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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - 03/11/2021 - ZBA Docket 21-1, 2080 Lunt Avenue19:48:46 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS SS. COUNTY OF COOK I N RE: KALEB JORDAN, CORGAN Docket No. 21-1 The hearing in the above - entitled cause before Mary Woolsey, a Certified Shorthand Reporter, within the County of Cook and State of Illinois, taken pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Elk Grove Village, at 901 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, on the 11th day of March, 2021, at the hour of 7:00 o'clock p.m. MARY O1 630.248.3411 0 18 :59:27 18 : 59:27 1 - S9:27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 I PRESENT: ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CHAIRMAN DONALD G. CHILDRESS MR. RYAN BOOKLER MR. RICHARD M. ROMANSKI MR. ROBERTO SERRANO MR. DONATO LATROFA MR. TONY DAMPTZ, JR. MR. JAKE GLIMCO ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE: MR. BRYAN KOZOR ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER: MR. KALEB JORDAN MR. JAMIE PUTNAM MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 I 3 1 18:59:28 2 18:59:29 3 18:59:30 4 18:59:35 5 18:59:38 6 18;59:41 7 18:59:43 8 IS: 59:46 9 18:59:50 1 0 18:59:52 1 1 18:59:56 1 2 18:59:58 J0:01 13 1 4 19:00:07 1 5 19:00:12 1 6 19:00:14 1 7 19:00:18 1 8 19:00:19 1 9 19:00:22 20 19:00:26 21 19:00:28 22 19:00:33 23 19:00:36 24 10:39 MR. CHILDRESS: It's approximately 7:00 p.m. My name is Don Childress. I'll go ahead and read the docket and then ask whoever -- Mr. Jordan, if you're here, if you'd like to stand up at the podium and then I'll swear you in and then we'll have any questions of the Board members to you and then take any questions or comments from engineering and from the audience attending. This is Elk Grove Vi l l age Legal Notice for ZBA Docket 21-1. Public notice is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8-2:D of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Elk Grove Village, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village will conduct a public hearing at the hour of 7:00 p.m. on March 11, 2021, at the Charles J. Zettek Municipal Building, 901 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, to consider the petition of Kaleb Jordan of Corgan Architects, seeking a variation from the provisions of the Elk Grove Village Ordinance No. 2410 as it pertains to permitted locations for fences in industrial zoning districts. Section 7E-9:(A) prohibits *O630.248.3415 9 19:00:42 1 19:00:45 2 19:00:48 3 19:00:51 4 19:00:54 5 19:01:00 6 19:01:03 7 19:01:07 8 19:01:11 9 19:01:12 1 0 19:01:14 1 1 19:01:17 1 2 01 19 1 3 19:01:22 1 4 19;01:24 1 5 19:01:26 1 6 19:01:29 1 7 19:01:32 1 8 19:01:36 1 9 19:01:40 20 19:01:43 21 19:01:46 22 19:01:47 23 )1:54 24 fences in excess of six feet from being constructed in the required front yard and ahead of the building setback line. The petitioner is requesting to install an eight -foot -high open black security fence with brick covered CMU, concrete masonry unit, columns whose perimeter will extend approximately 72 feet east beyond the front corner of the principal structure that abuts Nicholas Boulevard. The property is located at 2080 Lunt Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is identified by the fol 1 owi ng property identification number -- skip that. All persons interested are invited to attend and will be given the opportunity to be heard. This hearing will be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Persons requiring accommodations are requested to contact the Village Clerk at (847) 357-4040 preferably no later than five days before the hearing. Mr. Jordan, can you step up to the microphone and raise your right hand and swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. MARY iiLSEY, C.S.Rt 630.248.3415 5 19:01:57 1 19:01:58 2 19:02:00 3 19:02:00 4 19:02:01 5 19:02:03 6 19:02:04 7 19:02:05 8 19:02:08 9 19:02:09 1 0 19:02:12 1 1 19:02:15 1 2 . 02:17 1 3 19:02:23 1 4 19:02:25 1 5 19:02:28 1 6 19:02:31 1 7 19t02:35 1 8 19:02:42 1 9 19:02:45 20 19:02:47 21 19:02:51 22 19:02:54 23 )2:57 24 MR. JORDAN: I will tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. (Mr. Jordan was sworn in.) MR. CHILDRESS: Thank you. Can you present your rationale for the zoning variance request. MR. JORDAN: Sure. Stream, the building owner, would like to request a zoning variance for the added secure fencing proposed to be located on the east side of the building exterior in order to meet the tenant's requirement for security standards. The basis of our request is founded on the following items. The entire proposed secure fencing is located well within the established setbacks and fencing design provides minimal to no site line obstruction to the facility, images included. The column design will aesthetically match the approved existing secure fencing on site. The special nature of a data center requires a higher level of security and only authorized personnel are allowed to access the facility. There will be no adverse impact to adjacent neighboring properties. And that's the case that we're MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 1Q:03:06 19:03:11 19:03:15 19:03:18 19:03:20 19:03:22 19:03:25 19:03:28 19:03:28 19:03:29 19:03:31 19:03:34 03:38 19:03:42 19:03:44 19:03:49 19:03:51 19:03:55 19:04:00 19:04:02 19:04:04 19:04:06 19:04:09 04:12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 I MR. CHILDRESS: Okay. Can you -- I'll go ahead and ask the Board members for questions if that's all right for now. Roberto. MR. SERRANO: Well, no questions but I just have some feedback. I did pass by the property today. MR. JORDAN: Sure. MR. SERRANO: And reviewed all the materials provided. And it looks like your letter dated in February is an extension of original communication provided in January of 2021. And it looks like, you know, all the questions were addressed. And I am in agreement with the four bullet points that are listed in the letter addressed in February and agree that there are no site line obstructions. Aesthetically, it's in line with the existing fencing. I guess my only question or thought -- not even a question -- is does it really need to be eight feet instead of six feet? But that's sort of minor to me. But I am in agreement with the higher level of security and I MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 7 19:04:15 19:04:20 19:04:22 19:04:24 19:04:26 19:04:29 19:04:31 19:04:32 19:04:35 19:04:38 19:04:41 19:04:43 _ 04:44 19:04:47 19:04:54 19:04:56 19:04:56 19:04:58 19:05:01 19:05:04 19:05:07 19:05:10 19:05:14 35:17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 don't see any adverse impact. That's my feedback. MR. CHILDRESS: Thank you. Ryan. MR. BOOKLER: Sure. So, first of all, thank you for all the documentation and thanks for choosing Elk Grove for your business. We appreciate that. A couple of things. So you said there's a security standard that requires the fence to be eight feet high. What security standard is this? Is this by the company? Is this some outside security firm? MR. JORDAN: Correct. No. This is per the tenant that is moving into the building. This is a large -- can we say the tenant? MR. PUTNAM: Let's keep it at tenant probably. MR. JORDAN: This is part of their standard security protocol which they are very rigid in the detailing nature of those security requirements. So we have that standard information from the tenant. MR. BOOKLER: Okay. So I didn't see any issues with the existing fence, if that's going to go there. I was fine with that and it's MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:05:19 19:05:21 19:05:22 19:05:24 19:05:27 19:05:27 19:05;29 19:05:32 19:05:36 19:05:37 19:05:39 19:05:39 05:41 19:05:46 19:05:49 19:05:53 19:05:57 19:05:59 19:06:01 19:06:03 19:06:07 19:06:10 19:06:13 16:14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 going to stay open; correct? MR. JORDAN: Correct. MR. BOOKLER: And there are concrete slabs that are going to go in there as well in between? MR. JORDAN: We're just matching the columns that are already on site. It's actually a CME block -- it's actually a stucco finish. MR. BOOKLER: And how far apart -- how many of those -- I'm sorry. Maybe they were in here. MR. JORDAN: Yeah. They're on there. We're trying to maintain the -- within the 75-foot max distance between them in just putting them in. Some of the existing landscape islands, just so it makes sense, and reducing the amount of demolition that we would need to do for those. MR. BOOKLER: Okay. And then one last question. I know you said you're going to keep it open. In the back on that north part that runs along the railroad tracks, you have that blocked like you've got panels there, which I get because there's train there. MR. JORDAN: Sure. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:06:15 1 19:06:16 2 19:06:19 3 19:06:21 4 19:06:22 5 19:06:24 6 19:06:26 7 19:06:29 8 19:06:32 9 19:06:36 1 0 19:06:40 1 1 19:06:44 1 2 06:49 13 19:06:52 1 4 19:06:54 1 5 19:06:57 1 6 19:07:00 17 19:07:03 18 19:07:06 19 19:07:10 20 19:07:14 21 19:07:18 22 19:07:21 23 )7:23 24 MR. BOOKLER: So that would not at all go in there? MR. JORDAN: No, that would not. MR. BOOKLER: Okay. All right. Thank you. MR. CHILDRESS: Donato. I MR. LATROFA: Yeah. So I was kind of confused at first looking at the diagram. But once I figured it out, it seemed kind of strange to me to have half of it blocked off and the other half of it open and then to have it one way. Is there an issue or a reason that you haven't sought getting the entire lot secured? MR. JORDAN: I think the main reason was staying within the setbacks, we were trying to stay as far away from the easement as possible. And the reason for the one -direction flow of it was just to reduce confusion as people are pulling onto the property. And only doing half of it was to meet the amount of spaces that the tenant was requiring to be, you know, fenced in there. So that was some of the reasoning behind it. MR. LATROFA: You're going to be -- the fact that you didn't want to -- didn't want to MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 10 19:07:26 19:07:29 19:07:31 19:07:34 19:07:37 19:07:39 19:07:40 19:07:41 19:07:43 19:07:47 19:07:49 19:07:50 . 07:50 19:07:54 19:07:55 19:08:00 19:08;03 19:08:06 19:08:10 19:08:14 19:08:17 19:08:20 19:08:22 08:24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 potentially touch any easement, that doesn't really move the needle for me because you're here anyway seeking a variance so why not get the variance for the entire parking lot or a bigger chunk of the parking lot? MR. PUTNAM: If you want, I can answer that. MR. CHILDRESS: Come up to the podium and tell me your name and do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. MR. PUTNAM: I do. Jamie Putnam, Kimley Horn, Civil Engineers. (Mr. Putnam was sworn in.) MR. PUTNAM: So the answer to that one is how it's set up on the plan is the parking lot itself is right on basically the property line. So when you go into the 25-foot, the parking stalls themselves, so to keep out of the -- I'll call it the sacred 25-foot easement area, it would put the fence and it would block off these extra stalls right here. So, you know, working with engineering and staff all the time, it's always been said if you don't have to be anywhere inside that 25-foot easement, stay MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:08:28 19:08:31 19:08:34 19:08:37 19:08:40 19:08:43 19:08:46 19:08:47 19:08:49 19:08:51 19:08:53 19:08:55 J8:57 19:08:59 19:09:02 19:09:05 19;09:09 19:09:12 19:09:13 19:09:15 19:09:17 19:09:18 19:09:19 19:22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 outside the 25-foot easement. So that was the reason with the tenant only these many stalls. If you put the fence way outside, I don't know if that variance would be requested because there are additional water main, sanitary, other easements that are running in through there that get frowned upon when I submit something like that to the engineering department. MR. LATROFA: That answers that one question but then it kind of begs the second question. You know, with the snow storms that we've had the last couple years, this is going to be an absolute nightmare for your tenant in terms of snow removal and getting plows in and out. How are we going to address that in terms of like a safety for both the tenant and for any potential visitors for like a premises liability question? MR. PUTNAM: Yeah. So I would imagine with the -- so in the existing condition they're going to put it in a corner. MR. LATROFA: Right. Of course. MR. PUTNAM: So here would open up like the bad snow we had, they would still have the ability because these stalls aren't being used MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 12 19:09;24 1 19;09:27 2 19:09:30 3 19:09:32 4 19:09:34 5 19:09:36 6 19:09:39 19:09:41 8 19:09:43 9 19:09:46 1 0 19:09:49 1 1 19:09:50 12 _ J9:50 1 3 19:09:51 1 4 19:09:52 1 5 19:09:55 1 6 19:09:55 1 7 19:09:56 1 8 19:09;57 1 9 19:09:59 20 19:10:00 21 19:10:01 22 19:10:07 23 10:07 24 if you can see that, the ones as you come right on in, so they would have the ability to pile it against there, but they have to be very diligent obviously with the snow removal because there's also, I image, the security -- speaking out loud, you can't have that snow piled up either, so it's going to be something they have to keep off of that area because you don't want to have a security issue of somebody being able to climb up a snow pile to be able to get over the fence. MR. LATROFA: Sure. MR. PUTNAM: So they're going to have to be very diligent on making sure that they would have to work through and find a way to make sure that they do not pile snow up to block people coming in, to block visitors or anything like that. MR. LATROFA: Well, and, frankly, even to get the snow out of there. MR. PUTNAM: Correct. MR, LATROFA: Right now the way I'm reading this plan is you're only going to have an opening up near the triangle. And then I'm guessing this is another opening down here at the MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 13 1 19:10:10 2 19:10:12 3 19:10:14 4 19:10:15 5 19:10:15 6 19:10:19 7 19:10:19 8 19:10:21 9 19:10:23 1 0 19:10:28 1 1 19:10:31 1 2 19:10:34 10:37 1 3 1 4 19:10:39 1 5 19:10:41 1 6 19:10:44 1 7 19;10:46 1 8 19:10:50 1 9 19:10:53 20 19:10:57 21 19:10:59 22 19:11:01 23 19:11:03 24 11:06 bottom that's unmarked in order for people to kind of cycle through. MR. PUTNAM: Correct. MR. LATROFA: So I mean, it's something that, you know, this -- MR. PUTNAM: They will have to work through that in their -- yeah. MR. LATROFA: I'm having, you know, visions of just snow piles and difficulty in somebody walking to work falling down, and then because of this -- how my lawyer brain works, they're going to come back to this meeting and they're going to say did you guys think about -snow pile? Is the Village potentially negligent here in not identifying these things? So -- and I don't know, Don, if this is something that, you know, we can touch on. Me, personally, if there's a way we can make the fence the bigger part of the parking lot so the snow removal is easier, and I think it looks cleaner with the property, if that makes sense structurally engineering wise and cost wise, obviously, right, because as the building owners, you guys have a