Council Minutes 03-20-23MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS HELD IN THE ELEANOR ROHRBACH
MEMORIAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, DES PLAINES CIVIC CENTER, MONDAY,
MARCH 20, 2023
CALL TO The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Des Plaines, Illinois, was called to order
ORDER by Mayor Goczkowski at 7:00 p.m. in the Eleanor Rohrbach Memorial Council Chambers,
Des Plaines Civic Center on Monday, March 20, 2023.
ROLL CALL Roll call indicated the following Aldermen present: Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny, Chester,
Smith, Ebrahimi. Absent: Oskerka, Brookman. A quorum was present.
Also present were: City Manager Bartholomew, Assistant City Manager/Director of Finance Wisniewski,
Director of Public Works and Engineering Oakley, Director of Community and Economic Development Carlisle,
Fire Chief Anderson, Police Chief Anderson, and General Counsel Friedman.
PRAYER AND The prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America were
PLEDGE offered by Alderman Smith.
ALDERMAN Alderman Zadrozny reminded residents that early voting started today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Lysakowski, seconded by Chester, to Establish the Consent Agenda.
Upon voice vote, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan. Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
APPROVE & AUTH/
POLICE TRAIN/
MID -SOUTH INST
Consent Agenda
Resolution
R-60-23
APPROVE TSK ORD
9/ ENG SVCS/ M.E.
SIMPSON CO
Consent Agenda
Resolution
R-62-23
MAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve the Consent Agenda.
Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
Minutes were approved; Resolutions R-60-23, R-62-23, R-63-23, R-64-23, R-67-23 were
adopted.
Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve Resolution R-60-23, A RESOLUTION
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE PROCUREMENT OF TRAINING FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM AT THE MID -SOUTH
INSTITUTE OF SELF-DEFENSE SHOOTING, INC. Motion declared carried as approved
unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve Resolution R-62-23, A RESOLUTION
APPROVING TASK ORDER NO. 9 WITH M.E. SIMPSON COMPANY, INC. FOR
ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO DETECTING LEAKS WITHIN THE WATER
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously under Consent
Agenda.
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APPROVE AGRMT/ Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve Resolution R-63-23, A RESOLUTION
PAINT WTR TANK/ APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH ERA VALDIVIA CONTRACORS, INC., FOR
ERA VALDIVIA THE PAINTING OF THE DULLES WATER TANK. Motion declared carried as approved
Consent Agenda unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Resolution
R-63-23
APPROVE AGRMT/ Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve Resolution R-64-23, A RESOLUTION
PURCH SWEEPER/ APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH STANDARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR
STD EOUIP CO THE PURCHASE OF ONE TENNANT MODEL S30XP INDUSTRIAL SWEEPER. Motion
Consent Agenda declared carried as approved unanimously under Consent Agenda.
Resolution
R-64-23
APPROVE IGA/ Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve Resolution R-67-23, A RESOLUTION
PARK USE/ MPPD APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH MOUNT PROSPECT
Consent Agenda PARK DISTRICT FOR USE OF ROSEMARY S. ARGUS FRIENDSHIP PARK FOR A
MAY 23, 2023 FOOD TRUCK EVENT. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously
Resolution under Consent Agenda.
R-67-23
APPROVE Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve the Minutes of the City Council
MINUTES meeting of March 6, 2023, as published. Motion declared carried as approved unanimously
Consent Agenda under Consent Agenda.
APPROVE Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Chester, to Approve the Closed Session Minutes of the City
MINUTES Council meeting of March 6, 2023, as published. Motion declared carried as approved
Consent Agenda unanimously under Consent Agenda.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
CONSIDER COND Petitioner has withdrawn this request and will resubmit pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance. No
USE PERMIT AT 827 action was taken.
ELMHURST RD
Ordinance
Z-3-23
NEW BUSINESS
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION — Alderman Zadrozny, Chair
WARRANT Alderman Zadrozny presented the Warrant Register.
REGISTER
Resolution Moved by Zadrozny, seconded by Ebrahimi, to Approve the Warrant Register of
R-65-23 March 20, 2023 in the Amount of $3,169,178.35 and Approve Resolution R-65-23.
Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — Alderman Chester, Chair
CONSIDER Director of Community & Economic Development Carlisle reviewed a memorandum dated
AMENDING THE March 20, 2023.
TEXT OF THE
ZONING The City Council considered the following Zoning Ordinance amendments: (i) add the terms
ORDINANCE "Fence", "Trellis" and "Arbor" and revise the tern "Yard Features" in Section 12-13-3; (ii)
REGARDING amend yard feature regulations in Section 12-7-1.0 to create separate regulations for trellis,
FENCES, arbor, and yard features; and (iii) add Section 12-8-14: Arbors and Trellises to create
TRELLISES, regulations for arbors and trellises.
ARBORSAND
YARD FEATURES The PZB recommended approval 7-0 of Ordinance Z-6-2.
Ordinance
Z-6-23 Moved by Chester, seconded by Lysakowski, to Approve the Ordinance Z-6-23, AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE DES PLAINES ZONING ORDINANCE
REGARDING FENCES, TRELLISES, ARBORS AND YARD FEATURES.
Upon voice vote, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
CONSIDER Director of Community & Economic Development Carlisle reviewed a memorandum dated
AMENDING THE March 9, 2023.
LOCAL AMEND TO
THE BLDG CODE The City Council considered amending Section 10-1-2 and Section 10-2-2 of the City Code.
REGARDING The proposed changes relocate a provision from Section 12-7-1 (Zoning Ordinance) to the
WORK EXEMPT appropriate locations in the Local Amendments to the Adopted Building and Residential Codes
FROM PERMIT and clarify the intent.
Ordinance
M-8-23 Moved by Chester, seconded by Smith, to Approve the Ordinance M-8-23, AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ADOPTED BUILDING CODE AND
RESIDENTIAL CODE OF THE DES PLAINES CITY CODE REGARDING WORK
EXEMPT FROM PERMIT.
Upon voice vote, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
MAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
CONSIDER
Director of Community & Economic Development Carlisle reviewed a memorandum dated
AMENDING CITY
March 9, 2023.
CODE REGARDING
KEEPING OF
The City's Municipal Code was amended in 2019 to create a three-year pilot program to allow
CHICKENS
residents in the R-1 zoning district to keep hens under certain regulations. The pilot program
Ordinance
is set to expire on April 30, 2023, and the City Council determined if the program would
M-9-23
continue on a temporary (extended pilot) or permanent basis.
Staff has proposed amendments to Section 6-1-1.D to convert the existing hen pilot program
into a permanent hen program while also adjusting certain regulations related to the hen
program. The summarized amendments are:
Remove the hen pilot program language;
Remove the hen permit cap (currently restricted to 100);
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• Allow up to six hens on each property (currently restricted to four); and
• Add specific language regarding the fencing requirements for properties with hens.
Moved by Chester, seconded by Moylan, to Approve the Ordinance M-9-23, AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-1-1OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING THE
KEEPING OF CHICKENS.
Upon voice vote, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
CONSIDER Director of Community & Economic Development Carlisle reviewed a memorandum dated
SUPPORT AND March 9, 2023.
CONSENT TO
APPROVAL OF Applicant GKI Industrial Chicago, LLC is owner of the subject property. They are requesting
CLASS 6b FOR 55 a resolution supporting a Cook County Class 6b Property Tax Incentive (6b).
HOWARD AVE
Resolution The subject property is an approximately 3.4 -acre site with a 79,617 -square -foot building. The
R-66-23 land is zoned M-2 General Manufacturing District. If support for the incentive is approved, the
applicant intends to lease the property to a parcel/mail distribution provider, Asendia USA,
Inc., who is planning to expand their current operations by moving their Chicago facility from
Elk Grove Village. The applicant previously leased the property to Groot Waste Management
Services, which as a unique type of tenant (materials sorting) required a customized build -out.
Groot vacated the property in October 2021, and since then it has been vacant, although the
owner has undone the Groot build -out to make the building marketable for future tenants.
