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1980-04-21 - Village Board Regular Meeting - Minutes 5660 4/21/80 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, VILLAGE HALL, APRIL 21 , 1980. President Clayton called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. CALL TO ORDER Those present stood and pledged allegiance to the Flag. Roll call indicated the following present: President Clayton; ROLL CALL Trustees Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske. Also present were William Sommer, Acting Village Manager; William Raysa, Village Attorney; William Brimm, Finance Director; Jim Truesdell , Village Planner; and Paul Kochendorfer, Village Treasurer. Moved by Hartstein, seconded by Gerschefske, to approve the APPROVAL OF minutes of the April 7, 1980 Regular Meeting. MINUTES Trustee O' Reilly noted a change on page 5653: The last sentence on the page should read: "Trustee O' Reilly arrived at 8:30 P.M. from the Police and Fire Commission meeting." Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows : AYES: 5 - Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein , Gerschefske NAYES: 0 - None ABSENT: 0 - None ABSTAIN : 1 - Kavitt Motion declared carried. Mr. Kochendorfer read Warrant #425. Moved by Marienthal , seconded WARRANT #425 by Gerschefske, to approve Warrant #425 in the amount of $530,571 .07 authorizing payment of bills listed. Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows : AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske NAYES: 0 - None Motion declared carried. President Clayton appointed Richard Hemme to the Youth YOUTH COMMISSION Commission for a term to expire April 30, 1981 . Moved by APPOINTMENTS --- O' Reilly, seconded by Stone to concur with President Clayton 's appointment. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. President Clayton appointed Cheryl Adelsick and Therese Smith to the Youth Commission as youth members for terms to expire April 30, 1981 . Moved by Kavitt , seconded by O 'Reilly, to concur with President Clayton 's appointments . Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. Upon the request of the Youth Commission, President Clayton made the following reappointments to the Commission : Frank Mayfield for a term to expire April 30, 1981 ; Leon Gopon for a term to expire April 30, 1983; John Ayres for a term to expire April 30, 1983; and youth members James Siko for a term to expire April 30, 5661 4/21/80 1981 , and Brett Samsky for a term to expire April 30, 1981 . Moved by Hartstein , seconded by Kavitt, to concur with President Clayton 's reappointments to the Youth Commission. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. It was stated that , in the future, all reappointment information will also be distributed in the Trustee packets . The Board meeting next week will be a discussion of Lake Michigan LAKE MICHIGAN water. In order to get the representatives from Venture and WATER DMAP together on the same evening, the meeting will be changed to Tuesday, April 29, 1980 at 7:00 P.M. There will be no meeting on Monday, April 28, 1980. The garden plots will be located on Pauline Avenue. The reser- GARDEN PLOTS vations for the plots will be taken starting Monday, April 28, - 1980. The plots will be available for planting the first Saturday in May. Mr. Raysa stated that he has started three amended petitions FIRE SERVICE regarding the fire district disconnection. The only correction is the legal description on pages 3 and 4 of the Long Grove petition. Mr. Raysa circulated the Amended Petition to Dis- connect Certain Territory from the Long Grove Rural Fire Pro- tection District, Vernon Fire Protection District, and Wheeling Township Rural Fire Protection District to the Board for their signatures . President Clayton asked if there were any questions from the QUESTIONS FROM audience. There were none. THE AUDIENCE President Clayton explained the Consent Agenda, and stated CONSENT AGENDA that any member of the audience or the Board could request that an item be removed for full discussion. There were no such requests. Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to pass Resolution #80-17, RESOLUTION a resolution dedicating certain property at Lake-Cook and 78077 Weidner Roads to the Buffalo Grove Park District. Upon roll -' call , Trustees voted as follows : AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt , Gerschefske NAYES : 0 - None Motion declared carried. Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to pass Ordinance #80-21 , ORDINANCE an ordinance approving the Official Map. Upon roll call , #80-21 Trustees voted as follows : (Official Map) AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O ' Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske NAYES: 0 - None Motion declared carried. 5662 4/21/80 Moved by O'Reilly, seconded by Stone, to pass Ordinance #80-22, ORDINANCE an ordinance authorizing the advance payment of Social Security #80-22 r and IMRF Deposits. Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows : AYES : 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske NAYES : 0 - None Motion declared carried. Moved by Stone, seconded by Gerschefske to waive bids and pass RESOLUTION Resolution #80-18, a resolution directing the Village President #80-18 and Clerk to enter into an agreement between the Village and (Fire Station Knoeppel and Associates , Ltd. for architectural services for ArchiteciT the fire station to be constructed in Lake County. Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows : AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske NAYES : 0 - None Motion declared carried. Mr. Raysa explained that the statute does not provide for NORTRAN deannexation. He was informed by the Nortran attorney, RESOLUTION and Mr. DiJohn , that if the Village ever wishes to disconnect, #80-19 they simply quit paying the fee. It was asked if the Nortran Board were to commit Nortran to assess each community for some project , the Village would be committed to that assessment. Mr. Raysa answered "yes". It was also noted that, when the Village reaches 25,000 population, the membership fees for Nortran will double. Mr. Pinzur, representing the Transportation Commission, stated that he feels the Village will lose the advantage of having a voice in Nortran if they do not join. Mr. Raysa stated that there is nothing in the statutes or the by-laws to state exactly what fees will be, or by which census the 25,000 population figure is recognized. Mr. Brimm stated that Nortran uses the last available census to determine population of a community. Discussion took place regarding both the advantages and disadvantages of joining Nortran. Moved by Hartstein, seconded by Kavitt , to pass Resolution #80-19 , a resolution providing for and adopting a petition for annexation to the North Suburban Mass Transit District. Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows: AYES: 4 - Hartstein , Kavitt, Gerschefske, President Clayton NAYES: 3 - Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly Motion declared carried. Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Kavitt, to approve the FY 80- FY 80-81 81 $udget_inf;inal form. BUDGET-- The staff was commended for doing an excellent job in assembling a fiscally responsible budget, and also for adapting the budget to the specific concerns of the Trustees . 5663 4/21/80 Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows : AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O 'Reilly, Hartstein , Kavitt, Gerschefske NAYES: 0 - None Motion declared carried. President Clayton read a letter and resolution from the Village VAGA of Lincolnshire, the letter urging Buffalo Grove to continue its participation in VAGA. Mr. Sommer reviewed the proceedings of the last VAGA meeting. He said that Lake County had presented their alternatives to both the Santucci and Fiore property. Two questions arise: 1 . Should the Lake County Planning Department alternative for the Santucci and Fiore properties be pursued. 2. Should VAGA be given Plan Commission review authority for development within VAGA communities. Concern was raised about the suggestion that VAGA become a Planning Commission review authority. The original intent of VAGA was to provide a mechanism for interchange and better communication between the communities in Vernon Township. It was stated that it would not be in the best interest of any Village to let another authority outside their own sphere of government have the authority to pass on a particular develop- ment. Regarding Lake County having authority over the Santucci and Fiore properties , it was stated that our Village staff has the expertise to advise the Board in their determining whether or not a certain property is beneficial to Buffalo Grove. The comment was made that, if VAGA continues in the proposed direction, a workshop session should be scheduled to discuss the benefits and detriments of belonging to VAGA. It was stated that residents of Lake County are also residents of Vernon Township, and are directly affected by things which occur in Vernon Township. Since there is nothing binding in this commitment, there is no harm in discussing points of interest affecting residents with neighboring communities. It was stated that there would be no objection to discussing plans , but VAGA should have no authority over development in Buffalo Grove. President Clayton stated that she is in favor of discussions, but does not wish to give VAGA the authority to approve any given project in Vernon Township. In addition, Lake County Planning Department is looking to VAGA to be the arm to plan Vernon Township for the Lake County Master Plan. She feels it would be appropriate to consider having a motion as to whether or not VAGA should give direction to the Lake County Master Plan, or whether this should come from individual communities. Mrs. Clayton feels that subjects such as the Tollway Interchange are the type of things to be handled and discussed by VAGA. 5664 4/21/80 It was stated that the Village should not lose the present give and take situation that we now enjoy with neighboring communities and Lake County. Trustee Marienthal made a motion that, in regard to the Village of Buffalo Grove's opinion for VAGA becoming a Planning Commission and having review authority, we would not wish to participate in a plan of this nature, and that Lake County would not have the authority of pursuing a particular parcel of property for annexa- tion into any Village which is not in the VAGA group, and that we would continue to interchange our agendas and plans with VAGA and that they would involve themselves in items which could be beneficial to more than one community, such as the Tollway Inter- change, and that our staff time participation would be held to a minimum in regard to any major presentations before the VAGA communities. There was no second to this motion. It was suggested that the first part of the motion relating to the Plan Review Authority be separated, and stated that the Village strongly opposes this and that it is a departure from the original intent of VAGA. Another suggestion was to endorse the original charter, and take it one step further to refuse any review authority to VAGA. Mr. Truesdell stated that basically the intergovernmental agreement with VAGA is that all communities within VAGA would send Public Hearing notices along with a copy of the plan to all communities in VAGA. It was stated that the original charter of VAGA spoke to the goal of providing a vehicle for exchange in communication between the communities. Moved by Marienthal , seconded by Hartstein, that we agree to up- holding the charter that we were original signatures to, and any additional authority that is being requested in regard to a Planning Commission Review authority is strongly opposed by the Village of Buffalo Grove. Upon roll call , Trustees voted as follows: AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske NAYES: 0 - None Motion declared carried. Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt, that we suggest that the Lake County Planning Department not pursue their alternative for the Santucci and Fiore properties. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. Moved by Hartstein, seconded by Marienthal , that we encourage VAGA to work cooperatively toward working with the Tollway authority for an interchange on Lake-Cook Road, and that this is the type of work we would like to see VAGA work toward in the future. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. 5665 4/21/80 Moved by Marienthal , seconded by O 'Reilly, to adjourn the ADJOURNMENT meeting. Upon voice vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 P.M. bi E''L�t (�'rL Janet . Sirabian , Village Clerk APPROVED BY ME THIS DAY OF ---1'21 , 1980. VI lage President .