Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Monday, November 24, 2025
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About this meeting

Government Body
Planning Commission
Meeting Type
Planning Commission
Location
Ottawa, IL
Meeting Date
November 24, 2025

Transcript

7 sections (from 42 segments)

0:00 – 0:290

would say, "Hey, do you want this to him?" Like I said, he was supposed to have built that one on the south side about 10 years ago. And uh it was opposition and I think he just backed out. Sure. Your mic's off. Yeah. [cough and clears throat] But uh yeah. Well, like I said, it need it needed that that that they needed a fast food restaurant like that back 45 years ago when they built that mall.

5:31 – 6:150

Um she was at the uh meeting a month now, three weeks ago and they said that they are going to break ground in up by CBS. It'd be smart to stay in that. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, we have to get going because uh Yep. All right. We have we have a quorum. So, um, calling the, uh, uh, meeting of the plan commission Monday, November 24th, 2025. It's, uh, 6 o'clock is. Yep. 6 o'clock. Um, anyway, I want to, uh, call Ro. Um, Farball, not here. Zesto here. Here. Uh, Burns here, right? Yeah. Yeah, you're here. And Stone's here. Reit not here. Hugh's not here. And Mango

6:15 – 6:520

here. Here's here. Okay. We have a quorum. Oh, I'm sorry. Vulker not here. Um, we have a quorum. So, uh, uh, we have the approval of the minutes and, um, did everybody get a chance to read the, uh, the minutes as, uh, Doug submitted. Motion to approve. Yeah. Take a motion to serve. Um, Debbie, uh, do we have a second? I'll second. Okay, sounds good. Pete will second. And, uh, uh, any discussion? No. Uh those who approve say I I.

6:49 – 7:280

Those who oppose say no. Eyes have it. Minutes are approved. All right. Uh we have one item, new business. It's a public hearing to consider conditional request from James Bo and McDonald's USA LLC for a drive-thru in the C3 zone. C3 zoning district located at the southwest corner of McKinley Road and um First Avenue. First Avenue. Yeah. I uh I wanted to make sure of that. And then um um we're going to go ahead and uh open the um uh public hearing, but as Doug mentioned, we're going to continue it to the next meeting, which is December 22nd.

7:26 – 8:100

Just Yeah, just real quick on that. So, um the applicant submitted a traffic study to the city on Friday. Um this we basically what we need to do is still coordinate with uh Illinois Department of Transportation about access on Illinois 23 and just act generally traffic circulation around the site. So that's why we're continuing it till December. Okay, sounds great. Um All right. Now, do we need to do a vote on the continue? So yeah, so someone needs to make a motion to continue it to December 22nd. Okay, so I need a motion to continue to December 22nd. I will make a motion. We uh carry the public hearing to December 22nd. Okay. Pete has motion. Do I have a second? Second.

8:09 – 8:540

Go ahead. Kirks and uh Okay. Um any other Do I have to close out? No. Keep it open and then just take All right. It's one of the first times I done this. Uh okay. Those who say uh those who approve say I I. Those who oppose say no. Okay. Eyes have it. Motion carried. It'll be continued on December 22nd at our next uh regular scheduled planning commission meeting. I need a motion to adjurnn. Okay, Debbie. Second. I'll second. Okay, Pete. And uh record. Thanks, guys. Boy, that was cool. [laughter] Why did we do the do it this way instead of just because then we'd have to republish and they'd have to resend out all the Yeah, makes sense.

8:520

Yeah, cuz the time I was going to ask the same question, Debbie. Oh, okay. [laughter] That's not my funky.

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