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Oak Park council clears zoning changes, event permits and several construction pay applications
Summary
Council adopted zoning text amendments for EV charging and signs, approved multiple special-event licenses, and signed off on pay applications and change orders for sewer lining, 11 Mile parking improvements, Capitol Avenue rehabilitation, and miscellaneous concrete repairs.
Oak Park city council on June 1 moved through a slate of routine and project items, approving zoning text amendments, special-event permits, and several construction pay applications.
On a unanimous roll-call vote the council adopted second-reading changes to the City of Oak Park zoning ordinance (Article 3 Division 1 and Article 4 Division 4) to add regulations related to electric-vehicle charging stations and signage.
The council also approved multiple special-event licenses, including Laura Schultz’s Kingston Street Black Party (July 26), Jog and Pony Show Brewing’s Camp Casey Giveback (June 7), and two events proposed by local improvement authorities for the Water Tower social district this summer.
Municipal services director Kimberly Morona presented several pay applications and change orders: pay application #3 and change order #1 to DVM Utilities for the 2026 sewer lining project (pay application $54,133.85; change order -$1,323.50); pay application #6 and change order #3 to Warren Contractors for the 11 Mile parking-lot and alley improvements (pay application reported as $280,779; change order $66,598.14); pay application #1 and change order #2 to Eminent Contracting for the Capitol Avenue Rehabilitation Project (pay application $365,585.22; change order $5,000); and change order #2 plus a budget amendment for the 2025–2026 miscellaneous concrete project to Mioli Cement Company for $186,243.18 to repair off-street parking lots north of 10 Mile.
Staff said the sewer lining project is complete and the Capitol Avenue rehabilitation is about 35% complete; landscaping tied to the 11 Mile work will be handled in a separate procurement once estimates are finalized.
What happens next: staff will finalize paperwork and payment to contractors; where additional procurement is needed (landscaping) staff will return with cost estimates.
