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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/07/1964 VB minutes MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD JULY 7, 1964 President Schlaver called the meeting to order at 8:25 P.M. and upon roll call the following members were roll call present: Phillips Bergen Cast.line Bruhl Absent: Trustee Busse Trustee Ekren, who arrived later. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Casterline, minutes moved to approve the minutes of special meeting of the Board held June 29 with correction on Page 2, ftrs~ alternative, should be "to proceed", not "or proceed". Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Bergen Casterline Bruhl Absent: Busse Ekren Motion carried. TrusTee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved To approve the following bills for payment: bills General $32,780.93 Parking System 589.69 Library 1,312.2q Waterworks ~ Sewerage 4,486.96 Waterworks $ Sewerage Acquisition 8,455.56 $q7,625.38 Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Bergen Casterline Bruhl Absent: Busse Ekren Motion carried. Trustee Ekren arrived at 8:29 P.M. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved for approval as submitted of the minutes of the meeting of minutes June 23rd. Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Bergen Casterline Bruhl Ekren Absent: Busse Motion carried. Mr. David Kirkeby of the North Central Businessmen's Parking Association explained to the Board that members of the Associa- tion had purchased a strip of land adjacent on the west to Vil- lage-owned property at the southwest corner of Main and Busse, 28 x 60 ft., and were desirous of leasing this to the Village at a dollar a year so that the entire area could be black-topped for parking. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved to accept with thanks the opportunity to lease this strip at $1 per year that it might be paved along with the Village-owned property on July 7, 1964 the southwest corner of Busse and Main. Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Bergen Casterline Bruhl Ekren Absent: Busse Motion carried. Finance Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved to accept the following audits as completed by Ernst ~ Ernst; as of April 30, 1964 Special Assessment Funds, Waterworks ~ Construction Fund, Water Deposit Fund, Financial Statements and other Financial Information. This motion carried by acclamation. Finance Referred to the Finance Committee: System for improvinE of arrest tickets, etc. and other transactions between the Police Dept. and the Court to be suggested for use by the Court. Trustee Bruhl read the following letter regarding garbage garbage service: ~ July 6, 1964 Arc Disposal Company, Inc. 5859 N. River Road Des Plaines, Ill. Gentlemen: It has come to the a~tenti0n of the Village Board that you are pro- viding residential scavenger service to a multi-family dwelling at 5-7 North Main St. within the Village of Mount Prospect. We presume you are unfamiliar with our Village ordinance, Sec. 19.205 which, in effect, covers all residential scavenger service including multi-family units and designates that such residenIial service shall be performed by the scavenger operator serving the Village under contract, such contract having been publicly awarded on the basis of competitive Bidding. We respectfully request that you discontinue the above service and refrain from any other residential service within the Village limits. We feel certain that when called to your at.tention you will comply with our ordinance. The Village, in this matter as in all other matters affecting Health, .Safety and Welfare, is dedicated to an objective, but we prefer not to resort to licensing controls to maintain such objectives. We sincerely hope that this letter is all that is required to clear up the matter. Sincerely, Harry R. Bruhl, Chairman Finance Committee Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that the Board authorize the sending of this letter~ with-carbon copies to the other two disposal firms holding licenses in this village. Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Ekren Bergen CaSterline Bruhl Absent: Busse Motion carried. July 7, 1964 t I-g Discussion was held regarding special assessment for Kenilworth Avenue paving, and Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee S.A. #63 Bergen, moved that the Village authorize expenditure of $6100 Special from the General Fund in order to apply against that part of the Assessment Kenilworth Special Assessment program which is to be borne by Kenilworth Ave the property owners north of Thayer Street. Trustee Ekren pro- paving tested using Village funds for this purpose and also protested The fact That this special assessment would be taken care of to 48% by funds other than those assessed directly, whereas the ordinary assessment is helped only to about 15% to 20%, thus set- ~-~ ting a precedent. Attorney Hofert stated that every special assessment is considered on its own merits, that This area con- tains a much larger percentage set aside for street paving than the usual area this size. After further discussion, Trustee Casterline amended Trustee Bruhl's motion, which was seconded by Trustee Bergen, as follows: That the Board authorize expenditure of $6100 from the Public Benefit portion' of tax receipts instead of from Village General Funds, and in the usual course he added as an additional levy, as all public benefits are. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Bruhl Casterline Phillips Nays: Ekren Absent: Busse Motion carried. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by TrusTee Bergen, then set forth the Whole motion as follows: That the Board authorize ex- penditure of S6100 from the Public Benefit portion of ta~ re- ceipts, to be added as an additional levy in the usual way of public benefits, and that the Special Assessment #63 program for Kenilworth Avenue continue as originally planned. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Bruhl Casterline Nays: Ekren Phillips Absent: Busse President Schlaver indicated aye. Motion carried. Trustee Bergen, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that Harold W. Ragland of 417 Hi Lusi he allowed variation of fence chimney height for chimney to be incorporated as part of room addition, 2 ft. lower than the highest portion of the roof line of the rest of the house (Bldg. Code Chap. 7, Pgph. 2). Mr. Ragland is installing a draft inducer in this chimney. Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Ekren Casterline Bergen Bruhl Absent: Busse Motion carried. Representatives of Mack Cadillac, who are building auto agency on Rand Road northwest of Rte. 83, showed architectural signs drawings of building and standing sign. They asked variation of sign ordinance to erect this sign, which is To be 35'6" high, pylons To rise even higher. The ordinance states that signs shall not rise more than 6 ft. above the height of the roof; their building is long and low, 22 ft. high. July 7, 1964 Trustee Bergen, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that Mack Cadillac at 333 West Rand Road be granted variation of.sign ordinance to construct a sign 36-/1/2 ft. high in accordance with the plan submitted to the Building Departmen't, no structural portion of which shall protrude more than 18 inches over the top of the sign. Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Ekr.en Casterline Bergen Bruhl Absent: Busse Motion carried. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved for Res. 15=84 adoption of Resolution 15-64: Fire Protection Contract - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT Rural Fire Protection BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT AND THE RURAL District FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. ~ Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Ekren Casterline Bergen B~uhl Absent: Busse Motion carried. Articles of Agreament between the Village and Mount Prospect Rural Fire Protection District were read and signed by President Schlaver and Clerk Wilson, and by Alfred Busse and Norman B. Runge, Presi- dent and Secretary respectively of the Fire Protection District. This signed agreement was accompanied by a check for $5000 made out to the Village. Rand Auto Wash Representatives of Rand Auto Wash' on Rand Road were present; Messrs. Boles Sr. and Boles Jr., Pecora, and McPartlin. Mr. Charles L. McPartlin is from the Commercial National Bank of Chicago. Plans for auto wash including deceleration lane had been .approved by the State of Illinois Highway Division. Trustee Casterline pointed out that this firm had purchased additional area adjacent and west of the land fronting on Rand Road, this ad- ditional piece fronting on Main Street; that the Board had been shown.plans incoMporating use of this land and which in his, Casterline's, opinion were superior to those now submitted. Mr. Pecora stated that they only wanted approval of the original plans, which the Board had some time ago promised to approve after the State had given their consent, and which the State did so do after extending the length of the ingress lane. These plan~ use no part of territory to the west, Which is currently not in the Village. Engineers Hemmeter and Cadigan were present. The Board gave them a set of the original plans offered the Village and a set of plans as accepted by the State and asked them to examine and report any differences. The two gentlemen'ireported back that the plans were the same except for extension of ingress lane from Rand Road on the second set; the second set being approved by the State. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Ekren~ then moved to accept the plans for car wash as approved by the State and submitted at -- this time. Upon roll call: Ayes: Ekren Phillips Nays: Bergen Bruhl Casterline President Schlaver indicated aye. Absent: Busse Motion declared defeated. July 7, 1964 ttorney Hofert then inquired of Messrs. Boles and Pecora if they would be willing to redesign the internal plan to include annexable territory owned by them adjacent on the west side, meanwhile signing an affidavit agreeing to complete these plans, leaving the external portion as is. The answer was no. Trustee Casterline reiterated that the previous week the Board had been shown plans of a different sort which used part of this annexableterritory, approved by the Village planner, Mr. Baughmann.; wor~ had been stopped by the Building Department on the original set of plans b~cause the builder was not following the blueprint; the builder then purchased adjacent area and proposed a change in plans, including State-approved deceleration lane as shown in these plans; these were the plans ~bat Trustee Casterline had assumed he would be asked to approve. Mr. Pecora said that time had run out, he was behind in his loan payments now, and that he wished to drop the whole idea of changing the plans and wished to use the originalplans, which he understood were approved. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved to reconsider the motion to approve car wash plans as presented this night. ~Upon roll call: Ayes: Ekren Phillips Nays: Bergen Bruhl Casterline Absent: Busse PresidentSchlawer indicatedaye Motion declared defeated. Mr. Frank Nines of School District 59 told the Board Elk Ridge Villa hisschool district had signed plat approving Elk Ridge Villa easements Unit ? after the Mt. Prospect Plan Commission had approved it subject to utility easement provisions being imprinted thereon. When the plat was returned, besides the utility easements there was also a fence restriction; Mr. Hines felt that this fence restriction could be applied to the school property shown thereon and might not be applicable to any fence the school might decide to build in the future. Attorney Hofert advised the Board to hold this plat until the School District decides if they will accept the fence covenant. Attorney Hines told the Board he will return' with the School Board's decision at the next meeting of the Vil- lage Board. Trustee Phillips, secondedby Trustee Bruhl, moved that Water Works Contract Supplement #l of Water Works Improvements Div. E (Well 7 Imps. Diw~ E enclosure, etc.) for six additions to and four deductions from the original contract~as agreed upon at the pre-construction con- ference, resulting in an increase of $565.61 to the contract, be confirmed. , Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Casterline Bruhl Ekren Phillips Absent: Busse Motion carried. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Bruhl~moved that Water Works Contract Suppelment ~l of Water Improvements-1983 Div. D., Enclo- Imps. Div. D sure of Well 8 for replacement~of unsuitable material.(topsoil) discovered in the soil at foundation level for the building, re- moval and disposal of unsatisfactory material, replacement thereof of compacted granular material, and the construction of 3 sub- July 7, 1964 foundation concrete piers for,the additional cost of $585.01 be confirmed. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Casterline Bruhl Ekren Phillips Absent: Busse Motion carried. Water Works Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved Imps. Div. D that Contract Supplement $2 of Water Improvements-1963 Div. D Enclosure of Well 6 for removal of existing 2.5 KVA transformer and replacing it with a l0 KVA transformer and furnishing a 40-mmp main circuit breaker and a 12-volt breaker type~cabinet for 120-volt service in the station, these changes being re- quired To properly operate 120-volt electrical equipment in the station, for the additional cost of $642.85 be confinmed. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Casterline Bruhl Ekren Phillips Absent: Busse Motion carried. President Schlaver asked for recess aT 11:05 P.M. as recess the hour had become so late, and the trustees re-convened at 11:21 P.M. Old Orchard President Schlaver asked the Judiciary Committee to give their report and recommendation regarding Old Orchard Country Club's petition for rezoning and annexation before the end of July. Business license President Schlaver referred the task of study of license fees fees as recommended by the Finance DirecTor to the Finance mitres. Trustee Ekren read the followir~ report from the Zoning Zoning Case Board re Case 64-26: 64-26 Reese June 25, 1964 Re: Case 64-26, heard June 19, 1964 Petitioners: Arthur and Emily Reese This is $ request for rezoning from R-1 To B-3 of the property located between Thayer, Lo~is and Rand, except for that parcel known as the Bulko Service Station. The Board of Appeals cast a 3-3 vote. There were several objectors present. E. F. Martin, Chairman R. H, Monroe, ActinE Secretary Trustee Ekren stated he had received letter frcm Mr. Ben Miner, petitioner's representative; and also petition frcm homeowners near the property giving objection To proposed rezonlng. Trustee Ekren asked that this matter be referred back to the Zoning Board for further study. Zoning Case Trustee Ekren read the following report from the Zoning 64-18 Board re Case 64-18, petitioner, Robert Dornquast: Dornquast July 7, 1964 This was a requesz for variation of R-3 to construct an office building at 517-519 West Central Road. Petitioner voluntarily withdrew his petition in the face of objections from nearby property owners. E. F. Martin, Chairman R. H. Monroe, Acting Secretary This petition will be considered as withdrawn. Trustee Ekren read the following report from the Zoning Board re Case 64-19, petitioner, Wille Lumber Co., heard Zoning Case 64-19 June 26, 1984: Wille Lumber This petition involves Lots 10, 11 and 12 fronting on Northwest Highway numbering east frcm Pine Street. The property is now zoner I-1 and B-3 is requested. When it was explained to the Petitioner that the de- sired zoning would not accomplish what he wanted, he readily agreed to rezone Lot 12 to ~-1 so that nothing could be built upon said lot. A v~fation of the existin~ zoning is recommended by a vote of 5-0, subject to the following conditions: 1. That no materials he stored in the display garages. 