Village of Lombard Legistar System

Chief Byrne introduced the newly promoted officers and gave a background on each.

He explained that Tom Wirsing was being promoted to Lieutenant and had been on the

Department for 11 years. He had earned his Bachelor's degree at Western Illinois

University. Lt. Wirsing had served as a patrol officer and in Investigations. The Chief

said that Lt. Wirsing had been promoted to Sergeant in 2003 and had headed up the

Investigations Division. He said that Wirsing had also worked with the County Task

Force and had won a conviction for an attempted murder, which he had investigated for

7 years.

Chief Byrne said that Officer Bill Collins had been on the force for 10 years and is being

promoted to Sergeant. He related that Sergeant Collins had earned a

Bachelor's degree at Illinois State University and was a veteran of the United States

Army, The Chief went on to say that Collins had spent 3 years in Patrol and had also

served in Investigations. He said that Sgt. Collins had served as the Department's

accreditation Officer since 2002 and is on the DuPage County Task Force and Swat

Team

The Chief introduced officer Marilyn Gabinski who is being promoted to Sergeant and

had been on the force for 21 years. He said that she had served in Investigations and

Patrol. She has her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Illinois, has served on the

Forensics Task Force and teaches. He said that she would be the Patrol Sergeant for

the 3-11shift. The Chief also said that her husband, Roger, a former LPD officer was in

the audience. Each Officer introduced their families in attendance.

President Mueller announced that there will be two more Cruise Nights and that

American English will be performing on August 19th.

President Mueller said that he was proud of the Taste of Lombard, which was put on by

the Lombard Jaycees. He said that it was fantastic for residents and those from other

communities, the nicest festival around with free spectacular fireworks. He said that

each year he talks to visitors who have moved away and come back for the Fireworks.

One such resident moved to California and her husband had never seen fireworks in

California and came to Lombard to see ours.

President Mueller thanked the Jaycees and honored Taste Co-Chair Pam Bruns with a

certificate. Ms. Bruns said that it takes a lot of planning but said that she had a great

committee and community groups who did all the work. President Mueller thanked the

Jaycees for all their programs and activities in the Village and with the Taste. Ms. Bruns

reported on the success of the event. She thanked the Village Board for their faith in the

Jaycees and said that they couldn't have done it without the Village contributions of

fireworks, grants and faith in them. She further explained that they only had three

months to plan this, because of the previous controversy within the group, and yet they

pulled together and pulled it off in true Jaycees fashion. Ms. Bruns said that there were

29 food vendors, 27 vendors, 26 exhibitors,13 crafters, 27 shows, a carnival, activities

and attractions, a teen dance and first the first annual eating contest in which the Village

Board participated, and the skinny guy won. She highlighted the new services, which

included free coffee, designated drivers, on-line tickets and a courtesy cart, they also

rewarded guest, volunteer and vendor courtesy. She said that Linda, their vendor

coordinator, received flowers from a vendor for the fantastic job she did. Ms. Bruns

related that they had the help of 61 community groups, 800 volunteers and were able to

donate $21, 000 to community groups. She said that the event was definitely a

financial success, they are still settling some small bills but they are confident they can

still make additional donations such as a $7,000 donation for the rambulance from tips

and the split the pot fund raiser. She made a presentation to Chief Seagraves for the

Lombard Fire Department. President Mueller explained that the Department had asked

the Village for funding and the Jaycees stepped up to fund the rambulance. Chief

Seagraves said that Battalion Chief Mike Kalina did all the homework and was to be

here for the presentation but had to go on a call.

Ms. Bruns presented a check for $2,000 to Rick Musricki from the Lombard Park District

for the teen program and another $2,000 for his other programs. She said that she

wanted to make a final donation to Chief Byrne as the the Police Department had an

ATV on their wish list,they presented Byrne with a check for $7,000 for a new ATV.

Chief Byrne said that shortly after the Taste Pam called and told him that the Jaycees

wanted to do this,he said the Department wants to be more visible in the parks and on

the trails. President Mueller said that this is the beauty of the Taste, the community

gives to it and and the money comes right back into the community. Pam Bruns

thanked the Lombard Fire Department and the Lombard Police Department for thier

support.

