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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/27/2004 COW agenda COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA Meeting Location: Mt. Prospect Community Center 1000 West Central Road Meeting Date and Time: Tuesday, January 27,2004 7:00 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 ladel II. ACCEPTANCE OF REVISED MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9,2003 ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 13,2004 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD III. IV. STATUS OF VILLAGE-OWNED EMERSON LOTS The Village currently owns three (3) vacant lots (One-Five South Emerson Street) at the southeast corner of Central Road and Emerson Street. These lots were purchased (utilizing TI.F. funds) by the Village over a number of years spanning the late 80s and early 90s as part of Mount Prospect's downtown redevelopment effort. The existing single-family homes were demolished shortly after purchase and the land currently consists of grass and several trees. Other than regular grass mowing and required tree maintenance to keep the property looking acceptable, the land has remained unused since its purchase by the Village. In the mid 90s, the Mount Prospect Public Library expressed interest in the lots for use as additional required parking in conjunction with an anticipated expansion of the Library facility. The 1997 Downtown Strategic Plan called for the Village-owned lots, along with the balance of the block, to be redeveloped with low density, high-quality row homes. While the 1997 Plan remains the official redevelopment blueprint for the Village, a reconstituted Ad Hoc Committee is currently reviewing and updating the 1997 Plan. The Committee's final recommendations to the Village Board are due at the end of February 2004. In the last several months, an organized effort has materialized seeking to convert the three (3) Village-owned lots into a permanent park. Calling itself Save Open Space Mount Prospect (S.O.S. M.P.), the group has begun lobbying the Village Board in that regard. In response, the Village Board has invited S.O.S. M.P. through its spokesperson, resident Bill Blaine, to attend the January 27, 2004 Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss the relative merits of reuse options for the subject property. NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING BUT BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY NEEDS SOME ACCOMMODA TION TO PARTICIPA TE, SHOULD CONTACT THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE A T 100 SOUTH EMERSON, MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS 60056, 847/392-6000, EXTENSION 5327, TDD #847/392-6064. V. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT VI. ANY OTHER BUSINESS VII. ADJOURNMENT CLOSED SESSION PERSONNEL 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1). "The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity." PROPERTY DISPOSAL 51LCS 1202 (c) (6): "The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body."