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EDC Minutes 2001 06-19-01 1 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 7:00 P.M. Members in Attendance: Valerie Burd Mike Anderson Jim Nanninga Art Prochaska Guests: Dale J. Woodworth Chuck Hanlon PC- 2001 -10 WOODWORTH ESTATES -PHASE 3, FINAL PLAT Dale Woodworth presented changes to the final plat. He stated that he had spoke with Joe Wyrot and Mr. Wyrot had concern regarding one of Woodworth's lots and its affect on Gawne Lane. Originally when the ten lots were put in on Gawne Lane, a twenty -four foot easement was taken off the side of Mr. Woodworth's property. When each lot was sold on Gawne Lane, the people who originally bought the lots said they had to give up 15 feet off of their lot for an easement. If Mr. Woodworth would develop Lot 6 and have the road for the lot connect to Gawne Lane, each homeowner would have to be dealt with individually regarding their easement for the road. The people living on Gawne Lane don't want the road to go through because as of now it is a private road and he does not want them upset because he made the roads join. He decided to leave Lot 6 out. Whenever any further development takes place, the road could be considered at that time. Mr. Woodworth was having a new plat drawn up by Jim Olson that he hoped to have by the next COW meeting. There was some discussion regarding street names. Someone had suggested that Wooddale be named Gawne Lane but the Police and Fire Departments suggested that the name remain Wooddale until the streets (Worsley, Gawne and Wooddale) connect. Alderman Anderson asked if Wooddale was going to dead -end and Mr. Woodworth explained that there is a "T" there presently. He plans to make a gravel turn- around. Alderwoman Burd questioned if the road was suppose to go to Lot 4 and if the Committee was suppose to decide if they want to allow the road to extend to the end of the lot. Mr. Woodworth explained that on the new plat, Lot 4 would be 120 feet wide instead of 142 feet thus making the lot line at the end of the road. He stated that he does not have plans to develop next to Lot 4 so the road shouldn't need to go further unless the city decided in the future to use the site to put a lift station or ran an interceptor in. The mayor and Alderwoman Burd suggested that the next thing to do would be to take this to the COW and any questions left outstanding, such as school districting, should be resolved at the meeting when Mr. Wyrot would be present. DOWNTOWN STUDY Jim Nanninga stated that it was estimated at $22,500.00 to do the full downtown study. Mayor Prochaska asked how much was the city projecting to have left in the fagade fund because the excess had been designated for the downtown study when the fund had been set up. Alderwoman Burd said she spoke with Holly Baker who said she was going to try and check on it but thought the excess was about $3.500.00. 2 Mayor Prochaska stated that she was probably referring to the $5,000.00 grant from ComEd. Jim Nanninga said that Mrs. Baker found out that the city could use the grant from ComEd any way they wanted as long as it was spent by the end of the year otherwise the city would lose the funding. Mayor Prochaska asked again how much was the city projecting to have left in the facade -study fund. He stated that only two businesses had applied for the facade funding this year and one had already received it. The other business hadn't. Alderwoman Burd stated that the second business wasn't responding to the city. She spoke with Bill Dettmer and he stated that he tried to talk to the owner's of Fox Flooring but he wasn't connecting with anyone. Mr. Dettmer was trying to monitor what they were doing because the work is not what they said it would be. She stated that the business might not qualify. The owner stated that he was going to put in large plate -glass window but instead installed small windows. She stated it was up to the Facade Committee to decide but currently the funding was up in the air. She asked the mayor if he was thinking of using the money left over from the facade fund for the downtown study. Mayor Prochaska stated that this funding was earmarked when the city went to the budget and found that only two people had applied for the program. The funding had been increased for this program. Rather than not use the extra money the city thought another good use for it would be to get the downtown land use study done. He was thinking that with the $5,000.00 ComEd grant, the city would have to come up with $17,500.00 to have the study done. He questioned if there was $17,500.00 remaining in the fund. Jim Nanninga stated that $30,000.00 was in the fund but he was not sure what was paid out to the Mason's. Mayor Prochaska said he thought the