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Home My WebLink About01/26/1960 VB minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, JANUARY 26, 1960 The meeting was called to order at 8:23 P.M. by President Lame. Upon roll call by the Clerk, the following trustees answered Present: roll call Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Trustee Airey asked for a change in the minutes as follows: In paragraph re Bermant Shopping Center, delete the following: "and that minutes should the shopping center ever be broken up and sold", and also change the word "buyer" to "owner". Trustee Casterline, seconded by Trustee Ekren, then moved for approval of the minutes as corrected. The President put the ouestion, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee Ekren, m~ed that the financial Dec. 1959 report for the month of December, 1959 be approved and placed on file. financial This motion carried by voice vote. report Trustee Gaw, seconded by Trustee ~Norris, moved that the bills for the week of January 26th be approved as follows: General $5,686.21 Garbage 4.37 bills Water 229.89 $5,92b.47 The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved that the Village Attorney be authorized to represent the interests of the Village in a Di MuC~i suit brought by Mr. Sal Di Mucci regarding his subdivisions outside the suit re village limits, Elk Ridge Villa Units #1 and 2; Elk Ridge Villa Unit #1 Elk being Case 60-C-1069 and Elk Ridge Villa Unit ~2 being Case 60-C-837. Villa The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the Presideat declared the motion carried. Trustee Airey read the following letter from the Plan Commission: January 19, 1960 B~ickman Village President and Board of Trustees Mano~'ISt Village Hall, Mount Prospect, Ill. Addition Unit #B Gentlemen: The Plat of Brick,mn Manor First Addition, Unit #B attached hereto was referred to the Plan Commission for study and recommendation. It is recommended that the plat be approved subject to all Village ordinances. An ~rrangement with the Feehanville School District for assistance in lieu of land dedication was submitted with Unit #l of this subdivision and covers all the units thereof. Respectfully submitted, MT. PROSPECT PT~N CO~9~ISSION S/ A.C. Dresser, Chairman S/ H. G. Appleby, Secretary January 26, 1980 rickman Manor Trustee Airey, seconded byTrustee Ekren, moved that ~he cont'd Board approve the plat of Brickman Manor 1st Addition, Unit #5 as recommended by the Plan Commission and that the president and clerk be authorized to sign said plat on behalf of the Village. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Absent, TruStee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Airey addressed the Board regarding insinuations made by Mr. Wilner, Bermant Shopping Center representative, at the previous M~.Prospect week's meeting. Mr. Wilner had intimated that this project had been Plaza shopping delayed because Trustee Airey's firm had not been given the mortgage center - Rand & business. Trustee Airey explained that the first delay was because Central Roads of the necessity for a covenant running with the land. His firm then received a letter from Bermant setting forth proposed financial Case 59-26 arrangements. Trustee Airey waited to answer this letter until after the shopping center had been assigned a B-l'classification and annexed, along with the covenant. The Bermant firm then withdrew its offer before anything definite was arranged with Trustee Airey's company, also sending another letter addressed to the executive vice-president of Mr. Airey's compauy which enclosed a copy of the covenant. Presideht Lams further pointed out that the shopping center still had not given a legal description of the land for which they were asking B-B zoning, and that therefore the ordinance allowing this could not be prepared. Trustee Casterltne, seconded by Trustee Airey, moved for the adoption of proposed Res. 3-60: Res. B-60 A RESOLUTION TO SET UP A BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM B~cycle safety WITH THE HELP OF THE PTA AND SCHOOLS, INCLUDING program INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION OF BICYCLES. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the ' following response: ~Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Absent, Trustee Schlavero Nays, none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried and Res. 5-60 adopted. Trustee Norris, seconded by Trustee Gaw, moved for the passage of proposed Ord. ?02: Ord. 4?02 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SEC. 11.104 OF CHAPTER 11 Prohibiting OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF MT. PROSPECT OF 1957 amusement AS AMENDED (Prohibiting table games or amusement devices devices within the village limits). The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Nays, none. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried and Ord. ?02 passed. President Lams brought up the subject of sidewalk special assessment on West Lincoln mentioned ~ the minutes of 1-19-60, stating Sidewalks that the sidewalk special assessment court case was continued until Spec. Assessment April lSth and that the property owners involved were proceeding in good faith with a proposal to install their own sidewalks. The President also mentioned that there were others who wished to establish escrows to put in their own walks. It was s~ggested that inasmuch as the engineering and legal work has already been done for the village, those who wish to put in their own sidewalks should be charged their portion of this village expense. The PreSident referred this question to the Street & Sidewalk Committee for study and recommendation. January 26, 1960 Village Manager Appleby read the following letter regarding a gift of land to the Village at Golf Read-and Rte. January 16th, 1960 Gift of lot at Hen. Theodore A. Lams Rtes. 58 & 83 and the Board of Trustees Mount Prospect, Illinois Gentlemen: Attention: Mr. Appleby, Village Manager We acknowledge receipt of your recent letter relative to the parcel of land owned by us at the northeast corner of Golf Road and Elmhurst Roa~ The failure to answer this letter sooner was due to the absence of the writer from the city. We will deed this site to the Village of Mount Prospect, as set forth in your letter without the requirement that a sign be maintained thereon. However, we wouldlike a limitation set forth in the deed, and accepted by ordinance that the premises be maintained for beautification purposes, and that no structure be erected or maintained thereon. If this meets with the approval of the Village Board of Trustees, may we be furnished with a copy of the ordinance accepting the same, after which we will cause a deed to be issued to the Village of Mount Prospect. Very truly yours, GLENVIEW-WESTBROOK HOMES S~ R. C. Gillespie Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Norris, moved that the Village Attorney be authorized to prepare an ordinance providing for the acceptance of the lot at the northeast corner of Golf Road and Elmhurst, said ordinance to state that this lot will be maintained for beautification purposes. The President put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Nays, none. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Village Manager Appleby read to the Board an invitation to them Toast- from the Toastmasters Club to attend one of the meetings of the Toastmasters masters which are held the first and third Mondays of each month. The Board was Club pleased to consider this invitation. Village Manager Appleby brought up the subject of a triangular- shaped piece of land of about 18 acres north of Foundry and west of Rand Road, not in the Village, which appears on the County Zoning County Zoning Committee's recommendation to be zoned from R-4 to B-2. Trustee Brickman Airey, secondedby Trustee Gaw, moved that Manager Appleby write a property north letter of protest to the County Zoning Board. This letter is to of Foundry Rd. contain a statement objecting to the proposed B-2 classification of the area in question for the reason that it was originally proposed to be zoned for R-4 use and the surrounding areas are R-B, R-~ and ~-5; that property owners abutting the area are strenuously opposed to the zoning, along with the School Board; that the Mt. Prospect Zoning Board of Appeals has previously disapproved B-2 zoning to petitioners in earlier hearings. Their own plat does not support the contention that this should be zoned as a service area, because the prime shopping center is surrounded on three sides with residences. The Presideht put the question, the Clerk called the roll, with the following response: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw and Norris. Nays, none. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Mr. Dave McCoy, representative for Brickman Enterprises, arose and said that Brickman will take this matter to court, if need be, to secure his business classification, that Brickman believes the highest and best use to be commercial. January 26, 1960 anagers' Assoc. Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Casterline, moved that Training the Board authorize the sum of $1Y5- for expenses For the Village iProgram Manager to attend the Advanced Management Training Program of the International City Managers' Association to be held Nay I - ? at the Hotel Windermere in Chicago. The President put the question, the C~rk called the roll, with the following resDonse: Ayes, Trustees Airey, Casterline, Ekren, Gaw, and Norris. Absent, Trustee Schlaver. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Airey, seconded by Trustee Norris, moved for __ adjournment, and the meeting was r~gularly adjourned at 10:O0 P.M. Clerk January 26, 1960