There were four visitors who spoke at the Park Baord Meeting. Complete meeting minutes fromt he meeting are attached below.
Stormwater Subcommittee Report
· The Park District approached the City to hold a subcommittee meeting on Monday, June 22 in attempts to progress further with stormwater management plans.
· At the meeting, the subcommittee discussed the lack of property options to replace Golden Meadows Park and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' (IDNR) restrictions in allowing the conversion of the land to stormwater detention. The Park District is waiting for the City to provide required information to pass on to IDNR. The subcommittee provided a historical background on how the City's maintenance garage is part of the original agreement for the City's fire station lease extension of York Commons Park. The Park District's lease to the garage was not extended for the same period. The meeting clarified the reasoning behind the Park District's interest to extend the lease to the maintenance garage to City staff.
· Executive Director Rogers stated that the City is preparing a revised consideration as it relates to the garage. A meeting was scheduled tentatively for July 9. Mayor Morley requested the subcommittee meet every two weeks, meetings be made open to the public, and moved to the City's council chambers.
Board President Ubriaco stated that the City originally asked for overhead flooding relief for 50 to 100-year rain events, but when the Park Board learned that the City's stormwater sewers could only accommodate a 5-year event, it offered the City York Commons Park space to build a detention basin for everyday water. To date, the park district has done all it can in aiding to improve stormwater management.
