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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/07/1954 VB minutes 46 L ' - MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1 954 The meeting was called to order by President Lams at 8 :45 P.M. and the Clerk was�then directed to call the roll. On Roll call, the following Trustees answered "Present": Ibbotson, Schlaver, Willer and Wright. Trustees Viger and Wilson were absent on roll call. The Trustees having previously received copies of the minutespf the meeting held November 16, 1954, a motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded be Schlaver, that the minutes be approved as submitted. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following Response: Ayes: All; N j s: None. Thereupon .J the President declared the motion carried and said minutes approved. The Clerk then read a request dated December 2nd, from the Boy Scouts, to conduct a house to house fund drive on Monday, January 24, 1955. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded b Wright, that this permission be granted. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The following communication was then read: December 3, 1954 Mt. ProspeciVillage Board VillagrmHallginz Decemb 7 1954 Mt. Prospect, Ill. Gentlemen: 461 In behalf of the Board of Education of this high school, I wish to request information relative to the costs involved in connecting with water and sewerage facilities for our new high school building which is proposed to be built on our Foundry Road site, at some possible date within the next two years. To facilitate proper planning, we will also need information as to there we could hook on to these facilities, and some information in regard to their adequacy to handle a school population of ultimately 1,500 to 2,000 students. Our citizens' lay committee will need this information to properly complete their preliminary study and recommend ions for a new high school unit at Mt. Prospect, and they haven asked to com- 6.., plete their report as soon as possible. May I thank you at this time for your consideration of this request. Yours very truly, John W. Schaff This letter was referred to the Fire and Water Committee for their study. Trustee Viger af'rived and took his place at 8 :54 P.M. A motion was made by Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Ibbotson, to authorize the expenditure of $110.00 additional for the Speed -O -Print Duplicator. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following results: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was then made by Trustee Schlaver, seconded by Wright, to adopt the resolution authorizing the Village to lease a safety deposit box in the Mount Prospect State Bank. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with fronMk the following response: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was then made by Trustee Wright, seconded by Ibbotson, to authorize the appointment of an additional Police Officer. Tne 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 made by Trustee Viger, seconded by Ibbotson, that the sum of 035.82 be expended from the Water Fund to cover costs of water main construction for improvements of the water system at Lots 5 and 6 in Block 2 in the First Addition to Lonnquist Gardens. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following results: Ayes: All; Na� s: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was made by Trustee Viger, seconded by Willer, to authorize the expenditure of a sum not to exceed '0500.00, to cover the expense for test borings at the present water tower site to determine load bearing characteristics of ground at that location. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; r- carried. None. Thereupon tb_e President declared the motion carried. A motion was then made Trustee Viger, seconded by Willer, to authorize the Village Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance for the issuance of 070,000 in Water Revenut Bonds to cover 1955 Water Woiks Improvements. 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 made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright, that the Village Clerk be instructed to inform the Cook County Board of Appeals that the Village of Mount Prospect will December 0, 1954 not object to the proposed rezoning from R -3 and R -L. District to F- Farming District of the approximately 50 acres, located on the North side of Foundry Road, approximately 2 mile West of Elmhurst Road, in Wheeling Township. The motion was voted upon ( 2 by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright, that the Village Attorney be authorized to take the necessary steps tc represent and protect the Villa in the suit by DimAcci against the Village as covered in Summons No. 54S18279. 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. Ordinance No. 424 entitled "AN CRDIN.N CE AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT IROEPECT ZONING ORDINANCE, AS _VENDED." was then introduced by Trustee Willer, and a motion was made by Trustee Willer and seconded by Viger, that the ordinance be passed. The ""' President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following results: Ayes: All; Nays: None. Thereupon the President use declared the motion carried. The following letter was then read: December 6, 1954 President and Board of Tr•ustees Village of Mt. Prospect Gentlemen: In reply to your informal request of December 4, 1954, per Mr. Opeka's telephone call, we have reviewed Mr. Knight's resubdivision of Lot 11 in Block 3 in Lonnquist Gardens on the Northwest corner of 'olf Road and South Ioka :Lve. As you probably already know, the minimum requirement for a corner 75 ft. lot is 9,375 seq. ft. and for inside lots of 65 ft. 8,125 sq. ft. The lot sizes shown on this subdivision are 81.69 ft. by 109.66 ft. or 9,040 sq. ft. for the corner lot and 60 ft. by 109.64 ft. or 6,576 sq. ft., the first being 335 sq. ft. too small and the second 1,549 s.. ft.too small. This resubdivision, therefore, is an outright violation of the Village code, and we believe, if approved would establish a bad precedent, and it is not recommended for approval by the plan commission. Yours very truly, Plan Commission of Mt. Prospect A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright, to concur in the recommendations of the Plan Commission, and that resubdivision not be approved. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was then made by Trustee Wille r, seconded by Schlaver, that the Village request Mr. Knight, owner of Lot 11, in Block 3 in Lonnquist Gardens to submit a survey of Lot 11 in Block 3, in its entirety, for one building permit, and that the Village refund permit fees for the second permit, which was previously issued. 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. Summonses No. 54016300, 54016622 and 54s18540 were then read. A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Viger, ,, that the Village Attorney be authorized to file an appearance and answer on these sumonses. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes: All; Nays None. ''hereupon the President declared the motion carried. The following communications were then read: November 30, 1954 President and Board of Trustees Village of Mount Prospect Mount Prospect, Illinois Attention: Mr. Bayne November 7, 1954 Gentlemen: Request is hereby made for the foreclosure of special assessments on the following vacant real estate: 463 Lot Four (L) in Block Twenty- three (23) in Busse's Eastern Addition to Mount Prospect in the East One-Half (i) of Section 12, Town 41 North, Range 11. 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 435.00 for distribution fees, hereby indemnifying the Village against any expense in this connection. Sincerely yours, Fleetwood Homes, Inc. I '"" M. E. Silverthorne November 30, 1954 President aid Board of Trustees Village of Mount Prospect Mount Prospect, Illinois Attention: Mr. Bayne Gentlemen: Request is hereby made for the foreclosure of special assessments on the following vacant real estate: Lot Thirty -nine (39) in Maplewood Heights, being a subdivision of the East 15.00 chains of that part lying North of Railroad, of Southeast Quarter (j of Section 12 (except the Southerly 66 feet for road) also of Block Twenty -six (26) in Busse's Eastern Addition to Mount Prospect, in East Half (2) of Section 12, all in Town 41 North, Range 11, East of the Third Principal Meridian. ,_ 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 '7:5.00 for distribution fees, hereby indemnifying the Village against any expense in this connection. Sincerely yours, Fleetwood Homes, ' M.E. Silverthorne A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Schlaver, that the Village Attorney be authorized to prepare a resolution covering foreclosure proceedings, as requested, subject to approval by Leonard C. Meade. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response; Ayes: 1111; Nays: None. Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. The following petition was then read: November 17, 1954 President and Board of Trustees Village of Mount Prospect Village Hall °' ^* Mount Prospect, Illinois Gentlemen: As attorney for Harold 0. Meisenheimer, the owner of the legal title, and Kenneth R. Whitton, as contract purchaser of the real estate hereinafter described, I respectfully request that said real estate be rezoned from its existing residential use to its original commercial use. The real estate asked to be so rezoned is located in the Village at the Northwest corners of Northwest Highway and Prospect Manor Avenue and is described as follows: November 7, 1954 Lots 15, 16 and 17 in Block 22 in Prospect P °anor, being a subdivision of part of South 3/4 of the 464 West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of Section 34, Township 42 North, Range 11, Last of the 3rd Principal Meri- dian, in Cook County, Illinois. Lots 15 and 16 are each 251 x 106' and Lot 17 (the corner lot) is irregular in shape and is 69.14 x 132.10' x 6.5 x 106'. I also respectfully asked that an early date be set for the hearing up on the request. Enclosed is a check of K. R. Whitten, Inc., payable to the Village in the an ount of 435.00 covering the required fees. Yours very truly, at T. Burfeind Atty. for Harold 0. Meisenheimer an d Kenneth R. Whitton %ow? A motion was then made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Ibbotson, that this petition be referred to the Zoning Commission for the holding of a public hearing and their r•ecomnendations on the request. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was maa e by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright, that Mr. Brickman's preliminary plat of the proposed resubdivision of Randview Highlands be referred to the Mt. Prospect Plan Commission for tneir study and comments. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the President declared the motion carried. A motion was then made by Trustee Wright, seconded by Schlaver, that the Village Attorney be instructed to draft an ordinance covering the installation of burglar alarms in the Village. 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. There being no furtner business to come before the meeting, a motion was made by Trustee Willer, seconded by Wright, that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, ' whereupon the President declared the motion carried and said meeting regularly adjou.rned. 22 19