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HomeMy WebLinkAboutI. COW Agenda 05/12/2009 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA Meeting Location: Mount Prospect Village Hall 50 South Emerson Street Meeting Date and Time: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee John Korn Trustee Steven Polit Mayor Irvana K. Wilks Trustee Arlene Juracek Trustee John Matuszak Trustee Michael ladel II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF MARCH 24, 2009 III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD IV. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STUDY The Village of Mount Prospect was awarded a grant from the Regional Transportation Authority through their Community Planning Program to evaluate the Village's public transportation system. The study investigated the current level of service, usage, and access to Metra, Pace and bicycle routes and provided recommendations for enhanced service. The study also developed a station area plan for the Metra Suburban Transit Access Route (STAR) Line Station proposed near Busse Road and Interstate 90 (1-90). The Village retained the consultant team of TranSystems, KLOA, and the Lakota Group to complete the study and the consultant team will present the recommendations to the Committee of the Whole Appropriate staff will be on hand to answer questions and facilitate discussion. V. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS CENTER UPDATE Staff will be updating the Committee of the Whole on the status the Community Connections Center construction, grand opening event, and program evaluation. VI. SOUTH MOUNT PROSPECT SUB-AREA PLAN Sub-area plans are a function of Comprehensive Plan and are designed to provide more specific strategies to meeting goals from the Comprehensive Plan. Long range planning is critical for land use consistency and planned development; South Mount Prospect is specifically positioned to be affected by large regional 1 transportation projects, such as the O'Hare Modernization Program and the Suburban Transit Access Route (STAR) Line. Improvements to South Mount Prospect, such as completing the sidewalk system and installing pedestrian traffic signals, are currently underway, but the Sub-area Plan creates a comprehensive approach to development and public improvements. Appropriate staff will be on hand to answer questions and facilitate discussion. VII. PROPOSED SEPARATE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS (BASIN 14) The Village-owned wastewater collection system is comprised of over 72 distinct drainage basins. The wastewater flow from these basins ultimately discharges to the interceptor sewer system owned and operated by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC). Each basin has a separate connection to the MWRDGC interceptor system. Consequently, the Village has over 72 different MWRDGC connections. Generally, most basins are distinct entities and are not connected to one another. Basin 14 serves 171 single-family homes and an estimated population of 442 people. Most of the houses in this neighborhood were constructed between 1955 and 1975. Most of the homes feature gravity sewer systems with directfooting or foundation tile connections. These homes drain to a Village-owned separate sanitary sewer system primarily comprised of 8" diameter vitrified clay pipe that generally flows from the north to south. The 8,400 LF of sewer mains in this basin connect to the MWRDGC interceptor system in the Lincoln Street right-of-way near 1100 West Lincoln. Since 2001, staff has received basement back-up complaints from a number of different properties in Basin 14. Of these, several were determined to be the result of poor flow in the Village-owned sewer mains. Investigations revealed that the basement flooding was a consequence of too much rain water entering the separate sanitary sewer system. Staff will be on hand to discuss the investigations, corrective action, and potential solutions to the Basin 14 basement flooding problem in greater detail. VIII. MANAGER'S REPORT . Status IX. ANY OTHER BUSINESS X. ADJOURNMENT CLOSED SESSION DISPOSE OF LAND 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (6) - The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body. 2