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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/08/1963 VB minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD IN VILLAGE HALL HELD ON TUESDAY~ JANUARY 8~ 1.963 President Schlaver called The meeting To order at 8:07 P.M. with the following members present: roll call Bickley Bruhl Ekren Gaw Phillips Absent: Casterline Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved for approval of the minutes of the previous meeting of January 2, 1963. minutes Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Ekren Gaw Phillips Absent: Casterllne Motion carried. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved for The approval of the following bills: bills General $ 28,377.21 Garbage 23; 76 Parking System Rev. 18,760.2~ Library 1,510.96 Water operations 9,009.17 $57,581.34 Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Ekren Gaw Phillips Motion carried. Messrs. J. R. Bahr and Gerhardt Seyring, representing The Lions Club, formally presented the Village with a flag which had Flak previously flown over the nation's capitol, Washington, D. C. President Schlaver accepted The flag on behalf of the Village, and certification attesting To This, addressed To Representative MarKueriTe StitT Church and signed by J. George STewart, Architect of the Capitol, was given To the Clerk. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that bids Alley behind for sewer improvement of alley behind curve au RTe. 83 and Lincoln curve at be opened. Clerk Wilson accordingly opened and read bids from the Hwy, 83 following: B - I D S w/o manhol~ on with manhole Contractor Pine St. on Pine Joe Centracchio $ Son $1,060.00 $1,335.00 Scully, Hunter g Scully 1,207.90 1,517.90 John Giannini 1,390.00 1,540.00 Plumbing Services Comp. 1,7~6.00 2,096.00 C. G. HalleT Constr. Co. 2,357.00 2,657.00 The first bid was not accepted because it did not include sand backfill in the proposal. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that these bids be handed to Mr. Ben HemmeTer, Village Engineer, for study. Motion carried by acclamation. At a later point in The meeting, Mr. Hemmeter returned with recommendation To award the contract To Scully, Hunter ~ Scully, lowest qualified bidder whose price encompassed all specifications. January 8, 1963 illage- Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that the owned Board accept the bid of Scully, Hunte~ g Scully in the amount parking of $1,517.90 and that the Village Manager be authorized ro lots sign the contract. Upon roll call: Ayes: Phillips Gaw Ekren Bickley Bruhl Absent: Caste'rline Motion carried. Trustee Bruhl read report from the Finance Committee regarding Village-owned parking lots, copy of which was given to each trustee and shall be incorporated into the minutes officially. shown below. Trustee Ekren commented on the t~emendous growth on the periphery of the Village, which includes many apartments, and pointed out that there is no public parking on the south side of the tracks. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved that the Village Board authorize the immediate preparation of plans and specifications for the development of parking facilities on the Maple Street and Wille Street properties, such plans to include: 1) Recovery for sale of Top soil. 2) Drainage. 3) Paving of the lots. 4) Sidewalks, including extension of the walk to Prospect Avenue on Maple Street 5) Parking meters, bumpers and painting stripes. 6) Adequate lighting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Ekren Gaw Phillips Absent: Casterline Motion carried. REPORT To: President and Board of Trustees From: Finance Committee Re: Vi~la.g~-Owne~ P~rkin~. Lots Some years ago the Village acquired property on Maple Street just south of the railroad for the purpose of future commuter parking. This property has been referred to as the Weber Lots. The time has now come when additional commuter parking is required, and it is the unanimous Opinion of the Finance Committee that this property be developed into a parking lot as soon as possible. The present parking site along the north side of the tracks is completely absorbed. On a normal business week day there is not a single empty stall after 9:00 In addition to the commuters' needs, parking facilities have been'a financially sound investment for the Village. The nominal fees collected in the parking memters have been more than enough to pay for the facilities and maintenance cost. It is our opinion that in view of the Village expansion commuter parking will continue to be a self liquidating venture. The Maple Street property would double our present commuter parking .facilities. Preliminary engineering studies indicate that this property would provide 186 10-ft. parking stalls, with 23 1/2 - foot aisles between the rows and entrance and exits in excess of 30 feet in width. In other words, a very fine parking lot. January 8, 1963 LETTER WRITTEN BY C. 0. SCHLAVER TO CHARLES M. MILLER as required by Board at January ~th meeting. !__~ January 9, 1962 : Mr. Charles M. Miller, President Cook County Water Corporation 140 South Clark Street Chicago, Illinois Dear Mr. Miller: At regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on January 1963, I was empowered by the Board to tender a firm purchase offer in the amount of $392,500 for all properties of the Cook County Water Corporation subject to the availability of funds obtained from revenue bonds resulting from ordinances yet to be prepared and appnoved, and also subject to clear and good title to the assets to be sold. Your reply to this offer should be made within fifteen days of receipt of this letter and addressed to my office in the Village Hall. Sincerely, C. O. Schlaver, President Village of Mount Prospect COS:pg n addition to the commuter parking needs, this property has another Village-owned sideline advantage. It is well situated for Lions Prk and will lots help to solve some of the paDking a~d t~affic problems during heavy~ activities at the Park. The Village also owns a second piece of property on Wille Street near Prospect Avenue which will accommodate 48 automobiles. For the same basic reasons we feel that this lot should also be developed at the same time. Due to the proximity of merchants in this area, however, we feel that some of these meters should be modified To a shorter time period in order to accommodate shoppers. Trustee Bruhl read report from the Finance Committee regarding the Cook County Water Company as follows: Cook County R E P 0 R T Water Corp. To: President and Board of Trustees From: Finance Committee Subject: The Cook County Water Company, the independent company providing wa~r and sewer service to Hatlen and Colonial ~ei~h~s areas. Some time ago this Company tendered a sales offer to the Village for $425,000, but this offer terminated prior to the time that was necessary to evaluate the economic soundness of the price offered. This entire Board is well aware of the advantages of obtaining this independent water and sewer company. 