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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 02/24/1998 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS HELD AT THE CHARLES J. ZETTEK MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 901 WELLINGTON AVENUE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1998 Village President Craig B. Johnson called the meeting to order at 8 : 10 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: Present : President: Craig B. Johnson; Trustees: Nancy J. Czarnik, Bart K. Dill, Patton L. Feichter, Samuel L. Lissner, James P. Petri, Chris Prochno Absent: None Also Present: Village Manager, Gary E. Parrin; Village Attorney, George B. Knickerbocker; and Village Clerk, Patricia S. Smith A quorum was present. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Members of Webelos Den Pack 246 Michael Klimczak, Reuben Calderone, James Manseau and Andrew Lobosco held an opening flag ceremony and led the Board and the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. INVOCATION The Reverend John A. Robinson, Associate Pastor of Queen of the Rosary Parish delivered the invocation. 3 . APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on February 10, 1998 as submitted. MOVED: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Lissner VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED 4. REPORT OF THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting Attended, February 11, 1998, the President was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Northwest Tax Watch Group. The economic and tax implications of a third regional airport was the topic of discussion. February 21, 1998, attended a meeting of the Suburban O'Hare Commission (SOC) which was also attended by Congressman Hyde, Senate Majority Leader "Pate" Philips and discussed the SOC issue. Progress is being made with the backing of the majority of the gubernatorial candidates for a third regional airport. OATH OF OFFICE - The President administered the Oath of office to Police Officers Kelly Sweeney and John Williams upon their completion of the Police Academy; and Jeffrey A Hawkins upon his promotion to Police Sergeant; and William P. Zimmerman upon his promotion to Police Commander; and Joseph H. Perry and Marilyn J. Koss upon their appointment to the Parade Commission. 1 02-24-96 Proclamations - The President declared the week of March 1 through 7, 1998 as "Severe Weather Preparedness Week" , and August 14 and 15, 1998 as the American Cancer Society' s "Relay for Life" . President Johnson presented the "Relay for Life" proclamation to Jennifer Clark from the American Cancer Society. Ms. Clark addressed the Board regarding the Relay for Life ceremony which will be held at Elk Grove High School in memory of those who have died of cancer and cancer survivors . Chicago Bears - President Johnson issued a press release regarding the village involvement with the possibility of having a stadium for the Bears built in Elk Grove Village. A copy of the press release is attached hereto. T Dill reported on his attendance at the following meetings: February 9, 1998 attended the Northwest Tax Watch; February 14, participated in an Elk Grove Police ride along and attended a briefing session. Trustee Petri reported that he represented the Village at the Northwest Municipal Conference meeting on February 11, 1998 . 5. APPROVAL OF 19ARRANT Motion to authorize payment of invoices as shown on the February 24, 1998 Accounts Payable Warrant in the amount of $442,066.87 . MOVED: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Dill AYES: Trustees Czarnik, Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno MOTION CARRIED 6. CONSENT AGENDA A. Frisby P.M.G. Inc. . 1500 Chase Avenue. Elk Grove VillagelL Grant a request to authorize the placement of a temporary trailer facility for a one-year period. B. Dominick' s Finer Foods - Grant a request for permission to place a temporary trailer at the Elk Grove Town Center for a two month period from March 1 through April 30, 1998 for the purpose of hiring employees for the new facility. C. Scully. Hunter & Scully. Inc. Elk Grove Village. IL Increase a contract (awarded 7-22-97) for the construction of the 1997 Village Drainage Improvements Project in the amount of $1, 945 . 90 for a total contract amount not to exceed $125, 794 . D. Fire Department Trainino - Concur with the Assistant Village Manager' s prior authorization for Firefighter Clinton C. Cunz to attend Firefighter Academy training to be held from February 23 through April 10, 1998 at a cost not to exceed $1, 250 .00 . E. Suburban Blue Line Study - Authorize the Village to enter into a study with the RTA, ISTHA, the Village of Hoffman Estates, the Village of Rolling Meadows, the Village of Rosemont and the Village of Schaumburg for a study of a proposed Suburban Blue Line extension at a cost to the Village not to exceed $25, 000 . 