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Public Safety Minutes 2011 08-04-11 APPROVED W/ CORRECTIONS 9/1/11 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING Yorkville City Hall Conference Room Thursday, August 4, 2011 – 6:30 P.M. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Alderman Colosimo Alderman Funkhouser Alderman Kot Alderman Spears OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Bart Olson, City Administrator Chief Rich Hart Deputy Chief Schwartzkopf Deputy Chief Hilt Citizen Comments: There was no citizen comment. Minutes for Correction/Approval: The minutes for the July 22, 2019, September 30, 2010, October 28, 2010, and July 7, 2011 were unanimously approved. New Business 1. PS 2011-20 Police Reports for June and July 2011 After some discussion regarding police policy for lockouts, the Committee agreed to forward the reports to the Council Consent Agenda. 2. PS 2011-21 Request for Liquor Code Amendments The City of Yorkville received an application for both a Class “A-1” – retail Tavern/Bar and also a Class “G” – Beer Garden/Patio license for a new business that will be opening at the corner of Rt. 47 & Van Emmon. Per city code, there is a limit on the number of Class “A” and Class “G” liquor licenses and currently both of these liquor categories are full. Before any new Class “A” or Class “G” licenses can be issued, City Council will need to decide if the city liquor code should be amended to increase the number of available liquor licenses. If the decision is made to amend the code, it does not guarantee that a liquor license will be issued to this applicant. As with all liquor applications, the Liquor Commissioner will review the application and make the final decision. There are currently four locations licensed for Class “A” Liquor Licenses. OJ’s Tap and Kendall Pub are both located in the downtown area. Stonefire Restaurant and Fox River Lanes are located outside of the downtown area. Should the City Council decide to approve an ordinance amending the liquor code, it will bring the total Class “A” licenses up to five. Regarding the Class “G” – Beer Garden/Patio licenses, the city code allows for a total of seven licenses. City Council approval of an increase in this classification will bring the total number of beer garden/patio licenses up to eight. Along with the request for the amendments to the Class “A” and Class “G” categories, this applicant is also looking at holding a Catering Class liquor license to provide liquor for another business located in the downtown area. To provide for this use, an amendment to the Catering License definition would need to be considered. 3. PS 2011-22 Ordinance Amending City Code Regarding BASSET Training The amendment to this Ordinance requires the general manager of each business with liquor licenses to be BASSET trained. For temporary or special event liquor licenses, it requires one person to be at the special event at all times that is BASSET trained. Chief Hilt explained that the amendment places the responsibility for training on the managers and owners. Under the current ordinance, businesses have difficulty remaining compliant because of high employee turnover and a lack of staff to provide enough training classes. The Committee agreed to forward the matter to the Council Consent Agenda. 4. PS 2011-23 Ordinance Amending City Code Regarding the Term of License for Beer Garden/Patio Licenses The City has received a request from a current liquor license holder regarding beer garden/patio licenses. Under the current liquor code, the code only allows for these licenses to be issued from May 1 through October 31. Section 3-3-4-5, Paragraph D states that “it shall be unlawful for any outdoor liquor license holder to sell or offer for sale any alcoholic liquor, including beer or wine between November 1 and April 30 of any year”. The liquor license holder asked if the code could be amended to allow outdoor liquor sales at other times during the year. The license holder said that they had patrons who had left their business during the month of April when the weather was nice, because they preferred to eat outdoors. Staff recommendation is to remove paragraph D from the liquor code, so that there is not a prohibition on outdoor liquor sales between November 1 and April 30. This would allow the Class G licenses to be issued for the same license term as the license holders’ primary liquor license. Per section 3-3-5 Paragraph A, outdoor licenses would then be issued for a license term of May 1 through April 30. After a brief discussion regarding the origin of the current ordinance language, the Committee agreed to forward the item for the Council Consent agenda. Old Business 1. PS 2011-16 Weather Warning Sirens Chief Hilt responded that he was still waiting for a quote from the contractor; however, it was estimated that the weather warning sirens would cost around $20,000 each. City Administrator Olson informed the Committee there was $103,000 in the Police Capital Fund, designated specifically for sirens. He further encouraged the committee to act quickly on this item. The Committee agreed that as soon as the Chief received the quote, the request could be forwarded directly to the City Council. 2. PS 2011-18 Parking Near Riemenschneider Park At the July Public Safety Committee meeting, the Committee discussed parking restrictions around the park and the cost of restriping McHugh Road to include parking adjacent to the park. The specific proposal would involve restricting parking on the west side of McHugh Road between Hayden Drive and Prairie Pointe Drive. In order to safely allow parking on the east side of McHugh Road along that same stretch, the road will have to be restriped for on-road parking stalls. Public Works Director Dhuse has estimated the cost of the restriping to be approximately $570, with the work being performed by Public Works and Parks employees. Staff recommends approval of an ordinance that will restrict parking on the west side of McHugh Road between Hayden Drive and Prairie Pointe Drive. The Committee recommended moving this item forward to the Consent Agenda. 3. PS 2011-13 Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances Regulating On- Street Parking (East Millbrook Circle – Grand Reserve North) th This item was last discussed at the July 26 City Council meeting, where it was tabled to the next Public Safety Committee meeting. At the City Council meeting, it was stated that the residents of the Colonies neighborhood were originally concerned about parking within the cul-de-sacs off of East Millbrook Circle, and not concerned about parking on East Millbrook Circle. The reason stated for the tabling was that the proposed ordinance would have no impact on the resident’s concerns. While true, the ordinance is still recommended by staff for approval because of the right-of-way width, future build-out and traffic patterns of the area. At full build-out, parking on both sides of the road will prevent safe and smooth traffic flow in both directions. Therefore, it is recommended that the restriction be approved by City Council. The residents’ concern about parking in the cul-de-sacs must be handled by their HOA, as the cul-de-sacs are private streets. Chief Hilt noted that this particular area is difficult for emergency vehicles to navigate during snow events when cars are parked on the street. The committee agreed to forward this item to the Consent Agenda with the recommendation for approval. Additional Business City Administrator Olson provided the Committee with information regarding a proposed Taxi Ordinance. The City had been contacted by a resident operating a taxi service in area towns and counties to inquire about a Yorkville taxi permit. The City does not currently regulate taxi services though these services are commonly regulated by municipal ordinance. Staff has provided the Committee with a proposed ordinance that was fashioned after taxi cab ordinances from other municipalities. While there are provisions of the ordinance that address public safety and powers given to the Police Chief, it deals first and foremost with the regulations of an industry. rd City Administrator Olson stated that this ordinance was slated for the August 23 agenda. The most regulatory aspect of this ordinance is the ability to create taxi zones. Additionally, the ordinance gives the Police Department the right to inspect taxi meters. The licensing and permitting will be handled by the clerk’s office. The Committee discussed the enforcement and licensing aspects of the ordinance as well as how potential fees could be used for signage. The Committee then agreed that the item should be forwarded to the Council’s consent agenda. There being no further business, they Committee adjourned at 7:14pm Respectfully Submitted by: Kristia Leyendecker Minute Taker