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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/05/1998 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT JANUARY 6, 1998 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley celled the meeting to order at 7:33 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ROLL CALL Present upon roll call: Mayor Gerald Farley Trustee George Clowes Trustee Paul Hoefert -- Trustee Richard Lohrstorfer Trustee Daniel Nocchi Trustee Irvana Wi/ks Absent: Trustee Timothy Corcoran INVOCATION The invocetion was given by Mayor Farley. INVOCATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVE Trustee Nocchi, seconded by Trustee Hoefert, moved to approve MINUTES the minutes of the regular meeting of December 16, 1997. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion cerried. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting of December 23, 1997. ~ Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to approve APPROVE the following list of bills: BILLS General Fund $ 1,331,345 Refuse Disposal Fund 124,309 Motor Fuel Tax Fund 29,441 Community Development Block Grant Fund 83,860 Locel Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund -- Debt Service 238,575 Capital Improvement Fund 30,474 Capital Improvement Construction Fund 66,741 Downtown Redevelopment Construction Fund 4,800 Police & Fire Building Construction 325 Flood Control Construction Fund 617 Street Improvement Construction Fund - ~'- Water & Sewer Fund 616,560 Parking System Revenue Fund 4,242 Risk Management Fund 66,445 Vehicle Replacement Fund 599 Vehicle Maintenance Fund 56,845 Computer Replacement Fund 18,918 Flexcomp Trust Fund 6,662 Escrow Deposit Fund 561,299 Police Pension Fund 82,926 Firemens Pension Fund 92,920 Benefit Trust Fund 2,693 $ 3,420,596 Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, Lohrst0rfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None. Motion cerried. MAYOR'S REPORT -- LIQUOR LICENSE The new owners of Sunrise Restaurant, 905 East Rand Road, preseni SUNRISE, 905 E. RAND a request to allow them to continue serving alcoholic beverages unde~ CLASS "R" the existing Class "P," liquor license, issued to that establishment. A Class "R" liquor license allows service at dining tables only. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to authorize the new owners of Sunrise Restaurant to continue operation under the existing Class "R" liquor license authorized for this establishment. Upon roll cell: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, LohrStorfer, Nocchi, Wilks NAYS: None Motion cerried. APPOINTMENTS There were no appointments. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS ALL STAR BOOKS Pastor Kirk Reed of Trinity Methodist Church announCed a program sponsored by the Sunrise Rotary Club, the Mount Prospect Public Library and District 2'14 Community Educetion entitled Mount Prospect's AII-Sf~- Books. The purpose of this program is to encourage every resident o the Village to read a book. A list of books has been prepared and is available from the sponsors or from Village Hall. OLD BUSINESS DOWNTOWN An Ordinance was presented for second reading that would REDEVELOPMENT authorize execution of a real estate purchase contract for property CONTRACT TO Ioceted at 2 - 10 East Northwest Highway which is Ioceted within the TIF PURCHASE District. George Flaherty, former resident and Chairman of the Industrial Development & Economic Commission, gave a history of previous plans for the development of downtown Mount ProSpect. Mr. Flaherty also expressed his support for the proposed plan recently presented to the Board. ORD.NO. 4905 Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved for passage of Ordinance No. 4905 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION -- OF A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE A PORTION OF DISTRICT NO. 1 REDEVELOPMENT PROJEC~ AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT (2 - 10 EAST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY) Upon roll cell: Ayes: Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks, Farley Nays: Clowes Motion cerried. Page 2 - January6, 1998 NEW BUSINESS A request was presented by the owner of property at 419 Ojibwa Trail EXCEPTION for exceptions from the Development Code (Chapter 16) to waive the FROM requirement for the extension of the sanitary sewer across the width of DEVELOPMENT the property and to waive the requirement for the extension of the CODE: water main across the width of the property. The Plan Commission 419 OJIBWA considered these requests and recommended denial. ~ It was noted that most of the homes in this subdivision were constructed ! in unincorporated Cook County and annexed over a number of years, beginning in 1972. The homes used well water and septic tanks and now the owner of the subject property wants to connect to Village services, The closest connection is to the north of 415 Ojibwa and the extension of the mains will cost in excess of $35,000. It was noted that the Village Code requires that water and sewer mains be extended the entire width of the property connecting, however, the mains in question were only extended a portion of file width. It was explained that the Village Code did not have that requirement back in the in 1970's. A compromise was suggested that would allow the petitioner to extend RECAPTURE the mains to the point of connectiOn in front of his home. At some time in the future, if the property owner at 421 wanted to make the same connection, he would extend the mains to the point of connection as well as a recapture for a portion of the cost to extend the mains to that point. The petitioner