President Mueller pointed out that this is only one of the projects they work on, they

have already started working on the Haunted House. He said that over $39,000 is being

given to the community. Trustee Tross said that although the Jaycees are the sponsor

of the Taste, the Roosters and Hens, an Associate group, called BINGO, including our

Clerk Brigitte O'Brien, Trustee O'Brien, Trustee Soderstrom and Trustee Gron, this

group can contribute $6,400 for scholarship donations. President Mueller recognized

Trustee Tross for organizing the Bingo tent along with Trustees Soderstrom and

O'Brien. Trustee Florey offered his congratulations, especially with the short time frame

and he supports the longer term contracts. President Mueller said that in previous

years, going home from the fireworks and crossing the street, he saw many people

almost get hit. Now the Villa Park officers help us to move people through our town

safely and quickly. He said that the fireworks lasted 35 minutes and he thought that

there were over 75,000 people in the crowds this year, he said he had never seen such

a crowd as this year. He concluded, saying that we have fantastic fireworks so people

are coming from other communities to see them.

It was moved by Trustee Soderstrom, seconded by Trustee Tross, to approve the

minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 15, 2006 The motion carried by the

following vote:

Trustee Gron reported that the Sierra Club made a presentation, the committee is

developing a plan for the Village to participate to make our environment a safer place to

live. He told them that Director of Public Works Wes Anderson and staff are working on

a great presentation on the Sierra Club to bring to the Village Board. Trustee Gron said

that the new recycling containers are now in use and there have been very few

complaints, he said that he thinks the new toters are great. Trustee Gron announced

that September 16th is the Recycling Xtravagnza and the Committee is looking for

volunteers, including Board Members, he said volunteers can call or just show up. He

further announced that the Rotary Club is collecting bicycles at Hammerschmidt School

that day to be refurbished and given to charity, there will be a flyer coming around. He

said that Scout pack 242 will be collecting laptops to refurbish and send to Iraq so

families can communicate with their enlisted sons and daughters He cautioned the

public about the Emerald Ash Borer, saying that there are some 3,000 ash trees in the

Village. He said that there have been 3 major cases reported in the Chicago land area.

He asked residents to do surveillance of their trees. He added that if they think there is

a problem, Public Works can come and look at it. Trustee Gron said that there are

brochures at Village Hall and at the Public Works building and there are updates on the

Village web site. He again asked residents to keep an eye on ash trees for this

devastating insect. He said that the next meeting will be held on August 22nd.

President Mueller said that in the past, residents have asked what we can do about

refuse blowing around, the new totes help with that . The President encouraged

residents to be careful where they buy their wood, they think that originally the pests

came in wood transported from Michigan. He asked for an update regarding the West

Nile mosquitos. Wes Anderson, Director of Public Works, reported that they had found

only one positive mosquito, a very small amount, out of many tested. It was in the South

West portion of the Village.

President Mueller reported that the Committee approved a grant to the Chamber of

Commerce for their Business Expo in September Skip Strittmatter, Director of Dupage

Convention and Visitors' Bureau, gave insight on trends in DuPage County tourism. He

noted that Lombard has become a very important part of DuPage Tourism due to the

new hotels and restaurants. He announced that Hyatt Place opened in Lombard and is

the first of 130 to be opened nation wide. Nick Pritzker who owns the Hyatt chain was

here for the opening, this is an example of the exciting things happening here in

Lombard. Within the next several weeks Rock Bottom Brewery will open, in September

Capital Grill will have its grand opening and Miller Ale is coming in along with other

restaurants. He also mentioned the new Conference Center with Harry Caray's and

Holy Mackerel. He said that we now have a replica of the Holy Cow at Village Hall.

Trustee Soderstrom thanked everyone for their kind words, he said that it had been a

hard 15 day stretch for his wife and chilldren, who were close to their grandparents, but

the new grandson is turning tears into smiles and big brother Tyler is teaching him.

President Mueller announced that September 11th is the fifth anniversary of the 911

trajedy. There will be a ceremony at Fire Station One at 9am. He invited the public to

come to Village Hall and the Fire Stations to visit with Police and Fire personnel, there

will be a banner that residents can sign, which will be carried in the Silent Parade that

evening. The parade will begin at Station one and end in Lilacia Park where a special

special program will be held. The President also announced that on September 13 the

Village will hold its fourth blood drive of year in memory of 911.

