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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3203_001COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA Meeting Location: Board Room, 2nd Floor Public Safety Building 112 East Northwest Highway I. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL Meeting Date and Time: Tuesday, August 25, 1981 7:30 p.m. II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 11, 1981 III. BUSSE/WILLE SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS NO. 3 and NO. 4 The Staff, along with a great deal of assistance from Mayor Krause, has been working during the past week with the property owners and voters in the Busse/Wille improve- ment area to finalize the plans for this proposed project. The final filing date for any petition of protest to the establishment of the proposed special service areas must be in by Saturday, August 22, 1981. As of the date of this Agenda preparation, no petition has been filed. Assuming that no petition of protest is received, the proj- ect is prepared to go forward in the following manner. The Village submitted the engineering plans to the State of Illinois for appToval on this project several weeks ago. Because the delays created by the State in returning that approval, the Village will not be able to receive bids on this project until August 31, 1981. Those bids will be ....nomm presented to the Village Board as the final cost estimate on this project at the September 1, 1981 regular Village August Board Meeting, At that September Ist meeting, theVilla& Board should consider the passage of the ordinances'dstab- lishing the district and for the sale of the bonds. During the meetings of the past week with the property' owners in the proposed two special service areas, there has been shown concern by these people regarding the one way traffic flow on Wille Street and questions raised about the flexibility of the plans that have been developed by the Village. The Village has continued to indicate to the pro- perty owners that there is flexibility in the plans and that should the proposed traffic flow and other engineering pro- posals not be successful during a six month to one year per- iod after initial construction, then the Village would be prepared to consider changing those plans to some alternative that would be more beneficial to the area and the general pub- lic. It has been the general consensus of the Staff in meet- ing with the owners that at least a trial period should be established in order to determine exactly how the proposed plans will work before any changes are made in these plans. If changes are made in the plans at this point in time necessitating any additional funding for this project, then the creation of the special service areas No. 3 and No. 4 would have to be scrapped and work would have to be started to establish new special service areas in accordance with the state laws governing the establishment of these special financing districts. Last minute developments on the establishment of the two special service areas will be reported by the Village Manager during the Committee of the Whole Meeting. Page 2 Committee of the Whole Agenda IV. CUMMINS -ALLISON REQUEST FOR INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS The Cummins -Allison Corporation, a multi-million dollar manufacturer of specialized machines for the banking in- dustry, has applied to the Village for issuance of indus- trial revenue bonds in the amount of $3.5 million. The applicant proposes to buy land, construct a building and purchase manufacturing equipment with the bond proceeds. The site being considered for their new plant is in the Rauenhorst light industrial area. The cost of the land will be approximately $800,000 to $1 million, the building costs will be about $2.3 million, and the remaining dollars will be used to cover the bonding costs and equip the building. The basic manufacturing process does not involve any casting or other heavy manu- facturing processes but racher the fabrication of parts and the putting together of components for the production of their specialized machines, The Cummins -Allison Cor- poration intends to move out of their 40,000 sq. ft. plant in Chicago. I The long range plans of the company call for another 40,000 sq, ft. addition to be built on the proposed facility with- in the next several years to meet future growth needs. Attorney Dave Newman advises that Cummins -Allison cannot request the extra $2.5 million needed for this 40,000 sq. ft. of plant now, because present law requires that the bond proceeds be used for immediate construction, etc., and not be held for such future plans. The company would have tr make a second request of the Village for the dollars nee. to construct any future expansion of their plant, The Village has received the proposed memorandum of Agree -..._._ gree-- ment between the Village'and Cummins -Allison, copies of their real estate contract with Rauenhorst, audit reports, and other information as required by our Ordinance 2925. The Cummins -Allison Corporation is owned by Cummins -American. Cummins -American also owns 94% of the Glenview State Bank. Copies of this material are included with your agenda. The Cummins -Allison Corporation Headquarters is presently in the Glenview Bank. Another plant for this corporation is in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cummins -Allison has been in contact with Rauenhorst and has discussed the sale of a possible site and is preparing to move on this sale with the approval of the proposed IRB. The ownership of the company is limited to two families, the Jones Family which owns 85% of the Corporation, and the Mentzer Family which owns 11% of the Corporation. These families are all in the Chicago agea. The remaining portion of the company is owned by other smaller interests. The company will employ 120 people initially and with the prospect of future expansion, may employ 200 people in the next several years. The site the company is intending to purchase would be approximately six acres. V. COURT ROOM LEASE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING The Village has been requested by the County of Cook to renew its five year lease for court room facilities at the Public Safety Building. The monthly rent at this facility has been $300.00 per month. The last time this lease came up, the Village had court operating in this building during five days of the week. The Court presently operates in the Public Safety Building during three days of the week under the existing lease. Two days were dropped because of com- plaints from the Village that the extra days of court created parking problems and tini-iecersary conjestion in our downtown area. Page 3 Committee of the Whole Agenda V. Court Room Lease at the Public Safety Building - continued to any of its municipal court facilities this year because of the impending future construction of a new County court room facility in Rolling Meadows. This statement was con- firmed by Assistant Village Manager Geick in a telephone con- versation with Judge Geocaris, the presiding judge of the district. Arlington Heights anticipates requesting an increase in its rental for courtroom facilitie: in a renewal that comes up in November, 1981. Judge Geocaris indicated that he is to take the same position with Arlington Heights as with Mount Prospect and will not grant any further increases in rents this year. Des Plaines does not anticipate discussions of any lease renewal until December of 1983. Based upon the discussions with Cook County and the fact that the Village did not presently anticipate any increases in our cost of maintenance or other uses for the courtroom facility during those periods when court is conducted, it would be the recommendation of the Staff that the present lease that has been submitted be accepted and approved. Leases of this nature must be approved by the Village Board at a regular meeting, therefore, if this lease is acceptable at the Committee of the Whole, then it would be presented at the next regular Village Board Meeting on September 1, 1981. VI. MANAGER'S REPORT 1. Busse/Wille Update-, 2. Well #17 Report 3. Citizens Utility IRB Request 4. Rauenhorst Property Exchange VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS VIII.ADJOURNMENT