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Home My WebLink About12/19/1989 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR~D BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT DECEMBER 19, 1~9 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Gerald "Skip" Farley Trustee Mark Busse Trustee-Timothy Corcoran (arrived late) Trustee Leo Floros Trustee George Van Geem Absent: Trustee Ralph Arthur Trustee Theodore Wattenberg INVOCATION The invocation was given by Trustee Busse. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Busse, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, APPROVE MINUTES moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees held December 5, 1989. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Floros, Van Geem, Farley Nays: None Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, APPROVE BILLS moved to approve the following list of bills: General Fund $ 819 672 Motor' Fuel Tax Fund 32 834 Community Development Block Grant Fund 10 786 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 79 509 Waterworks & Sewerage Fund 696 171 Parking System Revenue Fund 3 089 Risk Management Fund 58 628 P,.W. Facility Construction Fund A - P.W. Facility Construction Fund B - Capital Improvement, Repl. or Rep. Fund 2,576 Special Service Area Const. #5 Special Service Area Const. 96 - Downtown Redev. Const. Fund (1985) - Downtown Redev. Const. Fund (1987) Corporate Purpose Improvement 1989 Debt Service Funds 129~ 054 Flexcomp Trust Fund 5~ 418 Escrow Deposit Fund 41~577 Po_] ice Pension Fund FJremen~s ~e. nsion Fund Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to accept the financial report dated November 30, 1989 subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Floros, Van Geem, Farley Nays: None Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE HEARD OATHS OF OFFICE: Mayor Farley introduced Hank Friedrichs, Chairman POLICE RECRUITS: of the Fire and Police Commission, who administered the Oath of Office to the following newly hired Police Officer Recruits: Vincent Prescott Rodney Smith Carlos Mitchem Jeffrey Schmitz Mark Bonnet Jack Brogan Joseph Belmonte Joseph Favia Joseph Ziolkowski MAYOR ~ S REPORT RES.NO. 48-89 Mayor Farley presented a Resolution regarding the HOLIDAY SEASON holiday season. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved for passage of Resolution No. 48-89 A RESOLUTION FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON __ Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Floros, Van Geem, Farley Nays: None Motion carried. BUD RICHARDSON Mayor Farley presented a Resolution acknowledging the contributions of Errol ' Bud ' Richardson following his~untimely death on December 16. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved for passage of Resolution No. 49-89 A RESOLUTION NOTING THE PASSING OF ERROL "BUD" F, RICHARDSON WHEREAS, 'BUD~ RICHARDSON was an active member of the community: having devoted many years of service to the Village of ~icl.',.?~',~ Prospect; and W~ER~.~ ~ ~ b'~,~ ~?C¥.~7 ~U~ON w~.s e ecte(~ to the ~DositioY~ ~: '~?._}~.~, ,"~ % ~.-~'- oi the ~ '~111~ '~ ,.f' ' ~OUr~t WHEREAS, 'BUD' RICHARDSON continued to serve the Village of Mount Prospect and was appointed to the Mount Prospect Plan Commission from 1986, where he served until his untimely passing; and WHEREAS, 'BUD' RICHARDSON also served as a member of the Constitution Bicentennial Commission, having served on that Commission from 1987 to his untimely passing; and WHEREAS, 'BUD' RICHARDSON was an active member of the Mount Prospect Lions Club, having contributed a great deal of his time, money, energy and support for the many programs of that civic organization; and WHEREAS, the Village of Mount Prospect benefitted from his many contributions, so will it also suffer from the passing of 'BUD' RICHARDSON. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: That the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect do hereby acknowledge the many contributions of 'BUD' RICHARDSON to the Village and do hereby express sincere sympathy to his family on his passing. SECTION TWO: That this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect and that a copy hereof, suitably prepared, be presented to the family of 'BUD' RICHARDSON. SECTION THREE: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Floros, Van Geem, Farley Nays: None Motion carried. POLICE Mayor Farley and Police Chief Pavlock presented OFFICER OF the Police Officer of the Year and the 3 runners up. THE YEAR runners up. Ted Gorski was selected Police Officer of the Year and John Dahlberg, Jim Edwards and John Gross were announced runners-up° O~,D These requests to subdivide this parcel into 7 lots 1000 CARDINAL of record in order to construct single f~amily homest PATE SUB° and the req~ests for modifications from the De~..,:~.ment Cod~~. were continue~ f~o~ th~: ia~.t ~eeting o.~.,~,e), for the petitioner and staff to work out va.