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TRUSTEES HELD ON TUESDay., ~ARCH 26~1963
President Schlaver called the meeting to order at 8:13 P.M. with
the following trustees present: roll cal
Bickley Bruhl Gaw
Casterline Ekren Absent: Phillips
Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Gaw,~moved that the minutes of
the meeting of March 19th be accepted as submitted.
Upon Poll call: Ayes: F~ickley Bruhl Ekren minutes
Casterline Gaw Absent: Phillips
Motion carried.
Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved for approval of
thefoltowing bills:
bills
General $18,070.99
Garbage 6.61
Library 2,967.02
Water operations 2,112.03
$23,1S5.65
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bicktey Bruhl Ekren
Gaw Casterline Absent: Phillips
Motion carried.
Trustee Casterline referred to letter of March 11 ~igned by the Electrical
Electrical Commission asking for cha~ge in electrical permit fees, stating Commisslor
that the Building Committee concurred in this recommendation.
Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved that the Village
Attorney be authorized ~o prepare ordinance incorporating the recommen-
dations proposed in the letter of March llth.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Ekren
Gaw Casterline Absent: Phillips
Motion carried.
The electrical permit fee schedule is as follows: Electrical
fees
Single Fa~.il~ Residence:
1,000 sq. ft. $18.00
1,001 - 1,500 sq. ft. 24,00
1,501 - 2,000 sq. ft. 30.00
Over 2,000 sq. ft. 36.00
Multi-Family, Commercial and Industrial
(15 or 20 am~. clrcui~s)..
1 - 10 circuits $ 3.50 ea. circuit
11 - 25 circuits 3.00 ea. circuit
Over 25 circuits 2.50 ea. circuit
Motors (1/~. h~ or over)
1st Motor $ 5.75
Each addi~onal~motor 2.00
Less than 1/4 hp - charge on circuit basis
Minimum Fee - $6.00
Re-inspection - $6.00 per hour
Trustee Casterline further reported that in view of the increase
in the number of electrical inspections the Building Department will be
called upon to make in the future,the Electrical Committee unanimously
agreed that another inspector be hired, and provision be made in the budget
for this position. It is expected that the increase in fees will cover
March 26, 1963
the salary. President Schlaver asked that this request from the
Building Committee be made in writing.
Waterworks Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the
bonds Village Attorney be directed to work in conjunction with Mr. Paul
Speer in preparation of Water and Sewer Bond Ordinance.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bruhl Bickley E~ren
Gaw Casterllne
Absent: Phillips
Motion carried.
Parking lots Trustee Bru~l recommended that preparation of two parking
lots owned by the Village be made ready for daily parking inasmuch as
private parking lot owned by Mr. Chester Busse was changing over to a
yearly basis and would thus throw more vehicles used by commuters on
to the streets. Trustee Bruhl further recommended that the Village
Manager obtain the final plans and specifications for this improvement
from our engineers and that the Finance Director prepare ways and means
for financing; asking that the financial plans be ready by the following
Monday and the engineering specifications be ready by the next Board
meeting.
Trustee Bruhl reported regarding the North Suburban Council
garbage on Refuse Disposal, stating that so far two meetings have been held,
one with Senators Arr~ngton and Randolph, who have given this council
favorable reception. Trustee Bruhl intended to attend the next meeting
in Northfield Village Hall as the representative from Mount Prospect
the following Thursday and will report later.
Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved for the
passage of Ord. 897:
Ord. 897
Sunset Hts. A~ ORDINANCE ANNEXING PROPERTY LYING NORTH OF
1st Add'n GOLF ROAD TO THE VILLAGE OF MUUNT PROSPECT
This is Schvalje g Knuth's properzy next to Green Acres, Sunset Heights
First Addition.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Eickley Bruhl Casterline
Gaw Ekren President Schlaver
Absent: Trustee Phillips.
Nays: none
Motion carried.
Colonial Hts. Trustee Ekren read the following letter from the Plan
6th Add'n Commission dated March 26th:
The Plan Commission to whom ~as referred the attached
plat of Colonial Heights 6th Addition recommend that
the plat be approved upon addition thereto of an
easement for street light on Lincoln Avenue midway
between Crestwood Lane and Hatten Avenue%
A. C. Dresser, Chairman
H. G. Appleby, Secretary
Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that the recommen-
dation of the Plan Commission be concurred in and that plat of Colonial
Heights 8th Addition be approved upon addition of easement and upon
furnishing of necessary plans for public improvements, bonds, escrows
and fees as required by Village Ordinance.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Casterline
Gaw Ekren
Absent: Phillips
Mo~ion carried.
Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that
improvement plans of Colonial Heights 6th Addition be approved and
March 26, 1963
hat the Village Manager be authorized and directed to sign the
application To the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago
for a sewer permit for the developer and Cook County Water Company.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley B~uhl Casterline
Gaw Ekren
Absent: Phillips
Motion carried.
Trustee Ekren read the following letter from the Plan Louis Gardens
Commission dated March 26th:
The Plan Commission to whom was referred the attached plat
of Louis Gardens (revised) recommend that the plat be
approved.
A. C. Dresser, Chairman
H. G. Appleby, Secretary
Trustee Ekren, seconded by T~ustee Bickley, moved that
recommendation of the Plan Commission be concurred in and that plat
of Louis Gardens be approved upon furnishing of necessary plans for
public improvements, bonds, escrows and fees as required by Village
ordinances.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Casterline
Gaw Ekren
Absent: Phillips
Motion ca. tied.
Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that
improvement plans for Louis Gardens Subdivision be approved with the
understanding that no one outside the Village Limits is to be served
by the sanitary sewer system:proposed to be installed therein.
Upon roll call: Ayes: Bickley Bruhl Casterline
Gaw Ekren
Absent: Phillips
Motion carried.
School Distr. 57
Trustee Ekren read the following letter from the Plan Weller Creek
Commission dated March 26th re School District ~57:
Gentlemen:
The Plan Commission recommends tha~ a letter be sent by
the Board to School District #57 calling attention to the following
items in connection with the use of the area jus~ south of Weller
Creek and between Edward and William Streets for a school site:
1. The site is adjoining Weller Creek and the Village
will consider it to be the responsibility of ~he
Schools to protect children therefrom on either or
both sides of the creek.
2. The desirability of arranging the attendance
boundaries of any school built at this location
at any future time so fhat children will not be
required to cross Weller Creek To get there,
3.The Village does no~ want another foo~ bridge
across Weller Creek at this location.
4. That at the time of the development of the tract,
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(a) Sunset Road must be dedicated to its full
width and run at an angle to connect Sunset Road
west of William Street with Sunset Road west of
Louis Street without a jog at the corner.
Further, that the street must be paved 31 feet
wide and sidewalks installed therein.
(b) William Street be dedicated to its full width
from Golf Road to Weller Creek, paved to a width
of 31 feet and have sidewalks installed therein.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. Dresser, Chairman
H. G. Appleby, Secretamy
Trustee Ekren, seconded by Tmustee Bruhl, moved that the Village
Pmesident or Village Manageu be dimected to wmite a letter to school
Distmict #57 calling attention.to the items mentioned in the foregoing
letter. This motion carried by acclamation.
Tmustee Ekren mead repomt from the Zoning Board of Appeals
Case 62-22, as follows:
Zoning
Case 62-22 R E P 0 R T
Date: March 25, 1963
Re: CASE 62-22 - Originally heamd July 27, 1962.
Re-heard at Special Hea~ing on March 15, 1963.
Petitioner: Allan Bloch, as agent fop Exchange Nat'l Bank of
Chicago as Trustee undem T~ust 9173, Agmeement
dated 10-14-58 (Dan Serafine).
Presentationmade by Robert L. Magg, builder of
the pmoposed R-4 Apartment pmoject no~th of the
Mt. Prospect Plaza Shopping Centem.
The original petition was a mequest for rezoning fr~m present B-1
to R-4 of about 10 acres adjoining the north edge of the Mt. Pmospect
Plaza Shopping Center, fronting on Westgate Road.
Petitionem proposed to develop an R-4 Residential project on this
10-acre site to contain 294 small-size apartment units. The original petition
proposed to build 256 units. The Zoning Board of Appeals denied the omiginal
petition because several majom pmobtems involved in the development of
this project weme not solved to the satisfactionof the Board. These problems
were as follows:
1) Inadequate access to this propemty fmom the east - - Westgate Road
from Centmal Road to the subject propemty - - is at best a completely
inadequate road at present, unimpmoved and full of chuck holes. Only t~al~
of this 80-foot road is within the village limits and most of this 40 feet
is.not a dedicated street but is pamt of the parking facilities of the
Mt* Pmospect Plaza Shopping Center. The other 40 feet, the eastern half,
is in the county and is unimproved and in poor shape. Theme were no pro-
visions made at the first hea~ing for another means of access to this
propemty.
2~Inadequate sewage disposal facilities at
lack of'concmete pmoposals by the petitioner to eliminate om improve the
problem which would be greatly aggravated by the addition of this multi-
unit apartment development.
