Village Board - Regular Meeting

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single. It's a long recovery, but okay. Okay, I'm going to uh call the uh public hearing to order for this evening for Tuesday, January 13, 2026. Uh ask for the clerk to please call the role. Trusty Lar Roa is absent. Trusty Bishki present. Trusty Mday present. Trusty Sullivan present. Trusty Claire present. Trusty Patel is absent. President Daly

present. Uh the item this evening is this is a public hearing for the establishment of a special area special service uh area taxing district number 17 the district at Vidian. And who's uh anyone talking on this one in particular? Is it Todd? Julie. Okay. Thank you. Uh so Julie, if you would just give us the background on this. We do have of course all the material on it. So a brief would be fine. I will be brief. Thank you.

Um, as you know, the district at Vidian is uh the main street portion of the redevelopment of the former Motorola campus. It's a unique a unique development for the village and um to go along with that, some of the streets and the streetscapes are are also unique. Um they are also building um as part of phase one a public parking garage um which will be owned by the village. However, they will be maintaining it. Um and as I mentioned the streetscapes that I mentioned they will also be maintaining. So there is an agreement that the board had previously approved that sets forth the maintenance uh standards and the provisions for both parties. This is um a special service area that would only be enacted if the uh developer or the owner of the property does not fulfill their obligations for maintenance. And so it lays dormant unless we need to enact the SSA and then the taxing um district could be enacted. We could uh levy uh taxes and the village would take over on the maintenance items and then recoup that cost. Uh to set this up, there is a required public hearing and that is uh that is the um that is the meeting that's being held tonight.

Okay. Questions, comments from the board? Okay. Seeing none. I don't There's no action. Uh, okay. There's no specific action here. No recommendation. Um, just to hold the hearing. Comments from the public. I am going to get to that. Okay. Um, so there's no specific action on here. Um, uh, next item is uh, comments from the public on this item. If there is anyone who wishes to address the the board regarding this specific item, um please call come forward and hold forth. Seeing none, um look for a motion to adjurnn.

So moved. Second. It's a motion and a second to adjurnn. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. We are adjourned. You ready? Okay. I'm going to now call the regular Shamberg Village board meeting to order for Tuesday, January 13th. Uh it's uh first item is the call to order. Uh ask the village clerk to please call the role. Trusty Lar Roa is absent. Trusty Bishki present. Trusty Metay present. Trusty Sullivan present. Trusty Clare

present. Trusty Patel is absent. President Daly present. Uh I do ask that if you have any electronic devices that you please turn them off uh so that you not disturb the meeting that we have this evening. Next item is pledge of allegiance. I'd like to ask uh Trusty Bishki if he would lead us in a pledge. Please rise and join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat]

Next item is the approval of minutes from the December 9th, 2025 regular meeting. Any questions, comments? Motion to approve. Second. Motion and a second to approve. Uh all those in favor? I I opposed. Motion carries. Next item is the approval of the minutes from December 9th, 2025 public hearing. Questions, comments? Move to approve. Second. Motion and a second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. And lastly, the approval of minutes from December 9, 2025 executive session. Any questions, comments? So moved. Second. Motion and a second. All those in favor? I

opposed. Motion carries. Next [clears throat] item is the approval of expenditures in the amount of $18,690,1856. Move to approve as presented. Second. Motion and a second to approve the expenditures as presented. Will the clerk please call the role? Trusty Lar Roa is absent. Trusty Bishki. I. Trusty Mday. I Trusty Sullivan. Hi. Trusty Claire. Hi. Trusty Patel is absent. Four eyes, no nays. Motion carries. Thank you.

And we have presentations. This is a presentation of the 2025 Menina uh and full service owners conference award winner by Deer Hikel, uh general manager of the Renaissance Shamberg Hotel and Convention Center. Please come forward. President Dailyaly, uh members of the board, um I'm [snorts] here on behalf of Merit International and the Renaissance Shamberg Hotel. As you know, this year is 20 years where uh Marriott and Renaissance have managed your hotel here in Shamberg. Uh it is our absolute pleasure to do so. And uh Marriott annually uh presents a minor award uh to about 25 to 30 hotel owners for their partnership throughout the years. In 2025 uh this award was presented to the village of Shamburgg at a ceremony uh back in November. Unfortunately uh the attendance conflicted with another event. So I'm here to present two things. I have a letter here from David Marriott signed by David Marriott to present as well as a plaque that was presented to you all for uh ex for the partnership over the years. Um so this uh trophy is for you to present and I'd like to present that to Mayor Daly, President Daly uh for your partnership and your leadership over the years. I just want to say thank you for that and this is for you to have.

