City Council Public Hearing

STATE OF ILLINOIS CITY OF URBANA Diane Wolfe Marlin, Mayor Charles A. Smyth, City Clerk PUBLIC HEARING Proposed Annexation Agreement Minutes Monday, August 27, 2018 Reconvened Monday, September 10, 2018 ELECTED OFFICIALS PHYSICALLY PRESENT: Aaron Ammons, Bill Brown, Dean Hazen, Eric Jakobsson, Jared Miller, Dennis Roberts, Maryalice Wu, Diane Wolfe Marlin, Charles Smyth ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE: none ELECTED OFFICIALS ABSENT: none STAFF PRESENT: Carol Mitten, Elizabeth Hannan, James Eggert, John Schneider, Michelle Brooks, Craig Shonkwiler, Celeste Choate OTHERS PRESENT: Members of the Media, Rev. Dr. Evelyn Underwood, Corion Salahuddin I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL With a quorum present, Mayor Marlin called the public hearing to order at 7:22 p.m. following a special City Council meeting. Mayor Marlin opened the hearing and stated the purpose of the hearing, which was to receive public input on a proposed annexation agreement between the City of Urbana, the Judy Heimburger Trust, and Trinities Development LLC. The proposed annexation is for a tract of land consisting of approximately 8.38 acres and generally located east of North Oak Street, west of Cardinal Court, and north of North Sixth Street, currently owned by the Judy Heimburger Trust. The tract does not have a street address but has a permanent index number of 30-21-06-326-015. Notice of this public hearing was published on August 8, 2018. Mayor Marlin opened the public hearing. II. PUBLIC INPUT Rev. Dr. Evelyn Underwood stated that she was unclear about the address of the parcel as she found an address listed online which does not correspond to the geographic location given. Mayor Marlin noted that this hearing would be continued providing time to clarify this.  Corion Salahuddin stated that he recently moved into the area 2 weeks ago. He asked if this this is public housing or campus housing. He expressed concern about what is going to be built there as this is a very enclosed neighborhood. Concerned about trouble coming into the neighborhood as well as traffic going through the neighborhood which could make the neighborhood more dangerous. City Council Member Jakobsson noted that the Plan Commission will be considering this case on Sept 6. CM Wu asked if zoning was his concern to which CD Director Schneider indicated that zoning will be discussed at the Plan Commission Sept. 6. Mr. Salahuddin was encouraged to attend. There being no further comments or questions, Mayor Marlin declared the meeting continued to September 10, 2018. III. RECONVENED IV. PUBLIC INPUT V. ADJOURNMENT There being no further comments or questions, Mayor Marlin declared the meeting adjourned at 7:32 p.m. Charles A. Smyth City Clerk Meeting materials and video can be found at: https://www.urbanaillinois.us/node/ Minutes Approved: September 17, 2018