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Home My Public Portal About02.15.88 VB MinutesPLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES . REGULAR MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 1988 AT: VILLAGE HALL MEMBERS OF BOARD PRESENT: MAYOR LATTA, K. CALLANAN, D. LEWIN, J. DEMENT, L. KELLY, D. GULLICKSEN. J. BOOTZ WAS ABSENT. OTHERS PRESENT; M. V. J. D. D. R. PUSINEL KRNAC - HARVEY BENNETT FAGAN - MILLER GI - ADMINISTRATOR VILLAGE CLERK - ATTORNEY - POLICE CHIEF PLANNER Mayor Latta opened the meeting at 7:32 p.m. with the pledge to the flag. Ro11 call was taken, J. Bootz was absent. D. Gullicksen moved to approve the New/Old $usiness Section of the Agenda with the addition of an Executive Session on land acquisition, personnel to consider the appointment/employment or dismissal of any employees and probable or imminent litigation, to reconvene. Seconded by J. Dement. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. J. Dement moved to approve the Consent Agenda to include "Little City" request and Board meeting minutes of February 1, 1988. Seconded by D, Lewin. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. Mayor Latta stated in regard to the problem of parking downtown, she asked the Board for approval to appoint a parking committee that would review the parking in the downtown area and bring a report to the Board of their findings. This would be in conjunction with the Downtown Development planners and they should have some recommendations by mid March. Therefore, the committee could start working on an in-depth recommendation to the Board beginning mid March and could be completed by mid May. She stated she would like a moritorium on any changes in the parking downtown until the committee completes their in-depth study, Dan Kelly from Kelly's Automotive spoke in reference to Ordinance) No. 1150 which was passed at the February 1st meeting. He stated when he read the ordinance in the Enterprise, he didn't feel it would affect him because it stated 10 minute parking in the four (4) spots south of the alley in front of Zartic. However, on • Wednesday, February 3rd, Police Chief Bennett came into my business and stated it affected everything south of the alley, including the parking in front of my establishment. This constitutes a hardship PLAINPIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEBRUARY 15, 19$$ PAGE TWO on my business. We have conducted a survey and it appears the most congestion at the Post Office is in the morning when the businesses are picking up the box mail. With the Post Office`s new hours opening at 9:00 a.m., if they could have the box mail picked up from $:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., therefore releaving some of the parking problems from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. D. Gullicksen stated he concurrs with Mayor Latta's recommendation to form a committee to study the downtown parking, and also agree we should declare a moratorium on the parking changes made at the February 1st meeting (Ordinance #1150) until we can resolve the problem. D. Gullicksen moved to direct the Police Department not to enforce Ordinance No. 1150 until further Board direction and the Mayor to appoint a committee to review all downtown parking. Seconded by K, Callahan. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly (removed himself from podium); Gullicksen, yes. 4 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. K. Callanan questioned, will this concurr with the Downtown Develop- ment Committee? Mayor Latta stated their recommendations will be more general and our recommendations will be for more specific areas. Chief Bennett stated the ordinance relates to the four (4) parking spaces (in front of Zartic), not to the .vehicles parked on the sidewalk and parkway in front of Ke11y Automotive, this is my long range concern. Mayor Latta questioned Mr. Kelly, ,are there cars parked on your parkway, because cars are not to be parked on the parkway, is that a problem? Mr. Kelly stated no, they pull the cars up to allow the cars more space going to the mail box (just north of the alley entrance), but we can back them up two (2) feet. Chief stated there are only four (4) parking areas. Mayor Latta asked Mr. Kelly to try to park his customers vehicles in the four (4) designated parking spaces and try to keep them off the parkway and sidewalk. Hopefully, the committee can solve the problem. D. Gullicksen stated we should work with Kelly's and try to work around the problem. J. Dement stated we know it is a tough situation and we are not here to cause any hardships. We need to work together to solve the parking problems. Mayor Latta stated, hopefully we will come up with a plan to solve the parking problems not only in your area, but within the downtown area. Planner Pagan reported on a County Rezoning, Petitioner - Larry Cris Rury; Action Requested - Rezoning from A-1 Agricultural to E-2 Estate Lots; Location - Renwick Road and Indian Boundry Road; Proposed rezoning is far three parcels only two (2) of which are contiguous. Parcel A includes two five (5) acre lots and Parcels B and C include eight (8) 2.5 acre lots. Proposed development is within the mile and one-half jurisdiction of Plainfield. Recommendation - By a vote of 7 to 0, the Plan Commission recommends no objection to the proposed County rezoning. D. Gullicksen stated he feels we have to give this proposed County subdivision a lot of • SCALE 1"=1320' i• i• ii ZONING MAP SECT 1 ON t 9-36--9 ; PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEBRUARY 15, 1988 PAGE THREE thought and study. At this time, I would like to table this to a future meeting to explore the possibility of annexing this property to the Village. Gerry Papesh, Geotech Engineering spoke for Mr. Rury. He stated the proposed development would consist of two (2) five (5) acre lots and eight (8) 2.5 acre lots, they would all be estate lots. At this time, the Village does not have sewer and water services available. They ,are approximately 3/4 mile from this site. That is the reason we are requesting the County zoning and County use on the site. Harold Dhuse, 26150 West Renwick Road (owner of property near the proposed subdivision) spoke questioning what plans do they have to take care of the drainage problem that is connected with this property. Mr. Papesh stated the property has a drainage across the property from east to the west to the north and with the lots this large, we could create side yard swales to take care of the drainage. Ed Schrader with the Fire District has punc~ased the 10 acre parcel west of the first 2 parcels. We intend to build a station on this site within the next 2 to 3 years. Five (5) of the ten (10) acres