Well, I accept this on behalf of the village of Shamburg. You want you to come over here. I want to get a picture. No. No. Okay. Yeah. One way or the other. Here. You both. You and I both. How's that? Yeah. Carefully. It's heavy. Okay. I'll let you hold that. Oh, okay. All right. Two hands. Okay. How's that? Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Back in there. All right. Well, we'll have to figure out if we actually put that here or if we take it at the hotel store that

Yeah, it might be a better place. So, let's we'll have a look at it first and then we'll go from there. So, thank you very much. And I have a signed letter by David. Oh, okay. Another picture. Yeah. Another picture. Okay. All right. Too many too many pictures. Yeah, too many pictures. Yep. Yeah, figured that. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. [applause]

Okay. Okay, next item is a presentation of the digital city award by Peter uh director of information technology. Good evening, Peter.

Good evening. Uh I'm pleased to announce the village of Shamberg has been awarded uh the an eighth place finish in the 2025 digital cities survey. This survey is conducted annually by the center for digital government and is open to cities, towns, villages uh and city county governments across the United States. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of how communities manage and leverage technology. The digital cities survey examines a broad range of technology and operational areas including IT strategy and priorities, citizen engagement, cyber security, data analytics, budgeting and investment, staffing, innovation, and connectivity. Shrimer's performance in this survey has been very consistent over the years. Uh we have placed in the top 10 for 17 consecutive years and 21 out of the past 23 years. Survey survey participants are grouped by population size. Shamberg competes in the category of 75,000 to 125,000 which means we are evaluated alongside communities that are in many cases much larger. In fact, Shamberg is the smallest uh community by population in the top 10. uh making this a achievement particularly noteworthy. Uh [clears throat] this is an organizational award. It reflects the hard work, expertise and dedication of the information technology staff. Uh it also recognizes strong partnership and support between the village manager and deputy village manager uh as we uh work collaborative collaboratively on budgeting, strategy development and priority setting. Additionally, this ranking reflects the continued support of the village board uh whose review and funding of key initiatives make these outcomes possible. And finally, it acknowledges all of the department heads and all the departments they represent um as they consistently challenge and collaborate with it to improve services every day. So with that, I am pleased to

present the village manager and village board with this plaque recognizing uh the village of Shamberg's eighth place uh ranking in the 2025 digital city surveys for communities with population between 75,000 and 125,000. [applause] [applause] Okay. Well, for a little bit, we'll pass her around. Okay, we'll get it back somewhere. Okay.

All right. Moving on. Uh, we have a liquor license request. We have a request from Mr. Chong Shu. Not sure if I'm pronouncing it correctly. Are you here? We're here. Yes. Please uh come up for a one class K liquor license for Chicago Food Corporation, Shamboo Market located at 1111 East Golf Road. New owner. Uh actually we just our business license had a change of U name. Okay. So, and through the renewal process, we were told we need to apply for a new license. But Chicago Corporation is the parent company to Chungu Market. Okay. So that still remaining the same. It's just a change of the correct. It's just the name owners. Yeah.

Correct. Okay. All right. Questions, comments, existing business. Nothing else is changing. Everything's remaining the same. Exactly. It's just the name. U Okay. [clears throat] All right. Um that's fine. No. If there's no questions from the board, then um you'll need to uh uh continue discussion with the uh liquor commissioner's office, which is also the mayor's office. Yes. Um talking to Magina and uh continue with getting the paperwork done and getting this approved. We will do so. Okay. All right. Thank you. Great. You're welcome to stay or leave. So,

um next item is a request from S. Jean Bin. Not sure I'm pronouncing that correctly. Patel for one class B liquor license for Drink Right Liquor of Shamberg located at 510. Please come forward. Uh West Golf Road. Okay. And you are a Nope. Yes. Come on up. Come on up. And you are a Everyone. Yeah. You are a new owner. Yes. Okay. All right. So, this is an existing business but a new owner. Is it the same name or is this a different name? It's going to be Drink right Liquor of Shamburgg. Okay. So, you're changing. You're changing the name too, but Okay. But it's it's it's already existed there. Is that correct? Yeah, it's from last 30 years. Yes.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay. Um planning any other changes for the uh location? Uh no, not right now. Okay. All right. Um questions, comments from the board? No. Okay. Um then you will need to um continue the process with talking with the liquor commissioner's office um uh during normal business hours. um and finish all the paperwork, payment of fees, um background check, etc. and all that. Uh and then a liquor license will be issued. Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome to to stay or leave.

