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Home My WebLink About04/28/1992 COW minutes Minutes COMMITI'EE OF THE WHOLE April 28, 1992 I Roll Call The meeting was called to order at 7.40 p m. by Mayor Gerald L. Farley. Trustees present included Mark Busse, Tim Corcoran, Leo Floros, Paul Hoefert, and Irvana Wllks. Trustee George Clowes was absent Also present were Village Manager John Fulton Dixon, Planmng Director David Clements, Public Works Director Herbert L. Weeks, Finance Director David Jepson, approximately 30 members of the ProJect P.E.O.P.L.E group from River Trails Junior High School, six Village residents and four members of the print media Additionally, Fred Borlch and Naros Statkus of Donohue, Don Weibel, Chairman of the Plan Commission and Hal Predovich, Chairman of BDDRC were in attendance II Minutes of April 14. 1992 The minutes were accepted with the following correction on page 3, Item VI, the fourth paragraph' Trustee Wilks made a motion that the building be called the Robert D, Tlechert Police and Fire Facihty rather than the Robert B Tlechert Police and Fire Facility. III Citizens To Be Heard No citizens appeared before the Committee. IV Pro.iect P E O P.L E. Recognition Mayor Farley read a Proclamation recognizing ProJect P.E.O P.L.E (People Educating Other People for a Long-lasting Environment) which was created by Diana Feingold and her 6th grade class at River Trails Junior High School Project P.E O P.L E was created by Ms Feingold and her students who realized that people need to be more aware of Earth's manmade problems, possible solutions, and each person's responsibility for putting those solutions into practice on a daily basis The group has been honored by President Bush on two occasions and currently there are 17 grass roots groups with over 1,000 members throughout the world Ms. Feingold was joined by Holly Johnson, President of Project P E O P.L.E who stated that all Village residents and businesses need to support and follow the lead of these students. Village Manager Dixon stated that a tree will be planted at River Trails Junior High School as a monument to the ProJect P.E.O.P.L E group ('~ V Comprehensive Plan Planning D~rector Clements stated that the update of the Comprehensive Plan has been reviewed by the Plan Commission and recommended by a vote of 7 - 0 This update revises the 1981 Comprehensive Plan which had been previously updated in 1988 Some of the features of the current update include incorporating more current information and new pohcy statements into the plan. Some of the highlights Mr. Clements pointed out ~nclude the following' A. On pages 12 and 52 language has been added to include housing goals identified m the Village's new Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, which has been sent to and approved by HUD. B A recommendation on page 13 that a public facility's plan be prepared for unimproved areas that have been annexed by the Village. C. Added language on pages 15 and 57 that would encourage the implementation of the 2010 Regional Transportation Plan m Mount Prospect. This would include commuter facilities for the Wisconsin Central Railroad ., D. A section on page 18 identifies special neighborhoods that may qualify for Commumty Development Block Grant funded projects under certain conditions E. In the Downtown Section of the Plan, several revisions are proposed On page 26, a statement concerning relocating the commuter station further east has been deleted, (~ as is a statement on a future grade crossing at Maple Street F. On page 27, a multi-family designation for the east s~de of Maple Street, across from the bank, has been deleted This area will be shown as single family on the land- use map G. Pages 28, 29 and 30 include an update on the Tax Increment Finance District and Triangle Redevelopment Area Also, the Objective and Design Guidelines approved by the Village Board and B D.D R.C. are being added to the Plan H The transportation section, on page 37, identifies the intersection of Rand Road, Kensington and Elmhurst Roads as a problem intersection I. A recommendation on pages 37 and 39 that Busse Road from Golf to Central be upgraded Also, the zomng section on page 48 has been ehminated and a new sentence added that the Zomng Ordinance is now being updated J. Page 57 begins a section on development and redevelopment sites Most of the items being deleted are previously vacant parcels that are now developed Mayor Farley stated that the Comprehensive Plan was a substantial document and it was not the intention of the Committee to cover the entire document m one meeting. He added that the elements that affect the downtown will be reviewed the Business Downtown area by Development and Redevelopment Commission (BDDRC) for their input 2 Marlo Venticinque, 10 South Maple Street, said he was concerned about the effect of the Plan on his property value. Dawn O'Malley, 20 South Maple Street, Patty Maro, 109 South Maple Street, and Rob Campbell, 5 South Maple Street, each said they were concerned with South Maple Street being designated as commercial on the West side of the street and multl-farmly on the East side of Maple Street Planning Director Clements said the revision would change the designation on the East side of Maple to single family. Don Weibel, Chairman of the Plan Commission, said the Plan Commission asked BDDRC for their input and incorporated some of their recommendations into the revised Plan Mr. Weibel said the Plan Commission did not agree with BDDRC regarding a proposed Maple Street railroad crossing and maintaining the East side of Maple Street as multi-family. Hal Predovich, Chairman of BDDRC, said they had not received copies of the changes and that they would give their input in a forthright fashion The Trustees reviewed the document on a page-by-page basis and made various recommenda- tions regarding the stated objectives and certain grammatical changes Trustee Corcoran said he would like to see a 5 year plan for the development of all Village assets and that an objective regarding property tax ~ncentives should be included. The Comrmttee went through page 24 and agreed to continue their review on May 12, 1992. ('"~ VI Mount Prospect Pohce and Fire Headquarters Update Village Manager Dixon presented a list of modifications and changes that were requested for the Mount Prospect Police and Fire Headquarters The changes were presented ~n four separate schedules: Schedule I ~ncluded changes that were approved by Project Coordinator Herb Weeks because of unforeseen construction problems and to keep the project on schedule. The changes totaled $70,428 of which $19,424 had been previously approved by the Village Board Schedule II included changes that were required to comply with building codes The total amounted to $23,312 Schedule III ~ncludes upgrades and modifications requested by the Police Chief and F~re Chief and recommended by the Village Manager. The schedule separated the requests into changes that would lower maintenance costs, changes that would improve operational efficiency and changes that would improve aesthetics The schedule also included additional engineering fees because of the changes The total of these changes is $154,179 Schedule IV included upgrades requested by the Police and Fire Departments that were not recommended by the Vdlage Manager. The total of this schedule is $187,461. 3 [ I The Committee concurred with the recommendations of the Village Manager. Fre~d Borich, Project Engineer, stated that the project was 20% complete and that he expected the building to be completed by May or June 1993 VII Manager's Report No report was presented. VIII Other Bumness Trustee Hoefert asked for an update on the Melas Park Improvements Trustee Busse thanked the Village Manager and Pubhc Works Director for the resolution of the traffic signal on Wolf Road and asked that the Kensington Business Center Owners Association be informed about the progress. Trustee Floros said he was concerned about the ~ncrease in personnel costs ~n the SWANCC budget and would like an explanation. He also said he was concerned that dec~mons of the Sign Review Board are often bmng made by only two people Addlt~onally, he said that the Village Hall should be ~dentified by some type of signage IX Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 10 55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, David C. Jepson, Finance Director DO/sm 4