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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/01/1955 VB minutes 4 7 2 ./ MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF • . TRUSTEES, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1955 The meeting was called to order by President Lams at 9:35 P.M. and the Clerk was then directed to call the roll. On roll call, the following Trustees answered "Present": Ibbotson, Schlaver, Willer and Wilson. Trustees Viger and Wright were absent. The Trustees having previously received copies of the minutes of the meeting held January 18, 1955, a motion was made by Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Ibbotson, that the minutes be approved as submitted. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following results: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President dedlared the motion carried and said minutes approved. .--- The following communication was then read: .• January 31, 1955 Mr. Robert F. Milligan Village Clerk c/o Village Hall Mount Prospect, Illinois Dear Mr. Milligan: I am the owner of the following described property located within the Village limits of Mount Prospect. . Lot 11 in Maplewood Heights, a subdivision in Section 12, Twp. 211 North, Range 11, East of the 3rd Principal Meridian. Feb. 1, 1955 (N.W. corner George & E. Northwest Hwy.) A Pare) I understand at the present time that the property is I' zoned for residential purposes. Accordingly, I am making application to re -zone this property to commercial. I understand that the enclosed check for $90.00 payable to the Village of Mount Prospect will cover costs of publication, etc. I would appreciate very much your bringing this up before the Zoning Board at the first available time. Yours very truly, Harry A. Dooley A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wilson, that this petition be referred to the Zoning Commission, for the holding of a public hearing and their recommendations. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The following letter, requesting foreclosure proceedure was then read: January 31, 1955 President and Board of Trustees Village of Mount Prospect Mount Prospect, Illinois Attention: Mr. Bayne Gentlemen: Request is hereby made for the foreclosure of special assess- ments on the following vacant real estate: `., Lot Sixteen (16), in Block Six (6) in Hillcrest Subdivision, being a subdivision of the Northeast Quarter (N.E.4) of the South - "__` west Quarter (S.W.4) (except the N. 2 7/8 acres thereof) of Section Thirty -four (3L), Township Forty two (42) North, Range Eleven (11) East of the Third Principal Meridian. Also the North 23.5 acres of the Southeast Quarter (S.E 4) of the Southwest Quarter (S.W. 4) (except the W. 295.1 ft. of the S. 295.1 Ft. lying North of the 543 Ft. of the E. z of the S.W. 4) of said Section Thirty four (34). General taxes will be paid up to date and the same applies to drainage taxes. We will produce a bidder who will bid not less than thirty -five per cent (35 %) of the principal and we hereby agree to pay all expenses including attorney's fees and the sum of %5.00 for distribution fees, hereby indemnifying the village against any expense in this connection. Sincerely yours, Fleetwood Homes, Inc. M. E. Silverthorne A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Schlaver, to authorize the Village Attorney to prepare a resolution covering foreclosure proceedings subject to the approval of Leonard Meade. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: A11; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Willer then read a letter under date of January 30th, from the Plan Commission of Mount Prospect, regarding proposed change of the Village Plan and Zoning Ordinance. This matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee for study and recommendations. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Schlaver, to '- authorize the Village President to appoint a committee of qualified citizens to study the Griffenhagen report and to submit their recommend - ations for carrying out various items in the report. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Willer then presented an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 351. ", to ammend the ordinance in regard to the location of gasoline service stations. Trustee Willer then moved that the ordinance be passed, but as there was no second, Trustee Willer asked that his motion be withdrawn. A motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Willer, to Feb. 1, 1955 approve the plans and specifications submitted by Consoer Townsend & 474 Associates under date of December 17, 1954, covering the construction of sewers and paving improvements in Pine Street, Wille Street, Elmhurst Road from Memory Lane to Highland Avenue, and paving improvements only in Memory Lane and Highland Avenue, subject to the approval of Feehan- ville Drainage District, Sanitary District of Chicago, and subject to compliance with provisions of Village Ordinances. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was then made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Willer, that the Village Attorney be authorized to prepare an Ordinance covering parking restrictions as recommended by Police Chief Whittenberg, under date of January 24, 1955. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: Trustees Schlaver, Willer, Wilson. Nay: Trustee Ibbotson. Absent: Trustees Viger and Wright. President Lams then voted Aye and declared the motion carried. Trustee Schlaver then moved to approve payments of bills as follows: (1) $3,350.35 to J.P. Miller Artesian Well Company and (2) $1,017.00 to Fisher & Porter Company, payment subject to final approval by Trustee Viger. There was no second to this motion. A motion was then made by Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Willer, to approve the expenditure of $20.00 for dues for members of the Mount Prospect Plan Commission in the Northwestern Suburban Planning Board. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. A plat of a proposed annexation to the Village of Mount Prospectt adjacent to Moehling's First Addition to Council Trail Estates, was then presented. A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wilson, to authorize the Village Attorney to draw up an ordinance covering this annexation pursuant to receipt of a formal petition for annexation. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. A preliminary plat covering proposed subdivision of this above property, was then presented. The Clerk was instructed to submit this preliminary plat to the Plan Commission for their study and recommendatithns and to remind the Plan Commission that no provision for park area had been made on previous subdivision by Moehling in this location. There being no further business to come before the meeting, a motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Ibbotson,that the meet- ing be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried and the meeting regularly adjourned.