Minutes COW 12-21-2009Committee of the Whole
December 21, 2009
7:00 p.m.
A meeting of the Village of Lemont Committee of the Whole was held on Monday December 21, 2009 in
the Board Room of the Village Hall at 418 Main Street in Lemont, Illinois.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Reaves called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and acknowledged that the following were present:
Trustees Ron Stapleton, Debbie Blatzer, Jeanette Virgillio, Paul Chialdikas, Cliff Miklos and Rick
Sniegowski were present.
Also present were Village staff members Gary Holmes, Dan Fielding, Joe Camodeca, James Brown, Ben
Wehmeier, George Schafer, Ed Buettner, and Charity Jones.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Discussion of Final Plat of Subdivision for Atlantis Banquet Center
Mr. Brown briefly discussed the final-plat application from Atlantis Banquet. The project has been in
front of the Village Board a number of times as the project has taken a few years to come to fruition.
Staff is recommending the final plat of subdivision approval for the project. The Board had no major
issue with the request and the item would be in front of the Board at a future meeting.
Discussion of Tollway Payment for I-355 Interchange Improvements
Mr. Wehmeier stated that the Board recently authorized a $50,000 payment to the Tollway for the
`~ interchange improvements, now the village must continue to make payments for the new few years, with
the total payback due by 2014. The Board agreed that the smaller payments should be authorized in the
near term and we would see what would happen down the line with the balloon payment. The Village
will be working with the other communities on a revised payment schedule to the tollway for their
approval.
Discussion of Marketing Efforts with the Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Brown gave a brief presentation on some of the marketing efforts the Village will be undertaking
with the Chamber of Commerce. There will be more updates down the line as the Village continues to
work with the new Chamber assistant.
Discussion of IMAP Pro ram
Mr. Schafer brought up a program being offered through Northern Illinois University in which local
government experts would take a look at the Village's organization and policy documents and make
recommendations on improvements. Through financial assistance, the Village could receive a substantial
discount on the services. The Board did not feel that it was the right program as of now for the Village at
this time.
Discussion on the sale of Village Prone
Mr. Wehmeier briefly went over a few opportunities the Village has to sell Village property; most of the
projects have been discussed previously by the Board. The first property was for a ROW vacation on
Second Street. The property owners at 530 2°d Street initiated the request as they intend to use the
property to accommodate a detached garage. The Board has no major issue with the request as long as
the Village reserves an easement if future utilities are needed.
The second proposal is a ROW vacation on Berkley. The request was reviewed under the previous
Board, and the homeowners wanted to see if the Board had changed its viewpoint on the issue and would
be willing to vacate the property. With 6 votes needed for the proposal it did not appear there was enough
support for the request.
The third request was for property at 230 River Street. The Village owns a small piece of property west
of the Lofts project. The developer would use the property to combine with their own to develop the
property. The property without the developer's portion is rather useless because of size and access issues.
The Village Board did not have an issue with the request, since it would assist with the cleaning up of the
area.
Discussion of State Street Crosswalk Improvements, Harper's Grove to Lemont Village Square
The Village has been requested by representatives of Harper's Grove for assistance in improving the
ability to cross the street to Lemont Village Square. Staff was looking to the Village Board if staff should
proceed to assist in the getting additional improvements to the area. Staff was going to receive more
detailed cost and project information and report back to the Board.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Reaves adjourned the meeting at 9:00 PM