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Economic Development Minutes 2006 07-27-06 I Page 1 of 2 APPROVED 9/19/06 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:00 pm City Hall Conference Room Present: Mayor Art Prochaska Randy Whit Alderman Joe Besco Vince Rosonova Alderwoman Valerie Burd Jim City Attorney John Wyeth Richard Filler Travis Miller Lynn Dubajic City Administrator John Crois Arthur D. Crawford Lowell Iverson Duane L. Orton Claudia Faxias Audrey K. Orton Mary Ann Kawezynski Martha Price Judith Vant Phillip Marshall Scott Mai The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Alderwoman Burd. 1. Approval/Correction of Minutes: None. 2. EDC 2006 -13 Building Permit Report for June 2006 — This will move on to COW. 3. PC 2005 -52 Kleinwatcher — Preliminary Plan — Plan Commission recommended approval subject to staff comments 6 — 0. City Council approved annexation, B3 zoning, and special use for a daycare. There are still some outstanding issues to be addressed. The storm water management report is estimated to be in next week. This will move on to COW on August 15 4. PC 2006 -50 Prairie Pointe — Zoning — This is an 11.6 acre parcel at McHugh Rd and Countryside. Part of it is currently zoned B3. The R2 portion of it should be rezoned to 133. There will be 4 lots and one of them will be occupied by Smith Engineering. It will be a 45,000 square foot office building. They have a letter of intent from a hotel and a banquet hall,. It is adjacent to the park and the new Post Office. This will go to the August 1 St COW and will be if front of City Council for consideration on August 8 th 5. PC 2005 -44 Schramm Property — Annexation, Zoning and Concept PUD — Plan Commission recommended approval of annexation and recommended re- zoning to PUD subject to staff comments and compliance with current city zoning standards. The Gas Station would be removed from the plan. They are proposing a 16 unit per acre R4 apartment development. R4 currently has a max density of 8 units per acre. There was discussion that if the City Council would allow this, they would want to increase the standards and have a higher end product. The next step for this is a Public Hearing which is scheduled for the August 8 City Council meeting. It will come th back to EDC on August 15 Pajae 2 of 3 6. PC 2006 - Kendall Marketplace — Zoning, Concept PUD and Preliminary PUD — This would be rezoned to PUD zoning. There was a Public Hearing on the Concept PUD at Plan Commission and there will be a Public Hearing at City Council on August 8 for the Preliminary Plan. There was some discussion about the access points into the development and why they are looking into a full access where they had a partial access before. There is a 20 acre naturalized detention area. There will be a cedar fence to shield the town homes from the commercial buildings. There could be some possible restaurants by the reflecting pond. There is a parcel for a Police Department. For the multi family density the City Council would like to upgrade the standards of the buildings and landscaping. A developmental agreement can be tied to the Concept PUD plan. The rezoning and concept PUD will move on to the August 1 COW, and then to August 8 City Council for consideration. The Preliminary PUD will have a Public Hearing on Auust 8 then move on to COW on August 15 and then to City Council on August 22 nd 7. PC 2006 -37 O'Keefe — Annexation and Zoning — The water park will be the 42 acres on lots 2 and 3. The total property is 141 acres. It is currently zoned Al and is looking to annex to Yorkville B3. There will be some Retail Tax incentives and admissions tax for the water park. There is an easement for the YBSD sanitary sewer. Alderwoman Burd said she would like to see reduced rates at the water park for the residents of Yorkville. The developers of the water park said there would be a 40% discount to the residents of Yorkville. The daily admission would likely be $25 for adults and $19 for children under 48 inches and the season pass would probably be between $85 -$90. The water park will begin mass grading on October 1 Subject to approval. There will be a public hearing on August 8th 8. EDC 2006 -18 Beecher Road Right of Way Intergovernmental Agreement with Kendall County — Kendall County has agreed to dedicate .82 acres for the City Right of Way for Beecher Road. There will be an outfall below Beecher Rd. to the detention on the Rush Copley property. This will move on to COW on August 1 provided the comments from the State's Attorney are received. 9. EDC 2006 -19 South Area Joint Engineering Funding Agreement — the City is looking for comments from the South area developers which include Heartland, Montalbano, MPI, Fagonel, and the Hallmark development. There could be a possibility of an SSA or other funding mechanism. The developers would jointly fund the engineering. There was a question about whether the City would be reimbursed for the well sitings. That will be a discussion when the agreements for the SSA come in. The SSA would be paid off at the time of closing. The SSA would be for the water and sewer improvements. There will be a standpipe, a force main, and shallow and deep wells. The value of the home in a SSA development is the same an a non SSA home with building and hookup fees. There should be an addition in the SSA agreement that a certain number of lots would be set aside for local builders. This item will go to EDC on August 15 An SSA policy change will also go to EDC on th August 15 Pajee 3 of 3 10. EDC 2006 -14 Zoning Ordinance Amendment for Building Height Increase — In 2005 the building code was updated to allow 6 story buildings up to 80 feet high. This ordinance was drafted at the same time. In May there was some discussion about the concern in the downtown business district to allow for a view of the historic courthouse. The area highlighted in yellow would remain 35 feet maximum. Zoning class O, 132, 133, R2, and R4 would allow 6 stories or 80 feet high. This will move forward to COW on August 1" with some minor changes. 11. Additional Business — Alderman Besco said things are getting exciting with Economic Development. October 2007 the new Kohl's will open. John Wyeth said there will be a development agreement with Harlem Irving. The meeting was adjourned at 8:32 pm. Minutes submitted by Laura Leppert. PLEASE SIGN IN MEETING: 1�L DATE: r c) — C NAME BUSINESS PHONE # Z e� rC_ A l'Di //V 1/(Ji.u',wIVI 2 631 -y 1 - 3"77 7 t l ) 0144�� Lr)ILAD "71 A-) Akh-f J / S�vtr� 5.n ►-rte E a«.sc, SS 3 - 75(, 0 I