Committee of the Whole
Regular MeetingAurora, IL · July 11, 2017
Minutes
City Hall - 5th Floor
City of Aurora Conference Room B
44 East Downer Place
Aurora, IL
Committee of the Whole
Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday
July 11, 2017
5:00 PM
ROLL CALL
Mayor Irvin called the Committee of the Whole to order at 5:05 and the roll was
called.
Present 12 - Alderman Kristina "Tina" Bohman, Alderman Juany Garza, Alderman Ted
Mesiacos, Alderman Carl Franco, Alderman Mike Saville, Alderman
Scheketa Hart-Burns , Alderman Rick Mervine, Alderman Edward Bugg,
Alderman Judd Lofchie, Alderman Sherman Jenkins, Alderman Bob
O'Connor, and Mayor Richard Irvin
Absent 1 - Alderman Bill Donnell
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
17-00594
Approval of the Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Committee of the Whole
Meeting Minutes.
A motion was made by Alderman Hart-Burns, seconded by Alderman Franco,
that this agenda item be approved and filed. The motion carried by voice vote.
REPORT OF THE
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Planning & Development Committee Met On Thursday, June 29, 2017 and
Reviewed the Following Items:
17-00456 A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plat for Butterfield Phase II, Unit
4B Subdivision Being Vacant Land located south of Ferry Road and
Frieder Lane
Jill Morgan, Planner, was present and answered questions.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-208
17-00476 A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan for Butterfield Phase II, Unit
4B Subdivision Being Vacant Land located south of Ferry Road and
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Frieder Lane
Jill Morgan, Planner, was present and answered questions.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-209
17-00486 A Resolution Approving the Final Plat for Femosh Subdivision, being
Vacant Land, located on the west side of Elder Drive between Birch
Lane and Foxcroft Drive
Jill Morgan, Planner, was present and answered questions.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-210
17-00487 A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 1 and Lot 2 of Femosh
Subdivision located on the west side of Elder Drive between Birch
Lane and Foxcroft Drive
Jill Morgan, Planner, was present and answered questions.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-211
17-00566 An Ordinance Changing the Name of Marilyn Lane to Friar Drive
between Mitchell Road and Schomer Road in Kane County, Aurora
Illinois
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: O17-042
17-00568 An Ordinance Changing the Name of 4th Street to East 4th Street
between Reid Place and Poss Road in DuPage County, Aurora Illinois
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: O17-043
REPORT OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Finance Committee Met On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
17-00516 A Resolution to accept the quote from Watch Guard, 415 Century,
Parkway, Allen Texas, 75013, for the purchase of the EL4 software
system with two redactive licenses and technical support for the
Aurora Police Department.
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(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-212
17-00578 A Resolution Authorizing Execution of the Wage Rollover Agreement
Between the City of Aurora and Police Management .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-220
The Finance Committee Met On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
17-00528 A Resolution for the purchasing authority of professional engineering
services not to exceed $75,000 for City demolition projects
coordinated by the Department of Neighborhood Standards.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-214
REPORT OF THE
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Government Operations Committee Met On June 27, 2017 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
17-00503 A Resolution establishing the maximum number of Class C City of
Aurora liquor licenses ( unofficially related to application from: OM
Sainath Liquor Inc, dba: Royal Food & Liquor, 335 E. Indian Trail,
Aurora, IL 60505).
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-213
16-00950 A Traffic Study for S. Eola Road from Hafenrichter Road to Wolfs
Crossing. Ward 9, Alderman Bugg.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00015 A Traffic Study for the N. Ohio Street and Mountain Street intersection.
Ward 1, Alderman Bohman.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00149 A Traffic Study for the Shannon Drive and Marikay Avenue
intersection. Ward 1, Alderman Bohman.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
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17-00247 A Traffic Study for N. Constitution Drive near Constitution Court. Ward
5, Alderman Franco.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00383 A Traffic Study for the Fenton Street and N. Loucks Street intersection.
Ward 2, Alderman Garza.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00557 Wayside Cross Ministries want to raise awareness that Wayside
accepts donations of used furniture/clothing, etc. They will have
volunteers from various colleges, church groups distribute the attached
door hanger.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00559 A Parking Study for Prairie Street in the 1000 block. Ward 4,
Alderman Donnell.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
REPORT OF THE
BUILDINGS, GROUNDS & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Buildings, Grounds and Infrastructure Committee Met On Monday, June 26,
2017 and Reviewed the Following Items:
17-00530 A Resolution accepting the improvements and maintenance security
for Aurora St. Charles Senior Apartments - 400 E. New York St.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-215
17-00536 A Resolution Authorizing a Contract with Swallow Construction
Corporation in the amount of four hundred forty-two thousand, five
hundred forty-nine dollars and zero cents ($442,549.00) for the
Citywide Sanitary Sewer Spot Repair - Contract B project .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-216
17-00539 A Resolution accepting the improvements and maintenance security
for Seefried Properties - 1600 Sequoia Dr.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-217
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17-00548 A Resolution to award a contract to Brandt Excavating, Inc., Inc. in the
amount of $93,248.76 for the North Gregory Street Water Main
Replacement Project..
