Riverwalk Planning, Design and Construction Committee  — Naperville, IL
Date: 2020-01-07

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



 Meeting Agenda

 Riverwalk Planning, Design and Construction Committee

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 7:30 AM Municipal Center Lunchroom




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

 1. Approval of Minutes - Pat Kennedy

 20-015 Approve minutes from the December 3, 2019 Riverwalk Planning,
 Design and Construction Committee meeting.

 2. Park District - Tiffani Picco for Chuck Papanos

 3. Riverwalk Master Plan - Pat Kennedy

 4. Moser Tower Assessment - Bill Novack


E. NEW BUSINESS:

F. MEETING SCHEDULE:
 Riverwalk Commission, January 8, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, February 4, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Commission, March 11, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 **Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, March 31, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL




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G. 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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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




 Meeting Minutes

 Tuesday, January 7, 2020

 7:30 AM



 Municipal Center Lunchroom



Riverwalk Planning, Design and Construction
 Committee
Riverwalk Planning, Design and Meeting Minutes January 7, 2020
Construction Committee


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Planning, Design & Construction Committee (PDC) Chairman Kennedy
 called the January 7, 2020 Naperville Riverwalk PDC meeting to order at
 7:31 a.m. The meeting was held in the lunchroom of the Naperville
 Municipal Center located at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, Illinois.


B. ROLL CALL:

 Present: John Cuff; Jeff Friant; Pat Kennedy, PD&C Committee Chairman;
 Amsal Khimani, Student Commissioner; Debra Lellbach; Bill Novack; and
 Geoff Roehll, Riverwalk Commission Chairman

 Absent: Valla Aguilar, Pam Bartlett, Judy Brodhead and Bobby Carlsen,
 John Joseph and Chuck Papanos

 Also Present: Brian Dusak, ERA; Dick Galitz, Former Riverwalk
 Commissioner; Monica Goshorn-Maroney, GRWA; Rick Hitchcock, Former
 Riverwalk Commission Chairman; Noor Khimani, resident; Stephanie
 Penick, Riverwalk Foundation; Tiffani Picco, Park District; Carl Peterson,
 GRWA and Marilyn Schweitzer, resident


C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 Public comments were made under Agenda Item D.3 and D.4.


D. OLD BUSINESS:

 1. Approval of Minutes - Pat Kennedy


 Approve minutes from the December 3, 2019 Riverwalk Planning, Design and
 Construction Committee meeting.
 A motion to approve the December 3, 2019 Planning, Design &
 Construction Committee minutes was made by Roehll and seconded by
 Lellbach.
 MOTION CARRIED.


 2. Park District - Tiffani Picco for Chuck Papanos

 a. Riverwalk Banners
 Picco explained that going forward new digital banners will be used
 instead of the old banners. She inquired about the possibility of
 discarding the old banners. The consensus was to take photographs of

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 each year’s banner and then discard them.
 b. Riverwalk Enhancement Project List
 The Riverwalk Foundation is interested in some smaller projects that
 they can fund. Picco has developed a list that she will share with
 Foundation members at their next meeting.


 3. Riverwalk Master Plan - Pat Kennedy

 GRWA was asked to produce a draft template of the new Master Plan
 including a key map and separate informational pages for each capital
 project. Components of each capital project should include a small map
 depicting the location of the project, a graphic/vignette, and important
 information such as project description, estimated project cost, annual
 maintenance cost and possible funding sources. Given only 3 weeks
 during the holiday season, GRWA produced a very good draft template.
 The PDC Committee was asked to review the draft Master Plan and come
 back to the February 4, 2020 PDC meeting with suggestions.


 4. Moser Tower Assessment - Bill Novack

 The PDC Committee was tasked with coming to consensus on an
 alternative to recommend to the Riverwalk Commission (RWC) and
 ultimately to the City Council regarding the future of the Moser Tower. The
 committee recommendation will be brought to the full RWC on January 8,
 2020. RW Commissioners will have a month to ponder the
 recommendation. It is anticipated that a vote on a unified recommendation
 to the City Council will take place at the February 12, 2020 RWC meeting.

 Novack distributed an updated list of Moser Tower alternatives and
 associated costs including capital project cost and maintenance. The
 document also incorporated a list of items NOT INCLUDED in Alternative
 3/Decommissioning the Tower. He stated that in past discussions there
 have been 5 choices (Alternative 1A, Alternative 1B, Alternative 2A,
 Alternative 2B and Alternative 3). He suggested that, to simplify the
 conversation, the committee should combine 1A/1B and 2A/2B to
 Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. He also suggested that, since all
 maintenance costs and associated timeframes are about the same, the
 committee should focus on the capital costs for each option to compare
 apples to apples. All agreed.

 Kennedy asked those present to select one alternative as their
 recommendation to the City Council. All those present came to consensus
 to recommend Alternative 1A/Repair the existing structure in one phase.
 Several reasons were given for this choice.
 Alternate 1 over Alternate 2:

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 · The original plans call for partially enclosing the tower which would
 not provide sufficient protection from the elements
 · More expensive to maintain due to the additional HVAC that would
 be required
 Alternate 1 over Alternate 3:
 · The cost to save the tower would be about 1/10th the cost of the
 funds invested in the tower to date; for approximately twice the cost
 of tearing it down, the tower could be saved
 · Due to the diligent research from a variety of experts
 (engineers/contractors/designers), the delta between keeping the
 tower and decommissioning it has been reduced to a palatable
 number; feels more like maintenance than reconstruction
 · To honor past donors and community “pioneers”
 · The carillon instrument is a cultural amenity and hard to attach a
 dollar amount to its value
 · The tower has become a Naperville icon, from using it as a
 backdrop on a Chicago TV station to a popular location for high
 school prom pictures
 · The tower is part of the Riverwalk and the community in general
 Alternate 1A over Alternate 1B:
 · Cost savings
 · To minimize confusion and finger-pointing between contractors that
 has occurred in the past
 · Minimize construction time and impact on the Riverwalk as well as
 the community; reduce the amount of construction that would be
 present in the downtown area e.g. Washington Street Bridge at the
 same time as the tower construction
 · Minimize public perception that the Tower in “always under
 construction” and, consequently, less safe

 Discussions will continue at the January 8, 2020 Riverwalk Commission
 meeting.




E. NEW BUSINESS:

 No new business was discussed.


F. MEETING SCHEDULE:

 Riverwalk Commission, January 8, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL


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 Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, February 4, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Commission, February 12, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL

 Riverwalk Planning, Design & Construction, March 3, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
 Lunchroom, Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville, IL


G. ADJOURNMENT:

 A motion to adjourn was made by Roehll; seconded by Lellbach. MOTION
 CARRIED.
 The meeting was adjourned at 8:52 a.m.

 Respectfully submitted by
 Janette Erickson, Riverwalk Administrator




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