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Home My WebLink About07/15/1986 VB minutes 141 MAYOR ~u BOA,~D O~ ..... OF THE VI ~LAGE OF MOU~{:P PROSPECT JULY 15, 1986 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 Leo Floros Trustee George Van Geem Trustee Theodore Wattenberg Absent: Trustee Gerald Farley Trustee Norma Murauskis 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 July 1, 1986. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ~APPROVAL OF BILLS APPROVE BILLS Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to approve the following list of bills: General Fund $528 822 Revenue Sharing Fund 8 612 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 5 635 Community Development Block Grant Fund 3 450 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 42 766 Waterworks & Sewerage Fund 89 585 Parking System Revenue Fund 2 388 Risk Management Fund 70 887 Capital Improvement, Repl. or Repair Fund 793 Special Service Area Construction 95 117,030 Corporate Purposes 1973 28,285 Corporate Purposes 1974 58,860 Special Service Area 91 6,580 Escrow Deposit Fund 1,600 Police Pension Fund 24,499 Firemen's Pension Fund 11,153 $1,000,945 Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. 142 FINANCIAL Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem, moved to REPORT accept the financial report dated June 30, 1986, subject to audit. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS - CITIZENS TO BE BEARD TOM ABRAMS Tom Abrams, a resident of Mount Prospect, awarded his TROPHY A~ARDED trophy to the best entry in the 4th of July Parade. The TO BEST ENTRY YMCA Indian Princess' Chief along with many other IN 4th OF JULY members accepted the trophy. This is the first year that PARADE this trophy was presented and will be displayed at the Village Hall throughout the year. MAYOR'S REPORT LIQUOR LICENSE: A request was presented from the potential owners of the ZANIE'S COMEDY former Red Lobster building, to be known as Zanie's 2200 S ELMHURST Comedy Club, Inc. at 2200 South ElmhurSt Road for a liquor license. A new Class "H" Liquor License will be created for this proposed use, since no classification presently covers supper clubs. Trutess Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg moved to grant the request for a liquor license to Zanie's Comedy Club, Inc. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance will be prepared for first reading on August 5th. OLD BUSINESS ZEA 60-SU-85 ZBA 60-SU-85, Sporty Nine, Old Orchard Colony Country SPORTY NINE This case has been continued to the next regular meeting of the Village Board on August 5, 1986, at which time the first reading of an Ordinance will be presented. ZBA 31-V~86 ~ ZBA 31-V-86, 310 Bobby Lane 310 BOBBY LN An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would grant the installation of an enclosed swimming pOol, which exceeds the Floor Area Ratio from .35 to .45 and would reduce the rear yard from 25 to 10 feet. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended approval by a vote of 4-2. This Ordinance will also be presented August 5 for its second reading. ZBA 29-SU-86 ZBA 29-SU-86, 2000 South Elmhurst Road 2000 S ELMHURST This case deals with a request for a sign Planned Unit Development for the property commonly known as the Mount Prospect Auto Care Center. The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended denial of this request by a vote of 2 Ayes and 4 Nays. The Attorney for the petitioner, Sanford Stein presented a revised sign plan that eliminated the request for signs on the back of the buildings and the directional signs within the court yard. An electronic street sign and the interior face signs have been modified to give an Page 2 July 15, 1986 uniform appearance to all of the buildings. After much discussion on the new proposal the Village Board asked the petitioner to meet with the staff to make further adjustments to this plan. A new revised plan will be presented at the next regular Board meeting on August 5th for Board approval. NEW BUSINESS ~'~ A request has been made by the residents of Prospect PROSPECT MEAD( Meadows Subdivision to control traffic problems within TRAFFIC CONTROL ~ _ Sub~ivision~ Residents have been before the Safety Commission and a survey was conducted by the Safety Commission, a copy of which is attached to these minutes. Mr. Donald Cohen presented a survey conducted by the residents offering various options. Bill Bringer and Mike Filipee