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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/19/1987 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TBE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT May 19, 1987 CALL TO ORDER CALL TO ORDER Mayor Krause called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Carolyn Krause Trustee Ralph Arthur Trustee Gerald Farley Trustee Leo Floros Trustee Norma Murauskis Trustee George Van Geem Trustee Theodore Wattenberg INVOCATION INVOCATION The invocation was given by Trustee Floros. APPROVE MINUTES APPROVAL OF MINUTES Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees held May 5, 1987. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg 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 $555,536 Revenue Sharing Fund 3,934 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 2,982 Community Development Block Grant Fund 2,931 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 36,842 Waterworks & Sewerage Fund 47,139 Parking System Revenue Fund 1,813 Risk Management Fund 71,574 Capital Improvement, Repl. or Repair Fund 5,006 Corporate Purposes Construction Fund 1973 11 Special Service Area Construction %5 114,696 Downtown Redevelopment Construction Fund 1,209 Flexcomp Trust Fund 4,720 Escrow Deposit Fund 31,123 Firemens Pension Fund 4,545 $884,061 Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to accept the financial report dated April 30, 1987, subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE HEARD BI CENTENNIAL Don Weibel, Chairman of the Mount Prospect BiCentennial COMMITTEE Commission along with the other members of that PRESENTATION Commission presented the Mayor with Official BiCentennial Community flags, a pen and a plaque from the National Commission. Mr. Weibel announced various activities planned in connection with the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Constitution. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Krause introduced Mr. James Barnes of HUD who PRESENTATION: presented the Village with a plaque acknowledging the CDBG PROGRAM Village's excellence in administration of the Community Development Block Grant Program, noting that Mount Prospect has used the limited funds to the best advantage. Hal Predovich, Chairman of the Business Development and Redevelopment Commission presented Certificates of Excellence to the various businessmen that participated in the program to improve their establishments. Mayor Krause acknowledged the contributions of Ken Fritz, Director of Economic Development for the Village, noting the many hours and dedication necessary to make this program such a success. TORISHIN RESTAURANT The Torishin Restaurant, 1584 South Busse Road, has had 1584 S.BUSSE RD. a change in the structure of ownership of stock and in accordance with the Village Code this change must be acknowledged by the Village Board. It was the consensus of the Village Board that the requirements of this establishment, which holds a Class "R" liquor license, have been met by informing them of the change in stock ownership. Mayor Krause made the announcement that the Fire Department will be hosting an Open House on June 1st in recognition of obtaining a Class II fire rating. Everyone is invited to attend. OLD BUSINESS ZBA 10-V-87 ZBA 19-V-87, 113 South I-Oka 113 S. I-OKA It was noted that the Petitioner in this case, is requesting a variation to permit a Floor Area Ratio of .402 instead of the permitted .35, has by their own motion requested that the case be withdrawn. BRENTWOOD An Ordinance was presented for second reading that SUBDIVISION: would grant a modification from the Development Code, MODIFICATIONS for the development known as the Brentwood Subdivision, FROM CH.16 Simonsens Nursery, to permit the required detention facility to be nearer to a building than the normally required 75 foot separation. The Plan Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 7-1. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Farley, moved for ORD.NO. 3781 passage of Ordinance No. 3781. __ AN ORDINANCE GRANTING MODIFICATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BRENTWOOD SUBDIVISION Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Page 2 - May 19, 1987 An Ordinance was presented 'f~fi~!~6.hd~reading that would CITIZEN authorize the issuance of Capital Appreciation Citizen APPRECIATIOi Bonds, which will fund a portion of the costs involved with BONDS construction of the new Public Works Facility. Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved for ORD.NO. 3782 passage of Ordinance No. 3782 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1987A (CAPITAL APPRECIATION CITIZEN BONDS) OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ZBA 14-V-87, 923 South We Go Trail ZBA 14-V-87 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would 923 S.WE C9 grant a variation to permit a fence 6 feet high and will extend beyond the rear building line. The subject property is a corner lot. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this request by a vote of 5-0. At the request of the Petitioner, Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for ORD.NO. 3783 passage of Ordinance No. 3783 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING VARIATIONS FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 923 SOUTH WE GO TRAIL Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ZBA 15-V-87, 314 Prospect Manor ZBA 15-V-87 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would 314 PROSPE( grant a variation to allow a 4 foot setback between a MANOR principal building, the Petitioner's home, and an accessory building, the garage, rather than the 10 feet required. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this variation by a vote of 5-0. At the request of the Petitioner, Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Page 3 - May 19, 1987 100 ORD.NO. 3784 Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 3784 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIATION FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3]4 PROSPECT MANOR Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ZBA 17-V-87 ZBA ]7-V-87, 506 Marina 506 MARINA An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would grant a variation to permit a rear yard of 14 feet instead of the 25 feet required. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended granting this variation by a vote of 5-0. At the request of the Petitioner, Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to waive the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ORD.NO. 3785 Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 3785 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIATION FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 506 MARINA Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ZBA 20-V-87 ZBA 20-V-87, New Public Works Facility PUBLIC WORKS An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would grant variations from the side yard, rear yard and to reduce the number of parking spaces required. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended approving these requests by a vote of 5-0. This Ordinance will be presented for second reading at the next regular meeting of the Village Board on June 2nd. MELAS PARK Melas Park Plat of Subdivision PLAT OF The Melas Park Plat of Subdivision was presented. SUBDIVISION This plat creates a lot of record for a 7 acre (PUBLIC WORKS parcel to be obtained by the Village from the MSD FACILITY) and will be the located of the new Public Works Facility. The Plan Commission recommended approving this Plat by a vote of 7-0. This Plat will be presented for approval on June 2nd. KATHCON PLAT Kathcon Plat of Subdivision OF SUBDIVISION This subdivision creates 9 single family lots. The property being the subject of the division is located immediately north of Crumley Basin on the east side of Busse Road. The Village Board approved the Preliminary Plat last month. It was the recommendation of the Plan Commission to approve this final Plat by a vote of 7-0. Page 4 - May 19, 1987 -- 101 Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to authorize the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest her signature on the Kathcon Plat of Subdivision. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS ZBA 18-Z-87 and ZBA 19-SU-87, Mitroff Property at ZBA 18-Z-87 Clearwater Park ZBA 19-SU-8~ The Petitioner in this case is requesting re-zoning from R-X, assigned upon annexation, to R-3, multi-family. It was the proposal of the Petitioner to construction 42 townhomes. The Zoning Board of Appeals heard this case and recommended unanimously to deny the request stating that a single family development would be mose appropriate for this 7 acre site. The Petitioner submitted a request to the Village Board to amend his petition to re-zone the subject property from R-X to R-l, single family, therefore dropping his request for townhomes. The new proposal would be to construct 25 single family homes by basically dividing the parcel in half for the roadway with the homes on both sides. The roadway would have access off Lonnquist Boulevard. It was also requested that ZBA 19-SU-87 for a Special Use in the nature of a Planned Unit DeveloPment be officially withdrawn. Mr. Mitroff stated that three modifications from the Development Code would be requested: 1) to permit the length of a cul de sac to exceed the 500 feet maximum to 800 feet; 2) eliminate the on-site detention requirement; and 3) to allow lot lines on the cul de sac that are not radial to the cul de sac. It was noted that the home~ proposed for this development would be custom homes with costs ranging from $235,00 to $300,000. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to grant the requested rezoning from R-X to R-l, single family residential district. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be presented June 2nd for first reading. The Frediani Plat of Subdivision was presented. The FREDIANI PL2 subject property is located on the west side of south OF SUBDIVIS! Busse Road just north of the Crumley Basin. The proposed subdivision would create 8 lots of record for single family homes. The Plan Commission recommended approval of this subdivision by a vote of 7-0. Page 5 - May 19, 1987 102 Trustee Arthur, s~conded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to authorize the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest her signature on the Frediani Plat of Subdivision. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. BONDS: An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would PUBLIC WORKS authorize the issuance of bonds necessary to finance the FACILITY construction of the Public Works Facililty. This Ordinance will be presented June 2nd for second reading. FLOOD CONTROL: A Resolution was presented that would support the flood LAKE ARLINGTON control project relative to the Camp McDonald Creek commonly known as Lake Arlington. RES.NO. 19-87 Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved for passage of Resolution No. 19-87 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CAMP MC DONALD CREEK FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. TREMONT PLACE: Certain sewer and water mains have been installed ACCEPT as part of the Tremont Development at Old Orchard, IMPROVEMENTS formerly known as The Vistas project. In accordance with the requirements of the Village Code, the Village Board must official approve accepting these improvements. The staff report stated that all work was done to their satisfaction. Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to accept the specified improvements relative to this phase of development of Tremont Place. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT SEWER CAVE-IN John Fulton Dixon, Village Manager, presented his HENRY STREET report noting that a recent sewer cave-in on Henry Street between Lancaster and Waverly will require the Village Board to authorize the funds for repair. Mr. Dixon stated that due to the fact that this sewer is extremely deep, it would be most cost efficient if the repairs could be made by reenforcing the main from the inside with a new material developed for such a break. If the repairs are made in the conventional method the entire area would have to be dug up and would actually increase the cost of repair. The request is to authorize the most efficient method of repair at a cost not to exceed $26,000. Page 6 - May 19, 1987 Trustee Murauskis, seconded ~y'~'~ee Wattenk3rg, moved to authorize an expenditure of $26,000 for the emergency repair of the sewer cave-in on Henry Street. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. The Village Manager presented the following bids received SUBURBAN for a suburban station wagon for the Fire Department. STATION WAGON Bidder Model Cost Lattof Chevrolet CR-20906 Chevrolet $15,567.98 Suburban Station Wagon Tom Todd Chevrolet CR-20906 Chevrolet $15,652.06 Suburban Station Wagon Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to authorize the purchase of a suburban station wagon at a cost not to exceed $15,567.98. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. An Agreement was presented that would authorize the Village HIGHWAY to assume maintenance of State rights-of-way, as has been MAINTENANC! the practice for the past few years. IDOT Trustee Farley, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to authorize execution of the Agreement between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Village for maintenance of certain roadways. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: Murauskis Motion carried. Mr. Dixon asked the Village to authorize the repair of a REMOVE GAS 10,000 gallon gas tank at the Public Works Garage. This TANK FROM tank has deteriorated and the Village Manager requested PUBLIC WOR the Board authorize the funds to remove the tank and not BUILDING replace it due to the fact that it would only be used for another 18 months until the new Public Works Facility is occupied. The cost involve emptying the tank, $1,560.00, removing the tank, $3,500.00 and restoring the area $3,600.00 for a total of $8,600.00. Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to authorize the work necessary to remove the 10,000 gallon gas tank from the Public Works Garage on Pine Street at a cost not to exceed $8,600.00. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Floros, Murauskis, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Mr. Dixon requested the Village Board to place a limit on the amount of money the Village will reimburse residents SPECIAL SER~ relative to the Special Service Area No. 6 litigation in AREA NO. 6 order to obtain a declaratory judgment on the question of LITIGATION Page 7 - May 19, 1987 whether signatures on a petition can be withdrawn. Mr. Houchins, named as Defendant in this issue, presented the Village with a bill for $2,000.00 he had paid as a retainer to a law firm to represent his interest in this case. The Village Manager had obtained quotes from various attorneys and it was their opinion that the legal costs to the Defendants should not exceed $2,000.00. It was Mr. Dixon's suggestion that the Village Board place a cap of $2,000.00 on the amount to be reimbursed by the Village. Trustees Van Geem and Floros stated that they did not feel a limit should be imposed on the Defendants when the Village has not such limit on its legal expenses in the issue. Assistant to the Village Manager Michael Janonis stated that while the Defendant has retained an attorney, no pleadings have been submitted on behalf of the Defendant to date. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to place a cap of $2,000.00 relative to the Special Service Area No. 6 legal expenses in determining as issue of law, namely whether signatures on petitions can be withdrawn by those individuals who signed the original petition. A letter shall be sent certified mail to Mr. Houchins and his attorney informing them of the $2,000.00 limit imposed. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Murauskis, Wattenberg Nays: Floros, Van Geem Motion carried. ANY OTRER BUSINESS TIF It was announced that the Manager, Mayor and Director of Planning and Zoning will be conducting a meeting relative to the Tax Increment Finance District with the residents and businessmen of the area. FOREST RIVER Mr. Dixon announced that discussion is continuing FIRE PROTECTION between the Village and the Forest River Fire DISTRICT Protection District in order to work out an equitable fee in order for that District to continue receiving emergency fire protection services. FLOOD INSURANCE Mayor Krause requested the Village Manager to look into having an information meeting for residents effected by the flooding last year relative to flood insurance and what they options are for such coverage. BOXWOOD AREA It was also noted that the Village Manager will research the possibility of the Village receiving federal funds or bonds in an effort to rehabilitate the Boxwood area. ADJOURN ADJOURN Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Murauskis, moved to adjourn the meeting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk