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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 08/28/1973 - . MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD ON AUGUST 28, 1973 President Charles J. Zettek called the meeting to order at 8: 10 p.m. in the Municipal Building of Elk Grove Village and directed the Village Clerk, r Eleanor G. Turner to call the roll . Upon the roll being called the follow- ing answered PRESENT: Trustees Ronald L Chernick, Edward W . Kenna, George T, Spees, Theodore J. Staddler, Michael Tosto, Nancy L. Vanderweel . The Village Attoreny, Edward C Hofert was present at this meeting. The Reverend James Shea, Pastor of St. Julian Eymard Parish, delivered the invocation. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Spees that the minutes of theregular meeting of August 14, 1973 be approved as submitted and that' the Board dispense with the reading thereof. The motion was voted upon by accla- mation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Zettek administered the Oath of Office to three new Firefighters as members of the Elk Grove Village Fire Department, John C. Hanko, David L. Miller and Richard T. Dugan. President Zettek announced that he has received the resignation of Charles A. Riley as a member of the Fire and Police Commission due to lack of time to devote to the work of the Commission. The President expressed appreciation to Mr. Riley for a job well done during his tenure. President Zettek issued the following Proclamations: 1 . Proclaiming the month of September as Childrens Lung Disease Month and urging citizens of Elk Grove Village to support the National Cystic Firorsis Research Foundation in its fight against cystic fibrosis and related serious Jung diseases in children. 2. Proclaiming September lst through September 8, 1973 as Campus Life Week in Elk Grove Village and encourag%ng the residents of the community to support the efforts of the North Area Youth for Christ in their efforts to provide broader concepts of education; i .e. mental , social , physical and spiritual . The President scheduled an executive meeting of the Board of Trustees following this meeting to discuss personnel . It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board authorize the disbursement of $5,781 .56 from the Water and Sewer Department Operating Account, $17,086.50 from the General Corporate Account,$251 .25 from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund Account and $273.40 from the Federal Revenue Sharing Account in payment of invoices as shown on the August 28, 1973 Accounts Payable Warrant. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick, Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel ; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Spees that the Board authorize an extension of time of eighteen (18) months to Gladstone Realtors, 200 East Higgins Road, to occupy the .former Centex Sales Office Building located at that address. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Staddler and seconded by Trustee Chernick that the Board authorize the Plan Commission to conduct a public hearing requested by Mr. Robert Fleming for a change in zoning classification on property located at the northeast corner of Arlington Heights Road and Oakwood Drive. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. _ 1 _ 8/28/73 It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board authorize the Plan Commission to conduct a public hearing requested by Marvin Myers 6 Associates relating to the proposed senior citizen housing project just south of the Grove Shopping Center on Arlington Heights Road. (This requested change affects the number and location of buildings, increase in units per building and an increase in parking together with a change in the definition of senior citizen housing. ) The motion was voted upon by acclamation; where- upon the President declared the motion carried. Consideration to authorize the release of certain Letters of Credit and Main- tenance Bonds on various improvements, as set forth on the agenda was held pending clarification by the Village Engineer. It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Village receive and place on file the independent audit performed by Peat , Marwick, Mitchell L Co. for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1973 . The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following ansv,,ared AYE : Trustees Spees, Staddler Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board authorize the Village President and Village Clerk to sign an agreement with the State of Illinois indicating the requirements and responsibilities of both the State and Village with regard to the TOPICS project (installation of traffic signals on Elmhurst Road at the intersections of Greenleaf Avenue and Pratt Boulevard.) The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Staddler, Taste, Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees ; NAYS: None ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance prohibiting parking on certain sections of Elmhurst Road. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; ` whereupon the President declared the motion carried. 1 It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 880 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14.512 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE PROHIBITING PARKING ON ELM- HURST ROAD, PRATT BOULEVARD FROM STATE ROUTE 83 TO ELMHURST ROAD AND ON GREEN- LEAF AVENUE. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Testa, Vande reel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees, Staddler; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; where- upon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to an ordinance regulating encroach- ment on public right-of-way. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. it was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 881 entitled "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ENCROACHMENT ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE , COOK AND DU PAGE COUNTIES STATE OF ILLINOIS. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Tosto reported that the Capital Improvements Committee met with members of the Association of Industry and Commerce regarding drainage ditches in the Industrial Park. The Association will confer with their people before any definite recommendations are ready. Trustee Kenna reported that a meeting between the Plan Commission and the Jud- iciary, Planning .and Zoning Committee has been scheduled for September 6, 19;3 to discuss the new procedures regarding plats of subdivision (as described in the minutes of the Village Board meeting of August 14, 1973) . Following a report of the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee ' s recommenda- tion to approve, it was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board adopt Resolution No. 93-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT BETIIEEN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE , ILLINOIS AND THI FOREST VIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT," and authorizing the President and Clerk to sign said Articles of Agreement . The President directed the Clerk to call the - 2 - 8/2.8/73 roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the follo.ging answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the- President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board repeal the previously adopted ordinance prohibiting truck traffic on boulevards within the Village of Elk Grove Village . Attorney Hofert stated that the adoption of a replacement ordinance would have the effect of repealing a prior ordinance, whereupon the President declared the above motion out of order. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to a proposed ordinance prohibiting trucks bearing a C license plate or greater from traveling on boulevards in the Village. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 882 entitled " All ORDINANCE RESTRICTING THE USE OF ELK GROVE AND KENNEDY BOULEVARDS IN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE!' The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Spees , Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Regarding proposed stop signs on Landmeier Road at Wiidwood Road, Trustee Kenna reported that the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee agrees with the Police Department recommendation that no signs be installed at this time. Trustee Spees asked that the sign in front of 105 Crest Avenue on Wildwood Road be checked to see whether or not it should remain. The Clerk reported receipt of the approval of the Plan Commission and the Village Engineer of plats of subdivision for Higgins Industrial Park Units 112, 127, 126 and 125. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Resolution No. 94-73 entitled A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT No. 112. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE : Trustees Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees, ; NAYS': None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. it was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board adopt Resolution No. 95-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBD- IVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 127:' The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Vandenjeel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees, Staddler; MAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and secondee; by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Resolution No. 96-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUB- DIVIS.ION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 126" . The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Vande reel , Chernick, Kenna, Spees, Staddler, Tosto, NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board adopt Resolution No. 97-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUB- DIVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 125". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Chernick, Kenna, Spees , Staddler,Tosto, Vanden,+eel ; NAYS: None : ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk reported receipt of the approval of the plan Commission, Village Engineer and the Judiciary, Planning and Zoning Committee of the plat of sub- division of Berthold Subdivision on the east side of Tonne Road , south of Pratt Boulevard . Pursuant to a hearing conducted by the Plan Commission on August 23 , 1973 , the Commission recommended approval of the requested change in zoning from 1-2 to j-i of a strip of land (163 .29 ft) on the east side of the above subdivision , thereby making the zoning consistent v:ith the remaining - 3 - 8/28/73 portion of the subdivision which fronts on Tonne Road. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Tosto that the Board direct the Village Attorney to prepare an ordinance rezoning property as described above. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried . The Clerk reported receipt of the recommendation of the Plan Commission on a public hearing held on August 16, 1973 on a petition for rezoning the dividing line between the industrially and commercially zoned portions of the Sass Sub- division in order to make the dividing line perpendicular to Martin Lane rather than parallel to Higgins Road. The Plan Commission recommends that the rezoning request be granted. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Kenna that the Board direct the Village Attorney to prepare an ordinance of rezoning in accordance with the above recommendation. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk reported receipt of a recommendation from the Plan Commission based on testimony given at public hearing on August 23 , 1973, that the Board grant a Special Use permit to Sam J. Horner for a hot dog stand on the southwest corner of Devon Avenue and Elmhurst Road (York) to extend to May 1 , 1975. It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the Board direct the Village Attorney to prepare an ordinance granting a Special Use permit to Mr. Sam J. Horner for use described above . The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Clerk reported receipt of a recommendation from the Zoning Board of Appeals, following a public hearing on August 10, 1973, that the Village Board grant a side yard variation (in order to construct an enclosed tunnel between two industrial buildings) for the Halo Light property at the southwest corner of Oakton Road and Busse Road. It was moved by Trustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Spees that the Board direct the Village Attorney to prepare an ordinance permitting a variation at the Halo Light property as described above. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. A discussion followed concerning the funding and structuring of the Community Services program and the now combined Elk Grove/Schaumburg Townships Mental Health Center. Trustee Spees requested the Village Manager to contact The Reverend George Rassas and schedule a joint meeting of the Village Board and the Community Services Board to discuss this matter. The Clerk read a letter from Mrs. Jerry Garr, Elk Grove Village Junior Woman' s Club, requesting the use of the Municipal .Complex grounds on Sunday, September 23 from 1 :00 p.m, to 5:00 p.m. to serve refreshments and distribute booklets and maps for their house and garden walk scheduled for that day. The Village Board had no objections to this request . Copies were distributed of a proposed ordinance adding the following to existing three and four way stop intersections: Clearmont Drive and Cypress Lane, Vellington Avenue and Somerset Lane , Maple 'Lane and Hartford Lane - North intersection. It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board waive the first reading rule with respect to the above ordinance. The motion ( was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. CIt was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Ordinance No. 883 entitled ''AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECT40N 14.203 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE''. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Kenna, Spees , Staddler, Tosto, Vanderv.eal , Chernick; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. The Building Commissioner reported receipt of plans for proposed office revisions at Chicago Magnet hire , 901 Chase Avenue and requested, direction as to the issu- ance of the permits. Following advice of Attorney Ilofert , it was moved by lcustee Kenna and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the [bard direct the Buildinn Department to issue permits - 4 _ 8/28/73 applied for the office revisions at Chicago Magnet Wire Company, 901 Chase Avenue. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Spees, Staddler, Tosto, Vanderweel , Chernick, Kenna; NAYS: None; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Staddler that the Board adopt Resolution No.98-73 entitled " A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE , ILLINOIS", which amendment changes from 10 miles to 15 miles the distance within which uniformed personnel may live from the Village, and also establishes the Municipal Building, 901 Wellington Avenue as the measuring point for the 15 mile radius. Trustee Spees requested that a list be prepared of those police and firemen who will be affected by this new rule. It was moved by Trustee Spees and seconded by Trustee Vanderweel that the fore- going motion be tabled . The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion to table and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Vanderweel , Spees; NAYS: Staddler, Tosto, Chernick, Kenna; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion not carried. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion to adopt Resolution No. 98-73 and upon the roll being called the following answered AYE: Trustees Tosto, Chernick, Kenna, Staddler, NAYS: Trustees Vgnde reel , Spees; ABSENT: None; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Assistant Village Manager, Robert Franz, acting in the absence of the Village Manager, Charles A. Willis, gave a status report on pending items of interest to the Board. It was moved by Trustee Vanderweel and seconded by Trustee Spees that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 10:40 p.m, 41�x�,2( Village Cler< illage Prent - 5 - 8/28/73