Board of Trustees - Regular Meeting

good evening everyone i would like to call the regular meeting of the board of trustees of august 11 2026 to order would you please join the board and me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america pledge allegiance Thank you. Clerk Scappinitti, would you please call the roll?

Trustee Anos. Here. Trustee Manzo. Present. Trustee Martin. Here. Trustee, President Herman.

Here.

Trustee Jane is absent. Trustee Reddy is absent and Trustee Tozinga is absent.

Okay, we have a quorum. I'd like to call the meeting to order at 7.01 p.m. Opening comments this evening, I'd like to first recognize a very special Oakbrook resident, Analexmi Sanadoria, who will celebrate her 102nd birthday on August 23rd. She was born in... Anna Lakshmi was born in Jaffna, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in 1924. A retired English teacher, she married in 1946 and is the proud mother of five children, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of 11. She has called Trinity Lakes home since 1993, and I'm also told she is a true Chicago Bulls fan. In fact, a super fan, so she knows something about loyalty and dedication. So on behalf of the Village Board and our entire Oprah community, I want to wish her a very happy 102nd birthday. We hope this remarkable milestone is filled with joy, family, and wonderful memories. So happy birthday, Anna Luxme. On a sad note, I'd like to take a moment to recognize the passing of Dr. Raj Bihari Lal, a longtime member of the Oprah community, a dedicated physician, and a very much dedicated public servant. Dr. Lal enjoyed an extraordinary career in medicine spanning more than six decades. He was a graduate of King George Medical College in 1963. He went on to become a highly experienced cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon specializing in general and vascular surgery. And beyond his distinguished medical career, Dr. Lau generously gave his time and expertise to our community, having served the Village of Oak Brook both on our plan commission and our community enhancement committee. On behalf of the Village Board and the entire Oak Brook community, I extend our deepest condolences to Dr. Lau's family, friends, and all those whose lives he touched. He will be remembered with gratitude and respect. Moving on back to a happy note, every year since 1975, The village of Oprick has recognized one outstanding male and one outstanding female athlete who live in the village. These athletes are usually recognized at the Taste of Oprick, but since it was canceled this year due to the storms, we've invited them here tonight for the presentation. And I'm gonna ask longtime Oprick resident and former Park District Commissioner Tom Trutzen to come up. He chairs the Athlete of the Year Committee and he will present the winner athletes for this year. So Tom, please step up and take it over.

Thank you, Mr. President. Well, good evening. As President Herman said, in 1975, the founder of Oak Brook, Paul Butler, started a program to recognize one outstanding boy and one outstanding girl athlete that lives in Oak Brook. This is the 51st year of that award. Since then, the award program became known as the Oak Brook Athlete of the Year. I'm chairman of a committee of Oak Brook residents that select candidates from high schools that serve the village of Oak Brook. The committee members are John Barr, Andy Griffith, Ralph Maxson, Jamie Locke, Laura Suleiman, and me. The schools that serve the community include Hinsdale Central, Downers Grove North, York High School, Willowbrook, Fenwick, Nazareth, Bennett, to name a few. For the year 2025 and 2026, we have two outstanding winners of the award. First, let me introduce the girl's nominee and winner. Her name is Valeria Monvoy. Valeria, if you could come up here. Valeria competed for Fenwick High School. She was nominated by her athletic director, Scott Thies. Valeria was a successful four-year athlete for Fenwick High School in water polo, as well as a member of the Elmhurst Aquatics Club water polo team. Most recently, she was runner-up for water polo sectionals, second place in the Midwest League Premier Division with the Elmhurst Aquatics this past winter season. She just recently returned from playing water polo for three weeks in Serbia with the Elmhurst Aquatics and competed against the Serbian Girls national team. She earned the 2025-2026 Academic All-American Outstanding Award for U.S. Water Polo. Valeria is a member of the National Honor Society. She served as president of Fenwick's French Club, mentored younger students through the school's Friar Program, She'll be heading to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the fall, majoring in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Congratulations to Valeria Monvoy. Come on up, Nick. For the boys, this year winner is Nick Castaldo. It's actually Nico, his dad's Nick, so. Nico competed for Montini Catholic High School and was nominated by his athletic director, Brian Casey, for his accomplishments in two sports, football and track. Nico has put together some highly impressive athletic results, excelling as both a student sprinter in track and field and an elite wide receiver in football. In football, Nico started all 14 games for the Broncos. Nico helped guide Montini to back-to-back IHSA Class IV-A state football championships and served as a team captain during his senior year. Nico's senior season had 64 receptions, 11 touchdowns, and over 1,000 receiving yards. He earned all state, all area, and all conference honors. In track, Keeps going. Nico has established himself as one of the fastest sprinters in Montini school history. He was a member of Montini's 2024 IHSA state championship team. Nico earned all conference recognition and helped set a school indoor record in the four by 200 relay. Academically, Nico maintained honor roll status, volunteered at youth summer camps, and participated in community service initiatives through the football program. Congratulations to Nico Castaldo. Each winner receives a certificate and a one-year membership to the Oprah Park District. Their name will be etched on a trophy on display at the Park District. Let's give one more round of applause to our winners. Thank you.

Tom?

Can I ask?

We'd love to take a picture with these winners.

That would be great.

All right. Come on up.

Yeah, right in front.

Go right ahead. Everybody? Yeah.

Of course. They're OK. I don't know what you guys are doing. Thank you again for that presentation, always a pleasure. Next thing that we have is a, can I ask for a motion for the approval of the AAPI proclamation?

So moved.

Second? Second. Okay, so just to give you some background, the AAPI or AAPI stands for the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, which is an organization that's been around for a long time that is actually headquartered in Oak Brook. And this international, well, national organization that has an international presence has had three, in their history, three presidents that are OPRIC residents. Dr. Gopal Lal Malani, Dr. Suresh Reddy, one of our trustees, and the current president, Dr. Meher Medavaram. So anyway, they had their convention kickoff at the OPRIC Manor Clubhouse about a week or so ago. I was privileged to be there. and we uh present their proclamation can you shut the back doors one of the doors um and uh we'd like to uh extend a proclamation to them i'd like to ask the clerk to read the proclamation so we can then vote on it 2026 proclamation recognizing the american association of phys physicians of indian origin and celebrating oak brook as the home of national physician leadership

