City Council Minutes 1996 07-31-96 (special cc) PLANO COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 88
Minutes of Special Board Meeting
Board of Education
The Board of Education of Plano Community Unit School District No.
88 met in special session on Wednesday, July 31, 1996 at 7: 00 p.m.
in the Middle School Learning Center.
CALL TO ORDER
President Korn called the special meeting to order at 7: 00
p.m. Present for roll call were Allen, Helmers, Jensen, Korn
and Vorbau. Members Hamlin and Seward were absent. Others
present were Superintendent Woody and Board Secretary Benoit.
Also present were the following:
Plano City Council - Mayor Sue Nesson and aldermen James
Dockendorf, Tom Gorman, Richard Klatt, David Limon and David
Williams.
Yorkville City Council - Mayor Robert Johnson and aldermen
Kathryn Jones and Arthur Prochaska.
Yorkville Board of Education - Superintendent Tom Engler and
Board members Michael Crouch, Anne Engelhardt and Anita
Holmgren.
The following visitors also introduced themselves: Delia
Limon, Sarah Minalga, Larry Trimberger and Kerri Wilson.
President Korn also welcomed media representatives Kathy
Farren (Record) , Dave Frieders (WSPY/WFXV) and Valerie Burd
(Beacon-News) .
II JOINT MEETING OF PLANO AND YORKVILLE BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND
PLANO AND YORKVILLE CITY COUNCILS TO DISCUSS RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Superintendent Woody welcomed everyone to the joint meeting
and thanked them for attending. He went on to explain that
everyone in the room must realize that growth is inevitable,
but the focus of the meeting is to discuss what the group can
do, collectively, to insure that residential development does
not negatively impact our school systems?
Superintendent Woody introduced the process of the nominal
group technique which would be used to invoke discussion,
bring forth suggestions and culminate by highlighting common
concerns of the group.
Following the process, the group determined that the concerns
focused on six major issues: growth/development,
communication, fees/funding, preparation/planning, boundaries
and philosophy.
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II Superintendent Woody asked about the future plans for this
group. Plano Alderman Williams said that he felt that the
group could prepare a mission statement from the six major
issues. Plano Mayor Nesson asked if Mr. Woody could prepare
a synopsis of the results of the meeting and send it to all
participants so they could go back to their respective groups
and share the information and begin to formulate some action
ideas. Superintendent Woody asked if the group was interested
in inviting other communities to meet. Yorkville Board member
Crouch said that the communities of Plano and Yorkville have
many of the same concerns and the focus of a larger group may
become too diverse. Those present agreed that the group
should not grow in size too quickly. Plano Alderman said that
the group should make a commitment to meet again soon so the
excellent ideas which were generated at the meeting are not
lost.
Yorkville Board member Holmgren asked whether the individual
groups should put together an action plan related to the six
issues. Superintendent Woody said action plans may not be
possible, but that the groups should try to come back with
some thoughts to share with the group. Yorkville Alderman
Engelhardt said that a particular group may find that that
they cannot impact a certain issue (ie. the school districts
cannot change land/cash ordinances and fees) , but they will
find that certain issues will surface which are their concern
and they can make a difference. Plano Mayor Nesson said that
a certain group may also find that they are already addressing
an issue, but are not doing a good job communicating it with
the other factions.
The group agreed to meet again on Tuesday, September 24 , 1996
at 7 :00 p.m. at a location to be determinated in the Yorkville
School District.
III ADJOURNMENT
Superintendent Woody thanked everyone for attending and for
their valuable input. He said the group should realize that
they have made an important "first step, " and that they should
try to keep the concerns which were discussed in the front of
their mind when discussing residential growth and strive to
"remain committed" to the goal.
Allen moved, and Vorbau seconded the motion, to adjourn the
special meeting at 9: 14 p.m.
Voting aye: Allen, Vorbau, Helmers, Jensen and Korn.
Motion carried: 5 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent.
Plano Community Unit School District No. 88
804 South Hale Street • Plano, Illinois 60545-2098
Phone 630/552-8978 • Fax 630/552-8548
Memorandum
TO: Joint Meeting Participants
FROM: Bill Woody
RE: Meeting/Notes/Results
DATE: August 30, 1996
Enclosed with this memo are the notes from our July 31, 1996 Joint
Meeting. I apologize for taking so long to get this information to
you. It really didn't take this long to compile the information,
we simply forgot to get it out to everyone.
There are two pieces of information enclosed. The first is a
numeric listing of the ideas generated on July 31st and the ranking
they received. The second is an attempt to place these ideas under
the six general themes we discussed at the meeting; growth/
development, communication, fees/funding, preparation/planning,
boundaries and philosophy.