PC 06-17: 455 East Butterfield Road

Requesting that the Village approve the following actions for the subject property located

within the O Office District:

1. Grant the following conditional uses from the Zoning Ordinance:

a. A conditional use, per Section 155.411 (C) (14), for a restaurant establishment;

b. A conditional use, per Section 155.411 (C) (10), for outdoor dining associated with

a restaurant establishment;

c. A conditional use, per Section 155.411 (C) (9), for off-site parking.

2. Grant the following variations from the Zoning Ordinance to address existing

non-conformities:

a. A variation from Section 155.411 (F) to reduce the required open space below the

thirty-five percent (35%) requirement;

b. A variation from Section 155.602 (A)(3)(d) to allow for parking spaces within the

required front yard;

c. Along the south property line, variations from Sections 155.706 (C) and 155.709

(B) to eliminate the perimeter parking lot landscaping and to reduce the perimeter lot

landscaping requirements from five feet (5') to zero feet (0').

3. Grant the following variations from the Sign Ordinance:

a. A variation from Section 153.503(B)(12)(a) of the Sign Ordinance to allow for a

wall sign of up to 146 square feet where a maximum of 100 square feet is permitted;

b. A variation from Section 153.503(B)(12)(b) of the Sign Ordinance to allow for a

second wall sign per street front exposure, where a maximum of one sign is permitted.

4. Approval of a one-lot major plat of subdivision.

(DISTRICT #3)

within the B3 Community Shopping District:

1. An amendment to an annexation agreement (Ordinance 3336) approving an

alternate landscape plan (Exhibit D).

2. A conditional use for a planned development with the following deviations to the

Lombard Sign Ordinance:

a. A deviation from Section 153.234 to allow for two shopping center identification

signs of 372 square feet in sign area and one sign of 299 square feet in sign area,

where a maximum of one-hundred fifty (150) square feet is permitted;

b. A deviation from Section 153.234 to allow for two free-standing signs of forty-five

feet (45') in overall height, where a maximum of thirty-five feet (35') is permitted;

c. A deviation from Section 153.210 (D) to allow for an increase of an electronic

message board from two feet (2') to five feet (5') in height with a display screen greater

than eighteen inches in height.

d. A deviation to allow for up to three additional wall signs of up to 275 square feet in

sign surface area for the benefit of tenants within the Northgate Shopping Center in lieu

of the provisions set forth in Section 153.505 (B)(19)(b).

3. A use exception to allow for a storage center to be located within the proposed

planned development with a variation from the use and area standards set forth in

Section 155.508 (B)(3) of the Zoning Ordinance. Staff is requesting a waiver of first

reading. (DISTRICT #1)

PC 06-21: 114 South Elizabeth Street (Sacred Heart Parish)(Waiver of First

Requested)

Requests that the Village approve the following actions on the property located in the

R2PD Single Family Residence District Planned Development;

1. An amendment to Ordinance 4936 granting a conditional use for an existing religious

institution and elementary school to provide for an expanded parking lot located within

the Union Pacific railroad right-of-way;

2. Variations from Section 155.706 (B)(1) and (2) to eliminate the minimum interior

parking lot landscaping requirement;

3. Variations from Section 155.706 (C)(1) and (2)(a) to eliminate the perimeter parking

lot landscaping requirement; and

4. A variation from Section 155.508 (C)(7) to allow for a reduction in the minimum open

space requirements required for a planned development. The petitioner is requesting a

waiver of first reading. (DISTRICT #1)

*TTT. Appointments and Re-appointments: Electrical Commission, Community

Promotion & Tourism Committee, Board of Building Appeals, Board of Fire &

Police Commissioners, Board of local Improvements; Plan Commission and

Zoning Board of Appeals

Re-appointment of Russell Schroeder to the Electrical Commission; appointment of

Marguerite Micken to the Community Promotion Committee; re-appointment of Bob

Mueller, Stephen Flint and John Cullen to the Board of Building Appeals; appointments

of William Dunne and Tom Rachubinski to the Board of Fire & Police Commissioners;

re-appointments of Jack O'Brien, Jim Hogan, Richard Tross, Rick Soderstrom and Molly

O'Toole to the Board of Local Improvements; appointment of Richard Nelson to the Plan

Commission and the re-appointments of Eugene Polley and Greg Young to the Zoning

Board of Appeals.

