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Home My WebLink About11/01/1994 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF ' , THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT NOVEMBER 1, 1994 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley celled the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. ROLL CALL Present upon roll cell: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Richard Hendricks Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Michaele Skowron Trustee Irvana Wilks Absent: Trustee Timothy Corcoran INVOCATION The invocetion was given by Trustee Clowes. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to APPROVE approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor MINUTES and Board of Trustees held October 18, 1994. Upon roll cell: AyeS: Hendrlcks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Pass: Clowes Motion cerried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to APPROVE approve the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 672,276 Refuse Disposal Fund 'i17,976 Motor Fuel Tax Fund - Community Development Block Grant Fund 26,214 Water & Sewer Fund 322,737 Parking System Revenue Fund 954 Risk Management Fund 109,203 Vehicle Replacement Fund 1,030 Capital Improvement Fund 24,049 Downtown Redev. Const. Fund 283,163 Police & Fire Building Const. - Flood Control Construction Fund 980 EPA Flood Loan Construction Fund - Street Improvement Construction Fund 446,124 "" Debt Service Funds 250,000 Flexcomp Trust Furid - Escrow Deposit Fund 18,653 Police Pension Fund 71,307 Firamen's Pension Fund 74,099 Benefit Trust Fund - $2,418,765 Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. MAYOR'S REPORT PROCLAMATION: Mayor Farley proclaimed November 6, 1994 as GLENYS and GLENYS & ED EDWARD CHEN Day in the Village. CHEN DAY EMPLOYEE ' . ~ Mayor Farley, Bill Cooney, Director of Planning, and David Jepson, RECOGNITION: Director of Finance, presented Certificates and Plaques to the VILLAGE HALL/ following employees: HUMAN SERVICES Name pepartment Years of Service Bill Amundsen Inspection Services 20 Carol Fields Village Clerk 20 Ken Fdtz Planning 15 Nancy Morgan Human Services 10 Marilyn Michaelson Finance 5 Julie Bouris Finance 5 SPECIAL EVENTS Leo Floros, Co-Chairman of the Special Events Commission gave an COMMISSION UPDATE update of futura events including: Outdoor Carolling Event at Randhurat on December 17; Holiday decorations in the Gazebo at Village Hall; Holiday House Decorating contest; Celestial Celebration Banquet. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE HEARD None. OLD BUSINESS ZBA 40-Z-94 ZBA 40-Z-94, 105, 109 and 111 South Busse Road 105,109,111 S. BUSSE An Ordinance was prasented for second raading that would rezone the subject property from an R-X to R-I District for the construction of single family homes. The Zoning Board ofAppeals racommended granting this request by a vote of 7-0. ORD.NO. 4680 Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4680 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP VVlTH RESPECT TO THE REZONING OF PROPERTY FROM R-X TO R-1 DISTRICT Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hoefert Motion carried. PRELIMINARY PLAT Trustee Clowes, seconded by Trustee Wilks, move to accept the Praliminary Plat of Subdivision for the subject property. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hendricks, Skowron, Wilks Nays: Hoefert Motion carried. The final Plat of Subdivision will be prasented for approval in the near future. COMPREHENSIVE An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would adopt a new PLAT Comprehensive Plan for the Village, as racommended by the Plan Commission. Page 2 - November 1, 1994 ,.,~ On~nar~..~ ,;i be presented for second reading at the ~o~'ab~r 15th meeting of the V'~lage board. Ordinances were presented that would amend Article Xl of Chapter AMFND 11 relative to deregulating the fares charged by taxi cabs. Two Ordinances were presented for c~:.[;,eration in o"'~;i to give the Board a."t nooortunitv ',G ,~6,'~,~ ,,~- ~ , .,, , ...... w~[~, ~e ~e~iation should be established prohibi~hg taxi cab companies from increasing the fares no more than once in a 12 month period. Inasmuch as them was no dear consensus relative to this option, action was deferred until the November 15th meeting, in order to give the full Board an opportunity to voice their opinion, A Resolution was presented that would authorize the entire Village SWANCC Board to become members/observers of SWANCC, in addition to MEMBERSHIP Trustee Corcoren as Director and Trustee Hoefart as Alternate Director, and would also allow all members of the Village Board to attend Executive Sessions as observers only. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Hendricks, moved for passage RES.NO, 36-94 of Resolution No. 36-94 A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 19-93 APPOINTING A DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE DIRECTOR TO THE SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY (SWANCC) BY APPOINTING ALTERNATE DIRECTORS-OBSERVERS Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hendricks Nays: Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks, Farley Motion failed. NEW BUSINESS ZBA 23-A-94, Text Amendment (Eliminate Second Dwelling Units) ZBA 23-A-94 The Village administration, as Petitioner, proposes a text amendmentAMEND CH.. 14 to provide for the gradual elimination of specific second housekeeping 2ND HOUSE~ units in all single family residential districts. The Zoning Board of KEEPING UNITS Appeals recommended granting the requested text amendment by e vote of 4-3. The following residents and/or property owners expressed their opposition to the proposed text amendment: Robert Kooiker, owner of 218 S. Louis Owner, 315 S. Emerson Street Owner, 304 S. Wille Street ~ Owner, 520 N. Pine ?,"ili Owner 112 N. Elmhurst Avenue · ;i.i!:.:i Owner, 104 S. Elm C Owner, 100 S. Elm Owner, 101 S. William Owner, 611 S. Elm Owner 211 S. Wille Bill Reedy, 105 S. Elm Street, expressed support for the text amendment. Those opposing the proposal stated ,that .E a problem exists with a specific property the Village already has regulations that would allow enforcement to rectify specific problems. Page 3 - November 1, 1994 There was discussion that~e ~ ~---.....~__ _ 2 dwelling un~ unffi 1944 ~ ~ ~ w~e ~ to ~ ~ of 2 ~t~ ~t.b~ ~ ~ ~ ~s ~endme~ ~'g~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~r ~ 1~ and all ~s ~at ~ b~ in ~a~ ~ ~ ~p~ ~ amendme~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ving been ~nveAed ~out benefit ~ Tmstae Hoefe~, ~nded by Tm~ee He~, mo~d to ~n~r wi~ ~ m~mmen~on ~ ~e ~ B~rd of ~pe~s to gr~t · e ~ ~ment pmpo~ ~ ~ 2~, ~ ~e provision ~ ~y 2 ~elling unit ~iE prior ~ 1944 an~or ~ffi benefit of a pe~a ~ 'gmndfa~emd' as a ~i~ed use. Upon mil ~11: Ayes: Clowes, H~e~ Hend~s, Sko~n Nays: ~Iks Motion ~ed. An Ordinan~ ~11 be pmsentad for first reading at ~e November 15~ meeting of ~e ~llage Board. VlL~GE ~LL A Re~lufion was pmsentad ~at would au~o~e ~e ~llage to enter ON THE MALL: into a lea~ with Randhumt Shopping Center to es~blish a 'store ~NDHURST front' "Village Hall on ~e Mall" on ~e flint floor in Shopping Center at no ~st to ~e ~llage. RES.NO. 36-94 Tm~ee HoefeA, se~nded by Trustee Sko~n, moved for passage of Resolution No. ~-94 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ~ECUTION OF A L~SE AGREEMENT BE~EN THE VlL~GE OF MOUNT PROSPECT AND ~NDHURST SHOPPING CEN~R Upon roll ~11: Ayes: Clowes, HendH~s, Hoefe~ Sko~on, ~lks Nays: None Motion ~ed. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT RECEIVED GRANT Village Manager Michael E. Janonis informed the Board that the State MONEY had approved a grant of $4,000 to defray the costs incurred by the Village relative to planting 10,000 daffodil bulbs along the railroad right-of-way. ~.~ TRU'STEE COMMENTS Trustee Hendricks made a motion to reconsider the action taken by the Board eadier In the meeting relative to ZBA 40-Z-94. The mOtion failed for lack of a second. Trustee Hendricks asked for the total dollar amount paid to Amstein & Lehr, as a legal firm representing the Village from November 1, 1993 through October 31, 1994. Page 4 - November 1, 1994 rustee Henddcks also stated that Candidate packets were available from the Village Clerk for the April 4, 1995 Village election; that the ~ictitious policy' relative to enforcement by complaint only be revoked; that Newspapers should be required to have the authors name listed; that Trustee Corcoran, as the Village's representative to SWANCC, should receive direction from the Village Board before casting votes at the SWANCC meetings; the Village should pay the cost of removing bushes at Marcella and Central Road; and, that Trustee Skowren should cast her vote as Aye or Nay, not Yes or No. Trustee Clowes expressed his opposition relative to various items undertaken by SWANCC and requested the Village Manager to provide a copy of the report of actions taken by SWANCC to members of the Village Board. EXECUTIVE SESSION Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Wilks, moved to go into EXECUTIVE Executive Session for the purpose of discussing whether minutes SESSION from previous Executive Sessions could be released from confidential status; for the purpose of discussing land acquisition; and, to discuss personnel. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hendricks, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. The Board went into Executive Session at 10:10 P.M. The Board reconvened at 11:27 PM. Present upon roll calk Mayor Farley Trustee Clowes Trustee Hoefert Trustee Skowren Trustee Wilks Absent: Trustee Hendricks Trustee Skowron, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to release RELEASE certain Executive Session minutes and directed staff to prepare EXECUTIVE the appropriate Resolution for presentation at the next regular SESSION meeting of the Village Board on November 15th. MINUTES Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, Skowron, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Farley adjourned the meeting at 11:30 PM Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 5 - November 1, 1994