Community Development Committee

Meeting date: 
Monday, January 25, 2016
 
DRAFT MINUTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                          6:00 PM Monday, January 25, 2016
 
Minutes of a regular meeting of the Community Development Committee of the City of O'Fallon, held at the Public Safety Building, 285 N. Seven Hills Road, O’Fallon, Illinois.
 
CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 PM
 
I)Roll Call – Committee members: Jerry Albrecht, Gene McCoskey, Ray Holden, Harlan Gerrish and David Cozad. Other Elected Officials Present: Herb Roach, Matt Smallheer, Kevin Hagarty, Richie Meile, Robert Kueker, Mike Bennett and Ned Drolet. Staff: Walter Denton, Pam Funk, Ted Shekell, Jim Cavins, Grant Litteken and Justin Randall. Visitors: Vern Malare, Ron Zelms, Lance Johnson, Marc Bacchetti and Dennnis Wagner.
II)Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting – All ayes.  Motion carried.
  1. Items Requiring Council Action
    1. Skyline Community Church – Planned Use (1st Reading) – Justin Randall provided an overview of the request for a planned use for Skyline Community Church at 870 Milburn School Road.  Randall presented information on the access, parking and utilities for the site.  The committee discussed the potential new church and asked if the church was designed to be expanded in the future.  Lance Johnson of Skyline Community Church informed the committee that the building was designed for future expansion.  The committee discussed the planned use and recommended the planned use, subject to the conditions stated in the staff report for approval with a vote of 5-ayes to 0-nays.
  2. Other Business
    1. Special Event Permits – Discussion Item – Justin Randall provided an overview of a process underway to reduce the confusion for applicants applying for a special event permit.  Randall informed the committee that Community Development, Parks and Police were all working to create a concise and consistent application and costs associated with using City services.  Randall also discussed the use of certain streets being used for 5K runs and safety concerns and other streets that have to have police assistance when being used and assigning a cost to cover the Police support required when using certain roads.  Finally, Randall discussed the Special Events that the City Council had seen multiple times over the years and allowing staff to handle those events administratively.  Staff would notify the Council of the upcoming events and if any member of the Council had an issue with the event, they could request the Council hear the event.  Additionally, any new event would come before the Council if it required Council approval.  It was recommended that the Council review the new event application for two years prior to the staff having the ability to approve the event administratively. Randall indicated staff would begin working on language for the Committee to review sometime in February.
      MEETING ADJOURNED: 6:25 PM

      NEXT MEETING: February 8, 2016 – Public Safety Building
       
      Prepared by:  Justin Randall, Senior City Planner