Planned Parenthood's new facility on East New York Street was approved by the city of Aurora under the name Gemini Office Development. Gemini is the name on all the permit applications, and the name given by representatives at city meetings.

But city staffers now say that a Planned Parenthood representative did contact the city earlier this year, using the company's more familiar name, and spoke with then-Community Development Director Bill Wiet.

Wiet, who was named chief of staff to Mayor Tom Weisner [photo right] in June, called all of the city aldermen last week to tell them his story. He has also shared it with attorney Phillip Luetkehans, the man conducting an independent investigation of Planned Parenthood's approval process.

The new facility was approved in November of 2006, though its true occupant was not revealed until July of this year. Some have charged that the company was deceptive, and Weisner ordered the investigation under pressure from anti-abortion activists, upset over plans to perform abortions at the clinic.

Wiet said Monday that he received a call in late February from "someone at Planned Parenthood," interested in relocating their offices from Naperville to Aurora. He said the representative asked to set up a meeting with the mayor, so Wiet referred the matter to Weisner's office.

Planned Parenthood officials could not be reached Monday for confirmation or comment.

At the time, Gemini Office Development's building on New York Street was under construction, and Wiet said he quickly drew a connection, although he didn't know then that Gemini is a subsidiary of Planned Parenthood.

"I surmised that the site they were talking about might be the one on New York Street," Wiet said. "I knew that there was a medical office building under construction, and I thought that might be where they were looking to go."

City spokesman Carie Anne Ergo confirmed that the mayor's office received Wiet's referral, and said that several attempts were made over the next 10 weeks to contact Planned Parenthood for a meeting. The calls were not returned, she said, and the matter was filed away with no further contact.

Ergo said that no one else in the mayor's office, save for administrative staff, was aware that the meeting request had been made.

Wiet emphasized that he has never met anyone from Planned Parenthood, and the meetings were never scheduled. As community development director, he said, he received such calls "all the time," and said he followed the proper procedures for setting up a meeting.

Still, he said he felt it best to provide the information to the independent investigator, and also to the aldermen.

"This was all after the zoning, the permits, and after construction commenced," he said. "But turning the clock back, if we had met (in February), we might have known (about Planned Parenthood) earlier in the process."