City Council Minutes 2007 11-27-07 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, ]KENDALL COUNTY. ILLINOIS,
HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
800 GAME FARM ROAD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007.
Mayor Burd called the meeting to order at 8:40 P.M and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Deputy Clerk Pickering called the roll.
Ward I Leslie Present
Werderich Present
Ward H Golinski Present
Plocher Present
Ward III Mums Absent
Sutcliff Present
Ward IV Besco Present
Spears Present
Also present: Deputy Clerk Pickering, City Treasurer Powell, Attorney Gardner, City Administrator
McLauglin, Assistant City Administrator Olson, Finance Director Mika, Director of Public Works Dhuse,
Police Chief M artin, Police Lieutenant Hart, Director of Parks & Recreation Mogle, Community
Development Director Miller, and Superintendant of Recreation Swithin.
OUORUM
A quorum was established.
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Mayor Burd asked the staff and guests to introduce themselves. She welcomed the guests and asked them
to enter their names on the attendance sheet provided.
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA
City Administrator McLaughlin said that there was a memo on each of the aldermens' desks in regards to
the bill list. He said that the accounting department had to readjust a financial issue on the bill list. The
memo restates what the total dollar amount of the bill list is.
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COMMITTEE MEETING DATES
Public Works Committee 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 4, 2007
City Hall Conference Room
Economic Development Committee 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 11, 2007
City Hall Council Chambers
Administration Committee 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 4, 2007
City Hall Council Chambers
Public Safety Committee 6:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 11, 2007
City of Yorkville Conference Room
PRESENTATIONS
Countryside Center Concept Plan Presentation
The Countryside Center Concept Plan was presented by Rich Dube from Tri-Land Properties and Charles
Sparks from Charles Sparks & Co. (see attached.)
Mayor Burd asked if there were any questions. Alderman Sutcliff thanked them for their creativity with
this project. She thinks this development can enrich the entire community. She feels that having the
second story offices above the stores is a good use of space. She asked if they could consider reducing
storm water with rain gardens. Mr. Dube said that they are looking at the entire project from an
environmental standpoint including looking at it as a LEED building.
Alderman Spears inquired about the location of the proposed hotel and grocery store. She asked if it was
going to be directly across from residential. Mr. Dube said that at the moment it is the rear piece that is
backed up to residential. That particular building is approximately two stories and it could be three. He
said that the likelihood at the moment of hotels being attracted to Yorkville is not as great as they would
like to see. There is not enough office space to have a use. There is an alternate proposed use that could
be used as additional retail space instead of a hotel. Alderman Spears asked if the grocery store comes in,
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would that be located directly across the street from residences. Mr. Dube said not necessarily, it depends
on which grocer would be coming in. The building footprints that are being talking about kould range
anywhere from 15,000 — 25, 000 feet. He said that they are not necessarily going back in that direction.
Alderman Spears stated that she personally would prefer that they do not go there. She said that even if
the back end of a grocery store is facing a residential area, then there might be high fences. Mr. Dube
said that Alderman Spears brought up a good point. He said that they are thinking about the architecture
in terms of 360 degrees. There is no back or front the way they are thinking about it. They recognize that
they can't have unsightly items facing the residential area. They are using some new techniques that are
out there for creating indirect views of things and also using landscaping. Mayor Burd also mentioned
that the city's appearance code doesn't allow them to have those items facing a highway. Mr. Dube said
that this project is not the same as a traditional shopping center. The whole aspect of refuse here is
thought of totally differently.
Alderman Spears asked if they could consider if they have a restaurant or any type of food establishment,
possibly locating those businesses on the side of the development where Shell Gas Station is. She said
that maybe they could keep office buildings or regular stores surrounding the residential area. Mr. Dube
said that part of the aspect of these centers is to intermingle the various uses throughout it.
Alderman Spears also asked if they were going to have security cameras and a security patrol in their
underground parking. Mr. Dube said that the reason the underground parking is here is because they are
concerned that parking is too tight. The ordinances in Yorkville would allow them to build this without
the underground parking. However, they are concerned that if they put office projects on top of the retail,
there would not be enough parking available. This project is still in the planning phase. They will look at
all aspects of it. Alderman Spears said that she would like to avoid placing a burden on our police
department by having to employ more officers to patrol the area. She said that there are safety issues with
underground parking. Mr. Dube mentioned that they have natural light designed into this which would
help during the day.
Alderman Werderich inquired about the flow of traffic onto Route 47. Mr. Dube responded that IDOT
had approved an intersection design. Route 47 will be widened and a traffic signal will be added at the
midpoint between Countryside Parkway and Route 34. The stoplight will be the main entrance into the
project.
Mayor Burd asked if Community Development Director Miller could explain about the median that IDOT
has proposed for that section of Route 47. Miller explained that IDOT had proposed at the halfway point
between Countryside Parkway and Route 34, a signalized light at the entrance into the Dunkin Donuts on
the east side of Route 47. The entrance into the Countryside project would match up with the Dunkin
Donuts entrance to have a four way signalized intersection. This signalized intersection has preliminary
approval from IDOT. This would result in the creation of a barrier median and controlled turn lanes.
Businesses on the east side of Route 47 wouldn't be able to cross the way they can now. We will have
one controlled access point instead of several uncontrolled access points. Mayor Burd asked if IDOT had
already been planning this median before this project even came along. City Engineer Wywrot responded
that several years ago there was discussion with some of the property owners. The final agreed upon
design conceptually was a mountable median up to a certain point north of Route 34. After that it would
be full access to those driveways. With this new traffic signal however, there would be a full barrier
median.
Alderman Leslie inquired if they would be requesting alternate financing vehicles such as an SSA or a
business district in addition to the TIF currently existing on the project. Mr. Dube said that they were not
sure yet if they were going to seek additional designations.
Alderman Besco said that one issue that he had was the foot traffic. He said that the sidewalk is not
complete on the north side of Countryside Parkway from Route 47 to E. Kendall Drive. He was
wondering if that sidewalk would be put in with the development or would that fall on the city. Mr. Dube
_ said that they hadn't thought about that piece, if it's something that they need to include, they certainly
will. Alderman Besco said that he would like to increase safe foot traffic into this development especially
with the apartments that are located right there. Mr. Dube said that they had addressed the sidewalk issue
on their piece, but not the area in question. He said that they will take a look at it. City Administrator
McLaughlin said that he thinks that staff would ask for that as an offsite improvement.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
McCue Builders, Inc.
