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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 04/07/1993 - City Council REGULAR MEETING APRIL 7, 1993 The Regular Meeting of the McHenry City Council was called to order by Mayor Busse on Wednesday, April 7, 1993 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Room of the Municipal Center. At roll call the following Aldermen were present: Bolger, Donahue, Locke, Lieder, Adams, Patterson, Serritella, Smith. Absent: None. City Staff in attendance: City Clerk Gilpin, City Attorney Narusis, City Administrator Peterson, Chief of Police Joyce, Director of Public Works Batt, Director of Parks and Recreation Merkel, Director of Building and Zoning Lobaito. Absent: None. TEN MINUTE PUBLIC INPUT SESSION During the Ten Minute Public Input Session, ten people signed up to ._.- speak: Bob Doran, Jack Slaughter, Mary Mueller, Anita Fowles, and Ken Veen spoke in behalf of Home of the Sparrow zoning. Donnabelle Doherty of the Landmark Commission and Gerhard Rosenberg spoke against the zoning. John Swierk spoke on the issues of recreational vehicle storage and permit parking for Main Street. Patricia Buhrman mentioned the number of illegal signs of candidates on roadsides and vacant lots. CONSENT AGENDA Motion by Smith, seconded by Patterson, to approve the consent agenda as follows: (1) March 15, 1993 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes; (2) March 31, 1993 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes; (3) Executive Session Minutes from 6/15/91 to 1/21/93; (4) Payment to employees in Career Development Program, with payments to the following officers: Police Officer I: Thomas Beyer, $500; Police Officers III: William Brogran, Jeffery Foerster, Thomas Jenkins, Roland Wood, $1000 each; (5) Request for "Going out of Business Sale" license to Ken Brown and Sons True Value Hardware; Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES SANITARY SEWER INSTALLATION Alderman Bolger, Chairman of the Public Works Committee, reported on a recommendation made by that Committee after a meeting March 24, 1993 on the subject of sewer installation in the Country Club Estates subdivision. It was the recommendation of the Committee that work proceed on the special assessment for Country Club Estates and that capital development money be used to purchase two grinder pumps at a cost of approximately $18,000.00 for the project. Lengthy discussion took place. Motion by Bolger, seconded by Donahue, to move ahead with the special assessment in Country Club Estates subdivision, as recommended by the Public Works Committee, and that the City pay $18,000 from the Capital Development Fund to provide individual grinder pumps for two residences. Motion by Smith, seconded by Serritella, to table the motion. Voting Aye: Smith, Serritella. Voting Nay: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Patterson, Adams. Absent: None. Motion did not carry. Discussion continued. Motion by Bolger, seconded by Donahue, to call the question. Voting Aye: Locke, Donahue, Bolger. Voting Nay: Lieder, Serritella, Patterson, Adams, Smith. Absent: None. Motion did not carry. Further discussion continued. Bolger amended the motion to state that the City pay the cost not to exceed $18,000. Donahue agreed to the amendment. April 7, 1993 Page 2 Voting on the amended motion, which was: Motion by Bolger, seconded by Donahue, to move ahead with the special assessment in Country Club Estates, as recommended by the Public Works Committee, and to pay the cost of grinder pumps for two residences not to exceed $18,000 from the Capital Development Fund. Voting Aye: Lieder, Locke, Donahue, Bolger, Adams. Voting Nay: Smith, Patterson, Serritella. Absent: None. Motion carried. Attorney Narusis was instructed to proceed with setting up the preliminary work to process the special assessment program. HOME OF THE SPARROW USE VARIATION REQUEST Home of the Sparrow requested a use variation at 3701 W. Waukegan Road to operate three apartment units for homeless women. The Zoning Board of Appeals had three public hearings on the subject and voted 5-2 to grant the variance. During the hearings, the petitioner verbally changed its request from a re-zoning to a less intensive use variation. Since the last hearing by the ZBA on March 22, 1993, objectors to this petition hired Attorney Tom Zanck to represent them at the City Council meeting. First to speak to the Council was Attorney Tom Zanck representing eight objectors to the use variation. Scott Nolan, attorney for Home of the Sparrow, also addressed the Council. Each presented arguments in defense of their positions. Reverand Phyllis Mueller, representing Home of the Sparrow, also addressed the Council and urged the Council to support the use variation. Motion by Patterson, seconded by Donahue, to concur with the recommendation of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and pass an ordinance granting a use variation for 3701 W. Waukegan Road to permit the use of the RA-1 premises for three individual apartment units to be occupied solely by single women with or without related children. Motion by Locke, seconded by Smith, to table the motion for one week. Voting Aye: Locke, Smith. Voting Nay: Lieder, Donahue, Bolger, Serritella, Patterson, Adams. Absent: None. Motion did not carry. Motion by Bolger, to amend the original ordinance adding that the use variation would last only as long as the property was owned by Home of the Sparrow. Motion failed for lack of a second. Voting on the original motion: Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Locke, Lieder, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: Smith, Adams. Absent: None. Motion carried. Mayor Busse called for a RECESS at 9:40 P.M. The meeting reconvened at 9:55 P.M. with everyone still in attendance. USE VARIATION REQUEST - LOWELL & LISA KIVLEY A use variation request was presented by Lowell & Lisa Kivley for property located at 402 N. Front Street. They were seeking a use variance to allow the property to be used for family and marriage counseling services. The property is currently zoned in the RS-3 Residential District, and is surrounded by RS-3 zoning. However, the Comprehensive Plan shows this property and the area on the east side of Front Street to be zoned for office uses. At the March 8, 1993 ZBA hearing, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-3, and therefore no recommendation was presented from that Board. April 7, 1993 Page 3 Motion by Patterson, seconded by Bolger, to pass an ordinance and grant the requested use variance for 402 N. Front Street to permit the operation of a professional office for marriage and family counseling, that the project be implemented in two phases, that during the first phase of the conversion the petitioners be permitted to reside on-site, and that the proposed sign must conform to the criteria for signs in an 0-1 Zoning district, and that they will provide appropriate screening for the surrounding property. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. TEXT AMENDMENTS TO CITY ZONING ORDINANCE The Building, Zoning, Planning & Development Committee met with the Director of Building and Zoning and reviewed a variety of text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. The items were: (1) Decreasing the minimum size of planned unit developments from 5 acres to 2 acres; (2) Eliminate the requirement of retained personnel fee deposits for., sign permits and minor variations; (3) Allow annexed property to come in at the lowest numbered residential district the parcel will permit; (4) Wall signs be allowed to be both internally and externally illuminated, and that the recreational vehicle ordinance be amended as to storage location; The Council had no problem with the text amendments, except the one which referred to the recreational vehicle storage locations. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Patterson, to table the recreational vehicle storage location amendment until further study. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Patterson, seconded by Donahue, to pass an ordinance adopting the amended revisions as presented, but eliminating Section "e" which refers to recreational vehicle storage locations. . Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. REQUEST FOR PERMIT PARKING ON MAIN STREET Many people have complained about the lack of parking on Main Street. They have also complained about the current four-hour parking restriction in the City-owned Main Street parking lot. Alderman Locke suggested that permit parking be implemented in the Main Street parking lot for the 17 parking spaces available. Motion by Locke, seconded by Serritella, to offer permit parking in ._- the Main Street parking lot on a first-come, first-serve basis at $15.00 a month. Motion by Smith, seconded by Bolger, to table the motion. Voting Aye: Donahue, Bolger, Patterson, Adams. Voting Nay: Locke, Serritella, Patterson. Abstaining: Lieder. Absent: None. Motion carried: 5-3. (Abstention counts with majority.) April 7, 1993 Page 4 POLICE DEPARTMENT 1992 ANNUAL REPORT Chief Joyce presented the 1992 Annual Report of the McHenry Police Department to the City Council for review. MAYOR - STATEMENT AND REPORTS Mayor Busse thanked Mayor Pro Tem Ray Smith for running the March 31, 1993 meeting in his absence. COMMITTEE REPORTS Alderman Bolger, Chairman of the Public Works Committee, reported on a matter discussed at the March 24 Committee Meeting concerning a petition by McHenry Shores residents. The residents presented a petition to have Hilltop Blvd. extended to the north for an ingress and egress road to the new Bull Valley Road when that road is constructed. Ken Ehredt of Bull Valley Road was spokesman for the group. He met and discussed this on several occasions with McHenry County Highway Department engineers. Bolger said it was made clear at the Public Works Committee meeting that the City would be under no obligation to pay any engineering fees for this proposed new road. The Ehredt family said they would donate the property for the right-of-way for this road if a satisfactory agreement could be rached with the County enginenrs. It was felt the matter should b discussed with the Knox property owners since it abuts their property. City Administrator Peterson said he had contacted Tom Rupp, attorney for the Knox property, and he said their plans were not in any final form and they would not object to the re-alignment of this road. . It was the recommendation of the Public Works Committee to endorse the concept of the plan and encourage the Ehredt family to continue discussions with the County Highway Engineers. Motion by Adams, seconded by Bolger, to authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to write a letter to the County Highway Engineers asking for their cooperation in changing the alignment of Hilltop Boulevard. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Alderman Lieder reported that the Finance Committee had met on April 6, 1993 with the Department Heads, and had reviewed all Department budgets. An overview of that meeting would be presented in the Friday packets to the Aldermen, and presented at the April 21, 1993 Council meeting for preliminary approval. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS Public Works Director Batt reported that Baxter & Woodman had reported that a long lead time is needed to purchase electrical controls and chemical feed pump equipment in preparation for work on Well #9 and Water Treatment Plant #4. Baxter & Woodman recommended that the City purchase the specific equipment immediately so that it would be on-line when the new Pump House and Well were ready to proceed. Price proposals were solicited from three different companies for the two specific items. Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to approve the recommendation of Baxter & Woodman and award the bid for Well #9 electrical controls to the low bidder, Gasvoda & Associates in the amount of $15,477.00; and to award the bid for chemical feed pump equipment for Water Treatment Plant #4 to the low bidder, Chemical Pump Sales & Service in the amount of $3,000. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. April 7, 1993 Page 5 City Clerk Gilpin requested a motion to ratify, clarify and confirm the sale of the old City Hall building at 1111 North Green Street. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Patterson, to ratify and confirm the authority of the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract, as approved by the City Attorney for sale of 1111 N. Green Street to Edward J. Neumann, Jr, who was awarded the bid. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSIOft Motion by Donahue, seconded by Bolger, to go into Executive Session at 11:00 P.M. to discuss personnel. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Motion by Serritella, seconded by Adams, to go back into Open Session at 11:15 P.M. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Smith, seconded by Adams, to adjourn. Voting Aye: Bolger, Donahue, Lieder, Locke, Smith, Adams, Patterson, Serritella. Voting Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 11:15 P.M. c CITY CLERK Y 0 R\,