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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEXECUTIVE SESSION - 11/16/1993 - LITIGATION/RELEASED RES NO 29-95 EXECUTIVE SESSION Elk Grove Village Date November 16, 1993 Time 6:50 p.m. TOPIC: Litigation X Personnel_ Land Acquisition_ Village Board Village Board MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF PRESENT D. Gallitano, None G. Parrin, Village President Village Manager M. Tosto R. Rummel, Village Trustee Asst. Vlg. Mgr. N. Czarnik, G. Knickerbocker Village Trustee Vlg. Attorney J. Petri, A. Boffice, Village Trustee Director, Engr. P. Rettberg & Comm. Dev. Village Trustee C. Johnson VillageTrustee R. Chernick 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 November 16, 1993, this Executive Session was called to consider a litigation matter. i a� �5 �o Number of pages attached: Date(s� of review for release: January 94 �CC-- Date of approval for release: 11116193 6:50 p.m. Litigation The Village President reported that he received a fax from Jim Tofilon who resides at 1880 Maine Drive. The fax indicated Tofilon will be filing a class action lawsuit against the Village on November 18, unless certain conditions are met because the Village allowed his home to be constructed in a flood plain . Tofilon is distributing information to neighbors in an attempt to solicit funds to file the lawsuit . The Village Manager noted that homes in Stockbridge and West Gate were not built in a flood plain. The developer, Centex Homes, completely regraded the area, placing the flood plain upon what is now the Fox Run Golf Course. The Director of Engineering and Community Development indicated that the Village has been working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to have the Flood Plain maps changed to reflect the actual floodplain since 1979 . FEMA has requested that the Village submit the same information on three different occasions but they have not acted on that information for the past 8 years. The consensusofthe Committee was to: 1 ) write to a Congressional Representative (Hyde and/or Crane) seeking assistance to find an upper level person in FEMA that can resolve the situation; 2) write a letter to Tofilon setting forth the facts; and 3) write a letter to Tofilon 's neighbors setting forth the facts. The meeting adjourned at 7 p.m.