cost that you're trying to meet. I get it. For the tenant, you know, MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 14 19:11:09 19:11:12 19:11:16 19:11:21 19:11:22 19:11:25 19:11:27 19:11:29 19:11:33 19:11:36 19:11:39 19:11:41 11:42 19;11:44 19:11:47 19:11:50 19:11;52 19.11:53 19:11:55 19:11:57 19:11:59 19:12:02 19:12:05 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 wanting to secure the property. I just wonder if this is necessarily the best way to go about doing that given that there's potentially other issues. MR. PUTNAM: And usually in my experience working on data centers here in Elk Grove Village, it's always keep these -- if you're going to cross it, just barely cross it because there's so many utilities, engineering staff will frown upon that because if somebody ever has to -- a water main break, a sanitary sewer break, electrical lines have the right to go through here, they're going to have the ability, then, to rip down that entire fence because it's in that easement area, and then just go back to the tenant and say there you go, there's your fence, it's knocked down, security go put it back up yourself. MR. LATROFA. Yeah. No. And I get it. It's a balancing act. MR. PUTNAM: It's a balancing act. I don't know if I can ask you, Bryan. I don't know if Mary and staff would or Jared would even entertain the ability to put it that far out there. ZO As designed, ®i 15 19:12:07 19:12:12 19:12:16 19:12:17 19:12:25 19:12:28 19:12:33 19:12:36 19:12:39 19:12:43 19:12:46 19:12:49 12:53 19:12:57 19:13:00 19:13:03 19:13:05 19:13:08 19:13:10 19:13:13 19:13:14 19:13:16 19:13:17 13:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 probably the best way to meet all standards and requirements with setbacks and location. MR. LATROFA: My other question then could be -- it seems as though these -- however many there are, 10, 15 parking spaces just outside the gate, it seems as though those don't really from reading it, any sort of visitors are going to need to have permission to go to the building and things like that. You know, would you be able to extend the fence out to the end of that but still avoid being that much -- basically to the end of where those lots are -- I don't know -- just trying to think of a way that you can keep this clean and your tenant still has access that they need but we're also avoiding any sort of areas where we're getting unnecessary snow. It just seems like this line where it's drawn, if we can get it out a little further -- and I understand you have those concrete -- what are those called, those like partitions? MR. PUTNAM: The pillars. MR. LATROFA: Well, yeah. Not the pillars. But the actual like spaces there in between. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 1 19: 13 21 2 19: 13 22 3 19: 13 2 5 4 19: 13 2 8 5 19 13 3 0 6 19 13 3 2 7 19 13 34 8 19 13 :3 6 9 19 13 : 3 8 1 0 19 13 :4 1 1 1 19 13 : 45 1 2 19: 13 :47 1 3 13 :48 1 4 19: 13 : 49 1 5 19: 13 :51 1 6 19: 13 54 1 19: 13 57 7 1 8 19;13:59 1 9 19: 14 02 20 19 : 14 04 21 19: 14 :06 22 19 : 14 09 23 19: 14 12 - 74 24 13 MR. ROMANSKI: For the parking lot. Are you thinking like extend this here? MR. LATROFA: No. No. To the east. MR. ROMANSKI: This way? I would more talk about extending it this way then you would have the gate here because otherwise this is kind of like dead space. MR. LATROFA: Sure. That could potentially work as well, and that would tie in with the other fence, too. MR. DAMPTZ: In other words, enclose all the parking spaces? MR. ROMANSKI: Well, no. My thoughts are, as you guys can see in the picture, is why not lust extend this out to here when they're driving in, have the gate right here and then all -- because otherwise you have this -- when it comes to snow removal, this is going to be a pain in the butt to get snow out of here, especially with big snowfalls, right? So if this fence was gone here instead and you extend this out, that would probably be a lot easier for everything. I don't know if that's something you guys considered or not. See what I'm talking about? Why don't MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R4 630.248.3415 17 1 19:14:17 2 19:14:21 3 19:14:24 4 19:14:26 5 19:14:29 6 19:14:36 7 19:14:38 8 19:14:43 9 19:14:46 19:14:47 1 0 1 1 19:14:52 1 2 19:14;54 1 3 14:58 14 19:15:00 1 5 19:15:02 1 6 19:15:05 1 7 19:15:07 1 8 19:15:11 1 9 19:15:13 20 19:15:14 21 19:15:17 22 19:15:17 23 19:15:19 24 1.5:21 you extend this fence to here. That would make the entrance right here and that way you won't have this. MR. CHILDRESS: Well MR. LATROFA: It might make a lot of sense, too, because it's actually putting in a little bit less fence if you're doing it that way. MR. ROMANSKI: And actually gives you more of a secure area, too. MR. PUTNAM: The thought was if you have somebody that's coming -- more for the visitors, too. So if visitors are coming in, this gives them the spot that they can pull close to the building and then they're calling in the intercom and they're waiting, the fence goes over here, they're kind of -- I don't know -- because the intercom would be right there. MR. JORDAN: Yeah. MR. LATROFA: Realistically, the people that are coming to visit aren't going to be using the intercom. They're going to be calling their friends, you know, inside. MR. PUTNAM: Well, they should be preapproved to come here anyway. So the only time MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 18 19:15:23 19:15:26 19:15:30 19:15:34 19:15:36 19:15:36 19:15:39 19:15:41 19:15:43 19:15:46 19:15:50 19:15:54 15:56 19:16:02 19:16:04 19:16:07 19:16:10 19:16:13 19:16:17 19:16:19 19:16:21 19:16:25 19:16:28 '6:31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 you get the visitors is the rare occurrences is what they were. And, I guess, the thought, too, is how it's set up, is if a snowplow does come, they're going to have open access so the gates just open up, so they have free reign to circle the whole - - MR. LATROFA: Have you ever driven a snowplow in a parking lot like that? I have. It's awful. I plowed when I was in college. It is awful. Your plowman is going to do an awful job. If he or she is pulling a 12-hour or 24-hour shift, I think you're doing your tenant a potential disservice. I get the flow. And I think his amendment is kind of a suggestion is one that would help. One, it would give your tenant two more close parking spots within the secure area. Two, if they are really worried about security, they don't want unmarked or unvetted spots that much closer to the building, right? So, if anything, you would want to keep those close spots within the secured area. And, three, in terms of ease of flow and things like that. And, four, it looks like that might actually end up being potentially cheaper for your client, your MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:16:35 1 19:16:37 2 19:16:40 3 19:16:45 4 19:16:48 5 19:16:52 6 19:16:54 7 19:16:57 8 19:16:57 9 19:17:00 1 0 19:17:02 1 1 19:17:06 1 2 7:08 1 3 19:17:11 1 4 19:17:13 1 5 19:17:15 1 6 19:17:15 1 7 19:17:17 1 8 19:17:17 1 9 19:17:20 20 19:17:22 21 19:17:23 22 19:17:25 23 `7:26 24 boss if you only have to put a fence, you know, whatever that is, 12 feet across instead of running it 15 feet or 18 feet or 25 feet east to west. You're just running it 12 feet south to north. Something to think about. MR. ROMANSKI: Kind of going along with what he's talking about, the snowplowing, I mean, I'm a vice president of my association here in town, and I don't even foresee how they're going to be getting the snow out of here unless they're planning on dropping off a Bobcat to get that snow out of there. That snow is not going to get plowed if it's in that "L" shape area. MR. LATROFA: Two or