Economic Development Committee

1 APPROVED 2 MINUTES OF A JOINT MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK 3 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 4 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 5 6 Village Hall Board Room 7 January 8, 2014 8 9 Members Present: ICDC Members: Chairman Patrick Lederer, Tensley Garris, David Gottlieb, Jill Narens, 10 Richard Rushkewicz, Dick Leopold, Tom Washburn, Curt Wilens, Mark Freeman and 11 Brian Lee. 12 EDC Members: Chairman James Kahan, Karen Roloff, Ken Spero, Dr. Kroeze, Dr. Riggle, 13 Hillarie Siena, Joel Taub, Michael Ziering, Harley Korman, Jay Glaubinger, Sally 14 Larmore, Larry Hewitt, Tensley Garris, Laura Paulus, Catherine Lauria and Richard 15 Rushkewicz. 16 17 Others Present: Gina Speckman (Chicago’s North Shore Convention & Visitors Bureau), Sandra Frum 18 and Irv Levitt. 19 20 Staff Present: Tom Poupard, Mike Strong, David Schoon and Colleen Brunner. 21 22 23 Call to Order & Introductions 24 25 EDC Chairman Kahan called the meeting to order in the Board Room of Village Hall at 7:30 a.m. 26 27 Review of Minutes: 28 29 On a motion made and seconded, the minutes from the July 10, 2013 EDC meeting were approved as 30 presented. 31 32 On a motion made and seconded, the minutes from the October 22, 2013 ICDC meeting were approved as 33 presented. 34 35 Public Comment- Hear from the Audience 36 37 None 38 39 State of the Village and Development Activity by President Frum 40 41 This winter has been very demanding on the Public Works Department. They have been putting in 42 considerable overtime with all the snowfall and water main breaks. She will meet with 1000 Skokie property 43 owner (proposed Wal-Mart site) to discuss the future of property. The 770 Skokie Developers will present 44 their application to the Village Board on Tuesday January 14. The developer leases signed and letters of 45 commitments from tenants for 90% of the space. The Village is working with IDOT on roadway improvements 46 for the site. 47 48 In response, Member Kahan thought that the EDC would have had the opportunity to weigh in with the Village 49 on the Wal-Mart development. Since they only meet twice a year the timing was off. He feels the economic 50 view point they would offer would be of value. He would like to discuss this in more detail at a later time.  Joint ICDC/EDC Meeting Minutes January 8, 2014 1 2 Presentations by Northbrook Chamber of Commerce and Chicago’s North Shore Convention & Visitors 3 Bureau 4 5 Gina Speckman passed out materials related to the Chicago’s North Shore Convention & Visitor Bureau’s 6 function. They have a staff of five, three of which are in sales. Their annual budget is $1.2 million. The 7 organization attends conferences and social events where they promote and market the north shore suburbs. 8 They partnered with 4 organizations for promoting events. The Renaissance Hotel will be the headquarters for 9 the PGA tournament coming to Glenview in June. 10 11 Chamber President, Tensley Garris stated the chamber organization is strong with 728 members. They partner 12 with the Convention Bureau and work closely with the Village. They often act as a liaison between the 13 business community and the Village, by fielding calls concerning regulations. They provide marketing, 14 networking and educational opportunities. They worked with the Village to promote the live, shop, dine 15 campaign through print media and a commercial on Comcast. They publish a newsletter for area businesses 16 with vital information. They provide feedback to the Village as to what issues its members are concerned 17 about. Additionally, they help facilitate business growth, meet with local, state and federal legislatures and 18 gives back to the community by promoting community service events and scholarships. 19 20 Chairman Kahan entertained a motion to continue to fund the Village’s memberships with each organization. 21 ICDC members made a motion; it was seconded and approved with one abstention (Member Garris). The EDC 22 members made a motion; it was seconded and approved with two abstentions (Member Garris and Member 23 Korman). 