HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacket - 08/13/2001 - City Council
A G E N D A
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, August 13, 2001 7:30 P.M.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Input Session – 10 Minute Limitation
5. Consent Agenda:
Proclamation: School’s Open Safety Week August 27 – September 2, 2001;
Proclamation: International Hispanic/Latino Mental Health Week, October 1 – October 6,
2001;
Use of Knox Park Barn Temporary Sign/Waiver of Associated Fees, McHenry Area Jaycees
Haunted House;
Parks & Recreation Department Picnic Permit Request;
Block Party Requests;
Ordinance approving Zoning Map Amendment & Conditional Use Permit, American
Community Bank;
Letter of Engagement, Warren Associates, not to exceed $8,000;
Final Pay Request, Schaefges Brothers, Inc. Concrete Skate Park Construction, $52,835.27;
Final Pay Request, Custom Landscaping for Skate Park, $54,429;
Final Pay Request for Fueling System Upgrades, Thermo Engineering, $2,429;
6. Request by Wonder Lake Ski Team Haunted Hayride Program use of Petersen Park,
Temporary Sign/Waiver of Associated Fees,
7. Request for Sign Variance, The Roll Store, 202 South Route 31
8. Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Chapter 10, Burning
9. Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Chapter 7, Section 7-22, Sump Pumps
10. Ordinance Vacating a Portion of South Street
11. Public Works Department Water Division Purchase - Two Mini-Vans - Buss Ford,
$34,472.60
12. Public Works Department Water Division – Purchase of Utility Pickup Truck – Gary Lang
Auto Group, $29,526
13. Lakeland Park Drainage Study
14. Elected Official Expense Account
15. Engineering Services Agreement for North Interceptor Sewer Project with Baxter &
Woodman, Inc. not to exceed $99,000
16. Mayor – Statement and Reports
17. Committee Reports
18. Department Head Reports
19. New Business
20. Executive Session: Property Acquisition
21. Adjournment
Posted and Mailed: August 10, 2001
C O N S E N T A G E N D A
The Consent Agenda for the August 13, 2001 City Council meeting consists of the
following items:
Proclamation: School’s Open Safety Week August 27 – September 2, 2001;
Proclamation: International Hispanic/Latino Mental Health Week, October 1 – October 6,
2001;
Use of Knox Park Barn Temporary Sign/Waiver of Associated Fees, McHenry Area
Jaycees Haunted House;
Parks & Recreation Department Picnic Permit Request;
Block Party Requests;
Ordinance approving Zoning Map Amendment & Conditional Use Permit, American
Community Bank;
Letter of Engagement, Warren Associates, not to exceed $8,000;
Final Pay Request, Schaefges Brothers, Inc. Concrete Skate Park Construction,
$52,835.27;
Final Pay Request, Custom Landscaping for Skate Park, $54,429;
Final Pay Request for Fueling System Upgrades, Thermo Engineering, $2,429;
Attachments
AGENDA SUPPLEMENT
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: John A. Lobaito, City Administrator
FOR: August 13, 2001 Regular City Council Meeting
RE: Lakeland Park Drainage Ditch Study
At the September 27, 2000 Public Works Committee meeting, various drainage issues
in the Lakeland Park Subdivision were discussed. As a result, the committee
recommended that the City Council consider Baxter & Woodman, Inc. to perform a
comprehensive drainage ditch study. On November 1, 2000, the City Council
approved the engineering agreement with Baxter & Woodman to perform the study.
For your convenience and review, enclosed are copies of the minutes from these
meetings; a memorandum from the Director of Public Works to me summarizing the
results of the study; and a copy of the study.
This study was initiated as a result of citizen complaints in the area and was not an
anticipated expenditure in the last fiscal year budget. Because the results of the study
were unknown at the time of budget preparation, no funds were budgeted in the
current fiscal year to make any of the recommended improvements. If the City
Council decides certain improvements in the study should be examined more closely;
it is recommended that the City Council defer this discussion to the Public Works
Committee. Additionally, this project should be considered for funding in October
when the City Council will be discussing its five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
Presently, the plan does not include any drainage projects in the Lakeland Park
Subdivision. At that time, staff can more closely analyze funding options for this
project.
The City Engineer will be present at the Council meeting to discuss the results of the
study with the City Council and Staff.
mmg
MAYOR’S REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Mayor Pamela J. Althoff
FOR: August 13, 2001 Regular City Council Meeting
1. City Council Meeting Reschedule. Due to scheduling conflicts, I will be asking the City
Council to move the Monday, September 24 City Council meeting to Wednesday,
September 5.
2. Appointments to the Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. As the City
Council is aware, I have been working with the Plan Commission, Zoning Board of
Appeals, and city staff to fill the vacancies on both boards. Through these
discussions, it became apparent that these two boards should be combined. A
combined Plan and Zoning Board will streamline the development process and
provide a more coordinated review of development projects facing the city. To effect
this change, the City Council must pass an ordinance amending the Municipal Code
combining the two boards; however, the law provides that this change may not be
done until the end of the fiscal year.
Presently there are four vacancies on the Plan Commission and one vacancy on the
Zoning Board of Appeals. To resolve the current condition of vacancies on both
boards, I am recommending that the six remaining Zoning Board members be
appointed to the Plan Commission and simultaneously serve on both boards. In
addition, I recommend that Plan Commission member Roger Thacker be appointed to
the Zoning Board of Appeals and also serve on both boards. The result will be ten
Plan Commission members and seven Zoning Board of Appeals members.
Additionally, both meetings will be conducted on the same evening with the Zoning
Board of Appeals meeting immediately following the Plan Commission meeting.
Other than the appointment of the new members, all other aspects of the meetings
will remain the same until the beginning of the next fiscal year in May 2002.
Increasing the number of Plan Commission members from seven to ten requires an
amendment to City Ordinances. Enclosed for the Council’s review and consideration
is an ordinance amending the sections of the Municipal Code and Subdivision Control
Ordinance that addresses Plan Commission membership.
It is recommended to the City Council to approve the enclosed ordinance and the
following appointments:
mmg