three days like this past winter. MR. ROMANSKI: All they're going to do is put it against here and put it up higher. There's nowhere else for them to take that snow unless they physically have a Bobcat there to scoop up the snow and get it out of there. So it's going to make maintenance a lot easier. It's going to make -- it's probably easier aesthetics because, again, what he's saying, you're only going to go an extra 12 feet instead of 20 feet MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:17:29 19:17:31 19:17;36 19:17:39 19:17:41 19:17:48 19:17:55 19:17:56 19:17:59 19:18:01 19:18:04 19:18:06 r8:09 19:18:13 19:18:14 19:18:15 19:18:16 19:18:19 19:18:22 19:16:25 19;18:27 19:18:29 19:18:30 '9:31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 this way. I personally think that's a better option for you guys and probably cleaner lines and things like that. Sorry. MR. LATROFA: Working together, man. Those are kind of the points that I had in kind of y looking at the notes. MR. ROMANSKI: The only other question, I guess, I have, everything looks pretty clean for the most part. I know we have an email here from the neighbor to the west; correct? Do we have any information from the neighbors directly south and directly across the street on Nicholas? Are they aware you guys want to put up a fence? MR. JORDAN: Which direction did you say? MR. ROMANSKI: South and then to the east. So across the street on Nicholas and across the street on Lunt. Are those current owners aware that you guys are looking to put up a fence and asking for a variances? MR. PUTNAM: It would have been sent out in the -- MR. KOZOR: All notifications went MARY WOOLSEY,C.S.R. 630.248.3411 21 19:18:33 19:18:36 19:18:39 19:18:41 19:18:45 19:18:47 19:18:48 19:18:53 19:18:55 19:18:56 19:18:57 19:19:02 19:03 19:19:05 19:19:08 19:19:12 19:19:15 19:19:16 19:19:17 19:19:20 19:19:23 19:19:25 19:19:28 1.9:36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 out that are in the circle of notification and the signs were posted on the building at each intersection. So yes, all building owners were given an opportunity to attend the hearing or call staff to ask questions. MR. ROMANSKI: All right. Thank you. I'm good. MR. CHILDRESS: Tony, do you have any questions? MR. DAMPTZ: I have one question. Is this the only access even for emergency vehicles? MR. JORDAN: No. This is access -- you can see directly to the north of it and on the other side of the building. I don't have the full assembly of drawings there, but on the plan west of the building as well there's also an entry to the building. MR. DAMPTZ: So that would be more for emergency vehicles? I don't see a fire truck making that turn. MR. JORDAN: We do have Knox boxes at each one of the locations as well. MR. PUTNAM: So yeah, there's the access here that runs around the site on the far MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 22 19:19:39 1 19:19:42 2 19:19:45 3 19:19:50 4 19:19:51 5 19:19:54 6 19:20:02 7 19:20:04 8 19:20:10 9 19:20:11 1 0 19:20:14 1 1 19:20:16 1 2 20:18 1 3 19:20:21 1 4 19:20:23 1 5 19:20:27 16 19:20:30 17 19:20:33 18 19:20:34 19 19:20:34 20 19:20:3621 19:20:36 22 19:20:38 23 �0:40 24 west. And then there's access on the northeast corner at the top that run through the back area. And then the car parking lot has got the single access. MR. JORDAN: It's more for front of house. MR. PUTNAM: So they do have emergency vehicles have access on all four sides. MR. CHILDRESS: Jacob, do you have any questions or comments? MR. GLIMCO: Thank you again for all the work that you guys have put in to present this for us. I did have a follow-up on Ryan's question about -- so you mentioned that the eight -foot fence is a requirement by the tenant moving in. If this fence was not approved, would it be hard to continue with bringing the tenant in? MR. JORDAN: It would. MR. PUTNAM: Yes. MR. JORDAN: It would make things difficult. MR. PUTNAM: And that's with all -- due to the standard fence variance we're always asking in the Vi l l age is to go from six to eight MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 23 19:20:42 19:20:51 19:20:53 19:20:56 19:21:02 19:21:05 19:21:09 19:21:13 19:21:18 19:21:21 19;21:25 19:21:29 _>1:31 19:21:34 19:21:37 19:21:37 19:21:38 19:21:39 19:21:41 19:21:42 19:21:43 19:21:44 19:21:49 - U:49 1 2 3 4 5' 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 feet for that specific requirement. MR. GLIMCO: That's all the questions I have. MR. CHILDRESS: I'm just asking a question regarding the snow removal. I work as a civil engineer also, mostly with Illinois Tollway and similar agencies but -- and with maintenance. I know they with bigger plows have to manage snow within their whatever rights of way and things like that. Would these type of facilities, do they use truck -mounted plows or Bobcats? MR. PUTNAM: They're not going to bring anything big out there to do because the only pavements that's really out there is just the drive -- MR. CHILDRESS: Right. MR. PUTNAM: -- that come around and then the small parking lot. MR. ROMANSKI: It would depend on whoever they hire. MR. CHILDRESS: And each facility or owner tenant will contract with local providers of equipment like that. MR. PUTNAM: Yes. But they're not MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630,248.3415 19:21: 50 1 19: 21: 53 2 19: 21: 55 3 19: 21: 58 4 19:22 01 5 19: 22 03 6 19: 22 04 7 19: 22 06 8 19: 22 09 9 19 :22 13 1 0 19:22 15 1 1 19: 22 17 1 2 1 22:21 1 3 19:22 :22 1 4 19: 22 25 1 5 19:22 28 1 6 19: 22 31 1 7 19: 22 33 1 8 19:22:36 1 9 19:22:38 20 19:22: 42 21 19: 22:44 22 19:22: 46 23 ?2:49 24 2 going to want -- I can't see -- just speaking out loud, but I can't see like the owner of this wanting to bring in the big snowplow or the big trucks running through the parking lot, especially being a secured facility. MR. ROMANSKI: But even if it's, say, a Ford pickup truck that's doing the plowing, there is no way he's going to be able to get that snow out of this area, whereas a Bobcat can scoop it up and move it out of the way. Or just extend the fence, then you basically have two sections, you have nice clean site lines. Especially if you do it that way, you can push everything this way and work towards the street and then it's just going to be easier to maintain for whatever company you hire because if it's left the way it is, whoever they hire, from my experience, they're going to say, hey, we want to keep a Bobcat on site, there's more money to your tenant or more money to you guys, whoever owns the property, because they're not going to be able to plow certain areas. They're going to have to pick up that snow and move it elsewhere on the property. MR. BOOKLER: You said the spaces are MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248,3415 19:22:51 19:22:55 19:22:56 19:22:57 19:22:58 19:22:59 19:23:01 19:23:03 19:23:04 19:23:05 19:23:08 19:23:09 �3.11 19:23:13 19:23:15 19:23:16 19:23:19 19:23:23 19:23:25 19:23:26 19:23:29 19:23:32 19:23:36 ?3:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 0 not going to be used much; is that correct? MR. PUTNAM: In the fence they will X3 MR. BOOKLER: I'm sorry? MR. PUTNAM: In the fenced area they will be. That will be for the employees. That's why they needed that level of security is for all the employees. MR. BOOKLER: So I can see if you have cars that are parked there like you were talking about. MR. PUTNAM: Yes. MR. BOOKLER: That would make it hard for snowplows and cars. MR. ROMANSKI: That's why you extend this thing out -- you extend it out this way and when they turn in here, you got your call button whatever you called it. MR. PUTNAM: Intercom. MR. ROMANSKI: Put the intercom here on this concrete