Industrial & Commercial Development Commission

1 APPROVED 2 MINUTES OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK 3 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 4 5 Village Hall Terrace Room 6 August 27, 2013 7 8 Members Present: Chairman Patrick Lederer, Tensley Garris, Larry Herskovitz, Richard Rushkewicz, 9 David Gottlieb, Curt Wilens, Brian Lee, Jill Narens and Dick Leopold. 10 11 Members Absent: Mark Friedman. 12 13 Staff Present: David Schoon and Tom Poupard. 14 15 Others Present: Hal Francke, Rob Gamrath, Michael Tepper, Tim Sjogren, and one additional 16 representative for the Walmart application. 17 18 Call to Order & Introductions 19 20 Chairman Lederer called the meeting to order in the Terrace Room of Village Hall at 7:30 a.m. 21 22 Review of Minutes: 23 24 On a motion made and seconded, the minutes from the June 25, 2013 ICDC meeting were approved 25 with the following change; Brian Lee was present at the meeting. 26 27 Public Comment- Hear from the Audience---None 28 29 Community Planning and Economic Development Coordinator Report 30 31 Schoon provided updates regarding; 1) 770 Skokie- there will be a public hearing on September 3, 2013 32 at the Plan Commission, then to the ICDC in September, 2) the proposed restaurant at Dundee/Skokie - 33 no activity for a few months, 3) Nestle is interested in electronic sign, 4) a 24-unit detached single family 34 home development proposed at Timbers Edge site on Dundee, 5) cottage style housing at 35 Dundee/Greenwood is not being pursued, 6) still working with developers on downtown development 36 at Lorenz/Walters- parking issues exist, 7) the 1938 Raymond the property is being rezoned to ICS 37 District to allow a sports training facility to locate there, 8) the Board’s Communication and Legislation 38 committee has not met on the food truck issue, 9) Road improvement update- Lake Cook Road is ahead 39 of schedule and should be completed before the end of October, Shermer railroad bridge completion in 40 December with road completion in 2014, and Willow road completion October 2014. 41 42 Discussion Regarding Docket No. 13-08: Walmart & 5 Acre Commercial Development at 1000 Skokie 43 Boulevard 44 45 Schoon summarized the Applicant’s zoning and subdivision relief application, in particular detailed 46 materials concerning traffic studies, fiscal impact and overall development summary. Schoon presented 47 a summary of the August 20, 2013 Commission meeting where staff explained zoning issues, variations, 48 etc. for the proposed site. Approximately 200 members of the public attended the meeting. The  ICDC Meeting Minutes August 27, 2013 1 applicant presented and the commission asked the applicant various questions. There was no public 2 comment at this meeting. The public hearing was continued to September 9, 2013. As of this date, the 3 Village has received approximately 150 negative emails concerning the development. 4 5 Michael Tepper, the representative for the land owner, stated that the purchased the site in 2003 and 6 cleaned up the site shortly thereafter. They have been marketing the site since they purchased and 7 have had little interest in the site for office use. In 2012, they were approached by Walmart for a store 8 at this site. 9 10 Representatives of Walmart of Hal Francke, Rob Gamrath, and Tim Sjogren presented additional 11 information regarding the project. 12 13 The Commission had the following questions/comments regarding (a) the size of the store and if it could 14 be smaller, (b) further description regarding how the loading dock area would work, (c) ensuring that 15 the stormwater vault meets Village code requirements, (d) impact of the development on traffic in the 16 area, and (e) the fiscal and economic benefits of the project on the community and local taxing districts. 17 18 The ICDC members discussed their thoughts on the project and requested zoning and subdivision relief. 19 In general Commission members expressed the opinion that the C-5 District zoning would be 20 appropriate for this parcel and will be a significant positive economic impact to the community. 21 Chairman Lederer stated that Member Friedman had contacted him and in Member Friedman’s absence 22 asked that the Chairman let the rest of the Commission members know that he is in favor of rezoning 23 the property. 24 25 After its discussion of the application, the Commission adopted the following two recommendations: 26 27 Member Gottlieb the motion, which was seconded by Member Garris, to recommend rezoning 28 the Subject Property (both the Walmart Parcel and the Retained Parcel) from the O-3 District to 29 the C-5 District, as the new zoning designation will provide a significant positive economic 30 benefit to the community. The motion was adopted by a vote of 9-0 31 32 Member Gottlieb moved, and was seconded by Member Garris, to recommend approval of a 33 special permit to allow the construction and operation of approximately 150,000 square foot 34 general merchandise store on the southerly 13 acres of the Subject Property. The motion was 35 adopted by a vote of 9-0. 36 37 The Commission decided not to make recommendations regarding the other requested zoning and 38 subdivision relief as the Commission felt that the Plan Commission and Architectural Control 39 Commission have the more appropriate expertise to address those issues. 40 41 New Business 42 43 Member Garris stated the Chamber is having the Northfield Food Pantry packing day on August 28 at 44 the Renaissance Hotel. October 28 is the annual taste and auction date. 45 46 Next Meeting 47  ICDC Meeting Minutes August 27, 2013 1 The next ICDC meeting is scheduled for September 23, 2013. 2 3 Adjourn 4 On motion made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 a.m. 5 6 Respectfully Submitted – 7 Colleen Brunner