Whereas the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, AAPI, founded in 1982, is the largest ethnic medical organization in the United States, representing more than 100,000 physicians, residents, fellows, and medical students dedicated to advancing health care, medical education, advocacy, and human humanitarian services. And whereas AAPI has maintained its world headquarters in the village of Oak Brook for more than 30 years, making Oak Brook the home of one of the nation's leading physician organizations. And whereas Oak Brook is uniquely honored to have produced three AAPI national presidents Dr. Gopal Lal Malani, 11th president, Dr. Suresh Reddy, 36th president, and Dr. Meher Medavaram, 42nd president, whose leadership has advanced medicine, education, and community service while bringing national recognition to the village. And now, therefore, be it proclaimed, TO THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF OAKBROOK, HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIAN ORIGIN, AAPI, PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGES OAKBROOK AS THE HOME OF AAPI'S NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND CELEBRATES THE VILLAGE'S EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY OF NATIONAL PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP. THE VILLAGE OF OAKBROOK FURTHER EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES FOR THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF AAPI CON 2027 CHICAGO AND COMMENT AAPI FOR ITS ENDURING COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING MEDICINE AND SERVING HUMANITY. IN WITNESS AWARE OF, WE HAVE HERE ON TO SET OUR HANDS AND CAUSE THE SALE OF THE VILLAGE OF OAKBROOK TO BE AFFIXED THIS 28TH DAY OF JULY 2026. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. NEW SPEAKER TRUSTEE ANOS. NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER TRUSTEE MANZO.

NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER TRUSTEE MARTIN. NEW SPEAKER YES.

Motion carries. Moving on to public comments. So whether your comment is on an agenda or non-agenda item, all speakers will be called at this time. Speakers are limited to a period of no more than three minutes. Persons addressing the board may comment on issues of public interest relating to the operations of the village. While all comments are welcome, we ask for civility and will not tolerate personal attacks on members of this board or village staff. There were sign-in sheets to speak at the counter and agendas. For anyone who's interested in addressing the board, you should have signed up to speak. Clerk Scarboniti, do we have anyone signed up?

Yes, we do.

How many people do we have? We have about 10. So we'll do it like we did last time. Call up the first few speakers and ask you to form a line down here so we can get through them.

so our first second and third speakers are hey we have donald angelini james van alston and mike lucchesi and after that we'll have ted gray margaret bennett and dalton barker

You got your Fighting Illini jersey on. You can be first.

ILL. There we go. All right. We have one fan. First of all, thank you very much for allowing me to speak the third time. I guess a lot of people might be thinking we got to hear from this knucklehead again, but I do appreciate the ability to speak in front of the council. It's been a great discussion, you know. Whichever way it goes, at least we had the ability to discuss it. And that's really what this is all about, you know, is the ability to discuss it and share our opinions. I have to give a shout out to my people at the Oprah Club who stand in opposition to this development. It is not good for us. And I'll go to war with them any day. The problem is I really don't know what war we're talking about anymore because this development changes every week. Every month, every hour, there's a different change with this new four stop signs. Is it a parking lot, enclosed parking, not enclosed, balconies, no balconies, four-way stop. You know, this new four-way stop, I don't know where this came from. In our original zoning meeting, Steve from the Village of Oak Brook said it was a terrible idea. and then all of a sudden this gets put into Mike Manzo's addendum that it has to be four-way stop sign. If you look at that intersection that we're talking about, we have three that go eastbound, we have two that come westbound, we have two that go northbound off of 16th Street, and we're gonna have one that's coming from the unit or the development. That's eight people at a four-way stop sign trying to figure out who's going first, with three of those being left-hand turn. It is undoable. It's a nightmare. I don't know if this was to placate safety issues, but this is nothing that I ever saw in any type of safety study or traffic study. I think it's a terrible idea. The second thing I wanted to address was something that I think was very good in Mike Manzo's addendum, which was the requirement that this go up as condos. And it was very, very, Larry, you were very adamant about this. This is a condo development first that they're allowed to rent out. And I looked at your words very carefully, Mr. Manzo, was this is a condition precedent. This can't be done. We're not going into residential. This isn't a residential development. And I look specifically, Larry's comments. They have seven years to rent them, guaranteed path to condos, finite term. Our goal is not to create rental properties. What happens if they can't do it for seven years? They'll be empty. That was the promise that you made to us, that this was not going to be a rental development. And I'm asking every one of you to do well on that promise, to do what you say you're going to do. Because I was looking at, it was Trustee Jane said, the market will determine that when it is. And it was Trustee Manzo who said, we make that decision. We control that. Why are we at the mercy of the developer? Because they can't get a loan? Is that what this is all about? Well, wait until you can so that it can start as a condo development and end as a condo development. If I can't buy a car because I can't get a loan, who cares? You think the seller's going to care?

Thank you. Red light. Thank you.

I'm James Van Alsen. I've been living in Oak Brook Club for seven years. I've had the wonderful, fortunate to be the fire department to be able to take me to Heinz Hospital is why I moved to Oak Brook Club for location. I'm just wondering here by being at all these meetings, the rents that these are gonna be paying, why would you rent something when you could take that same money and buy a unit in Oakbrook Club, get twice as much square footage, have underground heated parking? I've lived here in DuPage County all my life. I see in the mall here now that we're charging for parking. Rosemont just did away with our parking this week. Doesn't make sense. These people are not going to walk over to the mall. They're going to go drive. That's more traffic in the parking lot of the mall. in the traffic on 16th Street. People are coming down 22nd Street, they turn north on Spring, they go right down 16th Street to go to 83 to go north. They don't want to go through the intersection at Route 83 and 22nd Street. So the traffic that we have there and the speed is unbelievable. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker.

We have Mike Bucciassi, Ted Gray, Margaret Bennett, and Dalton Barker.

Thank you. I'm Mike Lucchese. I'm also a resident of Oak Brook at the Oak Brook Club. I come in to speak again with the concern of traffic. I don't think it's been adequately addressed. I am very concerned about my neighbors, myself. I'm a bike rider. I use that path. This is not a good idea. I know that you're well into making your decision, but I, again, must tell you that this is a very dangerous intersection and it's going to be more dangerous when this building opens up. Thank you. Thank you.

Hello, Ted Gray with Living Waters Consultants, and we're providing consulting assistance to Ginger Creek especially in regards to their lake impacts. Thank you for listening to all of our concerns with the Amazon development. I actually thought I was going to be the only one under three minutes tonight, but obviously I'm not with my predecessor here. I'll make it fairly short. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the previous meeting where some important decisions were made. being out of town. And, you know, we respect the decisions that were made and understand that we'll live with them and make do as best we can. We do have two simple requests here, I think. One would be for street sweeping, the Amazon parking lot. Kind of a basic maintenance procedure to try to reduce sediment, reduce debris, trash, plastic bags, other materials that typically occur from large parking lots. The second request is that with the two basins that are being installed at the Amazon site, We would request that a sediment clean-out occur when it's warranted. Typically that happens when less, when about half of the sediment capacity below the normal water level is exceeded. Because once that sediment capacity is exceeded, then more sediment transport occurs downstream to waters like Ginger Creek and downstream areas, Butterfield Country Club.

