2011-10-17 - Village Board Regular Meeting - Minutes 12569
10/17/2011
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF
BUFFALO GROVE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
50 RAUPP BOULEVARD, BUFFALO GROVE,ILLINOIS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 17,2011
CALL TO ORDER
President Braiman called the meeting to order at 7:32 P.M. Those present stood and pledged allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL
Roll call indicated the following present: President Braiman;Trustees Berman,Trilling, Sussman,Terson, Stein and
Ottenheimer.
Also present were: Dane Bragg,Village Manager; William Raysa, Village Attorney;Ghida Neukirch, Deputy
Village Manager; Scott Anderson,Director of Finance;Art Malinowski,Director of Human Resources;Robert
Giddens, IT Director; Robert Pfeil,Village Planner;Carol Berman,Deputy Building Commissioner—
Administration;Brian Sheehan, Deputy Building Commissioner—Operations;Rick Kuhl, Deputy Director of Public
Works;and Fire Chief Vavra.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Moved by Berman,seconded by Terson,to approve the minutes of the October 3,2011 Regular Meeting.Upon roll,
Trustees voted as follows:
AYES: 6—Berman,Trilling, Sussman,Terson,Stein,Ottenheimer
NAYS: 0—None
Motion declared carried.
WARRANT#1175
Mr.Anderson read Warrant#1175. Moved by Stein,seconded by Ottenheimer,to approve Warrant#1175 in the
amount of$1,455,172.94,authorizing payment of bills listed. Upon roll call,Trustees voted as follows on the
motion:
AYES: 6—Berman,Trilling, Sussman,Terson, Stein,Ottenheimer
NAYS: 0—None
Motion declared carried.
VILLAGE PRESIDENT'S REPORT
President Braiman presented a summary report on the status of the sewer charges on the recent Lake County Water
Bills, and thanked everyone from our staff who worked so hard on addressing this issue.
VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT
Mr.Bragg noted the submittal and posting to the website and the e-library of the Monthly Management Report for
September 2011;there were no questions on the report.
Rick Kuhl presented the 2011-2012 Snow and Ice Control Program. This report may be found on the Village
website at www.vbg.org. Buffalo Grove has also again received the 2011 Continued Excellence in Storage Award
from the Salt Institute as a repeat winner for the 23`d consecutive year.
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Chief Vavra made a presentation with regard to Fire Prevention&Public Education,reviewing how the Buffalo
Grove Fire Department operates in these areas.
Mr.Giddens presented a brief overview of our new MobileComm unit,and thanked the Board for their continued
support of MobileComm and the EMA,and also thanked all of the EMA volunteers who worked so hard on
assembling the unit and for the hundreds of hours that they volunteer each year being on call 24/7 365 days each
year to assist in any emergency that should arise.
Roger Remblake also commented on the MobileComm unit,and recognized an individual that helped tremendously
throughout the project,Bob Whalen,by reading a letter of commendation to Mr. Whalen. Mr. Giddens then
presented a plaque to Mr. Whalen. The members of the EMA were then recognized and thanked by the audience
and the Board.
President Braiman expressed appreciation on behalf of the entire Board and the entire community for the
tremendous job done by all of the EMA volunteers.
Chief Vavra reviewed the criteria for the Firefighter of the Year Award,and then recognized Firefighter Steve
Rusin as this year's recipient. Chief Vavra summarized Firefighter Rusin's accomplishments and he was presented
with the award and congratulated by the audience and the Board.
Firefighter Rusin thanked the Board for their support,and noted that his accomplishments are a credit to the entire
Department.
2012-2016 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Mr.Anderson presented the 2012-2016 Capital Improvement Program,noting the purpose of the Plan is to provide a
framework for capital facilities,street infrastructure needs,and identifying demands over the next five years. The
Plan serves as a decision tool to rate the relative importance of the program against the ability of the Village to
finance the projects. This document is a planning tool used by management to see what the capital needs are over
the next five years. Approval of this Plan does not approve these particular projects.
