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City Council Minutes 1999 01-28-99 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS HELD AT THE KENDALL COUNTY BOARD ROOM, 111 W. FOX ST., YORKVILLE ON THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1999. Mayor Bob Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Clerk Simmons called the roll. Ward I Spang Present Sticka Present Ward II Burd Present Kot Present Ward III Anderson Present Prochaska Present Ward IV Sowinski Present Spears Present QUORUM A quorum was established. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Mayor Johnson welcomed those present and asked them to introduce themselves and to enter their name on the attendance sheet provided. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA The presentation for the Christmas Decoration Awards was moved to the next City Council Meeting, February 11, 1999. COMMITTEE MEETING DATES Public Works Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Monday February 8, 1999 Conference Room - Suite 3 Economic Development Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Tuesday February 16, 1999 Conference Room - Suite 3 Public Safety Committee 6:30 P.M. Kendall County Building Monday February 1, 1999 Conference Room - Suite 3 Administration Committee 7:00 P.M. Kendall County Building Tuesday February 9, 1999 Conference Room - Suite 3 CITIZENS COMMENTS Mayor Johnson asked if there were any citizens who wished to make comments to please step forward and state their name and address. The following citizens made their comments. Robert W. James, Jr. - 508 Heustis St. stated he feels the City needs a new City Hall. He said we need to look to the future, including future expansion. He said he feels the original plans are just the bare minimum that is needed. He said the City could use the basement as a shelter for tornadoes. He said maybe the City could get a grant from the Government to help out with the costs. Elden Madden -206 Elizabeth St. gave a brief history of the City and the administration buildings and when Yorkville actually became a city.. He stated in April of 1957 he was awarded the position of Alderman in Ward 1. He said he held the position as Alderman for three more elections and one as Mayor. He said he worked for 10 years as Public Works Director and Building Zoning Officer and retired in October 1983 as Administrative Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 2 Assistant to the Mayor. He stated that he is in favor of a new administrative building as close as possible to the original plans. He stated the City has grown and the Administration Offices and Police Department have made do long enough. He said it is time to get out of the make do syndrome and give the citizens a decent, practical and planned Administrative Building they can be proud of. Marian Manthei -801 S. Main stated she would like to request the Council to take on the Court House as the millennium project. She asked the Council to consider helping save the old Court House and bringing it into the 21st century. Robert Allen - 511 Blaine St. stated he is running for the City Treasurer's position. He said he is interested in the Court House and what use it will be made of after the City builds in a different location. He said he would like to see the use of the Court House be by the City. He said the Kendall Fire Department will be moving out of their building and is concerned with having two large vacant buildings. He said there are excellent arguments on both sides and requested that this be put on the up coming ballot in April as a referendum and let the people decide. Attorney Kramer stated the dead line to get this certified is February 4th or 5th and is to quick to get it done. He said there would have to be notices and the request would have to be certified to the Clerk. Alderman Burd asked if Mr. Allen as a interested person could circulated a petition. Attorney Kramer stated that it is not a binding referendum and he would have to look in to it and see if there would have to be court approval or if simply the City Clerk certifying that yes there are X number of signatures of electors in ratio to the last election. He said on non binding referendums it is 10% of those electors who voted for the Mayor in the last election. Alderman Spang stated the last city wide election was for City Clerk which was roughly 850 voters. Attorney Kramer stated it would be very tight for the City Council to get this put on the ballot as a referendum. He said had it been at the last City Council meeting it could have been done easily by the February 4th deadline. Robert Allen stated the new High School was on a referendum and a huge expenditure for the tax payers and feels this is going to be another issue that is going to affect those who live in Yorkville for many years. He requested the Council consider this as an option. Jeff Baker - 507 Heustis St. and former Alderman of Ward 2 stated Yorkville is in a cross roads with the southwest area. He said this area is about to lose the Fire Station, the County Building next to the Fire Station and within the next 2 to 4 years the Yorkville Methodist Church. He said the city has the ability to revitalize this area with the money Congressman Dennis Hastert and State Representative Tom Cross have with the restrictions that they allow. He said no one wants the Court House taken down. He said the question is does the City want it. He said no. He said lets turn it into a museum and a meeting place for the public. He said hopefully we can revitalize the area thru some foresight, get a theme and attract businesses into these buildings so they don't stand empty for years. He said meanwhile we can keep our sights on one direction, which in his opinion is getting the best deal the City could get for a new building. He said it is long past time for a new building. PUBLIC HEARING A motion was made by Alderman Kot to go into Public Hearing for the purpose of PC98-19 T & D Metals -Annexation & Rezoning; seconded by Alderman Prochaska. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 3 Approved by roll call vote. Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 Attorney Kramer stated T & D Metals is the record title owner of the property located on the west side of Route 47, just north of Cannonball Trail. He said this Public Hearing is on the written Annexation Agreement. He said it is required by State law to be heard when there is to be a written agreement between the parties. He said a Public Hearing on the annexation and rezoning itself was done at the Plan Commission in November. He said this portion of the property is a manufacturing zoning only. He said it excludes the corner of Cannonball and Route 47 which there is a petition pending before the Plan Commission to zone as B-3. He said the area is the existing site of the plant known as Remline. He said there have been hearings and comments at the Plan Commission. He said an annexation agreement has been prepared with the recommendations provided by staff and the petitioner from several months ago. He said if there are any comments it will be on the annexation agreement. Mayor asked if there were any Public comments. Paul Buddy-3193 Cannonball Trail, stated this property surrounds his 2 acres. He said he has no objections to the M-1 zoning, but does have a major objection to the B-3 zoning. Attorney Kramer stated that the B-3 zoning is going back to the Plan Commission on the second Wednesday in February at 7:00 p.m. He said after that it will go back to committee and then to the City Council. A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to go out of Public Hearing; seconded by Alderman Spears. Approved by roll call vote. Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 PLANNING COMMISSION/ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS/SIGN REVIEW BOARD No report. MINUTES FOR APPROVAL Clerk Simmons stated there were two corrections on the minutes. Page 4 under Economic Development Committee Report, the Resolution number should be 99-1. Page 5 under Public Safety Committee Report, the Ordinance number should be 99-1. A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 14, 1999 as corrected; seconded by Alderman Anderson. Approved by viva voce vote. BILLS FOR APPROVAL A motion was made by Alderman Sticka to approve the bill list dated January 28, 1999 in the amount of $197,702.41 (vendor), $74,091.32 (payroll), for a total disbursements of $271,793.73; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 4 Approved by roll call vote Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang nay Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Ayes: 7 Nays: 1 ATTORNEY'S REPORT No report. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Johnson read a letter of resignation from Ralph Pfister resigning from the Plan Commission. He said in Mr. Pfister's resignation letter he asked to be considered for an appointment to the Zoning Board of Appeals. He said there was a vacancy on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Mayor Johnson recommended the nomination of Ralph Pfister to the Zoning Board of Appeals. A motion was made by Alderman Sowinski to appoint Ralph Pfister to the Zoning Board of Appeals; seconded by Alderman Kot. Approved by roll call vote. Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 Mayor Johnson recommended the nomination of Jeff Baker to the Plan Commission. A motion was made by Alderman Kot to appoint Jeff Baker to the Plan Commission; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Approved by roll call vote. Prochaska abstain Sticka aye Spang abstain Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 Abstain: 2 Mayor Johnson reminded everyone of the Yorkville/Plano Boundary meeting Saturday, January 30, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. at the Plano City Hall. Mayor Johnson stated the Kendall County Planning Commission is having their annual plan work shop on Saturday, February 6, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. at the Kendall County Board Room. CITY CLERK'S REPORT No report. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT No report. CITY ADMINISTRATOR 'S REPORT No report. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 5 SCHOOL COMMUNITY REPORT Alderman Sticka stated the School Board approved the sale of $2,000,000.00 in Tax Anticipation Warrants with an interest rate of 3.8% which included all the legal fees. He said Brian Debolt gave a report of the accomplishments over the past year of the staff of custodians and building and grounds people with the new high school and the changing of the old high school over to a middle school. OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS None. COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT NOVEMBER & DECEMBER WATER REPORTS A motion was made by Alderman Sowinski to accept the November and December water reports as presented; seconded by Alderman Prochaska. Approved by viva voce vote. REQUEST FOR PAYMENT #2 FOR SSES PROJECT A motion was made by Alderman Sowinski to approve pay estimate #2 to Hamilton Construction, Inc. in the amount of $238,985.10 for work completed on the City Wide Sanitary, Sewer and Manhole Rehabilitation project, subject to the approval by the EPA; seconded by Alderman Prochaska. Approved by roll call vote. Spang aye Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (ORDINANCE 99-2) ARTHUR SHERIDAN ANNEXATION REQUEST PC98-20 A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to approve the annexation to the United City of Yorkville and zoning of the real property described in PC98-20 to B-3 PUD Business District special use; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Approved by roll call vote. Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 (ORDINANCE 99-3) ARTHUR SHERIDAN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to authorize the Mayor and City clerk of the United City of Yorkville to execute the Annexation/Planned Unit Development Agreement between Arthur Sheridan and Associates, LTD., and the United City of Yorkville; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 6 Alderman Spang asked what the date was of the Planned Unit Agreement that is being voted on. Attorney Kramer stated January 18, 1999. Alderman Spang stated that he has not had an opportunity to determine yet on this agreement whether or not we are permitting well and septic on this property and what requirement the city would have to connect to city sewer and water. Attorney Kramer stated that if they development a hotel site, there is a clause that they must connect to city sewer and water. He said if they development just the motor fuel system, they can have well and septic if permitted in terms of number of patrons and the sizes of the bathrooms in terms of the public health codes. He said there are two alternative provisions if they extend the utilities from the east side of the creek in Fox Hill as far as when and how much they can recover. He said there is a different provision if Fox Hill brings the utilities west of the creek. Alderman Spang asked what would be permitted with the restaurant. Attorney Kramer stated that it would be permitted without city sewer &water if it is a stand alone building and not connected with the hotel. Approved by roll call vote. Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang nay Kot aye Ayes: 7 Nays: 1 (ORDINANCE 99-4) REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION & REZONING T & D METALS/REMLINE PC98-19 A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to approve the annexation to the United City of Yorkville and zoning of the real property described in PC98-19 to M-1 Limited Industrial District; seconded by Alderman Anderson. There were questions asked of Remline's attorney Patrick Kinnally, comments and discussion amongst the City Council members. Approved by roll call vote. Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Spears aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 (ORDINANCE 99-5) T&D METALS/REMLINE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk of the United City of Yorkville to execute the annexation agreement between T & D Metal Products and the United City of Yorkville; seconded by Alderman Anderson. Approved by roll call vote Sowinski aye Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 7 (RESOLUTION 99-2) CANNONBALL HILL DEVELOPMENT LAND-CASH FEES A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to approve the Resolution approving payment of Land Cash fees at time of building permit with Cannonball Hill Development; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Approved by roll call vote. Anderson aye Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT No report. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE (RESOLUTION 99-3) CITY EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE A motion was made by Alderman Sticka to accept a transfer of the City life insurance company for employee benefits being changed from Nile Care to BMA Company, a division of Blue Cross-Blue Shield; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Approved by roll call vote. Prochaska aye Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Spears aye Burd aye Sowinski aye Anderson aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING BIDS A motion was made by Alderman Sticka to accept the low bid of L.J. Dodd Construction, Inc. for a new City Municipal Building in the amount of $1,784,000.00, contingent upon said successful low bidder agreeing to a reduction in the amount of said contract based on deletion of certain items of said work and changes in specifications totaling $472,000.00, resulting in a contract dollar amount of $1,312,000.00; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Alderman Spang stated he passed out a letter from resident Victoria K. Coveny before the meeting. He said that she arrived at the meeting after citizens comments and asked the Mayor if she could be allowed to yield the floor or could he read the letter into the record. Mayor Johnson told Alderman Spang he would rather he read the letter. Alderman Spang read the letter of Victoria Coveny into the record. (Letter attached to the original minutes). Alderman Spang stated that he distributed a survey to 200 residents selected randomly throughout the city. He said the survey contained 10 questions. He said the first question was; building a new City Hall would be beneficial to the City of Yorkville - 30% responded in agreement, 70% responded in disagreement. Question number 4 was; a new City Hall would increase effectiveness of City Officials, 16% responded in agreement, 84% responded in disagreement. Next questions was; using the old courthouse instead of building a new City Hall would be beneficial to the City of Yorkville, 74% responded in agreement, 26% responded in disagreement. He said there were six additional questions that are not pertinent to this discussion and would be provided in a timely manner. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 8 Alderman Sticka asked how many residents have responded. Alderman Spang stated approximately 15-20% have responded in the last six days and the responses are still coming in at 3 to 5 a day. He said he received a phone call tonight from one of the bidders that bid on the new City Hall, who asked to remain anonymous. He said the bidder told him that if the city accepts the this bid with the changes, then he has not been given the opportunity to bid fairly and offer his bid with the changes. Alderman Sticka stated that more of the people have chosen not to respond to this survey than have responded. He said the people that have responded have not attended the meetings and aren't informed with the same information the City Council has. Alderman Sticka read a written statement. Alderman Burd stated when she was going around her Ward getting names for her petition she randomly knocked on doors and asked the resident their opinion. She said out of the 32 people that signed her petition not one told her to go with the new City Hall. Alderman Spears stated she spoke to a supervisor of law enforcement that was housed in the old courthouse for a period of time and it was their opinion that the courthouse could be made doable. She said there are a lot of issues that need to be addressed. She said her opinion is if this motion is passed tonight it is not being done legally. She asked Attorney Kramer if changing the proposal in any way and not sending it out for rebid is a safe way to go. Attorney Kramer stated there is always a degree of risk when you don't take the lowest bid. He said if the city took the lowest public bidder that is all that is required by statute. He said what we are saying is we don't have sufficient funds to take the low bidder as they are. He said what we are doing is rejecting all other bids, accepting the low bidder, loping off some of the contract, which is legal to do, but if you change specifications you are in affect rejecting the lowest bid. He said the council can do that by a 2/3 vote and eliminate the bidding process or negotiate with the lowest bidder. He said the upside of this is if you feel you are getting the best economic product and down side is there were three relatively close bids and that is where you possibly get litigation. He said the litigation comes from those three lowest bidders saying, you changed the specifications and I could have done it cheaper than the lowest bidder. He said the City Council could do it with the combined motion, or a motion to reject all bids and a motion to approve awarding of a contract without competitive bidding which requires a 2/3 majority vote. He said the Council could make a motion to eliminate the bidding process and negotiate with the lowest bidder. He said if the Council makes a motion to reject all bids that takes simple majority, but if a motion is made to allow approval of a public works contract without competitive bidding, it takes a 2/3 majority vote. He said the safest way is to make a motion to reject all bids and a motion to award a contract without competitive bidding. Alderman Burd stated she was told by three different groups of architects that it was preposterous it could possibly cost$10,000,000.00 to redo the courthouse. She said she was told the courthouse is structurally sound. She said she feels the council is being very short sided if they can't see an old building made into a beautiful facility being much better than anything the city can afford to build. She said she feels the council should wait six week and see what the architects would say on what it would cost to make a totally new interior in the courthouse. Alderman Prochaska stated that he has seen the City Hall building go round and round and feels the City Council needs to make a decision. Alderman Spang stated he is supporting taking the time to investigate the many questions there are on the new building and the renovating of the old courthouse. Alderman Sowinski withdrew his second, Alderman Sticka withdrew his motion. The motion was restated. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28, 1999 - Page 9 A motion was made by Alderman Sticka to reject all the bids that were submitted to build a new City Municipal Building; seconded by Alderman Prochaska. Approved by roll call vote. Sticka aye Spang aye Kot aye Burd aye Prochaska aye Anderson aye Spears aye Sowinski aye Ayes: 8 Nays: 0 A motion was made by Alderman Sticka to waive the competitive bidding process for a new City Municipal Building and authorize the City of Yorkville to enter into a contract to build a new municipal building for the sum of$1,312,000.00 with L.J. Dodd Construction, Inc.; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Alderman Kot stated as the Public Safety Chairman he is somewhat embarrassed by the facilities the Police Department has. He stated that he is convinced the old courthouse is not the answer for a Police Department. He stated the City has the recommendation of the ad hoc committee and staff recommendation, its legal, and it is being done by the book. He said he feels its time to do the right thing and support building a new building for the city. Alderman Spang stated it is difficult for him to conceive a $1.3 million dollar contract without the safety of a competitive bid. He stated that is difficult for him to approve a contract on an entity that is basically unknown. Alderman Sowinski stated presently the economics of the new building is in front of us and we know what we are getting and what the costs are going to be to move into a new building. Alderman Anderson stated he does not think the courthouse is what the city needs right