Okay. Moving on, we have a consent agenda. The consent agenda will be read in its entirety, voted on as one motion to approve. If you wish to discuss an item further, please indicate that when the item is read by the village clerk so that it can be removed from the consent agenda and discussed further under committee reports. Otherwise, all items will be approved as presented on the consent agenda in one motion to approve. And will the clerk please read the consent agenda?

Number nine, liquor licenses. A the motion would be to approve the request from Mr. William Solomon of St. Gregory of Nissa Parish for one class Ded 1day liquor license for the bingo event on Sunday, January 18th, 2026 from 1 from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. at 1451 West Bod Road and wave the fee. B. The motion would be to ratify the request from Mr. William Solomon of St. Gregory of Nisha Nissa Parish for one class D 1ed one-day liquor license for the feast event on Saturday, January 10th, 2026 from 11:00 a.m. until 3 p.m. at 8:22 Spring Road and wave the fee. 10. Correspondence A. The motion would be to ratify the request from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago, JCCCC for a raffle uh for a raffle held on January 11th, 2026 at the Renaissance Shamburgg Hotel and Convention Center located at 1551 Thorough Drive to approve a variance to chapter 117.31 since the retail value is over $1,000 for any one prize and the total retail value of all prizes is estimated to exceed $25. $5,000. B. The motion would be to approve the request from Viper Owners Association of Illinois to hold a raffle on February 14th, 2026 at the Marriott Hotel located at 50 North Martingale Road, Shamburgg, Illinois to approve a variance to chapter 117.31 since the ticket price is greater than $5 and to wave the fidelity bond requirement. 11. Engineering and Public Works A. The motion would be to wave competitive bidding and approve the purchase of one aerial truck with Renion Equipment of Hodgkins, Illinois in the amount of $38,641. B. The motion would be to authorize the village clerk to execute the utilization of a motor Illinois motor fuel tax funds

for Brainree Drive to Bod Road to Shamberg Road, Shamberg Road to Weathersfield Way, and Weathersfield Way to Wise Road Improvements and approve the required resolutions. C. The motion would be to authorize the village clerk to execute the utilization of Illinois motor tax motor fuel tax funds for Macer Parkway reconstruction project Meum Road to Roosevelt Road and Roosevelt I'm sorry re me road to Roosevelt Boulevard and Roosevelt Boulevard to Gulf Road and approve the required resolutions. D. The motion would be to authorize the village president to execute an intergovernmental agreement for an emergency water incon interconnect with the village of Hoffman Estates and approve the required emergency water incon interconnect with the village of Hoffman Estates

and approve the required resolution. E. The motion would be to authorize participation in the Sourcewell Cooperative purchasing contract and award the purchase of fitness equipment to Life Fitness LLC of Chicago, Illinois in the amount of $19,181.82. F. The motion would be to approve the participation in ISAWWA water ambassador program and authorize staff to pursue water ambassador community certification for the village of Shamburgg including implementation of outreach initiatives and promotion of the water 123 guide for elected officials. G. The motion would be to approve completion of bidding plans and specifications for fiscal year 2627 street improvement program. H. The motion would be to approve ratification of expenditures for the American Lane and Plaza Drive improvements with Builder Paving LLC of Hillside, Illinois in the amount of $86,880.20. I The motion would be to approve the amendment to the municipal code 15 land uses usage chapter 150 flood control. J. The motion would be to accept the subject improvements as depicted in the exhibits, wave the requirement for maintenance bond and direct staff to obtain a bill of sale at no cost to the village from Exerior Group LLC for the subject improvements and approve the required resolution. 12. Committee of the whole. The motion would be to accept the multi-year capital improvement plan and approve the projects for fiscal year 2627 for incorporation into the budget. 13. Transportation Committee. The motion would be to authorize the village president and village clerk to execute an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Hoffen Estates for phase 1 preliminary engineering services for Higgins Road, Illinois 72 bike path improvements and approve the required resolution. B. The motion would be to authorize the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. of Illinois

for phase 1 preliminary engineering services for Weathersfieldway improvements Salem Drive to Rosal Road in the amount of $27,73.70 and approve the required resolution 14. Zoning Board of Appeals. The motion would be to approve a site plan amendment parking variations, landscape variations, and business operations variation for New Stone Design Inc. 1475 Rodenberg Road. B. The motion would be to approve a site plan amendment for the site modifications and landscape var variations for Neos Eclectic Mediterranean 680 M drive. C. The motion would be to approve a special use for a daycare center and site plan amendment for Firefly Daycare 129 South Rosel Road. D. The motion would be to approve an amendment to approved shopping center signage plan for Woodfield Village Green 1400 to 1472 East G Road. E. The motion would be to approve a site plan.

