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AGENDA
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
Mount Prospect Senior Center Tuesday, July 25, 2000
50 South Emerson Street 7:30 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Gerald L. Farley
Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Dennis Prikkel
Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Michaele Skowron
Trustee Richard Lohrstorfer Trustee Irvana Wilks
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF JUNE 27, 2000
III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
IV. VILLAGE HALL/SENIOR CENTER DISCUSSION
The Committee of the Whole meeting for this evening is the first of three scheduled meetings to
discuss the future of the Village Hall and Senior Center. The other meetings are scheduled over the
next several weeks in an effort to afford ample opportunity to the Village Board to gather community
input regarding an appropriate course of action. The next meeting date is August 1, which will be a
combination Village Board meeting and Committee of the Whole meeting. The final meeting on August
$ is a Committee of the Whole that will include not only the Village Hall discussion, but also the six-
month budget review and 2001 Budget preview.
Background materials include a memorandum estimating the redevelopment potential of the Village
Hall property and the projected financing option, if a new Village Hall were to be built. Based on the
financial analysis the Village will soon pay offthe bonds for the construction of the Public Works facility
and the Police/Fire Building. Therefore, it may be possible to continue a similar debt load as is currently
in place without a significant change in the normal property tax levy. It is likely that the first year or two
may require the Village to capitalize interest in order to free up enough debt capacity to roll any Village
Hall bonds into the existing debt load.
The Village Hall Ad Hoc Committee has previously provided a report to the Village Board and a
summary of the Committee's recommendations are included for informational purposes. One of the
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee was the proposed solution for parking at a new Village
Hall site. Much of the discussion focused on the use of underground parking and maximizing green
space. Previous Village staff reports projected the possibility of a parking structure to be incorporated
with a new Village Hall and existing public library parking. Additional background information is
provided regarding possible parking options for the proposed site.
NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING BUT BECAUSE OF A
DISABILITY NEEDS SOME A CCOMMODA TION TO PARTICIPATE, SHOULD CONTA CT
THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE AT '100 SOUTH EMERSON, MOUNT PROSPECT,
ILLINOIS 60056, 847/392-6000, EXTENSION 5327, TDD #847/392-6064.
The proposed series of meetings is intended to discuss the Ad Hoc recommendations and any other
points the Village Board feels are important so that any decisions made can be costed out and included
in the 2001 budget, as necessary. If a decision is made to move forward design options and space
study decisions will need attention in the latter part of August and into September.
A notice of this meeting and the proposed meetings on August 1 and 8 has been posted at the Senior
Center. Letters inviting any interested member of the Village Hall Ad Hoc committee has also been
sent out regarding the proposed meetings. Appropriate Village staff members will be present to
facilitate the discussion.
V. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT
VI. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
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