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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVILLAGE BOARD - 01/25/1966 - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE HELD CH JANUARY 25, 1966, President Jack D, Pahl called the meeting to order at 8:10 p, m. in the Municipal Building in said Village. The Reverend Leonard Baker opened the meeting with a prayer. Upon the roll being called by Village Clerk Eleanor G. Turner, the following Trustees answered "PRESENT" - Ronald L. Chernick, George C. Coney, Thomas A. Garrity) Ralrh A. Lswis, George E. Mullen; Charles J: Zettek; "ABSENT" - none. Village Attorney Edward C. Hofert was present at this meeting. Trustee Garrity requested that the last paragraph of page 2 of the minutes of the regular meeting of January 18th be amended so as to read: "A recess was declared at 9:45 p. m;" It was moved by Trustee Lewis and seconded by Trustee Garrity that the minutes of the regular meeting of January 18, 1966 be approved as amended and that the Board dispense with the reading thereof. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. President Pahl read a report, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Attorney Hofert reported: 1 . That he has prepared a tentative ordinance amending the zoning ordinance to provide for a maximum of 12 units 'Per acrg under A-2 zoning. 2. That the hearing before the Fire and Police Commission on charges brought by Chief Jenkins against Sergeant Syre has been completed and a decision by the Commission is awaited: It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board direct the Plan Commission to conduct a public hearing on the tentative ordinance (referred to in item #1 above) at the earliest date they can convene; The motion was oted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Village Manager George L. Majoros read a report; a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Mr. James Clementi, of the Water St Sewer Department, reed a departmental maintenance and operating report for the month of December 1965 which report will be on file in the Clerk's office. Mr. Jack Andrews, Foreman of the Street Department read a report of Street Department act9.vities for the month of December 1965 which report will be on file in the Clerk's office. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Zettek that the Board authorize the disbursement of $6,481 .98 from the Water & Sewer Department Operating Account and 45,258.94 from the General Corporate Account in payment of the invoices as sho,.,n on the Accounts Payable Warrant presented at this meeting. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. - 1 - Reg. 1-25-66 f T' j:. I' 4. PRESIDENTIS REPORT JANUARY 25, 1966 1 . At the Annual Meeting of the North Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District one of the reports had to do with the status of the application for the Salt Creek Water Shed project. Up to this point the application is met with favor in Washington and it appears that some positive action will be forthcoming in the near future. The first meeting of the Steering Committee to implement the project will be held sometime in late February. It was my pleasure at the above meeting to win a twelve-room Trio-Musse]man Purple Martin Birdhouse - Model M-1 and I hereby bequeath to the Village of Elk Grove Village this birdhouse. It may be of interest to the Board to know that the average purple martin will eat 2,000 mosquitoes per day. Thus, you can see, this one birdhouse will accommodate 4,800 mosquitoes. If enough houses were available in the Village, maybe we could do without the services of th3 mosquito abatement district. 2. Members of the Board were guests of Centex at a luncheon meeting last week, at which time they advised us of some of their pre- planning of the development of property west of Route 53. Their present planning contemplates the development of a championship golf course, surrounded by Custom-built homes and further implemented by some apartment buildings. 3. Last Wednesday evening the Northwest Municipal Council Un-employment of the Handicapped was formed. This organization was sponored by the Northwest Municipal Conference and will probably have joint direction until the Council on the Unemployment can stand on its own feet. I would appreciate if the Members of the Board would get to me the names of persons from your personal acquaintance who would be interested in working on such a Committee. I also would like to ask the representatives of the press to make known the need for interested people to serve on this Northwest Community effort. / a d D. - � - "';' J ck D. Pahl Mr. Stephen Schwellenbach, Chairman of the Plan Commission, reported that the Plan Commission hag taken the following action: 1 . Recommended approval of the plat of subdivision of Higgins Road Commercial Unit 7, the plat of subdivision of Centex Industrial Park Unit 32. the 1st addition to Section 12, and lots 5. 6. & 7 of the Devon -OfHare Industrial Park Unit #1 . 2. That they have requested clarification from Mr. Wesley Luehring concerning his petition for annexation inasmuch as it appeared vague to them. 3. That the Plan Commission does not have objection to the proposed rezoning relating to Dockets 999, 1000. 1003 of the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals and that unless the Village Board requests them to do so, they will not appear at the hearing which has been continued. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Coney that the Board adopt Resolution No. 8-66 entitled "RESOLUTICN OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS HIGGINS ROAD CQ1MERCIAL SUBDIVISION UNIT NO, 7". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Garrity that the Board adopt Resolution No, 9-66 entitled "RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS CENTEX INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT 32". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll .being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT", - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Garrity that the Board adopt Resolution No. 10-66 entitled "RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS FIRST ADDITION . ELK GROVE VILLAGE SECTION 12". The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Tris tees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NA111 - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board adopt Resolution No. 11-66 entitled "RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF PLAT OF SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED AS LOTS 5. 6. & 7. A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF DEVON O'HARE INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT N0, 111. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the notion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the Pre_ident declared the motion carried. Following a discussion of the lack of progress by Tec-Search on the 701 planning program. Attorney Hofert was requested to review the contract and report to th Board on the legal position of the Village in relation to the contract terns, The Board discussed the proposed relocation of the radiators in the recreation room at the Grant Wood School & Youth Center. Trustee Chernick reported that 3 bids were taken, the lowest of which is $2,000.00. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board authorize the Village President to sign a contract in the amount of $2,000 for the relocation of radiators in the recreation room at the Grant Wood School and Louth Center. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. ',Thereupon the President declared the motion carried. - 2 - Reg. 1-25-66 VILLAGE MANAGERIS REPORT JANUARY 25. 1966 1 . Curbside Mail Boxes. The installation of curbside mail boxes or at least the supporting structure has been discussed with the developer. No decision has been reached as to their possible participation in this project in either the remainder of Section 12 or in Section 14. A recent survey of the affected area shows that most property owners have complied with regulations concerning height and set-back and have installed sturdy supports. 2, Railroad CrossinP on Pratt Boulevard. A meeting was held between the Elk Grove Engineering Company, engineers for Centex and Suhr, Peterson, Peterson and Suhr, Village Engineers yesterday at which solutions for the elimination of the grade crossing problem on Pratt Boulevard west of King Korn were discussed. It was agreed that the problem would be corrected by changing the grade of the pa--hent, curbing and drain-lge structures on both sides of the track., Elk Grove Engineering Company will submit detailed plans for our approval soon and the work will actually be accomplished by the same contractor who will construct Lunt Avenue in the Spring. 3. Invoice qn Well and Tank Site A meeting was held last Thursday with Mr. Stebbins and Mr. Walden from Centex, Mr. Takazawa from Elk Grove Engineering Company and Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Clementi and myself representing the Village to discuss some extra payment and pons",Y y unsatisfactory items that remained to be resolved. On the three basic items it appears that the Village will concede on one, Centex on another and the third is still under investigation with the manufacturer's re7resentative. 4. Morse Avenue Improvements. At the same meeting referred to above, Mr. Fletcher agreed to supply Centex with the informatinn necessary to complete the improvements on Morse Avenue. When these improvements are completed and a mutually satisfactory solution to the problem of the maintenance of the flow line in the main north-south drainage ditch is reached the Board will be requested to take final action on acceptance of the street. 5. Well Number 1 . Mr. Peterson of Suhr,Peterson, Peterson and Suhr, Mr. Brooks of Layne Western and I will meet on Friday to arrive at a final solution to the problem of the repair of Well Number 1 . The results of the final test were received last week. Work is tentatively scheduled to begin about the middle of February or sooner. George L. Majoros Trustee Chernick said that he and Trustee Zettek have not yet had a meeting with members of theBoard of Education relative to the sharing of the costs of the above and other improvements at the recreation center at Grant Wood. The Clerk reported receipt of: 1 . Notice from the State Division of Highways of Motor Fuel Tax Allotment for the month of December 1965 in the amount of $7,223.75. 2; A letter dated January 17, 1966 from Mr. Robert E; Sand, 13 Grange Placef' Elk Grove Village$ extending the appreciation of himself and many of his neighbors to the President, Trustees and Manager for their recent action in rejecting a request for a sign at Arlington Heights Road just south of the Grove Shopping Center. Copies were distributed to the Board members of resolutions designating the Village Manager and the Village Treasurer or the Village Clerk and the Village Treasurer as the authorized signatories to all Village bank funds. It was moved by Trustee Mullen and seconded by Trustee Coney that the Board adopt Resolution No. 12-66 entitled "A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A DEPOSITORY AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OFFICIALS AS APPROPRIATE SIGNATORIES" as concerned with all funds currently on deposit in the Bank of Elk Grove. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick,Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" - none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. It was moved by Trustee Coney and seconded by Trustee Mullen that the Board adopt Resolution No. 13-66 entitled "A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A DEPOSITORY AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OFFICIALS AS APPROPRIATE SIGNATORIES" as concerned with all funds currently on deposit in the LaSalle National Bank of Chicago. The President directed the Clerk to call the roll on the motion and upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "AYE" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek; "NAY" -none; "ABSENT" - none. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried. At this time (9:35 p. m. ) the President declared a recess to permit residents in attendance at this meeting to address questions and comments to the Board members. President Pahl reconvened the meeting at 9:40 p, m. and directed the Clerk to call the roll. Upon the roll being called the following Trustees answered "PRESENT" - Chernick, Coney, Garrity, Lewis, Mullen, Zettek. Trustee Lewis opened discussion on the proposed re-routing of the United Motor Coach bus line through the Village. He voiced his own objections and those of others from whom he has heard, of the Crest Avenue route and stated he felt it would be a safety hazard due to the narrow street and the proximity of school and park playgrounds. Mr. George Spees, 140 Crest, who was present in the audience, also spoke to the Board in opposition to the proposed route along Crest Avenue. It was moved by Trustee Chernick and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the Board direct a letter to the United Motor Coach Company stating it is not in favor of the proposed re-routing of the bus along Crest Avenue. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried. Trustee Mullen reported receipt of a letter from Mrs. John Tracy, 303 E. Higgins Road, Elk Grove Village, expressing the concern of Higgins Road homeowners over the future development of the Higgins Road Commercial Area. Mrs. Tracy stated that it is their understanding that the buildings were to front on Higgins Road in the same manner that the homes are situated on the south side of the highway. They are apprehensive over real estate values. The basis of their understanding is the te$timony heard in Daae 61_3 of the Zoning Board of AoAeals, according to Mrs. Tracy's letter. Trustee Mullen said that he has indicated to the Plan - I - Ran. Commission that they should investigate and report to the Board. Following a discussion of this matter, it was agreed that the Board would await the Plan Commission's report as to t1B disposition of the aforementioned Zoning Board docket and any commitments made by the petitioner in relation thereto. It was moved by Trustee Garrity and seconded by Trustee Lewis that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was voted upon by acclamation; whereupon the President declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 10:20 p. m. Eleanor G. Tu r Village Cler APPROVED: ac D. Pahl Pre ident - 4 - Reg. 1-25-66