2001-01-03 - Commission for Residents with Disabilities - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ commission on Residents With Disabilities
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Meeting ate: 01/03/2001
Type of Meeting: ❑ Special Meeting
MINUTES OF THE BUFFALO GROVE COMMISSION
FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MEETING
JANUARY 3, 2001
1. Call to Order—The meeting was called to order at (no time given)
2. Roll Call — Commissioners present included Chairman Kahn, Commissioners Chorney,
Gottlieb, Holcombe, Holm. Slaw, Verson and Weiner. Trustee Liaison Johnson was
present. Also present was intern Stacey Kelly representing Village staff.
3. Approval of Minutes — A motion to approve the minutes of the November 29 meeting
was made by Commissioner Holm and seconded by Commissioner Slaw. Motion
carried.
4. Chairman's Report — Chairman Kahen gave an update on the clocks, which were
delivered by Phil Versten to the Buffalo Grove Days vendor recipients.
5. Commissioner's Reports — Commissioner Verson mentioned that we should generate a
letter to the business owners at the shopping center at Deerfield Parkway and Weiland
re: snowplowing into the handicapped parking spots. Comm. Gottlieb reported some
additional statistics on Illinois' ranking among the states, which is part of a report from
the Family Support Network of Illinois Program Committee.
6. Subcommittee Reports
A. Regional Sub-Committee will set next meeting following tonight's meeting and
schedule a time to orient Commissioners Slaw and Spallone.
B. Board/commissions Sub-Committee
1. Plan Commission Meeting schedule — Commissioner Weiner will attend
the January 10 meeting and Commissioner Holm will attend January 24
IF there are agenda items relevant to our review. Chairman Kahen will
notify them.
2. Discussion on group homes — Commissioner Gottlieb distributed
information forwarded to us from Carl LaMell. Trustee Johnson gave
some background on how the current ordinance was arrived upon back in
1990. Census information was heavily relied upon to determine the
"average" size occupancies in Buffalo Grove homes at the time. It was
determined that the maximum of 6 (including staff) was acceptable even
though it was much higher than the average. There were provisions laid
out that a special use permit process could be used to apply for
occupancies greater than 6. Trustee Johnson reported that Bob Pfeil
seems to be in favor of utilizing the special use permit process. Trustee
Johnson would like to see a detailed analysis of what some of the factors
involved are, utilizing Clearbrook's information, prior to approaching the
Village Board. The special use permit process requires an appearance
before the Plan Commission and a public hearing. "Special Use' refers to
any situation in which some attribute of the proposal doesn't fit the
zoning ordinance for that area. Commissioner Holm said that we should
be looking at the neighboring Village's ordinances that do allow a large
enough size for group homes. She expressed concern that there may be
recurring instances of advocating for Glenkirk and/or Clearbrook each
time they are interested in a home vs. setting the issue at once by
modifying the ordinance. Trustee Johnson proposed that there be these
steps:
a) Disabilities Commission agrees on what we want.
b) Gather information and present to the Plan Commission
c) Present to the Village Board with the Plan Commission's
approval.
d) Hold public hearing as required.
Trustee Johnson also expressed that this may be considered controversial
around the time of the election and 3 Trustees are running for
re-election. There were a lot of ideas about types of information and
people to gather. It was determined that we need to establish a game
plan and Commissioner Slay and Chorney offered to head up the effort.
There will be time dedicated at the January 31 Commission meeting to
work on this. We will convene at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.
C. Public Information Sub-committee
1. CRD/Golden Bison Award. We are looking for ways to recognize
businesses for customer service toward people with disabilities . There is
a brief form for the Golden Bison Award, but it is incumbent upon the
person(s) making the nomination to give substantial information for the
Village Board to make a decision.
D. NOD Sub-Committee—No Report
E. Residents Information & Response Sub-Committee—No Report
F. Goal Setting Committee
1. Goals and tasks for 2001. Goals for this year will include working on the
ordinance related to group homes, implementing accessibility in retail
stores (see G-1), and lastly, using home rule to change the number of
required parking spaces.
G. Business/Community Liaison
1. There was discussion about follow up to the letter that was sent to
business owners. We need to develop a pamphlet with specific
suggestions on how to provide better customer service accommodations
for people with disabilities. It was also suggested we host a special
meeting for the business owners and/or dovetail with the Village
Manager's Office on-site visits. This initiative could also be started in
tandem with the Commission Developing a recognition program.
7. Items for Discussion—There were no other items for discussion.
S. Staff Liaison Report—There was no report
9. Questions from the Audience—There was no audience
10. Other Business—There was no other business
11. Adjournment—Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Chorney and seconded
by Commissioner Verson. Meeting adjourned at 9:05