Minutes - 11/01/2012 - Ad Hoc Residential Enhancement Committee OF 0A1( MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 1, 2012 REGULAR MEETING OF THE
OAK BROOK AD-HOC RESIDENTIAL ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE
OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK APPROVED AS WRITTEN ON
o DECEMBER 6, 2012.
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CALL TO ORDER:
The Meeting of the Oak Brook Ad-hoc Residential Enhancement Committee of the Village of
Oak Brook was held in the West Wing Conference Room of the Butler Government Center and
officially called to order by Co-Chair Todd Rusteberg at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
PRESENT: Cristin Jones, Todd Rusteberg, Charlie Walsh Jr., Valentina Tomov, Mai Truong,
Roger Taylor, Lina Shah, Dave Thommes, Sharon Kocour, Karen Giandonato and Kathy Iaccino.
ABSENT: Mario Vescovi and Jim Lazzarini.
IN ATTENDANCE: David Niemeyer, Village Manager, Bob Kallien, Community Development
Director, Village Trustee Asif Yusuf, Village President Gopal Lalmalani,
INTRODUCTIONS- Co-Chair Rusteberg had the Committee members introduce themselves;
give a little bit of background information on what they do, how they came to live in Oak Brook
and why they want to be a part of this Committee.
Co-Chair Rusteberg thanked everyone for attending the meeting and taking time out of their busy
schedules to participate on this Committee.
BACKGROUND ON COMMITTEE AND ITS MISSION—Co-Chair Rusteberg read the
ordinance approved by the Village Board creating the Ad-hoc Residential Enhancement
Committee and its charge.
MEETING LOGISTICS, GROUND RULES —Co-Chair Jones explained the next steps of the
meeting the Committee will be brainstorming. Thanks to the diverse interest and backgrounds,
any and/or all ideas are welcome. She continued to explain that the Committee will not discuss
the school district boundary issue. That is not something this Committee has control over. She
also touched on the scheduling of future meetings.
Co-Chair Rusteberg asked the Committee to think beyond any personal agendas and think about
what is best for the broader community. He requested they keep in mind that they represent the
wonderful community they live in and focus on what is best for Oak Brook overall.
OAK BROOK AS A PLACE TO LIVE - Co-Chair Rusteberg explained that the Strength,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT). Analysis is part of a strategic planning tool that
is used to develop long term strategic plans. What the Committee will do is spend a little time on
each one of the categories and they go through and do brainstorming. He continued to explain the
SWOT process explaining what is needed in the different topics.
The Committee held, responded and discussed the SWOT analysis topics individually by topic.
Co-Chair Rusteberg began the discussion of the development of measurable goals and to have a
baseline set of metrics to measure progress against in the long term. The Committee reviewed
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some baseline numbers including how many houses on the market, time on the market, median
home price, etc. Can the realtors provide some antidotal evidence of why people say they are
moving to Oak Brook or why they choose not to do so? Is it possible to get some real input from
people that have moved here or are thinking of moving here? Survey type information.
Discussion from the realtors on the Committee provided experiences with their clients and
client's interest. He then solicited some baseline metric ideas for measurable goals from the
Committee.
NEXT STEPS AND FUTURE MEETING DATES - Co-Chair Jones discussed the next steps for
the Committee:
• Need to compile the notes from the SWOT and send them to the Committee members
• Need to gather existing baseline numbers discussed for a starting point.
• Need to start to prioritize the SWOT information in short, medium or long term prior to
next meeting.
• Rank the top 5 short, medium and long term items that we want to explore and potentially
recommend to the Village Board and Village President.
Next meeting: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 7:00 PM—9:30 PM.
ADJOURNMENT—Co-Chair Rusteberg adjourned the meeting of the Ad-hoc Residential
Enhancement Committee at 9:00 p.m.
ATTEST:
_David J. Niemeyer
David J. Niemeyer
Village Manager
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