00. F. Industrial Revenue Bonds - Adopt Resolution No. 7-98 entitled, "A RESOLUTION CEDING THE AGGREGATE UNUSED 2 02-24-98 INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE TO THE ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR USE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE. " Motion to approve Consent Agenda items "A, B, C, D, E and F." MOVED: Trustee Czarnik SECONDED: Trustee Feichter AYES: Trustees Czarnik, Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno MOTION CARRIED 7. REGULAR AGENDA None. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 8 . CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN FEICHTER Underarounding of Electrical Lines - The Committee met on February 12, 1998 and discussed the issue of undergrounding the electrical cables along Cosman Road adjacent to Alexian Brothers Hospital . The committee has reviewed several different figures over the last several months, ranging from as high as $700, 000. Commonwealth Edison was asked to see if they could arrive at a better figure. They looked at the method by which they would be undergrounding the wires and they will be using a trenching method which would save a tremendous amount of money in terms of the cost for this project. The current estimate of the project would be $362, 942 . The residents of the area are concerned about the safety factors of the existing wires. The Village should go ahead with this project as soon as possible so that a contract can be awarded before Commonwealth Edison changes it' s mind. Motion to authorize the awarding of a contract to Commonwealth Edison for the burial of overhead power lines at an estimated cost of $362, 942; to authorize the use of Capital Projects Fund for funding the contract and to authorize staff to use up to 10% of the contract price for infield changes to the contract as needed. (The President and the Director of Engineering and Community Development discussed the method for undergrounding the wires that was being planned by Commonwealth Edison. ) MOVED: Trustee Feichter SECONDED: Trustee Petri AYES: Trustees Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik MOTION CARRIED Trustee Lissner voiced his concern for the safety factor of other areas in the Village. Trustee Feichter responded that the Committee is still waiting for Commonwealth Edison to present costs for undergrounding wires in the other areas. 9. JUDICIARY, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN LISSNER Wireless 911 Surcharge - The Committee is still waiting for activity from Springfield. Trick or Treat - The Committee is still waiting for a response from the survey that was sent out to the school organizations . Taxi Cab Licensing Procedures - This item will be considered at at a meeting to be held on March 11, 1998 at 7 :00 p.m. The Village Attorney was requested to attend this meeting. 3 02-24-98 President Johnson requested the Committee to add Animals-Excess Noise/Nuisance to their agenda. 10. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN PETRI Wellness Program - The Committee met with the Board of Health on February 23, 1998 and found them to be impressed with what the Village is now doing in this regard and the things that the Village insurance currently covers . They will be looking at additional things that the Village can do and more specifically advertise the things that are being done so that everyone is aware of what is offered to them. They are looking to include families as well as employees. There will be another joint meeting in April to continue discussions. 11. RECYCLING & WASTE COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN CZARNIR Scavenger Licenses - A compiled report has been turned over to the Solid Waste Agency for further study and testing. It will be a few more months before it will be returned to the Village Board for review. 12. INFORMATION COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN DILL Meeting Schedule - A meeting date will be scheduled for sometime in March. 13 . INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION COMMISSION - TRUSTEES LISSNER/PETRI Marketing Sub-Committee - This focus group met on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 and will meet again on Wednesday, February 25, 1998 at 1 :00 p.m. The Sub Committee met with representatives of School District 214 regarding the training programs that they have available at 36 locations. District 214 will be putting together a questionnaire to mail throughout the industrial park to determine what type of training they need and when and where they would hold the programs . Meeting Schedule - The next meeting of the entire Commission will be held on Thursday, March 5, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. Finance Sub-Committee - This committee met on Monday, February 23 , 1998 at 8 : 00 a.m. and discussed financing options. A report will be distributed to all of the Commission members prior to the next meeting on March 7, 1998 . 