083
01:31:23,830 --> 01:31:24,330
That's it.

1084
01:31:24,330 --> 01:31:38,890
And so as we had mentioned, this tax structure explains why many villages are doing exactly what you did within your comprehensive plan, which is to come up with to reduce the tax burden and have a balanced tax burden between commercial and residential.

1085
01:31:38,890 --> 01:31:42,130
As you know, our tax base is primarily residential.

1086
01:31:42,650 --> 01:31:46,810
It puts a significant tax burden as Mr. Rose and Nova had shared.

1087
01:31:47,410 --> 01:31:53,950
I will say that the slides on the taxes between 202 and April 203, those taxes are not all

1088
01:31:53,950 --> 01:31:54,650
202.

1089
01:31:54,890 --> 01:31:56,970
That's all the taxing bodies added up.

1090
01:31:57,130 --> 01:31:58,750
So you saw that seven point or whatever.

1091
01:31:58,950 --> 01:32:00,990
That is not District 202's tax rate.

1092
01:32:01,370 --> 01:32:04,030
Our tax rate has actually gone down 12 years in a row.

1093
01:32:04,030 --> 01:32:10,070
So I know your tax bill has gone up, and that's because of your home value has gone up.

1094
01:32:11,370 --> 01:32:16,790
The tax rate of District 202 has gone down, and I know that takes a lot to take, particularly

1095
01:32:16,790 --> 01:32:20,550
when you see this, but any community members would like to walk through that, we can walk

1096
01:32:20,550 --> 01:32:22,150
through that for you.

1097
01:32:22,270 --> 01:32:28,770
But as you had seen, currently the taxes are 26,000 as well we received from the project, as

1098
01:32:28,770 --> 01:32:34,750
you had seen that that's all the taxing bodies, all five taxing bodies 26,000 a year.

1099
01:32:35,050 --> 01:32:40,610
If this development comes in a place you saw that it was $6 million a year for all the

1100
01:32:40,610 --> 01:32:41,470
taxing bodies.

1101
01:32:41,950 --> 01:32:47,290
This money would be used for capital projects, it would be used for day-to-day operations,

1102
01:32:47,870 --> 01:32:51,770
it would be used for personnel and equipment as well.

1103
01:32:52,310 --> 01:32:58,230
And even though the new development we are hoping it's coming, this does not provide immediate

1104
01:32:58,230 --> 01:33:03,450
money or immediate growth. We're years down the road as you had seen that but I

1105
01:33:03,450 --> 01:33:09,810
will tell you yet in 2018 these taxing bodies really put together a

1106
01:33:09,810 --> 01:33:14,070
proposal and partnership with the village that the taxing bodies committed

1107
01:33:14,070 --> 01:33:22,710
over the next 10 years $7.5 million for that road. So for 143rd extension the five

1108
01:33:22,710 --> 01:33:29,690
taxing bodies committed over 10 years, $7.5 million. District 202 and over the next 10

1109
01:33:29,690 --> 01:33:37,670
years will pay $5 million for that road that we're there. We're not seeing any immediate

1110
01:33:37,670 --> 01:33:43,590
financial benefit at this point. You know, really it's in hope of moving forward. We will

1111
01:33:43,590 --> 01:33:51,530
write a check to the village for 500,000 and the next really very quickly is a part of

1112
01:33:51,530 --> 01:33:57,690
that promise. And really, this, you know, I think the promise of the village, the promise

1113
01:33:57,690 --> 01:34:03,650
of the taxing bodies working together for that road, it wasn't just about improving traffic

1114
01:34:03,650 --> 01:34:08,890
flow. The reason I think that we submitted that sign the air government agreements was really

1115
01:34:08,890 --> 01:34:15,270
the promise and hope for industrial development aligned to the comprehensive plan, aligned

1116
01:34:15,270 --> 01:34:20,590
to conversations that we had had moving forward. And we will, I do believe, and I think we

1117
01:34:20,590 --> 01:34:27,130
We all do that the investment in that road right now has kept Diagio on 143rd, it's kept

1118
01:34:27,130 --> 01:34:35,370
BP Chill on 143rd and DHL Supply Chain as well, in addition to attracting businesses

1119
01:34:35,370 --> 01:34:36,990
like Tremel Crowe.

1120
01:34:37,720 --> 01:34:43,050
The stark difference between the residential and commercial demands and the benefit to

1121
01:34:43,050 --> 01:34:47,890
the taxing bodies was outlined very well by Chief Bonimo, I would say, and just to add

1122
01:34:47,890 --> 01:34:52,970
to that is, you know, if we were going to have to tie it in, if we were going to try

1123
01:34:52,970 --> 01:34:59,830
to get equivalent revenue, that's 6 million from a residential development. As Chief had

1124
01:34:59,830 --> 01:35:06,070
indicated, it would really, about 600, about 700 homes is what would happen. And so to achieve

1125
01:35:06,070 --> 01:35:12,010
equivalent revenue for the taxing bodies would, that would, the village would have to build another

1126
01:35:12,010 --> 01:35:19,390
color farms and you would have to build another bronch estates, about 75% of bronch estates.

1127
01:35:19,850 --> 01:35:24,410
That those amount of residents would give the taxing bodies the same amount of revenue

1128
01:35:24,410 --> 01:35:30,650
but as indicated by the chief the amount of services is substantial as we go through

1129
01:35:30,650 --> 01:35:30,870
that.

1130
01:35:31,170 --> 01:35:36,950
So I would say this and as you know the residential would give a significant burden to

1131
01:35:36,950 --> 01:35:37,450
those groups.

1132
01:35:37,450 --> 01:35:50,270
So there's been a lot of projects throughout the years that we the taxing bodies want to partner together with and partner with the village some things we can do some we can't based on timelines based on money based on certain other goals.

1133
01:35:50,630 --> 01:35:53,310
But we urge you to approve this project.

1134
01:35:53,770 --> 01:35:59,610
We believe it will provide immediate additional revenue to our taxing bodies that will diversify the tax base.

1135
01:35:59,610 --> 01:36:05,650
There's limited impact on our services, and then it'll allow us to support our current facilities,

1136
01:36:06,190 --> 01:36:07,430
support our schools,

1137
01:36:07,950 --> 01:36:13,490
diversify our tax bases mentioned, and to continue to ensure the high-quality services that all our

1138
01:36:13,490 --> 01:36:18,550
taxing bodies provide. Thank you for your time. I know this is a tough decision for you.

1139
01:36:19,030 --> 01:36:25,250
Hope you have a good 2025. Dr. Wood, I had one question for you and following up on that. I know that

1140
01:36:25,250 --> 01:36:29,970
But people have moved to Plainfield over the years, over my lifetime, always, number one

1141
01:36:29,970 --> 01:36:33,190
thing is always the quality schools, and the good schools that Plainfield has.

1142
01:36:33,710 --> 01:36:38,930
I do know that one particular issue you're working hard on is teacher retention and making

1143
01:36:38,930 --> 01:36:43,890
sure we're competitive on a salary basis, and you didn't mention it specifically, you said

1144
01:36:43,890 --> 01:36:49,290
generally personnel, but you could confirm that this would be a great help towards that end

1145
01:36:49,290 --> 01:36:51,810
in retaining quality teachers in Plainfield.

1146
01:36:51,810 --> 01:36:52,410
Now,

1147
01:36:55,590 --> 01:37:03,120
as you know, within the village, you know, the fast growth of the village had 20 years

1148
01:37:03,120 --> 01:37:04,500
ago, we built a lot of schools.

1149
01:37:05,640 --> 01:37:07,420
And so now all the roofs need to be repaired.

1150
01:37:07,620 --> 01:37:09,160
Now all the roads need to be repaired.

1151
01:37:09,200 --> 01:37:13,600
So in addition to personnel, but there's just a day-to-day operations.

1152
01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:18,360
We're getting a landslide of things we need to fix at the same time.

1153
01:37:18,860 --> 01:37:24,780
And then as you've seen those other developments, I mentioned color farms, I mentioned Brock

1154
01:37:25,640 --> 01:37:30,420
We expect over 800 kids from those developments as well.

1155
01:37:30,620 --> 01:37:36,080
And so, prospectively, other capital projects down the road, this could fund that for new buildings and such.

1156
01:37:36,800 --> 01:37:37,420
Thank you, sir.

1157
01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:38,300
Thanks for being here.

1158
01:37:39,220 --> 01:37:40,860
Any other public comment this evening?

1159
01:37:43,720 --> 01:37:44,360
Very good.

1160
01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:46,280
There's a motion to close public comment.

1161
01:37:48,240 --> 01:37:52,700
I guess motion's been made and seconded to close public hearing and

1162
01:37:52,700 --> 01:37:55,340
returned to the regular business meeting on favor.

