Industrial & Commercial Development Commission

1 Approved 2 MINUTES OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT 3 COMMISSION 4 Village Hall Terrace Room 5 August 25, 2015 6 Members Present : Chairman Patrick Lederer, Rik Blyth, Mark Freeman, Tensley Garris, David Gottlieb, 7 Larry Herskovitz, Brian Lee, Dick Leopold, Richard Rushkewicz, Thomas Washburn, and Curt Wilens 8 Members Absent: None 9 Staff Present: David Schoon, Assistant Director, Development and Planning Services 10 Public Present: None 11 Recorder: Sue Anetsberger 12 Review of Minutes 13 On a motion made and seconded, the minutes from the June 23, 2015 ICDC meeting were approved as 14 submitted. 15 Public Comment-Hear from the Audience-None 16 Community Planning Report 17 David Schoon, Village Staff Liaison provided information on the current status of development projects: 18 (1) NorthShore 770 - Mariano's opens today, August 25. Kriser's Natural Pet and Chipotle are scheduled 19 to open next and the residential building is starting to take leases on the spaces. It's due to open in early 20 2016; (2) 430 Dundee Marathon and the Rehab Institute – continue their discussions on the land swap; 21 (3) 1000 Skokie Proposed Mixed Use Project with Lifetime Fitness, Children's Learning Adventure and a 22 residential building - project is at the Plan Commission. Two concerns are placement of the residential 23 building and size, and parking; (4) Dunkin Donuts at 2775 Dundee is waiting on Nicor to shut off the gas 24 to demolish the building; (5) LSC Development - Metro Storage at 2121 Shermer is under construction. 25 The proposed self storage facility at Sunset Ridge and Skokie Blvd. is at the Plan Commission. They will 26 vote next week and recommend approval; (6) 4201 Lake Cook, proposed self-storage building - no new 27 news; (7) Waterway Gas & Wash on Waukegan Rd. is under construction; (8) Meadow Park Office 28 Complex - Lurie Children's Outpatient Clinic hopes to be in operation in September and Bright Horizon's 29 later; (9) Dunkin Donuts at 1003-15 Waukegan Rd. is proposing to tear down part of the building and 30 add parking and a drive-through; (10) Auto Care Imports - a special permit was granted, however the 31 applicant is not in compliance. The special permit has expired and they are in need of a new permit. It 32 will go before the Plan Commission 9/15/15; Residential Projects (11) Timber's Edge by KZF has received 33 all of their approvals; (12) Edward R. James at Voltz and Waukegan did not receive Plan Commission 34 recommendation of approval. Biggest outstanding issues are number of units, traffic on Voltz, tree 35 preservation and impact fees. The applicant is doing more to their plans and will resubmit prior to the 36 Village Board Planning & Zoning Committee discussing the item; (13) Jacob's Homes at 1179-1291 37 Shermer - The Plan Commission public hearing is set for September 29; (14) The Lodge - Phases 4 & 5 – 38 staff is waiting for them to resubmit, Northbrook Memory Care is under construction; (15) Shermer 39 Patriot Care 94 units - application received but needs variations based on the first review; (16) Mission  ICDC Meeting Minutes – August 25, 2015 1 Hills - final plat will go to the Plan Commission on September 1; (17) Downtown Streetscape Plan - Roads 2 need to be resurfaced in the downtown area and ways are being looked at to increase streetscape and 3 on-street parking; (18) Downtown Zoning Code - The Board has continued the discussion until after the 4 summer. (19) Village considering a variety of Zoning Code Amendments - a) renewing special permits; 5 b) authorizing minor SP and variation changes; c) authorize SP ownership transfers; d) allowing Board 6 exceptions over codes; (20) The Facebook campaign continues with the Chamber of Commerce. A new 7 commercial will be produced for the holiday season with the focus more on specific shopping 8 opportunities within Northbrook. 9 Discussion of a Request by Bell Flavors and Fragrances for Village Support of the Cook County Class 6b 10 Classification for New Construction at 3200 Arnold Lane 11 David Schoon, Village Staff Liaison provided information on Bell Flavors and Fragrances' request for a 12 Class 6b for a building project located in Sky Harbor. Bell has been in existence over 100 years and has 13 been located in Northbrook for decades. Bell develops flavors and fragrances for a variety of industries. 