Thank you. 15. Award of bid. The motion would be to award the bid for the engineering and public works material storage bin rebuild project to the lowest responsible bidder, Carmichael construction of Moringo, Illinois, in the amount of $459,372. B. The motion would be to award the bid for the North Brainree and Bodhi lift station basin manhole rehabil re rehabilitation project to the lowest responsible bidder Kim Construction Inc. of Stagger Illinois in the amount of $886,495. [clears throat] 16 traffic agreements. A the motion would be to authorize the village manager to execute the traffic agreement by and between the village of Shamberg and 100 West Golf Road LLC located at 180 West Higgins Road. B. The motion would be to authorize the village manager to execute the traffic agreement by and between the village of Shamberg and Mr. Shamberg LLC doing business at CL as cloud 9 cannabis located at 1823 Wise Road C. The motion would be to authorize the village manager to execute the traffic agreement by and between the village of Shamberg and Hideak Technologies hydraulic division located at 2050 Mitchell Boulevard. 17 resolutions. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-00001 authorizing the utilization of a motor fuel tax funds for the Brainree improvement project from Shamberg Road to Vod Road. B. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-002 authorizing the utilization of a motor fuel tax funds for the Brain Tree Improvement Project from Weathersfield Way to Shammer Road. C. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-00003 authorizing the utilization of a motor fuel tax funds for the Brainree improvement project from Wise to Weathersfield Way. D. The motion would

be to adopt as resolution number R-26-004 authorizing the utilization of motor fuel tax funds for the McCanner Parkway Improvement Project from Meechum Road to Roosevelt Road. E. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-00005 authorizing the utilization of a motor fuel tax funds for the Macer Parkway improvement project from Roosevelt Road to Gulf Road. [snorts] F. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-006 authorizing the village to execute an intergovernmental agreement for an emergency water interconnect with the village of Hoffman Estates. G. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-00007 accepting public improvements metro access roadway, sidewalks, street lights, water mane, and storm sewer for the exterior development. H. The motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-00008 authorizing the village president and village clerk to execute an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Hoffman Estates for phase 1 preliminary engineering for the Higgins Road Illinois 72 bike path project from Rosal Road to Glen Lake Road. I the motion would be to adopt as resolution number R-26-009 authorizing the village manager and village clerk to execute an agreement with Strand Associates Inc. of Joliet, Illinois for phase one preliminary engineering services for Weathersfield Way improvements Salem Drive to Rosel Road in the amount of 27,73.70. 18. Ordinances A. The motion would be to weigh first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-001 granting a site plan amendment parking variation, landscape variations, and business operations operations variation for New Stone Design Inc. 1475 Rodenberg Road. B. The motion would be to weigh first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-022

granting a site plan amendment for site modifications and landscape variations for Neo's Eclectic Mediterranean 680 Mall Drive. That should be 002 not 022. Correct.

02. That is correct. Sorry. C. The motion would be to weigh first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-00003 granting a special use for a daycare center and site plan amendment for Firefly Daycare 129 South Rosel Road. D. The motion would be to weigh first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-004 granting an amendment to approved shopping center signage plan for village Woodfield Village Green 1400 to 1572 Gulf Road. E. The motion would be to wave first reading adopt as

F. The motion would be to wave first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-005 amending title 9 chapter 99 section 99.02 of the Shamberg Village Code relative to local amendments and to the international property maintenance code regarding heat supply. G. The motion would be to weigh first reading and adopt as ordinance number 26-00006 amending title 15 chapter 150 with regard to flood plan regulations. This concludes the consent agenda. Thank you. Look for a motion to approve the consent agenda as read.

So move to approve as read with item uh E under zoning board and item E under ordinances removed. Second motion and a second. Will the clerk please call the role? Trusty Lar Rosa is absent. Trusty Bishki I. Trusty Mday. Hi. Trusty Sullivan. Hi. Trusty Claire. Hi. Trusty Patel is absent.

