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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEXECUTIVE SESSION - 06/23/1998 - LAND ACQUISITION/RELEASED RES NO 14-01 EXECUTIVE SESSION Date June 23 1998 Time 6:35 p.m. Chemick Conference Room TOPIC: LITIGATION_ PERSONNEL _ LAND ACQUISITION X VILLAGE BOARD VILLAGE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS AB .NT TAFFY PRESENT C. JOHNSON G. PARKIN President Village Manager N. CZARNIK R. RUMMEL Village Trustee Asst. Village Manager B. DILL S. NIEHAUS Village Trustee Asst. to Village Manager P. FEICHTER G. KNICKERBOCKER Village Trustee Village Attorney S. LISSNER Village Trustee J. PETRI Village Trustee C. PROCHNO Village Trustee Pursuant to a duly made and approved motion and a majority vote at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Village President and Board of Trustees on June 23. 1998 this Executive Session was called to consider a Land Acquisition matter. Number of pages attached: 1 Date(s)of review for release: January 1999 Date of approval for release: a' a 7'61 06/23/98 6:35 p.m. LAND ACQUISITION The Village President passed out a draft letter to be sent to all residents informing them of the current status of the Chicago Bears stadium development. The Village President explained that the purpose of the letter was to provide accurate information to each household in Elk Grove and to prevent rumors from occurring. Johnson stated that the letter would cost between $3,200 and $3,400 and could be mailed within 7 days of approval by the Village Board. The Village Board discussed the draft letter and made changes, including the following: • replace "negotiating team" with "development review team" • remove reference to the creation of a local citizen committee; • have the letter sent from the entire Village Board • repositioned several sentences; and • asked the Village Manager and Village Attorney to remove redundant items. The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m. for the Committee of the Whole meeting and reconvened at 10:20 p.m., following the Village Board meeting. The Village Attorney informed the Village Board that he and special counsel Mary Riordan had scheduled a series of meetings with the Bears for June 24. The purpose of the meetings was to ascertain the status of the Bears proposal and to discuss developmental issues, including property and income taxes, traffic and neighborhood impacts. Upon discussion, the consensus of the Village Board was as follows: • to have staff make the requested changes to the draft letter to residents; • to provide copies of the revised letter to the Village Board on Friday, June 26 for their review; and • to prepare the letter for mailing subject to input from the Village Board by Tuesday, June 30, 1998; and • to no longer drive the process. The Bears need to get up to the level of understanding of our development team as well as retain someone to coordinate their efforts, including accurate pro formas and construction costs. The meeting adjourned at 10:44 p.m. lk