0nly by Village acquisition can standard rates and standard service be offered to this group of Village residents. To be a financially sound acquisitloD, however, it is necessary that the price will not impose any amount of burden on the balance of the Village residents. In other words, the acquisition should be self 1 quldat ng. The price evaluation therefore required a projection of the earning power for these facilities at Village standards. Our conclusions are drawn from statistics and opinions provided by Mr. James King, Village Finance Director; Mr. Paul Speer, Financial Consultant; Mr. David Creamer, Village Water Superintendent;Mr. Richard Schlaack of the J. P. Miller Artesian Well Company, and from Mr. Carl W. Reh of the Greeley & Hansen firm of consulting engineers. It is our unanimous opinion and recommendation that the facilities of the Cook County Water Company would justify and support a purchase offer in the amount of $392,500. Harry Bruhl Trustee Ekren pointed out that Cook County Water Company had filed appeal with the Zoning Board to allow erection of water tower on Bonita Avenue in Hatlen Heights Subdivision, and this was objected to by the residents of Hatlen Heights; if the Village buys this water company there would be no necessity for erection of another water tower. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that the offer to V~llage tender a firm purchase offer to the Cook County Water Company purchase in the amount of $392,500 for all properties of the Cook County Water ~ Cook Co. Sewer Corporation, subject to the availability of funds obtained from Water Corp. revenue bonds resulting from'ordinances yet to be prepared and approved, and also subject to clear and good title to the assets to be sold. Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bnuhl Gaw Ekren Phillips Absent: Casterline Motion carried. January 8, 1963 ° Police Trustee Bickley explained that SEts. Esmond and Homola Dept. both passed test for lieutenant within a point of each other. SEt. Homola decided not to ~se his military points to gain the lieutenancy at this time, allowing SEt. Esmond the rank; so stating this in letter to Mount Prospect Fire g Police Committee. Trustee Bickley commended SEt. Homola on his action. Manager Appleby read the following memo from Engineer Colonial Hemmeter re Colonial Heights Fifth Addition: Heights Fifth "The improvements shown on the plans for the Fifth Addition to Add'n Colonial Heights meet the requirements of the Village Ordinances pertaining to subdivisions. "The estimated cost of the improvements are as follows: Streets and Sidewalks' $19,000 Storm sewer 11,000 $30,000 5% for engineering 1,500 Total $31,500 "The water mains and samiDary sewer belong to a private company, so no estimates are included for these improvements." Mr. Appleby read the following letter from Colonial Heights Inc. dated January 8, 1963 addressed to President and Board of Trustees: "We hereby requesz permission to construct the public improvements consisting of storm sewers, pavement, curb and gutter and sidewalks shown on plans and specification therefor for Colonial Heights 5th Addition prepared by E. N. Fletcher at our own expense and at no expense to.the Village of Mount Prospect. "When these improvements are completed and accepted by the Village they shall become the property of the Village without cost to the Village, "Enclosed is a copy of the Engineers Estimated Cost for which a Corporation Completion Bond has been delivered to the Village. Escrow for planting of street zrees and deposit for street signs have already been made. An escrow will be set-up for the Engineers Inspection fees prior to any work being done in this unit." Yours very truly, Neal L. Hunter Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that the plans and specificatinns for public improvements in Colonial Heights 5th Addition be approved, and that the request of Colonial Heights, Inc. for permission to install such storm sewers, pavement, curb and gutter and sidewalks as shown on said plans be granted, Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Gaw Ekren Phillips Absent: Casterline Motion carried. Well #q Mr, Appleby announced that the Miller Company has finished bailing at Well ~q and repairs should be finished in a short time. Bldg. Mr. Appleby announced that Mr. Carney and'Mr. Pecararo of Dept. the Building Department are both progressing satisfactorily; the Village is looking forward to their return. January 8, 1963 Mr. Salvatore Di Mucci offered to give the Village the Street vacation east 75 feet of Lot ~28 in Elk Ridge Villa Unit No. i in exchange and lot exchange for the vacation of Thayer Street at Prospect Avenue west of Elk Ridge Villa KenilworthAvenue. This matter was referred to the Judiciary and g Centralwood Fire Committees and the Village Attorney for report at the next Sub meeting. Mr. Bill Cadigan of C. T. & A. stated that surveys for MFT next year's M.F.T. paving are all finished due to the late fall and fairly godd weather. President Schlaver stated that Mr. Wm. Yost had completed Wm. Yost his interneship with the Manager's Office and intends to stay with the Village until the end of May, when he will entem the Air Force. Mr. John Pope, 400 South Maple, amose and Kave approval of the Village plan for parking lot on South Maple. Adjournment by acclamatinn at 9:04 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Ruth C. Wilson~ Clerk Sanuary 8, 1963