1979-05-07 - Village Board Regular Meeting - Minutes 5427
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE
BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS,
HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, VILLAGE HALL,
MAY 7, 1979
CALL TO ORDER The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Buffalo Grove was called to order by Village President
Verna L. Clayton at 7:30 P.M. Those present stood and pledged
allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL Roll call indicated the following present: President Clayton;
Trustees Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, and
Gerschefske.
Also present were William Balling, Village Manager; William
Raysa, Village Attorney; William Sommer, Assistant Village Manager; William
Brimm, Finance Director; Gregory Boysen, Village Engineer; William Davis,
Director of Public Works; and Dominic Saviano, Chief Inspector.
MINUTES Moved by Marienthal , seconded by Stone to approve the minutes
of the Special Meeting held April 23, 1979, as published.
Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Stone, seconded by O'Reilly to approve the minutes
of the Special Meeting held April 30, 1979, as published.
On page 5426 - under adjournment - President Clayton asked
that the phrase "to discuss litigation" be added after
Executive Session.
Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O' Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt ,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
WARRANT Moved by Marienthal , seconded by Stone to approve Warrant
#402 in the amount of $190,041 .03, and authorize payment
of bills listed. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O' Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
TRUSTEE President Clayton explained and assigned the new areas of
ASSIGNMENTS Trustee responsibility. Mrs. Clayton stated that the
principle responsibilities of each Trustee will include:
1 . Monitoring activities in assigned area.
2. Be correspondent of major issues in assigned area.
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3. Participating in policy development in assigned area.
4. Keeping all Board members apprised on matters of
interest in assigned area.
The entire text of Trustee Assignments is in President
Clayton's letter to the Board of Trustees dated May 2, 1979, and is on file
in the Clerk's office.
FIORE President Clayton stated that there will be a Committee of
PROPERTY the Whole meeting on Monday, May 14, 1979 to serve as an
informational meeting to learn the proposal on the Fiore
Property.
CERTIFICATES President Clayton presented Certificates of Commendation to
OF COMMENDATION Commander Ronald L. Gozdecki , and Sergeant John Crimmins
for outstanding service to the Village of Buffalo Grove.
PROCLAMATION President Clayton read a Proclamation declaring May 13-19,
(Municipal 1979 Municipal Clerks Week in the Village of Buffalo Grove.
Clerks Week)
YOUTH CENTER Since the principals from the Jewel Foundation were not
CONTRIBUTION able to be present at tonight's meeting, they have requested
that their contribution to the Youth Center be deferred until
the May 21 , 1979 Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees.
TRUSTEE REPORTS None
VILLAGE MANAGER None
REPORT
CONSENT AGENDA Trustee Hartstein stated that he felt that there should be
expanded explanation of the items on the Consent Agenda,
preferably by verbal explanation, or else by more written
description on the agenda itself, for the benefit of members
of the audience. The consensus of the Board of Trustees was
that there should be an expanded written description on the
agenda.
Mr. Balling gave a brief description of each item on
tonight's Consent Agenda.
RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution
#79-29 #79-29 establishing authorized signatures for the General
Fund Bank Account. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution
f79-30 #79-30 establishing authorized signatures for the MFT Fund
Bank Account. Upon roll call, the vote was :
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
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RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution #79-31
#79-31 establishing authorized signatures for the Revenue Sharing Fund
Bank Account. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein , Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES : 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution #79-32
#79-32 establishing authorized signatures for the ESDA Fund Bank Account.
Upon roll call , the vote was :
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution #79-33
T79-33 establishing authorized signatures for the School & Park Donation
account. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution #79-34
#79-34 establishing authorized signatures for the Developer's Cash Escrow
account. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
RESOLUTION Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Resolution #79-35
#79-35 establishing authorized signatures for All Certificates of Deposit.
Upon roll call , the vote was :
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAPES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
AWARD OF BID Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to award the bid for reservoir
(Reservoir cleaning and painting to Craftsman Tank Service in the amount of
Cleaning & $27,000. Upon roll call , the vote was:
Painting AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Program Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
GREEN KNOLLS Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve the Appearance
(Pulte Homes) recommendation of Pulte Homes , 4th Model . Upon roll call , the vote
was :
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O' Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt ,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
WEILAND GLEN Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Acceptance of
(Steeple View) Easement of Weiland Glen Subdivision. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
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BUFFALO GROVE Moved by Stone, seconded by Kavitt to approve Acceptance of
MALL EASEMENT Easement for the Buffalo Grove Mall . Upon roll call , the
vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAPES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
AMENDMENT TO Moved by Marienthal , seconded by Stone, with the amended map,
ZONING ORDINANCE to remove the Lake County portion of Buffalo Grove Strathmore,
(Setback Lines) the Green parcel , the Carley parcel , and the Levitt parcel .