McCue Builders, Inc. petitioner, has filed an application with the United City of Yorkville, Kendall
County, Illinois requesting an amendment to a Planned Unit Development Agreement. The real property
consists of approximately 60 acres located south of Route 34 on Cannonball Trail, in the United City of
Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois.
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to open the public hearing. So moved by Alderman Werderich;
seconded by Alderman Golinski.
Motion approved unanim ously by a viva voce vote.
Please see attached Report of Proceedings by Lynette Neal, C.S.R from Depo Court Reporting Service
for the transcription of this portion of the public hearing.
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to close the public hearing. So moved by Alderman Spears; seconded
by Alderman Werderich.
Motion approved unanimously by a viva voce vote.
2007 Tax Levy
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to open the public hearing. So moved by Alderman Golinski; seconded
by Alderman Plocher.
Motion approved unanimously by a viva voce vote.
City Administrator McLaughlin said that this public hearing is required under state statute for the 2007
tax levy. The copy of the proposed levy was published in the newspaper pursuant to law. This is the
public's opportunity to give comment on the hearing prior to the city council taking action at their next
council meeting. The proposed levy is an increase of seven percent for purposes of setting the levy with
the state treasurer's office and there will be an opportunity to abate the taxes in the spring when the final
assessed valuations are certified.
Mayor Burd asked if there were any questions from the public on the tax levy.
Tony Graff, 1334 Walsh Drive, Greenbriar Subdivision, asked how much new revenue was being
generated. City Administrator McLaughlin responded that it was roughly $620,000. Mr. Graff asked
how much of that was generated for the library. McLaughlin said that it was a proposed $60,000 for the
library. Mr. Graff said that he understands that the library is reducing their 0.1500 rate to 0.1240. He
asked if the library board was okay with that. McLaughlin stated that he had met with the library director
and she was comfortable with this proposed rate. He said that the challenge that we are facing with this is
that if we continue to keep a 0.1500 tax levy for the library and continue that out as the city continues to
grow you are bumping up against the total tax cap that the state has in place. If you maintain that high
rate on the library, you will have to start to cut rates in other areas of the city. He said that we have
already gone through and lowered rates in a couple of other areas to try to maintain that. In the first draft
they had looked at that and in a sense at a certain point in a number of years out, you will wind up having
a vast majority of your new tax dollars going into the library and you will wind up losing on the rest of
your corporate funds. He said that he had gone back and taken a look from the year 1998 to the present
and found that the total levy for the libray back in 1998 was $162,000. Last year it was nearly $600,000.
In 2003, it was at $300,000. It has doubled over a period of four years from $300,000 to $600,000. City
Administrator McLaughlin said that as much as he thinks that libraries are very valuable, and the
co has backed this library with the building that they have there, it reaches a point where you're
looking at these dollars and these dollars could be going towards the police department or other areas of
the city. That is why he made the recommendation to the Administration Committee that they break
from that tradition of 0.1500 and reduce it down to 0.1240 so that the difference could be applied
somewhere else in the city to deliver services in those areas. He said that when he met with the library
director, he asked her if it's a problem if we hold it to just $60,000 this year and her comment was that
would be fine. They also discussed the number of books in the library. With the new library, some of the
shelves are empty because the town hasn't grown yet. He mentioned to the library director that there was
some other money in the library's fund balance as well and he asked the library director if there was a
desire to go out and buy more books to fill the shelves. He was told that the library has a ten year plan
because they don't want to fill the library with everything that was published in 2006. Then as 2007,
2008, and 2009 come along, people would still want the most current books. The library seems satisfied
not only on the level of funding but also what books they were able to purchase and put on the shelves.
Mr. Graff said that he appreciated the thought process, however, historically the city has supported the
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library at 0.1500. He said that he asked both Assistant City Administrator Olson and also City Treasurer
Powell that by lowering the rate, the library does need future dollars for operational needs. He
understands that they have 36 employees now and most of them are part time. He asked if the rate could
be increased. Mr. Graff asked the city council about the new dollars that are generated from the increased
EAV. He said that looking at the tax levy that you are requesting, how much is actually going to be
reduced on a per home basis on the average. McLaughlin responded that would be approximately $4.00
per house for the entire year based on the new assessed values. Mr. Graff said that one of the issues he is
seeing right now is property tax relief. He said that all of the residents have received additional costs for
the garbage user fees. He asked council if they could sharpen their pencils and provide a little more
property tax relief for the residents. He said the city will receive over $600,000 in new funds. He would
hope that they would look at lowering property taxes for everyone.
City Treasurer Powell mentioned that the state has passed a new bill which provides some additional
property tax relief (see attached information on House Bill 664)
There were no further comments or questions.
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to close the public hearing. So moved by Alderman Golinski; seconded
by Alderman Spears.
Motion approved unanim ously by a viva voce vote.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
Fred DuSell, said that he was concerned about the circular traffic patterns at the Countryside project and
the possible implications of what might happen with accidents. Mr. Sparks replied that they had spoken
with the traffic engineers on how that would work so that the distances and the radius of the circle and
how the cars were going to use the circular device have been looked at. Each of the details hasn't been
worked out yet, but in terms of how that is going to handle traffic, it's really known as a traffic calming
device. The purpose of it being there is to slow the traffic down so that it's not going through the circular
area as if it were a four way intersection. He said that they were also proposing something similar at the
intersection of Countryside Parkway and Center Parkway. He doesn't know if the city is going to want to
do that or not, it's up to them. They look at that as a means of calming the traffic. He said that it would
be unique to Yorkville, however, it's not unique to the suburban market as these types of developments
are being built. City Administrator McLaughlin offered his experience with these devices. He said that
the first couple of times that people go through it, they do slow down a lot, and then as they get used to it,
they take it at a more reasonable speed. He said that it slows down what would normally be through
traffic runnin through at a higher speed. He said that in regards to the circular device at Countryside and
Center, they would have to take some time as city staff to see if it's really prudent and the best solution
for the community. They recognize that this is a difficult intersection and would like to see something
resolved there, whether or not the traffic circle is the right solution will take time to study and analyze.