1163
01:37:55,340 --> 01:37:55,720
Aye.

1164
01:37:55,800 --> 01:37:55,920
Aye.

1165
01:37:56,400 --> 01:37:56,880
All opposed.

1166
01:37:57,480 --> 01:37:57,940
Thank you.

1167
01:37:58,000 --> 01:37:58,560
That motion carries.

1168
01:37:58,980 --> 01:38:00,800
Ms. Gibbous, would you read 5c, please?

1169
01:38:03,320 --> 01:38:07,500
We're seeking board consideration of a motion to adopt the findings of fact of the Plan

1170
01:38:07,500 --> 01:38:11,580
Commission as the findings of fact of the Board of Trustees and furthermore to direct the

1171
01:38:11,580 --> 01:38:17,540
bill's attorney to prepare the necessary ordinances for approval of the requested annexation agreement,

1172
01:38:18,180 --> 01:38:22,840
annexation, nap amendment and special use for plan development for the project known as

1173
01:38:22,840 --> 01:38:24,060
TCC Plainfield.

1174
01:38:24,340 --> 01:38:25,020
So, I'm all second.

1175
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:28,420
Motion's been made and seconded.

1176
01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:30,480
Are there any comments or questions on item?

1177
01:38:30,840 --> 01:38:32,700
I do, I just want to, for points of clarity,

1178
01:38:33,460 --> 01:38:36,580
this is not an approval tonight for the project.

1179
01:38:36,940 --> 01:38:40,760
It's just directing the attorney, the bill of attorney,

1180
01:38:41,240 --> 01:38:43,720
to draft up the necessary ordinances.

1181
01:38:44,520 --> 01:38:47,340
And this, looking at this, it's a letter

1182
01:38:47,340 --> 01:38:49,460
and it's all condensed into one paragraph.

1183
01:38:50,120 --> 01:38:52,120
Now traditionally, I think what I'm assuming

1184
01:38:52,120 --> 01:38:54,520
is going to happen, he's going to draft the ordinances

1185
01:38:54,520 --> 01:38:59,740
if this passes tonight and it will be outlined as one the annexation agreement there will be a separate

1186
01:38:59,740 --> 01:39:05,120
vote on that the map amendment a separate vote on that a special use a separate vote on that

1187
01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:13,620
all in one under one topic now I for one one to see what's in there and I'm hoping that if this does

1188
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:20,700
passes that the the the six and a half million dollars that they are promising that will be in the

1189
01:39:20,700 --> 01:39:25,120
annexation agreement will be properly outlined because a lot of times what

1190
01:39:25,120 --> 01:39:30,400
happens is yes these things come through and we learn this with Diagio we it was

1191
01:39:30,400 --> 01:39:35,740
300,000 at the time that we secured for those at least some trees along the

1192
01:39:35,740 --> 01:39:40,440
pathway and for those two neighborhoods it was small by today's standards but at

1193
01:39:40,440 --> 01:39:45,100
the time we had never done that before and that's kind of what started this and

1194
01:39:45,100 --> 01:39:49,820
now as stated earlier in the presentation I believe it was what 75 cents a

1195
01:39:49,820 --> 01:39:55,240
a square foot now it's up to I think $1.28 square foot that this company is looking to contribute.

1196
01:39:55,640 --> 01:40:00,260
I would like to see if this passes, at least from my perspective, I want to see an outline of

1197
01:40:00,260 --> 01:40:05,420
exactly how this will be spent or to narrow it down rather than just a vague, oh, we'll move money

1198
01:40:05,420 --> 01:40:11,000
from column A to column B. And then the whole site gets, or the whole premise of this six and a half

1199
01:40:11,000 --> 01:40:15,440
million dollars is lost within two years. And a new board comes, it says, well, you know what?

1200
01:40:15,780 --> 01:40:19,340
Yeah, that board passed it, but you know what, times are different now. So we need this project,

1201
01:40:19,340 --> 01:40:26,100
We're going to put it over this streetlight over here I'd like to be specific is specific can be I understand there needs to be wiggle room

1202
01:40:26,100 --> 01:40:27,560
Because times do change

1203
01:40:28,060 --> 01:40:32,540
But I think if this passes I just ask that it'd be very very specific and then

1204
01:40:32,980 --> 01:40:36,360
The public can look at all of these ordinances that are coming up

1205
01:40:38,200 --> 01:40:44,240
To they may say yeah, we like the annexation, but now we don't like the site plan or we like the site plan

1206
01:40:44,240 --> 01:40:47,600
But we don't really like the annexation because we want it to be unincorporated land

1207
01:40:47,600 --> 01:40:53,060
So I think it needs to be thorough and to be clear it's not a vote to approve this project tonight

1208
01:40:53,060 --> 01:40:57,240
It's just to have them draft the ordinances so everybody can read them. It'll be out there now look

1209
01:40:57,240 --> 01:41:01,020
They come out on Thursday you have a short window to read this big packet. He's gonna draft

1210
01:41:01,700 --> 01:41:02,100
so

1211
01:41:02,780 --> 01:41:08,140
Another the second question is is to when if this passes when would you have this done a what

1212
01:41:09,320 --> 01:41:12,920
Projected meeting with this come up in so the public can be aware to say okay

1213
01:41:12,920 --> 01:41:17,460
We know that there is a before the Monday. This is gonna come out at least give the public some time to

1214
01:41:17,460 --> 01:41:22,880
digest it to read through it. You may like what you see. You may not. And then you can come back

1215
01:41:22,880 --> 01:41:27,000
at the next meeting whenever this is and say, hey, look, we like this. We don't like this. You know

1216
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:31,800
what part of this project was good. Maybe it changed my mind. Maybe Mr. Vogel is an excellent drafter

1217
01:41:31,800 --> 01:41:36,840
and the negative people here will be like, well, it's okay. He did a good job. Maybe they won't. But

1218
01:41:36,840 --> 01:41:42,920
I just think everybody should be informed. And oftentimes projects are found out after they've

1219
01:41:42,920 --> 01:41:44,160
have already been voted on, right?

1220
01:41:44,580 --> 01:41:47,180
So the Thursday before at 5 p.m.,

1221
01:41:47,180 --> 01:41:49,040
let's give this, we'll put out the agenda.

1222
01:41:49,220 --> 01:41:50,080
It's like that every week.

1223
01:41:50,600 --> 01:41:51,540
Every week we have a meeting

1224
01:41:51,540 --> 01:41:53,840
and that is what's coming up the next Monday.

1225
01:41:53,980 --> 01:41:55,260
So you have a few days to read and digest.

1226
01:41:56,000 --> 01:41:58,160
So if you have the date, if you have any idea,

1227
01:41:58,560 --> 01:42:00,040
I'm sure you've discussed with them

1228
01:42:00,040 --> 01:42:01,300
what their timeline looks like

1229
01:42:01,300 --> 01:42:03,300
and I don't know how long it's gonna take

1230
01:42:03,300 --> 01:42:04,280
Mr. Vogel to do so.

1231
01:42:04,440 --> 01:42:06,340
Yeah, so to answer your first question,

1232
01:42:06,700 --> 01:42:09,000
yes, procedurally tonight is not the final vote.

1233
01:42:09,140 --> 01:42:11,300
There will be another set of ordinances

1234
01:42:11,300 --> 01:42:15,760
as you correctly outlined, there would be at least three specific, the annexation agreement,

1235
01:42:16,680 --> 01:42:20,660
annexation itself, zoning upon annexation, and then whatever the special use that's required,

1236
01:42:20,800 --> 01:42:26,340
as part of it, that would all be voted on individually as part of a future board agenda.

1237
01:42:26,960 --> 01:42:30,560
As to the timing, we have had discussions with Tramble Crow on that.

1238
01:42:31,920 --> 01:42:35,880
Even the numbers you see tonight, there are being baked in as kind of the meat and potatoes of

1239
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:40,540
the annexation agreement, because to your point, yeah, we do want to call out specifically where these

1240
01:42:40,540 --> 01:42:45,640
funds will go or how those funds may be used, as does Tramble as well. We've talked about this

1241
01:42:45,640 --> 01:42:50,920
a bit. There can be some flexibility built in, but this is something we've talked with Josh and

1242
01:42:50,920 --> 01:42:55,280
his team about, right? They have to answer to the people that pay for these projects who would like

1243
01:42:55,280 --> 01:43:01,400
to know where their funds are going as well. We will discuss with them what the timing of it will be.

