08/18/2008 AgendaCITY OF DES PLAINES
AGENDA
City Council Meeting
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 6:30 p.m.*
Room 102
* the regular portion of the meeting will begin at approximately 7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Personnel
ROLL CALL PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATION: Mayor's Cup Trophy Award
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: (matters not on the Agenda)
ALDERMEN ANNOUNCEMENTS:
EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION:
1. Personnel/Amendment to Salary Schedule VII -B - Management Personnel
IF REPORTED OUT
la. FIRST READING - Ordinance M-27-08/Management Personnel IF REPORTED OUT
CONSENT AGENDA:
1. Minutes/Regular Meeting - August 4, 2008
2. Minutes/Executive Session - August 4, 2008
3. Amend Title 4, Chapter 17 - Newsracks, of the City Code to add new
provisions establishing a mandatory modular newsrack district in the
downtown business district and the Cumberland Train Station; publications
may lease a modular newsrack from the City at an annual fee of $25 per
modular unit; no advertising, other than the name of the publication will be
allowed on the modular units; and no individual news boxes will be permitted
in the modular newsrack district (recommended by Assistant City Attorney)
3a. FIRST READING - Ordinance M-28-08/Establish Modular Newsrack District
4. Authorize to sell by auction at the annual Northwest Municipal Conference
Fall Vehicle & Equipment Auction to be held Saturday, September 20, 2008,
10:00 a.m., Mt. Prospect Public Works Facility, 1700 W. Central Road, Mt.
Prospect, IL 60056, various Public Works Department vehicles and equipment
that is deemed no long necessary or useful to or for the best interest of
the City (recommended by Director of Public Works)
4a. FIRST READING - Ordinance M-29-08/Sale of City Property, NWMC Auction
5. Concur with recommendation of Des Plaines Zoning Board of Appeals, re Zoning
Case 08 -26 -CU, to grant request for Conditional Use to permit the operation
of a place of worship in C-3 General Commercial District on property located
at 48 N. Broadway (recommended by Senior Planner)
5a. FIRST READING - Ordinance Z-21-08/Conditional Use, 48 N. Broadway
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CONSENT AGENDA - (Cont'd.)
6. Authorize City to assign Limited Obligation Tax Increment Financing Revenue
Note with River Mill, LLC (contained in their Redevelopment Agreement
approved by the City Council on February 5, 2001 - Resolution R-18-01 for
the development of a condominium building at River Road and Mill Street) to
Norwood Partnership, LLC, 250 S. Northwest Highway, Suite 300, Park Ridge,
IL 60068; and Check #263794 be reissued to Norwood Partnership, LLC in the
amount of $40,879.04 in partial payment of redevelopment costs (recommended
by Assistant City Attorney)
6a. RESOLUTION R-98-08/Assignment of Revenue Note, River Mill to Norwood Part.
7. Accept proposal from SPACECO, Inc., 9575 W. Higgins Road, Suite 700,
Rosemont, IL 60018, to provide professional engineering and surveying
services for the design of Central Road Bike Lane Improvements from Timothy
Lane to East River Road in the not -to -exceed amount of $78,052.34/Capital
Projects Funds; and City Manager and City Clerk be authorized to execute
necessary documents (recommended by Director of Engineering)
7a. RESOLUTION R-99-08/Design Services, Central Road Bike Lane Improvements
8. Accept proposal from Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., 850 Forest Edge
Drive, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, to provide topographic surveying and drafting
services for street and underground utility work proposed in the 2009
Capital Improvement Program, in the amount of $49,155/Capital Projects
Funds; and Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute necessary documents
(recommended by Director of Engineering)
8a. RESOLUTION R-100-08/Surveying & Drafting Services, 2009 Capital Imprv. Prog.
9. Accept proposal from Studio Prague Construction Corporation, 962 Rose
Avenue, Des Plaines, to replace joists and structural headers in the north
section of 1842 Miner Street deemed necessary as a direct result of the
Levee 50 partial demolition and reconstruction of this part of the building,
in the amount of $11,000; the City of Park Ridge is responsible for 35% of
this land rights mitigation cost as per the 1997 Des Plaines River -Rand Park
Flood Control Project Sponsorship Agreement (approved by the City Council on
July 21, 1997 - Resolution R-33-97); final cost to the City will be
$7,150/Capital Projects Funds (recommended by Director of Engineering)
9a. RESOLUTION R-101-08/Levee 50 - 1842 Miner Street Building Restoration
10. Authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute "Agreement for Enforcement of
Municipal Ordinances on Private Property" for police, traffic and parking
enforcement for property located at 1070, 1080 and 1090 Oakton Street
(FaithfulWorks, LLC) (recommended by City Attorney)