Mr. DuSell also wanted to comment on the McCue Builders public hearing. He said that he had
experience with McCue Builders. He thinks that they are quality builders. He feels that their concept is
very good. A friend of his experienced smaller lot sizes with more customized homes and it's worked
well for them. He said that they are finding out now that people buying in this current market do not like
larger lots for the maintenance purposes_ He thinks that McCue Builders has a very good concept for
Yorkville.
Anne Englehardt, resident of Yorkville for the past 29 years, said that she was here tonight as a member
of the formerly known Adhoc Committee for the Environment. She said that as of last night they have an
official name. They are now the Yorkville Green Committee. There are nine volunteer residents that
have been working on the committee for the past two months. She read the following statement on behalf
of the committee. The Yorkville Green Committee applauds the efforts of the developer to incorporate
green design elements into the new Countryside Center. We respectfully ask that the developer design
this project to reach the Gold LEED standard to be an outstanding example to all future developments and
to showcase the benefits of sustainable development design. The Yorkville Green Committee believes
that utilizing LEED standards will attract the caliber of businesses desired by the citizens of Yorkville and
encourage both environmental sustainability and optimal profitability.
Diane Pobol, resident, wanted to ask about the cadet pay increase. She asked if the city currently has a
problem recruiting and keeping cadets. Police Chief Martin replied not at this point. She went on to ask
then why are we paying them more money. Police Chief Martin said one reason is that every year,
employees receive a pay increase and the cadet did not receive this increase when everyone else did.
Another reason is that minimum wage has gone up. Ms. Pobol said that we are not having any trouble
recruiting, we are not having any trouble retaining, and they are going to be doing the same amount of
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work and we are going to be paying them fifty cents more an hour. Police Chief Martin said that the
problem is that if you want to attract a certain individual to a job like this, you want to pay them a decent
wage so that we will be able to retain people. He said that if we don't maintain a certain wage, then we
probably will have problems retaining people. Ms. Pobol said that citizens are paying a lot more for gas
taxes and paying a lot more for everything and the housing values are going down and people are having
trouble maintaining jobs and we are just routinely passing out increases to people who work for the city.
She thinks that if everyone is taking on additional work, then consider raises. But so long as there is this
kind of economic environment, just to automatically give raises, she doesn't feel that this is fair to
taxpayers. Alderman Spears said that she would like to address this. She said that several months ago
she believed the City of Yorkville paid Ms. Pobol's attorney fees for Ms. Pobol to annex into Yorkville.
Mayor Burd stated that she felt that the Citizen Comments section should just be for citizen's to make
comments.
Julie Albert, with the Prairie Times, said that she is here to introduce the newest newspaper publication
for the city, The Prairie Times. It is a weekly unpaid publication that will be delivered to every home in
Yorkville, Bristol, Oswego, parts of Montgomery, and all of Boulder Hill. She wanted to welcome
everyone to send them information. They would love to cover our events.
Terri Brady, 506 W. Ridge Street, said that she is here to let council know that her last interaction with
the city was very disappointing. She was unhappy with the city leaf pickup. The leaves didn't fall until
late this year. Last Monday, she had called public works and was told that Monday was the last day for
leaf pickup. She said that she was told that if you put the leaves in bags, then they would pick them up
through the end of the next week. She made arrangements with her lawn service and had to pay almost
double to have them put the leaves in bags instead of raking them to the curb. Yesterday, she saw the leaf
machine going through her neighborhood making another collection. She was very disappointed that the
person that she spoke to on the phone couldn't tell her that there was going to be another pickup. Public
Works Director Dhuse responded that there was not another pickup. He said that they were delayed last
week due to weather. He said that changes were made on a daily basis to accommodate leaves and
weather. He said that he realized that the leaves had fallen late this year and they had pushed back the
leaf pickup as much as they could, however they still had to make sure that they got the leaves picked up
before it freezes. Ms. Brady asked if there was any possibility of the city using some kind of phone
system to automatically call residents and notify them about events such as this. Mayor Burd responded
that the city is currently working on developing a notification system through the city's website.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Request to Purchase LiveScan —approve purchase from ID Networks in an amount not to exceed
$16,985.00 (PS 2007 -40)
2. New World Software Purchase — approve as presented (PS 2007 -41)
3. Request for Cadet Pay Increase — approve cadet pay increase as presented (PS 2007 -42)
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. So moved by Alderman
Werderich; seconded by Alderman Plocher.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -7 Nays -0
Leslie -aye, Plocher -aye, Spears -aye, Sutcliff -aye,
Werderich -aye, Besco -aye, Golinski -aye
PLAN COMMISSION /ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL
No report.
MINUTES FOR APPROVAL
A motion was made by Alderman Werderich to approve the minutes the Committee of the Whole meeting
of October 23, 2007; seconded by Alderman Golinski.
Motion approved by a viva voce vote.
BILLS FOR APPROVAL
A motion was made by Alderman Werderich to approve the paying of the bills listed on the Detailed
Board Report dated November 21, 2007 totaling the following amounts: checks in the amount of
$1,227,093.66 (vendors); $250,555.93 (payroll period ending 11/10/07); for a total of $1,477,649.59;
seconded by Alderman Golinski.