*B. PC 06-05: Text Amendments (C/R Signage) (Waiver of First Requested)

The Village of Lombard is proposing amendments to the Lombard Sign Ordinance

within the Conservation/Recreation District, as follows:

A. Within Section 153.501 (B) of the Sign Ordinance:

1. Add Informational Signs and establishing regulations thereto;

2. Add Institutional Signs and establishing regulations thereto;

3. Add Temporary Signs and establishing regulations thereto;

4. Establish regulations for Sponsor Signage and banners;

5. Amending Section 153.501 (B)(2) pertaining to the size, height, location and

number of permitted free-standing signs; and

6. Amending Section 153.501 (B)(3) pertaining to the number and area of permitted

wall signs.

B. Amend Section 153.602 - Definitions to include provisions for "sponsor signage"

and/or any required companion text amendments associated with the amendments set

forth above.

C. Amend Section 153.206 - Signs Not Subject to a Permit. Staff is requesting a

waiver of first reading.

Trustee Soderstrom said he had requested these items be pulled. He said that he did

not have a problem with bids or the RFP, but he said he thought that considering these

two issues at this time is putting the cart before horse. He said that the Redevelopment

Agreement should be in place first. He gave the example of Special Assessments

where the actual Special Assessment is in place before we award contracts. He pointed

out that the same should hold true in this situation, until the agreement is in place, it is

premature to demolish the building. He mentioned that Trustee Tross and himself didn't

feel that the Village should do the RFP, that once we have a redevelopment agreement

Mr. Curto and Mr. Coffey should take care of the demolition. He said that he had been

specific that the Village could pay for the demolition, but the developer should handle it.

Trustee Tross concurred and said the Board needed more information to be placed on

the dais. He said if we pass this now still nothing can be done until December. He said

that they had seen nothing about the redevelopment agreement and when we have it, it

needs to be iron clad faultless.

Village Manager William Lichter explained that there are two issues; the timing of the

work and who will perform the work. He said that Trustees Soderstrom and Tross did

indicate that the demolition should be after the redevelopment agreement but there are

concerns about the safety of the building especially approaching another winter. He

said that there are three options one would be to move forward and this could be

completed by October, these specifications were requested by Mr. Coffey and the

contractor could do the deomolition before winter. Another way is to have Mr. Curto

work with Henegan prior to approval of the agreement and the third option would be to

wait for the redevelopment agreement. The TIF extension is in place but can't be

approved until December. We could wait and keep an eye on the building. We have

had these concerns for some time with falling bricks and the integrity of the barrel roof.

He advised them that there will be an invoice coming for the specifications by Curto,

which would have had to be done whether we did the demoltion or they did the

demolition. Mr. Lichter said that the redevelopment agreement could be done with the

approval of TIF District .

Village Attorney Thomas Bayer said that there will be three ordinances, once the

ordinances are filed with the County, we can approve the Redevlopment Agreement.

He said that the agreement could be approved at the next meeting after that. President

Mueller said that there had been some delays due to Mr. Curto's surgery. Trustee

Soderstrom inquired as to when at least a draft form would come before the Board. Mr.

Lichter responded that it should come before the Board at the second meeting in

September.

Trustee Soderstrom suggested that this matter be tabled to the 2nd meeting in

September, saying that the Board has spent a lot of time talking about these issues, it

would be wise to hold off on this matter until the Board sees a draft of the agreement

and be able to make an educated decsion President Mueller asked how long the bids

would be valid. Mr. Lichter told him 90 days.

Trustee Florey said that he agrees with Trustees Soderstrom and Tross and asked if

we could move forward with the redevelopment agreement before the TIF Extension

passes.

Attorney Bayer replied that the matter could be considred by the Plan Commission and

an environmental due diligence can be completed while we wait. Trustee Florey asked

if theycould approve the agreement contingent on the extension of the TIF.

Trustee Tross said he did not want everything at the same time,putting contengencies in

the agreement gives wiggle room and he didn't want that, he wants the agreement solid

for both parties. He suggested the first meeting in October for these two matters, since

we should see the draft agreement the second meeting in September. He said that we

could request Mr. Curto to look at the option of saving items that need saving for those

concerned with historic restoration.