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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/05/1996 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT MARCH 5, 1996 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley celled the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ROLL CALL Present upon roll cell: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee George Clowes Trustee Richard Hendricks Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Michaele Skowron Trustee Irvana Wilks INVOCATION The invocetion was given by Trustee Wilks. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Cor. coran, moved to approve APPROVE minutes of the regular meeting of the Village Board held MINUTES February 20, 1996. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to APPROVE approve the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $1,062,268 Refuse Disposal Fund 4,129 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 9,653 Community Development Block Grant Fund 2,309 Debt Service 1,500 Capital Improvement Fund 55,535 Downtown Redev. Const. Fund -- Police & Fire Building Const. 2,053 Flood Control Construction Fund 12,574 EPA Flood Loan Construction Fund -- Street Improvement Construction Fund -- Water & Sewer Fund 366,231 Parking System Revenue Fund 3,684 Risk Management Fund 101,491 Vehicle Replacement Fund 7,456 Vehicle Maintenance Fund 38,161 Flexcomp Trust Fund -- Escrow Deposit Fund 41,922 Police Pension Fund 58,465 Firemens Pension Fund 70,627 Benefit Trust Funds 2,626 $1,840,684 Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. MAYOR'S REPORT PROCLAMATION: Mayor Farley proclaimed the week of March 3 - 9 as Tornado TORNADO Preparedness Week and presented the Proclamation to Don PREPAREDNESS Anderson, Deputy Director of Operations of Mount Prospect ESDA. PROCLAMATION: Mayor Farley also presented a Proclamation to Cheryl Pasalic, 10TH ANNIVERSARY Adminstrator of Communications acknowledging the 10th Anniversary GOVERNMENT of the Village sponsored Government Access Television. ACCESS T V An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would create a AMEND CH. 13 Class "S" liquor license for the new Hacienda Restaurant which will CLASS "S", occupy the empty the restaurant located at the southwest corner of HACIENDA the Randhurst Shopping Center. 999 ELMHURST ROAD This Ordinance will be presented for second reading at the next regular meeting of the Village Board on March 20th. APPOINTMENTS There were no appointments. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mayor Farley and members of the Board and staff extended happy DICK BACHHUBER birthday wishes to Richard Bachhuber, Chairman of the Finance Commission and a regular member of the audience at Village Board meetings. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD WESTBROOK Martin Kobler, 1711 West Lincoln Street, asked if the administration SCHOOOL - NSSEO had determined whether the definition of school under the Zoning Ordinance would allow Westbrook School to lease the property to the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organanization (NSSEO). SRO Village Manager Janonis stated that under the Zoning Ordinance the use proposed for use by.the NSSEO at Westbrook School would be a permitted use. It was also noted that a request has been received from NSSEO for the Village to provide a Student Resource Officer (SRO) in conjunction with the use proposed at Westbrook School, with the total cost of that Officer to be paid by NSSEO. The Village is drafting language for an Agreement, which Agreement will be presented for consideration at the next meeting of the Village Board on March 20th. OLD BUSINESS ZBA 2-A-96 ZBA 2-A-96, Text Amendment TEXT AMENDMENT An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would amend Chapter 14 (Zoning Ordinance) to permit driveways serving three-car garages to exceed the maximum allowable driveway width within 15 feet of a garage. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this text amendment by a vote of 5-0. ORD.NO. 4778 Trustee W~lks, seconded by Trustee Clowes, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4778 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 (ZONING) OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corccran, Henddcks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. Page 2 - March 5, 1996 An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would amend AMEND CH. 22 Article V entitled "Meters and Rates" of Chapter 22 of the WATER/SEWER Village Code by increasing the water and sewer ra.tes for those RATE INCREASE receiving Village services from $3.07 to $3.20 per 1,000 gallons. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved for passage ORD.NO. 4779 of Ordinance No. 4779 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE V ENTITLED "METERS AND RATES" OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. 1996 An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would authorize GENERAL the issuance of General Obligation Bonds in the amount of OBLIGATION $3,150,000 for flood control projects, downtown development, to BONDS replace Opticom equipment, Melas Park improvem~ents and Ceo-Base System software. Ron Norene of R. V. Norene & Associates, Bond Counsel for the Village, stated that bids were opened earlier in the day reflecting the following interest rates: Harris Trust and Savings Bank 4.3113% Raymond James & Associates 4.3222% Firstar Bank Milwaukee 4.3328% ABN AMRO Securities 4.3350% Dain Boswroth, Inc. 4.3537% Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Company 4.35473% Robert W. Baird & Co. 4.3726% Gdffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson 4.4007% First of America Securities, Inc. 4.4473% Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to concur ORD.NO.4780 with the recommendation of Bond Counsel and the administration and adopt Ordinance No. 4780, incorporating the Iow bid submitted by Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, Mana{ler and Associates at an interest rate of 4.3113%. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,400,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1996A AND $750,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1996B, OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Skowron, Wilks, Farley Nays: None Abstain: Hendricks, Hoefert Motion carried. Trustee Hendri~s stated that he abstained from voting on Ordinance No. 4780 due to the fact that he has a relative who works for Harris Bank Page 3 - March '5, 1996 and Trustee Hoefert explained that he abstained due to the fact that his employer is Northern Trust, part of the winning bid consortium. AMEND CH. 23 An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would amend INCREASE LANDLORD/ Article XVIII entitled "Residential Landlord and Tenant Regulations" TENANT FEE of Chapter 23 of the Village Code, which amendment increases the licensing fee for a rental unit from $7.00 per year per unit to $14.00 per unit per year. The Ordinance also provides the license period from June 1 through May 31 of each year. Trustee Clowes stated that he Would like to delay the vote on inceasing the Landlord/Tenant fee until the administration has a policy established relative to inspection criteria. ORD.NO. 4781 Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4781 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XVIII ENTITLED "RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT REGULATIONS" OF CHAPTER 23 OF THE VILLAGE CODE Upon roll cell: Ayes: Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Clowes, Hendricks Motion carried. REFUSE/YARD The proposa presented at the last meeting to increase the cost of WASTE STICKER FEE a refuse/yard waste sticker from $1.25 to $1.50 each Was deferred in order to obtain additional information as to the overall cost to the Village for garbage an.d yard waste disposal. There was discussion relative to how the Village could collect funds sufficient to cover SWANCC's cost to the Village. Dave Jepson, Finance Director, presented cost estimates on projected costs for refuse and yard waste collection over the next 4 years. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to increase the cost of a refuse/yard waste sticker from $1.25 to ;$1.50 each. Trustee Skowron, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to amend the motion to increase the cost of a refuse/yard waste sticker from $1.25 to $1.75 for 1996 and 1997, and $2.00 for 1998 and 1999. Upon roll call on the amendment to the motion: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron Nays: Henddcks, Wilks Motion carried. Upon roll call of the amended motion: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, VVilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. Trustee Wilks stated that the motion to amend was inappropriate. Page 4 - March 5, 1996 Additional discussion took place on this subject' under "Any Other Business" later in this meeting. The increased cost for refuse/yard waste stickers will become effective March 15, 1996. It was noted that stickers that had been purchased at the $1.25 rate will be honored by ARC. NEW BUSINESS ZBA 3-CU-96, U. S. Robotics, 1800 West Central .Road ZBA 3-CU-96 At the request of the Petitioner, consideration of this request for aU.S.ROBOTICS Conditional Use in the nature of a Planned Unit Development 1800 CENTRAL was deferred until the March 20th Village Board meeting. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend AMEND CH. 22 Article VIII entitled "Flood Plain Regulations" of Chapter 22 FLOOD PLAIN to bring Village regulations into conformance with the requirements REGULATIONS of the State. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of .an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hendricks Motion carried. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by TruStee Skowron, moved for passage ORD.NO. 4782 of Ordinance No. 4782 AN ORDIANNCE AMENDING ARTICLE VIII ENTITLED "FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS" OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would authorize DISPOSE OF the Village to transfer title of a 80' x 125' parcel of land abuttingREAL PROPERTY: School District 59's Forest View Elementary School. This parcel FOREST VIEW was dedicated to the Village over 30 years ago for proposed storm ELEMENTARY water detention. SCHOOL It was noted that the Village will not be using the parcel for the original purpose of water retention and the best interests of the Village would be served by transferring title back to the Township School Trustees. This Ordinance will be presented March 20th for second reading. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend AMEND the Official Comprehensive (Generalized Land Use) Plan to include COMPREHENSIVE: the Central Road Corridor Plan as a part of the Comprehensive Plan. CENTRAL ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN Page 5 - March 5, 1996 This Ordinance will be presented for second reading at the next meeting of the Village Bbard on March 20th. AMEND CH. 6 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would amend TELE- Chapter 6 (Telecommunications Code). COMMUNICATIONS Peter Coblentz, an attorney specializing in telecommunications and retained by the Village as a consultant on this subject, gave a presentation on the proposed changes. This Ordinance will be presented March 20th for second reading. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT BID: Village Manager Janonis presented the following bid for parkway PARKWAY restoration: RESTORATION Bidder Price per Square Yard D & J Landscaping $ 4.19 Lundstrom's Nursery. $ 5.50 TLC LandscaPe . $12.45 Sebert Landscaping $16.00 Hansen's Landscape $31.00 D & J LANDSCAPE TrusteeClowes, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to concurwith the recommendation of the administration and accept the Iow qualified bid submitted by D & J Landscaping for parkway restoration at a cost not to exceed the budgeted amount of $34,500. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks 'NAYS: None Motion carried. GIS CONSULTANT The following proposals were received in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a consultant to advise the Village through the GIS (Geographic Information System) System: Firm Not To Exceed RUST E & I $11,620 Group One Resources $17,820 Roy F. Weston $18,000 Plangraphics $ 45,420 UGC Declined It was noted that the administration had reviewed the proposals and while RUST E & I had submitted the lowest proposal, they recommended rejecting that proposal due to concerns about the effect their status as a multi-disciplined engineering firm would have on their approach 'to this project. GROUP ONE Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to concur RESOURCES with the recommendation of the administration and accept the proposal submitted by Group One Resources as technical Page 6 - March 5, 1996 consultant to advise the Village through' the GIS process at a cost not to exceed $17,820. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. The following proposals were presented to conduct an aerial AERIAL survey of the Village, which would be used for multiple purposes SURVEY including use in conjunction with the GIS System: Firm Fee The Sidwell Company $159,665 Geonex Chicego Aerial Survey $160,885 . Kucera International, Inc. $176,982 Aero-Metric, Inc. $204,779 Ayres Associates Declined The following proposals were receiVed to supply digital maps denoting all planimetric features visible or identifiable from the orthophotos. This item will be included in the 1997 budget: Firm Fee The Sidwell Company $ 69,710 Geonex Chicego Aerial Survey, Inc~ $112,960 Kucera International, Inc. $138,456 Aero-Metric, Inc. $151,169 Ayres Associates SDedined Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to SIDWELL CO. concur with the recommendation of the administration and accept the propOsal submitted by The Sidwell Company to prepare the aerial survey of the Village in the amount of $159,665 and related item to take place in 1997 in an amount of $69,710, which amount will be included in the 1997 budget. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. Mr. Janonis reminded the Board that Coffee with Council will COFFEE WITH take place on Saturday at 9:00 AM in the Conference Room of COUNCIL of the Village Hall. Mr. Janonis also reminded the audience that Village vehicle VEHICLE stickers are on sale for the 1996/97 fiscel year and that the STICKERS sticker must be affixed to the windshield by midnight on April 30th. ANY OTHER BUSINESS SIGN Trustee Hendricks expressed his concern that the decisions made REVIEW by the Sign Review Board are final. Trustee Hendricks also asked BOARD for information as to how the Cumberland Baptist Church on Central Road was allowed to have 4 free standing signs. Page 7 - March 5, 1996 Staff will secure information of this request and will respond. RAILROAD Trustee Hoefert stated that the new law assessing a $500.00 fine CROSSING against anyone walking across the tracks when the gates ara down is confusing, noting that commuters are used to their schedule and many do wait for the train in their cars. Trustee Hoefert also asked why a commuter on the train was walking through the cars of the train and distributing handbills issued by the Mount Prospect Police. It was noted that the person distributing the handbills was actually serving court ordered community service, having received a ticket for ignoring {he downed railroad crossing gates. Trustee Clowes alsolspoke on the subject of the new law regarding railroad crossing gates. PARLIAMENTARY Trustee Wilks noted ithat earlier in the meeting when the Board was considering increasing'the refuse/yard waste sticker fee she made a motion to increase the fee to $1.50. An motion to amend her motion was made and seconded which amendment amended her motion to increase the fee to $1.75 and $2.00 over a a period of 4 years. Trustee Wilks stated that the amendment was out of order inasmuch as it changed her motion completely. She also noted that when it came to vote on the main motion she misunderstood what the main motion was, however, she explained that had she understood the motion she was voting on she would have cast a negative vote on the main motion, not the affirmative vote that she did cast. CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Skowron, moved to go into Closed Session for the purpose of discussing: Potential Litigation 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11) Property Acquisition 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (5) Personnel 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1) Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendrlcks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. The Board went into Closed Session at 10:43 P.M. Mayor Farley reconvened at 11:46 P.M. Present upon roll call: Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes Trustee Corcoran Trustee Hendrlcks Trustee HOefert Trustee Skowron Trustee Wilks ADJOURN ADJOURN Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 11:47 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 8 - March 5, 1996