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Economic Development Minutes 2006 03-23-06 Pave 1 of 2 APPROVED 5/25/06 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:00 pm City Hall Conference Room Present: Alderman Marry Munns, Chairman John Phillipchuck Alderman Joe Besco John Martin City Attorney, John Wyeth Bill Shiner City Administrator, John Crois Paul Lieder Lynn Dubajic, YEDC Kevin Serafin Dan Kramer Dave Schultz The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Munns. 1. Approval/Correction of Minutes: January 19, 2006 and February 16, 2006 — The minutes were not approved because there were not enough Aldermen. 2. EDC 2006 -07 Building Permit Report for January 2006 — This will move on to COW. 3. EDC 2006 -08 Building Permit Report for February 2006 — This will move on to COW. 4. EDC 2006 -05 Ratos Development / Economic Initiative Agreement for Corneils and Route 47 — This will go to EDC in April. 5. PC 2006 -16 MPI South Annexation and zoning — This is 916.44 acres with 1764 units on it with a density of 2.11 units per acre. It runs from Caton Farm Road to Ament Road. There is a 3 acre park site on the North end of the development and a bike path running throughout the development. There is a 13 acre commercial site at Rt. 47 and Wheeler Rd. There is a 23 acre commercial site at Rt. 47 and Walker Rd. There is a 45 acre commercial site at Rt. 47 and Caton Farm Road. There has been another change in the size of the school site. It is now a 67 '/z acre site for a High School with a 10 acre park adjacent to the school site. The Aux Sable creek separates the Suburban area from the Transitional area. The largest homes are in the NorthWest corner of the development around Immanuel Rd. and Ament Rd. They are 12,000 square foot minimum lots with 80 foot and 85 foot minimum widths. Then there is an area of 11,000 minimum square foot lots, and an area of 10,000 minimum square foot lots with 70 foot and 75 foot minimum widths. There is a 5 acre fire station site and a 1 %2 acre well and water tower site. The water tower will be a 5 million gallon standpipe. Bill Shiner talked about Commercial Developments. He said this is a good location for a commercial development and talked about the distance away from other major commercial developments. He talked about the Economic Impact of a commercial development such as this one. This will move on to COW on April 18tH i Paize 2 of 2 7. PC 2006 -09 Westbury East Village PUD Amendment and Preliminary PUD Plan — This is part of a previously approved Final Plat. There were some changes to the plan. There will be an access on Rt. 47, and the commercial portion of the development became larger. This will move on to COW. 6. PC 2006 -08 Westbury South Village PUD Amendment and Preliminary PUD Plan - The Plan Commission was not happy with this proposal. There are lots as small as 6,900 square feet in this development. Normally 10,000 square foot lots are the smallest the City allows. The Golf Course in this development will be open to the Public rather than being a private course. This will move on to COW. 8. - PC 2005 -65 Fountain Village — Final Plat — This will move on to COW. 9. PC 2004 -33 Silver Fox — Preliminary Plan — This will be R2 zoning on 102 acres. There was a concern about the 6 cul de sacs within this plan. 5 developers will be bringing the water and sewer through as well as the Greenbriar extention. There will be conservation easements in the rear of the yards. This will move on to COW on April 18" 10. EDC 2006 -09 Sign Ordinance — The Aldermen felt lower signs were better. The redraft could be part of the facade program. This will come back to EDC. There was a survey in the packet on this topic for the Aldermen to fill out and submit before the next meeting. 11. EDC 2005 -02 Econimic Incentives for Commerciat/Industrial Business Update — The policy has been posted on the City website as well as the YEDC website. It will also be in the EDC newsletter. It is being referred to on a regular basis. For new or existing small business there is a mentoring program available through Waubonsee Community College. The consulting will be at no cost. It is a joint effort between the Chaimber of Commerce and YEDC. They will not have competitors mentoring eachother though. This will come back to EDC. 12. Additional Business —None. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm. Minutes submitted by Laura Leppert.