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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/23/1996 MPPC MinutesMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT PLAN COMMISSION OCTOBER 23, 1996 CALL TO ORDER The special meeting of the Mount Prospect Plan Commission was called to order by Acting Chairman Velasco at 7:30 P.M. at the Village Hall, 100 South Emerson Street, Mount Prospect, Illinois. ROLL CALL Present upon Roll Call: Absent: Village Staff Present: APPROVAL OF MINUTES June Richards Michael Hoffinan Frank Boege Angela Volpe William Reddy Michael E. Suns Louis Velasco Carol Tortorello Edwin Janus This being a special meeting of the Plan Commission, the minutes of October 2, 1996 will not be approved until the next regular meeting of the Commission. SUBDIVISIONS Northwest Assembly of God Subdivision II, 900 North Wolf Road Mr. Sims explained the resubdivision is intended to consolidate the church's property at Wolf and Kensington Road into one lot of record. The applicant intends to construct a 10,200 square foot building addition to their existing church. The existing church lot would not comply with the Village lot coverage standards if the addition was built. Mr. John Hanson, the Business Administrator for the church, was present and presented sketches of the proposed addition. Mr. Velasco asked why the three parcels being proposed for rezoning will be rezoned to R -X rather than R-1. Mr. Sims responded saying that the R -X classification matches the church's existing zoning classification and provides a more appropriate building setback for property bounded by arterial roadways. Mr. Hoffman asked if the north building setback line should be one-half the height of the principal building. It was determined the setback line should be 12'9". Mr. Hanson stated he would have this change made on the plat. Mr. Sims stated that the Northwest Assembly of God zoning request will be presented to the Zoning Board of Appeals on November 14th for a rezoning and minor variations. The resubdivision plat and zoning items will then be presented to the Village Board at the same time. Plan Commission Minutes Page 2 Mr. Boege made a motion, seconded by Ms. Tortorello to approve the Northwest Assembly of God Subdivision Plat subject to the north building setback line being adjusted to 12'9". The motion passed by a vote of 7-0. Mr. Sims opened the discussion by stating this Plan is consistent with the five year Consolidated Plan submitted to HUD two years ago. The Plan contains what Mount Prospect has identified as the housing needs and objectives of its low income and special needs residents. It also contains Mount Prospect's 1997 C.D.B.G. application. Ms. Richards asked why the homeless populations and sub -populations chart shows five family persons and zero homeless families in shelters. Mr. Sims explained that these statistics were provided by HUD; taken from the 1990 Census. Mr. Janus asked for an explanation of how the "listing of priority needs" form was completed. He stated that he believes the estimated dollars needed to address the priority needs may not be very accurate. Mr. Sims explained that HUD's direction in requiring the completion of this form stated communities should put a high, medium or low status for each priority need in which funds may be requested. The estimated dollar amounts shown on the form were not intended to be accurate at this time; rather to be an indication of dollars which may be requested. The Commission inquired as to why Project 10 (Public Building and Facilities Accessibility Project) and Project 11 (Handicapped Ramp Improvements) were not combined. Mr. Sims stated HUD prefers to keep building accessibility projects separate from those of streets. In addition, the Commission inquired as to why Project 12 (Neighborhood Street Improvements) has an extensive listing of road right-of-way improvements that describe the project and not just the installation of street lights. Mr. Sims stated that the listing of potential projects allows this activity to continue into future years. He confirmed that the $40,000 proposed for this activity will go towards installing street lights on Hunt Club Drive. Ms. Richards began an extensive discussion regarding rental properties, renters, neighborhood problems and Priority 4 shown in the Plan. She stated her neighborhood still has gangs and other problems but added these are not as bad as they had been in her neighborhood three to four years ago. Mr. Sims summarized the efforts the Village of Mount Prospect has undertaken to improve the apartment areas of the Village including the adding of staff to the Health Division to ensure greater service to the areas; the Police Department's initiation of a Crime Free Multi -Housing Program and the administration of the Mentor Program by the Human Services Department. He added that the Plan encourages the dispersal of low income residents throughout the community. Ms. Richards stated that such dispersal is not realistic since rental properties are not dispersed throughout the community. Plan Commission Minutes Page 3 Ms. Richards mentioned that Robert Frost School had a very diverse ethnic makeup and extremely high student turnover rate. She believed this is because the students and their parents are very highly mobile. A motion was made by Ms. Tortorello, seconded by Ms. Volpe, that the 1997 Annual Consolidated Plan be approved and forwarded to the Village Board. The motion passed by a vote of 6-1. Mr. Boege stated he voted against the plan "to call attention to all Trustees that a staff member set a precedent by deleting the reasons why Chairman Ponzi, Ms. Tortorello and Mr. Boege voted against a measure at our last meeting, October 2, 1996, regarding the condominium conversion at 610-616 ShaBoNee. I want to be assured that this override does not happen again." Mr. Sims stated he has not heard what the Village's C.D.B.G. allocation will be for 1997. Mr. Velasco asked if the Village will come back to the Plan Commission to seek a change in the C.D.B.G. budget if the dollars allocated by HUD are not the same as those in the application. Mr. Sims stated he will bring this item back to the Plan Commission if the discrepancy is in excess of $10,000. He added that this is consistent with what had been agreed upon during the October 2 meeting of the Plan Commission. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Acting Chairman Velasco at 8:37 p.m. Res ctfully Submitted Michael E. Sims