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-218
17-00552 Request to proceed with appropriate bidding procedure for corrective
action of a drainage related issue located at 2690 Asbury Dr. in an
amount not to exceed $35,000.00.
(INFORMATION ONLY)
NEW BUSINESS
17-00597 A Resolution Approving First Amendment to Contract for the Purchase
and Sale of a Portion of City Owned Real Estate Located at the
Northeast Corner of Sullivan Road and State Route 25
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
Enactment No: R17-221
MAYOR’S REPORT
The Mayor announced that the City of Aurora has been named one of the Top 20
Run Cities in the United States by WalletHub.
The Mayor announced that he would like to begin having periodic updates from the
Aldermen at Committee of the Whole (COW) meetings. The updates will be called
"Alderman's Corner" and each Alderman will be given a chance to update Council on
activities in his/her ward. The order of presentations is yet to be determined. This will
begin at the next COW meeting.
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS
16-00519 A Resolution Appointing Ranjan Mohanty and Reappointing Prasad
Garkhedkar to the Indian American Community Outreach Advisory
Board.
This Resolution was referred to the City Council
Enactment No: R17-205
17-00564 A Resolution Appointing Joe Fuller, Aziz Alam, Debra Newman Roe
and reappointing Gerald Lubshina and Marlin Mittag to the Block Grant
Working Committee.
This Resolution was referred to the City Council
Enactment No: R17-206
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17-00605 A Resolution Appointing the Chief Financial Officer and Reappointing
John Duggan Aurora to the Aurora Police Pension Board.
This Resolution was referred to the City Council
Enactment No: R17-207
REQUESTS AND REFERRALS
17-00477 Requesting to downzone the property at 753 Liberty Street from R-4
Two Family Dwelling District to R-3 One Family Dwelling District
(Penny Falcon - 17-00477 / AU23/3-17.118-DZ - TV - Ward 2)
This Petition was Forward to Planning Council to the DST Staff Council
(Planning Council)
17-00611 Requesting approval of a Special Use for a Parking Facilities,
Non-Residential (4170) use and a a setback variance pursuant to
Section 10.5, Section 10.6 and Section 4.3 on Lot 18 of Robinson's
Addition to Aurora and a portion of Lot 1 of McKee's Subdivision being
a portion of the property at 659 S. Elmwood Drive located along
Hartford Avenue (ATMI Precast/930 Ridgeway LP - 17-00611 /
AU29/2-16.018-Su/V - JM - Ward 4)
This Petition was Forward to Planning Council to the DST Staff Council
(Planning Council)
17-00612 Requesting approval of a setback variance pursuant to Section 10.5
for the property at 659 S. Elmwood Drive located on the west side of
Elmwood Drive between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue
(ATMI Precast/930 Ridgeway LP - 17-00612 / AU29/2-16.018-Su/V -
JM - Ward 4)
This Petition was Forward to Planning Council to the DST Staff Council
(Planning Council)
CLOSED SESSION
There was no need for a closed session.
ADJOURN
A motion was made by Alderman Hart-Burns, seconded by Alderman Bohman,
that this agenda item be adjourned. The motion carried by voice vote. The
meeting was adjourned at 5:18 P.M.
Submitted by: ____________________________________________________
Wendy McCambridge, City Clerk
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Agenda
City Hall - 5th Floor Conference
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44 East Downer Place
Aurora, IL
Committee of the Whole
Agenda - Final
Tuesday
July 11, 2017
5:00 PM
ROLL CALL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
17-00594
Approval of the Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting
Minutes.
REPORT OF THE
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Planning & Development Committee Met On Thursday, June 29, 2017 and
Reviewed the Following Items:
17-00456 A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plat for Butterfield Phase II, Unit 4B
Subdivision Being Vacant Land located south of Ferry Road and Frieder Lane
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00476 A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan for Butterfield Phase II, Unit 4B
Subdivision Being Vacant Land located south of Ferry Road and Frieder Lane
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00486 A Resolution Approving the Final Plat for Femosh Subdivision, being Vacant
Land, located on the west side of Elder Drive between Birch Lane and Foxcroft
Drive
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00487 A Resolution Approving a Final Plan on Lot 1 and Lot 2 of Femosh Subdivision
located on the west side of Elder Drive between Birch Lane and Foxcroft Drive
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00566 An Ordinance Changing the Name of Marilyn Lane to Friar Drive between
Mitchell Road and Schomer Road in Kane County, Aurora Illinois
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00568 An Ordinance Changing the Name of 4th Street to East 4th Street between
Reid Place and Poss Road in DuPage County, Aurora Illinois
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
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REPORT OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Finance Committee Met On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
17-00516 A Resolution to accept the quote from Watch Guard, 415 Century, Parkway,
Allen Texas, 75013, for the purchase of the EL4 software system with two
redactive licenses and technical support for the Aurora Police Department.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00578 A Resolution Authorizing Execution of the Wage Rollover Agreement Between
the City of Aurora and Police Management .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
The Finance Committee Met On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
17-00528 A Resolution for the purchasing authority of professional engineering services
not to exceed $75,000 for City demolition projects coordinated by the
Department of Neighborhood Standards.