1244
01:43:01,500 --> 01:43:06,120
We would do not have a meeting two weeks from tonight, our early scheduled board meeting in light

1245
01:43:06,120 --> 01:43:12,960
of the holiday, so we may have a special meeting, one of the two January workshops or potentially

1246
01:43:12,960 --> 01:43:19,500
the first February board meetings, so I don't know. I'll work with them, the staff will have

1247
01:43:19,500 --> 01:43:23,580
to work with them a bit. I don't know exactly what their thoughts are. We're getting close to having

1248
01:43:23,580 --> 01:43:29,680
all the details ironed out of what we need to on the annexation agreement, so they have timelines

1249
01:43:29,680 --> 01:43:34,720
as well from their seller, so we want to be respectful of that, but I would anticipate

1250
01:43:35,640 --> 01:43:39,720
probably a special in January or one of the February meetings and looking at

1251
01:43:39,720 --> 01:43:43,960
at least at a head nod that that looks agreeable to them so they can go on the

1252
01:43:43,960 --> 01:43:47,860
website go to the village playing field click the government village board go

1253
01:43:47,860 --> 01:43:51,760
down to agendas and you'll see all of the agendas leave you published on the

1254
01:43:51,760 --> 01:43:55,020
Thursday before and you'll be able to pull it up so check on Thursday that five

1255
01:43:55,020 --> 01:43:59,780
yeah and it just to add to administer Blake Morris outline regarding the

1256
01:43:59,780 --> 01:44:03,900
schedule that just to provide specific dates if we're to have a special

1257
01:44:03,900 --> 01:44:09,820
meeting as part of our committee of the whole workshop on January 27th the

1258
01:44:09,820 --> 01:44:14,240
agenda would come out on January 22nd for looking to circle dates or if it's

1259
01:44:14,240 --> 01:44:17,720
the next regularly scheduled meeting of the bill's board on February 3rd the

1260
01:44:17,720 --> 01:44:20,920
agenda would come out to Thursday prior January 30th so those would be two

1261
01:44:20,920 --> 01:44:25,000
late two dates to circle to check the bill's website you're always welcome to

1262
01:44:25,000 --> 01:44:28,620
contact the planning department we could fill you in on our understanding of the

1263
01:44:28,620 --> 01:44:29,200
schedule as well.

1264
01:44:32,680 --> 01:44:33,620
Any other comments or questions?

1265
01:44:35,360 --> 01:44:41,900
I've got three pages of notes so I want to try to get through this as quickly as possible.

1266
01:44:43,060 --> 01:44:47,840
This one is a bit hard to digest. A lot of strong beliefs across the room and across the

1267
01:44:47,840 --> 01:44:52,120
community of people reaching out saying I'm not coming to a board meeting to sit there for

1268
01:44:52,120 --> 01:44:58,040
hours on end the night before school starts. So apologies to a lot of people who I've seen

1269
01:44:58,040 --> 01:44:59,980
in love the room and people who every...

1270
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:29,960
I've got to get up and go to work and the kids are going back. So in regards to Tramble Crow, fantastic presentation, as always. You're a top group. I expect nothing less. The business partners that you have involved that are from the Calb project. I drive past that almost every weekend to go up to the lake. There's not a single residential home around that.

1271
01:45:29,960 --> 01:45:33,540
If you pull that screen back up, it's nothing but farm field around it.

1272
01:45:34,060 --> 01:45:39,280
I look to my left every time along I 88 and I see all the warehouses on a state single subdivision home.

1273
01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:42,460
So that is something that is impressive as it is.

1274
01:45:42,740 --> 01:45:44,780
It doesn't resonate with playing field for me.

1275
01:45:46,320 --> 01:45:50,760
To your attorney, I have very few favorite attorneys that come before this board.

1276
01:45:52,240 --> 01:45:53,560
Trust me on that.

1277
01:45:54,120 --> 01:45:58,140
You're one of my favorite because you are extremely candid, transparent, honest,

1278
01:45:58,140 --> 01:46:01,520
and you communicate extremely well with our administrator.

1279
01:46:01,840 --> 01:46:02,800
And I appreciate that.

1280
01:46:03,440 --> 01:46:05,740
Your group overall tonight in presentation,

1281
01:46:06,100 --> 01:46:08,080
top notch, wouldn't expect anything less.

1282
01:46:09,260 --> 01:46:12,240
So this isn't personal regarding your project,

1283
01:46:12,880 --> 01:46:15,780
your proposal, what you have, what you,

1284
01:46:16,040 --> 01:46:16,880
and you know that.

1285
01:46:17,080 --> 01:46:19,180
You've already talked to Blake Moore, I'm aware.

1286
01:46:19,580 --> 01:46:22,100
And you know where I stand, I've run into you before.

1287
01:46:22,380 --> 01:46:25,720
So this is not something I've been in favor of.

1288
01:46:26,760 --> 01:46:31,540
The traffic implications of this project are still uncertain.

1289
01:46:32,340 --> 01:46:42,000
As fantastic and highly regarded as Kimmy Horn is, with I-55 and 143rd Connect, we have

1290
01:46:42,000 --> 01:46:45,040
no clue what that's going to look like when it starts coming into town.

1291
01:46:45,340 --> 01:46:51,140
So to say we can't go past about a mile out from the project site, I don't know when your

1292
01:46:51,140 --> 01:46:57,100
27 minute commutes to get from 127 down to 55 is going to look like and everything that

1293
01:46:57,100 --> 01:47:01,560
happens on the east side of this town is impacting the west and everything that happens

1294
01:47:01,560 --> 01:47:03,900
on the west side of this town is impacting the east.

1295
01:47:05,720 --> 01:47:11,400
There's three industrial buildings on 100 third that remain incomplete and they're not

1296
01:47:11,400 --> 01:47:16,560
yet operational, they're not yet, we don't have the revenue generated from that.

1297
01:47:17,260 --> 01:47:21,400
So the traffic patterns coming in and out of that, the traffic patterns we have are projections

1298
01:47:21,400 --> 01:47:26,200
usually based upon who we think the end user might be in the number of parking

1299
01:47:26,200 --> 01:47:30,620
stalls. But we don't know what the roadways are going to look like. And I

1300
01:47:30,620 --> 01:47:39,460
remember this, it a phone called District 202. Out of 680 homes in our

1301
01:47:39,460 --> 01:47:44,740
neighborhood, pick up. So they had to redo the bus route. What does that tell me?

1302
01:47:45,420 --> 01:47:50,560
Out of 680 homes, either I'm a crappy bonus parent and put my get on the bus

1303
01:47:50,560 --> 01:47:53,900
Or that means parents are involved and they want to get their kids to school themselves

1304
01:47:53,900 --> 01:47:57,860
or they have the financial means to be home, either in a remote role,

1305
01:47:58,360 --> 01:48:02,060
or not working outside of the home to get their kids to school.

1306
01:48:02,680 --> 01:48:07,280
That means that's more willing cars on the road every single day.

1307
01:48:07,860 --> 01:48:10,540
That's the community we're in in Plainfield by choice.

1308
01:48:13,390 --> 01:48:19,830
The industrial park that is being proposed is larger,

1309
01:48:19,830 --> 01:48:30,890
They're substantially larger than the industrial zoning project that's been ongoing on 135th Street that impacts the Lakelands neighborhood and a local elementary school.

1310
01:48:31,490 --> 01:48:39,190
Notably, the village of Plainfield, the village of Bowlingbrook and the school district opposed that project in writing and

1311
01:48:39,190 --> 01:48:48,810
showing up to the Will County District zoning meeting I myself went along with Trustee Benucci saying that we were opposed to the industrial zoning.

1312
01:48:48,810 --> 01:48:53,250
that we were concerned over the change in industrial,

1313
01:48:54,020 --> 01:48:56,730
what that use could bring and the truck traffic

1314
01:48:56,730 --> 01:48:58,630
near those residential homes

1315
01:48:58,980 --> 01:49:01,470
and what the end user of an industrial zoning

1316
01:49:01,470 --> 01:49:05,370
could bring, specifically for that neighborhood blasting.

1317
01:49:11,580 --> 01:49:14,620
In consistency is the part that I struggle with.

1318
01:49:15,490 --> 01:49:17,240
I have residents in Liberty Grove,

1319
01:49:17,960 --> 01:49:21,540
day filled, and newer subdivisions along 126

1320
01:49:21,540 --> 01:49:37,480
Yes, down throughout the whole community that are asking why Lincoln Elementary along 143rd that the kids are going to be crossing is not as important as that neighborhoods, why say no to industrial there, but not to these neighborhoods.

1321
01:49:37,480 --> 01:49:44,140
roads. Plainfield South is adjacent, directly adjacent on Ridge Road. These trucks will be

1322
01:49:44,140 --> 01:49:50,360
routed along Ridge Road. That is a school of several thousand kids that will be impacted

1323
01:49:50,840 --> 01:49:55,160
of kids that don't know how to drive, which is beyond us about it. They've got a year

1324
01:49:55,160 --> 01:49:59,100
or two under their belt at best coming out of there, or they're riding with friends and

1325
01:49:59,100 --> 01:50:03,380
cars and getting on to Ridge Road, and these semis will be going down those streets.