area there and then it should flow a lot easier. That's just my opinion. MR. CHILDRESS: But, Bryan, would any modification to the fence in that little area, MARY WOOLSEY, G.S.R. 630.248.3415 26 1 19:23:43 2 19:23:46 3 19:23:50 4 19:23:53 5 19:23:57 6 19:23:58 7 19:24:01 8 19:24:05 9 19:24:08 1 O 19:24:11 1 1 19:24:16 1 2 19:24:18 1 3 24:18 1 4 19:24:19 1 5 19:24:21 1 6 19:24:22 1 7 19:24:23 1 8 19:24:27 1 9 19;24:28 20 19:24:29 21 19:24:32 22 19:24:33 23 19:24:35 " 24 14:38 would that affect our zoning variance request? MR. KOZOR: Yes, it would. MR. CHILDRESS: Are there any other questions from Board members? Thank you for the well -made exhibits. You know, I drove by the property this morning. There doesn't look to be any utility issues like you've already accommodated all those in your design as far as drainage and other type of utilities. was there below grade stor ter? MR. PUTNAM: It's underground detention. MR. CHILDRESS: Underground detention. So none of that will ever or should ever back up. MR. PUTNAM: No. It's all designed to be -- it's designed for the hundred -year event to be under pavement. MR. CHILDRESS: To percolate and then have restrictors to limit flow offsite. MR. PUTNAM: Yeah. It will actually get into the system. There's no -- it gets into the system and then actually drains out in the southeast corner over here. • i1 630.248.3415 27 19:24:40 19:24:41 19:24:41 19:24:43 19:24:45 19:24:47 19:24:49 19:24:50 19:24:51 19:24:51 19:24:53 19:24:55 24:56 19:24:58 19:25:02 19:25:04 19:25:05 19:25;06 19:25:07 19:25:07 19:25:08 19:25:10 19:25:12 25:16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MR. CHILDRESS: Into the other ditch line. MR. PUTNAM: So it goes into the storm system that runs along the street. MR. CHILDRESS: Along the street. The storm sewer system. MR. PUTNAM: Yep. That's all taken care of. MR. CHILDRESS: And there is no impacts with railroad or anything like that because you're all parallel to it? MR. PUTNAM: Yeah. We worked that out with the original building with the railroad and everybody else. They all signed off. MR. CHILDRESS: So you have all those permissions or easements or whatever -- MR. PUTNAM: Oh, yeah. MR. CHILDRESS: -- squared away already? MR. PUTNAM: Yep. MR. CHILDRESS: You know, the placement of the fence that you have in the one exhibit basically bisected the parking spaces so you have visitor parking on the outside, the MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248,3415 19:25:18 19:25:21 19:25:26 19:25:29 19:25:33 19:25:38 19:25:40 19:25:45 19:25:47 19:25:49 19:25:54 19:25:56 25:57 19:26:01 19:26:03 19:26:08 19:26:10 19:26:10 19:26:11 19:26:12 19:26:13 19:26:16 19:26:19 16:21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 tenant staff or vendor or contractor whatever parking on the interior. You know, the placement -- or the, I guess, the position, movement of the fence north or projection could be an alternative or whatever but do we need -- Bryan, would we need to raise the motion differently if we recommended that be an alternative for the property owner or tenant engineer to work out with the Village if they wanted to have a different alignment of that north leg of the fence? MR. KOZOR: Yeah. I mean, if you're going out any further than was advertised to the community, then it would have -- it potentially would have to go back out to be readvertised. MR. ROMANSKI: It's not really going out further. It's just -- MR. CHILDRESS: It's not really going out further. MR. ROMANSKI: -- instead of making the hard left, this part goes away and you extend it whatever the 12 feet so it goes from fence to fence. MR. KOZOR: You can make whoever MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:26:22 1 19:26:25 2 19:26:27 3 19:26:30 4 19:26:31 5 19:26:35 V 19:26:43 7 19:26:47 8 19:26:49 9 19:26:49 1 0 19:26:52 1 1 19:26:56 1 2 16:58 1 3 19:27:00 1 4 19:27:03 1 5 19:27:05 1 6 19:27:09 1 7 19:27:25 1 8 19:27:27 1 9 19:27:29 20 19:27:31 21 19:27:31 22 19:27:33 23 17:35 24 motion you choose to make. Did you read in the letter that -- the email that staff received? MR. CHILDRESS: Can I read this into the information for the meeting. This letter received from the public was from Dan Bartel 1 o from Drug Source, Incorporated concerning the hearing tonight. "Dear Bryan: Thank you for the additional information. I have no objection to the addition of the fence on Nicholas Boulevard -- on the Nicholas Boulevard side of the building. If there are any thoughts of putting the fence between our buildings, I would have to object to it. Let me know if you need anything else. Dan Bartello, President/CEO Drug Source, Inc., P.O. Box 1366, Elk Grove Village." Bryan, does -- do you know what specific address on Lunt? MR. KOZOR: It's the building to the west. MR. CHILDRESS: Building to the west. MR. PUTNAM: Yeah, he is on the west MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 ®1 19:27;35 19:27:36 19:27:38 19:27:42 19:27:47 19:27:49 19:27:50 19:27:56 19:27:58 19:28:02 19:28:03 19:28:05 28:07 19:28:10 19:28:10 19:28:14 19:28:16 19:28:19 19:28:22 19:28:24 19:28:27 19:28:29 19:28:31 '8:35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ali MR. CHILDRESS: Do you know what the -- I guess what the address would be or it's just the building immediately to the west? MR. KOZOR: I believe it's 2020 Lunt. MR. CHILDRESS: 2021? MR. KOZOR: 2020. MR. CHILDRESS: 2020. MR. BKLER: So the potential snow that would impact the property, if that's the case; right? MR. ROMANSKI: It could impact security. If we get another big snowfall, the plow can't go anywhere but push it forward. If they keep pushing it forward, it's just going to pile up at that end of the wall of the fence and they can either get in to the left or to the right. There is no flow for that snow to go. All they can do is push it there. Whereas, if you have it like what I'm suggesting, they can always push it out into the street, if anything, and then put it on the -- or the outside part of the parking lot over here. You're not going to be able to push this snow anywhere but -- if we get a lot of snow, if we get five inches, that's going Pi 31 19:28:36 1 19:28:40 2 19:28:45 3 19:28:46 4 19:28:46 5 19:28:49 6 19:28:53 7 19:28:54 8 19:28:56 9 19:28:58 1 0 19:29:00 1 1 19:29:02 12 29:04 13 19:29:07 1 4 19:29:10 1 5 19:29:14 1 6 19:29:17 1 7 19:29:21 1 8 19:29:22 19 19:29:25 20 19:29:28 21 19:29:31 22 19:29:34 23 37 24 to probably pile three, four feet high easy and then people can hop the fence and so much for your security. MR. PUTNAM: They would definitely have to get that removed. They would have to get that removed because it couldn't be on site for the security risk like you said. MR. ROMANSKI: Then whatever company they hire, right, would have to then come in, bring something else in because the plow they use isn't going to be enough. Now, they have to bring in a truck or something to move it, a Bobcat. Now you're shipping another piece of equipment there. A lot of different logistics. To me, I look at it it's probably less expensive for you guys to extend the fence a shorter distance versus making a hard left and then extending it further. MR. LATROFA: And I think that would be consistent with what your client -- your tenant's desires are. It doesn't seem to make much sense for there to be those two spots that much closer to the building. If their security really is and, of course, I don't know the layout inside the building, but if security is that MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 32 19:29:41 1 19:29:44 2 19:29:47 3 19:29:50 4 19:29:51 5 19:29:54 6 19:29:57 7 19:30;00 8 19:30:03 9 19:30:05 1 0 19:30:08 1 1 19:30:11 1 2 30:19 1 3 19:30:20 1 4 19:30:28 1 5 19:30:31 1 6 