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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/05/1961 VB minutes 3:22[ MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 5, 196I President Schlaver called the meeting to order at 8:08 P.M. Upon roll call, the following answered Present: Trustees Bickley, roll call Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that the minutes of the previous meeting of August 23rd be approved as sub- Minutes mitted. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline and Phillips. Pass, Trustees Gaw and Ekreno Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Mr. Harry Eichenberg, BOY N. Maple, requested permission for tag day on October 6th for Chicago Children's Benefit League, an old charity and established ch rmty. Request was also received from Mrs. Betty Olson, BOY Hi Lusi, fer permission to hsld a tag day for Cystic Fibrosis Associa- tion on September 16th. This is a new organization dedicated toward research on this presently incurable disease. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved to allow these two tag days to be held in Mount Prospect, not to include door-to-door solicitation. This motion carried by acclamation. Trustee Ekren read the following ~eport from the Zoning Board re Case 61-25: Zoning Case REPORT 61-25 To: Board of Trustees Re: Case 61-25, Heard August 25 Petitioner: John Bolger This petition is a request for rezoning from R-B to R-4 at the northeast corner of Rte. 8B and Central Road. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 6-0 to permit the rezoning as requested. E. F. Martin, Chairman P. T. Liggett, Acting Sec'y Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved that the Board of Trustees concur in the recommendation of the Zoning Board to allow requested rezoning from R-S to R-4 of property at the northeast corner of Central Road and Main Street, and that the Village Attorney be directed to prepare the necessary ordinance. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruht, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Ekren read the following report from the Zoning Board re Case 61-26: R E P 0 R T Zoning Case 61-26 To: Board of Trustees Re: Case 61-26, Heard August 25 Petitioner: Village of Mount Prospect Addition of Special Uses to Zoning Code This petition is for an addition to the Zoning Ordinance, pro- viding a new "Special Uses" category. Mr. Ekren was present at the hearing and spoke briefly, to the effect that he felt the addition would help solve certain zoning problems, particularly since there have been and will continue to be requested uses for industrial or business property where the desired use is not clearly defined in our present ordinance. September 5, 1961 322 The chairm~n read the important parts of the proposed Special Uses ordinance to the audience at the hearing. There were no objectors to the proposal. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 6-0 to approve the proposition. E. F. Martin, Chairman P. T. Liggett, Acting Secretary Trustee Ekren thereupon read the purpose of this addition, for the benefit of the members of the audience: PURPOSE: The development and execution of a zonirg ordin~mce is based upon the division of the Village into districts, within which districts the use of land and buildings and the bulk and location of buildings and structures in relation~ to the land are substantially uniform. It is recognized, however, that there are special uses which, because of their unique characteristics, cannot be properly classified in any particular district or districts without consideration, in each case of the impact of those uses upon neighboring land and of the public need for the particular use at the particular locatioh. Such special uses fall into two categories. 1.Uses publicly operated or traditionally affected with a public 'interest. 2. Uses entirely private in character but of such an unusual nature that their operation may give rise to unique problems with respect to th~ir~ impact upon neighboring property or public facilities. Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved that the Board of Trustees concur with the recommendation of the Board of Appeals' to approve the addition of the "Special Use" category to the Zoning Ordinance. The Pr&sident put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Ekren,'seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved for Ord. #MB4 passage of Ord. #?84: Special Uses added to AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ZONING Zoning Code ORDINANCE OF MOUNT PROSPECT AND CREATING A SPECIAL USE PROVISICN THEREIN The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Caw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Ekren read the following report from the Board of Appeals re Zoning Case 61-27: Zonin~ Case 61-27 R E P 0 R T Dentists To: Board of Trustees Re: Case 61-27, Heard Aug. 25 Petitioners: Drs. Sorensen, Sachsand Giannini This is a petition to rezone from R-1 to B-2 the property at the southwest corner of Walnut and Ridge. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 6-0 to permit the petitioners' rezoning. E. F. Martin, Chairman P. T. Liggett, Acting Sec'y September 5, 1961 ..... 3.23 Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that the Board of Zoning Case Trustees concur with the recommendation of the Board of Appeals to 61-2Y allow the rezonimE from R-1 to B-2 of property at the southwest corner of Walnut and Rid?, and that the Village Attorney be directed' to prepare the mecessary ordxnance. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Castertine, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declare d the motion carried. Trustee Ekren read the following report from the Board of ~'~ Appeals re Case 61-24: Zoning Case 61-24 R E PO R T Caltagirone To: Board cf Trustees Re: Case 61-24, Heard A~gust 25 Petitioner: Paul Caltagirone This petition is for a variation ts eliminate a side yard requirement at 518 Hi Lusi. The Board of Appeals voted 6-0 to deny the petition. Yours truly, E.F. Martin, Chairman P.~ T. Liggett, Acting Sec'ty Trustee Ekren then read the following memo of explanation from the Board cf Appeals: M E M 0 R A N D U M This petition is a request for a variation which will substantially eliminate a side yard-requirement in order to approve the construction of a patio enclosure which has already been built on petitioner's property. In this case it appears that an approximately 8' x 18' screened enclosure has been added back cf petitioner's garage and that one corner of the screened enclosure is within a few inches cf the actual lot line. The house and side garage set at an angle on a pie-shaped corner lot at the northwest corner of Council Trail and Hi Lusi, so that the north corner of the garage itself is only five feet frcmthe lot line; thus, ~hen the screened addition was added, the corner of the porch extends right up to the let line, leaving no side yard space. The petitioner alleged that the Republic Construction Company which built the enclosure had represented to his wife that they had obtained a building permit, although admittedly they did not show it to his wife or himself. It appears that the erection was carried out on a Saturday and Sunday, and of course no permit was actually ever obtained. The petitioner has a signed statement from each of the two present neighbors stating they have no objection to the addition. The Board of Appeals voted 6-0 to deny the variatien. The Board feels that to permit the corner of the screened porch to come to the lot line and to within five feet of the neighbor's house to the north, leaving ne side yard at all, is objectionable. The petitioner is not a new resident and is fully cognizant of the fact that the Village has building and zoning ordinances which must be met, having previoasly been before the Board in connection with his place of business. Further, the Board of Appeals has the feeling that this isa situation where the con- structionwas rushed through-and the petitioner hoped "to get away with it", so that they recommend to the Trustees that the petitioner be made to comply with the ordinance requirements. E. F. Martin, Chairman P. T. Liggett, Acting Sec'y After some discussion the Board decided to hold this matter in committee for further consideration. September 5, 1961 eeting dates of Discussion was held regarding proposed ordinance to set the Village the number of Village Board meetings at the former quota of four Board per month, and first and third Tuesdays Only for July, August and December. Trustee Casterline objected to this, reading the follow- in~ statement: "The proposal recommended by the Village President to schedule board meetings each Tuesday evening instead of twice a month on the first and third Tuesday is at first glance an innocent and favor'able sounding action. It would seem to be promoted by such motives as more and better service for our citizens by their local government. Unfortunately, good government does not relate to the number of village meetings per month~ If it did, most villages would have weekly meetings instead of such a schedule being highly unusual. "Mount Prospect required weekly meetings in previous years; First, when we had a commission style governmen~ and each board member ran a department of the Village on an administrative as well as a policy basis, and Second, in the early years of Village manager-style government. During these years, Mount Prospect expanded from a cross- roads, a depot and a population of 4000 to a.high grade residential suburb of over 16,000. Multiple annexations and residential develop- merit building caused a host of growing pains that required weekly meetings o "Mount Prospect is now a mature village with a population of around 20,000 people. Without exception all departments of the Village are effectively run