will be used far a retention pond for training and drills. We would be creating a five (5) acre land and would appreciate any drain-off as we could hold in the lake, to assure a full supply of water. Mr. Dhuse • stated there is no natural drainage and any the in that area was installed years ago. When we get heavy rains, 50~ to 70~ of this property has water standing, sometimes for ten (10) days. Also, sometimes the water runs across the road to the north, removing the tar and chip from the road. Gus Rousonelos (who farms across Indian Boundry Road)(north & south of Renwick across Indian Boundry) spoke stating there is a water problem in this area and we are very concerned of water running off those lots running onto our property. Mayor Latta stated the Board might be interested in discussing annexation of the two (2) parcels (fronting Indian Boundry and Renwick Road). It was the consensus of the Board that Mayor Latta, D. Gullicksen, D. Fagan, L. Ke11y, Mr. Rury and Mr. Papesh will meet at the Village Hall Wednesday, February 2~th at 9:30 a.m. D. Gullicksen moved to table the Cris Rury request for rezoning until further study has been done on the possibility of annexation. Seconded by L. Kelly. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Kelly moved to approve the rezoning of lots 232 through 238 Sunshine Circle, Whispering Creek from A-4 multi--family to Residence A single-family pursuant to the Annexation Agreement. Seconded by K. Callanan. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Ke11y, yes; Gullicksen, yes. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. K. Callanan moved to direct Hamilton engineering to (a) "compile a report on the alternative methods of expanding the Village's waste- water treatment plant as described in Hamilton's February 3, 1988 letter"; and (b) "compile the Plans and Specifications for any PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEBRUARY 15, 1988 PAGE FOUR necessary sanitary sewer extensions per Hamilton's February 3, 1988 letter". Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly, yes; Gullicksen, yes, 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. D. Gullicksen moved the Village retain Associated Technical Services Ltd. of Villa Park for the leak survey, nat to exceed $3,000.00. Seconded by J. Dement. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. A purposed ordinance was discussed - An Amendment To Village's Parking Ordinance Regarding Parking On Chicago Street. D. Lewin moved to table the purposed ordinance, Amendment To Village's Parking Ordinance Regarding Parking On Chicago Street, pursuant to the Mayor's recommendation of a moratorium on parking changes. Seconded by K. Callanan. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly, yes; Gullicksen, no. 4 yes, 1 no. Motion carried. It was the consensus of the Board that the Police Department shall not ticket the cars parked on Chicago Street between Illinois and DesPlaines Street until further notice. J. Dement moved to direct Hamilton Engineering to compile necessary Plans and Specifications for West Norman Drain project and the staff be directed to proceed with obtaining the necessary easements from the affected property owners. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly, yes; Gullicksen, yes. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Kelly moved to adopt Resolution No. 905 A Resolution Regulating The Activities A Community Access League For Plainfield And The Use Of Village Equipment In The Production Of Television Programs. Seconded by J. Dement. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly, yes; Gullicksen, yes. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Kelly questioned when will Plainfield .Cable TV Community Information/ News begin and on what channel? A representative from American Cable- Systems stated the hardware will be installed by the end of this week and it will be Channel "10" for Plainfield activities. M. Pusinelli reported to the Board included in your packet are two (2) purposed letters: one to the City Manager of Joliet and one to Will County Administrator. Tt has to do with notifying the City of Joliet that we are not interested in the Kankakee River as a source of water supply. Secondly, to notify the Will County Administrator of that and also explaining the Village of Plainfield is interested in finding alternative sources for water. It was the consensus of the Baard to direct the Administrator to send the letters. PLAINFTELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES . FEBRUARY 15, 1988 PAGE FIVE J. Dement moved to direct Hamilton Engineering to compile the Plans and Specifications for the Downtown Alley Project and compile the applicable Motor Fuel Tax Resolution and Agreement, also authorizes the Mayor to sign the M.F.T. Resolution. Seconded by K. Callanan. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly, yes; Gullicksen, yes. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. D. Gullicksen moved to approve the Warrants for 2/1/88 through 2/15/88. Seconded by L. Kelly. Vote by roll call. Callanan, yes; Lewin, yes; Dement, yes; Kelly, yes; Gullicksen, yes. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. D. Gullicksen acknowledged receipt of the Treasurer's Report for January, 1988. D. Lewin acknowledged receipt of Police Operations Report for the year of 1987. D. Lewin moved to acknowledged receipt of the resignation of Dispatcher Sharon Welch effective 2/15/88. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. .Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. • D. Lewin moved to increase Police Dispatcher Susan French current salary $6.06 per hour to $5.33 per hour. Seconded by J. Dement. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Kelly moved to direct the staff to return the "gasoline powered generator" to Joliet Amateur Radio Society, Inc. relative to the agreement signed July 5, 1974. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Vote by roll call. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. L. Ke11y moved to adjourn to Executive Session, to reconvene. Seconded by D, Gullicksen, 8:40 p.m. 10:20 p.m. D. Lewin moved to employ Donna Maffeo from part-time to full-time at the current salary with benefits. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. J. Dement reported that at the Downtown Development meeting, TPAP stated in their plans for downtown, they are supporting diagonal parking. They will bring us a landscape incorporating diagonal parking so we can negotiate with I.D.O.T. D. Lewin moved to adjourn. Seconded by D. Gullicksen. Voice vote. 5 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEBRUARY 15, 1988 PAGE .SIX 10:23 p.m. L ~^ VE KRNAC - VILL GE CLERK • C