Riverwalk Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2024-03-13

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Riverwalk Commission

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 7:30 AM NEU




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. PROJECT UPDATES:

E. OLD BUSINESS:

F. NEW BUSINESS:

 1. Fine Art and Fine Crafts Fair Request for Use of Jaycee Park - Jeff Friant

 24-0260 Approve the request to use Naperville Jaycee Park for the Fine
 Arts and Fine Crafts Fair on Water Street on Sunday, July 14,
 2024

 2. Annual Riverwalk Asset Management Plan Walk - Jeff Friant

 24-0292 Select a date for the annual Riverwalk Asset Management Plan
 walk of the Naperville Riverwalk

G. REPORTS:

 1. Approval of Minutes - Jeff Friant for Pat Kennedy

 24-0306 Approve minutes from the February 14, 2024 Riverwalk
 Commission meeting

 2. Chairman - Jeff Friant for Pat Kennedy

 3. Finance - Jeff Friant for Bill Novack

 4. Park District - Tiffani Picco




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 24-0307 Receive the monthly Park District report


 5. Riverwalk Foundation - John Cuff

 6. Riverwalk Bicentennial Fund - John Joseph

 7. Donor Recognition - Rebecca DeLarme

 24-0308 Receive the monthly Donor Recognition report

 8. Planning, Design, and Construction - Jeff Friant

 24-0310 Receive the March 5, 2024 Riverwalk Planning, Design and
 Construction Committee draft meeting minutes

H. MEETING SCHEDULE:
 Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, April 2, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Commission, April 10, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 **Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, April 30, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Commission, May 8, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL


I. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every
 effort will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes

 Riverwalk Commission


Wednesday, March 13, 2024 7:30 AM NEU


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Riverwalk Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) Committee
 Chairman Friant called the March 13, 2024 Naperville Riverwalk
 Commission meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. The meeting was held in the
 Naperville Employee University (NEU) at the Naperville Municipal Center
 located at 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL.

B. ROLL CALL:

 Present: Pam Bartlett (arrived 7:31 a.m.); John Cuff; Jeff Friant; Mary
 Gibson; Ian Holzhauer; John Joseph; Tiffani Picco; Sennah Rashidian;
 Johnna Shields; and Mike Sullivan

 Absent: Jan Erickson; Pat Kennedy, Chairman; Ryan Mohammadian;
 Bill Novack; and Carl Wohlt

 Also Present: Jesus Cortez, NCTV; Rebecca DeLarme, City staff; Brian
 Dusak, ERA; Rick Hitchcock, former Riverwalk Commission Chairman;
 Peggy Motta, Naperville Park District; Deborah Newman, Deborah
 Newman Marketing/Communications; and Stephanie Penick, Naperville
 Riverwalk Foundation

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 There were no public comments.

D. PROJECT UPDATES:

 There were no project updates.

E. OLD BUSINESS:

 There was no old business to discuss.

F. NEW BUSINESS:

 1. Fine Art and Fine Crafts Fair Request for Use of Jaycees Park - Jeff Friant


 Approve the request to use Naperville Jaycee Park for the Fine Arts and Fine
 Crafts Fair on Water Street on Sunday, July 14, 2024
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 Attachments: Request to use Naperville Jaycee Park for the Fine Arts and Fine
 Crafts Fair

 Friant discussed the request for use of the Naperville Jaycees Park for
 the Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Fair on Water Street that will be hosted by
 Marquette Companies/Water Street on July 14, 2024. This information
 was included in the agenda packet.

 The event is scheduled for Sunday, July 14, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to
 5:00 p.m. The organizers are requesting permission to utilize the
 Naperville Jaycees Park for vendors. Deborah Newman was in
 attendance representing Marquette Companies and advised that this
 was the first year for this event, which would include twenty to thirty
 vendors, and that it was exclusive to Water Street. Due to fire lane
 restrictions, they can only use one side of Water Street for vendor
 booths.