The interested potential business, Asendia USA, Inc., is an international and domestic
parcel/mail company that specializes in the preparation and distribution of parcels, direct mail,
business mail, marketing mail, and publications. Asendia also provides warehousing,
fulfillment, and worldwide delivery. Asendia intends to use this property as a warehouse,
processing center, and office space. They are expecting to hire/transfer approximately 60 full-
time employees to this site. The tenant also intends to hire an additional 20 full-time employees
based on growth. The job number exceeds the City's minimum expectation for number of
employees (30) to be generated through support of a 6b.
After the previous tenant vacated the property, the applicant invested nearly $660,000
renovating the property to make it marketable. These "make-ready" improvements, completed
in 2022, include $427,527 for the office demolition and renovation, $103,098 to upgrade the
dock equipment and for dock door replacement, and $131,854 to replace and restripe the
parking lot. They are pledging an additional approximately $520,000, which would include the
following: $161,960 to upgrade the facade, $10,000 to replace the concrete walkway, and
$352,000 to remodel the interior by carpentry work, structural work, plumbing work, HVAC
work, electrical work, and fire sprinkling. Historically, the City has counted work completed
in the prior calendar year (2022) toward the expectation of minimum $10 per square foot in
investment. With the 2022 improvements and the pledged future improvements, the total
amounts to $14.90 per square foot, which exceeds the City's expectation.
12 -Year Tax Impact Scenarios:
1. Estimated taxes as is (no improvements, no 6b, vacancy relief): $1,248,257
2. Estimated taxes with proposed improvements with a 6b: $1,549,926
3. Estimated taxes with proposed improvements without a 6b: $3,444,279
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Moved by Chester, seconded by Moylan, to Approve the Resolution R-66-23, A
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND CONSENTING TO APPROVAL OF CLASS 6b
CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PROPERTY AT 55 HOWARD AVE.
Upon roll call, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
MAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
ENGINEERING — Alderman Lysakowski, Chair
DISCUSSION AND The City contracted with TranSystems Corporation for a Phase 1 preliminary engineering
UPDATE ON THE study of the proposed improvements. The Phase 1 study began in July 2022 and is anticipated
ALGONQUIN RD to conclude in late 2024. Early steps included topographic and geotechnical surveys, project
GRADE funding applications, coordination with the UPRR, coordination and meetings with
SEPARATION commercial business stakeholders, and coordination with the Des Plaines Park District.
PROJECT
The preferred improvement is an overpass over the UPRR, requiring reconstruction of the Park
District entrance approximately 300 feet north of Algonquin Road. Temporary construction
easements will be required from the Park District, so coordination is required by Section 4(f)
of the USDOT Act of 1966. Improvements for the Park District and its patrons include a multi-
use path on the north side of Algonquin Road between Mt. Prospect Road and Wolf Road,
landscaping features along the proposed retaining walls, decorative concrete form liners on the
retaining walls, decorative railings on the retaining walls and bridge, and additional wayfmding
signs.
Dave Block, a representative from TranSystems, gave an overview of the proposed
improvements, current status, and next steps for an overpass over UPRR on Algonquin Road.
Discussion ensued among the Aldermen and the Mayor regarding the details of the projected
development.
Des Plaines Park District Executive Director Don Miletic, Des Plaines Park District Board
President Erin Doerr, and Des Plaines Park District Board Member Jim Grady spoke on behalf
of the park district and expressed concerns regarding the impact the overpass may have on the
park district property.
A couple residents asked about the status of other alternatives, and expressed their concerns of
the overpass being located on Algonquin Road.
Staff answered questioned regarding the construction process.
CLOSED SESSION Mayor Goczkowski entertained a motion to go into closed session under the following sections
of the Open Meetings Act — Property Acquisition and Probable or Imminent Litigation.
Moved by Lysakowski, seconded by Zadrozny to convene into Closed Session under the
following sections of the Open Meetings Act — Property Acquisition and Probable or Imminent
Litigation.
Upon voice vote, the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Lysakowski, Moylan, Zadrozny,
Chester, Smith, Ebrahimi
MAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 2 - Oskerka, Brookman
Motion declared carried.
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Mayor Goczkowski stated the City Council will adjourn the regular meeting coinciding with
adjournment of the closed session.
The City Council recessed at 8:36 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:02 p.m.
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Andrew Goczkowski, MAYOR