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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/22/1994 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - ~ ~ NOVEMBER 22, 1994 I. CALL TO ORDER ~. Mayor Gerald~Farley called'the'meebng to order at 7.39 p m Present at the meebng were Mayor Gerald Farley, Trustees George Clowes, T~mothy Corcoran, R~chard Hendricks, Paul Hoefert, M~chaele Skowron and Irvana Wilks Also ,-* present at the meebng were Vdlage Manager M~chael Janonis, Asmstant to the : V~llage Manager David Strahl, PubhcWorks D~rector Herb Weeks, F~nance D~rector Dawd Jepson and Asmstant Finance D~rector Carol Widmer. ACceptance of the Minutes fi-om November 8,' 1994 Motion made by Trustee Corcoran and Seconded by Trustee Hoefert Minutes apl~roved III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD - IV. UPDATE REGARDING AUDREY LANE CITIZENS' MEETING Mayor Farley prowded background to the other members of tl~e V~llage Board ,concermng an informabonal meebng which occurred on November 14 to d~scuss '* excessive traffic on Miner Road/Conme Lane/Audrey Lane corndor and the perceived cut-through traffic problems The V~llage retained a Traffic Engineer to --study the concerns of the area remdents' The consultant recommended a temporary closing of the corridor at Miner Road and Conme Lane and study the before and after traffic flows of the cut-through traffic In addR~on to the recommendabons of the approximately 50 remdents who attended the informabonal meeting, the majonty of the residents recommended signs being placed at the entrance of Audrey off of Golf and Central stabng the proh~b~bon of no thru traffic and hmlt the wmght of the vehicles which use the streets between Golf and Central Mayor Farley also stated that the Minutes of the meebng which were included in the packet accurately reflect the d~scusmons which occurred Trustee Clowes recommended the conbnued selective enforcement by the Pohce to address the speeding concerns ~n the area and also look at expanding Busse Road to four lanes even though ~t ~s not popular w~th Busse Road residents He stated that the bamer suggesbon does not seem to address where the traffic ~s coming from but seems to re-route ~t only Consensus of the Village Board was 't(~ ~direct staff to proceed with the recommendations as outlined from the informational meeting of November 14. Among the items to be Implemented Include: "No Thru Traffic"~signs at Golf and Central, the temporary barricade Installation at Connie Lane. The Police Depa,'l,~'ient will continue its selective speed enfomement in the area to discourage cut-thru traffic and speeders. ,,~_ Resident John Welninsld, t3 South Audrey Lane, spoke He felt traffic has been increasing since he has hved on Audrey and ~t seems to be the h~ghest volume dunng rush hour penods.. He is concerned about chddren in the area and the volumes of traffic He also felt that ~peed~ng conbnues to be a problem and signage will not affect the volume of traffic Resident Lori Kron, 17 South Audrey, spok~e She prowded an overview of the traffic counts of the area streets as determined by the Traffic consultant She feels the signs w~ll not have the desired effect and feels that barricades should be ~nstalled at Connie and Audrey to redistribute the traffic She feels that safety and property values are being affected by the volume of traffic She presented a Pebbon to the V~llage Board where 32 of 48 homeowners ~n the area s~gned Ind~cabng that they felt there was too much traffic and speeding of cut-thru traffic in the area ~ ,~ DISCUSSION OF LONG-TERM DEBT Finance Director Dave Jepson prowded a general overwew of the Debt s~tuaflon for the V~llage of Mount Prospect and stated this ~s a follow-up discussion from November 8 He stated that Debt has been used extensively by the Vdlage to finance large projects He stated that Debt has increased over the last five to s~x years to ~ncorporate flood control, street ~mprovements, Pohce and Fire Headquarters and the Pubhc Works building ,There ~s a scheduled payback of approximately $37 mdhon sbll outstanding The Debt level ~s managed by using the Property Tax, Quarter Cent Sales Tax and other Revenue sources available to the V~llage to pay off any Bonded Debt 2 He stated that the level of I~ebt in Mount Prospect is not exceedingly h~gh and is b~ng paid off quicker than ongmally scheduled He stated the V~llage enjoys a Iow interest rating due to the vaned Revenue sources available to the Village He also prowded an overview of the vanous graphics which were included in the report He also h~ghhghted the fact that the per capita debt ratio for a Mount Prospect resident is s~gmficantly lower than comparable commumbes This Information was provided to t~e Village Board for Informational purposes only; no action was necessary. VI. MANAGER'S REPORT Manager Janonis rem~nded the Board there is no scheduled Committee of the Whole meet;ng for November 29, 1994 ~ VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Trustee Hendricks prowded a copy of the M~nutes from the Committee of the Whole meebng of October 11. He ~s encouraging the V~llage Board to reconsider a Resolution supporting a gambhng boat at Arlington Heights International Racecourse He proposed to d~rect staff to draft a Resolution supporting the Village of Arlington Heights' Resolution for a gambhng boat at the Race Course Mayor Farley stated the Village Board has taken a pos~bon on gambhng in which c~bzens are to d~rectly authonze the Village Board to approve any type of gambhng expansion in Mount Prospect through a Referendum He stated the Village Board has already taken action and this issue w~ll not be reconsidered Trustee Clowes stated that he would be w~lhng to propose a Resolubon opposing all expansion of gambhng w~th~n the State and request the State of Ilhnois set a sunset on nver boat gambhng Trustee Hendrlcks requested a follow-up of h~s March 22, 1994 memo to the Village Manager concerning a Pohce Sergeant whereby he had requested a meebng with the V~llage Manager Village Manager stated that no meebng w~ll be scheduled concerning th~s matter w~th Trustee Hendricks Trustee Hendricks also requested the V~llage Board consider the d~scussmn of a Consent Agenda s~mllar to Arhngton Heights Trustee Hoefe~t stated the Village Board has already dec~ded not to ubhze a Consent Agenda 3 A Motion was made by Trustee Corcoran to adjourn the meebng ~nto Executive Session to discuss Property Acquisition, Property Dlsposrdon and Personnel. Motion was Seconded by Trustee Skowron AdJourned into Execubve Session at 9'12 p m The meeting was reconvened at 10 05 p m VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further bus~ness, the meebng was adjourned at 10 05 p m. Respectfully sub_m, itte~, ~} ~ ~ .~ DAVID STRAHL DS/rcc ~ Assistant to the Village Manager ,