by able and~well-trained men. The Village Manager has been commended by past and present boards for his competence in coordinating the Village services for the benefit of all. Our Village codes are well drawn to promote and preserve the welfare of our Village and its citizenry. Under these circumstances, we cannot justify calling more meetings. "Weekly meetings would cause an unnecessary manpower waste. The Village Manager' s off ice'must provide the board with agendas and numerous other communications in preparation for board meetings. The current board has denied the Village Manager the requested man- power back-up of an 'administrative assistant since Mr. Tom Haskett left the Village payroll. Although I doubt if the Village Manager has been asked, I believe he would agree that his efforts would be better used on his job if meetings were scheduled twice a month. I personally believe the Village Treasurer, Village Clerk, Deputy Clerk and Village Attorney would express similar sentiments. "Weekly meetings would cause a financial waste. Each Village Board meeting, by the end of roll call, costs the Village from $?5 to $100. Trustees receive $5 and $10 per meeting, ~he president receives $25 per meeting. "The Clerk and Attorney are also paid by ordinance and fee respect- ively. I believe the people of Mount Prospect should ~now of this action being promoted at least in part by one or more who would use his position of Village service as an income source. It is difficult to understand this per meeting payment by the Village when you consider that members of our Elementary and High School Boards, Park Board and Library Board receive no such payment. "Weekly meetings waste Board members time and talent. I recall one meeting in particular when we were last on a weekly schedule.; for a full 40 minutes the matter of cat lica.ensing was discussed. No decision has been made to this date. This time should and would better serve the Village in constructive committee meetings. The best work this board does is in committee. Every item of consequence which can be identified with pride of achievement resulted from far more committee time than board meeting tilme. A good example is the Welle~ Creek legislation and a future example will be the new Garbage Service Plan. "If the public could scan the items before committees' lists, they would note that too many~ of the items are hold-over items for a number of meetings awaiting committee action and recommendation to the board. We need committee time, which a twice-a-month schedule would give us. Committees would then be able to regularly meet on the alternate Tuesdays. The President could still call special meetings when necessary, s September 5, 1961 iscussion followed, in which President Schlaver pointed out that Mount Prospect had never had a commission form of government; that it was known before the spring elections that he was in favor of weekly meetings; that he felt itwas necessary to keep the work load current and the meetings shorter. The new trustees stated that they had not sought the trustees' seats because of the revenue. Trustee Bickley, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved for passage of Ord. #785: Ord. #785 Board AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Sec. 2.103 of the Meetings Municipal Code of the Village of Mt. Prospect RELATING TO MEETINflS The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Nay, Trustee Casterline. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Bruhl, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved for payment of bills for the week of Septembsr 5th as follows: bills General $35,017.84 Garbage 100.19 Parking System Rev. 1,317.40 Library 1,417.28 Motor'Fuel Tax 43,793.59 LibraryBldg. Constr. '61 895.00 Water, operations 10,158.44 $92,753.74 The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motinn carried. Trustee Br~hl, seconded by Trustee Bickley, moved to approve Bills for additonal expenditures for building remodelling, Municipal Building bl6g. add'n Change Orders 5, 5, Y and 8 in the total amount of $4,390.50, to be paid to Custer Construction Company. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Bruhl reported that his comittee had made progress on the p~oblem of garbage pick-up and were hoping for a good price on unlimited service. Trustee Phillips read letter from Randhurst Corporation dated August 10th, copy of which ~sdreproduced below, asking permission Randhurst to install water main from connection at Pine and Foundry Road east- water mains ward to proposed elevated water tower at their expense and to become the property of the Village of Mount Prospect. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved to grant permission for installation of 10-inch water main described in above letter in accordance with the Village ordinance. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion~ carried. August 10, 1951 Village President and Board of Trustees Village Hall, Mount Prospect Gentlemen: We request permission to install a ten inch water main connecting the existing Village water main at Pine Street and Foundry Road running thence easterly along the north side of Foundry Road to Elmhurst Road, north along Elmhurst Road and thence northeasterly across Rand Road, thence south- easterly to a point opposite to the proposed elevated water tower as shown on drawing P-12, Job 34-44 entitled "Off SiteDomestic Water System" prepared for Randhurst Shopping Center by Victor Gruen Associates, Illinois Projects, Incorporated, and approved by Consoer, Townsend and Associates, September 5, 1961 illage Engineers, June 21, 1961, at our own expense and at no expense ~ the Village of Mount Prospect. When these structures are completed and are accepted by the Village, they are to become the property of the Village of Mount Pro~pect at no expense to the Village. . It is understood that we will pay the contractor for this work ourselves. We understand that this work will be under the engineering super- vision and inspection of Consoer, Townsend & Associates, Village Engineers, andan amount equal to ten per cent of the construction cost will be placed on deposit in escrow with the Village Treasurer ~o cover these services. We will previde the bond and insurance coverage required by the Village ordinanceand will pay the one per cent public improvement fee which is required by ordinance before the work is started. Sincerely, Robert J. Flynn Assistant General Manager RANDHU~ST CORPORATION Trustee Phillips read letter from Randhurst Corporation dated August 28th also signed by Robert J. Flynn, reproduced below, regarding proposed agreement for metering of water. Trustee Phillips, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved that the Village Board concur in the metering procedure for Randhurst Corporation as outlined in their letter of August 2Sth signed by Robert J. Flynn. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the Following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casteline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. RANDH~RST CORPORATION 222 No. Michigan Avenue Chicage 1, Illinois Village Board of Mount Prospect August 28, 1961 112 E. Northwest Highway Mount Prospect, Illinois Gentlemen: Members of the Water Committee of the Village Board, Mr. Appleby, Village Manager, and a representative of the Randhurst Corpuration met on August 4, to discuss the water supply and the meter procedure for Randhurst Shopping Center. In accordance with the general outline developed at that meeting we respectfully request approval of the Village Board as follows: 1) To furnish water to the Shopping Center which shall be metered at the 'elevated water storage tank, and will be billed to Randhurst Corporation at the estab- lished rates for the Guantity consumed. 2) Randhurst Corporation will meter varisus branches taken off the water main, after it has been metered by the Village, For its own internal ~cco~nting purposes. The internal meters should check the Village meter closely. We reco~nizethat there will be variations in these meter readings, and so the Village meter is to be con- sidered correct when all of the meters check within plus or minus 2 per cent. If the Village meter is more than 2 per cent higher than the Randhurst meters, the excess charge above 102 per cent will be divided equally between Randhurst and the Village. If the meter differences should be as high as 5 per cent, Randhurst may request the Village to check the meters at once. If the Village meter is found to be correct, Randhurst will pay the cost of the test; if the Village meter is found to be inaccurate, then the Village will pay the cost cf the test. September 5, 1961 3) Randhurst Co~poration will undertake to distribute and sell Randhurst water to the tenants of Randhurst Center. Ail water sold water will be pre-softened, and we request authority to charge our customers for this softened water at the established Village rates for the quantity consumed, plus 10 per cent. We appreciate your co-operation in this matter and look forward to your early approval. ~ Yours truly, S/ Robert J. Flynn A~sistant General Manager Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved for the passage of Ord. #?86: Ord. 786 Fallout AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FALLOUT shelters $~ELTERS IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, amending Ord. 553, Mt. PrOspect Building Code of 1957 The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Caw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Casterline read letter from A. N. Konstant, 902 West fence - Gregory Street asking for 15-foot section of fence 72" high to be used Konstant for screening service area from the street; this letter was accompanied by plat indicating site ef fence and upon which Jarrett Clark, 401 Mac- Arthur Drive wrote statement indicating no objection to such construction. Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that Mr. Konstant be notified that the Village Board appruves erection of above described screening. This motion carried by acclamation. Trustee Phillips ~emarked upon the swearing-in ceremony of the previous Thursday when full-time firemen were officially made part of the Fire Department. Their names are: Fire Dept. Ronald Procop Raymond Kordecki Henry Kaup Robert Haberkamp Trustee Bickley, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved for passage of Ord. #~87: Ord. #78? AN ORDINANCE AMKNDINGSEC.18.501 & Sec.18.2C1 Traffic of the~Municipal Cede of Mt. Prespect This prohibits parking along the south side of Memery Lane between Dale Avenue and Forest Avenue, and sets up a four-way stop sign at Highland and Maple Avenues. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Gaw~ Ekren, Casterline and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Bickley gave the Police Committee report, mentioning the blotter system set up in the Police Department for the use of Police Dept. interested citizens or the press and promising co-operation in the Safety apprehension of shoplifters. Trustee Bickley alse mentioned the dangerous crossing at Rte. 14 and Mt. Prospect Road and asked Mrs. Mitzi Vavra as Chairman of the Safety Committee to look into possible solutions to help alleviate the accident toll at that point. Trustee Bickley, seconded by Trustee Phillips, moved that one man from. the Police Department be designated by the Chief of Police to Fire & investigate applicants to the Police & Fire Departments for the Fire & Police Police Commission, and that overtime funds be allowedfor this. The Commission President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, CasterliDe, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Bickley read the following letter from a member of the Board of Education: September 5, 1961 Traffic around August 24, 1961 schools Mt. Prospect Village Board . Village Hall, Mount Prospect Attn:Mr. John H. Bickley, Chairman Police Committee Gentlemen: The Mt. Prospect Beard of Education submits the following recommendations for traffic control during the coming school year to the Village Board for consideration. Fairview School - - Gregory St. one way traffic to the west during school hours. The lack of sidewalks west of Fairviewforces children to walk in the street, and a dangerous' situation results whew traffic is moving beth east and west. Busse School - - ~enry Street one way to the west during school hours. This is a narrow street and with school parking Just north of the street~ the area becomes extremely congested especially during bad weather. It is thought that one ~ay traffic will relieve this to a degree. Central School - - With Central Road being widened ~o four lanes and the resulting increased traffic, it is felt that caution lights should be placed either at School Street or Owen Street. School Street would probably be preferable as this corner receives the heaviest traffic for St. Paul Lutheran School. Thank you for your prompt attention to these recommendations. Very truly yo'urs, Clayton F. Brown, Chairman Building Committee Board of Educati~n This matter was referred to the Police Committee. Building Dept. Trustee Bickleyhrought an unopened I~tter to the President, Electrical stating that he was acting as bearer. The trustees asked the President inspections to read same aloud, which he did. Letter is reproduced below, from Wm. P. Hogan, Chief Electrical Inspector of the City of Chicago. The Board asked that the Village Manager or President write a letter of gratitude to Mayor Daley of~ Chicago, thanking him for sending from his staff a man of such eminent qualifications. The President agreed to do this. CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARtMEnT OF BUILDINGS September 5, 1961 William P. Hogan, Jr. Chief Electrical Inspector Honorable C. O. Schtaver, Village President Village Hall, Mount Prospect My dear Sir: At the request of Mr. John H. Bickley, Jr., a Village Trustee, I ~de an inspection of an electrical installation in your village. The purpose of this inspection was to clarify the disagreement which has existed since the time the installation was made. The are of disagree- ment according to Mr. Bickley and Mr. VernSmith, the electrical contractor, related to the provisions of the National Code requiring a 20-ampere circuit in the kitchen, breakfast room, dining room, and laundry. In conscience as an electrical inspector, it is impossible for me to go into a building and inspect just one phase of the total installation. Inasmuch as all phases of the installation are interdependent upon one another, it is necessary to mak~ a complete inspection. Speaking of one facet of a total installation is useless. Therefore I will report September 5, 1961 329 m~ opinions based upon the requirements of