City of Evanston, IL Planning & Development Committee Meetings, 9 Dec 2013

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City of Evanston Planning & Development Committee Meeting - 12/09/2013

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To call the meeting to order, the first item on our agenda is approval of regular meeting minutes of November 25th 2013.

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Those in favor of approving minutes, please say aye.

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On next item is resolution: 71 r13 authorizing the city manager to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement for the main street transit oriented development study and plan mr. month, or would you like to enlighten us a little bit more if we need it Shirley.

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Mark munzer department director community development: this is an ongoing plan that needs an extension by three months. It's a plan for the main street station area, the area around the the CTA in the metro station, and it will provide the city with recommendations about how to connect those two stations and also make improvements to the streetscape to the park around the area addressing the market. That's there right now and it's did. The study is ongoing.

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We've had two public meetings, the consultants that all on board, but due to some staff turnover earlier this year there was a little gap and timing, so we need a three-month extension there's no extra cost to the city staff. Here, aldermen.

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Do we have a motion.

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Those in favor, please say aye all right all right now. We're going to move on to the next item: p, to approval of 2014, open communities, landlord-tenant program, grant the housing and homelessness commission and the staff recommend approval of a 35 thousand dollar grant to open communities to continue the evanston landlord-tenant program in 2013, the city of Evanston provided a grant of thirty thousand dollars, and this new grant would fund the continuation of services from January 1 through December 31 2014.

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Discussion autumn and rainy I.

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Don't have a question about the grant, but it raised the report that we received, which I thought was excellent.

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An issue should we not amend our landlord tenant ordinance to include source of income as a reason that you cannot deny housing, because in the past you could a landlord could say I'm, sorry, but you have about you. We can't approve you and that's a state law.

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But this is where we do. The rules shall.

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We ask the staff, would you like to say something: Marilyn I'd.

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Like to ask grant, for our I mean it seemed what to me that it's a legal issue all.

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Right we'll ask mr. Farrar chair.

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When members of the committee grand for our corporation counsel, we will certainly look into that I believe I know what you're speaking to I believe that there was some recent legislation that spoke to this issue. So staff will vet the topic appropriately and, if necessary, we can go ahead and treat that as the reference right now and get working on it right.

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I'll make that reference and what it is is that if you all remember on the council several years ago, I think it was that proposed that source of income not be a barrier in renting housing, and we had an outcry of this room was jam-packed with landlords saying you can't do that to us, and so now you know it became a state issue and there is a statute. Now that says you may not discriminate based on the source of income. Alleman.

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Homes, I am glad you're bringing that up, because I I've had a couple of complaints since the past, and people are aware that folk are still refusing section a folk. And so we need to do something to.

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Help you rub them to open yeah well,.

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We do that, but I mean still as much education as can be done to the landlords to help them to understand that they just can't do that.

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Right here we're.

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Supposed to have the names of all landlords, or at least managers people who own rental buildings through our registration program. So perhaps we could spend a little money and send a notice out reminding people of the ordinance itself. And then the amendment through were about to me. Yes,.

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I see staff making note of that right now. Alderman raining.

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Right, it's been moved and, second, all those in favor, please say aye aye. All right motion carries final item. Is p3 ordinance, 123 Oh 13, granting major zoning relief to establish open parking in the front yard of 1912 livingston street. The ZBA and staff recommend approval to allow one open parking space in the front yard at 1912, livingston street.

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Discussion, do we need any information from the staff right? This is for introduction tonight. Yes,.

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Unanimous I think.

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I X I think it was five to one. Was it? What yeah approve.

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Ok, all those in favor. This is for instruction, so we do have to take a look. Others.

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Favor, please say aye aye any opposed. Okay, all right and with that we have finished our agenda. Do I have a motion to adjourn all in favor all right. The council will start in few minutes 10 minutes. Thank you all.