For chemicals, de-icing chemicals. And so what I'm seeing there, I'm seeing a scattering for years of people parking around the inland site and then in the three different office buildings. Not a lot. And there are nine to five type parkers. They are there for the day. now when i talked to one of the former managers of costco she said they probably turn over 500 cars an hour they have 500 parking spaces and they estimate maybe 5 000 cars go into their parking lot every day now here they're going to be 900 parking spaces And on those parking spaces, you're going to see trash. You're going to see oil, debris. You're going to see pollution from tire from the parking lot in Yorktown. And what do we get? We get plastic bags from Yorktown. So they need to keep these parking lots clean. This is directly across from Ginger Creek, directly across from our precious Oak Brook Waterway. So I would ask that you...

That story is not unique. I meet people here all the time that are multi-generational, second, third, even fourth generation Oak Brook residents. But I think to myself, an Oak Brook bath and tennis club that wasn't having the pump fail every three days or so, or the pool chipping or whatever it may be, when they would go to the fields, the trees were healthy and they weren't overgrown or getting cut down for superfluous reasons. When it rained like it did today, the sewer system whisked it away efficiently. When they needed water or electricity, they had relatively new for the infrastructure electrical cables and water. And I just look at this, and there's so many different things. We could talk about the school and the park district and all these other things. But all the underlying things that gave so many Oak Brook children and grandchildren a well-lived life I think is so important. And I look at this Amazon project and I think to myself, You know, I'm sure there's some pros and cons that many people have talked about, but let's not make good the enemy of great here. So much of the deferred maintenance, as I talked about last time, we can start to really get after this so that my children and maybe even my grandchildren will have the opportunity to be raised in Oak Brook and to raise their families in Oak Brook and have access to the same amenities and basic infrastructure that previous generations had. Thank you.

Thank you. Mike. Nice.

Good evening, everyone. My name is Mark Daniel. I represent Mike and Maria Sally in relation to the southeast corner of Spring Road and Washington Street. This matter has been before you in the past. We heard you on some of this and had to do quite a bit of research. with the attorneys for the village we went back to the 1800s to work out right-of-way ownership and management with the old village of hinsdale playing commission records old york township records and eventually we got to the point where we had a two-lot design and in getting to the point of the plans for this certificate of appropriateness in the growery mill district we also are able to answer some of your questions with the items seven and eight on your agenda tonight president herman you were pretty clear that you wanted to see how these two houses would look on these two lots at the same time i think trustee manzo others were the same on that issue of the same mind you can see that tonight you can see that each house meets the growery mill planning standards ties back to that era, even though living and work and the environment and the neighborhood were quite different. There are elements on each house that do tie back to Frederick Growry's time when he was building the mill and the homes and the other business properties in the area. OF WASHINGTON IN SPRING. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. STAFF HAS BEEN INVOLVED. I KNOW EZA HAS BEEN INVOLVED. EVERYONE'S DONE A GOOD JOB ON THIS. IT WAS COMPLICATED TO THE EFFECT THAT MR. CAPETTA WAS INVOLVED TO BEGIN WITH AND WE HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY ISSUES, BUT I THINK As far as we've come here, we have a unanimous recommendation from below. Staff is recommending that you follow the recommendation from below. The Sallies are two good people that I think you'll enjoy having live at this location. They will be in the corner lot. Thank you. Thank you. Next.

We have Rob Maselli and Jennifer Zerdani.

Hi, Rob Michelli here, a resident of Ginger Creek. I just want to thank a number of people. It's been a number of months here. I've been going to a number of meetings and planning meetings and trustee meetings. I want to thank the village staff. Rebecca and Greg met with them a number of times. They were very generous with their time. providing information and being constructive on the amazon development even amazon and their representatives number of months ago they had a zoom meeting for us in ginger creek and ted was there and took our comments so i appreciate all that and i appreciate the ordinance that is up for consideration for the cut through traffic in ginger creek So and I met with the number of trustees as well individually different meetings and everybody was really available and answering questions So just wanted to publicly acknowledge all that and I do appreciate all of that Time that went into it and the careful thinking and me may not agree on every point But at least I got everybody's viewpoints and got people's opinions and it was a good process and so I do appreciate everybody weighing in and help being helpful and lastly to the extent you can consider the request for the regular sweeping and the detention clean outs on a regular basis as needed, that would also be appreciated. But again, I do appreciate everything that's happened and I think it's been a great process. Thanks again. Thank you.

Jennifer Zardani.

Hi. I'm another Oak Brook Club person. And my view is a little different than Mr. Angelini's in that when he heard you speak, he heard you promise condos. When I heard you use the term path to condos, I heard apartments. So I think it's really important for our community to know, are these apartments or are they condos? How will they be assessed, right? They're going to go into the assessor's office. They're going to be assessed. We talk about our taxes here in Oak Brook and they're a really great value. But what the big bulk of our taxes are, of course, are school board taxes. So at Oak Brook Club we probably have, I don't know how many units, we have 300 plus units. We don't have a lot of kids. So we're good taxpayers in terms of funding our schools where we don't really utilize our schools as much. So I'm looking to understand as we go forward and we get new developments, how does it keep our tax costs low and what's being assessed. When I heard the numbers used for what's paid at one Oprah Commons as apartments, I thought, gosh, that building is way under assessed then if that's what they're getting for rents. It's all very confusing. So I would like us to be very clear within the community, if you approve or deny, are you approve or denying, apartments or condos because it is absolutely a legal certainty when it's approved, what it's going to be, if it's going to be condos, that's going to be covered in covenanted in, you know, there's a term for that. But it's going to be made clear, and the community will understand it's a requirement. I feel like there's been a few things said that have been Very confusing. And I appreciate the developer when they put up on the slide, they did make clear it's a 17-story building, might be 13 usable stories of residences, but it's a 17-story building. So that's quite high. quite different in look and style from what we have there. So clearly there's a whole group of us at Oprah Club that don't feel this is a great value add in terms of style, green space, things like that. There was a statement about some interaction with the mall and also told us it's the third most successful mall in the country, which, then would lead me to believe they have zero interest in figuring out how to accommodate a walkway. It doesn't matter to me. I don't care if there's a walkway at that apartment building or not, but there's a lot of things being said that are sort of to assuage the community, and to me it's confusing the community. So I just would like it to be clear, and the big deal to me is the apartment versus condo. Thank you.