1326
01:50:04,520 --> 01:50:10,360
even if we sat here and said, yep, I'm going to say 50 bucks here in my property tax bill.

1327
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:11,320
Let's just say it happened.

1328
01:50:12,440 --> 01:50:13,820
What's the adverse burden?

1329
01:50:15,320 --> 01:50:16,900
What's the in to the yang?

1330
01:50:17,500 --> 01:50:20,520
What do I have to sacrifice to save that 50 bucks?

1331
01:50:20,680 --> 01:50:21,460
Maybe it's 500.

1332
01:50:21,820 --> 01:50:22,340
I don't know.

1333
01:50:22,540 --> 01:50:24,760
Let's get creative here and say it's going to be huge.

1334
01:50:26,320 --> 01:50:27,140
What's the burden?

1335
01:50:28,220 --> 01:50:31,200
Because I'm talking to parents who are saying it's already a nightmare

1336
01:50:31,200 --> 01:50:34,960
are because we use one bus service to get to three different schools in the morning.

1337
01:50:35,620 --> 01:50:39,420
I already talked to parents that tell me that they can't get from one side of the town

1338
01:50:39,420 --> 01:50:40,000
to the other.

1339
01:50:40,460 --> 01:50:44,100
It's residents who keep showing up every Monday night or saying they can't even turn

1340
01:50:44,100 --> 01:50:49,120
out of their neighborhood, but that intersection is not included in this traffic study.

1341
01:50:49,600 --> 01:50:55,520
When 55 unloads onto the new 143rd, it will dramatically change the dynamics of this community.

1342
01:50:55,860 --> 01:50:57,300
We don't know those impacts yet.

1343
01:50:57,980 --> 01:51:01,820
The sheer scale of the development, 5 million square feet.

1344
01:51:02,460 --> 01:51:06,100
It's incompatible with the character and the needs of the surrounding neighborhoods.

1345
01:51:06,820 --> 01:51:09,460
Take a look at that impressive project along I-88.

1346
01:51:10,440 --> 01:51:15,460
There's no neighborhoods. I drive past it. There's a cute little farmhouse and he's got a little RV sitting out there.

1347
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:17,700
It's on the right side of the road, not the left.

1348
01:51:18,440 --> 01:51:22,000
When Lockley Park was built, and I may be incorrect with this,

1349
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:26,920
But it's a lot cleaner green briar, shame on me in real estate, but I confuse this you all the time.

1350
01:51:27,520 --> 01:51:33,740
The village required the builder to disclose that a hundred and forty-third was set to be a new major roadway and a designated truck route.

1351
01:51:34,160 --> 01:51:38,180
That was a conversation between the village and the developer.

1352
01:51:38,520 --> 01:51:41,560
So when you sign on the dotted line, you're going to go buy this brand new house.

1353
01:51:41,740 --> 01:51:46,340
They were supposed to give you a sheet, tell you something on the disclosure that that's a major truck route.

1354
01:51:47,660 --> 01:51:52,500
Did the village notify Green Briar, though, because that's the one I think that came in

1355
01:51:52,500 --> 01:51:52,960
second.

1356
01:51:54,220 --> 01:52:01,560
And I could be wrong about that, but 400 acres at the time was not approved when Green

1357
01:52:01,560 --> 01:52:02,500
Briar was approved.

1358
01:52:02,900 --> 01:52:08,460
400 acres was not approved in the comprehensive plan until October of 2024.

1359
01:52:09,400 --> 01:52:12,820
We didn't have this much industrial and our comprehensive plan whatsoever.

1360
01:52:12,820 --> 01:52:16,880
However, the industrial development was a long 143rd.

1361
01:52:16,880 --> 01:52:19,300
It didn't come out this far west towards 126.

1362
01:52:20,060 --> 01:52:23,760
So those homeowners may have never known what was going to be going in across the street.

1363
01:52:24,620 --> 01:52:30,620
So I wish that we had had more transparency in regards to the process of those homeowners.

1364
01:52:30,620 --> 01:52:32,280
Because some of them truly may not have known.

1365
01:52:32,840 --> 01:52:39,440
The comp plan was not changed adding industrial of over 400 additional acres until October of 2024.

1366
01:52:39,440 --> 01:52:50,600
And on top of that, an extra 80 acres was changed on the spot in this boardroom on the hard corner of 126 in Steiner at the request of the landowner.

1367
01:52:50,920 --> 01:52:56,820
Rightfully so that property was going to be surrounded by industrial, they wish to be designated industrial as well.

1368
01:52:57,540 --> 01:53:00,080
Hard corners industrial usually never tend to flow great.

1369
01:53:00,240 --> 01:53:02,180
We usually wanted to see them reserved for commercial.

1370
01:53:02,820 --> 01:53:06,180
On a whim that night, the board made the decision to go ahead and wrap it in.

1371
01:53:06,960 --> 01:53:21,180
When it comes to 143rd, I do take full accountability and responsibility for approving the 143rd truck route and what its intentions were as a resident of Liberty Grove trust me, those person very hard conversations,

1372
01:53:23,650 --> 01:53:35,290
the intention was to alleviate the congestion, we had talked about the metrics to take 12 minutes off of each person's commute on the directions and the downtown area coming off of 126 and 55 area.

1373
01:53:35,290 --> 01:53:41,370
It was to introduce a nominal tax diversification that we were missing and to retain our number one private employer

1374
01:53:41,370 --> 01:53:48,570
I appreciate the fire departments and other taxing bodies assistance with ensuring a hundred and forty-third get completed to achieve these goals

1375
01:53:48,570 --> 01:53:54,070
But there are still additional buildings that haven't even had their doors open their walls aren't even up

1376
01:53:54,610 --> 01:53:58,630
So if they're not even finished, we're not even generating the tax revenue off of them

1377
01:53:58,630 --> 01:54:02,510
No board members that I know that set on the board at that time

1378
01:54:02,510 --> 01:54:07,590
We're looking to have this type of impact of industrial in this community.

1379
01:54:09,310 --> 01:54:13,310
But Nuchi and Wajawski, we had really hard conversations.

1380
01:54:14,490 --> 01:54:19,430
Really late night, 11 p.m. being yelled at and then going to our cars wondering what the

1381
01:54:19,430 --> 01:54:21,610
heck doing was this the right thing to do.

1382
01:54:22,190 --> 01:54:25,090
Private conversations saying, my heart hurts to do this.

1383
01:54:25,230 --> 01:54:28,230
I got neighbors screaming at me about kids safety and trucks.

1384
01:54:28,710 --> 01:54:30,750
We've already hurt two neighborhoods enough.

1385
01:54:30,750 --> 01:54:33,770
Now we're doing it to at least four on the west end.

1386
01:54:35,210 --> 01:54:36,530
We took the verbal abuse.

1387
01:54:36,650 --> 01:54:38,570
Some of it was some pretty disgusting hate mail.

1388
01:54:38,870 --> 01:54:39,650
It is what it is.

1389
01:54:39,830 --> 01:54:40,490
It's part of the job.

1390
01:54:41,050 --> 01:54:46,010
And I don't disrespect anybody in this room who disagrees with me this evening.

1391
01:54:46,810 --> 01:54:49,790
You're representing your taxing bodies and doing what you think is best as well.

1392
01:54:50,250 --> 01:54:52,150
It's a hard seat to be in and I appreciate it.

1393
01:54:52,850 --> 01:54:54,930
We've been lectured though and we've been preached at.

1394
01:54:55,030 --> 01:54:57,050
We've been degraded that we don't understand the market.

1395
01:54:57,050 --> 01:55:01,370
some of us up here who are opposed to this and we must strike when the iron is hot.

1396
01:55:02,230 --> 01:55:05,910
Seafried made promises that they couldn't deliver.

1397
01:55:06,310 --> 01:55:12,290
I warned this board and what they came back said was they couldn't finish financing and funding their building.

1398
01:55:13,070 --> 01:55:15,270
They built a spec, they wholesaled it out.

1399
01:55:15,690 --> 01:55:19,030
We had no control over who that end user was going to be.

1400
01:55:19,990 --> 01:55:23,490
Now we have no control over who these seven end users will be.

1401
01:55:23,890 --> 01:55:25,730
You saw the list of corporations up there.

