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MINUTES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
2nd Floor Conference Room, Village Hall
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
8:00 a.m.
The meeting of the Economic Development Commission (EDe) ofthe Village of Mount Prospect was held on
Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in the second floor conference room of Village Hall, 100 South Emerson Street,
Mount Prospect, Illinois.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Norm Kurtz called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. Commissioners Bruce Gillilan, David
Lindgren, Ben Trapani and Tom Zander were present. Commissioner John Arndt and Pat Biedar were absent
Also present were Mayor Skip Farley, Bill Cooney, Director of Community Development, Mike Jacobs,
Deputy Director of Community Development, amd Jim Uszler, Executive Director of the Chamber of
Commerce. .
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the April 1, 2004 meeting were approved unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS
Status Update
Mr. Cooney provided a brief overview of the status of several projects around the Village. He updated the
Committee on Costco, Buffalo Wild Wings, Panera Bread, Culver's Restaurant and other developments
throughout town. In addition, Mr. Cooney indicated that The Comer Bakery would be closing its doors on
Wednesday due to lack of sales at this location. There was general discussion regarding the reasons for The
Comer Bakery closing its doors and the Committee strongly encouraged staffto locate anotherrestaurant use in
The Comer Bakery location.
Downtown Development
Mr. Kurtz indicated that he had requested today's meeting in order to allow the Economic Development
Committee to discuss various components at the downtown plan prior to tonight's Village Board meeting. He
stated that he was concerned with the apparent lack of urgency by the Village Board to pursue the
redevelopment of sub-area #1. He asked Mr. Trapani to give a brief summa..ry of his development proposal so
that the Committee would have an understanding ofthe concept. Mr. Trapani displayed a site plan that showed
the complete redevelopment of sub-area # 1. He stated that he thought it was necessary to incorporate the entire
area in order to create a more vibrant location along Rte. 83 and Northwest Highway. The Committee
discussed Mr. Trapani's concept at length and generally concurred that this was a preferred concept and would
be more beneficial for the overall redevelopment of the downtown area.
Mr. Kurtz asked if any of the EDC members would be available for this evening's meeting to ensure that the
EDC's viewpoints were presented to the Village Board. Several members indicated they would be available.
Mr. Zander agreed to represent the Committee by reading the EDC's statement to the Village Board. Mr.
Kurtz indicated that he would try to draft some language for Mr. Zander for the meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
There was no Chairman's report.
Economic Development Commission
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Minutes
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ADJO1JRNMENT
The Committee agreed to have their next meeting on July 1, 2004. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 a.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
William J. Cooney, Jr., AICP
Director of Community Development