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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-23-06 Community & Economic Development~"®I~I~~Ility end ~CQ11®11110 EVEQpi11E11 ®111 SEE ~oocs s«t«n ~~ala ~.~>n~n,~~,~ c~~~~~~,a "l'he .lat~taary "?3, ?~€~~, rtteeting ol` the Coa~tZ~rtrtity algid Ecoractn~ic ~evelop~~~ent Co~~~i~ttttee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council. lvle~zber Boland Kellar at x:46 p.rn_ in the Council Informal Meeting Root~t. persons in attendance included Council I~etnbers Ketly, I'tt~zello, White, I3ieter, I'feifur, garner, Kuspa, and Reuse; Martha I/ewis, C'ornurtity and Econottsic l~eveloprraent Executive l~ireetor Sharon Kendall, Bill ~c.ltalli~l, C-a~-l 1littrell, City C;ierk tohir Voorde, N[rs. Kopola, ~aanie I1oo of the ~Soz.~d1~~ I~e~r~ 7 i•r'hur~€~ arts Kathleen Ce~anski-Farrand, Council Attorney. ~ii~l Nc~. 6-09 - ~o~ las load ll},c€~~®mic ~evelc~ r~xen4~ ,~~'ea: Council ~~letttl~er Kelly caned l:or a presentation ors Dill No_Ot5-09 which would. designate the l3ctuglas load Ec®rtoxt~ic Developt~ent Area and approve an order of the Area dart Cotx~~issior~ ghat the p3an declared try the Soutlt Bead l~edeveloprnet~t C'ojntnission confortr~s to the plan Fc3r developsrtent. Bill ~cl~alliol of tl-~e [3eparttn.ett.t ol~' th would be the se e~ tl:t~~d~:ve op~~e®~ a~reta. tt ~nsi ~s prc;serttatioa~. lie noted tl~tat t# approved, stf ~.~ as~res. In response to a question lro~n l~r. ~Iarne~-, Mr. ~cl~alliol stated that based on engineering pr~ojeetions the cost for streLt i~nprove~rserats ~~~o~~ld he approxit~tatelgl ? ll~ to ; ~niilion dollar°s. He added that the city does not currently have the right of way. The Council Attorney noted that sloe wormed with tUlrs. l~eRose a~~d Cheryl Greene of the Legal l~epartrnent; and that section '; of the resolution reflects the state law language address~rag the Council's role (IC' ~b-7-l4-1f~, Version h~. Council. Vle~tther l~uspa Made a ~nc~tio~a, seconded by Council Nle~tlber .pt~z~ello that Bill No.fl6-019 l7e recontt~reaYded favorably to Council. ~'he tnvtiora passed. "l'l-zere Eyeing n.o fut-tl~er l~~siraess to eozxte l~el'o€e the C.o~~neil, th.e ~rteeting arras ztd~gourned ley Counci3 .NCe3i~l~er Kelly at 4:~3 p.rn. Ides y ~~tbtni d' , :. Council l~,etnl3er Roland Kelly, Chairperson Cornrnunity and Ecctrtornic Develttpntent ~:o~n~~tittee KC~:k~~f Attachment iasauan '?3. 2t?tlt; ~'t~~72r~1iuzit~ taut P.coi~ontic. i~e~'eia}~rne~~t Cnsnn~iELe~ n9ce[iii~ V[in~~t:as Zoning and Annexation Commi~teo "CKK~ So~i F3ea~ca Ca3~imun Councl The January ?~, 2~t`I6 meeting of the .honing and Annexation Coaa~atnit#e~: was called tc= order b}r its Chairperson, Council Mcanl~er l,rvin Kuspa at x:03 p.rra. in the C`seuncil Informal Meeting Rooeta. Persons in attendance included. Corencil Men~ibers Ptazzello, l~uspa; White, ~ara~er, P[eifer, Kelly, Dieter and 1Zouse, Coaraa~tZrra~ity and Econoa~aic Developa~~ent Executive Director Sharon Kendall, I', i, Th~aringer, Mrs. I~opola, ~it_y Clerk :lohn ~Ioorde, Martha l..ewis, Donnie E"ooley, Rebecca Goo; Doris Portolese, I<licla Wi#e~aer, Bill Schalliol, Jae~aie l,oo of the ~Sniath 13er~r1 I"ril3aarac~ and l~athleen Cek.anski-~'arrand, `ouncil Attorney. C'oean.cil Meanber Kus}~a noted