1402
01:55:26,750 --> 01:55:32,090
Amazon's on that list and I have no idea or doubt that there's not a big corporate

1403
01:55:32,090 --> 01:55:37,250
big box player that's chomping at the bit for this. What that does to a

1404
01:55:37,250 --> 01:55:40,450
hundred and forty third to put possibly a thousand to two thousand more

1405
01:55:40,450 --> 01:55:45,450
semis on it is going to push the residential traffic onto 126 into your

1406
01:55:45,450 --> 01:55:51,490
downtown area, down Rennwick, down Caiton Farm, which isn't part of our area but

1407
01:55:51,490 --> 01:55:58,010
But I know everybody out that west comes down our roads to hit to 55 because they don't have an easy access

1408
01:55:59,450 --> 01:56:04,910
135th is going to be hit hard ridge roads are going to become a nightmare and you're 127th area is going to get flag 2

1409
01:56:06,010 --> 01:56:10,650
Where the trucks are the cars will avoid so your side roads are going to become your main roads

1410
01:56:11,050 --> 01:56:18,090
We don't have the full impact of what this is going to do the community between the trucks the noise the light pollution and the potential for

1411
01:56:18,090 --> 01:56:21,450
There are 24 seven operations that will fundamentally at odds,

1412
01:56:21,890 --> 01:56:27,010
going to be completely opposite of what residential living is like on two lane roads.

1413
01:56:27,430 --> 01:56:29,270
Again, not to Cal, but I 88.

1414
01:56:30,290 --> 01:56:35,610
Plainfield and all taxing bodies have yet to receive the full scope of revenue from the buildings that aren't even complete.

1415
01:56:36,330 --> 01:56:38,790
Yet taxing bodies are not coming on the doors with their hands out.

1416
01:56:39,130 --> 01:56:39,750
I don't blame you.

1417
01:56:40,030 --> 01:56:47,890
We spent years saving from the necessary funding through very rough cyclic processes of economic ups and

1418
01:56:47,890 --> 01:56:55,530
down. We got to $9 million in capital in order to prove how fiscally responsible we were

1419
01:56:55,530 --> 01:57:01,770
to get millions of dollars in grants to make $143 happen. With this project, and to turn

1420
01:57:01,770 --> 01:57:08,130
around and flood $143,000 to $2,000 more semis, you're making a promise to every plaintful

1421
01:57:08,130 --> 01:57:14,330
resident here tonight that the traffic will get worse before it ever gets better. If that's

1422
01:57:14,330 --> 01:57:19,910
plan to prove how bad you can make it in order to get the $80 million needed for the

1423
01:57:19,910 --> 01:57:25,350
rail grid separation of $143 to get an overpass port, so you actually get it done, pay your

1424
01:57:25,350 --> 01:57:31,770
on the right path, but I can't support it. Those east of town in regards to the Lakelands

1425
01:57:31,770 --> 01:57:37,210
area and other neighborhoods, 135th residential traffic will get increasingly worse. How do you

1426
01:57:37,210 --> 01:57:44,750
You jump on to 55, 143rd is now overburdened, especially with the lovely railroad that you

1427
01:57:44,750 --> 01:57:48,430
just can't seem to ever get around when you're just trying to get up to the store, but

1428
01:57:48,430 --> 01:57:50,650
now it's your main fare to get to 55.

1429
01:57:51,990 --> 01:57:56,750
You're worried about the East industrial projects, but what happens when the West will always

1430
01:57:56,750 --> 01:57:57,530
fall to the East.

1431
01:57:59,090 --> 01:58:04,350
I come from Truck Driver Families 2, and I don't know a single truck driver that has a spouse

1432
01:58:04,350 --> 01:58:09,510
as an over-the-road truck driver, and that's what we're talking about, usually with these warehouses.

1433
01:58:10,450 --> 01:58:14,790
Somebody over the road making a good 90 to 120,000 a year, who's at home?

1434
01:58:15,710 --> 01:58:19,170
You don't have to truck drivers in the household, it's extremely rare.

1435
01:58:19,550 --> 01:58:21,110
I don't know any person in myself.

1436
01:58:23,070 --> 01:58:33,830
Planefield and the village revenue has to make the majority of all police, water, sewer, and roadway infrastructures work with just $5.6 on the dollar, not 12%, not 67% just a little over a nickel.

1437
01:58:33,830 --> 01:58:41,050
and there's $150 million in four upcoming roadway projects that we need to do.

1438
01:58:41,470 --> 01:58:46,270
$80 million alone in 143rd for the railroad grade separation.

1439
01:58:46,730 --> 01:58:50,050
If we get stuck with the bypass project for Lockport Street,

1440
01:58:50,350 --> 01:58:52,630
stop those semis from wrecking the downtown area,

1441
01:58:52,790 --> 01:58:55,190
that Bowling, Brook, and Romeo, they'll want to shove at us.

1442
01:58:55,770 --> 01:58:57,670
And then you've got to deal with 135th,

1443
01:58:57,670 --> 01:59:01,250
which is deemed the most failing intersection in our community.

1444
01:59:01,990 --> 01:59:05,290
and then you've got to do another 119th improvement.

1445
01:59:05,950 --> 01:59:08,210
That's $150 million. We've got to find.

1446
01:59:08,930 --> 01:59:12,030
So I understand and say, hey, go find the money

1447
01:59:12,030 --> 01:59:13,530
and this sounds advantageous.

1448
01:59:13,830 --> 01:59:16,690
But again, what burden, what sacrifice do we make

1449
01:59:16,690 --> 01:59:18,170
on our town in order to get to that?

1450
01:59:19,150 --> 01:59:22,810
We are at political odds with the feds.

1451
01:59:23,290 --> 01:59:26,950
It has completely shifted. Illinois and Plainfield received

1452
01:59:26,950 --> 01:59:29,610
a ton of federal grants.

1453
01:59:29,610 --> 01:59:40,410
I've had the conversation with staff on multiple levels that we will become the red headed step child for infrastructure funding period between the states and the feds not getting along.

1454
01:59:40,630 --> 01:59:46,230
I don't expect them to see our name anytime soon as favorable between Illinois and the feds.

1455
01:59:46,750 --> 01:59:53,570
The adverse effects will ripple beyond the immediate area affecting traffic flow safety and the quality of life for families and neighboring communities.

1456
01:59:53,570 --> 01:59:59,890
Ridge Road is not equipped to handle the anticipated increase in industrial traffic, and the long-term

1457
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,980
The strain on infrastructure will likely necessitate costly upgrades funded by taxpayers. So what you say I'm getting and savings, I'm just whipping back out, $354,000 off of seven industrial buildings. What is that even pay for? I mean phase one engineering for a traffic light is half a million dollars. So $354,000, what am I supposed to do on the village level? And I got to somehow fund traffic lights and come up with the $150,000.

1458
02:00:32,170 --> 02:00:37,090
We should not rush into decisions that will fundamentally alter the character of a community

1459
02:00:37,090 --> 02:00:40,170
and compromise the safety, health, and environmental integrity of our town.

1460
02:00:40,810 --> 02:00:43,890
The Greenbelt Project will become a laughing joke.

1461
02:00:44,870 --> 02:00:49,130
Let's advertise that families and seniors can come walk and ride your bikes and stroll through

1462
02:00:49,130 --> 02:00:55,170
the Greenbelt as you get a picturesque view of all the large concrete cast buildings that

1463
02:00:55,170 --> 02:00:57,430
all the semis keep backing up to.

1464
02:00:57,430 --> 02:01:04,890
So enjoy your cycling as you're in between industrial concrete buildings, and you hear B, B, B, B, B, that's your Greenbelt Project.

1465
02:01:05,370 --> 02:01:14,090
Don't get me started on the trail project that's supposed to go from Route 34 that's been in the multiple camps.

1466
02:01:14,090 --> 02:01:15,910
I got that.

1467
02:01:15,910 --> 02:01:18,090
That's the, nobody's gonna want to,

1468
02:01:18,310 --> 02:01:18,770
I'm calling on the,

1469
02:01:21,200 --> 02:01:22,660
some of the same resident

1470
02:01:23,260 --> 02:01:25,980
who stood in this room in November of 2023

1471
02:01:26,480 --> 02:01:28,380
when Wall and Woods residents begged

1472
02:01:28,680 --> 02:01:32,000
that the village not approve about 150 apartments

1473
02:01:32,000 --> 02:01:34,240
and commercial space because they were worried

1474
02:01:34,240 --> 02:01:37,480
about low income runners, $1,600 a month

1475
02:01:37,480 --> 02:01:40,640
for a 600 square foot bedroom studio,

1476
02:01:41,020 --> 02:01:42,180
were worried about traffic.

1477
02:01:43,000 --> 02:01:44,500
Yet, some of those same residents

1478
02:01:44,500 --> 02:01:47,660
and standard profit from this development as land owners of the farm field.

1479
02:01:48,040 --> 02:01:51,860
I don't see anybody up here with tears tonight over this and concerns about traffic.

1480
02:01:52,420 --> 02:01:56,980
I don't blame you for wanting to profit off of your land, but you don't get to have one

1481
02:01:56,980 --> 02:01:57,660
and have the other.

