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AGENDA
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
Mount Prospect Senior Center Tuesday, September 25, 2001
50 South Emerson Street 7:30 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Gerald L. Farley
Trustee Timothy Corcoran Trustee Michaele Skowron
Trustee Paul Hoefert Trustee Irvana Wilks
Trustee Richard Lohrstorfer Trustee Michael Zadel
ii. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 14, 2001
iii. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
IV. STATUS REPORT ON CONDITION OF VILLAGE STREETS
On an annual basis, the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works provides an
overview of the general condition of roads within the corporate boundaries of the Village. This
includes not only municipally owned streets but also State and County roadways. The attached
report from Project Engineer Joel Michalik provides an overview of the progress of the Village's
Ten-Year Accelerated Road Improvement Program.
At the close of this year's construction season, the Village will have reached the halfway point of
the program. All streets requiring complete reconstruction will have been finished. The final five-
year period concentrates on an accelerated resurfacing program. At the midway point, staff is
pleased to state that the program is on schedule and under budget.
As part of the evening's discussion, staff will provide oral updates of significant State and County
road projects underway in the community, including Route 83 and Northwest Highway. Staff will
also provide an update on the progress of the Northwest Transit Corridor Project, which is
studying the feasibility of extending the CTA Blue Line (or some other form of mass transit) out to
the Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates area. Mount Prospect is a member of the Municipal Task
Force and has committed up to $10,000 toward the feasibility study costs.
Appropriate staff will be on hand to answer questions and to facilitate discussion.
NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING BUT BECAUSE
OF A DISABILITY NEEDS SOME ACCOMMODATION TO PARTICIPATE, SHOULD
CONTACT THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE AT 100 SOUTH EMERSON, MOUNT
PROSPECT, ILLINOIS 60056, 847/392-6000, EXTENSION 5327, TDD #847/392-6064.
V. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STATUS REPORT
On an annual basis, the Department of Public Works provides the Village Board with an update of
progress on the Village's Comprehensive Flood Control Program. Since its inception in the early
90s, all major sanitary sewer flood control projects have been completed. Several overland flood
control projects have been completed or are under consideration. Finally, Weller Creek Bank
Stabilization Projects are currently underway.
Staff will also provide oral reports regarding the status of the Wedgewood Terrace Overland
Flood Control Project and the Army Corps of Engineers' Des Plaines River Flood Control Project.
Appropriate staff will also be available to answer questions and facilitate discussion.
VI. VEHICLE LICENSES - ANTIQUE VEHICLES
Per Village Code, all motor vehicles registered and/or housed within the corporate limits of the
Village are required to display a current vehicle sticker. Beyond that general rule, there are a
number of groups or individuals, which, by Resolution, are exempt from paying the annual fee.
These groups are in many cases members of volunteer Boards and Commissions, veterans of
foreign wars and disabled individuals.
The attached memorandum from Finance Director Douglas EIIsworth indicates that for some
time, owners of antique vehicles have also been treated as exempt from paying the vehicle
sticker fee. However, there is nothing contained in either the Village Code or the exemption
Resolution which denotes this status. According to Mr. EIIsworth, approximately 20 antique
vehicles were provided with free vehicle stickers.
It would be appropriate for the Village Board to address this current "loophole" by either
formalizing the exemption or making a determination that the owners of such vehicles must
purchase vehicle stickers for full price or, at a reduced rate, if that is the wish of the Village Board.
This information is provided for discussion purposes. Depending on the consensus and direction
of the Village Board, staff would draft the appropriate Ordinances and/or Resolutions to address
this issue. Appropriate staff will be available to answer questions and facilitate discussion.
VII. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT
Viii. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
IX. ADJOURNMENT
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