All eyes. No nays. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Uh, next item is committee reports. [snorts] Uh, at this point the only item we have is the item that I had asked to be removed which has to do with the lober farm. um and it uh all that that is entailed with that. Um so, uh I want to uh I know there's a number of people here in the audience that are interested in this as well. Um so I want to make a short little statement ahead of time. Um want to make it clear that this is not a zoning [clears throat] board hearing. We have all of the material from the zoning board. Okay? uh all the plans, everything that came down from there. We have um uh two hours of commentary uh that is documented in 24 pages of minutes. We received 20 pages by staff documenting what this project's all about. And we have received numerous emails um with uh individuals commentaries. So, we will not be rehearing this tonight. we will do a little summary of of what this is this project's about and then we will allow some comments from the audience um and then uh take a vote on it. So um first I would like to hear from the developer uh someone from there I think Mr. Niti is is going to to do that. Oh there you are. Okay. Um so again in the purpose here of keeping this short um if you can keep it to just a few minutes um that would be helpful. Um again we have all the information um and have had the opportunity to read if necessary. So okay so please tell us uh a little bit about what the what your purpose here

what the development's about.

Yep. Sure. Um I'll read through our written statement here. So, good evening and thank you for the opportunity to share a plan for the Lober Farm community in Shamburgg. Uh, this is a well-designed neighborhood and it's created to meet the uh area's growing housing needs. This project is led by is led by Niti Group. I'm Nico Niti, one of the principles of Niti Group. Uh, we're developer, decades of experience. Uh, we've delivered many successful communities, one of them, Summit Grove here, right here in Shamburgg. We're supported by a team of engineers, architects, and consultants. This is mostly of the same group that helped us complete Summit Grove. Lower farm site is in prime Shamburgg location. It's near Michechum and and Alangquin Road. Easy access to jobs, shopping, recreation, all of the great things that that Shamberg has to offer. So, it's uh surrounded by existing residential neighborhoods and it makes a a natural fit for this type of development. Our proposal includes a total of 122 homes uh units I should say. 30 single family homes, 13 village homes, 42 town homes, and 37 row homes. Uh this mix is designed to meet the needs of today's buyers, young from young professionals to empty nesters and everything in between. Nearly half the site will remain open space, and our salt creek restoration and storm water management plan exceeds meets and exceeds all standards. Our market studies show strong demand for modern forale housing in Shamburgg and this site is perfectly positioned to deliver that. We're building on the success of Summit Grove and we're already seeing a high interest for this project. This community will include landscape pocket parks, walking paths, and green spaces that connect homes and amenities. Parking has been thoughtfully integrated to maintain a neighborhood feeling, and design emphasizes walkability and

connectivity throughout. The project has already received a unanimous approval from the zoning board of appeals and we're here tonight seeking the village board support so we can move forward with this long anticipated project. We're excited to take next step and work together to make this project a reality. Thank you for your time and we look forward to answering any questions you may have tonight.

Okay. Thank you. Uh, next I'd like to ask uh someone from staff um to come forward and just give us a staff review of the project. Again, brief. [clears throat] Thank you. Good evening. For the record, Julie Fitzgerald, director of community development. Um, I think you all are familiar with the uh property that's uh commonly known as the Lobber Farm property. It's 33 acres. It is on the very far end of the village. There's been a number of development proposals over the years um that the staff and um uh at sometimes those have gotten to the zoning board um and sometimes they've gotten to the village board. Um many more of them have been internal. This one in particular, uh, as the developer said, and I'm not going to repeat everything the developer said, is um, all residential. It includes a mix of, uh, town homes, row homes, and also single family homes. Uh, as you know, the comprehensive plan calls for residential single family homes, but staff is supportive of this project. Um, in looking, we feel it's a good transition between the higher density multifamily to the south and the lower density single family to the north. and we felt comfortable recommending approval of this. Um, we also I I want to point out that in addition to the internal staff review, we used some external thirdparty consultants to do more specialized reviews um to assist in our review. And in this case, uh we used three of those. Uh we used an engineering firm uh to review the the traffic study. We used uh another engineering firm who specializes in storm water reviews to review the storm water plan and also the uh the wetland um plan and the wetland study and materials for this as well as the storm

water study. Um and so we have accepted the findings and those studies and um are recommending approval that the project proceed. The actual um what you are approving tonight is the reasonzoning from R4, which is a large lot uh district to R six PUD. PUDs generally provide more flexibility in design. Um they can be more aesthetically pleasing. They're often used for more clustered development. uh a property like the Lobber farm that has a creek running through it um and different topography where you kind of do want to cluster that and preserve uh the creek in the center of it. It's really kind of custom made for a PUD design. Public hearing was held on December 10th and as President Daly said, you have minutes um and materials that summarize the public hearing. Uh there were two conditions that were added after hearing testimony and the zoning board discussed the matter at the public hearing and both of those had to do with operations related to construction as opposed to changes to the proposed plan that you see. Um one of them was to limit the hours of construction and those are included in the ordinance in front of you tonight. One of those are to limit the hours of construction so that construction would be prohibited on Sundays. And then on Monday through Saturday, it's limited to 7 from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Typically, the village would allow construction to go until 9:00 p.m. on those days. And there would be some allowance on Sundays. So, this is no construction on Sundays, no exterior construction. Once they're under roof, they can do things inside the homes. Um and then there's also a provision where the director of community development could approve Sunday construction

