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04/26/194391 P, SS THANKS TO RETIRIAG_ALDEAMEN: The notion was then made by Alderman Campagna and seconded by Lemke to'exterd a Amin vote of appreciation Lor services rendered, to Aldermen Carroll, Loos, Depheide,'Friott and Schwanbeck all of whom are II retiring and are not seeking re-election.- The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion unanimously carried. JOtRNMENT,: The motion was made by Alderman Lemke and seconded by Dopheide that the meeting adjourn. he motion was voted upon"by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the Council regularly ad- journed. EDGAR J. FRIEDRICH, City Clerk MINUTES OF:SPECIAL MEETING OF TEE CITY COUNCIL OF TM CITY OF DES PLAIDS HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON MONDAY, APRIL 26. 19h3 AT 7 Q P.M', CALI1TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Charles H. Garland presiding, with Aldermen: Johnsen, Loos, Pflughaupt, Kehe, Lemke and Campagna responding to the roll call. (Aldermen Carroll, Dopheide, Friott and Schwanbeck were absent during the entire meeting. The 'lark reported six (6) Aldermen present. Atom QF THE PALL FOR §PECIAI MEETINQ: The Clerk then read the following and waiver: April 23, 1943 To the Members of the City Council of the city of Des Plaines, Illinois -Gentlemen: You are hereby officially notified that upon order of Mayor Charles H. Garland a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Des Plaines will be held at 7:30 P.M. Monday, April 26, 1943 in the Council Chambers for the purpose of asking the official canvass of the aldermanio election, and disposing of as much routine business as possible so that the next regular meeting may be devoted largely to the installation ceremonies of the newly elected aldermen. Very truly yours, EDGAR J. FRIEDRICH, City Clerk By WAIVER OF NOTICE We, the undersigned members of the City Council of the City of Des Plaines, do hereby waive notice of the time, place,. date and purpose of a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Des Plaines to be held on the 26th day of April, 1943, A.D. at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chambers, and do hereby consent to the holding of such meeting and to the transaction of any and all business that may come before such meeting: MAYOR CHARLES H. GARLAND JAMES J .CARROLL ELMER W. JOHNSON G.W. PFLUGHAUPT FRED A. LOOS WALTER L. DOPHEIDE HENRY J. KEHE JOHN W. LEMKE ERNEST HL FRIOTT THEO. SCHWANBECK SAMUEL CAMPAGNA FRAME M. OPEKA EDGAR N. FIETCHER 0uIQ , qpqyAps15 EI 91: Mayor Garland then ordered that the official canvass of the aldermanic election held April 20, 1943 be made and appointed Aldermen Pflughaupt, Lemke and Loos as the Canvassing Board. After a brief recess the Canvassing Board submitted the following abstract: Abstract of votes of a City election held. in the City of DesPlaines, • in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, on the 20th day of April, Al., 1943. - Theodore Napieralski received 304 Votes for Alderman let Ward Vincent Connor received 236 votes for Alderman let Ward . LeRoy Vavrinek received 248 votes for Alderman 2nd Ward (ABSTRACT - cont ' d Ferdinand Arndt received 46 votes'for Aldermen 2nd Ward Paul Scharringhaueen received 56 -votes for Alderman 3rd Ward Samuel E. McKay received 199 votes for Alderman 4th Ward W.L. Anderson received 1 vote for Alderman 4th Ward Fred Olson received 6 votes for Alderman 4th Ward. Henry J. Halverson received 198 votes for Alderman 5th Ward Harold Armboret received 1 vote for Alderman 5th Ward We, the undersigned, Canvassing Board of the City above named, have this day canvassed the returns of the aforesaid Election, and the foregoing Abstract was made in our presence in the Council Chambers, at .Des Plaines this 26th day of April, A.D. 1943 G.W. Pflughaupt, John W. Lemke, Fred A. Loos The Clerk then read the following proposed resolutions A RESOLUTION T CLANG THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT THE ELECTION HELD APRIL 20, 1943, IIID DECLARING THE WINNERS THEREOF. WHEREAS, an election was held on Tuesday, April 20, 1943, for the purpose of electing five aldermen, one from each of the five wards, to serve for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified as provided by law, and wimp, The City council, as by Statute in such case made and provided, has canvassed the votes cast at such election, had made a finding and is ready to declare the rsults thereof, nowtherefore: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS; „Wagla. That the following be and they and each of them are hereby declared to be duly elected to tbs office of Alderman for their reepec- Live wards to serve for a term affour years or until their successors are duly elected and quAlified, as provided by law: Theodore R. Napieralski, Alderman for the First Ward LeRoy J. Vavrinek, Alderman for the second Ward Paul J. Scharringhausen, Alderman for the Third Ward Samuel E. McKay, Alderman for the fourth Ward Henry J. Halverson, Alderman for the Fifth Ward 9TI.0N 2, That the above and foregoing aldermen be installed into office at a regular meeting of the Council to be held on Monday, May 3, 1943. 