24 25 Update Regarding Changes to Cook County Class 6b Program 26 27 A written report was included in the packet and Schoon conducted a power point presentation. He recapped 28 what the programs basic rules and regulations entail. The County has added two programs under the Class 6b 29 called TEERM and SER. Schoon reviewed the two programs. These allow the county or municipality to 30 determine if a property would qualify under these special circumstances. Member Sienna asked what happens 31 to the 6b if a business leaves before the 10 year term is up? Member Lederer feels the county is just putting in 32 writing what other communities are doing in practice, such as Wheeling and Elk Grove Village. Northbrook 33 properties are aging and falling into this category. Newer areas have properties with higher ceilings, loading 34 docks and wider roads. This is an attempt to make Cook County more competitive with the surrounding 35 counties. 36 37 Update Regarding Development Activity in the Community 38 39 Schoon provided updates regarding the following development projects (1) NorthShore 770 at Dundee & 40 Skokie – zoning relief and TIF request; (2) 1000 Skokie- Wal-Mart withdrew its zoning relief application, (3) 430 41 Skokie- Marathon property owner still working on redevelopment plans. (4) Nestle Foods is moving its pizza 42 division to Ohio, (5) a gas station/car wash is proposed for the property north of Chase Bank on Waukegan 43 Road, (6) Accelerated Recreation Center on Old Willow Rd is under construction, (7) a proposed three-story 44 building proposed for Village Green Center in downtown, (8) The Village continues to work with the developer 45 and her plans for 1856 Walters, (9) Timbers Edge a 24-unit planned development on Dundee is currently under 46 review; (10) Pulte Homes is proposing a 24-unit planned development of single family homes on Jasper Court; 47 (11) Phase I of the Lodge is complete and Phase II is in for permit approval, (12) The North Shore Senior home 48 is under construction on Sunset Ridge Road; (13) the Anetsberger property located at Voltz/Waukegan is on  Joint ICDC/EDC Meeting Minutes January 8, 2014 1 the market. This is 17 acres, zoned R4 (3 units per acre), and (14) staff is seeing an increase in small 2-3 lot 2 subdivisions. 3 4 Updates from Each Taxing District 5 6 School District #27- Concerned with the new pension legislation approved by the general assembly which shifts 7 the cost from the state to the local level. A law suit is pending. If it fails there will be an 8% shift and if not a 1- 8 2% shift. District is following Common Core and implemented a new math and writing curriculum. The 9 website has been revised and includes more social aspects. Working on revising the Emergency Preparedness 10 Plan. 11 12 School District #28- They are in good financial shape. They are watching the state pension reform closely. 13 Westmoor School will be remodeled for better security and moving the entrance to the east side. 14 15 School District #225- District is in good financial shape and on budget. District does have pension concerns and 16 are watching it closely. There are capacity issues at the high schools. GBS can handle 3100 students and 17 currently has 3100. GBN’s capacity is 2400 and currently has 2000. The district has hired a demographer to 18 work with the grade schools to determine future growth. There additionally has been much development in 19 District #31 with 2-3 apartment complexes being built. A hearing will be held when the district considers 20 redistricting to make the schools function properly. 21 22 School District #30- The Willowbrook remodeling project is in progress. They are in good fiscal shape. 23 24 School District #31- They share the same concerns as the others on pension reform. The district has seen an 25 increase in students with special needs. 26 27 Northbrook Library – They are finalizing plans and budget for the construction project. Hope to break ground 28 late spring. A new assistant director has been hired. They are financially sound. 29 30 Northbrook Park District -They hold an AAA bond rating. The dog park at Coast Guard Park opened in 31 December and has 120 dogs signed up. They are building brick & mortar bathroom on the course at 32 Sportsman’s. This past 4th of July the Park District partnered with the Village with organizing the festivities. It 33 went well and an agreement was signed to continue the partnership. The Park District offered 6000 fall 34 programs and had 2500 participants in summer camp. The Winter carnival is this Saturday, January 11. 35 36 Old Business - None 37 38 New Business- The January 28, 2014 ICDC is cancelled. It has been rescheduled to February 25, 2014. The 39 next regular EDC meeting will be held July 9, 2014. 40 41 Adjourn - 42 On motion made and seconded, the joint meeting was adjourned at 9:05 a.m. 43 44 Respectfully Submitted – 45 Colleen Brunner