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Village of Niles Economic Development and Neighborhood Economic Development and Neighborhood Renewal Commission Met Nov. 19.

Here is the minutes provided by the commission:

I. Call To Order/Roll Call 

The Niles Building and Zoning Committee meeting was called to order at 5:37 PM. 

EDNR Member Roll Call (Present=P/Absent=A) 

Chair	Denise McCreery	P
Ex-Officio Member	Andrew Przybylo	A
Member	Alan Zielinski	A
Member	Alberto De Cicco	A
Member	Alicia Bermes	P
Member	Iwona Filipiak	A
Member	Jacob Ehrensaft	A
Member	Janet Lee	P
Member	Joe Bialko	A
Member	John Harris	A
Member	Judy McNulty	P
Member	Laura Herlo	A
Member	Lizzy Kreindler	A
Member	Lynda Stoops	P
Member	Mike Shields	P
Member	Rich Mangold	P
Member	Stephen Costa	P
Member	Vicki Peake	A
Staff Member	Steven Vinezeano	P
Staff Member	Hadley Skeffington-Vos	P
Staff Member	John Melaniphy	P
Staff Member	Katie Schneider	P
Staff Member	Charles Ostman	P
Staff Member	Rich Wlodarski	P
Staff	Ana Elizarraga	P

II. Approval of Building & Zoning Committee minutes from the meeting on September 24, 2020.

Stephen Costa motioned to approve the meeting minutes for September 24, 2020. Chuck Ostman seconded.

AYES: 12 – Chairperson McCreery, Janet Lee, Mike Shields, Rich Mangold, Stephen Costa, Steven Vinezeano, John Melaniphy, Katie Schneider, Charles Ostman, Rich Wlodarski, Alicia Bermes, Judy McNulty

NAYS: 0

ABSTAIN: 0

Motion passed.

III. Public Comments

No public comments were submitted.

IV. Chairman’s comments- Denise McCreery

A. No Comments

V. Economic Development Director update- John Melaniphy

A. Small business recovery loan for restaurants

i. Small business recovery loan for restaurants went live on September 1 on the website. 

ii. 9 application were received, each restaurant requested maximum amount of $25,000 per restaurant

iii. Implementation will start after Thanksgiving.

VI. Commission Update

A. Subcommittee Review

a. Communication & Marketing (Katie Schneider, staff liaison) Alan Zielinski, Steven V., Mike Shields, Alicia Bermes, Judy McNulty

1. Communications & Marketing will set up a meeting before the next EDNR meeting.

2. Number of articles in Chicago Parent, Neighboring Parent Network, Realtor Contact List.

3. Design District is advertising in PACE Bus shelters – 15 shelters

4. Place Making Project – Planters in front of Businesses with Holiday arrangements in them by end of November.

5. Website is being used to provide COVID information, after COVID the website will be analyzed for a revamp.

6. Story maps on schools are available in the Village website.

7. Schneider will look into different avenues to drive traffic to the Village Website, and to look at website analytics of interest to the EDNR committee.

b. Business Attraction & Retention (John Melaniphy, staff liaison) John Melaniphy

1. Productive call with Sterling about Golf Mill concept plan.

2. Postal Service lease to be brought to the Village Board

3. Byline Bank in due diligence phase.

4. Marathon Gas Station purchase, remove USTs to be ‘shovel ready’

5. Starbucks continues to move forward with multi-tenant building subject to Village approvals

6. Zippy’s carwash is now open.

7. ED Director participated in ILCMA webinar to promote the Village, attended by over 80 municipal officials.

8. Phoenix Flame now open.

c. Neighborhood Renewal (Charles Ostman, staff liaison) Janet Lee, Rich Mangold, Laura H., Mike Shields

1. Subcommittee meeting held November 9 and November 12, 2020

2. Three strong ideas to consider derived from both meetings:

a. Public Space in Commercial Corridors that are adjacent to Neighborhoods having more greenery

b. Aesthetics of Vacant Lots

c. Bringing Niles together, Small Home-Based Business/Arts Fair, Parents Network to increase civic engagement.

d. Incentives (Rich Wlodarski, staff liaison)

9. Lynda Stoo Subcommittee meeting held November 11, 2020

10. Steve Costa proposed an idea for the Façade Program – To mirror Wheeling’s program where properties need to be in TIFs to take advantage of a Façade Program funded by TIF revenues.

VII. Call To Action

VIII. Announcements

A. Trustee McCreery thanked members for their hard work during subcommittee meetings. Subcommittees will continue to meet to fine tune ideas.

IX. Agenda Items for next EDNR Meeting

X. Next EDNR Commission meeting: January 21, 2021

XI. Adjournment

McNulty motioned to adjourn.

Shields seconded.

AYES: 12 – Chairperson McCreery, Janet Lee, Mike Shields, Rich Mangold, Stephen Costa, Steven Vinezeano, John Melaniphy, Katie Schneider, Charles Ostman, Rich Wlodarski, Alicia Bermes, Judy McNulty

NAYS: 0

ABSTAIN: 0

NAYS: 0

ABSTAIN: 0

Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m.

https://www.vniles.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11192020-2028