14 . YOUTH COMMISSION - TRUSTEE PROCENO Survey - It was decided at the last meeting of the Commission that a survey would be distributed to Conant High School, Elk Grove High School, Mead Junior High School, Grove Junior High School and Queen of the Rosary School listing five or six items related to youth issues within the community. Meetina Schedule - The March 7, 1998 meeting has been canceled and rescheduled for March 14, 1998 . Northwest Staff Club - The Club is sponsoring a youth night at the Elk Grove Public Library on Thursday, March 5, 1998 from 7 :30 p.m. to 9 :30 p.m. 4 02-24-98 15. PARADE COMMISSION - TRUSTEE CZARNIK Membership - The two members sworn in earlier this evening brings the commission to a full strength of ten members. MeetincSchedule - The next meeting of the Commission will be held on Monday, March 2, 1998 at 5 :30 p.m. in the Chernick Conference Room. 16. PLAN COMMISSION - VILLAGE MANAGER No report. 17 . ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - VILLAGE MANAGER Docket No. 98-1 Plain bank of T11 ;noi . 450 Higgins Road - Motion to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals and adopt Ordinance No. 2618 entitled "AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIATION OF SECTION 7-1 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES IN A B-1 ZONING DISTRICT TO PERMIT THE REINSTALLATION OF A 43 FOOT 3 INCH HIGH NEW COLONIAL CUPOLA ON AN EXISTING BUILDING, LOCATED AT 450 HIGGINS ROAD, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS (PLAINSBANK OF ILLINOIS) ." (There was discussion of the lighting of the building and parking lot between the Village President, Trustee Petri and the Architect for the Plainsbank regarding complaints from residents of the brightness of the lighting. It was suggested that the lighting be minimized and placed on a timer. ) MOVED: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Czarnik AYES: Trustees Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik, Dill MOTION CARRIED 18. REPORTS OF OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES a. CABLE TV COMMITTEE - TRUSTEES PETRI/LISSNER TCI-MediaOne - The Regional Committee met in Hoffman Estates on February 12, 1998 and talked about the impending TCI and MediaOne merger/take over They are continuing on with their rebuild and everything will be done before the merger occurs probably in the summer. The Committee is still following through with the Due Diligence and investigating other avenues. Channel 6 - There have been some complaints on the signal for Channel 6. Part of the problem is that the signal goes from Channel 6 through Alexian Brothers Hospital on to Rolling Meadows. Bill Connors the General Manager has agreed to put in a unit at Alexian Brothers so that the signal will no longer be going back to Rolling Meadows, which should improve the quality considerably. b. COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD - TRUSTEE CZARNIK Community Spirit Award - The Community Service Board has presented four awards. Tee shirts, yard signs and bumper stickers were part of the presentation. Preparations are now being made for the March awards. Volunteer Recognition Award - Applications are still being accepted until the end of this week. The award will be 5 02-24-98 presented at the Annual Village Dinner Dance on April 24, 1998 . Workforce Community scholarship Award - Applications are available until March 6, 1998 for any adult who wants to pursue educational training or retraining. Community Survey - A presentation on the results of the survey will be made to the Board in March. C. LIQUOR COMMISSION - PRESIDENT JOHNSON Survey - The President requested the Clerk to contact surrounding communities regarding the age that they allow for serving and selling of alcohol . d. CAMELOT COMMITTEE - PRESIDENT JOHNSON Meeting Schedule - The next meeting of the committee will be on Monday, March 2, 1998 at 6 :30 p.m. in the Chernick Conference Room. The individual committees have been meeting over the past month gathering information that will be presented that night . The Camelot Celebration will be held on September 19, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. on the Greenway. Town Center Update - There is a lot more activity in progress . Starbucks Coffee will not be locating in the Center, however, Expresso Brewery a coffee house will be locating in the Center. 19. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS & COMMUNICATIONS - VILLAGE CLERK Zoning Man - Motion to adopt Resolution No. 8-98 entitled "A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1997." MOVED: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Czarnik AYES: Trustees Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik, Dill MOTION CARRIED Oueen of the Rosary Parish T.iquor License - Motion to grant a one day liquor license to the Queen of the Rosary Parish for the annual St. Patrick's Dinner Celebration to be held on February 28, 1998 and to waive the fees associated with the license. MOVED: Trustee Dill SECOND: Trustee Czarnik VOICE VOTE MOTION CARRIED 20. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None 21. REPORT FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER 1997 Com:nendium Report - The Compendium of various services and activities will be distributed to the Village Board with Fridays "care package" . It will be available to the press on Monday, March 2, 1998 . El Nino - The Village Manager reported on the effects of E1 Nino or the mild weather this winter on the Village compared to last year. Statistics from the Director of Public Works were recited which showed a definite drop in cold weather repairs and freeze 6 02-24-98 ups thus far this winter and overtime in the utility division which maintains the water system is down over 30W; and in the street division the Village is down almost 2, 000 tons of salt from last year and snow plowing contractors have not been used this year. The Village has also started some services that normally would not be started until mid-April. 22. NEW BUSINESS Dominick' s - A request was received for proposed signage for their building in the Town Center. The signage as previously approved by the development agreement did not include certain signs to be placed on the building. The proposed signs presented do not require a variation, however they do need Board approval due to not having been included in the agreement. Mr. Robert Mazur, Architect for Dominick' s addressed the Board and described the placement of the signs and the services that will be available at this Dominick' s. Motion to approve the sign request from Dominick's for their property in the Elk Grove Town Center. Moved: Trustee Petri SECONDED: Trustee Lissner AYES: Trustees Lissner, Petri, Prochno, Czarnik, Dill, Feichter MOTION CARRIED AUDIENCE 9:19 P.M. Mr. James Freedman, 773 Indiana Lane addressed the Board voicing his complaint regarding the move by First Chicago Bank from the K-Mart to the Dominick' s in the Town Center. He is concerned about businesses moving from the West side of the Village to the East side. Mr. Freedman further requested that the Board look into a branch Post Office and Library being located on the West side of the village. Mrs. Rita Zielinski, 267 Wildwood Road, addressed the Board regarding the planned burying of the power lines on Cosman Road stating that she has requested the power pole near her property to be buried for many years . After discussion it was the consensus that the Capital Improvements Committee will look at her area. 23 . ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 p.m. MOVED: Trustee Czarnik SECONDED: Trustee Dill AYES: Trustees Petri, Prochno, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno MOTION CARRIED Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk Craig B. Johnson Village President 7 02-24-98 U � PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 24, 1998 Over the past several weeks, there have been numerous speculative newspaper articles concerning the relocation of the NFL Chicago Bears organization to the suburbs. Elk Grove Village is regularly approached by individual developers and corporations interested in investing in our community, including requests concerning purchasing existing buildings, expanding their current operations,the annexation of property, zoning code text amendments, or requests for specific zoning classifications. Elk Grove Village has been approached by the Chicago Bears organization concerning a combined business use consisting of a stadium and hotel/conference development. A number of other suburban communities have been similarly approached. This must, however, be viewed in context. Elk Grove Village is part of a region. The communities in the northwest suburbs are very attractive and desirable to developers and investment groups, including the Chicago Bears, given the location and other amenities of the region: roadways, population, access to O'Hare, employment base, skilled work force, transportation, utilities --public and private, and demographics. Our Village has and will respond to development inquiries. In so doing, the Village will solicit and require thorough, comprehensive, and substantive information from any developer so that an informed decision can be made. At present, all inquiries from the Chicago Bears are exploratory and preliminary in nature, similar to the inquiries that the media has described occurring in many other municipalities. The Village recognizes that issues of traffic, stadium use, financing, public services and parking will need to be addressed should the Bears consider purchasing and annexing property to the Village of Elk Grove. The Village President and Board of Trustees are committed not to do anything to jeopardize this community, or its financial stability. The Board will, however, listen to whatever the Chicago Bears may want to present to our community in the same professional and business-like manner our community has addressed similar development issues in the past and will continue to do so in the future. As with any development in our community,there will be ample time and opportunity for public comment. Craig B. Johnson Village President