that #l~e Coenenittee consists of Council Mea~a.bers Kirsits, Dieter, White and. himself -le further noted that the C`oe~ttnittee acts in an advisory capacity, with the Common Coueecil having th.e final au#l~ority. H.e asked that persons wishia~g to testify before the Coana~nittee give their name and. address for the record Si(x ire. ~5-0~ l~ezc;,nia~ Ile to st Council. I'd[ember K:a~spa called for a report fronl the Area Plan staff oee. Bill 1~Ica. 6S-#~5 which is a request to rezone 31.6 Vljilliaara, ~ 18, 3243, 32n, 3?~ and 326 West Nfadison. I'. T, fI'htaringer, a l~l.analer ~srith Area flan reported that the Bill received an a.en.favorable recomrreendation froa7a the Area. Plan Coanmission following a public hearing held on Decean.ber 243, 2D(35. I-Is noted that it isavolved 611(3's of an acre anal woazid chaa~~;e the zoning frotra. MF 1 to MU~ Seven (7} letters were received in opposition and nine {9) persons spoke against the reslaaest. The staff anal the Coaraanission believe that the proposed use is t~~o intense. Doris Portalese with offices at ?914) North G rape Road made the presentation on behalf of tl~e petitioner Joe Grabill. She noted that they ~~~et vritla the I~lear l~lorthyvest Neighborhood Neighborhood group who told them that they had #o go against the request. No one froar- the public spoke in favor of the Bill.. Those in apposition. included Connie Tooley ~vho lives on West LaSalle and also owns the pa~operties located at 31.7 ae~d 31 ~ IaaSalle. She noted that the neighbors are working hard tca restore their neighborhood. Relsecca Graca of 14}[~7 Portage spe~l:e against the rezonie~eg. 'I~he~r wozaid prefer more of an office buffer to the a~eiglaborhood. They did araeet with the developer in November and flyers were given otet to tree residents door-to-door before that aneeting. She noted that there wea-e a few residents in favor, however most were opposed. Council. Mearaber Kuspa noted that the 4W oua~eil had received letters in opposition to tl~e Bill ;lenuary 23. ?UI;IE; ~on~ts~, .md i\r~ne?:~tiou e.omn~itt~ c~l~ Chc 2!)i)G Soiall~ 13e~.Ej C~o~ni~io~~ Council -1'ti€;e I c~i' 3- Council. ]~:e~~ber Dietei-'nade a ~~otion, seconded by Council Nlerriber itelly that Bill No. fs5-5 be reco~ninended unfavorably to Cc~rincii. The ~~aoti€~n passed. l~r. Var~~er noted that there is re-use potential for this bui.l.ding, and ghat he appreciates the residents ].eeping ari span '';:Hind with regard tc~ a possible of ice buffer. This ~r;ay prove to lie an opportua~ity in tl~e future. Council Me'Ir~ber White agreed with fir. Varner and hoped that the petitioner would c;or>sider a less inte~3se use in the future. ]Bill Igo. ~5-~~ lltez( ;i~i~- ll$e pest ' C~?uncil l~?Ie~nE~er lCuspa called. for a report from the Area 1'1an staff on 1:3111 No, ~~-OS which is a request to rerc~ne 377, 38~ 1, 5661 ]vlitntz Parkway, 39017, 3919, 392 Crescent Circle and propet~ty east of 5661. i~li~~tz 1'arkwa_y. P.,l. 