WAIVERS? What waivers?
On Sept 2, 2014, Lisle Watchdog submitted a FOIA to the Village of Lisle for ALL of the application materials for the proposed downtown apartment complex submitted by Marquette. We specifically listed any and all reports and supplemental materials. A lot of code-required reports and studies were not submitted. See Below.
The Village did not provide a copy of any record submitted by Marquette seeking WAIVERS of application requirements - Not one single record: no email, no memo, no letter.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Elevations. Missing North elevation. Note the use of stucco (drivit) and hardy board siding. Three stories of brick maximum (this would be a clue that the construction may be wood frame above the second floor)
Preliminary Final Engineering Plans - existing conditions plan, utility plan, demo plan and grading plan. preliminary drawings dated 8/08/14.
Overall Plan - PUD landscape plans dated 8/08/14.
Final PUD - final PUD plat documents extent of vacation of public street and notably omits height of each proposed building,
Project Data
Preliminary Plat
Plat of Vacation
Boundary Topographic Survey
Public Hearing Application - application was submitted on 8/11/2014
** Findings of Fact **- This is an important document and the project cannot be approved without it.
Developer asserts, without factual evidence, that this project is necessary for the public convenience at this location. The developer asserts that the proposed project is "mixed-use" when only a nominal 5% of the proposed built square footage is dedicated for retail use; the remaining 95+% is for 206 apartments and apartment parking. This is not a mixed-use building. Developer asserts that the addition of one new restaurant at this location will turn downtown Lisle into a restaurant destination. It was not a restaurant destination when Vini's and Del Debbio's were still open, so why will one new restaurant change it? The developer would like us to believe that the 95% apartment use is "secondary" to the 5% retail use of the proposed complex. The developer wants us to believe that this is an "urban setting"...
The entire document is a real stretch to say the least.
FOIA Response Sept 9, 2014 - Note all the missing items from the PUD application.
Letter of Intent Feb 17, 2014 Village would not release the letter of intent until Sept 10. It expired 90 days after it was signed.
FOIA Denial Feb 18, 2014 Village denial of FOIA for copy of the letter of intent. This is when the village set the price of the property. All the closed meetings after this time called under the guise of "setting the price for sale of real property" were probably Open Meeting violations.
Purchase Contract - not submitted with application
Traffic Impact Study - not submitted with application
Kane DuPage Soil & Water Conservation Opinion - not submitted with application
Market Study - not submitted with application
School Impact Study - not submitted with application
Tax Impact Study - not submitted with application
Environmental Impact Study - not submitted with application