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09/21/1942(RESOLUTION OP BILLS - cont'd) the motion ca rried and the said resolutuion adopted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Each member of the Council having been supplied a copy of the minutes of the regul Co cL101eeting held Monday, August 17, 1942 the motion was made by Alderman Lemkeand,toos that the said minutes be approved. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereup9n the Mayor declared the motion carried and the said minutes approved. seconded'by ADJOURNMENT: The motion was made by Alderman Lemke and Kehe that the Council adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the Council're pi,a ly a EDGAR � MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES- HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 19421 AT 8:00 P.M. 4 City Clerk CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Charles H. Garland, "Z preseding, with Aldermen Johnson, Pflughaupt, Kehe, Friott, Lemke, Schwanbeck and Campagna responding to the roll -call. (Aldermen Loos and Dopheide were absent during the entire meeting, while Alderman Carroll arrived later during the meeting). The Clerk reported seven members of the Council present. report: ENGINEER REPORTS ON FLOODED BASEMENTS: The Clerk then read the following COMMITTEE REPORTS To E.N. Fletcher, City Engineer, at the meeting of the City Council, held September 8, 1942, the following matter was referred to you: The letter dated Sept. 8, 1942 from Mrs. William Hoeninger (a copy of which is hyped upon XN the reverse side hereof) was re- ferred to you with instructions to interview Mrs. Hoeninger and report your recommendations to the City Council. E.J. Friedrich, City Clerk. Des Plaines, Illinois, Sept.21, 1942 To the Mayor and City Council: Your City Engineer has reviewed Mrs. Hoeninger's letter and re- commends that her suggestion of restricting the openings in street drains be carried out. Infect this suggestion was made to your Superintendent of Sewers sometime back and some work along this line has already been performed. In following out Mrs. Hoeninger's suggestions there are several things which should be considered: 1. The restriction of the street drains must be made in such a manner as to prevent the eloging of the Inlet Grates with ice and snow during the winter months. In order to overcome this I re- commend that the baffle plates be placed in the Catchbasins at the outlet from the Catchbasin to the Manhole. 2. People will have to be educated to the fact that water standing on the pavement does not affect their basements. 3. This is not a "Cure -All" for our inadequate storm sewer facilities. While it may help in some areas it will not help to the extent that all basement flooding will be eliminated for the following reasons; 10 (COMMITTEE REPORT - const) a. The majority of the roof drains are connected to our sewers and on a great number of our streets the roof area exceeds the paved roadway Surface, therefore, we are controlling less than half of the storm water going into our -sewers. • b. Oar -sewers are so cross -connected that it will be necessary to restrict the flow over a large area, in most cases, in order to protect any one block. c, The City of Des Plaines being buill• t along the bank of a river by its location tends to block the natural drainage into the river of areas beyond the City Limits. According to law we can not block a natural drain. We are forced to provide -outlets for drainage areas beyond IHt our City Limits whose natural drainage has always been across what is now the City of Des Plaines and into the Des Plaines River. The flooding of Forest Avenue area is caused, to a great extent, by such exterior areas. In conclusion I recommend that the Superintendent of Sewers continue with the work of restricting the flow of storm wateb into our sewers wherever practicable to do so. I have called Mrs. Hoeninger and thanked her for her constructige criticism and suggestion. Respectfully submitted, E.N. FLETCHER Engineer for Des Plaines seconded by The motion was made by Alderman Pflughaupt,andALemke to concur in this report. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the,Mayor declared the motion carried and the said report concurred in. UNTIDY LOT AT LER AND PERRY STREETS: The Clerk then read the following letters 1440 Miner Street Des Plaines, Illinois September 14, 1942 To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: In response to your order of September 14, 1942 ordering me to removd debris from the lot located on the north-east corner of Lee and Perry Streets MK I wish to inform you that I have not owned the said lot, nor had any interest in the same since 1934. I sincerely appreciate the efforts of the City Council in trying to beautify our City and am sorry that I cannot be of assistance to you in the matter of cleaning 'pax up the said lot. Very truly yours, FRANK J. SVOBODA The Mayor requested the Clerk to write Mr. Svoboda a letter of apology and ordered the said letter placed on file. following: SPECIAL ASSESSMENT - R.V J2 - SUIT FOR ACCOUNTING: The Clerk then read the September 19, 1942 Mayor and Citi Council, Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: I wish to advise you that a suit for accounting has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on August 27th, 1942 entitled "Otto C. Woerter, Receiver of Des Plaines State Bank, a corporation, vs. City of Des Plaines," case No. 42 C 11266. (LETTER - cont'd) This action is for the collection of special assessment voucher #4, . issued to W. H. Allen, for services rendered in special assessment known as "Riverview Special Assessment #2". My appearance on behalf of the Citi- was filed with the clerk of the Circuit Court. Very truly yours, rRANK M. OPEKA City Attorney The Mayor ordered the said letter placed on file. PETITION FOR RE -ZONING The Clerk then read the following petition: PETITION CITY COUNCIL AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CITY OF DES PLAINES We, the undersigned, all being the owners of all the property bounded by Park Place, Pearson Street, Jefferson Street and the alley immediately westerly of Pearson Street, which property is described as follows: to -wit: Lots 37 to 40 inclusive in E.A. Thomas' subdivision of Lots 11 to 30 inclusive in Town of Rand in'the South half of the South West quarter, Section 16, part of East half of the South East quarter, Section 17, the North East quarter, Section 20 and the North West quarter and part of North East quarter, Sec- tion 21, T 41 N R 12 East of 3rd P.M. hereby request that said premises .be reclassified from a commercial district to light industrial district. We believe that present and past uses of the property warrants the re -zoning requested. NAME AXEL D. PETTERSON ADDRESS 04 DES PLAINES AVE.. NAME JOHN F. RADLOFF D.P. ADDRESS 634 PEARSON ST.. D.P. NAME JOHN TURES ADDRESS The Mayor ordered the said petition referred -to the Zoning Board of Appeals for public hearing and recommendation. 'CREATE "PROPERTY TAS INFORMATION COMMISSION": The Clerk then read the following proposed resolutions ` RESOLUTION WHEREAS there are ma rr parcels of real estate situated within the corporate limits of the City of Des Plaines encumbered with many years of delinquent taxes and special assessments, and WHEREAS many of these parcels are so heavily encumbered that such delinquent tames and special assessments exceed the maximum value of said properties, and because of this situation, building of homes has been curtailed with the resultant loss of revenue for corporate purposes, and WHEREAS it is desired to solve this problem so that all of said property be restored to the tax rolls, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, that there be and there is hereby created a "PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION commission" wkich shall IMMIXXXMX consist of tjree persons who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. The members shall serve for a term of two years and until their successors are appointed. 11 (RESOLUTION - cont!d) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said "Property Tax Information Commission" shall make a study of the existing conditions; shall advise and consult with the public when called upon to do so; shall examine all requests re- lating to the foreclosure of special assessments; and shall, from time to time, make a report of their findings and shall make their recommend- ations to the City Council for further appropriate action. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. The motion was made A6derman Johnson adLem seconded by by ^Lemke to adopt the said proposed re- solution. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. OBJECT TO REMODELLING FOR TWO-FAMILY USE: The Clerk then read the following recommendation from the Zoning Board of Appeals: RECOMMENDATION To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Des Plaines Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: The Zoning Board of Appeals of the -City of Des Plaines, at a regularly held meeting after due notice thereof was given according to law, and at several subsequent conferences have considered the request of Mrs. Mollie Klein of 1067 Des Plaines Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois, on her appeal from the Building Inspector's decision denying a permit for remodelling the above identified pro- perty for two fa slily usage. independent field examinations were made by several members of the Board, and arguments were heard by the'Attorney for the Petitioner, and one resident opposing the change. One letter opposing the change was received from an adjacent property owner and one letter favoring the change was received from a similar soured. The Zoning Board has placed little weight on statements made concerning the manner in which the remodelling went forward, but concerned itself with the immediate question of whether such two family usage in an area zoned for single family dwellings would be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, or property values in the locality. Along this line members of the Board pointed out that there is very little river bank property available in Des Plaines and that such locality is the most scenic in the entire city. It was also pointed out that across the street in blocks lying westerly of the location in question, there have been old established two family usages in a single family area, existing before the single family restriction was INUMZX instituted. It was particularly -noted that arguments concerning 6he provision of housing space for defense workers in Des Plaines are unfounded on any demand by a war production factory for housing its workers. The matter of income to an individual or that individual's economic status could not be accepted as a reason for making the variation. The Board cited the case of Scaduto vs. Town of Bloomfield - Supremapi Court of New Jersey, June 18, 1941, deriving therefrom a ruling concerning "unnecessary hardship". In the Zoning Board's opinion, this factor is not valued in the immediate case. A somewhat parallel case - Anderman vs. City of Chicago, Supreme Court of Illinois, January 20, 1942, was also examined. The familiar ease of Merrill vs. City of Wheaton, 356 I11. 457, was also discussed in the Board's de- liberations. The major consideration of the Board was the inadvisability of establishing a pre- cedent for a great volume of two family remodellings which if uncontrolled would tend to destroy and nullify the purpose of zoning regulation. On the basis of the foregoing, your Zoning Board respectfully recommends that the Building Inspector be sustained in denying the permit for remodelling the single family dwelling for two family usage. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: CHAS. J. ARBOGAST T. NAPERALSKI A.H. JAMES FRED HOWE seconded by The motion was made by Alderman Kehe andACampagna to concur in the said recommendation. However the motion was then made by Alderman Johnson and Kehe to refer the said re - seconded by 13 commendation to the Committee on Subdivisions, Building and Municipal Development for study and recommendation. The motion to commit was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the matter so committed. *Note: -At this point Alderman CArrall arrived at the meeting. PROPOSE CONTRACT FOR BURNING GARBAGE FOR THE VILLAGE OF MOWNT PROSPECT: Mr. James Walsh representing the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, then submitted the following proposed contract: CONTRACT WHEREAS the City of Des Plaines owns and operates a garbage disposal plant and; WH tMAS the Village of Mount Prospect is without facilities for the disposal of the garbage'of its inhabitants; and WHIREAS the Village of Mount Prospect desires to have its garbage disposed of in the garbage disposal plant of the City of Des Plaines; NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed by and between the City of Des Plaines and the Village of Mount Prospect, as follows: 1. The City of Des Plaines will accept froth the Village of Mount 'Prospect any and all garbage of the Village of Mount Prospect ,for disposal at the incinerator in the City of Des Plaines and the City of Des Plaines will dispose of 'all of said MIN garbage for the sum of $2.00 per ton. 2.r The City of Des Plaines assumes no responsibility of collecting said garbage, but said garbage is to be`collected by the Village of Mount Prospect and delivered to the incinerator in the City of Des Plaines. 3. The City of Des Plaines will bill the Village of Mount Prospect on the first day of each month for all garbage disposed of during the preceding month and the Village of Mount Proppect agrees to pay for said disposal service within thirty days from date of billing. 