Trustee Stone stated that he did not feel that the above
mentioned parcels should be removed from the map.
Mr. Raysa said that he had written a letter to Mr. Balling
explaining that as long as there is basically a valid reason for the classifica-
tion, you can make the differentiation between houses and pre-existing uses.
Mr. BAlling stated that in order to make this valid, there
must be a clear-cut cut-off date stated.
Trustee Hartstein said that he feels this ordinance should
not apply to anything but prospective building. He stated that this was also
the intent of the Zoning Board of Appeals , primarily because they feel it is
unfair to change the rules for people already living here. Mr. Hartstein said
that the Board should know the date of plat approval for all subdivisions west
of Arlington Heights Road and north of Route 83.
Based on the fact that he feels that the Board should have
more input from other Commissions and also more input from staff, Trustee
Hartstein moved that the motion be tabled at this time. Trustee Kavitt
seconded the motion to table.
President Clayton asked Trustee Hartstein to work with Mr.
Raysa regarding the wording and form of the ordinance.
Upon voice vote, the motion to table was unanimously declared
carried.
The ordinance will be put on the agenda for May 21 , 1979.
STEEPLE VIEW Trustee O'Reilly explained her request to have this item
(Ordinance removed from the Consent Agenda. Mr. Boysen clarified this
No. 79-25 ordinance and answered questions that the Board had.
Moved by Gerschefske, seconded by Stone to approve Ordinance
#79-25 with the following amendment: Section 6 to read "This
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication according to law. This
Ordinance may be published in pamphlet form." Upon roll call ,
the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAPES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
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EARLY LEARNING President Clayton stated that the Board would consider the
CENTER Appearance Commission recommendation on the landscaping for
Landscaping) the Early Learning Center. Trustee Marienthal stated that
there should be a bond requirement before the work transpired
in this instance. Trustee Marienthal moved that the Board
approve the Appearance Commission recommendation, subject to
a bond or a letter of credit.
Mr. Balling stated that the staff had been in contact with
Mr. Arvid Olson regarding a letter of credit, but that a figure had not been
set.
Mr. Olson stated that his understanding was that they were
on the agenda tonight for Board approval of the Appearance Commission recom-
mendations. He said that , as far as he knew, there was nothing said about
considering a ',ond for this project. Based on that, Mr. Olson said that his
attorney had to leave tonight's meeting, and he would like the item tabled
until the next regular meeting so that he could have his attorney present.
Mr. Olson stated that he needs approval of the Appearance Commission recom-
mendation before he can complete the project, and said that as soon as he has
that approval , he will complete the project.
Mr. Bradley Olsen, attorney for the surrounding homeowners,
stated that they had no problem with the Appearance Commission recommendation,
but that they would like a bond so that they would have some assurance that the
work would be done.
President Clayton ruled that the Board would consider the
Appearance Commission recommendations.
Mr. Arvid Olson stated that he wanted to be sure that the
minutes show that if the question of a bond is brought into the motion, he is
requesting a continuance for two weeks until his attorney can be present.
It was suggested that Mr. Olson try to reach his attorney by phone. Trustee
Marienthal withdrew his motion.
The Board moved to the next item on the agenda.
NORTHWOOD GROVE Trustee O'Reilly explained that this is a request by the
(Anden) developer to change the bedroom mix of this project, and
also requesting a change in Phase 2. Mrs. O' Reilly stated
that she considered this a major change, and moved that it
be referred to the Plan Commission. Trustee Hartstein seconded
the motion.
Mr. DeGrazia of Anden Corporation stated that there is no
architectural change planned. He said the changes are proposed because their
bankers have told them that their original bedroom mix would not be feasible.
Mr. DeGrazia said that if their request were to be granted, they would complete
architectural plans and submit a final plat for the multi-family portion. He
said that they intend to develop both phases of development this year.
