1980-10-27 - Village Board Committee of the Whole - Minutes t
SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS, HELD MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1980,
AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 50 RAUPP BOULEVARD, BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS.
President Clayton called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M.
Roll call indicated the following present: President Clayton; Trustees
Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske. Trustee Marienthal was
absent. Also present were: William Balling, Village Manager; William
Sommer, Assistant Village Manager; and William Raysa, Village Attorney.
President Clayton stated that she had attended a meeting on Tuesday evening
which was the White House Conference on the Water Supply, and she said that
Mr. Balling's memo summarized this meeting.
Trustee Hartstein noted the dates for absentee voting for the November 4,
1980 election, and urged citizens to be cognizant of the local elections,
as well as the Presidential election.
Mr. Balling noted that he is working with the BDDC on a concept for the
development of the Town Center.
PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE - SANTUCCI PROPERTY
Mr. Edward Dick, Landcaster Development Company, 2900 W. Peterson, Chicago,
introduced himself to the Board; he then introduced Bernice Ventrella, the
owner of the subject property. Mr. Dick stated that this property is
approximately 280 acres. He stated that his company's agreement with the
Santucci people is that they (Landcaster) have the right to buy an 80 acre
parcel , and they will handle the annexation and zoning of the total 280
acres. Mr. Dick referred to a land plan, and stated that they propose a
commercial center of 28 and 1/2 acres, which would consist of a large food
store, a hardware store, a drug store, and other small stores. This
would probably be developed in two phases, the first phase to begin immediately,
and the second to be developed in 2 or 3 years. The other 11 and 1/2 acres
of commercial property would be on the south side of Deerfield Road extended.
Mr. Dick pointed out that the Freedman property would have to be annexed to
the Village first, so that his property would be contiguous to Buffalo Grove.
He then gave a grief history of what has taken place with this property.
He said that they had dealt with Lincolnshire, but that the Lincolnshire
Board had voted against his plan; Mr. Dick formally withdrew his plans from
Lincolnshire; he has no intention of dealing with Lincolnshire in the future.
Mr. Dick reiterated the dealings the participants have had with the Lake
County Board regarding the construction of Deerfield Road.
Mr. Dick stated that they propose 34 acres of office park, with some Milwaukee
Avenue frontage; moving westward from the office park would be some lighter
density multi-family residential ; moving westward again would be approximately
71 acres of office and industrial park. Mr. Dick stated that they were aware
of the water supply situation, and stated that they are willing to coordinate
`./ the timing of development as water becomes available to the site. They see
the timing for development of the industrial area to occur over the next 10
to 15 years; the office/research would occur in the next 5 to 8 years; the
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commercial development would occur within the first 5 years; the multi-family
on the larger parcel would occur within 6 to 10 years; the smaller multi-
family parcel would occur within the next 5 to 9 years. Mr. Dick briefly
described the way he envisions the multi-family development. He stated that,
if the County does not extend Deerfield Road, they would have to ask for
higher density on the larger multi -family parcel to help cover the costs
they would incur in putting the road through. In answer to a question from
Mr. Raysa, Mr. Dick explained the contiguity issue, and stated that contiguity
would be approximately 600' after the Freedman parcel is annexed.
Lengthy discussion took place regarding the extension of Deerfield Road,
including the timetable for same, whose responsibility it is, and whether
or not increased density on the multi-family parcel would be considered in
exchange for the road. Mr. Dick stated that he envisioned the multi-family
to look similar to Cambridge-on-the-Lake. President Clayton asked each of
the Trustees to state their feelings on the issue of increased density in the
multi-family in order to get Deerfield Road constructed. Trustee Gerschefske
stated that he sees no help from the County; he thinks the Village could make
some agreement on the density. Trustee Stone thinks the County should put
the road in; he is not convinced that the developer should not be responsible
for the road; unless the developer proposed something very special in quality,
Mr. Stone would be opposed to the increased density. Trustee O'Reilly feels
that, at this point, the density is as high as it should be. Trustee
Hartstein feels it is the County's responsibility to construct the road; he
feels the road is very important, and would be willing to negotiate on density
as long as the Village had very tight controls as to what was built. Trustee
Kavitt fells the County should put in the road; he feels the road is a
necessity; he has great reservations on increased density in the multi-family.
President Clayton stated that it appears that even those Board members who
are willing to increase the density are very cautious about it.
Mr. Dick stated that he had spoken with Mr. Roggendorf regarding a school
site. Mr. Dick also stated that he does not want to increase the density,
and hopes that Lhe County will construct the road.
President Clayton pointed out that the amount of commercial exceeds what
is shown on the Comprehensive Plan; staff feels that it warrants expanding
same; she asked if the Trustees agreed with staff's recommendation. There
was total agreement on same by the Board. Mr. Balling pointed out that the
multi -family also exceeds what is shown on the Master Plan at the present
time.
President Clayton polled the Board: "Yes" indicates favor of pursuing discussions
with Edward Dick and Bernice Ventrella on this possible annexation, subject
to all of the items mentioned in the memos from Mr. Balling and Mr. Truesdell
contained in the Board packets; "No" indicates opposition:
L Trustee O'Reilly thinks it is premature to commit to something like that until
the status of the road is known.
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YES: Stone, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske
NO: O'Reilly
ABSENT: Marienthal
TOWN CENTER
Mr. Balling discussed the Town Center concept to be reviewed at Tuesday
evening's BDDC meeting. He stated that the purpose of bringing the subject
up tonight is to alert the Board to this concept and ascertain if there are
any problems with proceeding in that direction. There was no objection from
the Board. President Clayton thanked staff for taking the initiative in this
area.
Mr. Balling stated that he had heard that the architectural concept put
forth by the developer may be more unorthodox than the Village is willing
to proceed with. He asked if the Board would feel that it would like to
see alternative architectural concepts to the theme-oriented Main Street
approach that has been proposed by the developer.
President Clayton polled the Board: "Yes" indicates favor of alternative
themes; "No" indicates opposition:
YES: Stone, O'Reilly, Hartstein, Kavitt, Gerschefske, President Clayton
NO: None
ABSENT: Marienthal
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Hartstein, seconded by Kavitt, to adjourn the meeting. Upon voice
vote, the motion was unanimously declared carried. The meeting was adjourned
at 8:50 P.M.
Janet . Sirabian, Village Clerk