1482
02:01:58,800 --> 02:02:04,980
Plain fill needs to stop listening to petty sales pitches and trendy and vibing productions

1483
02:02:04,980 --> 02:02:06,940
mass as campaign sales pitches.

1484
02:02:07,600 --> 02:02:10,020
Your property taxes are not going to get lower.

1485
02:02:10,600 --> 02:02:12,100
They are not going to maintain.

1486
02:02:12,740 --> 02:02:18,080
Everybody here tonight has told you they have their hand out because they need work to be done.

1487
02:02:18,380 --> 02:02:23,520
They have projects to do, there is a substantial amount of growth that this community hit 20 years ago.

1488
02:02:23,820 --> 02:02:31,420
And if we approve annexation agreements, like we did 20 years ago, that we hold on, industrial, what if they don't build, we're stuck with it.

1489
02:02:31,520 --> 02:02:33,700
Just like we were with all this residential development.

1490
02:02:34,880 --> 02:02:40,060
Plainfield needs to be smart, needs to balance the growth and then the 20 year annexation agreements.

1491
02:02:40,060 --> 02:02:47,400
Plainfield needs to preserve what makes Plainfield and its surrounding areas a desirable place to live, work, raise your families.

1492
02:02:47,940 --> 02:02:52,140
5 million square feet of industrial is not what I know Plainfield wants.

1493
02:02:52,620 --> 02:02:59,020
I haven't talked to a single person that says that this is a fantastic idea, unless they stand and have a financial benefit to it.

1494
02:03:00,320 --> 02:03:06,760
Residents didn't want the Diagio building, residents didn't want GP Transco, which wasn't even in our own community.

1495
02:03:06,760 --> 02:03:09,920
They had the news crews here.

1496
02:03:10,460 --> 02:03:15,140
They didn't want the roadway and we've done enough damage for the better good.

1497
02:03:16,140 --> 02:03:20,920
So I genuinely believe that that is not the best playing field, that is not the future

1498
02:03:20,920 --> 02:03:21,580
playing field.

1499
02:03:22,040 --> 02:03:24,380
And if you think it is, I think you're fooling yourself.

1500
02:03:24,980 --> 02:03:29,180
We cannot see here saying that what has been accomplished is not enough.

1501
02:03:29,740 --> 02:03:33,560
We need to finish what we started, we need to be smart with our tax dollars, we need to

1502
02:03:33,560 --> 02:03:34,460
put our families first.

1503
02:03:35,920 --> 02:03:37,840
Any other comments or questions?

1504
02:03:40,660 --> 02:03:41,780
Ms. Gibb has called the question.

1505
02:03:45,570 --> 02:03:51,110
The motion was made and seconded to direct the village attorney to prepare the necessary ordinances.

1506
02:03:52,150 --> 02:03:57,530
Trustee Ruin? Yes. Trustee Wajowski? Yes. Trustee Guinucci? Yes.

1507
02:03:58,110 --> 02:03:59,190
Trustee Kielkannis?

1508
02:04:01,340 --> 02:04:06,480
Trustee Kiefer? Yes. Trustee Larson? No. That motion carries 4-2.

1509
02:04:07,220 --> 02:04:14,700
Thank you and following our usual policy all of those who don't have any other thing to listen to here tonight

1510
02:04:14,700 --> 02:04:18,740
If you want to go ahead and go home. It's a late night. We're fine with that. We're not insulted

1511
02:04:18,740 --> 02:04:24,680
So thanks everyone for being here. We will move on to item number six Ms. Gibbish, you want to read out six a

1512
02:04:25,480 --> 02:04:31,660
Next item on the agenda is video game licenses. We're seeking for consideration of emotion to prove ordinance number

1513
02:04:31,660 --> 02:04:52,360
13702, amending chapter 4, article 15, section 4-525A, increasing the number of class A1 video gaming licenses to 1, for black dog vinyl cafe located at 16208, South profile 59, suite 112, so moved second motion's been made and seconded, are there any comments or questions on this item?

1514
02:04:53,600 --> 02:04:55,120
Hearing none, I'll proceed with the roll.

1515
02:04:55,200 --> 02:04:55,760
Trustee Boulin?

1516
02:04:56,000 --> 02:04:56,200
Yes.

1517
02:04:56,540 --> 02:04:57,380
Trustee Wajowski?

1518
02:04:57,600 --> 02:04:57,720
No.

1519
02:04:58,100 --> 02:04:58,860
Trustee Benucci?

1520
02:04:59,140 --> 02:04:59,320
Yes.

1521
02:04:59,700 --> 02:05:00,740
Trustee Kalkanis?

1522
02:05:03,640 --> 02:05:04,480
Trustee Kiefer?

1523
02:05:04,620 --> 02:05:04,820
Yes.

1524
02:05:05,360 --> 02:05:06,280
Trustee Larson?

1525
02:05:06,580 --> 02:05:06,740
No.

1526
02:05:07,160 --> 02:05:08,200
Mayor Argadalis?

1527
02:05:08,340 --> 02:05:08,520
Yes.

1528
02:05:08,800 --> 02:05:10,320
That motion carries 403.

1529
02:05:10,580 --> 02:05:11,740
Please continue on 6B.

1530
02:05:13,020 --> 02:05:15,620
We're seeking board consideration of a motion to approve

1531
02:05:15,620 --> 02:05:17,820
ordinance number 3303,

1532
02:05:18,140 --> 02:05:23,440
mending chapter 4, article 15, section 4, dash 5258,

1533
02:05:23,440 --> 02:05:33,220
increasing the number of class M video gaming licenses to one for GL club billiards and bar located at 123 37 South

1534
02:05:33,220 --> 02:05:35,120
Rock 59 unit 107

1535
02:05:36,620 --> 02:05:37,260
Summall

1536
02:05:37,260 --> 02:05:42,440
So I got motion been made and seconded. Are there any comments or questions on this item?

1537
02:05:43,940 --> 02:05:52,040
Hearing none. I proceeded with the role Trustee Ruin. Yes, Trustee Wajowski. No, Trustee Benucci. Yes, Trustee Kalkanis.

1538
02:05:52,040 --> 02:05:52,120
Yes.

1539
02:05:53,990 --> 02:05:54,790
Trustee Kiefer.

1540
02:05:55,170 --> 02:05:55,330
Yes.

1541
02:05:55,930 --> 02:05:56,690
Trustee Morrison.

1542
02:05:56,970 --> 02:05:57,150
No.

1543
02:05:57,530 --> 02:05:58,530
Mayor Argadalus.

1544
02:05:59,030 --> 02:05:59,210
Yes.

1545
02:05:59,730 --> 02:06:00,490
Motion carries.

1546
02:06:00,650 --> 02:06:01,010
Thank you.

1547
02:06:01,750 --> 02:06:07,510
Before we go on to the next item, I'd like to take a five minute break and then we'll come back

1548
02:06:07,510 --> 02:06:08,850
and finish the meeting here tonight.

1549
02:06:09,470 --> 02:06:10,010
Thank you.

1550
02:06:12,670 --> 02:06:13,490
Do you have a report?

1551
02:06:14,750 --> 02:06:19,370
One thing I actually, and I did have it on my nose to talk about this anyway, I know Ms.

1552
02:06:19,450 --> 02:06:20,330
Quinn had brought it up.

1553
02:06:21,110 --> 02:06:27,730
The quarry in unincorporated Wil County next to Bowlingbrook has not been nixed so just to clarify that

1554
02:06:27,730 --> 02:06:31,510
It actually did receive a favorable recommendation from the Wil County

1555
02:06:32,130 --> 02:06:32,590
planning

1556
02:06:33,590 --> 02:06:34,050
Commission

1557
02:06:34,590 --> 02:06:38,170
By a vote of three to two and it will go now to the full Wil County board

1558
02:06:38,170 --> 02:06:40,870
I believe on January 16th 16th. Yeah

1559
02:06:41,370 --> 02:06:44,890
We had a meeting with Bowlingbrook this morning on a separate matter

1560
02:06:44,890 --> 02:06:48,050
So I was talking with their administrator about it a bit as well

1561
02:06:48,050 --> 02:06:52,690
I know they were a little disappointed in the plan commission vote or the planning committee vote

1562
02:06:53,450 --> 02:06:55,490
And encouraged as I would do the same

1563
02:06:57,010 --> 02:07:00,730
Contact contact county board members particularly those in our district

1564
02:07:01,430 --> 02:07:06,850
To discuss that as well as I mentioned no meeting on January 20th

1565
02:07:06,850 --> 02:07:09,370
Next week are our formal public

1566
02:07:10,090 --> 02:07:16,010
Budget process will begin I believe we start with water and sewer next week. So not to issue a spoiler there, but

1567
02:07:16,010 --> 02:07:18,630
But that's where we will begin next week.