Trustee O'Reilly said that her concern with the change is
that they are putting a further impact on the school district and she feels
that it should go to the Plan Commission. Mr. DeGrazia said he had no
objection to that.
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Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt
Gerschefske
NAPES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
EARLY LEARNING Mr. Arvid Olson returned and said that he would not be able
CENTER to get in touch with his attorney for at least an hour.
Mr. Olsen, attorney for the homeowners, said that they had
made a phone call and found that a letter of credit would cost Mr. Arvid Olson
somehwere around $50-$100.
Trustee Marienthal moved that the Board approve the Appearance
Commission recommendations of April 26, 1979 with the stipulation that an
irrevocable letter of credit be secured by the owner, Mr. Arvid Olson, and
presented to the Village in the amount sufficient to cover all work that is
going to be necessary to complete this project. Trustee Stone seconded the
motion. Upon roll call , the vote was :
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O' Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAPES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
HIGHLANDS Trustee Marienthal explained that this is a request by a
ADVERTISING developer to light a sign on the roadway. He said that the
SIGN Appearance Commission recommendation was to deny this request.
Mr. Norman Goldman, attorney for the Hoffman Group, apologized
for any misunderstandings which had occurred. He said that their request is
basically to have the sign lit during the winter months from dark, at approxi-
mately 5:00 P.M. , until their sales office closes, at approximately 7:00 P.M.
Trustee Marienthal moved that the Board concur with the
Appearance Commission recommendation to deny. Trustee O' Reilly seconded the
motion.
Mr. Goldman stated that, due to a lack of communication,
no one from the Hoffman Group was present at the Appearance Commission meeting,
and he asked the Board if they could return to the Appearance Commission and
present their case.
Mr. Bud Gibbs , spokesman for the Appearance Commission, stated
that they would be welcome to return to the Appearance Commission , although he
could not guarantee that the outcome would be any different.
Trustee Hartstein said that the Appearance Commission was
under the impression that there is no other such sign in the Village, when,
in fact, there is another such sign. He said that this might change the
opinion of the Appearance Commission.
Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES: 3 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly
NAPES: 3 - Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske
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President Clayton voted "Aye", with the understanding that
they have the opportunity to go back to the Appearance Commission and re-present
their case.
Trustee Marienthal stated for the record that the motion was
not stating that they could not go back to the Appearance Commission, but merely
upholding the Appearance Commission decision.
Motion declared carried.
Mr. Saviano said that they could be put on the Appearance
Commission agenda for Thursday, May 10, 1979.
AUTHORIZATION Trustee Marienthal explained his reasons for requesting that
TO BID this item be removed from the Consent Agenda. Mr. Balling
1979-80 answered the questions that Mr. Marienthal had.
Operat ng 6
Equipment) Trustee Hartstein also had some questions, which were
answered by Mr. William Davis.
Moved by Stone, seconded by Gerschefske to approve Authorize
to Bid - 1979-80 Operating Equipment. Upon roll call , the vote was:
AYES : 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES: 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
MANNING SAVINGS Trustee O' Reilly stated that the reason she wanted this
& LOAN item taken off the Consent Agenda was so that there could
be some discussion regarding the landscaping between Manning
Savings & Loan and the car wash next to it.
Mr. Saviano said that it would be permissible to put
landscaping on the right-of-way as long as it does not interfere with the
fire lane. Mr. Boysen and Mr. Saviano said that it did not interfere with
the fire lane. The provision for this additional landscaping is in the
Appearance Commission recommendation.
Both Mr. Oshsenschlager of Manning Savings, and Mr. Gibbs
from the Appearance Commission were in agreement with the recommendation.
Trustee Hartstein moved that the Board accept the Appearance
Commission recommendation with the addition that the 5 ' on the west side of
the property also be planted in a scheme similar to that on the rest of the
property. Trustee O'Reilly seconded the motion. Upon roll call , the vote was :
AYES: 6 - Marienthal , Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt,
Gerschefske
NAYES : 0 - None
Motion declared carried.
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ADJOURNMENT Moved by Kavitt , seconded by Gerschefske to adjourn to
Executive Session to discuss litigation. Upon voice vote,
the motion unanimously carried.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M.
Executive Session adjourned at 11 :15 P.M.
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Janet M. Sirabian, Village Clerk
PASSED AND APPROVED BY ME
THIS '24 DAY OF , 1979.
Wage President
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