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Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -6 Nays -1
Plocher -aye, Spears -nay, Sutcliff -aye, Werderich -aye,
Besco -ave, Golinski -aye, Leslie -aye
REPORTS
MAYOR'S REPORT
Approving a Boundary Agreement with Montgomery
(COW 2007 -35)
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to table the Montgomery Boundary Agreement to the December 18,
2007 City Council meeting; so moved by Alderman Leslie; seconded by Alderman Golinski.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -7 Nays -0
Spears -aye, Plocher -aye, Werderich -aye, Golinski -aye,
Besco -aye, Leslie -aye, Sutcliff -aye
Holiday Under the Stars Update
(CC 2007 -17)
Mayor Burd asked Alderman Sutcliff to give an update on the city's holiday event that will be taking
place on Friday. The Mayor also wanted to encourage everyone to come out and visit Annabelle and
Emily, the reindeer. Alderman Sutcliff said that she was a member of the committee that worked on
putting this event together. She said that in previous years the Chamber of Commerce sponsored a
Christmas Walk. This year the Chamber decided not to hold a Christmas Walk. In lieu of the Christmas
Walk the city decided to start a new holiday tradition. This year's event will be held this coming Friday,
November 30 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. It will be held in Town Square Park. Alderman Sutcliff
said that we felt like we had to have a Christmas event. Focus groups showed that the community really
wanted the city to have more community events. The community events create a venue for ownership in
our city and give the community a chance to connect with each other and with the elected officials. The
committee wanted to offer events for all different ages from the very small to the seniors. The high
school Madrigals will be singing and we are partnering with the Chapel on the Green for the first time in a
long time. The Yorkville Big Band will be playing at Parkview School. She said that there will also be a
warming tent where people can go to and warm up. There will be carriage rides, an acrylic ice skating
rink, and ice carving. Everything is free. The city has received a lot of support from local corporations.
Alderman Sutcliff said that a lot of people stepped up and supported us in this event. In addition, Santa
will be coming in on a Caterpillar tractor. Caterpillar picked up the expense for the luminaries. The
luminaries will be sold with all of the profits going to support the Hop on the Bus program. The
committee received total sponsorships in the amount of $6400.00 to help pay for the cost of this event.
Also, she wanted to let everyone know that there will be no parking around Town Square Park. Parking
will be at the Middle School and there will be a shuttle bus to take people from the Middle School over to
Town Square Park. There will be handicapped parking available at Parkview School.
Appointment to Library Board
(CC 2007 -18)
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to appoint Elizabeth Ashley Meyers to the Library Board; so moved by
Alderman Golinski; seconded by Alderman Besco.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -7 Nays -0
Plocher -aye, Werderich -aye, Golinski -aye, Besco -aye,
Leslie -aye, Sutcliff -aye, Spears -aye,
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
No report.
ATTORNEY'S REPORT
No report.
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
No report.
CITY TREASURER'S REPORT
No report.
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CITY ADMINISTATOR'S REPORT
No report.
FINANCE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
No report.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REPORT
_ Public Works Director Dhuse reported that Well No. 7 is in place and should be operational by mid to late
next week.
CHIEF OF POLICE'S REPORT
Chief of Police Martin reported that the 13 Citizen's Police Academy had started last night. Eighteen
people had signed up and twelve people were in attendance.
DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION'S REPORT
Director of Parks and Recreation Mogle reported that they would be holding their Polar Express Trip
event on December 1. He said that last year the event filled up in one hour. This year they increased the
capacity by fifty percent and it filled up in half an hour. The train will travel from Aurora to Downers
Grove and the children will be able to visit Santa.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER'S REPORT
No report.
COMMUNITY & LIAISON REPORT
Alderman Spears reported on issues effecting Kendall County seniors. She said that on November 16,
CNN submitted a proposal for Kendall County for the nutrition program, however the proposal is going to
exclude Yorkville and the reason why Yorkville is being excluded is because federal guidelines do not
allow Yorkville to be included since the Salvation Army continues to be operational with the deli over at
the Beecher Building. Federal funds are permissable for the Meals on Wheels program. Oswego secured
a permanent nutrition program site with ample parking, kitchen facilities and will be catered by Upper
Crust Caterers. Currently there are over 100 individuals that are being served lunch at this site. They will
be hiring a permanent site manager and one of the requirements is that they have to be an Oswego Village
resident. She also wanted to mention the well being check program for seniors, which she feels is a
terrific program. This program was organized by Kendall County Triad and it was funded by the Kendall
County Townships at a cost of $9,000.00 to get the program up and runnin There was only one
township that did not participate in this program. The Oswego Health Fair also had over 350 individuals
in attendance. The Elder Friendly Seminar is tentatively scheduled to be held April 16 at the Trinity
United Methodist Church. The Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner had over 100 individuals that
registered for dinner. She also mentioned that the Veterans Assistant Commission explained that there
are federal funds available for veterans and their widows_ Any veteran 65 years and older can qualify.
Any veteran with a disability that served over 90 days active duty in either World War II, the Korean
War, or Vietnam war can qualify. If the requirements are met, then the veteran can apply for a monthly
tax free income. The veteran may receive up to $1200.00 per month and the widow may receive up to
$1800.00 per month. If you are interested and feel that you may qualify, you can contact the Kendall
County Veterans Assistant Commission. Approval of the application can take as long as twelve to fifteen
months.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT
No report.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
- No report.
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT
No report.
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE REPORT
No report.
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ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Sycamore and Route 34 Traffic Light Funding
Alderman Plocher asked how negotiations were proceeding for the proposed traffic signal at the
Sycamore and Route 34 intersection. Community Development Director Miller said that late last week
the revised information was submitted. He hopes to have more information next week.
Bank Location Restrictions
Alderman Spears requested that the restrictions on bank locations item be put back on the EDC agenda.
Alderman Leslie said that he thought they were in the advisory stages and were looking at secondary lots.
Alderman Spears said that she would like to know when it will be on the EDC agenda for discussion so
that she can attend.
No Parking Ordinance
Alderman Besco requested that the no parking ordinance stay on the public safety agenda so that the
committee can continue working on this. He said that Alderman Spears and himself drove around their
entire ward and identified some of the streets that were of serious concern. He said that he hoped that the
rest of the Aldermen would get a chance to drive around and check on streets in their ward. Alderman
Spears said that they were concerned with how narrow some of the subdivision streets were. They said
that there was one area near a park where it seemed that the street was too narrow to park. She thinks that
it was Prairie Meadows Subdivision. She said that there was vacant land behind the park. She wondered
if perhaps a parking lot could be considered for that area.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to into executive session for the purpose of discussing:
o The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body.
So moved by Alderman Werderich; seconded by Alderman Golinski.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes -7 Nays -0
Spears -aye, Sutcliff -aye, Werderich -aye, Besco -aye, Golinski -aye, Leslie -aye, Plocher -aye
Mayor Burd stated that the city council would not be taking any action at the end of the executive session.
The City Council adjourned into executive session at 10:30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Burd entertained a motion to adjourn. So moved by Alderman Besco; seconded by Alderman
Golinski.