now, but the City does need a new building. He stated that he is in favor of saving the courthouse and feels it is time to move forward. Motion defeated by roll call vote. Sticka aye Spang nay Kot aye Burd nay Prochaska aye Anderson aye Spears nay Sowinski aye Ayes: 5 Nays: 3 A motion was made by Alderman Sticka for the city to contract with the architect to redraft the plans for the new City Hall and Police Station in conformance with the changes worked up by the City and the low bidder and create a new bid package for submission to the building contractors; seconded by Alderman Sowinski. Alderman Spang made a motion to table the rebid of the new building until it is sent back to the ad hoc building committee for review, at which time it can come back to the Council with a recommendation; seconded by Alderman Burd. Motion to table defeated by roll call vote. Sticka nay Spang aye Kot nay Burd aye Prochaska nay Anderson nay Spears nay Sowinski nay Ayes: 2 Nays: 6 • • • Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting January 28. 1999 - Page 10 Motion to rebid approved by roll call vote. Sticka aye Spang nay Kot aye Burd nay Prochaska aye Anderson aye Spears aye Sowinski aye Ayes: 6 Nays: 2 ADDITIONAL BUSINESS None. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Alderman Prochaska to adjourn the meeting at 9:16 p.m.; seconded by Alderman Anderson. Approved by viva voce vote. By: jitxrrir Deborah K. Simmons, City Clerk City of Yorkville, Illinois CITY COUNCIL MEETING PLEASE SIGN IN! NAME: ADDRESS: T.0 roXSZ?90 !►nila((y 4-0 roYa IL • � I/ //. • - . � / 6. 3a / J 9_,k2Jv feeQ _re,`� � 1 fig G , (JoP •• Acepf2) !A/ •• , I C,!, 71 (a`-■ ( 0).01i� 4, /� (//z_ 0 PA 5 ���, eSr_/J /4( % � � (� - I ��1No.J ldbcy l rt. ♦ U L- 3 n o 3 5 3 ■ ,I �La L (1.4eltAAC't 11-41 CITY COUNCIL MEETING al-Ltq PLEASE SIGN IN! NAME: ADDRESS: /Lei 1/1/ 7 , 1 . °WM , coy (\X, . ZiaLff 'EL. L SC// E/gi;'ie -Sfi r • January 27, 1999 City of Yorkville City Council Members 111 W. Fox Street Yorkville, IL 60560 Dear Mayor Johnson & Aldermen: I am ur#ng you to reconsider obtaining the old Kendall County Courthouse building for the use of City Offices since the structure is eligible for $1.5 million in ._ Federal Grant Funds to use towards renovating the building. I am certain the study the County Board recently unanimously authorized to determine what would be required to renovate the building for public use will indicate it would be cost efficient for the City of Yorkville to pursue its' acquisition. Although I have never been in every space the City currently uses for office space, I am confident the old courthouse once renovated would adequately meet our City's needs for the next decade or two. (If someone has the information available concerning the square footage presently occupied and additional square footage needed, I would appreciate receiving the information.) I believe the chosen architectural firm's report will clearly show acquiring the building and performing the necessary renovation will be in the best interest of all property owners and residents of Yorkville. I urge you not to make any decisions to build new offices until the architectural study has been completed. The old Kendall County Courthouse is clearly the Landmark for which Yorkville is known. It has stood the test of time inspite of years of neglect. This is the building o City Offices should occupy. Very truly, --"Fr# Vic . is . Cove y 201 o. Bridge Street Yorkville, IL 605.1 cc: Kendall County Record file January,27,1999 Mayor Bob Johnson 111 West Fox St. Yorkville IL. 60560 Dear Bob: I am writing you this letter because I will be out of town during your City Council meeting and I wanted to interject my opinion on the City Building issue. I would like this letter read into the minutes and distributed to council members. As you know both Kathy and Myself being former city council members have had to address this issue during our respective terms in office. Some issues continue long after your gone. We, after coming to our own separate conclusions continue to support a new building , I will not pursue all arguments but the Old Court House even with a 1.5 million grant is a good deal for the countyynot Yorkville . As Mr. Sticka stated Wit was such a good deal why is the county still trying to get rid of the building?, and why should a smaller number of taxpayers namely Yorkville have to support the Old Courthouse, It was a County Building, it would cost Kendall County residents a lot less than Yorkville, and it does not address the needs of the City Of Yorkville now or in the Future . To be frank, because of a small, but large enough minority of previous city council members we were never able to resolve this issue ether, but we did create a base of information and explored many options that you and Art Prohaska could elaborate on. This issue has dragged on for over 8 years that I am aware of and even longer according to other various city personnel. Too many newer Alderman do not take the time or feel the need to ask their predecessors what was none or why but they need only ask . We as former members still hold the City Of Yorkville near and dear to our Hearts. Heck, If my wonderful better half had not moved us out of City limits I feel I would be sitting at the table again today, which is one reason why former Alderperson Kathy Jones moved us out. But Bristol is NOT far away( Hint!!!) In conclusion I am asking that those council members against a new building please reconsider. The past is well and good and should be used as a foundation upon which to build Yorkville's FUTURE. Sincerely, Jack F. Jones 5 West Royal Oaks Dr. Bristol (suburb of Yorkville) IL. 60512