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Home My WebLink About4. CWC Minutes 06/13/2015 MAYORACTINGVILLAGE ArleneA.Juracek MANAGER DavidStrahl TRUSTEES VILLAGECLERK PaulWm.Hoefert JohnJ.MatuszakM.LisaAngell StevenS.Polit RichardF.RogersPhone:847/3926000 ColleenE.SaccotelliFax:847/3926022 MichaelA.Zadel½½½Ȍ³µ»´º¶¸µ¹¶«©ºȌµ¸ VillageofMountProspect 50SouthEmersonStreet,MountProspect,Illinois60056 MINUTES COFFEEWITHCOUNCIL Saturday,June13,2015 CommunityCenter,VillageHall Themeetingconvenedat9:00a.m.VillageBoardmemberspresentwereMayorArleneJuracekandTrustees StevePolit,RichardRogersandColleenSaccotelli.RepresentingStaffwasHumanServicesDirectorJulieKane. ResidentsinAttendance CarolTortorelloElmhurstAvenue JohnElenbergerRedwoodDrive BarbieandSteveVanArsdaleCanDotaAvenue CraigIversenWilleStreet LindaandDaveBradyIOkaAvenue TomManionEdwardStreet Suzanneh͸.ƚǤƌĻBusseRoad DavidScheinNaWaTaAvenue JimChylikLocust JerryBoldtSchoolStreet MikeCuddyIOkaAvenue LouisBowersBoxwood WilliamMillarCentralRoad MaxRomanowiczArdyce DorothyandEdwardProstkoHiLusi GabeAriasArlingtonHeights MaryWinklerBobbyLane PatandKatyMoranRedwood ChristinaRogersLaurel MayorJuracekopenedthemeetingwithgeneralremarks,askedforintroductionsandthenmovedtothe residentportionofthemeeting. JohnElenberger reportedapickuptruckleakingfuelwhichhasbeenparkedinthe10011005blockof Cottonwoodforapproximatelyfiveweeks.Thevehiclehasticketsonitandthelicenseplatenumberis 1519997.HealsoreportedthehomeonthenorthwestcornerofCottonwoodandLinnemanhashadgarage salesforthepastfourtofiveweekends.Heinquiredastowhetherthereisalimittothenumberofgaragesales thatareallowed.MayorJuracekadvisedthatstaffwillfollowup. BarbieandSteveVanArsdale aredelightedtoseethatconstructionhasbegunonthecornerofCentraland RandRd.StevecommentedonthemoviesonthegreenonWednesdayandstatedhesawalotofhappykidsat theevent. CarolTortorello hadnothingtoreport. ChristinaRogers hadaquestionabouttreereplacementforparkwaytreeswhichwereremoved.MayorJuracek indicatedthattheprogramisongoingandthatafreetreeisavailable.Residentscanpayextraforadifferent speciesoftree.TrusteePolitaddedthatresidentscanplanttheirowntreeiftheyobtainapermit.General discussionregardingtheschedulefortreeplantingfollowed. JimChylik inquiredastowhathappensifresidentsķƚƓ͸Ʒcallintohavetheirwatermeterexchanged.Mayor JuracekindicatedthattheVillagewoulddofollowupwithresidentstoscheduletheexchange.Hesuggested thatmailingssentbytheVillagebeaddressedtotheresidentbynameratherthanͻhĭĭǒƦğƓƷͼinordertoavoid residentsdiscardingimportantnoticessentbytheVillage.Mr.Chylikhadquestionsregardingonlinepayment forhiswaterbillandMayorJuracekindicatedthatVillagestaffwouldfollowupwithhimregardinghis questions. JerryBoldt hadnothingtoreport. MikeCuddy expressedconcernregardingtheproposedWalgreensonthecornerofGolfandElmhurst.He statedthatthedeveloperisgoingdoortodoorspeakingwithresidentsfromtheneighborhood.Further discussiontookplaceregardingtheprotectivecovenantandMayorJuracekencouragedhimtocontinueto engageresidentsofthesubdivisionregardingthisissue.TrusteePolitaddedthattheBoardhastovoteonthis issueevenifthedevelopergets51%oftheresidentstoagree.Mr.Cuddyinquiredastothestatusofthe propertyat83andCentral.MayorJuracekadvisedthatnobodyisclaimingownershipandacourtorderfor demolitionhasbeenissued.Generaldiscussionfollowed. TomManion thankedtheMayorandTrusteesforallthegoodworktheydoonbehalfofthecommunityand statedthatheappreciatesCoffeewithCouncil.TrusteePolitencouragedresidentstoutilizeemailasanother meanstohavetheirquestionsansweredbytheBoard. LindaandDaveBrady expressedconcernsabouttheproposedWalgreensatGolfandElmhurstandstressedthe