Motion approved by a viva voce vote.
Meeting adjourned at 11:20 P.M.
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Deputy City Clerk
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2 MAYOR VALERIE BURD, Chairman,
3 MR. JOSEPH BESCO, Alderman,
4 MS. ROSE ANN SPEARS, Alderman,
5 MR. JASON LESLIE, Alderman
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6 MR. GARY GOLINSKI, Alderman,
7 MR. JOSEPH PLOCHER, Alderman,
8 MS. ROBYN SUTCLIFF, Alderman,
9 MR. WALLY WERDERICH, Alderman,
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11 MR. TOM GARDINER, City'Attorney.
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1 MAYOR BURD: Okay. Next we have a public
2 hearing. I would like to entertain a motion to go
3 into public hearing.
4 MR. WERDERICH: So moved.
09:14PM 5 MAYOR BURD: Second?
6 MR. GOLINSKI: Second.
7 MAYOR BURD: All in favor?
8 (Chorus of ayes.)
9 MAYOR BURD: All opposed?
09:14PM 10 (No response.)
11 MAYOR BURD: Okay. This is McCue
12 Builders, Incorporated has filed an application
13 with the United City of Yorkville, requesting an
14 amendment to the Planned Unit Development
09:15PM 15 Agreement. The real property consists of
16 approximately 60 acres located south of Route 34
17 on Cannonball Trail in the United City of
18 Yorkville.
19 Is anyone -- there you go.
09:15PM 20 MR. MICHAELS : Good evening. Shawn
21 Michaels with McCue Builders and Bill McCue. We
22 are requesting two amendments to our planned unit
23 development. One is the coverage ratio. We would
24 like to go from 30 percent to 40 percent. And
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1 then the other is to change the front -yard setback
2 from 30 feet to 25 feet, and in return we would
3 change the rear -yard setback from 25 feet to 30
4 feet, so basically moving the house four to five
09:16PM 5 feet.
6 MAYOR BURD: Do we have any questions
7 from the audience? Any questions from anybody
8 here tonight? No? Okay. Alderman Werderich.
9 MR. WERDERICH: And I apologize for
09:16PM 10 this. I'm relatively new on the City Council and
11 I wasn't on the City Council when the original PUD
12 was approved. There was quite a lengthy --
13 actually, there was a list of variances --
14 relatively speaking, I don't know if it is lengthy
09:16PM 15 or not compared to what's going on. Can somebody
16 give me kind of a thought process behind the
17 reasoning of the variances that we have there and
18 how this -- the new request would fit in with the
19 variances that were previously approved, please?
09:16PM 20 MR. MICHAELS: Could I answer that?
21 MR. WERDERICH: Absolutely.
22 MR. MICHAELS: Because there is a lot of
23 new faces here. The thought process was that we
24 want to have two different options for -- and two
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1 different price points. We wanted to have larger
2 lots, which are the estates lots, the R -2 lots,
3 and then we wanted to have a smaller lot, which is
4 the R -4. We didn't want to get into townhomes.
09:17PM 5 There was some discussion, I believe that there
6 was getting to be a lot of townhomes in the City
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9 townhomes, we wanted to have smaller lots where
09:17PM 10 people could have their individual home,
11 individual lot, without a lot of maintenance. So
12 that was the difference in why we went with the
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13 two different project types. And then having the
14 smaller lots, it required some of the variances.
09:17PM 15 MR. WERDERICH: What was the vision on
16 the lots that you have R -4 variance for? I
17 guess -- I mean, there is a lot of leeway as to
18 what you can put in there with the R -4 variance.
19 I guess when you approached the City Council
09:18PM 20 initially -- when you approached the City Council
21 initially, I mean, what was the plan as far as
22 putting in the -- what kind of structures were you
23 planning on putting into those smaller lots?
24 MR. MICHAELS: We felt there would be a
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1 large request for ranches and first -floor masters.
2 This was an age- targeted subdivision. We have
3 built a number of homes in the community and one
4 of the things we wanted to do was try to get
09:18PM 5 people that wanted to stay in Yorkville but
6 downsize a little bit and move into a ranch style
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8 MR. WERDERICH: And what was your price
9 point as far as the homes that you were going to
09:18PM 10 be building in the two different --
11 MR. MICHAELS: Which year? That's sort
12 of a loaded question with the residential market.
13 MR. WERDERICH: I really don't mean for
14 it to be a loaded question, but if you don't mind
09:18PM 15 answering it.
16 MR. MICHAELS: Right now we are trying
17 to be in the mid 300s for the R -4 but, again,
18 if you see some of the product that's up, we have
19 brick going on a lot of the elevations and trying
09:19PM 20 to mix it up between ranches, first -floor
21 master's, and eventually some two - stories.
22 MR. WERDERICH: Okay.
23 MAYOR BURD: Did you have any other
24 questions?
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1 MR. WERDERICH: No. I was hoping there
2 would be somebody else.
3 MR. GOLINSKI: Shawn, I was at the Plan
4 Commission meeting when you guys were there last
09:19PM 5 week, and there seemed to be . a lot of confusion
6 about different percentages and what lots the
7 variances are for. And did all that get worked
8 out with staff? Did everything get straightened
9 out? It was a very confusing conversation to
09:19PM 10 follow at the Plan Commission.
11 MR. MICHAELS: The Plan Commission did
12 pass a resolution to pass on to the Board. The
13 way I understood it from that meeting was that
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o9:19PM 15 the 40-percent lot coverage.
16 MR. MILLER: It is close. The motion
17 was actually 50 percent of the ranches approved
18 for the R -4 would be -- the recommendation by the
19 Plan Commission was to grant the variance for 50
09:20PM 20 percent of the ranches to be approved for the R -4.
21 It is really an unknown number until permits are
22 drawn and constructed.
23 MR. GOLINSKI: And that's something that
24 will be somewhat easy for the city to keep track
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2 MR. MILLER: I wouldn't say that. It is
3 going to have to be one by one. As permits are
4 issued if a variance is granted, we will have the
09:20PM 5 unit come in -- a ranch unit come in that's less
6 than 30 percent lot coverage to keep the
7 50 percent on track.
8 MR. GOLINSKI: I mean, just so long as
9 staff is comfortable that that's something we can
09:20PM 10 keep track of.
