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1975-09-17 - Plan Commission - Minutes REGULAR MEETING BUFFALO GROVE PLAN COMMISSION Crossings & Strathmore Grove September 17, 1975 Chairman Genrich called the meeting to order at 9:00 p.m. , September 17, 1975, in the Municipal Building, 50 Raupp Boulevard. Commissioners Present: Chairman Genrich Mr. Harris Mr. Keister Mr. Goldspiel Mr. Jacobs Commissioners Absent: Mr. Mendenhall Mr. Shields Also Present: Mr. Harry Sleek, Levitt Mr. Clifford Brouk, The Richards Group Mr. Mel Kandel, Prospective Member Mr. John Marienthal, Trustee Mr. Arnold Seaberg, Village Engineer Approval of Minutes Approval of the minutes of September 3, 1975, was tabled until the next Regular Meeting. Strathmore Grove The commissioners checked the final plat of Strathmore Grove and Commissioner Goldspiel made a motion that the Plan Commission recommend to the Village Board that the final plat of Unit II of Strathmore Grove dated by survey July 17 , 1975, and marked Exhibit 100-31 be approved subject to the condition that the easements for side- walks on Logsdon Lane and Larchmont Lane be depicted and labeled and that the subdivider submit to the Plan Commission a statement from the Postmaster approving the names and system of postal addresses of the streets in the unit in accordance with paragraph H, page 15 of the Subdivision Regulations. Commissioner Jacobs seconded the motion and the following vote was taken: Commissioner Harris Abstained Commissioner Goldspiel yes Commissioner Keister Yes Commissioner Jacobs yes Motion carried. The intersection change requested by the Plan Commission was shown on a separate plan and Commissioner Keister moved that the intersection Plan Commission Page 2 September 17, 1975 construction plan for revised Larchmont Drive , Unit I, Strathmore Grove, dated September 12, 1975, and marked Exhibit 100-32 be recommended to the Village Board as the acceptable design. Commissioner Goldspiel seconded the motion and the following vote was taken: Commissioner Harris abstained Commissioner Goldspiel yes Commissioner Keister yes Commissioner Jacobs yes Motion carried. Crossings Chairman Genrich read a letter from Mr. Seaberg stating that he felt final engineering approval would be given for The Crossings - Phase II. Mr. Brouk of The Richards Group presented the final plat to be approved and also a Plat of Vacation recorded as Phase II which vacates the plat originally approved. Commissioner Goldspiel asked Mr. Brouk if there are sidewalks, Mr. Brouk replied that there will be sidewalks on the loop street which is within the right of way. Commissioner Jacobs asked what Lot A is. Mr. Seaberg replied that it is common area and is also to be used as access to the park. He added that the use of this area is covered in the covenants. Commissioner Harris made a motion that the Plan Commission recommend to the Village Board approval of the Plat of Vacation for The Crossings, west addition, block 2, dated September 15, 1975, and marked Exhibit 102-27. Commissioner Jacobs seconded the motion and the following vote was taken: Commissioner Harris yes Commissioner Goldspiel yes Commissioner Keister yes Commissioner Jacobs yes Motion carried. Commissioner Harris made a motion that we recommend to the Village Board approval of the final plat of The Crossings, Unit III , dated September 15, 1975, and marked Exhibit 102-28, subject to the following conditions: 1. That a monument be placed at the northwest corner 2. That the developer furnish a letter agreeing to install said monument. `./ 3. That the streets be named and a letter from the postmaster approving the names of the streets be furnished. 4. Building setback lines be shown. 5. That the protective covenants pertaining to this property be indicated. Plan Commission Page 3 September 17, 1975 Commissioner Keister seconded the motion. The following vote was taken: Commissioner Harris yes Commissioner Goldspiel yes Commissioner Keister yes Commissioner Jacobs yes Motion carried. Commissioner Harris asked the use of Lot B and Mr. Brouk replied it was another access to the park. Winston Square Chairman Genrich stated he had talked with Mr. Webber from Centex and they are not ready to come before the Plan Commission yet. Communications Chairman Genrich stated he had received a memo from Mr. Larson informing him of a meeting regarding the Ethics Ordinance on Monday, October 13. He plans to attend this meeting and asked the commissioners for their opinions regarding