the 1958 National Electrical Code. The service consists of two No. 2's and one No. 4 AWG conductors. This combination of conductors is generally recognized as constituting a lO0-ampereservice. In the building which I inspected the maximum current available to the Home owner is limited to 50 amperes, or 1/2 the capacity of the service conductors since Mr. Smith has installed a 50-amp. main breaker. There is free use of conductors with white imsulation as current-carrying conductors and with black insulation as a meutral con- ductor. Very evidently a definite breech of the provisions of the Code and a life hazard to anyone working in the service enclosure since white or slate gray are recognized as the only colors acceptable for neutral conductors. Mr. Smith claims that he has installed three 15-ampere circuits in lieu of one 20-ampere circuit. If this were true, he would have provided a system that was as safe a~ that which the Code requires. However, such is not the c~ase. He has provided a total of ? circuits in the building, B o~'~hich feed receptacles in the laundry room, kitchen, dining area and that portion of the livings-dining room which was designated by the builder as the dining room in addition to receptacles in other parts of the house. He has not in my opinion a sufficient nmmber of receptacles to conform to the provisions of the 1958 code. If this building were within my Jurisdiction, and I were charged with enforcing the 1956 National Electrical Code, I would reject the electrical installation amd require that the electrical contractor conform to all cf the provisions of that Code as they relate to residential occupancie-~. It is apparent that the person who performs the function of electrical inspector in your village is not familiar with good electrical practice nor the provisions of the Code. As a result he has chosen the least hazardous of many violations existing in this building and others as reason for holding up occupancy certificates. A great disservice is being done to the people of Mt. Prospect by permitting electrical installations similar to the one I inspected. The surest way to prevent a repetition of such installations is to have a qualified electrical inspector at your disposal. Respectfully yours, William P. Hogan, Jr. Chief of the Bureau of Electrical Inspection Trustee Ekren read letter from Central Land Corporation signed Bluett's by Robert J. Bluett, Jr., dated A~gust 24th, asking for approval of Fairview their plat of the Third Addition to Bluett's Fairview Gardens (~utside Gardens the Village limits). Trustee Ekren, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved Third Add'n that the plat of subdivision of the Third Addition to Bluett's Fairview Gardens be referred to the Plan Commission for study and recommendation. This motion carried by acclamation. Trustee Gaw submitted letter from Consoer, Townsend & Associates dated August BI, 1961 signed by Myer Englerre 1SCS and enclosing Change MFT 16 CS Order to clean pavement preparatory to repaving, together with bill for $2,421.B5. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Bruhl, moved that the foregoing change order be approved and that the Village Manager be authorized to sign same. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Bickley, Bruhl, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Phillips. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. ~" Trustee Bruhl brought up the subject of plantings in the We Go WeGo Park pa~ Park park and President Schlaver asked that any further development of this area be discussed with the Park District. Mrs. Arthur Emmanuel of 5 North Edward arose and asked for crossing guard protection for the children of St. Emily's School on East Central Traffic Road. Mrs. Emmanuel was advised that the Village could not furnish such pro- tection because this school was outside of the Village limits, but offered to help secure same from the County. September 5, 1961 ivil Defense ~r. Tom Lyrmm spoke fr~ ~be audience, bringing up the questien of Civil Defense, stating that a group of citizens were quite interested in this problem and were willing to fsrm a committee to investigate'what had bees done by other t6wns,namely, Northbrcok, and What might be accomplished with funds allocated te the Village. Mr. Appleby, as Director of Civil Defense, detailed all that hadbeen done by the Village. The trustees expressed a willingness to support efforts by a citizens civil defesse grou~ if the matter were approached in a practical manner. Mr~ H. R. Le~hardt, 122 So~th Lancaster, asked about the drainage around his house. He was told that this matter had been previously referred to the Street Committee, which will give a report soon. Trustee Bickley, seconded by Trustee Ekren, moved for adjournment, and the meeting was regularly adjourned at 11:10 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Ruth C. Wilson, Clerk September 5, 1961