11 MR. MICHAELS: We would be more than
12 happy to work with staff to simplify it, if that's
13 the direction of the Board. We could work with
14 staff. It was an administrative nightmare.
09 : 21PM 15 MR. MC CUE: My name is Bill Mc Cue . it
16 was confusing because some of the people on the
17 Plan Commission were saying they would give us
18 75 percent and 50 percent and it was of what? And
19 we were all confused. And I guess what we were
09:21PM 20 trying do is to make it easy, and we thought that
21 50 percent of the lots would be simple to keep
22 track of, where you try to keep track of
23 50 percent of the ranches, you know, what's a
24 ranch, what's a first -floor master. We are not
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1 trying to make it difficult. We are trying to --
2 with some of the plans we have we want to be able
3 to put covered porches on the back of these units
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6 MR. MICHAELS: We are at 32 percent. We
7 are just over the percentage coverage.
8 MR. MC CUE: And so by going up to 40
9 percent we will be able to do covered porches on
09:22PM 10 just about every ranch plan we are offering.
11 That's why we are trying to do that.
12 MAYOR BURD: Any other questions?
13 MR. BESCO: One issue that I -- kind of
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09:22PM 15 on- street parking throughout the whole city and by
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17 of the building and actually moving it forward,
18 are you going to be eliminating any loading in the
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09:22PM 20 MR. MICHAELS : We are not. I have a
21 suburban, if you will, and I'm still able to park
22 on the house side of the sidewalk and not block it
23 and have room to pull up towards the garage. So
24 moving the house four or five feet --
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1 MR. MC CUE: I'm guessing moving the
2 house within a couple of feet, 40, 45 feet from
3 the curb to the garage -- I have got a pickup
4 truck with an extended cab that's 17 feet. You
09:22PM 5 can still park four vehicles in the driveway.
6 And, again, our intent is to would be age
7 targeted, you know, build ranches.
8 MAYOR BURD: Alderman Leslie?
9 MR. LESLIE: Your request for variance,
09:23PM 10 30 to 40 percent, is on the R -4 lots. These are
11 the multifamily, right?
12 MR. MICHAELS: They are not multifamily.
13 They are single- family but smaller lots.
14 MR. LESLIE: Okay.
09:23PM 15 MR. MC CUE: The R -4, basically I think
16 they are about 70 feet wide about 120 feet deep.
17 MR. MICHAELS: I think they average
18 about 9,000 square feet.
19 MR. LESLIE: I guess my thought is we
09:23PM 20 have had concerns, we have certainly had issues in
21 the past, with determining lot size, anyway you
22 want to cut it. Going from 30 to 40 percent
23 coverage is a greater utilization to the property
24 you have. If we are giving you an opportunity to
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1 utilize the land better in terms of economics, I
2 think there should be some reciprocity in terms of
3 green space. I don't know how it benefits the
4 City or the residents to put a greater -- you
09:24PM 5 know, greater mass or greater building on a
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7 wouldn't be in favor of it.
8 I think at the very least we should
9 get some reciprocity in hand, green space or
09:24PM 10 otherwise. Basically what you are doing is going
11 from the PUD -- you can jump in any minute,
12 Travis. You have got a land mass here and a
13 building. Now you are increasing the size of the
14 building without increasing the size of the lot.
09:24PM 15 That's going to benefit you in terms of your
16 product, I understand that, but -- you know,
17 that's why it is a variance, right, that's why you
18 are requesting it. That would be my only insight
19 and I don't know what your thoughts were, Travis?
09:24PM 20 MR. MICHAELS: I hear your concern. The
21 one thing that I think McCue Builders has been
22 known for is building a good home, and what we
23 found is that to meet the 30 percent it could mean
24 taking a foot out of a living room or family room.
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1 And we are trying to avoid that, that's why we are
2 here, because then you start to restrict the size
3 of the rooms and maybe the rooms are there but
4 they are not as functional. It is amazing the
09:25PM 5 difference between a 12 -foot bedroom and an
6 11 -foot wide bedroom.
7 MR. LESLIE: I guess I look at this --
8 and I don't have the architectural to figure out
9 $300,000. I have Raintree behind
09:25PM 10 MR. MI CHAELS : 350 .
11 MR. LESLIE: Okay, 350 would be better.
12 I have seen the size of those targeted homes.
13 They are not particularly what I would describe
14 as, quote, end quote, quality homes, per se, and
09:25PM 15 I'm concerned, fitting a very large home -- is the
16 architectural detail outlined in this in terms of
17 the masonry?
18 MR. MILLER: Not currently.
19 MR. LESLIE: That would be a concern
09:26PM 20 too. There has got to be some tradeoff.
21 MR. MC CUE: Well, one thing we are
: 22 doing -- not trying to talk about quality, but the
23 price range they are at is much higher than any
24 track home or builders in the area. What we are
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1 going after is basically we have one house sold.
2 I think we are 374,000 for that ranch. You know,
3 when you go into these track home subdivisions,
4 you can get a ranch for two - and -a- quarter. So
09:26PM 5 what are we giving? Tax dollars. We are putting
6 more expensive homes on these smaller lots. Sugar
7 Grove, I'm almost sure, Oswego, not positive, but
8 it's 40 percent for their single - family lots as
9 far as coverage. Yorkville a couple of years ago
09:26PM 10 was 25, and, you know, we had a lot of houses
11 being built out here that weren't meeting that.
12 And then it got changed to 30 and, like I say, I
13 think the surrounding towns are 40 percent. It is
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16 MR. MICHAELS: And we have built Prairie
17 Gardens, that's an age- restricted subdivision, and
18 during that experience we didn't realize that
19 there was an issue with lot coverage or else that
09:27PM 20 probably would have been one of the variances we
21 would have requested when we came in for the PUD.
22 And it wasn't until we started constructing homes
23 that we found out about that.
24 MR. LESLIE: Can.we put a framework in
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1 place for the architectural details for the homes?
2 I'm assuming you are talking current market 350?
3 350 today is very different today than 18 months
4 ago. If you are going to hold through that with
09:27PM 5 masonry details on smaller lots, if it is
6 marketable, I guess it would be open for
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8 MAYOR BURD: Alderman Spears?