Thank you. Are there any other speakers? Okay, so there's no more speakers. So as I said in the past, the public comment section is not It's for us to hear your feedback. It's not for us to engage in a discussion. I've been, throughout this building project on 16th Street, I've had several meetings with members of the Oprah Club to talk about it through its various iterations. And I talked to Don Angelini just before this meeting, and I said, Don, you and I can get together after the meeting and talk more. So I think what I'm going to do is just extend that, and I'll work through the management at the Oprah Club And we'll schedule a follow-up meeting for anyone at the Oprah Club that wants to come. We can talk about, you know, we'll see how the thing goes tonight. But whatever questions you have, some of the things you said are not accurate. We'll talk about whatever questions you have about, you know, the project, what happens, where it's going. So I will commit to follow up with that. Okay? All right. Moving on to the consent agenda. Would you please, I'm sorry, approval of the minutes. may have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the regular Board of Trustees meeting on July 4th, 2026. So moved. Second? Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any objections? Okay, motion carries. Now would you please direct your attention to the screen where the consent agenda is displayed. All items on the consent agenda are considered to be routine in nature and they will be enacted in one motion. There'll be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member so requests in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the consent agenda. Clerk Scarpinetti, would you please read the consent agenda?

Accounts payable for the period ending July 23, 2026 for $1,372,989.81 and August 5, 2026 for $1,403,000. $161.50, which includes invoices for Clark Beard Smith, Otteson, D'Anolfo, Hasenbald, and Costaldo, Lamplaw, Croke, Fairchild, Duarte, and Beres. TPI Building Code Consultants, ERMA, Enterprise FM Trust, DUCOM, Dommie Mechanical Industries, DUCOM, Alarm Monitoring, the other one was Fire Quarterly, Shares, OpenGov, EZA Engineering, PLLC, DuPage Convention and Visitor Bureau, Tyler Technologies, Trine Construction Corp, Sheik Sheff Catering, WRB LLC. Approval for payroll for pay date July 23rd. 2026, $1,028,647.07. August 6th, 2026, $1,043,667.05. Village of Oak Brook Monthly Financial Reports, June 2026. Developmental Services Referral, Plan Development 1400 Kensington Road, motor condos resolution R-2378, approving termination of the village's records management system, participation with the DuPage County Consortium, and termination of the related Hexagon RMS agreement.

Okay, thank you. Does any board member wish to have any item removed from the consent agenda? If not, may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda and authorize expenditures as presented or amended? So moved. Second. Clerk Scarpiniti, may I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Anos. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. President Herman.

I don't think my vote is native. My vote's not native in this. Okay, motion carries. Moving on to active business. Tonight, the first item is we have a capstone presentation by the interns from our inaugural internship program that was led by our management analyst, Giuseppe Scalera. Giuseppe, would you please introduce the presenters and tell us a little bit about the intern program?

Good evening, everyone. So today we'll be doing our 2026 inaugural capstone presentation. So over the past eight to 10 weeks, we've had the privilege to have these three Oak Brook residents join us for our day-to-day operations. They will introduce themselves. during their presentation. But during that, their program, they worked on a capstone project where they really tackled a real issue the village is facing currently with what to do with the Butler government facilities. And if you guys have been paying attention to our recent meetings, you'll know all about it. So I'm very excited to have these three younger Oak Brook residents step up and give their presentation.

Good evening, Board of Trustees, Oak Brook residents and staff. Thank you for having us tonight to present our intern capstone project about what to do with the existing village facilities. My name is Jane Shannon. I worked as the administrative intern this summer. I've been a resident in Oak Brook since 2022, and I'm a senior at Bennett Academy in Lyle. My favorite part of this internship was getting to learn about the fire department and all they do to keep us safe. Two of my top colleges I hope to attend are the University of Wisconsin and Purdue University.

Hello, my name is Lauren Kottke and this summer I was able to be a marketing intern for the Village of Oak Brook. I have been a resident in Trinity Lakes for the last four years and I will be an incoming senior at Timothy Christian High School. My favorite part of the internship was having the opportunity to explore my interest in marketing to better pursue and understand marketing in general. Some top college choices for me is the University of Iowa in Illinois.

Hi, I'm Sachin Rao. I worked in the IT department this summer, and I've been a resident in Brook Forest for 15 years, and I'm going to be a senior at Hinsdale Central. My favorite part was learning from IT experts like Kyle and Tom, and I'm looking to go to Northwestern or University of Illinois.

Our capstone project this summer began with evaluating the history of Oak Brook's village facilities. The original portion of Oak Brook Village's hall is now more than 51 years old and is experiencing significant structural deterioration. These concerns have developed over many years as many repairs and renovations were deferred because sufficient funding was not available. However, the village is currently in a strong enough financial position to address its aging infrastructure. Therefore, this project looks beyond simply repairing an aging building. It considers how the village can make a financially responsible, sustainable investment that meets both current operational needs and the expectations of future generations. This capstone project led us to create a report and presentation of our final recommendation. Our research process began with a review of village board meetings from 2024 and 2025 to understand the history and concerns surrounding the village's existing facilities. We evaluated the results from the Cordigan-Clark assessment and compared the different solutions as what to do with the building. We met with different departments, including police, fire, public works, and finance to understand how they are affected by the building. Throughout our summer working here, we have seen and experienced firsthand the issues with the lack of office space, HVAC systems and structural deterioration. This information created a foundation for comparing the financial, functional and long-term effects of maintaining, renovating or replacing village facilities.

We first met with the Public Works Department. We toured the village facilities to see the building's problems firsthand. We observed cracked walls, leaning bricks, separating windows, rotating columns, and major water damage. Leaks have affected several important areas including offices and garages and police areas such as the fitness room and shooting range. Staff also explained concerns involving safety, security, drainage, and aging systems. Overall, we learned that many of these issues are connected, so small repairs would not provide a strong long-term solution. We then met with the police department to understand how the current building affects daily police operations. The facility was built in the 1970s and no longer meets modern staffing, technology, or security needs. Police vehicles are not fully secured. The public can access areas that should definitely be more protected. The department also faces water leaks, outdated cameras, ADA concerns, poor sound insulation, and limited emergency exits. Space is another major problem, especially in locker rooms, offices, storage areas, and training spaces, which reduces operational efficiency. These challenges showed us that the issue goes way beyond the aging building. The current facility can limit how effectively officers work, train, respond to serve our community. We then met with Fire Chief Fleagy to discuss the condition of Oak Brook's fire facilities and future planning. The biggest concern is at Fire Station 93, which is the village's oldest, busiest station, located on Jordan 22nd. The facility has deteriorated to the point where continuing to spend money on repairs is becoming less practical, making a full replacement the better long-term option. Station 94, located here on the other hand, is newer and significantly better condition. While it does need some repairs and updates, it can continue serving the village for years to come. Because both stations are currently located on the east side of town, rebuilding and relocating Station 93 to the west side of town would improve response times in areas such as Saddlebrook and Heritage Oaks. while Station 94 could continue serving here on the east side. This would give Oak Brook two stations in a more strategic location while addressing the serious conditions of Station 93. For this portion of our project, we conducted a building evaluation survey to better understand how younger Oak Brook residents view the future of our village facilities. All of the interns sent the survey to younger Oak Brook residents to gather feedback and better understand their perspectives on the future of the village facilities. One of the strongest findings was that 55% of the respondents supported building a new village facility rather than continuing to repair the existing building. We also found that residents were thinking about a more long-term value than simply choosing the least expensive option. 85% prioritized a building designed to last or one that can serve the community as a landmark and gathering place. Accessibility was another major priority with 81% supporting a village hall that is fully accessible and ADA compliant. Public safety also ranked highly, 75% of the respondents emphasized the importance of maintaining fire department coverages on both sides of town. Overall, the survey suggests that younger residents are interested in a village hall that is modern, welcoming, accessible, and built to serve the community for many years to come.