stated that the compromise was acceptable. The Village Manager noted that the recant dedication and vacation of portions of Ojibwa necessary to begin the process of extending the mains ff', required the preparation of a plat, which was paid by the petitioner. Mr. Janonis stated that the cost of preparing the.documents should have been borne by the Village and asked that authorization be given to reimburse the petitioner the cost estimated as $900.00. Trustee Hoefert, seconded by TruStee Wilks, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Plan Commission and deny the requested exceptions from the Development Code and to authorize the compromise agreement as specified. Upon rOll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert,' Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance authorizing a recapture agreement for extending the water/ sewer mains frOm 415 to 419 Ojibwa which will also benefit another property will be presented at a future meeting of the Village Board. Trustee Wilks, seconded by Trustee Nocchi,.m0ved to authorize the administration to reimburse the costs to the petitioner incurred for -- the vacation and dedication of a portion of Ojibwa Trail at 415, 419 and 421 Ojibwa Trail. Upon roll call: Ayes: CIowes, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. The Safety Commission considered a request of a resident for STOP or AMEND CH. 18 Page 3-January6,1998 YIELD: YIELD signs on Eastwood at Memory Lane and by a unanimous vote EASTWOOD AT recommended YIELD signs be authorized at this intersection. MEMORY Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to concur with the recommendation of the Safety Commission and authorize YIELD signs for north and southbound Eastwood at Memory Lane. Upon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilk$ Nays: None Motion carried. An Ordinance amending Chapter 18 (Traffic Code) to include the YIELD signs will be presented for first reading at the next regular meeting of the Village Board on January 20th. AMEND CH. 8 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would increase the fee NON-RESIDENT for non-residents using the Village paramedic/ambulance services from AMBULANCE FEE $125.00 to $200.00. This Ordinance will be presented January 20th for 2nd reading. AMEND CH. 23 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would increase the MULTI-FAMILY license fee for multi-family dwelling units from $14.00 to $20.00 in 1998, LICENSE FEES to $25.00 in 1999 and to $31.00 in 2000 and thereafter per unit per year The following landlords expressed their opposition to the proposed increase: Ron Majory, owner of townhomes on Sha Bonee Dan Carter, owner 1125 Boxwood Drive Pete Nizlioni, owner within Sable Chase Mark Romano, owner 1702 and 1704 Victoria Angela Volpe, former 2 fiat owner Trustee Clowes expressed his opposition to this proposal noting that the costs involved with providing a Village service should be shared by all the residents of the Village. This Ordinance will be presented January 20th for 2nd reading. AMEND CH. 18 An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would establish PARKING: PROSPECT parking restrictions around Prospect High School. HIGH SCHOOL It was noted that students at Prospect High School are parking throughout the neighborhood therefore establishing specific times for permitted parking and/or prohibiting parking on certain streets has been discussed with residents in the area and would appear to be the best solution to this problem. The following residents spoke in support of the proposed regulations: Ron Wold, 617 Forest' Margaret Wood, 619 Forest Dale Lynn, 505 Forest, stated that the proposal to prohibit parking between 7 AM to 5 PM would'create a hardship for her family and she asked that the prohibition be effective between 8 AM and 4 PM, which would still obtain the desired results of prohibiting students.from parking all day. Fage 4 - January 6, 1998 Mrs. Lynn also suggested that the parking regulations established by Prospect High School may be too restrictive or expensive which could be adding to the problem This Ordinance will be presented January 20th for 2nd reading. An Ordinance was presented for first reading that would allow AMEND CH.9 certain existing entrance markers to encroach in a public ENTRANCE ,--- right-of-way. MARKERS Trustee Hoefert moved to waive the rulerequiring two readings of an Ordinance. The motion failed for lack of a second. This Ordinance will be presented January 20th for second reading. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT Village Manager Michael Janonis reminded everyone that the quarterly 'floating' Coffee with Council will be held Saturday, January 10th at 9 AM at the Public Works Building, 1700 W. Central Road. There was discussion relative to a previous decision by a majority of the Board to have one meeting place on those Saturdays that were "floating" Coffees with CounCil. It was noted that having to travel from one place to another reduced the amount of time for discussion as well as the fact that many residents are confused about the speCific locations of these meetings~ Mayor Farley stated that he favored beginning the meeting at the Village Hall and then moving to the other locations and that he would be at the Village Hall from 9 AM to 10 AM and would then he will go to the Public Works Building for the balance of the meeting. ADJOURNMENT ADJOURN Trustee Hoefert, seconded by Trustee Nocchi, moved to adjourn the meeting. UPon roll call: Ayes: Clowes, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks Nays: None Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:34 P.M. Carol A. Fields Village Clerk Page 5 - January 6, 1998