9 MS. SPEARS: I would like to encourage
09:28PM 10 you to go into Oswego and see the McCue homes that
11 are off of Mill Street. Is that where they are?
12 I have been in two of those homes and they are
13 gorgeous. They are well - constructed and they are
14 beautiful.
09:28PM 15 MR. LESLIE: I would love to take a
16 look.
17 MS. SPEARS: They are real quality.
18 MR. MC CUE: The other thing is we have
19 three houses that are up on R -4 lots right now,
09:28PM 20 and if you just look at the roof lines of these
21 compared to, you know, what the larger builders
22 are doing, there is no comparison. And, like I
23 say, we are going after, you know, the
24 empty- nesters, the baby- boomers, that still want a
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2 like I say, at 350 for a ranch at 1900 square feet
3 is pretty expensive. You know -- the other thing
4 is with the R -4 is it is in the covenants where
09:29PM 5 the lawn mantainence or --
6 MR. MICHAELS: Homeowner's association.
7 MR. MC CUE: The homeowner's association
8 will cut the grass. Like I say, we are trying to
9 go a little bit more after the baby- boomers.
09:29PM 10 MR. MICHAELS : Again, we are not trying
11 to ask for every R -4 lot to have this increased
12 lot coverage. It is the math but the footprint of
13 a ranch is so much larger than the footprint of a
14 two -story and that's where we are running into
09:29PM 15 problems. It came up because basically we had a
16 covered porch on the rear of the house and it was
17 extending over the back of the house seven feet.
18 And that additional seven feet by roughly 16 feet
19 put us 2 percent over. And that came up so we are
09:29PM 20 looking to move houses up five feet so we thought
21 we would incorporate them both in the same request
22 for variance.
23 Not to change the subject but we
24 are -- we have landscaped the back of the R -4
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1 lots, in particular a berm, between us and the
2 Kendall County jail, and that seemed to make the
3 rear yard smaller. So we would like to move the
4 house up five feet and in turn increase the
09:30PM 5 rear -yard setback.
6 MAYOR BURD: Okay. Any others?
7 MS. SPEARS: I do have one more question
8 for you. If this is basically age targeted, how
9 much additional would you charge aft individual
09:30PM 10 that's having a custom home that probably -- like
11 a no -step entrance in your homes, and also the
12 wider doorways, in accordance with the disability
13 ordinance? Would it cost them more because you
14 don't have the architectural plans at this time?
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09:30PM 15 MR. MC CUE: It is a little tricky on
16 some of the lots. It just depends on the type of
17 foundation, how far it is above the curb. Some of
18 the lots are flatter than others. On the flatter
19 lots it is easier to the get pitch you need. I
09:31PM 20 think every 12 feet you need to --
21 MR. MICHAELS: Every foot you need to
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23 MR. MC CUE: Every foot is one inch. So
24 there is some lots by the engineering that might
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1 be three feet above the curb, so you probably
2 couldn't have a true ramp without having it
3 zig- zagging off the front yard. But on the
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4 majority of ours we could easily do that. It
09:31PM 5 wouldn't cost that much. We are putting wider
6 doors in on almost all our openings as standard,
7 2- foot -8 door, which a wheelchair will actually
8 fit through a door that's 2 foot 6. We are trying
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09:31PM 10 MS. SPEARS: I'm not necessarily talking
11 about a ramp, just a no -step flat entrance, not
12 necessarily a ramp.
13 MR. MICHAELS: You would have to do a
14 ramp. Usually your door is a good 16, 18, inches
09:32PM 15 above the curb. You would have to go -- for every
16 inch that you go up, you have to go out a foot, so
17 if you go up 16 inches, you have to go out 16 feet
18 to be able to have no step.
19 MR. MC CUE: It would be some kind of
09:32PM 20 ramp.
21 MR. MICHAELS: That ramp would be quite
22 long. We did one over at Prairie Gardens in the
23 garage and since the door height was 16 inches, we
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2 MR. MC CUE: The garage was 19 feet deep
3 and that ramp came up the length of the garage to
4 meet code so someone could use a wheelchair to get
09:32PM 5 into that garage.
6 MS. SPEARS: Thank you.
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8 Alderman Sutcliff?
9 MS. SUTCLIFF: Are there two issues
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09:32PM 10 here? Is there the issue of building lot coverage
11 and then the setback? Do we have two issues here?
12 And from what I can see on staff's
13 recommendations, which I would take in this case,
14 you are allowed to get a variance on 50 percent of
09:33PM 15 the homes in your neighborhood, right, above the
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l 17 MR. MICHAELS: On the R -4 lots, yeah.
18 MS. SUTCLIFF: And I think the
19 recommendation was to not allow the --
09:33PM 20 MR. MILLER: The recommendation was to
21 approve the setback as long as the setback in the
22 rear was increased by five feet.
23 MS. SUTCLIFF: Okay. I think we should
24 keep encouraging the builders to stay here in
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1 Yorkville. I think they are an asset to our
2 community, and I think this is also a good market
3 to try to reach the empty- nesters. I think this
4 would be a great opportunity for them to stay in
09:33PM 5 Yorkville or come to Yorkville and no extra
6 students in the schools.
7 MAYOR BURD: Okay. Any other questions?
8 Thank you.
9 MR. MC CUE: Thank you.
09:34PM 10 MAYOR BURD: Can I have a motion to
11 close the public hearing, please?
12 MS. SPEARS: So moved.
13 MAYOR BURD: Second?
14 MR. WERDERICH: Second.
09:34PM 15 MS. BURD: Roll call. All in favor?
16 Hello, we are voting. All in favor of closing the
17 public hearing?
18 (Chorus of ayes.)
19 MAYOR BURD: Any opposed?
20 (No response.)
21 (Whereupon a portion of the
22 Council meeting was had but not
23 herein transcribed.)