the ordinance. They had not read the ordinance and Mr. Genrich asked the recording secretary to send copies of it to the commissioners. Chairman Genrich distributed copies of a list of Land Use Planning Seminars at Harper College and a registration form. He asked the commissioners to let Mrs. Krolack know if they want to attend any of the seminars and the Village would pay for it. Committee and Liaison Reports Chairman Genrich asked Commissioner Jacobs to report on the progress of his committee for evaluating the business sections of the ordinanc% Commissioner Jacobs stated that they had had only one meeting. He said if the business section of the zoning ordinance is to be rewritten with the Cook County ordinance as a guide the Plan Commission will have to go through each section of each ordinance and not only take a look at uses that fall within each category but consolidate categories and lot sizes, heights, etc. He added it will be very time consuming and questioned the need for it. Commissioner Harris stated he felt the business section should be narrowed down because the categories are too broad. The zoning we now have is cumulative. Commissioner Keister stated the Plan Commission should look into it further. He added that we have had some problems with reviewing of projects because of the current zoning. vie should outline four or five things we want to do and tackle them. After further discussion it was decided that Commissioner Jacobs would make up a summary of categories for the business section of the ordinance for the Commission to go over at a future meeting. Plan Commission Page 4 September 17, 1975 Chairman Genrich asked Mr. Kandel to report on a meeting he had asked him to attend regarding bikeways. Mr. Kandel distributed copies of the minutes of this meeting. He stated that the meeting was of representatives of the northeast Lake County area. The funds for the bikeways come from FAUS. The counties in the state show a backbone plan to the Federal Government and ask for their share of dollars under FAUS. The backbone program for Lake County extends from Lake-Cook Road to the Wisconsin border. The towns or cities in the area are suppose to build their own tributaries to the backbone path. If you do not do it, that county will not receive money. The bicycle paths can be paved on a right of way, a marked off area on a public street (3' area with painted lines along the curbline) , or streets designated by signs as a bicycle road or path. Mr. Kandel stated if we want a bike path in Buffalo Grove , we should indicate this by a letter of intent which is acceptable in order to obtain funds. There is 60% or 70% funding from this program. It comes from the federal fund for roadways. Mr. McCoy stated he had just come from a meeting with FAUS. The problem is that the Lake County planning people did not know basically what FAUS was. FAUS is for federal monies available to urban areas. Funding has to go through a council of mayors in that urban area and be approved by them, then to the state and then to the federal government. At the meeting there was a motion by Waukegan to accept the plan. There was a motion after that to table it. One of the reasons to do this was that Buffalo Grove was not included. It was tabled with a 6 to 5 vote. Mr. McCoy added he had talked with the man who had made the presentation after the meeting and he was very interested in including a corridor along the county line which would include this area and we would then be eligible for FAUS funding. There is still a long way to go. Chairman Genrich asked Mr. Kandel to report to Mr. Fabish on this matter. Adjournment Commissioner Harris made a- motion to adjourn and Commissioner Keister seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m. • Respectfully submitted, APPROVED: nda Isonhart, Recording Secretary di/414-44;X Carl Genrich, Chairman VILLAGE OF ��� , BUFFALO GROVE e.4-9‘0, Mafio 3kd. , Xi#41 Vie, 60090 To: Board of Trustees Date: September 17, 1975 Plan Commission From: Carl Genrich Plan Commission Chairman Attached are summary minutes of the joint meeting between the Wheeling and Buffalo Grove Plan Commissions. While the minutes are not detailed, they are very accurate. It was an interesting meeting in the fact that most of the meeting was directed toward Buffalo Grove, asking us how do we do this or that. They truly seem to be interested and no doubt have significant internal changes underway in their village. 610) enric h Plan Commission Chairman CG:li