When considering what to do with the existing village facilities, we weighed the pros and cons of three different solutions. The first option we considered was to maintain the existing buildings as they are. Option A represents the most limited and least expensive approach by focusing primarily on essential maintenance and operational repairs to keep the village's five existing facilities safe and functional. With an estimated cost of around $47.1 million over 10 years, this option would address immediate concerns while creating relatively little disruption for employees and residents. However, it would leave important accessibility, public safety, and long-term facility needs unresolved, meaning the village could continue facing significant challenges and additional costs in the future. The second solution that we considered was to renovate and modernize the buildings. Option B takes a more thorough approach by investing about $55 million in maintenance, operational repairs, public safety improvements, service coverage needs, and ADA-related upgrades across the village's existing facilities. This alternative would improve building functionality and accessibility while allowing the village to continue using much of its current infrastructure with relatively limited disruption. Although it provides meaningful improvements, renovation cannot fully eliminate the limitations of aging facilities and the village would still be responsible for future maintenance and modernization costs. The third and final solution that we considered was to construct new facilities. Option C provides the best long-term solution by replacing several aging facilities with modern buildings while repairing facilities that remain suitable for continued use. The Heritage Center is not in need of replacement as it is in better condition and is a historical landmark of Oak Brook. The Village could replace four of the five facilities and simply repair the Heritage Center, or we could also repair Fire Station 94 because in the Cordigan-Clark assessment, it received a better rating than the rest. Depending on the specific replacement strategy selected, the estimated cost ranges from around $60.1 million to $64.8 million, making it the highest cost alternative, but also the option with the greatest potential long-term value. New facilities could provide safer work environments, address accessibility and space limitations, and offer greater flexibility for future community needs. The primary downsides to this solution are the higher initial investment, temporary relocation requirements, and some community disruption.

So after analyzing the options and surveying public opinion, we recommend option C, which would include replacing the public works facility, the Butler Government Center East Wing, the Butler Government Center West Wing, and Fire Station 93, which we'd relocate to the west side of the village. We'd also repair the Heritage Center and Fire Station 94. All the buildings except 93 would remain in their original position, and this would be for a cost of 60.1 million plus an added unknown cost of 93. And we chose option C because it modernizes facilities, improving workspaces, storage, security, and technology. It also improves community use spaces, creating better spaces for residents and village services. And finally, as village needs and technology advances, this option is best suited for flexibility for future growth and long-term value. Oak Brook is very strong as a community financially, and part of this is due to its strong credit rating. We also have $103.8 million in cash and investments and $63.9 million of revenue. And all this is despite its low sales tax of 1.5%, and this is very low compared to other communities nearby. To fund the building, we recommend using reserves and municipal bonds, as well as preserving liquidity for emergencies. And the most important part of this is maintaining no municipal property tax, so that taxes for residents will not be raised. And this will be spread out for a payment period up to 30 years. When undertaking such a large investment, it's important to build community support. So to do this, we recommend having transparent communication, so it will clearly explain the poor condition of existing facilities. as well as create a dedicated webpage with timelines and updates detailing where to go while the building is being built, as well as providing a breakdown of the cost and funding sources so that residents know that their taxes aren't being raised. We'll also focus on the long-term benefits rather than the expensive construction costs and present the project as a way to improve public safety and better government services. Finally, we think it's important to engage youth residents. When we did our survey, we noticed that 81% of residents had not been to the Butler Government Center. And to solve this solution, we recommend options like a community gathering space, an outdoor seating and plaza, youth programming, public spaces, and park and green space. And we think option C is best suited for the village needs and residents. Thank you. Thank you for your time and consideration. We appreciate the support of Village staff, department leaders, and residents throughout this project. We are also grateful for the opportunity to participate in this internship, and we gain valuable experience in local government. Thank you.

Excellent presentation. I know a lot of work went into it. I want to thank you. I just want to turn Mike, over to our board and village manager. Does anyone have any questions for our interns about their presentation or about their program?

I don't have any questions per se. I just really wanted to say thank you so much to the staff who generously gave your time to these interns as they needed it, and especially to Giuseppe. I mean, he does an amazing job at many, many things, but this is a big undertaking. And congratulations. You did really good with these three. You guys did a great presentation. Good work. Yes.

Any other questions?

I absolutely agree with Trustee Melissa. And what did you guys think? You're our first class. What are your thoughts? Was it beneficial?

Yeah, I think it was definitely beneficial. I learned a lot specifically about IT and also about local government. And also the hours, they were only four hours a day from Monday through Thursday. So it wasn't too demanding.

To be a kid.

You know, I really love this program. Working with Susan in marketing was great, definitely since marketing is something I might be pursuing. And I definitely got to learn a lot about the community I lived in that I didn't know before. So overall, it was a really great experience.

Like the other two said, it was a wonderful experience. We got to learn a lot about government and gained a greater appreciation for it. And we also got to experience a professional work environment. And so I know this experience will help us a lot in the future.

Thank you. Thank you. So you are, do you want to answer anything?

Yeah, I just wanted to add, I want to personally thank IT Director Tom Gilbert, who assisted with this, our marketing manager Susan Rose, certainly Giuseppe, who not only took on an intern, but he built this entire program. He did the research, comparables, talked to the high schools, built the entire program, coordinated the cross departmental project with this, but I think First and foremost, to thank these three interns. Outstanding first class. We had a very competitive pool of people apply for these positions. These are the top three, and they demonstrated every single day why that's the case. They put an outstanding presentation together. They've made an outstanding recommendation. And we really appreciate that they bought a perspective that we don't often see here at the Village Hall. We deal with a lot of residents, but we don't deal with our youth residents very often. And they brought fresh perspective that I think gave us new life, but gave us new ideas as well. So we really appreciate your time. Thank you.

