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CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS
City Council
Monday, March 14, 2022
Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, James C. Lytle City Council Chambers, Room 2800
6:00 PM
Absent:
Item Item Description Motion Disposition
SP1. ARPA Plan and Workforce Development
Updates
For Action: Accept and Place on File Item Approved 9-0
A1. Approval of the City of Evanston Payroll, Bills
List, and Credit Card Activity
Staff recommends City Council approval of the City
of Evanston Payroll for the period of February 14,
2022, through February 27, 2022, in the amount of
$2,692,312.48. Bills List for March 15, 2022, in the
amount of $3,460,958.11, and credit card activity
for the period ending January 26, 2021, in the
amount of $181,142.19.
Item Approved 5-4
(Councilmembers
Reid, Geracaris,
Kelly, and Suffredin,
voted No)
A2. Approval of BMO Harris Amazon Credit Card
Activity
Staff recommends approval of the City of
Evanston’s BMO Harris Amazon Credit Card
Item Approved 8-0-1
Activity for the period ending January 26, 2022, in
the amount of $11,459.84.
(Councilmember
Suffredin Abstains)
A3. Approval of Contract with Drexwood Partners
LLC for Lobbyist Services (RFQ 21-44)
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the
Interim City Manager to execute a contract with
Drexwood Partners LLC ( 1100 N Lake Shore Dr) to
act as the City’s lobbyist (RFQ 21-44) in the not-to-
exceed amount of $70,000. The contract term,
corresponding to the convening and adjourning of
the Illinois legislative session, is for fourteen months
(March 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023), with the option a
one-year time extension.
Item Held Until The
March 28 City
Council Meeting
A4. Contract Extension with SAFEbuilt for
Supplemental Inspection and Plan Review
Services
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the
City Manager to execute a one year extension to
the agreement in a not to exceed amount for
$100,000 with SAFEbuilt for building permit and
inspection services from April 1, 2022 through
March 31, 2023.
Item Approved 9-0
A5. Approval of Contract with Insituform
Technologies USA, LLC for 2022 CIPP
Sewer Rehabilitation – Contract A (Bid No.
22-15)
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the
City Manager to execute an agreement with
Insituform Technologies USA, LLC (17988 Edison
Avenue, Chesterfield, MO 63005) for 2022 CIPP
Sewer Rehabilitation – Contract A (Bid No. 22-15)
in the amount of $913,838.20.
Approved on
Consent Agenda
A6. Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the
Contract with Garland/DBS, Inc. for the Civic
Center Gutter Assessment and Repairs
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize
the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 1 to
the contract with Garland/DBS, Inc. (3800 E. 91st
Street, Cleveland, OH 44105) for the Civic Center
Roof and Gutter Assessment and Repairs. This
change order does not increase the cost but will
extend the contract by 181 calendar days,
Item Approved 9-0
modifying the contract completion date from
December 31, 2021, to June 30, 2022.
A7. Approval of 2022 Special Events Staff recommends approval of the 2022 special
events contingent upon compliance with all
requirements set forth by the Special Event Policy &
Guidelines. This year’s calendar includes nine new
events.
Approved on
Consent Agenda
A8. Resolution 20-R-22, Authorizing the City
Clerk to Sign an Illinois Department of
Transportation Resolution for Improvement
Under the Illinois Highway Code for patching
Various Evanston Streets in the amount of
$250,000
Staff recommends City Council adoption of
Resolution 20-R-22, Authorizing the City Clerk to
Sign an Illinois Department of Transportation
Resolution for Improvement Under the Illinois
Highway Code for patching Various Evanston
Streets in the amount of $250,000.
Approved on
Consent Agenda
A9. Ordinance 13-O-22, Authorizing the Sale of
Aging Surplus Fleet Vehicles and Equipment
Owned by the City of Evanston
(GovDeals.com and Americas Auto Auction)
Staff recommends that City Council adopt
Ordinance 13-O-22, Authorizing the Sale of Aging
Surplus Fleet Vehicles and Equipment Owned by
the City of Evanston (GovDeals.com and Americas
Auto Auction). This ordinance allows the City
Manager to offer the sale of vehicles owned by the
City through public online auction.
Approved on
Consent Agenda
A10. Ordinance 14-O-22, Amending City Code 8-
4-9-2 “Franchise” and Adding Title 8,
Chapter 26 “Franchise Haulers”
Staff recommends City Council adoption of
Ordinance 14-O-22, Amending City Code 8-4-9-2
“Franchise” and Adding Title 8, Chapter 26
“Franchise Haulers”.
Approved on
Consent Agenda
P1. Ordinance 17-O-22, Text Amendments to the
Zoning Ordinance related to ground-floor
Office uses in non-residential and non-
university districts
1. The Land Use Commission and staff
recommend adoption of Ordinance 17-O-22,
a staff-initiated text amendment to the
Zoning Ordinance to modify the extra parking
requirement for Medical Office Uses in
Approved on
Consent Agenda
existing structures, and to change ground-
floor permitted Office Uses in certain non-
residential and non-university districts to
Administrative Review Uses. The proposed
text amendment meets the Standards for
Approval for Amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance.
P2. Ordinance 18-O-22, Approving a Major
Variation Pursuant to City Code 6-3-8-10(D)
for the Property Located at 1706-10
Sherman Avenue
The Land Use Commission and staff recommend
the adoption of Ordinance 18-O-22 to grant a Major
Variation to allow 18 parking stalls (where two are
on-site and 16 are off-site) where 28 are required in
the D2 Downtown Retail Core District. The
applicant has complied with all zoning requirements
and meets all of the Standards for Variations for this
district.
Approved on
Consent Agenda
P3. Ordinance 15-O-22, Amending the Zoning
Map to Rezone 1732-34, -40 Orrington
Avenue from the D2 Downtown Retail Core
District to the D3 Downtown Core
Development District and Granting a Special
Use for a New Ten-Story Mixed Use Planned
Development at 1732-34, -40
Orrington Avenue
The Land Use Commission and staff recommend
adoption of Ordinance 15-O-22, which amends the
Zoning Map from the D2 Downtown Retail Core
District to the D3 Downtown Core Development
District and also grants approval of a Special Use
for a Planned Development for a new ten-story,
mixed-use building, at the property located at 1732 -
34, -40 Orrington Avenue.
The proposal includes the following Site
Development Allowances:
1. a FAR of 7.0 where 4.5 is permitted and up
to 8.0 can be requested;
2. a ziggurat setback of 6.4 feet to 11 feet
where a minimum of 40 feet is required at
the building height of 32 feet along Orrington
Avenue;
3. a height of 149.5 feet where 85 feet is
Approved on
Consent Agenda
allowed and up to 170 feet can be requested,
and
4. 35 on-site parking stalls where a minimum of
213 is required.
H1. Resolution 17-R-22 Approval of an Honorary
Street Name Sign Designation
The Human Services Committee and staff
recommends the adoption of Resolution 17-R-22,
designating the portion of McDaniel Avenue
between Nathaniel St. and Greenleaf St. with the
Honorary Street Name Sign, “William Bill Logan Jr.
Way.”
Item Held Until The
March 28 City
Council Meeting