The Naperville City Council convened on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 7:00 PM in City Council Chambers. All nine council members (Mayor Scott Wehrli, Councilmembers Gibson, Holzhauer, Jain, Kelly, McBroom, Syed, White, Wilson) were present. The meeting featured public comments on multiple topics, unanimous approval of a 22-item consent agenda, and a substantial new business discussion directing staff to develop a timeline and options for the city's post-2035 energy future. The meeting adjourned at 8:03 PM.
Good evening and welcome to the March 3rd Naperville City Council meeting, roll call. Rurally? Here. Gibson. Here. Hold tower. Here. Jane. Here. Kelly. Here. McBroom? Here. Syed. Yep. White. Here. Wilson. Here. Please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Under Indivisible Liberty and Justice Raw. Our first item tonight is public forum. I'd like to remind everyone of the citizen participation rules in the city's municipal code for speaking at city council meetings. Speakers are asked to present their comments in a respectful and courteous manner. Speakers should be staying on topic and be cognizant of their words. Personal attacks on council members, staff, other speakers, or members of the audience are not allowed. If inappropriate language or comments are expressed during this meeting, you will be asked immediately to stop commenting. Also, for audience members, there's no cheering and no juring. Actions such as applauding, sharing, booing, or any other noises during or at the conclusion of any remarks made by any speaker are not allowed. If this is if this occurs, you will be asked to stop immediately, and if it continues to persist, I will recess the meeting until the audience abides by the rules in our city code. No speakers should feel intimidated by the crowd. Audience disruption is meant to intimidate those speaking, and I will not allow it in this chambers. Audience members with signs, the signs must not block any other audience members' view. And speakers are given three minutes to address the city council. To help speakers stay within the three-minute time frame, we have a side timer or a timer located on the side dias to your right. It will give the visual cue when three minutes are expiring. This helps speakers conclude their comments in a timely manner without being cut off. The timer will buzz when it hit zero, and we will alert the timer or at least alert the speaker that the time is up. If a speaker's name is called and they are not in the room, we will move on to the next speaker, and we will not go back. Speakers are encouraged to remain in council chambers until the conclusion of public forum in the event council members want to ask follow-up questions. We have two written comments that were submitted to the website and posted under today's meeting. And if you heard your name called, please come to the front row and sit behind the podium there. I'm an owner of a townhouse in the 60-unit 25-year-old vintage club neighborhood, located less than 60 seconds drive from the proposed Atlas apartments development. That study focused primarily on Audrey Avenue and a few other major roadways connected to it. Lakeley Lane leads to other 25 mile per hour residential side streets that pass through Vintage Club, Mayfair, and past dozens of other single family homes. People that know this area know that by using our side streets, you can avoid backups at nearby busy intersections. They use these shortcuts through our neighborhood to move between major roads such as Ogden Avenue, Route 59, and 75th Street. As it is, we have a lot of non-resident traffic passing through our side streets to save time, often driving too fast. During warmer weather, these fast-moving cars are sharing our streets with children on bikes and scooters, as well as pedestrians crossing the street. The hundreds of future vehicles that would be nearby at the Atlas would mean that we see an increase of hundreds of additional cars, many traveling too fast, flooding our residential side streets every day while taking shortcuts.