Further details of the CIP are contained in the Village Board Meeting Agenda Item Overview prepared by Mr.
Anderson. Mr.Anderson then answered questions from the Board and noted that the CIP will be before the Board
for approval on November 7,2011.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
President Braiman asked if there were any questions from the audience on items not on tonight's agenda,
Tim O'Connor,2240 Avalon Drive,commented on the Weiland Road Expansion Project.
There were no further questions from the audience.
TRUSTEE REPORTS
Trustee Trilling noted that the Village will be conducting a test of the Emergency Notification System on
Wednesday,November 9,2011 at 2:30 P.M. All residential and business properties with published telephone
numbers as well as other telephone numbers that have been entered into the system will be contacted as part of the
test. The purpose of the notification system is for the Village to communicate with residents and businesses
regarding emergency,time-sensitive incidents,which may include planned and unforeseen public safety matters.
Trustee Ottenheimer urged residents to attend the Buffalo Grove Symphonic and Jazz Band Tenth Annual Fall
c ` Concert at Buffalo Grove High School on November 13,2011 at 7:00 P.M.
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The Village Clerk reviewed the Civics Forum that will take place on October 24,2011. The student participants
were in attendance and introduced themselves to the audience.
CONSENT AGENDA
President Braiman explained the Consent Agenda, stating that any member of the audience or the Board could
request that an item be removed for full discussion. It was requested that. The Village Clerk read a brief synopsis
of each of the items on the Consent Agenda.
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Ordinance#2011-49—BG Car Wash 1
Motion to approve Ordinance#2011-49,granting variations to the Buffalo Grove Sign Code for BG Car Wash
Management, 1691-1697 Weiland Road.
AT&T Grant of Easement
Motion to approve AT&T Grant of Easement.
Moved by Terson, seconded by Trilling,to approve the Consent Agenda. Upon roll call,Trustees voted as follows
on the Consent Agenda:
AYES: 6—Berman,Trilling, Sussman,Terson, Stein,Ottenheimer
NAYS: 0—None
Motion declared carried.
DEERFIELD/BUSCH PARKWAYS
Due to a potential conflict of interest,Trustee Ottenheimer recused himself from this discussion
Jordan Glazov and Douglas Johnson of Realtelligence LLC made a presentation of their updated plan as a follow-up
to their June 20,2011 Pre-Application Conference.
Mr.Glazov first introduced the members of their team,
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Bruno Botarelli of Marquette Companies reviewed the history of the Marquette Companies and the properties with
which they are associated.
Mr.Glazov presented the specifics of the petition as well as the developer response to the Board concerns raised at
the June 20,2011 meeting,details of which are contained in the Village Board Meeting Agenda Item Overview
prepared by Mrs.Neukirch.
Trustee Berman commented on the flight patterns at Chicagoland Executive Airport;he does not believe this
particular train station is well suited to transit oriented development;the proposed development is not a self-
sustainable community;he believes this is an overly dense proposal. Trustee Berman commended the development
team for trying,but he does not believe this development works on this site.
Trustee Terson noted that he appreciates the changes in the parking proposal.
Trustee Sussman believes the density is too high.
Trustee Stein commented on the underground retention pond.
President Braiman summarized that he has great concern with the density and the reduced number of parking spaces;
` there are no amenities at this site within walking distance,so even though it is within walking distance of the train
�./ station,residents will need cars;he also has a problem with the height of the one building.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
Moved by Sussman, seconded by Ottenheimer,to move to Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Approval
of Closed Session Minutes, Section 2(c)(21)of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Upon roll call,Trustees voted as
follows:
AYES: 6—Berman,Trilling, Sussman,Terson, Stein,Ottenheimer
NAYS: 0—None
Motion declared carried
The Board moved to Executive Session from until 9:18 P.M.until 9:30 P.M.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Berman,seconded by Ottenheimer,to adjourn the meeting. Upon voice vote,the motion was
unanimously declared carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:31 P.M.
Janet abian,Village Clerk
APPROVED BY ME THIS 7th DAY OF November ,2011
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