Thank you. Well, I just want to close. You are all still students, so it would not be complete without a pop quiz. So if you'd each step up to the microphone, I have a question. The same question for all of you, and we'll see if you get it right. Should the village board analyze and proceed with whatever recommendation is on here with or without a village property tax?

Without.

Thank you. Next.

Definitely without.

You're next.

Without.

You're all passed.

Let's hand it to the agenda.

We would love to also take a photograph with you guys if you join us up front. That includes you, Giuseppe.

That's right.

Can you believe that Sachin at Hinsdale Central starts school tomorrow?

Is it that early?

And next week for you two, right? Okay. Can't believe summer's over. Okay, that was excellent. Moving on to other business. The next two items both pertain to the Butterfield Road properties, and since the approval of the final plat is contingent upon approval of the planned development with exceptions, I'd like to request a motion to reorder these items on the agenda and consider ordinance... S-1748 before ordinance S-1752. Is there a motion for that? So moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call vote please.

Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes.

Trustee Anos. Yes. Okay. Thank you. That carries. So moving on then to the first item is Ordinance S-1748. An ordinance approving a planned development with exceptions for the property located at 2901 Butterfield Road. 2905 Butterfield Road, 2907 Butterfield Road, 2805 Butterfield Road, 2803 Butterfield Road, 2707 Butterfield Road, and 2809 Butterfield Road, Oakbrook, Illinois, 60523. May I have a motion for the approval of ordinance S-1748? So moved. Second. Director Vandrossi, could you please present this ordinance?

Good evening, we made it. This has been a process to go through the public discussions, but the applicant is here this evening to answer any questions. The conditions have been drafted with only minor modifications from our July 14th meeting. Thank you.

Thank you. Well, I know that we had ample discussion about this at the last meeting. I'm not sure there's any additional discussion. Any?

Just one quick question. On the street sweeping, is our public works able or allowed to street sweep in private property? So we cannot take on that responsibility?

I don't think so. Any other questions? OK. May I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Martin? Yes.

Trustee Anos? Yes.

Trustee Manzo? Yes. President Herman?

Yes. Motion carries. Next item, Ordinance S-1752, an ordinance approving the final plat of subdivision for the property commonly known as 2901 Butterfield Road, 2905 Butterfield Road, 2907 Butterfield Road, 2805 Butterfield Road, 2803 Butterfield Road, 2707 Butterfield Road, and 2809 Butterfield Road, Oakbrook, Illinois, 60523. May I have a motion for the approval of Ordinance S-1752? So moved.

Second.

Dr. Vondrasek, back to you.

So this action will prevent it from having the seven addresses that you just had to read, President Herman, and it will modify it down to one address.

Any discussion?

Roll call vote, please.

Trustee Anos. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. President Herman.

Yes. Motion carries. So with those two agenda items, the Amazon project has been approved to move forward. I just want to take a brief moment to express my gratitude to Amazon and their team for having been very good partners in a fairly lengthy process to work through a lot of concerns that we had as a village board. a lot of our residents had. You've been most cooperative in responding to those concerns. There's been numerous modifications to this development proposal along the way to accommodate these concerns. And I might also add that among solving a lot of stormwater and traffic issues and things like that, at your expense, all of which will be vastly improved over the current site, Amazon has agreed to invest over a million dollars in replacing a village water main. which they did not need to do. And they also have very recently committed to make a stipend payment to the village of $125,000 to help address public safety issues. I think our chief is gonna find a good way to invest in camera technology with that money. So again, just wanna say thank you on behalf of the village and we look forward to this project coming to fruition. Somewhat related to this, I want to move on to the next item now, and that's ordinance G-1288, an ordinance amending Title 7, motor vehicles and traffic, Chapter 2 traffic schedules, Schedule 2 through streets of the Village of Oprah code of ordinances establishing a no through traffic restrictions on Bay Brook Lane. May I have a motion for the approval of ordinance G-1288?

So moved.

Second. Chief Strokas, would you please present this ordinance?

Yes, thank you, President Herman. This ordinance would give the police department a tool or an avenue to enforce any future possible issues with using Ginger Creek as a cut-through on Bay Brook Lane. I don't see it being an issue now or in the future, but should it become an issue, this ordinance being passed would give us the ability to enforce violators committing that pass-through.

My understanding is that one of the advantages of passing this ordinance is that we will then contact the various companies like Waze and Google Maps and Apple Maps that provide directional services, and they will program this into their algorithms to not direct traffic through the subdivision. That's correct. And again, we've not had an issue with this. I don't expect we're going to have an issue with it, but this is just a belt and suspenders. Any further discussion?

I just wanted to make a comment related to this, which is that President Herman thanked Amazon, and I also thank Amazon. But I really just wanted to thank the residents of Ginger Creek in particular for voicing their concerns so thoroughly and respectfully and really working with the board to make this the best possible outcome for the village. In my term here, it hasn't always been that way. It's felt very adversarial with the residents on some of the improvements we'd like to make to the village. And I just really wanted to thank the residents of Ginger Creek for the way that you guys worked with us to, I think, make a really good outcome for the village. um i i hope everybody else agrees and is willing to pass this ordinance as well but um i just i just really wanted to thank that the residents there thank you any other discussion uh roll call please

Trustee Manzo? Yes. Trustee Martin? Yes. Trustee Anos?

Yes.

President Herman?

Yes. Motion carries. Okay, next item, Ordinance S-1749, an ordinance approving a planned development with exceptions to construct a 13-story residential building for the property located at 1315 16th Street, Oakbrook, Illinois, 60523. May I have a motion for the approval of Ordinance S-1749? So moved. Second. Director Vondrasek, would you please present this ordinance?

Yes. So this is the plan development for the Murphy development application for the residential building at 1315 16th Street. The applicant is here this evening. The conditions are reflective of what was moved with minor revision. And the applicant is here if you'd like to ask them any additional questions or concerns.

Any questions or discussion?

can we just i just want to make clear my understanding which is that there is already approval for a building to be built on this site by a prior board that is i think our village manager can clarify but when the subdivision and the pud was originally approved eight nine ten years ago

There was a subdivision that was approved that created the lot and there was an increase in square footage allowed that is this proposed building is under the allowable square footage for what was already approved. So I think the way that our legal team looks at this is that there was many years ago an approval to build a building there. The question is what is that building going to be? What's it going to look like? How tall is it going to be? How short is it going to be? condos, apartments, all that kind of stuff. Exactly.

Anything you want to add? That is all correct. There's an approval in place that has never been rescinded for a 21-story condominium tower on this property. This project reduces that height to 13 floors. And just for clarity, because there was a comment made in public comment, it is 13, including the parking, 13-story building. THAT'S SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE BUILDING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

SO THE ORDINANCE WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT CREATES RESTRICTIONS TO AN ALREADY APPROVED BUILDING?

CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Anos.

Yes.

Trustee Manzo. Yes. President Herman.

Yes. So motion carries. And again, I know there's a lot of question marks among some of the people here at Oprah Club. I'LL REITERATE MY OFFER TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU ALL AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS, WHAT IT ISN'T, AND SO FORTH. SO MOVING ON, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5, RESOLUTION R-2380, A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO DUFF ENTERTAINMENT INC. FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES RELATING TO OAKBROOK'S AMERICA 250 EVENT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION R-2380. SO MOVED.

second village manager summers would you please present this resolution sure the village is preparing for a one-time event celebrating america's 250th anniversary we're seeking to retain duff entertainment to provide comprehensive event management services for coordination for many years duff entertainment has successfully supported the village in planning and executing the taste of oak brook developing extensive knowledge of the event site, operational requirements, vendor logistics, and event procedures. Given the limited planning time frame, being about a month, for the Oak Brook America 250 celebration, staff recommends continuing the established partnership to ensure efficient and successful event. The proposed agreement includes event management services, restaurant vendor coordination, sponsorship management, entertainment coordination, accounting services, and event labor.

Any discussion? Clerk Scarpinetti, roll call vote, please.

Trustee Manzo? Yes. Trustee Martin?

Yes. Trustee Anos? Yes. Motion carries. Next item, Ordinance S-1745, a new ordinance approving the amendment to the 2026 Classification Salary and Salary Administration Policy. May I have a motion for the approval of Ordinance S-1745? So moved. Second. Director Fermero, would you please present this ordinance?

Certainly. Good evening, everyone. Staff is recommending the approval of amending the 2026 position classification and salary plan that reflects two internal promotions intended to strengthen organizational capacity without increasing the village's authorized staff level. The FIRST establishes an assistant to the village manager position to provide additional executive level support to the village manager including strategic planning, board communications, interdepartmental projects, budgeting, organizational initiatives, and operational improvement. DISPOSITION WOULD BE FILLED THROUGH A PROMOTION OF AN EXISTING EMPLOYEE RATHER THAN ADDING A NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE. THE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT CONSISTS OF A 5% INCREASE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH TWO MERIT-BASED 2.5% INCREASES OVER A SIX-MONTH PERIOD CONTINUING UPON SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF THIS EMPLOYEE. The second change promotes a current accountant to a senior accountant. Recognizing the employee's expanded responsibilities, technical expertise, independent judgment, and contributions within the finance department, the senior accountant classification includes responsibilities such as financial reporting, reconciliation, audit preparation, payroll backup, grant reporting, budget support, and other increasingly complex accounting functions. The promotion also represents advancement of an existing employee rather than increasing in staffing. The budget impact THE TOTAL ANNUAL PERSONNEL IMPACT FOR BOTH CHANGES IS $11,540. THE ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER PROMOTION ESTIMATED A $5,415.97 INCREASE ANNUALLY AND THE SENIOR ACCOUNT PROMOTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE AN INCREASE OF $6,124.13 ANNUALLY. BOTH INCREASES CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE EXISTING PERSONNEL BUDGET. So staff requests that the board approve Ordinance S1745, amending the 2026 Classification Salary Plan and Salary Administrative Policy for Nonrepresented Employees, making it effective July 1st, 2026.

Thank you. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please.

Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Anos. Yes. Trustee Manzo. Yes. President Herman. Yes.

Motion carries. Next item, Ordinance S-1750, an ordinance approving a certificate of appropriateness for the property located at 3715 Spring Road North, Oakbrook, Illinois 60523. May I have a motion for the approval of Ordinance S-1750? So moved. Is there a second? Second. Director Vondrasek, would you please present this ordinance?

Yes, so the applicant's representation has already spoken during public comment. So I would just say that they're present. I'll explain, though, that the historic Grawi Mill is a district which is called what's called an overlay district within our zoning ordinance. It only covers a very small portion of the village. And within that, when construction permits come in, the code calls for something called a certificate of appropriateness. and that allows the board as well as the Planning and Zoning Commission to review the architectural elements that are proposed to say that they are part of that historic Grawi Mill and that they are appropriate. Think of the McDonald's at Ogden and York and you'll know exactly what I mean. If you have any other questions, happy to answer them.

Thank you. I'd like to speak to this and give some context, so please bear with me. So by way of background, the applicant purchased the subject lot, which is in our R3 zoning district, which requires minimum 25,000 square foot lots. That's roughly, I think, a little under 2 thirds of an acre. And this lot shares a unique historical anomaly with a few other lots in the area, this being one of the older parts of the village. and that the lot line runs to the middle of the street, in this case Spring Road and Washington streets, even though the village-owned streets run across it and are maintained by the village and the subject property was never assessed property taxes for the road portion of the land. The applicant originally approached the village to subdivide what was a single lot into two lots, but the two lots would not have met the minimum 25,000 square foot lot sizes unless the land under the roads was included. The village's position was that the land under the streets could not count toward the minimum lot size, and this led to a dispute which led to litigation, and the judge ruled that the land under the street did count, and so the two-lot subdivision was indeed processed. So the proposed homes do now appear to meet all the technical standards of the R3 district. Some of the Planning and Zoning Commission members questioned why then this matter came before them at their July 1st meeting. In my opinion, this exhibited a lack of appreciation and understanding of the Gras Mill Historic District and the Certificate of Appropriateness ordinance and its purpose. AS REBECCA INDICATED, THE GRAW MILL HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE ANOTHER LEVEL OF REVIEW TO ENSURE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT, THAT ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WAS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. This necessarily empowers the commission and this board to request modifications that go beyond the underlying zoning district's technical requirements. Planning and Zoning Commissioner Mark Simon hit the nail on the head when he observed at the meeting that this makes it a somewhat subjective determination that supersedes the underlying zoning district regulations. And among the many enumerated considerations in our historic district ordinance is quote, the provision were practical of setbacks in excess of zoning restrictions to provide an interesting relationship between buildings. Now the applicant's attorney at that hearing compared the proposed home setbacks to many of the existing historic structures in older homes that predated the ordinance in an attempt to demonstrate that these proposed new homes have greater setbacks compared to the existing structures. In my opinion, that misses the point. The point is for any new construction not to necessarily just mimic the existing structures, but to preserve and enhance the historic district nature. Yes, some of the existing homes may not be in character with the district, but they predate the creation of the district and the ordinance and were in part the impetus for actually creating the district and the ordinance. By way of analogy, I note that in Washington, DC, there is a strict height limitation on buildings so as not to overpower the area's historic structures. I also know in my travels that in many European cities, buildings are meant not to overshadow historic churches. And I believe that's the intent here. So when Commissioner Simon questioned the scale of the proposed new homes, particularly as compared to other homes that already exist in the district, he was spot on. And I believe that's why staff proposed increased setbacks above the standard R3 district required setbacks, which the Planning and Zoning Commission rejected. greater setbacks, particularly for homes as large as these, would preserve the focus on the ground mill and its companion buildings and surroundings. It's why I also always believed that squeezing two homes and what was and was always intended to be a single lot was inappropriate to the character of the district. having said all this while i will reluctantly vote in favor of the certificate of appropriateness tonight i do believe it's important for this context to be in the record as we no doubt will again in the future face similar issues and pressures so do any other of our board members have any comments if not may have a roll call vote please trustee manzo yes trustee martin YES. PRESIDENT HERMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. MOTION, EXCUSE ME, ORDINANCE G-1289, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF OPERA CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDED TITLE 4 CHAPTER 1 SECTION 8A TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF C-99 LICENSES BY ONE TO ONE FOR THE VILLAGE OF OPERA.