 A motion to approve use of the Naperville Jaycees Park for the Fine Arts
 and Fine Crafts Fair on July 14, 2024 was made by Cuff and seconded
 by Joseph. MOTION CARRIED
 2. Annual Riverwalk Asset Management Plan (AMP) Walk - Jeff Friant


 Select a date for the annual Riverwalk Asset Management Plan walk of the
 Naperville Riverwalk
 Friant discussed the three dates proposed by Picco for this year’s AMP
 Walk, included in the agenda packet. Cuff inquired if this could be done
 in one day with Picco noting that we could look at doing it in two days,
 using Eagle Street as the break. The focus would then be on the west
 side of Eagle Street for the first walk, and the east side for the latter,
 which could be scheduled into May. April 23rd and 24th worked best for
 three to four of the members present. Friant stated the final date would
 be communicated to the group at a later time.

G. REPORTS:

 1. Approval of Minutes - Jeff Friant for Pat Kennedy


 Approve minutes from the February 14, 2024 Riverwalk Commission meeting
 Attachments: 24RWCMinutes0214

 A motion to approve the February 14, 2024 Riverwalk Commission
 meeting minutes was made by Shields and seconded by Sullivan.
 MOTION CARRIED with Joseph abstaining
 2. Chairman - Jeff Friant for Pat Kennedy

 There was no Chairman’s Report.

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 3. Finance - Jeff Friant for Bill Novack

 There was no Finance report.

 4. Park District - Tiffani Picco


 Receive the monthly Park District report
 Attachments: 24ParkDistrictMemo0313

 Picco reported on highlights from the monthly Park District report
 included in the agenda packet. Staff has been pressure washing stone
 walls along the Riverwalk. They started in Section 5, on the walls
 behind the benches around the fountain, completed the Free Speech
 Pavilion and the Amphitheater, and are now focusing on the Centennial
 Beach area.

 Picco noted that the contractor began work today removing the three
 cottonwood trees near the covered bridge and behind the Burger King
 on Washington Street that was discussed in detail at last month’s
 meeting.
 5. Riverwalk Foundation - John Cuff

 There was no report.

 6. Riverwalk Bicentennial Fund - John Joseph

 Joseph reported that they continue to make good progress and that the
 Riverwalk Bicentennial Fund’s website has been launched
 (riverwalk2031fund.org) and social media about the campaign should
 begin within six weeks.
 7. Donor Recognition - Rebecca DeLarme


 Receive the monthly Donor Recognition report

 DeLarme reviewed the Riverwalk Commission Donor Recognition report
 included in the agenda packet. The Spring 2024 Legacy Gift Order
 deadline is March 15, 2024. One additional brick was sold after the
 report was distributed so the current order consists of seven 4” x 8” and
 six 8” x 8” commemorative bricks.
 8. Planning, Design, and Construction - Jeff Friant


 Receive the March 5, 2024 Riverwalk Planning, Design and Construction
 Committee draft meeting minutes
 Attachments: 24PDCMinutes0305Draft



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 Friant provided an overview of the previous week’s PDC Committee
 meeting, noting that the majority of discussion was focused on Riverwalk
 accessibility and possible bench locations on the low-flow walkway
 adjacent to Phase I of the Riverwalk, per the Community Mobility
 Assessment that was provided by an Occupational Therapy class from
 North Central College last fall. A few spaces were suggested where the
 benches may fit. Friant added that they plan to engage Mary Hamill with
 the Accessible Community Task Force and that Picco and staff will be
 measuring the suggested areas with an existing bench. Further
 discussion on this topic will be held at the next PDC Committee meeting
 on April 2nd.

 Hitchcock inquired about the status of the bidding process for the Eagle
 Street Gateway project and progress on the South Gateway project.
 Dusak reported that the bid for the Eagle Street Gateway project was
 posted on March 8th and due on March 28th. He reported that they
 were starting into final engineering for the South Gateway project and
 finalizing the concepts and design for the Hillside Gateway. This is
 anticipated to continue throughout this year, with bidding and
 construction taking place next year.

H. MEETING SCHEDULE:

 Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, April 2, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Commission, April 10, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 **Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, April 30, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Commission, May 8, 2024, 7:30 a.m.
 Municipal Center NEU, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

I. ADJOURNMENT:

 A motion to adjourn was made by Shields and seconded by Picco. The
 meeting was adjourned at 7:45 a.m. MOTION CARRIED

 Respectfully submitted by
 Rebecca DeLarme, City Staff




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