3) Inadequate provisions for stomm water ~un-off facilities, such as
an adequate storm sewer.
March 26, 1963
) Inadequate provisions for ingress and egress to the apartment areas
for fire and police departments to insure the public safety. Zonin~
Case 62-22
Since the time of denial of the original petition by the Board of
Appeals, several infoz1~al meetings have been held between petitioner's
attorneys, Mr. E. C. M~femt, Village Atto~ney~ Mr. H. G. Appleby, Village
Manager; Mr. Ben Hemmetem, Village Engineer; Fire Chief Habemkamp~
M~. Eugene Baughman; Mr. P~rker Ekren, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee;
and Mr. E. F. Martin, Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals. At these
meetings several agreements have been reached, which resolve some of the
major problems that prompted the' Board of Appeals denial of the original
request.
These agreements are as follows:
1) That Mr. Dan Serafine would submit a plat of dedication for
a 50-ft. right-of-way for Thayer Street, from Rand Road east
to Westgate Road; that said plat would be prepared by a
surveyor, would contain the proper legal description of the
property to be dedicated, would be signed by all record owners
necessary; that in addition, Mr. Semafine would agree to pave
Thayer Street 39 feet in width from Rand Road east.some 832
feet, that the remainder of Thayer Street fmom said point to
Westgate Road would be paved with 28 feet of paving; and that
said paved road would contain curbs and gutters and be in
accordance with Village of Mount Prospect .specifications.
That to insure performance of said construction, Mr. Serafine
would deposit a contract fo~ t%e paving job togethem with a
cash deposit in the amount of the contract with the Village
Treasurer.
2) That Mr. Serafine would depqsi% plans and specifications for
a ~8-foot storm sewer :o serve the Mt. Prospect Plaza Apamt-
ment buildings, Welco, and other areas, together with a plat
showing the location of the easement necessary for the laying
of said s~orm sewer and a gmant of easement signed by the
proper parties to the Village for said storm sewer. In addi-
tion, Mm. Serafine would deposit the sum of $~1,1~0 with the Village
Treasurer for the purpose of guaranteeing that the storm sewer
would be construct, said estimate being based on estimate
furnished the Village by Consoer, Townsend & Associates.
3) Theme are to be no private roads within the apartmen~ project -
all are to be named and dedicated to the Village to insure
proper policing and access of fire fighting equipment. Present
plans call for obtaining watem service by connection to lines
now servicing the Shopping CenteP. If this cannot be agreed
upon with the Shopping Center or if responsibleengineems
deter~nine that such connection will advemsely affect the water
service, including adequate pressure fom sprinkler systems
and other water services, then they will bring their own
watem lines directly from Ran. d Road.
4) Petitioners have agreed to follow the engineers' recommend-
ations with regard to the building of adequate sanitary
sewers for the handling of sanitary wastes.
5) As to the problem of the improvement of Westgate Road, the
Board of Appeals is not completely satisfied with the
arrangements which we have been able to make so far. We
would like to see the entire tO-foot might-of-way within
the Village from Central Road north to Thayer Street
(when extended and paved as agDeed upon by the petitionems)
dedicated and paved with curbs and gutters. We feel that
this road will be the main route of ingress and egress to
the subject apartment property. However, all we could get
in the way of an agreement with Mr. Magg was that Westgate
Road would be black-topped without cumbs and gutters and
put in usable condition and thus maintained. It must be
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Zoning remembered, though, that the major portion of this gO-foot
Case 62-22 right-of-way is not a dedicated street, and is in fact a
part of the parking facilities of the Shopping Center.
This may or,may not b~ used as a public street aT the
discretion and whims of the owners of the Shopping Cente~
and can cease to be used as a street whenever they so choose.
The Board of Appeals has Contacted the Phoenix Mutual Insurance
Company and Baird ~ Wa~neP, mortgage owners of this Shopping Center --
property, and ape momentarily expecting to hear if they would be willing
to dedicate the gO-foot right-of-way To the Village. It appears reason-
able to the Board that this would be beneficial to the Shopping Center
as well as To the Village, and would certainly be of great benefit to
the petitioner and the builder and to the future tenants of,these
apartments.
The Board of Appeals has not voted on the me-heaPing of this case
pending receipt of correspondence f~om the above-named mortgage interests.
However, since a report was requested by March 26, 1963, we submit this
report showing the progress that has thus far been made. We do, however,
wish to withhold a formal recommendation until we have all the information
possible regarding the possible improvement of Westgate Road, which we
feel is vital for the public interest and the interest of the Village of
Mount Prospect as a whole.