spoke in favor of the proposed restrictions in Option ~2 of the residents survey, also attached to these minutes. The favored option is as follows: ~ No right turn from Rand to Prospect Manor from the hours - of 6 am to 9 am. And No left turn from Prospect Manor to Rand Road from the hours of 4 pm to 7 pm. The Safety Commission also recommended the speed limit be reduced to 20 MPH within the whole Subdivision. The following residents spoke in opposition of the request. stating that it would be a hardship on the residents comming to and from the Subdivision. Bill Warner Harold Rennslear Doris Rennslear Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Arthur moved the approval OPTION ~2 of Option .~2 as presented by the residents. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Krause Nays: Wattenbe rg Motion carried. Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Van Geem move to concur REDUCTION with the Safety Commissions recommendation to reduce the 20 MPH the speed limit to 20 MPH within this Subdivision. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried The Safety CommiSsion also recommended to prohibit parking PROHIBIT within 30 feet of all 4 approaches and YIELD signs at I-0ka PARKING & and Milburn as requested by the residents. YEILD SIGN I-OKA/MILB ~" Trustee Wattenberg, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to concurn with the Safety Commission to grant the request for restictions at I-Oka and Milburn. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. Page 3 July 15, 1986 AA VILLAGE ~'}AI~AGER'S REPORT Assist~anh to the Village ~auagTr, Michael Janonis, presented the following bid results: BIDS: Bids for the Hatlen Ave & Court Water Main Replacement were received from two companies as follows: C.A. Sementa Contractors $72,150.00 Swallow Construction $76,015.00 It was also noted that since the new water main is located in the street, resurfacing and testing would also need to be done. Our MFT Contractors, Arrow Road Construction as agreed to replace the paving for an estimated cost of $5,000,and O'Brien and Associates will inspect for approximately $1,000. C.A. SEMENTA Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg moved to ARROW ROAD concur with the recommendation of the administration and O'BRIEN & accept the low bid, from C.A. Sementa Contractors, and the ASSOCIATES other two estimates from Arrow Road Construction and 0'Brien and Associates in the total a~ount not to exceed $78,150.00. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Flor6s, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. WATER METER Bids were received for Water Meter Installation/Testing INSTALLATION Contract to install 600-700 water meters and to test and & TESTING repair 20-30 larger water meters. Only one company, H-B-K Water Meter Service, submitted a bid. This company has done the same work in the past and the slight increase in price was felt justified by the Board. Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg, moved to concur with the recommendation of the administration H-B-K WATER and accept the only bid from B-B-K Water Meter Service in METER SERVICE an amount not to exceed $20,000 for installation and $8,000 for testing and repair. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ONE NORTH An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would STEVENSON · repeal Ordinance No. 3637 and to authorize the sale of SALE THROUGH Village owned property through a Real estate broker. The BROKER current contract for this property at 1 North Stevenson has lapsed due to purchasers inability to meet conditions of the contract. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg moved to waive the rules requiring a second reading on an Ordinance. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None. Motion carried. Trustee Arthur, seconded by Trustee Wattenberg moved for ORD.NO. 3678 passage of Ordinance No. 3678. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF VILLAGE O~NED PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS ONE NORTH STEVENSON LANE, MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 3637 Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Floros, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None 145 ANY OTHER BUSINESS PubI~ic Improvement at 113 W Lonnquist were presented for PUBLIC acceptance. IMPROVEMENTS 113 W.LONNQU Trustee Floros, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to accept the public improvement at 713 West Lonnquist Blvd. Upon roll call: Ayes: Arthur, Farley, Van Geem, Wattenberg Nays: None Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Trustee Van Geem, seconded by Trustee Arthur, moved to ADJOURN adjourn the meeting. Upon roll call: Ayes: Unanimous Motion carried.