~?.~c~'~.~ det?iis relative to the in~provement W J3.(l~ood Lane- Those deta_ls have not yet be~n ~r3. ua_ 3~er~ a~: ~he petitioner i~- re~estin%~ .~,:~..ue.,. t~ the February 6th meet.~ng of tbs Village At th~ ~eqU....:t of th~ Petitioner~ Trustee sec(,r~(%ed by ?rustee Bu, se~ moved to grant a continuance for these requests for the property at 1000 East Cardinal Lane to the February 6, 1990 meeting of the Village Board. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Floros, Van Geem, Farley Nays: None Motion carried. ZBA 69-SU-89 ZBA 69-SU-89, 1716 FREEDOM COURT 1716 FREEDOM CT. An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would grant a special use to permit a 3-car garage. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended denying this request by a vote of 3-2. Due to the fact that the Zoning Board of Appeals recommended denying this request a 'super majority' (5 of the 7 members of the Board) is required to approve the request and since there were only 4 members of the Board present, an affirmative vote would not be possible. The Petitioner requested the Ordinance be continued to the next meeting, January 2 when more members of the Board expect to be in attendance. Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Busse, moved to continue the 2nd reading of An Ordinance granting a special use for property commonly known as 1716 Freedom Court to January 2, 1990. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Floros, Van Geem, Farley Nays: None Motion carried. This Ordinance will be presented January 2, 1990. Trustee Corcoran arrived at this point in the meeting. ZBA 59-V-89 ZBA 59-V-89, 1512 Larch Drive 1512 LARCH DRIVE An Ordinance was presented for first reading that grant a variation to permit an above-ground swimming pool to be located five feet from an underground electrical service line instead of the required 15 feet. This Ordinance will be presented for second reading at the next meeting, January 2, 1990. ZBA 77-SU-89 & ZBA 77-SU-89 and ZBA 78-V-89, Courtesy Home Center ZBA 78-V-89 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that COURTESY HOME CTRwould grant a Special Use in the nature of a Planned Unit Development as well as variations and conditions relative to that mixed use development. The Petitioner is requesting the PUD to permit a self-~storag~ warehouse facility~ a quick oil change busJness.~ a~?~. ~'i, Ald. i'~ .qroce.~y store~ bui,],cl J :'.'9 - The proposal includes storage space for up to 16 RV vehicles at the far northeast section of the tri-angular portion of the self-storage area. The proposal also provides for an access easement across the Courtesy lot to benefit the lot located on Rand Road that is the former site of a restaurant. At the last meeting residents expressed concern relative to the hazardous condition that may be created by traffic turning right from the Courtesy lot onto HarveSt Lane. Upon reviewing the various traffic regulation proposals · it was the recommendation of staff that the Safety Commission be assigned the task of reviewing this issue, since prohibiting right-turns could result in a hardship on the residents of Harvest Heights Subdivision. The following residents expressed their concerns: Mr. Walters, 209 Neil Robin Ussery, 222 N. Louis Mike Bridges, 301 Neil Their concerns included a suggestion to install a traffic signal at the eastern access point to Courtesy Home Center; prohibiting traffic from the parking lot onto Harvest Lane; limiting the warehouse facility to one story; and, proposing the creation of a park instead of the warehouse/oil change facilities. Trustee Corcoran expressed his opinion that the proposal may not be the best use for the property. This Ordinance will be presented for 2nd reading on January 2, 1990. An Ordinance was presented for second reading that AMEND CH. 22 would establish specific regulations governing DOWNSPOUTS downspouts and the discharge of water. Due to the fact that this Ordinance was amended since the first reading to include a penalty clause, it was the request of the Village Manager that this item be deferred to the January 2, 1990 meeting. Trustee Busse, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to defer the Ordinance amending Chapter 22 relative to downspouts to the January 2, 1990 Village Board meeting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried° An Or~J. Dance was presented for first reading~ pursuant AMEND CH~ 18 to aw agreement with IODT~ would establish a 35~PH CENTRAL RD. a speed limit of 35 ~P~ o~ cen'h~'m~ Road between R~nd SPEED LIMIT and Wolf ~'.