4. It is expressly understood that all garbage collected in the Village of Mount Prospect from homes and apartments must be wrapped in paper before disposal into garbage cans or receptacles, as is provided by the Ordinance of the City of Des Plaines governing the collection of garbage. 5. It is further expressly understood, that this Contract is in no way EMU meant to cover the disposal of rubbish, trash, tin cans or junk. 6. This agreement is to remain in full force and effect for the period of to . Witness the signatures of the City of Des Plaines and the Village of Mount Prospect by its respective Mayors and City Clerks, this day of Attest: CITY OF DES PLAINES AY City Clerk Mayor Attest: - -VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT BY, Mayor seconded by The motion was madd by Alderman Carroll andAPflughaupt to refer the said proposed contract to the Committee on Sewers, Sanitation and Health with full power to act. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the matter so committed. REQUEST THAT PARKWAYS BE CLEANTED UP: Alderman Johnson then requested the Clerk to write Tackett and Shaffner, Contractors, to remove debris and left -over building materials from the parkways in front of their recently completed building in Cumberland. APPROVAL OF BILLS: The Finance Committee through its chairman Alderman 14 (APPROVAL OF BILIS - cont'd) Pflughaupt,thea:lntrodflCed the following proposedresolution:. RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING BTT.T.S AND WAGES ARE DUE AND PAYABLE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE PROPER WARRANTS IN PAY- MENT OF THE SAME. 12551 Frank A. Bremer & Son 34.88 12552 12553 Arthur Hintz 55.00 12554 12555 Robert Steckbauer 55.00 12556 12557 Des Plaines Cafe 24.74 12558 12559 Chgo. Law Printing Co. 68.79 12560 12561 Arthur Rieck 76.02 12562 12563 Fred Huebner 14.40 12564 12565 Joe Palmer 53.40 12566 12567 Sam Cohen 4.77 12568 12569 Socially -Vacuum Oil Co. 5.25 12670 12571 Fred Huebner 36.00 12572 12573 Risher Fire Brick Co. 18.75 12574 12575 Elgin Softener Corp. 63.10 12576 12577 Walter Haase 33.80 12578 12579 Manning, Maxwell & Moore 10.00 12580 12581 Math Okus 6.00 12582 12583 Hess Tire & Battery Serv. 76.81 12584 12585 Gordon Ferguson 5.00 12586 12587 Joseph Balbier 3.50 12588 12589 Walter Held 1.89 12590 12591 John McAndrews 4.50 12592 12593 L. Bierman 35.00 12594 56-M Chas. F.W. Forberg 95.00 57-M 58-M E.N. Fletcher 217.58 Burroughs Add.M. Co. Homer Coffman Frank A. Bremer & Son Frank M. Opeka Frank Scharringhausen Mike Mihalo Al Ritter H. Kennicott Chgo.&N.W.Railway Co. Des Plaines Mercantile Mike Mihalo Earl Warnicke Fritz Wettin 6.38 55.00 11.75 5.00 75.04 28.80 53.40 48.60 .71 2.94 24.60 7.50 43.88 Modern Appliance Co. 2.45 Louton Paint & Varnish Co.29.79 Henry Dobbelaere 37.93 Cit Clerk ' s Pett► Cash 5.50 Gust Mouchias 5.00 Joseph Friedman 5.00 C.V. Whitahurch 1.95 H. Wolf 35.00 C. Manz 35.00 Milburn Bros.,Inc. 10,879.00 seconded by The motion was made by Alderman Pflughaupt andAJohnson that the said proposed resolu- tion be adopted. The Mayor put the question and the Clerk called the rolI with the following result: Ayes; Aldermen Carroll, Johnson, Pflughaupt, Kehe, Friott, Lemke, Schwanbeck and Campagna. Nays; None. The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Each member of the Council having been supplied a copy of the minutes of the regular Council sit d Tuesday, September 8, 1942, the motion was made by Alderman Pflughaupt andAgii•=_,_-- that the said minutes be approved. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the said minutes approved. sec ndedry ADJOURNMENT: The motion was made by Alderman Campagna andAKehe th t the meeting adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the Council regularly adjour presiding Lemke and this roll EDG CH MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY CouNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY, OCTOBE. 5,1942 AT 8:00 P.M. City Clerk CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Ma3aor Charles H. Garland with Aldermen Carroll, Johnson, Loos, Pflughaupt, Dopheide, Kehe, Friott, Schwanbeck responding to the roll call. Alderman Campagna was absent during call, but arrived later during the meeting. REPORTS OF OFFICERS:: The Clerk then submitted the reports for September,1942 of the following officers: Edgar J. Friedrich, City Clerk Harold J. Ahbe, City Treasurer Frank F. Scharringhausen, Building Inspector Arthur Rieck, Electrical Inspector The Mayor ordered the said reports placed on file.