2. That all I-1 restrictions be complied with (this includes fencing for outside storage of material). There were no objectors. A hardship exists since the Petitioner had official permission to set display garages on I-1 property without set-backs approximately one year ago. In view of this condition the usual variation rules seem academic and will not be enumerated. E. F. Martin, Chairman R. H. Mo~oe, Acting Secretary This matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Trustee Ekren .read the following report from the Zoning Zoning Case Board re Case 64-27, Sunbeam Corporation: (Heard June 26) 64-27 Sunbeam July 6, 1964 This is a petition for rezoning to B-3 contingent upon annexation of property located at 208 East Rand Road approximately 300 feet northwest of Highland and Windsor Drive. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to recommend that the request for rezoning be approved. There were no objecters present. E.F. Martin, Chairman R. H. Monroe, Acting Secretary This matter was referred to theJudiciary Committee. Trustee Ekren read the following report from the Zoning Zoning Case Board re Case 6~-28, petitioner Randhurst Corporation, heard June 26: 64-28 Randhursz July 7~ 1964 July 1, 1964 The Zoning Board of Appeals, by a vote of 3-2, recommends that the variation be denied. - E. F. Martin, Chairman R. H. Monroe, Acting Sec'y This matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee. President Schlaver commended the Police Department on Police their expert handling of the 4th of July traffic during the parade~and festivities. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Casterline, Fire Station #2 moved that utility easement of land area occupied by the new easements South Side Fire Station be moved fram former position shown on map tO western edge of the proper-ty as shown in diagram. This motion carried by accl~nation. Manager Appleby commended the Street, Water, Police and Fire Departments on their prcmpt action immediately after severe thunderstorms hit the Village that day. , Manager Appleby announced that the census Was finished, Census and the population figure was now unofficially set at 27,3~7, an increase in the last year and a half of 4,402 people.' This will give the Village some $11,O00 additional hFT funds this year. Attorney Hofert brought the Board up to date on the Water - developments in the utility rate case, asking for indication rate case from them as to what course he should pursue az this time. Novem- ber first is the date for setting of rates; a better compromise agreement would be January first. Thus far residents of the area have been saved S12,000 by delay. The question To the Board was if they desired to continue the fight, which would cost at least $10,000 to carry to the Supreme Court, with few gains to be made, or To strive for cempromise, in conjunction with the residents involved who live outside the Village limits. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that the Attorney be requested to explore the question of compromise further and report back to the Board. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Phillips Ekren Casterline Bruhl Absent: Busse Motion carried. Attorney Hofert reported that the court had decided in County Zoning favor of appeal by Dawn Fresh Mushroom, known as County Zoning Docket 507 Docket 507, for erection of apartment buildings on their property at the corner of Hwy. 83 and Dempster; this case has been fought by the County Board and by Arlington Heights and Mt. Prospect. Attorney Siegel, attorney for Arlington Heights, has been the legal representative for the two villages. Mr. Hofert recommended keeping him on, stating it would cost about $2000 to carry this case to the Appellate Court. Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved to hire Attorney Jack Siegel to continue contesting this zoning case in the Appel- late Court, allowing $1000 as Mount Prospect's share of the expense, providing ArlingtOn Heights puts up the other $1000. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bergen Casterline Bruhl Phillips Ekren Absent: Busse Motion carried. July 7, 1964 President Schlaver referred action regarding the following business letter to the Finance Committee; from Charles L. Bartmann, 217 N. licenses Forest: Gentlemen: RE: MINIATURE GOLF COURSE LICENSE FEE Within a short period of time, I will open for business the Miniature Golf Course now under construction at 199 West Rand Road. In checking Chapter 11. Amusement category in the Mount Prospect Code, I do not find a listing or a stated annual license fee for the above business similar to those listed in Article II through VIII. This re~utts in the Miniature Golf Course coming under the provisions of Article 1, Section 11.102 category - Other Amuse- ments, with a license fee of $10.00 per day. With this license fee being exorbitant in relation to the above described business and entirely out of proportion to the license fees as listed for the business described in Articles II through VIII, a hearing on this matter b~fore the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect on Tuesday evening, July 7th is respectfully requested. Yours very truly, s/ Charles L. Bartmann President Schlaver read letter of thanks and appreciation Fire g Police from the Illinois Association of the Board of Fire g Police Commis- Commission sioners for meeting held in Mount Prospect June 20th. Adjourrmaent upon acclamation at 12:10 P.M. Respectfully submitted Ruth C. Wilson, Clerk July 7, 1964