~e.J.ve 'thc rule re~zng t~o readings of an Ordznance. Upon roll call: Ayes~ B~ss~, Corcoran, Floros~ Van Geem Nays: None Motion car~fiedo ORD. NO. 4127 Trustee c0rCoran, seconded by Trustee Busse, moved passage 6f Ordinance. No. 4127 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 (TRAFFIC CODE) OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. ACCEPT PUBLIC ~A request was presented that would authorize IMPROVEMENTS: acceptance of the private improvements installed as WOLF & EUCLID a result of the remodeling of the Amoco Mini-Ma~ at Wolf and Euclid. Trustee Busse, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to accept the private improvements installed in conjunction with the improvement of the mini-mart located at the southwest corner of Wolf Road an~2 Euclid Avenue. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. AMEND CH. 22 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would FAIR HOUSING amend, in its entirety, the Fair Housing regulations of the Village. This Ordinance will be presented for second reading on January 2nd. FLOODING: A request was presented, pursuant to recent discussions WA PELLA/CENTRAL by the Village Board, to retain the services of'~JN Environmental Associates to prepare engineering design necessary to address the flooding problem at Wa Pella and Central. This particular area of the Village has experienced flooding problems on numerous occasions and discussion relative to both this area as well as flooding problems experienced throughout the entire Village have been discussed at recent Committee of the Whole meetings. It was the direction of Board to begin the process necessary to resolve the Wa Pella Central flooding program and to identify the other areas of the Village that suffer from similar problems. It was noted that the Village would have to Issue bonds in order to finance this type of major project. Village Manager DJ×on identified the following area~ as those with the worst flooding or sewer problems~ ~slng the respective drainage basins as ref~nc.~ C!ea~wate~~ detentJ, or} basin (~tOTTlk& ~e~;~ ~'. r .... only') Des Plaines River Dralnaqe Area~~ Park & Seneca (storm water system only) Feehanville Ditch Drainaae Area 4-700 blocks of North Main St (combined sewer) 6-700 blocks of North Prospect Manor (cQ~bined sewers) Stevenson Lane & Thayer (storm sewer system only) Fairview Gardens subdivision (sanitary sewer system, including sewage lift station) There was discussion among the members of the Board as to whether the request to authorize RJN Environmental As%~ciates to prepare engineering design services on sto~m sewer improvements for Wa Pella between Central and Weller Creek at a cost not to exceed $36,800 or whether the entire project relative to flooding should be addressed as one major project. Trustee Floros stated that he favored proceeding with the Wa l~ella/Central problem. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to wait until the proposals for design services for the flooding problems throughout the entire Village are available, rather than proceed with the Wa Pella/Central project. Upo~ roll call: Ayes: Busse, Corcoran, Van Geem, Farley Nays: Floros Motion carried. Trustee Corcoran, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to FLOODING concur with the Village Manager and authorize request STUDY for proposals (RFP's) for engineering studies for the floo~ing projects as noted above. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Geem Nays: None Motion carried. It was suggested by Trustee Corcoran that a citizens committee be established to review the flooding area, the problems associated and the possible solutions. Trustee Floros stated that he would prefer experts in that area, including staff and engineers, to study the problem and make recommendations. VILLAGE MANAGERWS REPORT Village Manager John Fulton Dixon stated that the Mount BUSSE ~rospect Park District would be discussing the Busse SCHOOL ~choql parking problem at their next meeting. PARKING Mr' ~lxon noted that the lease between the Village and FORMER Francis Cadillac for the Village owned property located P.W. at 11 South Pine Street.would expiate soon~ noting that FACILITY ~e had asked Francis Cadillac if they would be LEASE interested in renewing the lease at an increase~ rental amount with an extended lease period with a 30 day cancellation clause~ Francis Cadillac ha~ not responded ~o.~e proposal. Trustee Van Geem stated that while it was his opinion ~hat the Board had been rushed into the original lease Page 7 ~ December 19~ 1989 n this property with Francis Cadillac, at t~is ~Oi~ he favored exploring the alternatives before committing to a long term lease. Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Busse, moved to extend the existing lease between the Village and Francis Cadillac for the Village owned property at 11 South Pine Street for one month. Upon roll call: Ayes: Busse, Corcoran, Floros, Van Gee~ Nays: None -- Motion carried. Mr. Dixon reminded the Board that the Committee ~f the Whole meeting for December 26th had been cancelled. ADJOURNMENT Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Corcoran, moved to adjourn the meeting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:21 P.M. Carol Ao Fields Village Clerk