'l`huri~ger, reported that the Bill. received a l'avorahl.e recotnrnc~datiors from the Area Plan. Co~~~~issio following ~ public hearing held on Decesnl~e~- ?tl, 2(3(15. ~Ie noted that it involves ,7 acres evith two'` f2) t~uildia~gs, tie noted that th€;re were ilo remonstrators. l~iek Witmer of the Department of Co';~~triunity and Econoflnic I3evelop~ent stated that the- 1?il] ~~Ttiuld restore the properties' cirigit~ial. zoning classification. ]fir. Varner made a t~ic~tion, seconded by Council [i!ietnlaer White that Bil] No. $5-[35 he recorntxiendecl favoral3ly to C ouncil. ^i'he n~otiori passed. >l3ill 110. Sfi-U5 IZe~onE~ lZe taest Council ~ei.~~ber l~uspa called fr?r a ri~pcirt from. the Area 1?l.an staff cin Bill No. X6--05 which i.s a request to rezone the northwest corner of Ironwood and l:reland (a portion of the retention pond}. .~.:1 T'huringer, reported that the Bill received art. favorable recot~i~nendation t~oi~: the Area flan Corninission following a pi.iblic hearing held on I~ece~~iber 20, 2t)t15. I-Ie noted that it involved 9,3013 square feet. Bill ~challiol of the t~epartinei~t cif t,ori:at~~~tt~ity and Eton©toic Devel.opn~ent Stated that the rezoning is necessa.t-y for a single-use l~illbi3ard. Ile Waited in response to a question frot~i l~r. Varner that the cota.do o~~ners were notified even tl~iciugl~. they are beycind. the 30D' requireirient. Council Member Dieter '!Wade a it~otion, seconded by Dr. Varner that Bill loo. 86-(}5 be, recori~a.-ended favorably to Council. The nZOtion passed. Bill Nci. ~L7-~5 '1'ex1~ Ame~d~ nt tc~ ~,o;r~in riEinat~c~ ~"out?ci1 l~en~:k~er Kuspa noted. that the Council. has received a letter from..fohn Byorrii, Executive Director of Area. Plan requesting that :Bill l`Io. ~7-DS be continued. until l~ebruary 27, 2006, in order tcf allotiu additional tinne for the Cotxit.~~ittee to irieet on this Bill. ,Ig3=i~a€q 23, 700E3 7~~uuz~ anti l~rn~ex~ttion C'on~ns#1ec=czFthe 2(If.)(i Sotri}~ Fiend Ce~snmon Councl -N~c~c't ol- s- fir. ~Tarner shade a ~trotion, seconded ~y ~`otancii I~Ien~ber white that t~i~i Ala. ~?~t7S ~Se recdt~sr~sended tc~ he cos~tins.~ed until i~ei_Srs~ary 7th, at ti-te recis.~est oi" the t't~titiorses-. The ~~scation passed.. In resporsse to an ingttir}f fro~~ Council I~emher ~slhite, Council I~crnber t<uspa noted that City Attors~ev Charles Leone is to get i:raclt is~ t€~s.tch wit3~ hirrs to s~.tggest dat~;s when tl~e City Ads~nir~istration viii Yee available to discuss ~;i1i No. ~7-OS. Cossncii Nletnber White suggested that tine Cot.s.ncil i~rlea~sbc~°s send their concerns about the i-3iil to Cos.st~seti Mesxsber Kuspa and. the Cosancii Atton~eya C"os..tncil President Rouse noted that tl~e I3ili is very cutrsl~es~son, and ghat in addition to ti>e l~arki.ng concerns voiced by the C'ou:ncil. at earlier n~eetis~gs, ti~at signage concerns also need to ~e addressed. C€~t-sncil I~es~tber Ks.~s~a noted that Parking on lawns and enfc~rcen~ent continues to 1~~; a nzs.scls discussed topic_ i=re noted that he is aware of many areas where cars, are pariza~d on the law~~s, noting that in n~aany instar~ees there are rso other pieces to Park. There was no tniscell.an.eous business. Ca~uncil ~crnber K~st~a ti~en acijos.rmed the Com~~aittee meeting at ~2~ t~.~n. Respectii~liy stsbirsittecl, ~.~"'~ Council Nfesnher E..r+iin l~cssl~a, Chairperson honing and A>linexatior~ Con~s~~sittee t~CP: ks-n.f Attacl~n~ents January 23, 2€1067,.oning and ftnne~ation C`omtnittec oF[he 2C1{)(3 Sontlt 13crtd Comnu>n Gntutcil -1'rtgc 2 oP 3- Pti~b1~G 1D~'~6S ADd ~'DpD Dea~D~t ®llt[CD zc~cly st,t~(]t ~~~z,.l c:~t~~-~~~,t, c°~>~ut~E The iar~uarv 2s, 2()(16 meeting of tl~e Public W€~t~ks and Property Vacatio~~ Co~~~~ittee was galled. to order by its Chairperson, Council li~let~ber l~a~rid ~. Varner at 4:;f1 p.