19:30:34 1 7 19:30:37 18 19:30:41 19 19:30:45 20 19:30:46 21 19:30:47 22 19:30:48 23 =0:50 24 important to them, I would think they don't want any spots or they want all the spots closer to the building to be part of the security lot. MR. JORDAN: The reason I think we had it pulled back and running up into the sidewalk is we do have a man door that's at both sides of it, so it allows for equal opportunity exiting outside of the secured fencing. If we kept - - instead of jogging i t , if we just continued it north, I don't think that would be a big issue and it might solve some logistical problems. MR. CHILDRESS: Having the fencing as it is now, is that more in line with, you know, like a man door to secure or unsecured areas, is that something that had to be coordinated with the property owner or the fire department as far as where different security levels of individuals could ingress or egress into the building? MR. PUTNAM: We worked with this through the fire department. MR. JORDAN: We submitted everything. MR. PUTNAM: We sent it to -- MR. CHILDRESS: That was all part of MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 33 19:30:51 1 19:30:53 2 19;30:53 3 19:30:54 4 19:30:56 5 19:30:58 6 19:31:01 7 19:31:03 8 19:31:06 9 19:31:08 1 0 19:31:10 1 1 19:31:14 1 2 31:15 1 3 19:31:16 1 4 19:31:19 1 5 19:31:21 1 6 19:31:23 1 7 19:31:25 1 8 19:31:29 1 9 19:31:32 20 19:31:35 21 19:31:37 22 19:31:38 23 '1:40 24 the Village's review? MR. PUTNAM: Yes. MR. JORDAN: That was in November. MR. PUTNAM: Yep. MR. BOOKLER: Bryan, did the Village have any issues engineering with the layout for snowplow or anything or getting emergency vehicles like Tony was talking about in? MR. KOZOR: Nope. MR. BOOKLER: None. You guys didn't have any concerns with snow impact and the plows? MR. KOZOR: No. MR. BOOKLER: I guess it could be addressed, too, if they talk to a couple snowplow companies and said, Hey, how do you think that's going to work? That's an option. MR. CHILDRESS: In a way that is almost like contractor methods and equipment, you know, you contract with a contractor and it's between the building owner and that vendor how much resources. MR. ROMANSKI: Right. What would typically happen is like for our association, for example, they're going to drop off a Bobcat. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 34 1Q:31:42 1 19:31:45 2 19:31:47 3 19:31:48 4 19:31:49 5++ 19:31:52 U 19:31:53 7 19:31:53 8 19:31:55 9 19;31:57 1 0 19:32:00 1 1 19:32:02 12 32:03 1 3 19:32:05 1 4 19:32:09 15 19:32:12 1 6 19:32:16 1 7 19:32:16 1 8 19:32:18 1 9 19:32:19 20 19:32:232r1 19:32:24 19:32:26 ALL 2 3 >2:27 24 You're going to have a Bobcat in your parking lot the entire time you're there. I don't know if that's something the building owner would want. MR. PUTNAM: We will definitely bring up that concern that you guys have to the tenant or to the owner. MR. ROMANSKI: That would be the only way to really get the snow out of there, they would have to keep a permanent Bobcat basically from mid November, probably, to like mid April. That's usually what a snowplow contract goes for, and that's where it's going to stay. So if they're going to probably put it in the unsecured area -- the other thing is whoever is doing the plowing, I'm assuming you guys have to give that company access to get inside the secure area. MR. PUTNAM: Yes, they would have approval. Absolutely. MR. ROMANSKI: Keep in mind, it could be a different driver every time so depending on how you guys arrange the security. It would have to be a Bobcat. So if they're looking for aesthetics and everything and they don't want to have a Bobcat sitting there for four months out of MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 35 1 1Q:32:30 2 19:32:32 3 19:32:35 4 19:32:37 19:32:38 5 6 19:32:40 7 19:32:42 8 19:32:44 9 19:32:46 1 0 19:32:50 1 1 19:32:54 1 2 19:32:57 1 3 .. .32:59 1 4 19:33:01 15 19:33:04 1 6 19:33:08 1 7 19:33:12 1 8 19:33:16 1 9 19:33:20 20 19:33:23 21 19:313:28 22 19:33:30 23 19:33:32 24 3:34 the year, more power to them. I would like to hear what they think of that. MR. PUTNAM: We can bring it up to them with that. MR. JORDAN: Could this be the designated Bobcat area? MR. CHILDRESS: Do we want to have a motion maybe on just the position of the fence as is and let the property owners deal with their contractor and the snow removal issues since the property owner and civil engineer have already coordinated with the Village as far as the intercom and call boxes and the positioning and the one-way traffic flow and also the additional space to allow a wrong way driver to back up and turn around if they realize they're going opposite whatever the clockwise or whatever the traffic direction would be within the site as intended by the building owners and civil engineer. MR. PUTNAM: Sure. MR. CHILDRESS: Could we -- Are there any other questions? MR. DAMPTZ: I have one question. Which way do your gates open? Do they open inside MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 36 1 19;33:38 2 19:33:39 3 19:33:40 4 19:33:43 5 19:33:46 6 19:33:47 7 19:33:49 8 19:33:51 9 19:33:58 10 19:34:00 1 1 19:34:29 12 19:34:33 1 3 34:36 1 4 19:34:40 1 5 19:34:43 1 6 19:34:44 1 7 19:34:46 1 8 19:34:49 1 9 19:34:51 20 19:34:55 21 19:34:57 22 19:34:58 23 19:34:59 '5:02 24 or is it one gate? MR. JORDAN: Currently we're showing it as one gate on a track that matches one of the other gates that's currently on the facility. MR. DAMPTZ: So if we move that fence over, would the gate go -- MR. ROMANSKI: If they move it over here, they would have it roll this way. MR. CHILDRESS: Are there any other questions of engineering? This -- where the gate is positioned now -- or I guess to the northeast of the building, those three parking spaces were designed because of -- MR. JORDAN: In the rare instance that there would be someone that needed a temporary parking spot as they may be waiting on someone to come from -- after they've spoken to the intercom to come verify they can come onto the property. That was the thought process behind there. MR. CHILDRESS: But that was already reviewed with the building owners as to what the intent of the functionality of the site would be? MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 37 19:35:04 1 19:35:05 2 19:35:06 3 19:35:07 4 19:35:10 5 19:35;12 6 19:35:14 7 19:35:18 8 19:35:21 9 19:35:27 1 0 19:35:28 1 1 19:35:32 1 2 35:36 1 3 19:35:38 1 4 19:35:39 1 5 19:35:43 1 6 19:35:46 1 7 19:35:48 1 8 19:35:50 1 9 19:35:54 20 19:35:57 21 19:35:59 22 19:36:01 23 36:02 24 MR. JORDAN: Correct. MR. PUTNAM: Absolutely. MR. CHILDRESS: And also with the Village for the call box or intercom positioning and the traffic flow in and out? MR. PUTNAM: Yep. MR. CHILDRESS: What -- what -- Board members, what do you -- do you feel we should just vote on the zoning variation as -- or as -- MR. ROMANSKI: I would prefer extending the fence out and moving the intercom. That would be my recommendation. It's smoother flow. It's smoother everything. MR. CHILDRESS: Is that something that would affect your functionary use or is that something we can -- MR. JORDAN: I don't think it would affect that. You said move the intercom, though? I think we would try to keep the intercom at the same location that we're showing currently. MR. PUTNAM: The intercom is currently on the island so they're going to sit in the same spot either way. MR. ROMANSKI: You're going to have MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:36:03 1 19:36:06 2 19:36:08 3 19:36:11 4 19:36:13 5 19:36:14 6 19:36:15 7 19:36:19 8 19:36:21 9 19:36:25 1 0 19:36:27 1 1 19:36:30 1 2 _ .36:32 1 3 19:36:35 1 4 19:36:36 1 5 19:36:37 16 19:36:38 1 7 19:36:41 1 8 19:36:44 1 9 19:36:45 20 19:36:47 21 