1568
02:07:18,630 --> 02:07:22,990
We have a lot to talk about in terms of water and sewer improvements for the air and

1569
02:07:22,990 --> 02:07:28,130
plants for the air and just the overall budget for the air so we're looking forward to starting

1570
02:07:28,130 --> 02:07:28,350
that.

1571
02:07:28,770 --> 02:07:29,350
That's all I have tonight.

1572
02:07:29,870 --> 02:07:30,290
Thank you.

1573
02:07:30,770 --> 02:07:31,650
Management Services report.

1574
02:07:31,970 --> 02:07:32,630
No report tonight.

1575
02:07:32,750 --> 02:07:33,030
Thank you.

1576
02:07:33,250 --> 02:07:33,930
Engineers report.

1577
02:07:34,150 --> 02:07:34,470
No report.

1578
02:07:34,870 --> 02:07:35,770
Planning Department report.

1579
02:07:36,050 --> 02:07:36,390
No report.

1580
02:07:36,810 --> 02:07:37,730
Building Department report.

1581
02:07:38,510 --> 02:07:38,830
Ditto.

1582
02:07:39,310 --> 02:07:40,050
No report.

1583
02:07:40,550 --> 02:07:41,930
Did you warm up yet, Mr. Spires?

1584
02:07:41,930 --> 02:07:48,210
I am finally warmed up after that exciting two hours all right public works mr.

1585
02:07:48,370 --> 02:07:52,350
Three what you have some things to say tonight. Thank you mayor and good evening board

1586
02:07:52,350 --> 02:08:00,410
We have actually three items underneath the public works report tonight, and they are related to two projects that are in the village's

1587
02:08:00,410 --> 02:08:07,130
Adopted transportation plan the first two items are related to the 127th Street and Plainfield, Naperville Road

1588
02:08:07,690 --> 02:08:08,690
intersection improvement

1589
02:08:08,690 --> 02:08:10,390
This project's been

1590
02:08:10,390 --> 02:08:17,150
And going through engineering for a number of years now, we're actually on the January 17th

1591
02:08:17,150 --> 02:08:17,610
eye dot letting.

1592
02:08:17,770 --> 02:08:22,450
So at that point, I dot will open the bids on behalf of the, on the village and we will

1593
02:08:22,450 --> 02:08:25,130
know who the low bid contractor is at that point.

1594
02:08:25,670 --> 02:08:33,010
To facilitate that work, I dot does require an agreement with them essentially establishing

1595
02:08:33,010 --> 02:08:37,350
the parameters of the contract and how the village will be paying for their share of the project.

1596
02:08:37,350 --> 02:08:45,870
The overall project costs around $4.8 million with $2.5 million in federal funds being

1597
02:08:45,870 --> 02:08:47,290
already secured for the project.

1598
02:08:47,910 --> 02:08:52,490
In addition to the $2.5 million in federal funds, we also have an IGA with Bowlingbrook

1599
02:08:53,070 --> 02:08:57,250
and Wil County to fund their legs of the intersection.

1600
02:08:57,470 --> 02:09:02,010
The North leg is actually under the jurisdiction of Wil County and the East leg is under the

1601
02:09:02,010 --> 02:09:03,150
jurisdiction of Bowlingbrook.

1602
02:09:03,150 --> 02:09:08,370
So of that $4.8 million, a significant cost, a significant

1603
02:09:08,370 --> 02:09:11,830
portion of that cost is being paid by either the federal

1604
02:09:11,830 --> 02:09:15,910
government or bowling brook and Wil County.

1605
02:09:16,530 --> 02:09:20,370
So with that, if there are any questions, the first item

1606
02:09:20,370 --> 02:09:23,270
is related, like I said, to the agreement with IDAT

1607
02:09:23,270 --> 02:09:25,730
and I can answer questions on the second item.

1608
02:09:26,290 --> 02:09:27,410
I have a question, Mr. Threewitt.

1609
02:09:28,010 --> 02:09:32,670
Any updates on timing of both when you anticipate it could

1610
02:09:32,670 --> 02:09:36,430
start and how long the project would the duration would be I know a lot of

1611
02:09:36,430 --> 02:09:39,490
residents ask that question you know because they're thinking about their

1612
02:09:39,490 --> 02:09:43,530
commute as well through that area. So I'll start with the timing of when the

1613
02:09:43,530 --> 02:09:49,150
project would begin with the January 17th letting with I'd at typically they

1614
02:09:49,150 --> 02:09:54,470
have 60 days to award the contract and from what we've been seeing lately with

1615
02:09:54,470 --> 02:09:59,530
them they take a good pilot 60 days so essentially two months after after that

1616
02:09:59,530 --> 02:10:05,210
January 17th date, the contractor would have a notice to proceed with that. They would

1617
02:10:05,210 --> 02:10:09,090
look for all the utilities to be cleared before they start work and actually administer

1618
02:10:09,090 --> 02:10:13,730
your Blake Word. We had a meeting with Bullying for to talk about some of the utility relocations

1619
02:10:13,730 --> 02:10:21,290
on their legs. Realistically, we anticipate the project starting around May 1st and lasting

1620
02:10:21,290 --> 02:10:24,490
all the way through the 2025 construction season.

1621
02:10:24,490 --> 02:10:27,010
So, completed in 25, though.

1622
02:10:27,390 --> 02:10:28,430
That would be the goal.

1623
02:10:28,650 --> 02:10:30,050
Most likely, yeah, gotcha.

1624
02:10:30,130 --> 02:10:30,950
No guarantees ever.

1625
02:10:31,950 --> 02:10:32,910
All right, thank you.

1626
02:10:33,030 --> 02:10:34,410
Are there any other questions for Mr. Threewood

1627
02:10:34,410 --> 02:10:35,530
on this particular item?

1628
02:10:36,710 --> 02:10:37,170
Ms. Gibbis?

1629
02:10:38,150 --> 02:10:40,130
We're seeking board consideration of a motion

1630
02:10:40,130 --> 02:10:41,550
to authorize the bill to President

1631
02:10:41,870 --> 02:10:44,570
to execute the local public agency agreement

1632
02:10:44,570 --> 02:10:46,050
for federal participation.

1633
02:10:49,370 --> 02:10:53,250
BLR05310C and approve corresponding resolution number 1855

1634
02:10:53,250 --> 02:11:00,630
as to utilize the federal funds along with the local funds for the 127th Street slash Plainfield

1635
02:11:00,630 --> 02:11:08,210
Mayperville Road intersection that motion's been made and seconded Trustee Ruling.

1636
02:11:08,290 --> 02:11:08,390
Yes.

1637
02:11:08,710 --> 02:11:09,550
Trustee Wichowski.

1638
02:11:09,730 --> 02:11:09,870
Yes.

1639
02:11:10,070 --> 02:11:10,810
Trustee Penucine.

1640
02:11:10,870 --> 02:11:11,050
Yes.

1641
02:11:11,310 --> 02:11:12,310
Trustee Kielkannis.

1642
02:11:12,970 --> 02:11:13,330
Yes.

1643
02:11:13,950 --> 02:11:14,870
Trustee Kiefer.

1644
02:11:15,010 --> 02:11:15,150
Yes.

1645
02:11:15,330 --> 02:11:15,850
Trustee Larson.

1646
02:11:15,970 --> 02:11:16,170
Yes.

1647
02:11:16,570 --> 02:11:16,890
Thank you.

1648
02:11:16,890 --> 02:11:17,650
and motion carries.

1649
02:11:18,130 --> 02:11:19,210
Mr. Threwett, please proceed.

1650
02:11:19,630 --> 02:11:20,010
Thank you.

1651
02:11:20,170 --> 02:11:23,250
The next item is also related to the same project,

1652
02:11:23,370 --> 02:11:26,550
127th Street and Plainfield-Napier-Bull Road intersection.

1653
02:11:27,270 --> 02:11:31,030
For the construction, we do typically hire a consultant

1654
02:11:31,030 --> 02:11:34,710
to oversee what we refer to as phase three portion

1655
02:11:34,710 --> 02:11:36,490
of the project, construction oversight.

1656
02:11:37,210 --> 02:11:40,190
Staff did put out a request for qualifications

1657
02:11:40,190 --> 02:11:43,110
through our quality-based selection process

1658
02:11:43,110 --> 02:11:49,510
us and did rank the firms that did submit to the village based on the ranking criteria

1659
02:11:50,310 --> 02:11:56,770
trans systems was viewed as the most qualified consultant by village staff and then we did

1660
02:11:57,450 --> 02:12:02,430
after that we didn't negotiate with them on scope and fee for the project and with that

1661
02:12:02,430 --> 02:12:07,310
we would be looking for the board's concurrence on executing a contract with trans systems

1662
02:12:07,310 --> 02:12:08,770
for the phase three engineering.

1663
02:12:09,170 --> 02:12:16,090
Mr. Threewood, even though I dot has a role in this, they didn't have a role in this aspect of the project that was solely our call.