importanceofkeepingtheneighborhoodeducatedabouttheseconcerns.MayorJuracekindicatedthatthe rezoningrequestswouldhavetogobeforethePlanningandZoningcommission.TrusteeRogerssuggested invitingthedevelopertoaCoffeewithCouncilmeeting.Lindainquiredastohowtoresearchtheoriginalowner ofthebuildingandMayorJuraceksuggestedcheckingwiththecounty. LouisBowers hadnothingtoreport. WilliamMiller statedheisopposedtotherequestbySchoolDistrict57toputinanaccessroadatWestbrook School.Hehassafetyconcernsanddoesnotwanttoseetheparklikesettingdestroyed.Mr.Millerstatedthat hefeelsthatwhatDistrict57isdoingisinviolationofVillagecodes.HestatedthatheattendedthePlanning andZoningmeetingandvoicedhisconcerns.Mr.Millerinquiredastowhowouldmowthelawnandwho wouldbeliableforinjury.TrusteePolitindicatedthatthepropertyisownedbyDistrict57.MayorJuracek statedthatthecasethatwillbepresentedtotheBoardisarezoningcaseandthatsomeoftheconcernshehas shouldberaisedduringthedevelopmentprocess.Generaldiscussionfollowed. Suzanneh͸.ƚǤƌĻ statedthatsheisalsoopposedtotheaccessroadatWestbrookSchoolandhasthesame concernsasMr.Miller.Shebelievesthattheyhavealreadybeguntheproject.Suzannealsoinquiredasto whetheradrivercanenterintothecrossingatBusseandLonnquistiftherearenopedestriansinthe intersectionbutthebeaconisstillflashing. MaxRomanowicz hadnothingtoreport. CraigIverson inquiredastowhetherthewalkwayinMelasParkwouldbeabridge.MayorJuracekindicated thatitwouldbeasurfacecrossing.Discussionregardingasafepassageislandtookplace. MaryWinkler expressedconcernregardingthelackofovernightparkinginthedowntownarea.Shestatedthat sellinghercondominiumonBusseandEmersonhasbeendifficultbecauseofthelackofparkingavailable. MayorJuracekindicatedthatthiswouldbeagoodtopicforafutureCommitteeoftheWholemeeting. PatandKathyMoran statedthatthetwohourparkinglimitinthedowntownareaisnotconducivetokeeping peopledowntownandaskediftheVillagecouldconsiderchangingsomeoftheparkingspacestothreeorfour hourlimits.MayorJuracekstatedthattheconcernisthatcommuterswilltaketheseparkingspots.Further discussiontookplaceregardingalternateparkingoptionsinthedowntownarea.TheaƚƩğƓ͸ƭalsoraised concernregardingsafetyandpollutionissuesduetoincreasedairtrafficoverMountProspect.MayorJuracek discussedherinvolvementwiththeh͸IğƩĻNoiseCompatibilityCommissionandhereffortstoengage surroundingmunicipalitiesindiscussionsregardingtheincreasedairtrafficinthearea. DorothyandEdwardProstko statedtheyareopposedtotheWalgreensstoregoinginatGolfandElmhurst. Theyraisedconcernaboutthelackofgroceryshoppingavailableinthedowntownareaforthosethatwouldlike groceryshoppingwithinwalkingdistanceoftheirresidence.MayorJuracekacknowledgedtheirconcernand statedthatthesmallfootprintwasnotappealingtomostgrocerystores.Mr.Prostkoinquiredastowhether ContinentalBakerywasforsale.Furtherdiscussiontookplaceregardingtheforsalesignthathadbeenposted temporarily. GabeArias statedthatheiscurrentlyanArlingtonHeightsresidentandisconsideringmovingtoMount Prospect.HeinquiredaboutdowntowndevelopmentandwhetherGovernorwğǒƓĻƩ͸ƭproposalswouldhavean impactondevelopment.MayorJuracekindicatedthatdowntowndevelopmentwouldnotbeimpactedbygrant suspensionsandprovidedMr.Ariaswithsomehighlightsofupcomingdevelopmentinthedowntownarea. TrusteeSaccotelliandTrusteeRogersspokeaboutthevariousfamilyfriendlyactivitiesthattheVillageholds throughouttheyear. DavidSchein thankedPublicWorksfortakingcareofanissuewithatreethatwasobstructingviewandcausing asafetyissueinsuchatimelymanner.Mr.ScheinindicatedthathewillbewritingtheDailyHeraldregarding thearticlewrittenaboutturtlesashedisagreeswiththeadvicegiveninthearticle. Themeetingwasadjournedat11:06a.m. RespectfullySubmitted, JulieKane HumanServicesDirector