[snorts] um in an extenduating or a special circumstance. The other one is that uh the developer niti development must um provide some kind of a a mechanism for residents to ask questions and report issues with the construction. So, I think that will likely be a website of some sort with a contact person or a portal, but that has been um written fairly broadly as one of the conditions in the ordinance. So, there's some flexibility on setting that up. That's all I have.

Okay. Thank you. Uh, next person I'd like to call up is chairman of zoning board Harry Remandi um to uh provide some comments uh from the zoning board hearing um and to indicate what the recommendation was from there.

Yes, Harry Randi, chairman zoning board. Uh on December 10th, 2025, we had the hearing for the Lobber development. Uh many items were presented in the villages staff report and and on the resoning from R4 to R six. I'm going to repeat some of the things that Julie already said. Maybe um staff does a wonderful job of presenting that information to us and the the zoning board reviewed it as well. And on that night the residents and visitors were given time to speak. I think approximately nine to 10 people spoke on the proposal. The properties include the single family row houses and town homes all owner occupied. Uh I think that was an important item that was considered. Construction issues were discussed as an example of a proposed having construction hours and Julie just said that from 7 a.m. to 6:00 pm. very important I'm sure for the folks that live nearby only inside work to be allowed on Sundays and the zoning board concurred with the staff report and voted unanimously to approve this project at 6 to zero. So we were we are very proud to serve on the village zoning [snorts] board and to hear hearings as this. We spend a lot of time as the staff does looking at these proposals. We don't take them lightly and so uh I felt that we had a very good meeting. Lasted about two hours. I think the mayor said that already. So um that's pretty much all I have.

Okay. Thank you. Um now I'm going to open it up uh for comments from the audience. It asks that if you're uh wish to make uh to address the board on this item that uh you come on up uh take one at a time. Um keep your comments to three minutes or less. Give us your name, address for the record, and hold forth. So if anyone's interested, um please come forward. [clears throat]

Good evening. Uh Rachel Bar, 4807 Greenwich Court. Am I good?

Okay. Uh thank you very much for your time and consideration this evening. This property is a vital part of the Salt Creek WHED. A watershed where any miscalculation or planning error of this development of this density can and will have a disastrous impact to the surrounding areas, including my own. This development calls for the removal of 350 mature trees, many of which are in great condition. Now, that should be a crime in and of itself, but those trees drink up a quarter a million gallons of rainfall each year. And even with that, and even with that, excuse me, this property is still a major flood plane and it does flood regularly. Now, that's what it's supposed to do. It floods. It keeps water out of the surrounding neighborhoods and the trees pull that water in and keep the runoff to a minimum. If this development goes through, that water will have nowhere to go. Yes, it will sit in a detention pond for a short while, but it will spill back into the creek. That's how it's designed, excuse me, and into the surrounding neighborhoods. With this insane density as well of this project and even with all the planning, their own storm water management report outlines that the runoff will be 8% worse. Eight. There are 14 municipalities downstream of this creek. Are they prepared for that runoff to come their way? This is also extremely dense as it's drawn up. Yes, there's open space, but only in the flood plane. This is going from 100% green space to just 33% green space. They're seeking to rework and develop nearly every inch of land that they possibly can. They're seeking an exceptional amount of variances, all which drive density that's not necessary for any reason besides increasing profits. asks to reduce lot reduce lot widths by nearly half and lot sizes lot size minimums by more than half. These are cited as being difficult to adhere to by the developers. But in reality, poor planning or drive for more profits is what seems to be driving these asks. These homes will be on top of each other