Mason's were paid about $5,000.00 leaving approximately $25,000.00 in the fund. He was thinking that there was enough left to go ahead with the study. Alderman Anderson asked if the study was $3,500.00 to $5,000.00 for Phase I and another $22,100.00 additional for Phase II? If so, the $5000.00 grant would cover the first phase and the city would still need $22,100.00 for the second phase. Mayor Prochaska stated that the first Phase only deals with the economic study of the dam. He asked Mr. Nanninga if when the city didn't they extend the area to include the courthouse area when they applied for the grant. Mr. Nanninga said yes that when the city defined the downtown they included the courthouse. Mayor Prochaska stated he would like to see the city get the study done. He thought it might be a possibility that Kendall County would like to add funds to help because the city was including the courthouse and the area around their offices in the study. He suggested that the city look to see what funds are available and what funds they needed to come up with. He wanted to know the figure that was given to Fox Flooring for their renovations. He did not recall how much it was. Alderman Anderson asked if the agreement with Fox Flooring was still valid because it stated that it was valid for 90 days from January 8, 2001. Mayor Prochaska stated that it would have to be looked into. 3 Alderwoman Burd stated that the business might still be entitled to some of the funding but not necessarily all of it. Mayor Prochaska asked Mr. Nanninga to check if the agreement with Fox Flooring was still valid and then verify what funds were still available. He asked that the information be brought to the meeting next month. Alderwoman Burd said that the letter from ComEd needed to be accepted, signed and sent back to ComEd acknowledging that the city agrees to do what is stated in the grant. Mayor Prochaska asked to put the letter on the next COW agenda. PC- 2001 -11 FIELDS OF FARM COLONY 11/2 MILE REVIEW FOR UNIT 3, FINAL PLAT Chuck Hanlon from LPS was present to represent Inland Development. Farm Colony Unit 3 is west of Minkler Road and east of Route 71 going on as far south as Hilltop and south of the future Van Emmon Road extension. This is the third unit of four. He stated that the Plan Commission had voted against the final plat. Alderwoman Burd asked if they met the final plat. Mr. Hanlon stated yes. He said that tat the Plan Commissin meeting, City Attorney Dan Kramer had stated before the vote that the purpose of the vote wasn't about if the area should be developed but rather was the final plat in conformance to the preliminary plat. He stated that the Plan Commission had concerns about what if this area would be annexed to the city would it need improvements to bring it up to the city's standards. He felt that from the builders and residents standpoint there was no reason to annex to Yorkville. If annexation were entertained, the area would be accepted the way it has been built or the city would ask the residents to bring the area up to standards. Alderwoman Burd asked if the boundary agreement with Oswego mentions going around to Minkler Road. Mr. Nanninga stated that he didn't think this area touched the boundary. Alderwoman Burd stated that if it meets the preliminary plat everything is okay. Mr. Nanninga asked if the memo City Engineer, Joe Wyrot, sent to the developer was addressed. Mr. Hanlon stated that as requested road names have been changed, the easements have been dealt with, etc. Alderman Burd stated that Committee would make the recommendation for approval at the next COW meeting. Mr. Hanlon asked if the city would be interested in color aerial photographs and maps of the area. His firm produces them and if the city was interested he could provide examples and costs. i i COMBINING OF SIGN REVIEW BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Alderman Anderson was in favor of combining the two Boards. 4 Mr. Nanninga asked if he should direct Dan Kramer to put something together regarding this and both Alderwoman Burd and Alderman Anderson instructed him to do this. OSWEGO BOUNDARY AGREEMENT Alderwoman Burd stated that nothing new was happening in this area. INSPECTIONS IN MULTI FAMILY ZONED UNITS Mr. Nanninga stated that Mr. Dettmer asked if the Committee could delay discussing this. Alderwoman Burd said she had heard that Mr. Dettmer had hired someone to do the inspections but Mr. Nanninga said that he had someone in mind but had not hired the person specifically for this. The matter was tabled until the next meeting. Adjourned at 8:00 P.M. I Minutes submitted by Jackie Milschewski - I i i UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE June 19, 2001 SIGN IN SHEET NAME (PLEASE PRINT!) PHONE # 0 T (1:6Lo�14 0 -7