10a. RESOLUTION R-102-08/Vehicle Enforcement Agreement, 1070-1090 Oakton Street
11. Authorize purchase from sole source provider, Priority Dispatch, 139 E.
South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, of software package for emergency
medical dispatch program in the amount of $14,640; and authorize purchase
from sole source provider, Enroute Emergency Systems, LLC, Sun Trust
Financial Center, Suite 1500, 401 E. Jackson Street, Tampa, FL 33602, of a
CAD Program in the amount of $4,650; for a total cost of $19,290/Budgeted
Funds (recommended by Director, North Suburban Emergency Communications
Center)
lla. RESOLUTION R-104-08/Software, North Suburb. Emergency Communications Center
12. Accept proposal from W. S. Darley Company, 2000 Anson Drive, Melrose Park,
IL 60160, for purchase of nineteen (19) sets of replacement Turnout Gear, in
the amount of $35,433.10/$30,000 from CDBG Program Grant Funds and $5,433.10
from Budgeted Funds, plus shipping; and it would be in the best interest of
the City that usual bid procedures be waived (recommended by Fire Chief)
12a. RESOLUTION R-105-08/Purchase of Replacement Turnout Gear
13. Award bid for 2008 CIP Rear Yard Drainage Improvements to the lowest bidder,
Martam Construction, Inc., 1200 Gasket Drive, Elgin, IL 60120, in the total
bid amount of $88,830/Capital Projects Funds (recomm. by Dir. of Engineer.)
13a. RESOLUTION R-106-08/Bid Award, 2008 CIP Rear Yard Drainage Improvements
14. Approve Change of Ownership for Class A - Tavern Liquors Dealers License for
property located at 1141 Lee Street, d/b/a Restaurant "Mehanata;" contingent
upon verification of background check (recommended by Mayor's Office)
15. Authorize City Clerk to advertise for bids for Underground Irrigation
System, returnable by 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2008 (recommended by
Director of Public Works)
16. Approve Mayoral reappointments as follows:
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMISSION
James Albrecht, term to expire August 30, 2012
POLICE PENSION BOARD
Robert Muehlenbeck, term to expire April 30, 2010
17. SECOND READING - Ordinance M-25-08/Liquor License, 1916 Mannheim Road
18. SECOND READING - Ordinance M-26-08/Liquor License Update
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
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APPOINTMENT/REAPPOINTMENT: (no action required)
Appointment:
YOUTH COMMISSION - Simon O'Brien (replacing Andy Samborski, who resigned)
Reappointment:
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMISSION - Lisa DuBrock
(final action on these matters under Consent Agenda on September 2, 2008)
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:
1. FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION - Alderman Smith, Chair
*Warrant Register - Resolution R-103-08
2. PUBLIC WORKS - Alderman Argus, Chair
*a. Garbage Ordinance/City Code Revisions - Ordinance M-30-08
*b. Bid Award/Silk Flower Hanging Baskets - Resolution R-107-08
3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Alderman Murphy, Chair
*Front Yard Accessory Structures/Zoning Code Revisions
4. LEGAL & LICENSING - Alderman Brookman, Chair
*Discussion Regarding Term Limits - CONTINUED FROM JULY 31, 2008
* IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN UNDER NEW BUSINESS, THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON SEPTEMBER
2, 2006 CONSENT AGENDA OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS. IF IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION
ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS THIS EVENING, THEY MUST BE REPORTED OUT BY THE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN UNDER "NEW BUSINESS"
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. *Concur with recommendation of Des Plaines Zoning Board of Appeals, re Zoning
Case 08 -25 -CU, to grant request for Conditional Use, with conditions, to
permit the expansion of an existing house of worship in R-1 Single -Family
Residential District on property located at 946 Thacker Street (recommended
by Senior Planner)
la. *FIRST READING - Ordinance Z-20-08/Conditional Use, 946 Thacker Street
* POSTPONED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 4, 2008
NEW BUSINESS:
1. RESOLUTION R-103-08/Warrant Register IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE
2. FIRST READING - Ordinance M-30-08/Garbage Ordinance Revisions
IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE
3. RESOLUTION R-107-08/Bid Award, Silk Flower Hanging Baskets
IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE
4. Front Yard Accessory Structures/Zoning Code Revisions
IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE
5. Term Limits IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE
6. Petitions were received in the City Clerk's Office on August 6, 2008
requesting repair of the alleyway behind residences at 1960-1984 S. Chestnut
Street and 1372-1384 Howard Avenue
MANAGER'S REPORT
ALDERMEN COMMENTS
MAYORAL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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