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HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-20-2000 Public HearingPlainfield Village Board of Trustees March 20, 2000 7 PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC HEARING DATE: MARCH 20, 2000 AT: VILLAGE HALL BOARD PRESENT: R. ROCK, R. SMOLICH, S. CALABRESE, K. O'CONNELL, J. CHERRY, M. COLLINS, S. RATHBUN. OTHERS PRESENT: D. BENNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE T. L. BURGHARD, ADMINISTRATOR H. HAMILTON, ENGINEER S. JANIK, CLERK C. MINICK, FINANCE DIRECTOR J. DURBIN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT J. HARVEY, ATTORNEY A. PERSONS, PUBLIC WORKS L. VAUPEL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEIJER STORES. The Public Hearing was opened at 7:14 p.m. Planner Testin stated that the property is 49.48 acres located at the southeast comer of 135th Street and Route 59. The applicant desires to annex the property to the Village of Plainfield and rezone the subject property to B-3 Community Shopping Center District. The applicant is requesting 900 square feet for all signage (ground signage and wall signage) be allowed based on what is typically used on other Meijer developments. ~The Plan Commission has recommended approval of 975 parking spaces for the Meijer store based on the applicant stating that this was the number of spaces used at other stores and that those spaces that are removed (approximately 100 spaces) would be used for landscaped islands. Four policy issues have been identified: 1) The proposed agreement requests 8% interest for recapture, the current rate is 4%. 2) The applicant has a sales tax rebate section that includes a rebate up to $3,000,000 dollars or until June 1, 2016 (fifteen years). 3)Extends the time period for some of the variances and for the sales tax rebate based on should there be any litigation. 4) A section that is being requested for disconnection from the Village voiding the annexation and the annexation agreement. Daniel Bronson, attorney for Meijer spoke briefly about Meijer telling the Board that Meijer has about 40 departments-everything from grocers to housewares, small appliances, hardware sections, banks, cleaners and gas station. Jeff Middlebrook talked about several policy issues that have been identified. Told the Board that we are looking at a 2002 opening. He also clarified that no liquor would be sold out of the gas station only out of the main store. Plainfield Village Board of Trustees March 20, 2000 8 Mayor Rock has some policy questions with regard to Liquor License and hours of selling liquor. Janet Lindstrom, Pheasant Chase resident stated that she never anticipated that the land would be commercial. She hopes that they will keep down the blaring lights from the store and they are concerned about what will be in the outlots. Jay Damell, 23762 Douglas Drive, had concerns with regard to signage; sales tax rebates and would they be selling liquor at a separate checkout counter. Economic Development Director, Larry Vaupel told the Board that Meijer was targeted for recruitment because they have a history in other states of locating in smaller, more rural markets that other large retailers. They also will provide several retail options with the construction of their one store. The spin-off activity that will result from the construction of a Meijer store was also a key reason for targeting the store to Plainfield. Other retailers, restaurants, entertainment complexes, and service industries will be attracted to the Village because of the location of Jeijer. I anticipate the Plainfield store to have sales in excess of $65 million. The Village would receive 1% of sales back from the State in the form of sales tax, totaling about $650,000. Several issues were resolved. The Trustees were willing to reduce the number of parking spaces required for the store. They also agreed that the signs on the Meijer store could be larger than those generally allowed by the Village. The Trustees were agreeable to the tax break requested by Meijer as part of the annexation agreement. The agreement would give Meijer a $3 million sales tax rebate. Meijer would then have 15 years to collect the money at a rate of $300,000 a y~ar. There were'problems with the "Recapture" Agreement. Meijer wanted to increase the percentage that would be paid by other developers. The Village's recapture rate usually is 4 percent of the cost of the improvements. Meijer wants to raise that rate to 8 percent. There were questions with regard to a clause in the annexation agreement providing that if Meijer does not purchase the property at Rt. 59 and 135th Street, the sellers want the annexation to automatically be voided. There were no further public comments addressed at this hearing. The hearing closed at 7:43 p.m. /j 0 ~USAN JANIK, VI?L~AGE CLERK