~ The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Pac~ 5 - July 15, 1986 June 19, 1986 Dear Prospect Meadows ReSidents: The Questionnaires recently delivered to you have been returned and counted. The results of the survey are as follows: OPTION 1 (no right turn) 7 votes (5.98%) OPTION 2 (no turn during rush hours) 50 votes (42.74%) OPTION 3 (no turns at all times) 15 votes (12.82%) OPTION 4 (more stop signs) 6 votes (5.13%) OPTION 5 (no change) 32 votes (27.35%) No Preference 1 vo~e (0.85%) Not Considered (unclear or incomplete questionnaires) 6 (5.13%) TOTAL 117 (100.00%) One hundred and seventeen (117) households answered the questionnaire. This is approximately the same number which answered the questionnaire sent out by the village of Mount Prospect earlier this year. The questionnaires will be presented to the Safety Committee for the Village of Mount Prospect. Because Option 2 received the most votes as first choice, we'll recommend that the Committee adopt that option. A~so, we will request the enforcement of the traffic laws currehtly in force for our subdivision. We thank you for your input in this survey and look forward to a safer neighborhood. Concerned Citizens of Prospect Meadows AROLYN H, KRAUSE RALPH W, ARTHUR GERALD L. FARLEY LEO FLORO$ GEOR ER. VA. DEE Village Of IVlount Prospect V]LLAGEMANAGER ~00 S. Emerson Mount Prospect, Illinois ~0056 ~pr~[ [0, [985. Phone3f12/392-6000 Dear Resident, On April 7, 1986, a group of Prospect Meadows residents met' with the Mount Prospect Safety Commission regarding the number of motorist who use the streets in your subdivision as a short cut between Rand Road and Kensington Road. Since the proposed changes may be an inconvenience to the residents in the area, the Safety Commission is soliciting your opinion prior to making their recommendation to the full Board. Listed below are the options that were discussed. It would be appreciated if you would sign your name and address and indicate which option you are in favor of along with any comments you may have. /3o/ No Left Turn from Prospect Manor onto Rand ~cad, and I~eo z~No Right Turn from Rand Road onto Prospect Manor ~ between the hours~-of 6:00-10:AM and 4:00-7:00 PM. /~O/ NO Left Turn from Prospect Manor OhiO.Rand Road, and ;4~No Right Turn from Rand Road onto Prospect Manor 24 Hours a day. /7~/ No changes to the existin~ traffic restrictions. If you should have any questions, please contact me at 392-6000, Ext. 249. Very truly yours, V~q~LAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT D~ew ~J~_oh_anson, Tr a f f i .d~JE.ngin e e r in g DGK/m c: Village Manager, Terrance L. Burghard Director of Public Works, Herbert L. Weeks QUESTIONNAIRE Listed below are the options that residents have suggested relative to this.problem. Please review each option and list your three (3) choices in order of importance. · lst choice 2nd choice 3rd chOice ' ~_ No Preference OPTION 1 Add a no right turn sign to prevent east-bound traffic on Rand Road from turning into Prospect Manor. Sign stops cars from turning right ,~/ [ PROSPECT MANOR OPTION 2 TO reduce the number of people from using our subdivision during the rush hour, from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., no right turn from Rand Road into Prospect Manor~ No right turn 6a.m. to 9a.m. and I4 ~ROSPECT MANOR From 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., no left turn from Prospect Manor Onto Rand Road. NO left turn 4p.m. to 7p.m. ROSPECT t~a2q 0 R OPTION 3 Signs would be placed at Rand Road and Prospect Manor to prevent traffic from entering onto Prospect Manor from Rand and to prevent traffic from exiting'onto Rand from Prospect Manor. No turns at all PROSPECT MANOR OPTION4 Add more stop signs in the subdivision to force traffic to slow down. NOTE: The Mount .Prospect Safety Committee has stated that it feels more stop signs are not warranted. OPTION 5 No change to the present system. NOTE: No matter which options you choose, the Village will be asked to enforce the traffic laws currently in force for our subdivision i.e. speed limits, stop signs, etc. OPTIONAL: Name Address Phone No. PLEASE RETURN BY MONDAYt JUNE 9, 1986