~~. in the Council Informal Meeting Rooz~ Persons in attendance included Cottnc;il ~`lc'mbers I3ieter, Puzzello, Kelly, Varner, I~rrspa, White, Pfeifer and R®use; Phil fiyrd, Carl Isittrell, Pat f.ynch, 1Vlaria Coria, fail I~Ie2a, Martha f;ewis, Rita. Kopala, ~;:~ecutive Director of the I~epart>~ent of Coi~tnua~ity anal ~conosr~ic ~evelop~nent Sharon. l~endal;, City Clerk Jahn Voorde, Tarnie I,c>o of tl~e ~5~,utd~ ~'e~~c~ T~^ihi~a-~~ and l~athleen Cel~anski-l;arrar~d, Council attorney. I~r. Varner noted fihat the Cott~n~tittee ~-ne~ribers il~cluded Council l~eznbers Puzzelio, l~feifer, Dieter ay~d hi~~self. I~r. Varner noted that a presenter was available, for Dill T`t1o. ~l-~C and tl~erefare moved this Bill to the en.d. of the agenda. dill ~t~. 02-Obe '~ac~tion ~.~ ~ s I:~r. Varner there called for a presentation ~ Bill No. f}2-~6 which is a retl~aest to vacate the first eastfwest alley rgorth of Corby Bo~ilevarcl fral~~ St_ Peter Street wort to tl~e first. north/south alley for a distaa~ce of I65 fee a€~d a width of ?~ feet, which is part of Sorin's 2nd addition a€~d a part «f belly's Subdivisisn. 1?hillip Byrd of Sl~~ 1/incoln Way West l~~ade. the preserttatiot~ along with th.e praperty owr~irs who currently live at it30~ St- Vincent Street. They wish to Dave tl~e va~:atio~~ in order to provide property far additional set backs which will permit the canstruction of a ne~~~ ho~rlo at 917 St. Peter wl~iel~ is eat l ~~, the lot iml~ediately south and adjacent to the alley. The Board of 1?nblic Works gave the req~~est a favorable reco~rl~endation to the Council (January 5, 20Q6 report a.fitached}. l~'ollowing discussion, Caa.s.ncil Member Pul~ella made a rnation, seconded. by Council. Ivlei~her Pfeifer that Bill No. It2-~6 be reco~~l~ended favorably to Council. The nlation passed. dill l~®m 03-OG: Vacali®n lR.__~~ue~t.~ Dr. Varner then Galled tar a presentation on Bill No. ~3-~6 ~~~l~icl~ is a request to vacate the fig°st t3orti~lsa~.~tl~ alley west of Carlisle Street from Wester~~ Avenue south tee the first eastlwest atiey l~~~l° a distance of I22 feet and a width of l~ feet, being a paE~t of Su~~lr-it Place 2nd addition. The Beard of I'tzblic Wart<s gave tl~e re€lr~~st a favorably reat~~xl~~~or~.datiou to tl~e Council (January 5, 2~U6 rep<~rt attached:). amtaaF' ?3, ?[J(16 Pul~lie works snd T'sope-riy Vxzct~[iarz C;ouuttinee Meetitth ot'eh~ 2f3[~G Suutlt S3cnd C'«mntan €~outtci] -P;.~~,e 1 of ?- Pat Lynch of 71 l ~r'est ~Nashirr~;t:on made the presenrderrto~ rovidel addit~o na arld sett parr ~'~ present. He noted that the vacatior€ is necessary rrr o p p y. spaces for the retail space located at 2~? 1 ~ Wiest ~esterrr. ~ he building is crtrrently erg t vvas forr~~rerly a tax proparer's ofl`ice; arrd would be used. as a restaurant. lrr response to a question fror~r ~ourrcil Mernl~er Pfeifer, it vvas rrcrted that the zoning is appropriate fc~r a resta~xrar~t. C;ot~ncit iv(ernt~er Puzzetlo noted that the ~or~rac€1 received a letter in crppositic~n ~.Canuary I9, `Z0~6 letter from Bavid ~. Jar~o~czyk attached). Mr. Littrell 1.~oted that the I~ciblic rArks t~epart~nent is irr favor cif the recfrzestec~ vacation. council Member l'foifer made a n~rotior~, seconded try ~`ourrcil Mer~~ber Dieter that Bill No. t3-fib be rc;cc~rrrr~ended favorably to Courrcit. The tnoticsrt passed. ~il~ 1~~. ~~-QRS. ~aca~io~ ~e ~aest.. fir. 0~'arr1er there called for a preser~tatica~t on 13111 No. 01-~16 ~vhiclr is a request t~ vacate the first easthvest alley sor~th of I~rairie Avonr~e ftom ~roolsfield Street oast tc~ the first northlsoutla alley for a distance of 1'Z(3 feet acrd a vaidth of I~ feet, this being a part of Prairie Avenue lteighfs addition. Ivlaria E:oria of 2QtJ4 Prairie ~Lvenrtc, made thtis~~e robler~s resultir~l; in b olce~t r~vrndo~vsearrd requesting the ~~ac;atior~ in light of many vanc~a p this beirrl; stolen. She noted. that the alley has not beery rased by vehicles for a long ti.~ne. I~r. Varner r-oted that the req€~est received a fa~~orat7le request 4'rcrr~ tl~.e Board of Publie'orics (:tanuary 5, ZO~b report attached}. try response to a question from. ~;ourtcil l0~errrber White, Mr. Littrelt stated that the l~epartr~~e~~t ofPublic Wvrits supports the request to vacate. C`ouneil l~'[ei~rl~er Pu.zzi;ll.o made a ~zrotior~, seconded by C.ouneii Member I3ieter that Bi11 N~. Gl-C~6 be recorr~r~rended favor~l~ly to Council.. `Tl~e motion passed. ~'l~ere being no further lsusiness to came beli~re tb.e Go~rrr~ittee, Dr. Varner adji~urned the meeting at 4:~~ p.tr~- i?.~,specttully slibznitted, r~~ ~~ ._ ~;© crl Meint~er David Varner, ~'hairpers~r~. Paablic'V~ari<s and ~'rol3erty vJacation. Ccrn~~nittee IBC la :kr~rf Attachra~ents ~~inuai~,' 23, ?(NJ6 Public 3h~~3~'ks H~~dl'iorx ty v2ECt3tioal Cotz~ni~tee Ivteetiiz~ s~I'tl~~e 2C)Uti So~~t1z Beuit C1uc~anur~ C.a~ine~l -~'~l~~ ~ ot~ ~- ~nfor~t~® ~~d ~Gh~~il~g ~om~ttel~ ZQQG Sou~~ T3es~d C'un~rtcin f'a~~cil The ,lanuar~~ 23, 2C~Ofi rneetir~~ of tl~e lnforrrtation and ~ eclrrolo~~y Corntrritta:e was called to order by its Chairperson, Cot~rtcil 3~erxtl~er David. Va~nc.r at 3:1.5 p.rn. in the Couneil lrrfortnal 1Vleeting l~oorn. l~ersor~s in attendance included Council 1Vlerrrbers Ptr~zello, .l~ttspa, louse, Vetoer, t'feifer, belly; White and Dieter; ~tla.yor Siepher~ ,T. l~uecke, City Controller C°a.tl~erin~ ~a~aell~, lxecr.ztive Director ~~ the Cornrnrrnity ~ ~~corrotn.ic Developtn.errt Departrnertt Sharon l~endall, Csty Clerl`.:lohrr Vonrde, lt~artha l~ewis, fir. l~s~polay l3rer~t +C:tunrnir~s, .Tan~ie lJoo of the ~~c>rrt'f~ f3errc~' ]~{ib~.rne, and Kathleen C.ekatrsl~i-Farrand, C`o~tncil. Attorney. I3r. Varner opened the rneetin~; noting that the City Administration is close to tanveilir~~ a r-te~v city website. 1.-1e noted that sine the C©r~.ncil vas last updated approximately 1. ~I2 years ado on this prQ~ect that there bras been a "vast i.rnpraverner~t'". l~le then invited tyre Cite Adn~rinistratior~ to n~r.ak.e their presentation. City Controller ~. Catherine t-0a~-~~llo stated that tl~e City Administration is in the process o~ finalizing tl~e city's ~uebsite in the next three (-3,l weeks. She noted that- the r~ew eraaail address will include: soutl~f~encdin.gov. l~ando~tts were th~:n provided try the Cornrnittee ~~'opy attached) and sl3e introduced Brent Curnrnin~;s frort~ lrnformation ~ ~'eclrnolog'~l wh© then presented power point presetrtation as set forth. in the. handout. Be; noted arl~ong other things that the "spcrtligllt cantent" comes fror-n the depart~~rents on a random basis. Lead stories would be etztered by each departrrren€ witkt the stories staying until another one is er.