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AGENDA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday,November 4,2013,7:30 PM
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Public Hearing: Oaks at Irish Prairie Subdivision Amendment to Annexation Agreement
5. Action taken in Public Hearing for Oaks at Irish Prairie Subdivision Amendment to Annexation Agreement
6. Presentation:CHARACTER COUNTS! Recognition Award
7. Public Input Session: 10 Minute Limitation
8. Consent Agenda:
A. Request from the McHenry Garden Club for permission to host the annual Holiday Floral
Extravaganza at McHenry West Campus High School on December 3`d from 7-10:00 PM; waiver
of all associated fees; and a variance from the sign ordinance to allow temporary advertising signs
in right-of-ways at 12 locations throughout town.
B. Request from the Riverside Area Business Association to allow a) special uses and events in
Veterans Memorial Park, temporary advertising signs in right-of-ways; and, waiver of all
associated fees for the annual Downtown Christmas Walk on November 16th and November 17th
from 2:00 PM to 8:30 PM; and b) allow the temporary closure of Main Street, Green Street,
Riverside Drive,and Broad Street beginning from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM and Park and Court Streets
from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM to facilitate the annual Toys for Tots Parade on Sunday,October 24th
C. Direct staff to submit a petition to the Illinois Commerce Commission to permit the construction
and maintenance of an at-grade pedestrian crossing (approved by the City Council on June 17,
2013),at the Union Pacific Railroad tracks on McCullom Lake Road.
D. September 16,2013 City Council meeting minutes.
E. List of Bills.
9. Committee recommendation to approve a request to designate the corner of Green Street and Main Streets as
"Honorary George P.Freund Way."
10. Request for sign variances from the Fountain Shoppes on 325-333 N.Front Street to allow two additional wall
signs and up to four face changes annually without requiring a new sign permit for 325 N Front Street and a
sign variance for 333 N.Front Street to allow an additional 1.14 sq.ft.wall sign.
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November 4,2013
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11. Request for a budget amendment in the Tourism Fund for$3,400;award bid to Carmichael Construction for
design, construction, and installation of a replacement community sign on Route 120 for an amount not to
exceed $48,400; and approve variance from the sign ordinance to allow an off-site advertising sign in a
residential zoning district and total changeable copy.
12. Request for approval of Professional Services Agreement with HR Green for Knox Drive Extension Phase II
Engineering for a lump sum amount of$26,962.75.
13. Ordinance amending Municipal Code Chapter 14, Sec.65,Weapons regarding the prohibition of hunting with
all types of bow devices in city limits.
14. Mayor Statement and Reports
15. Committee Reports
16. Staff Reports
17. Future Agenda Items
18. Adjournment