Prior to our next scheduled Joint Meeting on September 24 , 1996,
please feel free to share this information with your colleagues who
were not present at our first meeting.
I look forward to seeing you on September 24th.
WW/kb
Enc.
William Woody, Superintendent -
Joint Meeting of Plano and Yorkville
Boards of Education and City Councils
Ideas Generated at Meeting on July 31, 1996,
1. Control density of development.
3,4,4
2 . Control type of residential development.
5,3,5,1,1,5
3 . Balance of development (commercial, industrial and
residential. )
4,4,3,1,5,1
4. Keep lines of communication open.
1,5,2,4,4,3
5. Uniformity in transition fees.
1,2,5,2,1
6. Brainstorm with other districts about coping with growth/tax
caps.
1,5,5,1
7. Common philosophy which recognizes developer's responsibility
to community.
2,4,5,2
8. Keep schools aware of proposed development.
2
9. Well-planned land use (comprehensive plan. )
3,2,3
10. Everyone participate in process/growth.
11. Schools keep city informed of capacities, overcrowding.
4
12 . Pass transition fee ordinance (Plano. )
2,1
13. Improve land/cash ordinance (Plano. )
14. Mutual agreement on city boundaries.
15. Collaborate on tax cap position and funding.
4, 1,3
16. Clarify school district boundaries by cities.
1
17. Shift thinking to "bedrooms. "
18. Keep land/cash and transition fees current (realistic) and
review periodically.
5,3,4,2,4,3
19. Uniformity in land/cash fees between cities and county.
2,3,2,1,5, 4,2
20. No (control/limit) low-income housing.
3
21. Provide accurate data (demographics, school capacities, income
projections, etc. )
5
22. Cities stay aggressive looking commercial/industrial growth.
4,5
23 . Communicate with public regarding impact (positive and
negative) of growth on community.
2,2,3,3,1
24 . Remain focused on what is in best interest of young people.
5
25. Proper land sites set aside for schools.
26. Communicate with state government regarding authority to
collect fees.
1,1,4,5
27. Remain focused on best interest of entire community.
5,3,5
28. Up front, communicate with developer about quality of life
here.
29 . Mutual/public support for financial support, referendum.
4
30. Prepare for growth, communicate.
4,3
31. Coordinate referendum in community.
32 . Remove "turf" issue.
2
33 . Allow citizens to determine boundaries without hard feelings.
34 . Dialogue between city planning commissions.
3
35. Remain committed.
1,2
36. Realize land/cash ordinance will not build a school.
37. Unite communities via children.
/joint.ideas/8-12-96
Joint Meeting of Piano and Yorkville
Boards of Education and City Councils
Outline from Ideas Generated at Meeting on July 31, 1996
Growth/Development
1. Control density of development.
2 . Control type of residential development.
3 . Balance of development (commercial, industrial and residential. )
20. No (control/limit) low-income housing.
22 . Cities stay aggressive looking commercial/industrial growth.
31. Coordinate referendum in community.
Communication
4 . Keep lines of communication open.
6. Brainstorm with other districts about coping with growth/tax caps.
8. Keep schools aware of proposed development.
10. Everyone participate in process/growth.
11. Schools keep city informed of capacities, overcrowding.
21. Provide accurate data (demographics, school capacities, income
projections, etc. )
23 . Communicate with public regarding impact (positive and negative) of
growth on community.
34. Dialogue between city planning commissions.
Fees/Funding
5. Uniformity in transition fees.
7. Common philosophy which recognizes developer' s responsibility to
community.
12 . Pass transition fee ordinance (Plano. )
13 . Improve land/cash ordinance (Plano. )
17. Shift thinking to "bedrooms. "
18. Keep land/cash and transition fees current (realistic) and review
periodically.
19. Uniformity in land/cash fees between cities and county.
26. Communicate with state government regarding authority to collect fees.
29. Mutual/public support for financial support, referendum.
36. Realize land/cash ordinance will not build a school.
Preparation/Planning
9. Well-planned land use (comprehensive plan. )
25. Proper land sites set aside for schools.
30. Prepare for growth, communicate.
Boundaries
14. Mutual agreement on city boundaries.
16. Clarify school district boundaries by cities.
32 . Remove "turf" issue.
33 . Allow "citizens to determine boundaries without hard feelings.
Philosophy_
7 . Common philosophy which recognizes developer's responsibility to
community.
15. Collaborate on tax cap position and funding.
24 . Remain focused on what is in best interest of young people.
27. Remain focused on best interest of entire community.
28. Up front, communicate with developer about quality of life here.
35. Remain committed.
37 . Unite communities via children.