E'. F. Martin, Chairman
H. M. Ross, Acting Secretary
HHR:pg
M~o Dan Semafine and his attorney Mr. Allan Bloch were present. Trustee
EkPen asked Mr. Bloch to speak. Mm. Bloch stated that in view of their
offer To pave ThayeP Avenue east from Rand Road he saw
no reason why this Pesoning should be held up pending dedication Of West-
gate Road. He.further understood that this apartment zoning was Viewed
with favor by the Shopping Cente~ and on behalf of his client offered to
blacktop Westgate Road ifdedioation was forthcoming, besides laying
paving, curb and gutter 59 feet wide along Thayem Street. Further, Mr.
Bloch stated he was willing to put this offer in ~iting. Mr. Ross of
the Zoning Board was present and stated that he thought this would be
satisfactory with the Zoning Boamd in view of the large amount of traffic
expected along ThayeP from the bowling alley, theater and 29g apartments.
Trustee Bickley suggested this matter be fuPthe~ discussed the following
Tuesday night pending reply from mortgage holders of Shopping CenTer me
dedication of Westgate Road~ further, discussion regarding sidewalks
and a building on East Prospect belonging To Mm. Serafine that was built
partially ove~ sewer easement in er~oP.
Trustee Bickley reported that the FBI School had been a big
Police Dept.
su¢cess~ further, that thief who broke into the Country Club lastNovem-
hep and stole tools was now incarcerated pending hearing.
Sewer drains Trustee Gaw spoke of drainage problem on Kenilworth south of
Kenilworth Ave Central Road, the water collects on one lot because two lots to the no~th are built up higher, thus obstructing flow To catch basin. Upon advice
of the attorney the Village will w~ite to the homeowner who is offended,
pointing out to him that this is a matter of private concern rather Than
Village concern, and suggesting he ask the owners of offending lots to
reg~ade their lots to provide drainage.
Special Assess- Trustee Gaw ~epoPted that-plans were being made to hold Special
Assessment heaping regarding paving of Kenilworth Avenue north of Central
Kenilworth Ave Road.
March 26, 1963
Question of replacing of parkway trees in certain instances Trees
was referred to the Street Committee.
Manager Appleby reported that the State had approved the MFT - 10CS
current MFT P~ogram (10 CS)S that Mr. Douglas Carney, Building
Superintendent, will return to work after his illness on Monday.
Mr. Appleby further reported re County Zoning hearingss President County Zoning
Schlaver asked Mr. Appleby to attend hearing in Northbrook regarding
petition of Allstate Insurance Company to erect building.
Hearing was held on March 20th regarding petition to erect restaurant County Zoning
seating q00-500 people on Rand Roads liquor to be served from the Villa Sweden
kitchen~ adjoining neighbors are agreeable. Two dissenters from
Prospect Meadows were given 20 days to present corporate opposition
from their subdivision.
Finance Director King gave comparison of tax rate and ex- Taxes
tension for the years 1961 and 1962, showing increase in assessed
valuation but decrease in levies.
President Schlaver appointed the following people to the
Board of Health: Board of Health
Newt Hallman 311 North Wills St.
Richard Lamey 1817 Bonita
Mrs. Bette Kine 113 So. Waverly Place
Paul Garvin 309 North Wills
Dr. Homer Parker 413 South Ioka
Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved that the
Board of Trustees concur in the appointment of these members of the
Board of Health. This motion ca~ied by acclamation.
President Schlaver reported that the Weller Creek Area Weller Creek
Action Council had been set up and officers elected as follows: Area Action
Council
President - Herbert Beh~el of Des Plaines
Vice President - Vinton Bacon of Sanitary Commission
Vice President - Clarence O. Schlaver
Vice President - Charles Payne of the Park Board
Vice President - Harvey Klehm
Treasurer - Mayor Woods of Rolling Meadows
Secretary - Tnustee Nelson of Arlingt~nHeights
Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that payment of $250 per
year be paid as Mount Prospect's share in this council, composed of
municipalities f~om Des Plaines to Rolling Meadows, including the Sani-
tany District.
This motion ca~ied by acclamation.
Attorney Hofert submitted proposed contract for garbage col- garbage
lection, which was referred to Mr. James King for final editing. Mr.
Hofert also submitted memos regarding Tech Search, which were referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Martin Weber, owner of Striking Bowling Lanes now being Signs
built at Golf Road and Route 83, displayed sketch of sign to be
erected for this business and asked variation to ~llow its erectionS
the sign is larger than permitted by sign ordinance. This matter was
referred to the Building Committee for recommendation on the following
Tuesday.
Adjournment by acclamation at 10:03 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth C. Wilson, Clerk
March 26, 1963