03-19-82 Residential Neighborhoods Committee

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QIItminttttr: rport �In the Qlmmnu n Qlounra of tip Tall ,af*fluff, wrnd: RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE The March 19 , 1982 meeting of the Residential Neighborhoods Committee was called to order by its Chairman, Councilman Beverlie Beck at 3: 30 p .m. in the Council Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included: Councilmen Szymkowiak, Beck, McGann, Crone, and Voorde, Mrs. Donna Brayton and her mother, John Birong, Mr. and Mrs . Pordon, Don Napoli, Mrs . Ruth Hoober, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Councilman Beck stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss Bill No . 25-82 proposing the vacation of an alley for the River Park Library. Councilman Beck was handed a petition dated March 17., 1982 which included 20 signatures of persons who were against the proposed vacation. (Attached) . Mrs . Beck also passed out minutes of the Board of Public Works meeting of March 8, 1982 wherein they recommended the vacation favorably. Councilman Beck then introduced Mr . Don Napoli who gave the following update. He noted that the River Park Library would be a 7500 sq. ft . building with 28 parking spaces . It would be located on four lots all presently owned by Mrs . Ruth Hoober. Two homes would be torn down and her real estate office would• be relocated. All zoning setbacks would be met, and it would be located across the street from the Potawatomi Greenhouse. He noted that the east-west alley would be widened from 14 feet to 22 feet in order to allow for a turning radius . It would be paved, it is presently a dirt alley, and would be plowed in the winter. Several telephone poles would be moved. The north-south alley would be closed. He noted that several other configurations were tried but this was the only one which would allow the building to be located on these four lots . As proposed, it would be two blocks away from the existing branch library. This branch library would replace the rented facilities which they have used on a ten-year lease basis . - Rent has increased from $2,500 to $4, 500 and the present location was to small and not energy efficient . Usage since 1977 has increased 70%. Mr. Napoli then showed blueprint drawings and an architect' s drawing of the facilities . Several questions were then asked about the proposed location. Mr. Napoli noted that all of the mature trees in the area would try to be retained, and that all four branch libraries would be indentical in size. The project was ready to go out for bids . Councilman Szymkowiak believed that the branch library as proposed would be an asset to the neighborhoods . Mr. and Mrs . Pordon spoke against the proposed vacation and believed that the building would be obsolete in ten years . Councilman Beck noted that if the branch library could not be located in the proposed area that the River Park Library branch would be dropped • /RIE PRSSS olgaipa PUBLISHING CO.