1664
02:12:16,430 --> 02:12:18,890
That is correct. Any other questions from Mr. Threewood?

1665
02:12:19,130 --> 02:12:30,330
I will add, they do not have a say in the selection process, but the engineering agreement that is used is a standard I dot engineering agreement, but they did not have a say in the selection.

1666
02:12:30,330 --> 02:12:55,950
So, yeah, I would take that to believe that or take that to mean that they had to kind of be up to speed for I dot standards and sign that I dot contract with the terms that are typically in there, but we they didn't I dot do not select. We selected on that. That's how I read your report. Thank you.

1667
02:12:55,950 --> 02:13:03,310
and amount not to exceed $381,928 and to authorize the VILGE President to execute the local public agency

1668
02:13:03,310 --> 02:13:08,550
and deniering services agreement for the 127th Street Slash Plain Field Neighborhood Road Intersection Project.

1669
02:13:08,850 --> 02:13:09,190
Almost.

1670
02:13:09,670 --> 02:13:09,850
Second.

1671
02:13:10,470 --> 02:13:11,270
Motion's been made.

1672
02:13:11,950 --> 02:13:13,130
And seconded.

1673
02:13:13,370 --> 02:13:14,210
Trustee Boehme.

1674
02:13:14,470 --> 02:13:14,590
Yes.

1675
02:13:14,910 --> 02:13:15,650
Trustee Charles Key.

1676
02:13:15,750 --> 02:13:15,910
Yes.

1677
02:13:16,270 --> 02:13:16,770
Trustee Boehme.

1678
02:13:17,110 --> 02:13:17,250
Yes.

1679
02:13:17,650 --> 02:13:18,530
Trustee Kelcannis.

1680
02:13:20,300 --> 02:13:21,160
Trustee Kiefer.

1681
02:13:21,340 --> 02:13:21,500
Yes.

1682
02:13:21,800 --> 02:13:22,340
Trustee Larson.

1683
02:13:22,640 --> 02:13:22,760
Yes.

1684
02:13:22,940 --> 02:13:23,860
Thank you, the motion carries.

1685
02:13:23,860 --> 02:13:29,980
Mr. Threewitt. Thank you. And finishing this off here in the Public Works report. So I

1686
02:13:29,980 --> 02:13:34,500
mentioned that the two projects are both in our transportation plan. This next project

1687
02:13:34,500 --> 02:13:41,180
here is actually pedestrian improvement project. It's in the Benson, Central Elementary and

1688
02:13:41,180 --> 02:13:47,700
St. Mary School. When we did go through the transportation plan, one of the top priority

1689
02:13:47,700 --> 02:13:53,380
For pedestrian improvements was the addition of sidewalks in this area.

1690
02:13:53,860 --> 02:13:59,180
With that staff did move forward with a submittal for the Safe Routes to School program.

1691
02:13:59,460 --> 02:14:04,820
As part of that submittal the board did pass a resolution that if the village did get

1692
02:14:04,820 --> 02:14:11,360
selected to receive funds through this program that the village would contribute their proportion

1693
02:14:11,360 --> 02:14:21,300
with that. We did receive that grant. I think it was a $250,000 grant. So we are looking to advance the engineering work for this project.

1694
02:14:21,840 --> 02:14:31,000
Since Safe Process School is a federal program, it does require engineering through the I-DOT engineering phase one phase two process.

1695
02:14:31,220 --> 02:14:40,860
So we'd be looking to go through the process within this budget season and then the funding for the sidewalk through the,

1696
02:14:40,860 --> 02:14:44,140
Through the federal funding program wouldn't be available until potentially

1697
02:14:44,660 --> 02:14:51,000
2026 to do the construction so the actual construction funding you'll see in future budget presentations

1698
02:14:52,060 --> 02:14:54,220
Any questions for Mr. Threewood on this item

1699
02:14:55,260 --> 02:14:59,980
Ms. Gives we're seeking for consideration of emotion to offer ice-village president eggs

1700
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:09,680
Mr. Kuth, engineering services agreement with Baxman-Wubin, for Central Elementary and St. Mary-Mackelet Parish School, sidewalks, phase one, engineering services, and mountain autopsy at $108,000.

1701
02:15:10,140 --> 02:15:29,980
So moved. Motion's been made, and seconded. Trustee Buehne? Yes. Trustee Towsky? Yes. Trustee Benucci? Yes. Trustee Kale-Kannis? Yes. Trustee Kiefer? Yes. Trustee Larson? Yes. Thank you, that motion carries. Thank you. Mr. Threewitt, Mr. Chief Miller, you're next up. Yes, thank you.

1702
02:15:29,980 --> 02:15:33,320
Thank you, I just have a couple of quick things here, vehicle donations.

1703
02:15:34,240 --> 02:15:41,300
First off, I have, after conferring with our fleet manager, we have, we're looking to donate two surplus and

1704
02:15:41,300 --> 02:15:45,900
inoperable vehicles to the Plainfield Fire Protection District for training purposes.

1705
02:15:46,500 --> 02:15:48,540
Are there any questions for the chief on this item?

1706
02:15:49,560 --> 02:15:49,940
Ms. Gibbis?

1707
02:15:50,240 --> 02:15:58,620
We're seeking board consideration of motion to approve ordinance number 30704, authorizing the donation of two surplus vehicles to the Plainfield Fire Protection District.

1708
02:15:58,620 --> 02:15:59,600
Some move.

1709
02:15:59,800 --> 02:16:00,020
Second.

1710
02:16:00,360 --> 02:16:01,180
Motion's been made.

1711
02:16:01,600 --> 02:16:02,440
And seconded.

1712
02:16:02,880 --> 02:16:03,500
Trustee Brewing.

1713
02:16:03,880 --> 02:16:04,020
Yes.

1714
02:16:04,320 --> 02:16:05,160
Trustee Wajowski.

1715
02:16:05,600 --> 02:16:06,300
Trustee Benuchin.

1716
02:16:06,400 --> 02:16:06,540
Yes.

1717
02:16:06,720 --> 02:16:07,720
Trustee Kielcannis.

1718
02:16:08,520 --> 02:16:08,880
Yes.

1719
02:16:09,220 --> 02:16:10,040
Trustee Kiefer.

1720
02:16:10,200 --> 02:16:10,380
Yes.

1721
02:16:10,560 --> 02:16:11,100
Trustee Larson.

1722
02:16:11,420 --> 02:16:11,560
Yes.

1723
02:16:11,740 --> 02:16:12,720
Thank you there, motion carries.

1724
02:16:13,460 --> 02:16:13,680
Chief.

1725
02:16:14,320 --> 02:16:19,300
Next is, we are looking to donate a 25-year-old vehicle.

1726
02:16:19,420 --> 02:16:23,680
It's a 2004 transit van to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

1727
02:16:24,460 --> 02:16:30,240
there's no longer a purposeful use for the van and like I said it's about 25

1728
02:16:30,240 --> 02:16:35,120
years old we did have it listed at one time for several months with no

1729
02:16:35,120 --> 02:16:40,460
offers for it and with the amount of equipment in it when I was purchased it

1730
02:16:40,460 --> 02:16:45,660
was purchased for a mass arrest situation and I was told that literally

1731
02:16:45,660 --> 02:16:52,360
hasn't been used in probably 20 years. Any questions for the chief? Ms. Gibbous?

1732
02:16:52,360 --> 02:16:58,760
We're seeking for consideration of a motion to approve ordinance number 30705 authorizing the donation of a

1733
02:16:59,200 --> 02:17:01,940
2004 van to the Franklin County Illinois Sheriff's Department

1734
02:17:03,080 --> 02:17:10,720
Target motions been made and seconded trustee ruin. Yes, trustee, which I was keen. Yes, trustee Benucci. Yes, trustee kill canis

1735
02:17:12,220 --> 02:17:15,780
Trustee keeper. Yes, trustee Larson. Yes. Thank you. That motion carries

1736
02:17:16,460 --> 02:17:19,480
Mr. Vogel. Thank you, Mr. Chief Mr. Vogel

1737
02:17:19,480 --> 02:17:29,720
Thank you a few reminders plan commission tomorrow evening is cancelled coffee with the mayor is 9 a.m. January 8th this Wednesday at the village hall here

1738
02:17:30,320 --> 02:17:37,320
January 9th historic preservation commission is cancelled January 13th is our next meeting of this board. It's our committee the whole workshop

1739
02:17:37,880 --> 02:17:47,400
January 20th the offices are closed remark with their king day and February 3rd is our next regularly scheduled village business meeting at 7 p.m. Here is their emotion to adjourn

1740
02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:55,620
Some of second motion's been made in seconded to adjourn all in favor aye all opposed thank you that motion can thank y'all