REPORT OF THE
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Government Operations Committee Met On June 27, 2017 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
17-00503 A Resolution establishing the maximum number of Class C City of Aurora liquor
licenses (unofficially related to application from: OM Sainath Liquor Inc, dba:
Royal Food & Liquor, 335 E. Indian Trail, Aurora, IL 60505) .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
16-00950 A Traffic Study for S. Eola Road from Hafenrichter Road to Wolfs Crossing.
Ward 9, Alderman Bugg.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00015 A Traffic Study for the N. Ohio Street and Mountain Street intersection. Ward
1, Alderman Bohman.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00149 A Traffic Study for the Shannon Drive and Marikay Avenue intersection. Ward
1, Alderman Bohman.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00247 A Traffic Study for N. Constitution Drive near Constitution Court. Ward 5,
Alderman Franco.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
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17-00383 A Traffic Study for the Fenton Street and N. Loucks Street intersection. Ward
2, Alderman Garza.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00557 Wayside Cross Ministries want to raise awareness that Wayside accepts
donations of used furniture/clothing, etc. They will have volunteers from various
colleges, church groups distribute the attached door hanger.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
17-00559 A Parking Study for Prairie Street in the 1000 block. Ward 4, Alderman
Donnell.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
REPORT OF THE
BUILDINGS, GROUNDS & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Buildings, Grounds and Infrastructure Committee Met On Monday, June 26,
2017 and Reviewed the Following Items:
17-00530 A Resolution accepting the improvements and maintenance security for Aurora
St. Charles Senior Apartments - 400 E. New York St.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00536 A Resolution Authorizing a Contract with Swallow Construction Corporation in
the amount of four hundred forty-two thousand, five hundred forty-nine dollars
and zero cents ($442,549.00) for the Citywide Sanitary Sewer Spot Repair -
Contract B project.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00539 A Resolution accepting the improvements and maintenance security for
Seefried Properties - 1600 Sequoia Dr.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00548 A Resolution to award a contract to Brandt Excavating, Inc., Inc. in the amount
of $93,248.76 for the North Gregory Street Water Main Replacement Project. .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0
17-00552 Request to proceed with appropriate bidding procedure for corrective action of
a drainage related issue located at 2690 Asbury Dr. in an amount not to exceed
$35,000.00.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 3-0 (INFORMATION ONLY)
NEW BUSINESS
17-00597 A Resolution Approving First Amendment to Contract for the Purchase and
Sale of a Portion of City Owned Real Estate Located at the Northeast Corner of
Sullivan Road and State Route 25
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MAYOR’S REPORT
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS
16-00519 A Resolution Appointing Ranjan Mohanty and Reappointing Prasad Garkhedkar
to the Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board .
17-00564 A Resolution Appointing Joe Fuller, Aziz Alam, Debra Newman Roe and
reappointing Gerald Lubshina and Marlin Mittag to the Block Grant Working
Committee.
17-00605 A Resolution Appointing the Chief Financial Officer and Reappointing John
Duggan Aurora to the Aurora Police Pension Board.
REQUESTS AND REFERRALS
17-00477 Requesting to downzone the property at 753 Liberty Street from R-4 Two
Family Dwelling District to R-3 One Family Dwelling District (Penny Falcon -
17-00477 / AU23/3-17.118-DZ - TV - Ward 2)
17-00611 Requesting approval of a Special Use for a Parking Facilities, Non-Residential
(4170) use and a a setback variance pursuant to Section 10.5, Section 10.6
and Section 4.3 on Lot 18 of Robinson's Addition to Aurora and a portion of Lot
1 of McKee's Subdivision being a portion of the property at 659 S. Elmwood
Drive located along Hartford Avenue (ATMI Precast/930 Ridgeway LP -
17-00611 / AU29/2-16.018-Su/V - JM - Ward 4)
17-00612 Requesting approval of a setback variance pursuant to Section 10.5 for the
property at 659 S. Elmwood Drive located on the west side of Elmwood Drive
between Rathbone Avenue and Ridgeway Avenue (ATMI Precast/930
Ridgeway LP - 17-00612 / AU29/2-16.018-Su/V - JM - Ward 4)
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURN
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