~tered. Niikki l~~obski. 5chidler will be the key persr~n in the. area for the City Administration. ~'he City Controller noted that there is an approval process tcs lie followed l,y each department, ~,vitl~ thy; tttrtr-around tune being; rnonits~red l~gj thv "editor' for each. departtner~t. Brent C'unamins noted that all lead stories rvcrt~ld be searcl•table, noting that document imaging is rre~t availat~lc currently anc~ would be addressed "dc~wr~ the road" PDI~ formats would also lie searchable. ~:r~ttertaintnertt. wetasites such as ~;entury Center, barks, etc. would keep tl3.eir external ~vetasi.tes and wortld be linl.ed to the; city's website. It vas suggested that Brent could have a session with e:aclr C'c~uncil erx~l~er to update ea€;h ref their pages under a "reviseilogir~'" procedore. ~t was noted. that flee city's web site was designed by Crow t_~`hizelc and another- c~ot~.paray. New on-lire features will include licensing, payr~rents for code enforcement violatians; utility payments, receiving a ce3r~sun~.ptiorr and payment history of utiliti:esY etc. Ear. Varner- serggested that a sir~glc; ~'3N be considered itr ~~rder try register for such downloadable features. ti~to~~ntatia~n a~1d "~`ecl~nolc~~y Canineittee ILteetan~ of January 2 ~. ?ot)6 -P~ge i ref 2 A third-party verified systet~ is being ~rarked on ley the. Legal ~~epart~~ent for pay~~enf by credit c.a~-d. ~"l~e~-e would lie nc~ fee to tl~e custo~~er far this set~~ice. Automatic debit is ~~ot set up at tl~e current tune, lout is lacing dis~:ussed- Council 1~/iea~ber deter s~zggested that a form for heat tips for loud stereos and ether .noise viol.ati~ras be created. ~~' alsea suggested that the Councila~-anic district maps be includ~:d. Ccautacil Mera~ber ~'fei#er sraggested that a}icy grading requests lie added tca the "Contact t.~s" format. Sloe also suggested that the individua3 district a~~ag be included far each C~auncii member's page. In ~•espor&se tc~ an inr~uiry from Council. l~tet~ber white; it was r-oted that the Council's page would be tw~a ~Zl c(icl`s from the city's hoanepage. fir, darner noted that he is ccanc~erraed that i~~[®rknati~s~~ not be host and tl~ai infcssst~ation be aecessilale at a later date. gent Cr~t-ninins stated that t:he ~nrebsite is t~t~eant to be informative and dya~amic. l~~aycsr f,uecke suggested that each Caur~cii Ivleanl~er a~ad tl~e Council Attorney be givers acc;~:ss tc~ the draft pages of t11e Council. l:~r_ ~Iarner thanked everyone far the r-pd.ate, encouraged the Council to review the draft pages sca that. there could be furtl~ur discussion of the needs of the Council i~~ this area, and. then adjourned the n~ri~eting at ~:[D3 p.n~. Respectfully submitted., _.. Cnur~.crf~~fem.ber David Varner, Cl~€aarperss~n lnfon~atican and `I~ecl~r~calc~~~1 Coa~naittee I~CF:ksraf Attach~~~ents Info~'matior~ and 'recl~rro4o~y C'omixrattee I~eetir~~ at 3arruary ?_i, "~JG -Page 2 of 2-