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SPRINGFIELD OFFICE: TOM CROSS DISTRICT OFFICE:
316 STATE HOUSE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER 24047 W. LOCKPORT ST., SUITE 213
SPRINGFIELD, IL 62706 PLAINFIELD, IL 60544
(217)782 -1331 (815)254 -0000
— , �4ovember 9, 2007
Ms. Jackie Milschewski
City of Yorkville
800 Game Farm Rd
Yorkville, IL 60560 -0901
Dear Ms. Milschewski:
I am very pleased to let you know that the longest overtime session in the history of the Illinois General Assembly this year
yielded one very positive achievement: much needed property tax relief for our seniors and families. House Bill 664 (P.A. 95-
644), which passed with bi- partisan support through the Illinois House and Senate, adds a number of tax relief initiatives. It
provides property relief for homeowners, seniors, veterans, the disabled, and the spouses of fallen police officers or rescue
workers.
Highlights of House Bill 664 include:
Increases the General Homestead Exemption by $500 (from $5,000 to $5,500) in tax year 2008 and another $500
(from $5,500 to $6,000) in tax year 2009 and thereafter.
• Increases the Senior Homestead Exemption from $3,500 to $4,000 in tax year 2008 and thereafter.
• Increases the income threshold for Circuit Breaker eligibility by $1,000 beginning with the grant year of 2008 and
thereafter. This income threshold applies solely to the property tax grant and license plate fee portion of the Circuit
Breaker program.
• Provides full Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption benefits for seniors with a household income of
$50,000 or less in tax year 2007. It also increases the income eligibility limit to $55,000 for the 2008 tax year and
thereafter.
(- • Creates the Returning Veteran's Homestead Exemption which allows a $5,000 homestead exemption for the year in
which they return from active duty, and a Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption of between $2,500 and $5,000.
• It also creates a $2,000 Disabled Homestead Exemption and allows property tax abatements to the surviving spouses
of fallen police officers and emergency workers.
In order to educate the public this legislation requires tax bills to include all information about tax exemptions, abatements or
any other assistance programs designed to alleviate your property tax burden.
If you have any further questions you can contact my office at 815- 254 -0000.
Sincerely,
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Tom Cross
House Republican Leader
State Representative, 84th District
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BACKGROUND
Historical
Challenges
Aerial - Expansive
Aerial - Close Up
CONCEPT
Concept Statement
Site Plan
Peripheral Intersections
Aerial
Hub Detail
View Entering from 47
Hub
Promenade
Elevations 1 & 2
Elevations 3 & 4
Garage Sketch
APPENDIX
Interim Intersection 47 Design Study
Ultimate Intersection 47 Design Study - Part t
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Countryside Center 1 1.14.07 Background Challenges
ADDRESSES Certain challenges to the redevelopment were
SURROUNDING presented, affecting support for the originally
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c�� tiTi�zT ■ Tri -Land Properties' delay in securing an anchor
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■ The City's desire to revisit the redevelopment with
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the downtown redevelopment vision contained in the
HUB Master Plan.
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This development will anchor the north part of the community A "town center" design theme will treat the site holistically as
and the Downtown Vision Plan redevelopment to the south. The a planning district and include proposed treatments to adjacent
active hub of 34 and 47 is an ideal location for an outdoor lifestyle properties bordering the development site. The result will be a themed
center or "town center ", including a mix of full and limited service site from 34 to Countryside Parkway, and from 47 to Center Parkway.
dining, specialty retail, professional office, and a suites hotel in a
unique, pedestrian - friendly environment. The design will include:
■ Resting Places
This "town center" will be an enduring, walkable, and integrated ■ Pedestrian - Friendly Medians
open -air, mixed use development that is organized around a ■ Raised Crosswalks
clearly identifiable and energized public realm where citizens ■ Advanced Stop Lines
can gather and strengthen their community bonds. ■ Wide, Raised Sidewalks
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■ Pavers & Planters (Both loose & built -in)
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Over time, this "town center" should evolve into a dense, compact,
and diverse part of the Yorkville community, with strong connections
to its surroundings.
The redevelopment will be designed with sustainability in mind.
Some goals include:
i Light pollution reduction and high efficiency luminaires
® Heat island effect green roof
■ Storm water management
■ Low VOC materials
■ High insulation values
■ Energy management systems
® Designed to encourage pedestrian use
■ Promote use of recycled content building materials
■ Shading to minimize heat gain
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SITE AND BUILDING AREA- OPTION 'D' SITE AND BUILDING AREA- OPTION 'D'
• SITE AREA • SITE AREA
TOTAL SITE AREA ±792,114S,F. ±18.184 ACRES TOTAL SITE AREA ±792,114S.F. ±18.184 ACRES
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- RETAIL 'A' 30,000 - RETAIL 'A' 30,000
- RETAIL 'B' 34,100 - RETAIL 'B' 34,100
- OFFICE ABOVE 26,700 - OFFICE ABOVE 26,700
- RETAIL 'C' 25,600 - RETAIL 'C' 25,600
- RETAIL 'D' 25,900 - RETAIL V 25,900
- OFFICE ABOVE 14,400 - OFFICE ABOVE 14,400
- RETAIL 'E' 2,700
- RETAIL 'E' 2,700
- RETAIL 'F' 2,700 - RETAIL 'F' 2,700
- REST. 1 10,000 - REST. 1 10,000
- REST. 2 5,300 - REST. 2 5,300
- HOTEL 1 96,700 (4 STORY BUILDING) - RETAIL 'G' 30,000
TOTAL RETAIL SPACE 121,000 TOTAL RETAIL SPACE 151,000
TOTAL OFFICE SPACE 41,100 TOTAL OFFICE SPACE 41,100
TOTAL RESTAURANT SPACE 15,300 TOTAL RESTAURANT SPACE 15,300
TOTAL G.L.A. 274,100 S.F. TOTAL G.L.A. 207,400 S.F.
PARKING ACTUAL SPACES REQUIRED SPACES RATIO USED I PARKING I ACTUAL SPACES REQUIRED SPACES RATIO USED
RETAIL 502 484 4:1 RETAIL 633 604 4:1
OFFICE 124 124 3:1 OFFICE 124 124 3:1
HOTEL 107 107 1:1 RESTAURANT 142 124 8:1
RESTAURANT 142 124 8:1
GRADE LEVEL TOTAL 688 I I GRADE LEVEL TOTAL 712 I I
LOWER LEVEL TOTAL 187 I I LOWER LEVEL TOTAL 187 I
GRAND TOTAL I 875 839 i f I GRAND TOTAL 899 852