19:36:51 22 19:36:59 23 '7:02 24 NO it right here on the island? That's where I would recommend putting it. If your gate is here now, yeah, it has to be there. Yeah. That will work. MR. JORDAN: That would be my only question. MR. ROMANSKI: It's still going to be on the outside. I would be comfortable making a motion making that adjustment to the fence and extending it north to the other ornamental fence you have there. I believe it's a cleaner feel. That's what I would make a motion for. MR. PUTNAM: But I guess I'm just speaking out loud, would that require us to come back? MR. ROMANSKI: He would know all the answers to those kind of things. MR. PUTNAM: If we do the straight extended out, do we have to come back to another meeting? MR. KOZOR: If it's not changing the width necessarily because my ordinance is written that it's extending -- what is it? MR. LATROFA: It won't increase the extension from the building towards Nicholas so it MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:37:05 19:37:06 19:37:07 19:37:10 19:37:11 19:37:12 19:37:15 19:37:21 19:37:23 19:37:25 19:37:28 19:37:30 37:33 19:37:34 19:37:36 19:37:38 19:37:40 19:37:42 19:37:45 19:37:48 19:37:53 19:37:55 19:37:57 18:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 will actually -- MR. CHILDRESS: It would still be in the same 72-foot alignment -- MR. BOOKLER: Right. MR. CHILDRESS: -- off the building to the east or nearest front corner just aligns to the east and a greater length north. MR. KOZOR: Potentially, there wouldn't be any need for anything else. If someone would want to make a motion as is, we can make a motion, see if there's a vote. And if it fails, you can make another motion. MR. CHILDRESS: Like an amended motion? MR. ROMANSKI: I guess ask if there's a motion based on how it's presented. MR. BOOKLER: I'm 50/50 here. I totally get -- I see that point. I'm not an expert on snow removal and logistics. And it's just, you know, what the property owners want. And it doesn't affect the site lines or anything and building engineering doesn't have any problems. But I don't know if that truly is going to be a problem and the safety. I would lean MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 1 19:38:03 2 19:38:04 3 19:38:06 4 19:38:08 5 19:38:09 6 19:38:10 7 19:38:12 8 19:38:13 9 19:38:16 1 0 19:38:19 1 1 19:38:20 1 2 19:38:21 1 3 _ 38:23 1 4 19:38:25 1 5 19:38:28 1 6 19:38:31 1 7 19:38:34 1 8 19:38:36 1 9 19:38:38 20 19:38:40 21 19:38:43 22 19:38:48 23 19:38:51 24 18:53 towards that. MR. ROMANSKI: I think if we extend it out, it's just a cleaner look. MR. BOOKLER: I agree with that. MR. ROMANSKI: You have the fence that stops and then you have a gap and then you have another fence. Where if you just extend it out, you just look at it, it looks like it's one fence going straight across, and it's a lot cleaner looking. MR. BOOKLER: What about if we continued it and got more information about if you guys wanted to look at possibly doing that, if that would be something feasible? To continue the meeting and just go back and look at moving that gate -- extending it north. MR. LATROFA: Really, I anticipate the answer is going to be we need to talk to the tenant, and the tenant is going to say I want to get in there sooner rather than later, and I have other places I want to go. I don't think it's a -- if you feel like you're 50/50, you can vote yes on the vote. It's not like they're mutually exclusive. If you say yes, I agree with it as is. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 41 19:38:54 19:38:5B 19:39:00 19:39:01 19:39:02 19:39:05 19:39:08 19:39:11 19:39:14 19:39;14 19:39:15 19:39:16 39:17 19:39:18 19:39:20 19:39:22 19:39:25 19:39:26 19:39:26 19:39:28 19:39:29 19:39:30 19:39:32 39:34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 And if that doesn't pass, yes, I agree with the amended. You can do that. MR. BOOKLER: Right. MR. LATROFA: I think it's in the best interest of the Village to make a determination now to get the Board insight as opposed to having them go back and, you know -- MR. BOOKLER: We've done continuances before. MR. LATROFA: I understand. MR. BOOKLER: No. I get the timeline. MR. LATROFA: I just think it's in the best interest of the Village to continue to be open to business and to balance the needs of business with the needs of the -- MR. BOOKLER: I definitely want to help. MR. CHILDRESS: Tony, do you have a suggestion? MR. DAMPTZ: What are your thoughts on moving it? MR. ROMANSKI: You know your client better than we do, obviously. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 42 1 19:39:35 2 19:39:36 3 19:39:38 4 19:39:40 5 19:39:42 6 19:39:45 7 19:39:48 8 19:39:50 9 19:39:52 1 0 19:39:53 1 1 19:39:54 1 2 19:39:55 1 3 39:57 14 19:40:00 15 19:40:02 1 6 19:40:06 1 7 19:40:07 1 8 19:40:11 1 9 19:40:14 20 19:40:15 21 19:40:17 22 19:40:18 23 19:40:20 24 ',0:22 MR. PUTNAM: Yeah. I was just thinking if -- only if there's something I'm not thinking of for the security reason. The security team is put together and they create certain ways if there's a certain very specific security reason they couldn't go that way that I don't know of. MR. DAMPTZ: Cameras maybe viewing because you're moving the gate so maybe they would have to -- MR. PUTNAM: I don't know if there's something I'm missing on that end of it. MR. ROMANSKI: Look at the security. Imagine I'm just some Joe Schmoe who wants to cause problems. I can just walk in there with a ten -foot -long or whatever width that is, but prop a piece of wood up there, get in there, I'm good. If you have a fence extending all the way, I can't do that. I think it would be more secure extending it out. MR. PUTNAM: I don't know if there's something I'm not thinking of or I'm not aware of that they went with a specific route here. But I have no problem asking, going straight through and it could be as simple as yeah, that's good, we're MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:40:25 19:40:33 19:40:34 19:40:34 19:40:36 19:40:38 19:40:40 19:40:40 19:40:43 19:40:43 19:40:46 19:40:50 10:50 19:40:52 19:40:54 19:40:57 19:40:57 19:41:00 19:41:02 19:41:06 19:41:10 19:41:11 19:41:12 k :15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 okay with it. MR. CHILDRESS: Do we want to have one vote on -- or motion for the original zoning variation? MR. ROMANSKI: Is there anybody that wants to make a motion on the original variation? MR. CHILDRESS: And depending on -- can you have two motions in the affirmative, A or B? MR. KOZOR: No. If one passes, that passes. If one fails, then you can make another motion. MR. ROMANSKI: If the first one passes, then we're done. If it doesn't, then we can make the amended motion and see if that passes. MR. CHILDRESS: Right. Okay. MR. ROMANSKI: So that's a question. Does anybody want to make a motion to amend the motion as presented -- to make a motion to approve as presented. MR. BOOKLER: To approve the variance as requested? MR. CHILDRESS: Can I have a -- well, MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19; 41: 20 1 19: 41: 23 2 19: 41: 24 3 19 : 41: 26 4 19: 41: 27 5 19: 4 1: 27 6 19:41 : 3 0 7 19: 41:33 8 19: 4 1: 37 9 19: 41: 3 9 1 0 19:41 :41 1 1 19:41: 43 1 2 41: 47 1 3 19 :41: 51 1 4 19 :41: 54 1 5 19 :41; 57 1 6 19:41: 59 1 7 19: 42 02 18 19: 42 05 19 19: 42 :08 20 19:42 09 21 19: 42 11 22 19 :42: 14 23 A2 : 16 24 IN I I® MIA 0 can I ask for -- can I make a motion? MR. SERRANO: I will make a motion -- MR. CHILDRESS: Okay. Roberto. MR. SERRANO: -- as is. MR. CHILDRESS: That's a motion in the current -- or as written. MR. SERRANO: Yes. MR. CHILDRESS: Is there a second? MR. BOOKER: You know, I am going to second it, and I'm going to trust that you guys are going to go back and look at that and seriously take that into consideration with the logistics and engineering and all that. You know, like Donato was saying, we know you have a timeline as well, so... MR. DAMPTZ: One question. If we vote yes as it is today and they go back and decide, hey, we want to move it the way we're talking about doing it, what happens? MR. ROMANSKI: If we vote yes, they don't have to do anything. It's approved. They can move forward. They don't have to go back to their tenant, nothing. It's just we've approved they can do it exactly as how it is presented. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R4 630.248.3415 45 19:42:19 1 19:42:19 2 19:42:22 3 19:42:23 4 19:42;30 5 19:42:30 6 19:42:31 7 19:42:31 8 19:42:33 9 19:42:36 1 0 19:42:36 1 1 19:42:38 1 2 42:40 1 3 19:42:43 1 4 19:42:46 1 5 19:42:49 1 6 19:42:53 1 7 19:42:57 1 8 19:42:59 1 9 19:43:02 20 19:43:06 21 19:43:07 22 19:43:08 23 13:11 24 They don't have to go back to their tenant and ask them to do anything. MR. DAMPTZ: They could go back and say what do think of this idea of moving the fence, would that have to be another appeal? MR. ROMANSKI: That would have to be another, yes. MR. KOZOR: No. Because it's 72 back, it would still be 72 back and that's the only -- MR. CHILDRESS: It would still be as written. So you basically have the same offset off the nearest front corner of the building adjacent or whatever, so that line projected north, if you extended this easterly extent -- easterly fence, whatever, across these three parking spaces, if they're 11 feet wide or whatever the widths are, if you extend that up to this north line and cut that off just to make the fence routing perpendicular in the offset off the nearest front corner -- MR. ROMANSKI: Based on how it's written, we're not changing -- we're just changing aesthetics. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19;43:12 1 19:43:13 2 19:43:16 3 19:43:19 4 19:43:22 5 19:43:24 6 19:43:27 7 19:43:30 8 19:43:34 9 19:43:38 1 0 19:43:42 1 1 19:43:44 12 43:48 1 3 19:43:51 1 4 19:43:56 1 5++ V 19:43:59 1 19:44:02 1 7 19:44:04 18 19:44:05 19 19:44:08 20 19:44:09 21 19:44:12 22 19:44:14 23 14:15 24 MR. CHILDRESS: So that could be a design change that they can functionally review with the property owners? They can make that change on their own with the property owners and their security consultant recommendations, they can do that if they have Village approval and still meet the requirements of the ordinance. So the bottom line is basically, you know, if we have a motion to follow the zoning variation as requested, and if we vote in favor, then it would be a recommendation to the Village Board. They have final say-so on the variance or any given variance. And then once voted in the affirmative, then the property owner and staff team have approval then to go ahead with their proposed variation as far as what that allows them then to do. MR. ROMANSKI: If they extend it north, what does the Village have to do? MR. KOZOR: I would just have to amend the exhibit. MR. DAMPTZ: So no big deal. MR. CHILDRESS: It's not the text of the exhibit, it's just the graphics, the MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 47 19:44:19 19:44:19 19:44:21 19:44:23 19:44:25 19:44:27 19:44:28 19:44:29 19:44:30 19:44:33 19:44:36 19:44:39 44:40 19:44:42 19:44:43 19:44:44 19:44:48 19:44:57 19:44:57 19:44:59 19:45:01 19:45:04 19:45:07 15:09 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 attachment? MR. KOZOR: That is correct. MR. BOOKLER: And, again, building and engineering, after you and Jared asked all those questions, you were fine with how it's constructed? MR. KOZOR: That is correct. MR. BOOKLER: Okay. MR. CHILDRESS: Okay. We had a motion in favor of the proposed variation request by Roberto, seconded by Ryan. MR. BOOKLER: Sure. MR. CHILDRESS: Can we have a voice vote. Roberto. MR. SERRANO: Approval. MR. BOOKLER: Yes. MR. CHILDRESS: Ryan. Rich. MR. ROMANSKI: I'm going to go ahead and say no. MR. CHILDRESS: I'm yes. Donato. MR. LATROFA: Same as Rich. No. MR. CHILDRESS: Tony. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:45:11 1 19:45:17 2 19:45:18 3 19:45:21 4 19:45:27 5 19:45:30 6 19:45:37 7 19:45:40 8 19:45:44 9 19:45:47 1 0 19:45:51 1 1 19:45:56 1 2 46:00 13 19:46:01 1 4 19:46:10 1 5 19:46:11 1 6 19:46:12 1 7 19:46:16 1 8 19:46:18 1 9 19:46:21 20 19:46:25 21 19:46:30 22 19:46:35 23 16:38 24 MR. DAMPTZ: Yes. MR. GLIMCO: Yes. MR. CHILDRESS: Okay. Thank you. Yeah, Jake. So we voted, for those attending, five in favor, two against and then two not present tonight. So it would be in favor of the proposed variation request. The Chair, in this case being me, puts together a finding of fact. Bryan and Village staff attending puts together meeting minutes. These go to advise the Village Board. Bryan, when is the next Village Board meeting? 23rd of March? MR. KOZOR: Yes. MR. CHILDRESS: So that will be the next Village Board meeting. If you could, the Village clerk should probably be calling you before then, but if you can also confirm that you're on the docket before the 23rd of March meeting. And if it is on the docket if you can please plan to attend. And, you know, have your exhibits and, you know, if you can attend to answer any questions of the Village Board. MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 19:46:41 19:46:44 19:46:47 19:46:50 19:46:54 19:46:56 19:47:02 19:47:03 19:47:04 19:47:09 19:47:13 19:47:16 47:17 19:47;21 19:47:24 19:47:26 19:47:28 19:47:29 19:47:34 19:47:35 19:47:36 19:47:39 19:47:40 17:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Because they will have final recommendation on the passage of the variation. Then at that point it passes, then you can coordinate with Village engineering to place the fence as proposed, or anything within the requirements of the variation that you're coordinating with the Village. MR. PUTNAM: Okay. Thank you. MR. CHILDRESS: I thank you for your well -made exhibits. They so often help for clarity to the variance requests and answer a lot of these questions that we have from different points of view and understanding the interrelationship with utilities and site drainage and nearby properties and traffic flow and all these different things like this. So thank you for coming tonight and for attending. MR. PUTNAM: Thank you. Thank you for your insight, too. We appreciate it. MR. JORDAN: Thank you. MR. CHILDRESS: I will go ahead we can adjourn. The time is approximately -- MR. BOOKLER: Make a motion to adj ourn . MR. CHILDRESS: Can we have a motion MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 50 19:47:41 1 19:47:41 2 19:47:42 3 19:47:44 4 19:47:47 5 19:47:49 6 19:47:50 7 19:47:54 8 19:47:55 9 19:47:58 1 0 19:47:58 1 1 19:47:58 1 2 17:58 1 3 19:48:06 1 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 to adjourn. to adjourn. favor? MR. ROMANSKI: I will make a motion MR. LATROFA: Second. MR. CHILDRESS: Donato seconded. MR. LATROFA: Yes. MR. CHILDRESS: Thank you. All in ALL COMMISSIONERS: Aye. MR. CHILDRESS: Thank you. (Which were al 1 the proceedings had in the above -entitled cause.) (Whereupon, the hearing ended at 7:47 p.m.) MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415 51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTY OF COOK j I, MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R., do hereby certify that I am a court reporter doing business in the City of Chicago; that I reported in shorthand the testimony given at the above -entitled hearing on March 11, 2021; and that the foregoing is a true and correct transcript of my shorthand notes so taken as aforesaid. C.... er ed hurt and or —ter Illinois C.S.R. License No. 084-002894 MARY WOOLSEY, C.S.R. 630.248.3415