and will not align with the area where lot sizes are generous in their space between homes. Those guidelines exist for a reason. Why are we entertaining ignoring them now? Now lastly, let's talk traffic. The traffic study that was completed by the developers is nearly three years old and it does not represent the current conditions. There are developments now that did not exist when the study was completed. The new apartment complex being built at Vidian, the additional row homes, the Zurich building is also now at capacity. None of this could have or would have been adequ adequately accounted for in a 2023 study. Every day traffic is regularly backed up at a standstill from the junior high all the way to the light at Algangquin. Every day I drive through there every day and it is backed up. I know they're putting a middle lane in right outside the development, but that does not help me get in and out of my home and my neighborhood. The traffic conditions are not safe. There are no sidewalks. Accidents happen regularly. There have been fatalities. Yes, but we want to add more people and more traffic to this very busy road. I understand that this property can and will be developed at some point in time. I truly do, but this development is extreme and the tree removal is very dense. It doesn't respect the land at ex as it exists today and it's too high of a storm water management risk. this property would be better suited for minimal development or spaced out single family homes. And I'd ask that Shawnberg take that into consideration when reviewing the proposed development and ultimately this plan be denied. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you very much.

Anyone else? Good evening. Becky Booth, 3143 California Court. Since attending the zoning board meeting December 9th, I have despared that the expertise you seek for making a decision about the nitty development is not apparent on Shamberg's zoning board.

You know what? I'm going to stop you right there. I've got your email and I take exception to what you're saying. All right. Um, I think it's it's absolutely wrong to chastise the zoning board, which has been doing this for years, and as a matter of fact, last year turn down a development that was far denser, and to come out and chastise and say that the that basically the people on the zoning board are incompetent is wrong. So, I am not interested in listening to what you have to say. If you want to talk about this project and some of the particulars, such as the lady before you, that's great. But if you want to talk about the competency of the zoning board, I have an issue with that.

I think I was pointing out that there were some very disturbing comments made by members of the zoning board that indicated they did not have the necessary understanding of the flooding issue in particular, which again Rachel just clearly

outs because that's that's I know a key point with everybody here. The flooding issue is going to be addressed by MWRD, IDNR, FEMA, OWR, Army Corps of Engineers, not the village of Shamberg. They are the ones who are addressing the creek and the flooding that is on that property. We are not the ones who are going to be approving that creek and its design. The creek will be deepened. It'll be widened. The shore will be strengthened and it'll be changed. It'll be uh uh uh changed out a little bit and the whole entire creek will be cleaned, new plantings put in there and everything else. That's all being done under the direction and guidance of MWRD and in particular IDNR, not the village of Shamberg. So if you have a beef, you need to go and talk to them, not to us. We cannot address what's upstream. We cannot address what's downstream. That's up to your communities. Rolling Meadows has to address that or Palletine or wherever it may be. So, you know, we can do what we can and we will do everything we can to ensure that there is no impact on anyone else, but it's going to be limited. We will address what's on the property.

Okay. Can I talk about traffic? that that ship sailed five years ago when this when the village of Ro or the city of Rolling Meadows decided that they did not want to widen the road and they wanted to leave it as a rural two-lane road. And now you're now we're coming back and saying there's too much traffic there. There's going to be too much traffic there forever. It's never going to change. That's that's not going to change.

The fact is that the Meechum Road is is presently a nightmare as Rachel has outlined. So this construction process even if mechum road were to be widened it would never be in time to prevent the nightmare that's coming during construction and to say that pe because people will work at home that they that this population increases not going to increase traffic is really not uh anything I could concur with as we know as homeowners people are not working at home now out of these 22 units that there won't be people that that will be working at home there won't all this traffic is going to dump out an amicheum all at one time is that what you're saying

no I am saying that resident that increasing the population of this development by in by building this development is going to bring all kinds of traffic into the development with deliveries with school buses repair services all the things that we already experience in our neighborhoods now they're trying to access from Meechum Road and I think I said this at the zoning board meeting I would think long and hard before I would buy in this property with one egress for it's bad enough for the rest of us on Meechum Road but for the people who are going to actually live there and have to get in and out of that property or wait for others who are coming to get in and out. I think it sounds like a nightmare and that's something

to address that by talking with the city of Rolling Meadows. I think you're trying to shut me down and this is my opportunity. This is my opportunity to speak and I really don't appreciate this. had conversations with and the city of Rolling Meadows refuses a northern access. So there is only going to be one at this point. I I don't see how I think because I sent you an email and you could you could look at that in advance, you decided I would not be allowed to speak tonight. Go ahead. No, I will I will concur that I'm done. Thank you.

