Architectural Control Commission

1 APPROVED 2 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMISSION 3 VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK 4 COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 5 September 11, 2014 6 7 8 Commissioners Present (6) 9 Alan Schwall, Chairman 10 Robert Katz (arrived at 5:35 pm) 11 David Menn 12 Cliff Town 13 Lori Jordison (arrived at 5:40 pm) 14 Christopher Urbanczyk 15 16 Commissioners Absent 17 F. Dirk Heidbrink 18 19 Village Staff Present 20 Tom Poupard, Director Development and Planning Services, Village of Northbrook 21 Nick Desario, Assistant Director/Building and Development, Village of Northbrook 22 David Schoon, Assistant Director/Development and Planning Services, Village of Northbrook 23 Denise Kauffman, Meeting Minutes Recorder 24 25 Others Present 26 Lenny Goldfarb, Property Owner 1722 Chapel Court 27 Greg Faynshtein, Phoenix Construction Group 28 Art Krueger, Krueger Concrete 29 Rich Evan, Krueger Concrete 30 Mrs. Risenger and Family, Neighbors to 1722 Chapel Court 31 Austin Groves, RJ Development 32 33 Call to Order 34 Chairman Alan Schwall called the meeting to order in the Development and Planning Services Conference Room 35 of Village Hall, 1225 Cedar Lane, at 5:33 p.m. 36 37 Roll Call 38 Chairman Schwall called the roll. A quorum was present. 39 40 Review of Minutes 41 Commissioner Menn moved, seconded by Commissioner Town, to approve the August 14, 2014 Architectural 42 Control Commission (ACC) meeting minutes as submitted. On a voice vote, the motion was unanimously 43 carried. 44 45 Public Comments Regarding Items Not on the Agenda 46 None. 47 1  1 Continued Review of Building Permit Extension Request – 1722 Chapel Court 2 Assistant Director Nick Desario provided an update on the property at 1722 Chapel Court including that since 3 the ACC met on August 14 there has been an embankment failure on the south side of the excavation. The 4 original concrete contractor, Batista Concrete, is no longer on the site and a new concrete contractor, Krueger 5 Concrete, has been hired. A stop-work order has been issued. A slide show presentation of photos of the site 6 included the embankment failure. The photos show that the foundation was complete but there was no drain 7 tile installed. 8 9 Property owner Lenny Goldfarb and Greg Faynshtein of Phoenix Construction Group also spoke to say that a 10 new concrete contractor has been hired. Art Krueger gave a description of what he planned to do on the site 11 including completion of shoring on Monday, September 15, 2014. There was discussion of the rest of the 12 property that has not yet failed. There was also discussion of what material should be used to do backfill so the 13 trees do not die. It was recommended that the Village arborist/forester be asked about what material to use for 14 backfill. There was discussion by Krueger Concrete of their proposed schedule and grading materials for 15 structural fill. Krueger predicted it would take five weeks for concrete work to be complete. 16 17 Tom Poupard said that the Village Attorney has advised and recommended drawing up a simple agreement 18 between the Village and the Homeowner setting forth important milestones and if these are not met than the 19 Village would revoke the building permit. This would mean that if the permit was revoked then the Homeowner 20 would have to reapply and pay the fees again. This could continue to happen every month if schedule is not 21 met. The original building permit fee was $12,345. 22 23 Chairman Schwall said this entire situation is ridiculous and has caused problems for the neighbors and it is 24 critical to get this construction moving. It was recommended by the ACC that a schedule will be put together by 25 the Contractor and the Village and put on the ACC agenda for the next few months to monitor for progress. 26 Chairman Schwall said the ACC will enforce a very strict schedule. It was also requested that the schedule be 27 provided to the ACC members in advance of the next meeting – with the packet – so there is time to review. 28 Chairman Schwall wants the agreement ready for signing by all parties at the next ACC meeting. 29 30 Mrs. Risenger, neighbor to 1722 Chapel Court, and her daughter both spoke of their concerns for the existing 31 trees, the danger presented by the site and the length of time this construction has taken. Mrs. Risenger is 32 looking for a guarantee for the trees and it was determined that will be addressed in the agreement. 33 34 The Commission members agreed to continue discussion of this matter at the next meeting and to see what 35 progress has been made. They also asked to see a copy of the draft agreement from the Village Attorney when 36 it was ready. 37 38 99 Pointe Drive (Plan Commission Docket No. 14-09) – Review of Proposed Northbrook Inn Memory Care 39 Facility (Building Design & Materials, Signage and Landscape) 40 David Schoon, Village Assistant Director/Development and Planning Services, gave a presentation of the 41 proposed building, signage and landscaping as part of an application submitted by RJ Development, LLC on 42 behalf of Koelsch Senior Communities for a proposed assisted living memory care facility on the property 43 located at 99 Pointe Drive. The plan includes a 36,000 square foot, 69-bed, single-story assisted living facility. 44 The site design, building design and landscaping were discussed. Austin Groves of RJ Development answered 45 questions regarding the setback relief request. There was discussion about the closeness of the building to the 46 sidewalk. There was discussion of the stucco wall and police concerns of possible graffiti at this location. Many 47 issues were discussed including the monument sign and possibility of putting signage into the wall or perhaps ivy 48 to “soften” this corner wall. There was also discussion of making the corner sign angled or rounded. Austin also 2  1 displayed sample materials that will be used in the construction including the brick, the limestone and roofing 2 shingles. 3 4 Member Menn motioned, seconded by Member Katz, to approve the renderings and drawings with the 5 recommendation to work on the NW corner exterior fence wall to be softened with a combination of 6 landscaping and piers and one-foot for landscape between the wall and the sidewalk or adding a 45 degree 7 corner with pillars. On a voice vote, there were all ayes and the motion was approved. 8 9 Draft Amendments to Plumbing Code and General Building Code Update Schedule 10 Tom Poupard, Village Director Development and Planning Services, gave an update on the plumbing code – 11 specifically the village code interacting with the state code. He reported that the State of Illinois is now more 12 aggressively involved with the municipal codes. The IDPH doesn’t like the municipalities to use the international 13 code. The IDPH prefers municipalities to tell them what amendments they would like to have to the state code 14 instead of using the international code. There was discussion on how the code has been simplified. Director 15 Poupard said that it is a goal to present other amendments at the next meeting. 16 17 New Single Family Home Elevations 18 Director Poupard announced that there were 2 homes on the agenda for discussion and review. Commission 19 members reviewed the individual homes as presented in the packet. New single family home elevations for 20 consideration include: 21 22 a. 3460 Cornflower Trail (R-3 District) – Clifford Town, Architect 23 b. 440 Melvin Drive (R-3 District) – Clifford Town, Architect 24 25 Commissioner Katz motioned, seconded by Commissioner Menn, to approve the elevations of the two homes as 26 presented. On a voice vote, the motion was approved unanimously. Member Town abstained from voting. 27 28 New Business 29 Director Poupard said that in the very near future, permits would be issued in the Village for a Mariano’s Store, 30 Zengeler’s and a new residential building. 31 32 Old Business 33 There was no old business. 34 35 Adjourn 36 There being no further business, Commissioner Menn moved, seconded by Commissioner Katz, to adjourn the 37 meeting. On a voice vote, the motion unanimously carried and the meeting adjourned at 7:02 pm. 38 39 Respectfully submitted, 40 41 Denise Kauffman 42 Recorder 3