3ECTipp 3, That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. PAeSSFD this 26th day of April, A.D. 1943. City Clerk jPPRpVVj) this -26th day of April, A.D. 1943. Mayor The motion was made by Alderman Pflughaupt and seconded by Loos to adopt this proposed resolution. The Mayor put the question and the Clerk called the roll with the following result: Ayes; Alderman Johnson, Pflughaupt, Loos, Kehe, Lemke and Campagna. Nays; None. The Mayor thereupon deolared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. wpm', orlogalp The Finance Committee, through its chairman Alder- man Pflughaupt then introduced the following proposed resolution: RESOLVED THAT SHE FOLLOWING BILIa'&RE DUE AND PAYABLE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK BE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE PRO. 13607 Des Plaines Motor Sales 13609 American Legion Post 13611 Joseph Dettlo 13613 H. Wiborg 13615 Mildred S. Corey 13617 Hazel Froehlicher 13619 Louis G. Held 13621 Florence A. Bohan $ 6.00 13608 George Sibley $ 6.00 6.00 13610 Romeo 0. Sigwalt 6.00 6.00 13612 Terrace Food Shop 6.00 6.00 13614 School Dist. 6.00 6.00 13616 Albert Frits 6.00 6.00 13618 Bernice S. Altenburg 6.00 6.00 13620 Alta M. Currie 6,00 6.00 13622 Florence M. Peatschman 6.00 13623 Myrtle A.V. Downing 13625 Ella Raymox 13627 Bernice Henrich 13629 Elizabeth A. Dunn 13631 Anton H. Lauer 13633 Louise Fuchsstiener 13635 Lillian Haas 13637 Ida McPherson 13639 Edythe Stengel 13641 Laura Kammien 13643 Helen Simonson 13645 Florence P. Geils 13647 Frieda M. Shepard 13649 Mabel Mellema 13651 Grace A. Rudolph 13653 Janet Church (BILLS - cont'd) $ 6.00 13624 Elsie C. Click $ 6.00 6.00 13626 Fred Bening. ,- 6.00 6.00 13628 Elsa M. Glasscock 6.00 6.00 13630 Luella E. --Wilson 6.00 6.00 13632 Madelyn Behrel 6.00 6.00 13634 Anna M. Hwcmann 6.00 6.00 13636 Marie Crowley 6.00 6.00 13638 Marie Clergy 6.00 6.00 13640 Florence Olson 6.00 6.00 13642 Clara Shader - 6.00 6.00 13644 Dorothy Swedberg - 6.00 6.00 13646 Caroline M. Carlson 6.00 6.00 13648 Helen Heron 6.00 6.00 13650 Eleanor Koehler 6.00 6.00 13652 Virginia Boraki 6.00 6.00 13654 Lura Marshall 6.00 P The motion was made by Alderman PflugHaupt and seconded by Kehe to adopt this proposed resolution. The Mayor put the question and the Clerk called the roll with the following results Ayes; Aldermen Johnson, Pflughaupt, Loos, Kehe, Lemke, and Campagna. hays; None. The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. Au. FFTTURE Paw TO B§ mums E.R. Fletcher, City Ener then addressed the Council pointing out that the building of residential 'buildings under the War Housing program necessitates the paving of several streets at the expense of the builders or property owners. He reported that the F.A.A. is will- ing to include all improvements such as sidewalk, curb and gutter, street trees and paving of the roadway in their F.H.A. financing of each eesidence unit and is therefore anxious to have the City of Des Plaines submit a schedule of im- provements demanded by the City as well as specificiatione covering the same. Mr. Fletcher then asked the Council whether a roadway consisting of 8" water - bound macadam 25 tt. wide, with curb and meter would bd acceptable to the Council, inasmuch as the City has no ordinance setting up a standard specification for roadway pavement. The motion was made by Alderman Pflughaupt and seconded by Kehe that the Council go on record as insisting that in the future all roadway paving in Des Plaines be concrete, and that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance setting up roadway pavement standards for the City of Des Plaines. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. The motion was then made by Alderman Kehe and seconded by Campagna to instruct the City Engineer to inform the F.H.A. that all future roadway paving in Des Plaines is to be standard eight (8) inch Portland Concrete Cement paving of a minimum width of twenty-five (25) feet, equipted with curb and gutter. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. ASK,i ,_ PAIR t9 ' TANZORMS„Zs Alderman Loos then reported that a transformer pit in the sidewalk in front of 1575 Ellinwood Street is in a hazardous condition, and requested its repair. Mayor Garland referred this mat- ter to the Streets and Sidewalks Committee for attention. ADJOUs The motion was made by Alderman Lemke and seconded by Campagna that the Council adjourn to 8:00 P.M. Thursday April 29, 1943. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor de fared the motion carried and the meeting so adjourned. // �11� 4 / / /J_�.v.�... ..1� 4. . E,c. . /,` . MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED SPECIAL COUNC +/FETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1943 H, City Clerk T8 •1 P CALL TO ompl4 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Charles H. Garland presiding, with Aldermen Carroll, Johnson, Pflughaupt, Kehe, Friott, Lemke, Schwanbeck and Campagna responding to the roll -call. Aldermen Loos and Dopheide were absent during the entire meeting). The Clerk reported eight (8) aldermen present. QONSIJZR LMP Bg„ 0,Mj „01 TRACKER ST _T: Mr. T.R. Napieralski, Secretary of the Zoning Board of Appeals, then read the following repots Cont (REPORT - cont'd) April 28, 1943 TO THE ° MAYOR AND CITY COINCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES: PCC OF ZONING p04 D In connection with its effort to arrive at a decision concerning the re -zoning of certain frontage on the North siade of Thacker Street from Fourth Avenue most to the Chicago and NorthWestern Railroad -right of way, your zoning Board has held numerous confe- rences and has made investigations individually and as a body, tapping every source of information pertinent to the matter at hand. In view of compelling conditions a most serious individual study has resulted in crystalizing the view of each member of the board to the extent that further study and argument would be ineffective. At the final conference of the Board Held on Wednesday, April 28th, a vote was token which resulted in an equal division of opinion; there being four members of the Board present. The fifth member of the Board had not been able to attend public hearings or private discussions, and therefore was not cognizant of the facts. In view of the above, your zoning Board cannot make its customary re- commendation, but in lieu thereof is submitting the following report, and also the minutes of the last public hearing for the guidance of the Mayor and City Council. QST ZONING FO1 DMZ USE The members voting against changing the classification from Area District AA (Duplex) to Area District A (single family) believe that the Duplex type construction is not desirable in an area where single family dwellings prevail. One of the disabilities of the Duplex is the close promiixity in which two distinct households must live. It is believed that the Duple; dwelling will promote neighborhood conflicts and misunderstanding. At is also held that intensifying density of population will lead to parking problems, and that the minimum spacing of buildings at intervals of eight and even ten feet is not adequate - tending toward lack of privacy. Although the Board recognizes that its authority extends only over the use to which land is put it was nevertheless argued as a matter of general public welfare that present construction of the Duplex in Des Plaines has revealed poor craftsmanship, and that the buildings which hereinafter may be erected will not have the sound life exPectancy of homes built for single family use. A further point was made that a number of objectors to Duplexes present at a Arecent public hearing indicates that a burden of unhappineaa in their present loc tion would result from the erection of Duplexes on the pro• perty under consideration. It appeared probable to the members of the Board holding a view opposing Duplex construction in this vicinity, that there is a possibility of occupancy of such Duplexes by a leas desirable class of people than would inhabit single family dwellings. rkyo ipp _7i0NINN FOR DUPLEX USE Members of the zoning board favoring a retention of the present Class AA designation of the property in question gave as a basic reason the legal consideration supported by the City Attorney's legal opinion that the majority of frontage effected must play the major part in their dec- ision. Title search reveals that such frontage is owned by John F. Simpson, Suc- cessor Trustee. Miss Laura Bennett, the Petitioner for original change to Class AA zoning can be construed as his agent. The Secretary's files e Iain a letter from Mr. Simpson favoring Duplex construction on hie property. Personal investigation among signatories to the petition opposing Duplexes and private discussions with owners present as objectors at public hearings indicated that in several cases at least their opposition was largely based on a willingness to comply with a neighbor's request for mass aid in opposing Duplex construction in that particular area. According to zoning regulations only the owners of contiguous property or property across the street from land under considhstion are qualified to protest a change. Of such persons ME there are only three or four representing by far the minority of the frontage affected.