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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/10/2007 CWC minutesMAYOR VILLAGE MANAGER Irvana K. wilks -unt Pwspec:t Michael E. Janonls TRUSTEES VILLAGE CLERK Timothy J. Corcoran M. Lisa Angell Paul Wry. Hoefert Creekside Drive A. John Korn Phone: 847 #392 -6000 Richard M. Lohrstorfer Fax; 847/392 -6022 l ichaele VIA. Skowron mommounipros,pect Michael A. Zadel forth. Elmhurst Avenue Village of Mount Prospect 50 South Emerson Street, Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 MINUTES COFFEE WITH COUNCIL Saturday, February 10, 2007 Community Center, village hall The meeting convened at 9 :05 a.m. Village Board members present were Mayor Wilks and Trustees Hoefert, Korn and Skowron. Representing staff was village Manager Michael Janonis and Finance Director David Erb. Residents in Attendance Roger Kruse South Louis Street Mal Holee Quince Lane Wes & Mary Pinchot Whitegate Drive Arlene Juracek South Lancaster Street Anita Thomas Creekside Drive Eileen Zack Creekside Drive Andy & Kimberly Skic forth Owen Street Tom Boyle North Louis Street Richard Karlin forth. Elmhurst Avenue Ken Koeppen South Linneman load Paul Berauer South Albert Street Brent Busse South Louis Strcct Carol Tortorello South Elmhurst Avenue Dave Morton South Ashland Avenue William Walters North Neil Avenue Elaine Nekritz South River Road, DesPlaines David Schein Ta- Wa-Ta. Avenue Jim Uszler South Elea Street Jill Friedrichs South School Street Eileen Gattas North Kenilworth orth Avenue Skip Farley Emerson Street Mayor wilks opened the meeting with general remarks and introduced Trustees and staff in attendance. Wil s then moved to the resident portion of the meeting. Roger Kruse, South Louis Street — Mr. Kruse brought forward eencems regarding vehicles being parked overnight along Shabonee Trail. He noted several vehicles that have been parked on the street since the first snowfall in December. Mr. Kruse was not aware if the vehicle's owner had been ticketed for overnight. parking. Staff is going to notify the Police Department and the appropriate action will be taken. Mal Holee, Quince Lane — Mr. Holec brought forward several items for discussion at this Coffee with Council. The first item had to do with concerns over the proposcd dog park, Mr. Holec was informed that this was a Mount Prospect park District matter and it would be more appropriate to bring before that elected Board, Mr. Holcc also c pressed his concern with the liquor license that was issued to the new wine store to be located in the ; "Emerson "' Development. He was assured this type of license and its limitations is appropriate for this type of business. other issues brought forward were the residential purchase of electricity, vehicle stickers and status of the facility study. General discussion followed each item. Wes Pinchot, whitegate Drive — 11r. Pinchot asked about Jurisdiction over the lark District in regards to the proposed dog park. He wanted to know what controls the Village might have over approving this type of use. Mr. Pinchot also wanted to get clarification on what the official village seal was for the Village and the status of the seal that had been displayed at Village Board meetings in the past. Two other items addressed by Mr. Pinchot were the traffic study issue along a.-Pella Avenue and communications from the Village Board and staff regarding questions and comments from constituents. Each of the items was addressed by the Board and staff as needed. Arlene Juracek, South Lancaster Street — Ms. Juracek wanted to compliment the Village Board on its handling of the discussion regarding circular drives at its last Board meeting. This was an item that had previously come before the planning & Zoning Committee. Ms. Juracek was going to faring back the Board's comments to the P&Z committee members at its next meeting. Anita Thomas & Eileen Zach, Creekside give — Ms. Thomas and Ms. Zach sit on the Finance Committee for the reekside Condominium Association. These women were questioning the Village as to its method for billing for water and sewer service. They had asked whether it would be passible to bill for the sewer usage separately since the Village hills for sewer are based on water usage. Ms. Zach stated that other communities were billing separately for water and sewer. Staff was going to leak into tbis and get back to the Board with its findings. Andy & Kimberly Bloc, North Owen Street — Mr. & Mrs. Skit did not have anything to bring forward. They were in attendance to stay in touch with the current happenings of the Village. Torn Boyle, North Louis Street — Mr. Boyle relayed difficulties he has entering and leaving bis driveway as access to the driveway is off land load. Over the time Mr. Boyle has lived in his home the driveway entrance has been reconfigured from Louis to Rand Clue to changes in the construction of Louis ,Street. Additional difficulties resulted from making Louis Street one-way to prevent drive through traffic. Mr. Boyle was asking if anything could be done to improve leis situation and grant him relief front the roadway restrictions along Donis. Staff offered to look into this matter further and get back to Mr. Boyle. Richard Karlin, North Elmhurst Avenue — Mr. Karlin wanted to update the Villagc Board on the stags of the renovation being done to the property adjacent to his home, He was interested in lea whether the project had a valid permit for the work. He also wanted to convey to the Village that this builder was a problem builder and was wondering if anything could be done to move the project along to completion. Mr. Janonis was going to ask the building department to look into this matter and report back its finding. Ken Koeppen, South Linnernan Road -- Mr. Koeppen presented an article from a Scottsdale, A newspaper regarding scavengers going through garbage cans placed at the curb for pickup. Mr. Koeppen asked whether the Village had any lags on the books for prohibiting this practice. His COMM was identity theft. Mr. Janonis stated that there were regulations its the village Code that prohibited this practice, but it would be hard to enforce. Mr. Janonis recommended that people be smart in how they dispose of sensitive information. Paul Berauer & Brent Busse, Youth Commission — Mr. Berauer and Mr. Busse were in attendance representing the Mount Prospect Youth Commission. They stated that one of their 2007 initiatives was to regularly attend a village Board, Coffee with Council or Park District meeting to stay abreast of what was going on in the Village. Carol Tortorello, South Elmhurst Avenue — Ills. Tortorello has noticed recently that there have been a number of feral eats roaming the neighborhood. Ms. Tortorello informed the Board members and staff on hand that she has been in contact with Mr. Roels from the Environmental Health Department. Mr. Roels was looping into the matter and would report back to Ms. Tortorello on what he learns. Elaine l ekritz, South River load — Ms. Nekritz is the State Representative for the area including Mount prospect. Ibis. ickritz provided an update on the legislative efforts that are currently going on in Springfield. Jim Uszler, South Elm Street — Mr. Uszler wanted to let those in attendance know about the candidates' forum scheduled for gam on February 24 at village Hall. He encouraged all interested parties to attend. David Schein, Na-wa -Ta Avenue — Mr. Schein had brought some information to share with the Public Works Department. Since no one from the department was in attendance, Mr. Schein was going to deliver the materials directly to the public works administrative building. Mayor wilks asked if there was any further business for the good of the village. Hearing none the meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m. 6 e g er'' Respectfully Submitted, David 0. Erb Director of Finance 3