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Village of Wilmette Appearance Review Commission met June 5.

Here is the minutes provided by the Commission:

Members Present: William Bradford, Chairman

Nada Andric

Daniel Elkins

Mason Miller

Craig Phillips

Carrie Woleben-Meade

Members Absent: None

Guests: James Waite, 1618 Sheridan Road

Dan Carpenter, 921 Oxford Lane

Staff Present: Lucas Sivertsen, Business Development Coordinator

I. Call to Order

Chairman Bradford called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

II. Approval of Minutes; Appearance Review Commission Meeting of May 1, 2017.

Ms. Woleben-Meade moved to approve the May 1, 2017 meeting minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Phillips. Voting yes: Chairman Bradford and Commissioners Andric, Elkins, Miller, Phillips, Woleben-Meade. Voting no: none. The motion carried.

III. Consent Agenda

Mr. Elkins moved to grant an Appearance Review Certificate for Case 2017-AR-14, 811- 813 Ridge Road, Kerrigan Plumbing, Awning. The motion was seconded by Mr. Phillips. Voting yes: Chairman Bradford and Commissioners Andric, Elkins, Miller, Phillips, Woleben-Meade. Voting no: none. The motion carried.

IV. Cases

2017-AR-15 2716 Old Glenview Road

Wilmette Baseball Association Appearance Review Certificate

Mr. Sivertsen called Case 2017-AR-15, 2716 Old Glenview Road, Wilmette Baseball Association for an Appearance Review Certificate to install a new fence along the north and east perimeters of the property.

Mr. Dan Carpenter introduced himself as the director of Roemer Park and Board member of the Wilmette Baseball Association. He said the neighboring properties had fencing, however, there has always been some misunderstanding as to who was supposed to maintain the various fencing, so the park decided they would just install their own. The fence would parallel fencing of neighboring properties. They will not be removing any fencing, but the neighbors may decide to remove their own fence after the park installs its own fence.

Mr. Bradford asked what style of fencing would be installed.

Mr. Carpenter said they are proposing a double sided fence so that both the park and neighbors will have a finished look.

Mr. Bradford asked if the fence would be stained.

Mr. Carpenter said the fence would not be stained and would naturally weather.

Mr. Phillips moved to approve Case 2017-AR-15, 2716 Old Glenview Road, for an Appearance Review Certificate to install a new fence as submitted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Miller. Voting yes: Chairman Bradford and Commissioners Andric, Elkins, Miller, Phillips, Woleben-Meade. Voting no: none. The motion carried.

2017-AR-16 1618 Sheridan Road

1618 Sheridan Road Appearance Review Certificate

Mr. Sivertsen called Case 2017-AR-16, 1618 Sheridan Road, for an Appearance Review Certificate to install a fence.

Mr. James Waite introduced himself as the President of the condominium association. He said there’s no protection on top of the concrete retaining wall to prevent someone from falling over. They are proposing to install a white metal fence to match the existing fence already install along the property line. It will be 42 inches in height and will stop six feet from the sidewalk so as to not obstruct the view of motorists as they approach the sidewalk and street.

Mr. Elkins said he doesn’t have an issue aesthetically, but if the point of the fence is to serve as a guardrail the spacing of the pickets should be reduced so that it is consistent with code requirements. The code says a 4 inch sphere should not be able to pass through so he would suggest narrowing the spacing from 5 inches to 4 inches.

Mr. Waite said he didn’t think it would affect the price of the fence that much.

Mr. Elkins moved to approve Case 2017-AR-16, 1618 Sheridan Road, for an Appearance Review Certificate to install a fence on top of an existing retaining wall with the condition that the vertical pickets will be spaced so that nothing larger than a four inch sphere can pass through the opening per code. The motion was seconded by Ms. Woleben-Meade. Voting yes: Chairman Bradford and Commissioners Andric, Elkins, Miller, Phillips, Woleben-Meade. Voting no: none. The motion carried.

V. Public Comment

There were no additional public comments.

VI. New Business

Mr. Sivertsen said St. Francis Xavier was currently on the July 10 Appearance Review Commission agenda. The will be going to the Zoning Board on July 5.

VII. Adjournment

At 7:47 p.m., Mr. Elkins moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. Phillips. Voting yes: Chairman Bradford and Commissioners Andric, Elkins, Miller, Phillips, Woleben-Meade. Voting no: none. The motion carried.

http://www.wilmette.com/download/agendas_and_minutes/arc/minutes/2017/ARC-06-05-2017-Minutes.pdf