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Village previews final Village Hall design, details temporary relocation and timeline
Summary
Leggett Architects presented final designs for a Village Hall addition and police-facility renovations; staff outlined a temporary move to 451 Commerce and said meetings will be held at Gower Middle School while construction proceeds. Parking, solar panels, landscaping and boardroom capacity were discussed; the project will go to the plan commission and later return for bids.
Village staff and architects presented the final design for the new Village Hall addition and adjacent police-facility renovations at the May 11 meeting and described a temporary relocation plan while construction proceeds.
Evan (staff) told the board that operations will move into 451 Commerce Street temporarily and that board and plan commission meetings will be held at Gower Middle School beginning June 1; the village will continue YouTube streaming but not Comcast carriage while meetings are at Gower. He said staff expects to return to formal bidding discussions in July and to operate at the temporary location for about a year while construction proceeds.
Evan Mank of Leggett Architects walked trustees through the design highlights: an addition that links to the police facility, a boardroom sized to seat about 60 people with an operable partition for flexible training/meeting use, upgraded HVAC and roof replacement, and on-site solar panels to meet recent energy code requirements. He said the existing server room and critical systems prompted reconfiguration to reduce downtime during construction, and the design includes hardened security systems and camera placement approved by police staff.
The architects also reviewed site features including landscape zones with native plantings, stormwater/detention design areas, limestone accents, and a signature ornamental screen motif inspired by the bur oak leaf. Parking analysis projects 88 spaces (net change after the addition) with about 54 anticipated employees; some parking will be outside zoning setbacks and will be addressed at the plan commission. Trustees asked about HVAC scope and whether stormwater detention would be wet-bottomed; the architects said the HVAC will be upgraded and stormwater design remains to be determined.
Trustees provided design feedback on signage, the oak-leaf motif and lighting directed at neighbors; the project will advance to the plan commission for site plan, materials and zoning review, with further review of interior finishes and furniture packages to follow.
Next steps: staff will file for site-plan review with the plan commission; the board can expect the project to return later in the summer for bid authorization and final approvals.