Anyone else? For the last 25 years, the village of Shamberg has listened to at least five or six different developers present proposals on this property. Two by the same the same developer alone. Each one's had unique uh uh development ideas and how they want how they think best the property can be developed. [clears throat] Some clearly not better than others and the village has turned those down. While the board like the plan with the single family homes that was presented a number of years ago, just economically was not feasible, uh the the bridge, the lift station, you know, uh put in potential huge costs on this developer. After the last proposal, the village went to great lengths to work with this developer to redesign this project to address all the concerns that residents had over these last 10 years in particular. Most recently, we reduced the number of worked with the developer to reduce the number of units by 2/3, 356 units down to 122. We eliminated all the rentals in favor of owner occupied. We imposed single family on the north half of the property. We required right turn lanes in and out of the property to make it safer. Required extensive work on the creek that runs through the property to help mitigate flooding on the property. required a solid fence around the property and increased the landscaping. Yes, 350 trees will be removed. 815 will be planted, 2,200 shrubs, 3,300 ground covers, and 14,000 uh wetland plantings will go in play to cover that. I think the the developer has complied with all the requests that this village has asked and heed the concerns of what the neighbors were

looking for. Meum Road is not going to change unless it gets widened. The residents in the area don't want it widened. Therefore, you're going to continue to have the the traffic situations that you see. Based on that, I urge this board to approve this plan. Anyone else on the board wish to comment? I look for a motion. I would u move to accept the recommendation of the zoning board of appeals um to wave first reading and to adopt as ordinance 26-007 granting a site plan approval special use for PUD special use to construct in the wetlands streams and aquatic resources protection overlay district reszone from R4 to R six PUD preliminary and final site plan, our preliminary and final plat approval. Plat vacation, building setback variations, building height variation, parking variation, lot size variation, lot width variation, lot coverage variation, floor area ratio, F var variation, and building height credit for Lober Farm Development, 2014 North Meum Road.

Second motion in a second. Will the clerk please call the role? Trusty Larosa is absent. Trusty Bishki. Hi. Trusty Mday. I. Trusty Sullivan. Hi. Trusty Claire. Hi. Four eyes. No. Motion carries. Look for a motion to approve ordinance number 26-006. An ordinance amending title. I'm sorry. We just did that. Yeah. Ryan took care of

you took care of the ordinance in there. Ordinance 7. Thank you very much. The motion carries. Uh next item is uh comments from the public for general business of the village. If you wish to uh bring an item forth that's in relation to the village of Shamberg's operation, please step forward. You have three minutes to uh uh speak. Give your name and address for the record.

Moving on. Council's report.

No report, Mayor. Thank you. uh president's report. I have a number of uh appointments uh to uh and resignations to uh tell the board uh for the bikeways advisory committee and this is for all terms ending April 30th, 2026. Removal of Burke McDonald and the appointment of Robert Riddle. the electrical commission. Um the removal of Tom Lewitz retired uh December 31st, 2025. Plan Commission, the appointment of Tanva Vora. Uh term ends April 30th, 2027 and the Chamber Business Development Commission. Uh the removal of uh Brian Fa. appointment of Daniel Fox from Fox Sprinkler and the appointment of Frank Debarto uh replacement for Mr. Funa uh terms ending April 30th, 2026. [clears throat]

Look for a motion to concur. So moved. Second. Motion a second to concur. All those in favor? I.

Uh motion carries. Manager's report. Um I just have uh two items. Uh first, happy new year uh to everyone. certainly look forward to working with the board and staff and community in 2026. Um I also want to highlight that um as we begin the new year, 2026 marks a milestone moment for the village of Shamberg as we proudly celebrate our 70th anniversary. Uh throughout the year, the village will host a variety of special events, activities, and communitydriven initiatives designed to honor Shamberg's history, recognize the people who helped shape it, and celebrate the vibrant community that we are today. Planned efforts include anniversary themed programs, historical exhibits, local business partnerships, interactive activities for residents to share memories, and outreach events woven into our signature village programming. Additional details, event information and opportunities are available on our dedicated anniversary web page at shamberg.com/70 years which will be updated throughout the year. We look forward to celebrating this milestone together and making 2026 a meaningful and memorable year for our entire community. Uh tonight on the dis we have uh distributed several commemorative items to the members of the village board. uh we look forward to sharing those and additional items with members of the community as we move forward in 2026. So I thank uh the board for their support of this initiative and look forward to celebrating our 70th anniversary uh throughout the year. And that concludes my report.

Thank you. Trustee comments and mentions hearing none. Look for a motion to adjurnn. So move to second. A motion a second to adjurnn. All those in favor I opposed. Motion carries. We are adjourned. Thank you. Issueswhere