HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLAN COMMISSION - 10/21/1971 - CENTEX PARCEL C MINUTES •
REGULAR PLAN COMMISSION MEETING
OCTOBER 21 , 1971
Members Present: Chairman Shannon, Messrs . Hamilton, Siewert, Pottker,
Staddler, Krasnow, Cooney, Mrs . Cummins
Others Present: Mr. Rettenbacher, representing Village Administration;
Mrs . Kathy Duoba of League of Women Voters and Elk
Grove Village Housing Commission; and about twenty
citizens from the Lake Association
Item 1 of Agenda
Minutes of October 14, 1971 meeting were read and approved.
Item 2 - Unfinished Business
A and C of October 21 , 1971 are still pending .
B. Centex revision PUD Parcel "C" . Chairman Shannon told the members
he had held this item as unfinished business to see if any members of
the Plan Commission might want to hold further discussions about it.
It was moved by Cummins , seconded by Cooney, supported by
Hamilton, that this item be withdrawn as unfinished business of
the Plan Commission.
Voting AYE - all members .
Chairman Shannon told the audience that their action, if any, and
their relief, if any, rests with the Village Board.
Mr. Hamilton told the people that he had examined the lake . He
said the water level was down a foot and a half which is not at all
unusual considering the dry summer we have just had . He futher
told them that this lowered level does not justify depleting the water
table we all depend upon in the Village for drinking water and house-
hold uses , in order to gratify the recreational purposes to which the
lake water is put. He said it might be possible to find a polluted
water table not fit for drinking water, which could be used for their
lake. Another alternative lies in the Salt Creek watershed project,
from which some water might possibly be siphoned off at a minimal
cost.
D. Master Plan for Centex property west of State Route 53 . Chairman
Shannon suggested each member individually summarize his or her
thinking about this plan in order that we might communicate our
combined feeling to Centex regarding the property. Leah Cummins
suggested that the Centex plan as presented represented too extrava-
gant a plan for our Commission to even consider. Since we would be
"bargaining" for a final acceptable plan, she thought we had better
start a little closer to reality figures .
A motion was made by Hamilton, seconded by Siewert, to bundle up
-the plans and return them to Centex marked "Unacceptable" .
Voting AYE - all members .
E. Chairman Shannon will find out from our Attorney just how long we can
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F and G. Some confusion surrounds these items . Mr. Shannon will
check to see if they came back to the Plan Commission and were
approved.
H. Budget. Mr. Shannon shared a three-year budget comparison with
us , and indicated he would like support of the members to prepare
a new budget which is due very shortly.
It was moved by Cooney, and seconded by Staddler, that the
Chairman be authorized to draw up and submit a budget for the Plan
Commission in an approximate amount of $2500 to $3000 .
Voting AYE - all members .
1. Requirement of Petitioner to notify surrounding area by registered
mail of public hearings .
Mr. Cooney strongly questioned if this practice does not in effect
act as a deterrent to the free enterprise system.
It was decided that we would hold this item for a later discussion.
J. Improved description in legal notices . It was informally decided to
hold this item for a later meeting .
K. Attendance standards . A short discussion followed the suggestion
that Plan Commission members be required to attend 75% of all
meetings . No one thought the requirement too great.
It was moved by Cummins , seconded by Siewert, that this item
be tabled until the November 4th meeting , when, hopefully, all
members would be present.
Voting AYE - Hamilton, Siewert, Staddler, Krasnow, Cooney, Cummins .
Voting NAY - Pottker.
Item 3 - New Business
A. EGV Section 12 - 10th and 11th addition.'
10th addition: Returned for required easement on South lot line .
11th addition: Action postponed while Mr. Rettenbacher checks
Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Control Ordinance to see if
frontage is adequate .
B. Higgins Industrial Park Unit 71
Moved by Siewert, seconded by Pottker, that preliminary and final
be approved .
Voting AYE - all members .
Item 5 - Chairman R--port
Mr. Shannon said he had inquired of the Village Attorney if it was legal
for him to yield his chairmanship at public hearings even though he would
be present. Attorney said this is alright provided that he not relinquish
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his responsibility to sign any document resulting from the hearing. Mr.
Shannon therefore again moved that the chairmanship rotate . His motion
was unanimously denied by members of the Plan Commission.
Mr. Shannon indicated we would not process any approvals on a
conditional basis any longer. Too frequently there have been slipups
and unseemly delays when we have done this .
The meeting was adjourned at 9:42 p.m.
A film was viewed by the Plan Commission, after introductory statements by
Mrs . Duoba .
cc: President and Trustees
Village Manager
Village Clerk
Acting Village Engineer
Building Commissioner
Chairman and Secretary of
Plan Commission