YOU SKIPPED ONE.

Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, thank you. Yes, it's ordinance S-1750, and then we're on to ordinance S-1751. In ordinance approving a certificate of appropriateness for the property located at 3715 Spring Road South, Oakbrook, Illinois, 60523, may I have a motion for the approval of ordinance S-1751? So moved.

Second.

I guess the same. Ditto. Apologies for skipping over it. I guess I was still hoping, thinking this was one lot. May I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes. Trustee Anos.

Yes. President Herman. Yes. Motion carries. Now we'll move on to the liquor ordinance. Ordinance G-1289, an ordinance amending the Village of Oprah Code of Ordinances as amended, Title IV, Chapter 1, Section 8A, to increase the number of C-99 licenses by one to one for the Village of Oprah, to increase the number of D-3 supplemental licenses by one to one for J. Alexander's Restaurant, and to increase the number of D-5 supplemental licenses by 1 to 41 for the purple pig village of oprah 600 oprah road j alexander's restaurant 1410 16th street to purple pig 15 oprah center we have a motion for the approval of ordinance g-1289 so moved is there a second okay the village currently holds a local c99 liquor license that authorizes the sale and service of alcoholic beverages at special events held on village owned property including events at the Oakbrook Library and community events such as the Taste of Oakbrook and Oakbrook's America 250 celebration. Although this license has been in use, it was inadvertently omitted from the authorized license classifications when the liquor code was revised. Jay Alexander's Restaurant currently holds an A1 and B1 liquor license and is requesting a supplemental D3 license which will permit the re-corking of partially consumed bottles of wine for patrons to take with them in accordance with Illinois law, and the Purple Pig has expanded its premises to include an outdoor patio and is requesting the supplemental D3 liquor license to authorize the sale and service of alcoholic beverages within that outdoor dining area. Is there any discussion? Clerk Scarpinitti, may I have a roll call vote, please?

Trustee Martin? Yes. Trustee Anos?

Yes.

Trustee Manzo? Yes. President Herman?

Yes. Motion carries. Next item on the agenda was resolution R-2379, a resolution authorizing and approving the award of a professional engineering services agreement to Nicholas and Associates Inc. for the Oport Public Library HVAC improvements project. Staff has requested to pull consideration of this item from this evening's agenda in order to obtain new bids. I have a motion to remove this item and authorize staff to obtain new bids.

SO MOVED. WHAT ITEM IS THIS?

IT'S REMOVING.

OH, OKAY.

YES. ANY DISCUSSION? CLERK SCARPINI, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

TRUSTEE ANOS.

YES.

TRUSTEE MANZO. YES. TRUSTEE MARTIN. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTIVE BUSINESS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE TRUSTEES TO INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESS THE PUBLIC. WE EACH HAVE TWO MINUTES. TRUSTEE ANOS, PLEASE BEGIN.

Yes, I'd like to thank everybody for all the work, the village staff that did all the work on the projects that we just passed tonight. And I want to, you know, hope everybody stops by the 9-11 Memorial Healing Fields because it's quite something to see. Thank you.

Thank you. Trustee Martin.

I don't have much to say. I hope everyone gets back to school well and wherever they're going. I know my kids are, my youngest son tonight said, I think I want to do some schoolwork. So I hope everybody out there does that. And I hope everyone has seen, I don't think we've talked about it here, but the RPM Raceway at the mall looks to be really exciting, interesting thing to do. So I'm excited to go try it out. Take a look.

Thank you. I'll race you.

Okay.

A couple things. First, yes, the healing fields, definitely make sure you get to see those. 9-12 is going to be America 250. Please, everybody attend. We will have a drone show. We will have fireworks. We will have food vendors. So please come and attend. I did want to address some of the questions. I thank everybody for coming out today, all the residents. I want to thank the staff for all the work that you put in. I also want to do a shout out to Village President Larry Herman, who had additional meetings himself with Oak Brook Club, with Ginger Creek, to add it to the process to answer questions. Thank you, Amazon, for working with us. The million dollars for the water main allows us to put that money elsewhere. in Oak Brook. It's terrific. They've worked with us. They've addressed our concerns. So I want to say thank you. Staff worked overtime on that deal. And I thank you for all your time and effort. A couple of things with the project on Spring Road. It wasn't ever changing. um it was the same project the only changes that really came the only relevant changes that came is there was gonna be a pathway to condos that was changed to condos in day one that was the change the stop signs was going to be traffic lights which is overkill even the stop signs might be overkill but what we did is we're going to start with stop signs if that's not sufficient we'll do a traffic study and see if we need the lights i'm certain we won't but i do want to remind everybody that when we were doing Oak Brook Commons, which is 250 units in a much more tight and confined space, everybody was screaming about the traffic, the traffic on McDonald's Drive, there's going to be lines, there's going to be major problems. That never happened. the traffic study that we got said there wouldn't be a problem and there wasn't they were talking about a traffic light on commerce and mcdonald's drive i'm so happy we didn't do it we don't even have a four-way stop there and it's working fine for us but i do want to thank everybody for participating but a special shout out to the staff who put in extra hours to get this done this is a fantastic fantastic development for the village of oak brook

Thank you. May I have a motion to adjourn the regular Board of Trustees meeting of August 11th, 2026 at 8.23 p.m. So moved.

Second.

Clerk Scappinini, roll call vote, please.

Trustee Anos.

Yes.

Trustee Manzo. Yes. Trustee Martin. Yes.

Meeting adjourned. Thank you.