14 Bell's worldwide headquarters are located in Northbrook, having called Northbrook their home for 15 decades. Bell employs approximately 180 employees in Northbrook. They operate another facility in 16 Middletown, New York for a total workforce of approximately 470. Bell is looking at an expansion at this 17 site and is also looking at the option to expand at an existing facility in New York as they have reached 18 building capacity. Their campus consists of two buildings and they also lease space at other buildings 19 nearby. They are seeking two small additions to the building located at 3200 Arnold for 15,000 square 20 feet and interior work of 5,000 square feet. It will add to their dry blend area operation and fragrance 21 innovation center. Improvements are expected to cost approximately $5 million. Their workforce is 22 expected to increase by 35-40 new employees with annual salaries ranging from $40,000 to $80,000. 23 Annual payroll with the new employees would be $15,000,000. 24 Class 6b reduces the assessment rate over a period of 12 years from 25% to 10%. The reduced rate is 25 10% for the first ten years and then gradually increases back to 25% at year 13. Class 6b states that the 26 building has to be used for industrial purposes or research and development. There are three categories 27 under which 6b can be requested. 3200 Arnold Class 6b is requested for new construction. The reduced 28 assessments would apply to the value added as a result of the new construction only. The property had 29 a 6b on it designated under the criteria of abandonment when Bell purchased the building in 2011. This 30 will expire in 2018. This was prior to the Village adopting the new 6b that ties the occupation to the 31 business of the building. Bell was able to take over and benefit from the remainder of the existing 6b. 32 The Board will consider the resolution at their meeting tonight. A recommendation from ICDC is 33 requested. Schools and the Library are for 6b, the Park District does not support Bell's request for 6b. 34 Schoon asked if the request for 6b meets the Cook County and Village criteria and is the incentive 35 appropriate. At this time Schoon stated he did not know how the Assessor will determine what the 36 market value is but that the appropriate assessment rate would be applied. 37 Chairman Lederer stated that 6b will help expand the tax base by creating more square footage and 38 more assessment. Member Garris stated that Bell is a growing company with headquarters in 2  ICDC Meeting Minutes – August 25, 2015 1 Northbrook and made a motion that ICDC recommended approval of 6b for Bell Flavors and Fragrances. 2 The motion was seconded by Member Washburn and was approved unanimously. 3 Business Visits 4 David Schoon, Village Staff Liaison reported that he has heard back from roughly one half of the 5 committee with ideas and suggestions. He asked if anyone had any specific names or a specific category 6 that was not included on the original list that membership would like to visit, please contact Schoon. He 7 and Member Garris will work on assignments. Member Rushkewicz suggested adding Bell Flavors and 8 Fragrances to the list. The Commissioners have completed 22 visits to date. Statistics have revealed that 9 finding employees seems to be a big issue. 10 Pace Bus Shelter 11 David Schoon, Village Staff Liaison stated that he contacted Pace last week to see where they were with 12 their additional counts. Pace replied that they want to do survey counts for a couple of more months 13 before they make a recommendation. ICDC is interested in getting bus shelters in Sky Harbor where 14 there is a Shuttlebug route. Pace is willing to install shelters if there is warrant for it. Member Blyth 15 asked if the Commission looked at numbers for Skokie Blvd. Schoon replied that they have not but 16 Chairman Lederer stated that it might be something that the Commission should pay attention to. 17 New Business 18 Member Garris reported that a meal packing event to assemble 40,000 pasta meals is scheduled for 19 Thursday, August 27, at the Hilton Chicago Northbrook. The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring 20 Leadership Northbrook, an eight week session program beginning in September that offers a firsthand 21 look at the inner workings of Northbrook. The Chamber Annual Auction and Taste is scheduled for 22 Monday, October 26, 5-7:30 p.m., at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel. 23 Adjourn 24 On motion made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled 25 for Tuesday, September 22, at 7:30 a.m. 26 Respectfully Submitted 27 Sue Anetsberger 28 29 3