10/15/197985.
October 15, 1979
The regular meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of
Deerfield was called to order by the President in the Council Chambers of the
Village Hall on Monday, October 15, 1979 at 8:05 P.M. The clerk called the roll
and reported that the following were
Present: Bernard Forrest, President
and that a quorum was present and in attendance at the meeting. Also present
were Messers. Richard V. Houpt, Village Attorney, and Robert D. Franz, Village
Manager.
Trustee Heisler moved, seconded by Trustee Swanson, that the minutes of the
regular meeting held on October 1, 1979; be approved as corrected. (Page 82,
line 34 to read "A Proclamation honoring Norris W. Stilphen for his work`with
the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory since its inception was read by
Andrew Principe, Director of the Laboratory."
Page 82, line 46 to read "President Forrest read a Proclamation honoring
Norris W. Stilphen and proclaiming the week of October 1 through 7th to be
NORRIS W. STILPHEN WEEK IN DEERFIELD. President Forrest then presented a
bronze plaque which will be affixed to the new police building, which will
be named in honor of Norris W. Stilphen: The bronze plaque reads as follows:
'This building is named in honor of Norris W. Stilphen who served as.Village
Manager from 1959 - 1979 with integrity, loyalty and dedication.'"
Page 82, line 56 to read "$400,000 Note - Police Building ".
N Page 84, line 4 add "The following are the present rates, allowable increases,
o requested increases and granted increases:
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L Current Allowable Requested Granted
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Once a week: $6.79 $7.:20 $7.60 $7.40
�? Twice a Week: 8.03 8.52 8.99 8.76 "
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Motion carried unanimously.
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Approve Warrant No. W -79 -10 Trustee Heisler moved, seconded by
-° Trustee Gavin, that Warrant No. W -79 -10
N payment of bills, including fund transfers
and.reimbursements, be approved for payment. Adopted by the following vote:
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r AYES: Gavin, Heisler, Seidman, Swanson, York (5)
L NAYS: None (0)
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N Treasurer's Report The Treasurer reported that revenues were
v holding well including sales tax. Water
3 sales are high due to two separate periods when water sales were high,,: :Ir7terq §t
° rates are still climbing, but we are still on short term rather than long. In
regard to the persona-1 property. repl)acem(ht.tax :and the ; )mp&cfi_ )n 0eerrfiea;d, Mr.
L Valentine stated that this was still goinq before the Supreme Court and should
0 be decided this month. The State hassa:icd that they would make certain we get
a replacement for last year's personal property tax, which is 22% of our levy in
Lake County. Mayor Forrest stated that he would like to abate any amount which
might be over and above last year's tax receipts.
Public Hearing - John Coyne, President of American Taxi, and
American Taxi Mrs. Sally Beck, Secretary, were present for
L) a public hearing on their request for a
(Su Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate a taxicab company in Deerfield.
0 his company was licensed in Deerfield previously but has not been operating for
the past two years in this area. They.now have 100 cabs, will provide 24 hour
service with about 25 minutes for response time, and will have a Deerfield tele-
phone number. The cabs would be located in Northbrook and Lincolnwood and.would
be dispatched from Glenview. Mayor Forrest noted that the required notification
had been sent to other cab companies licensed in Deerfield and Mr. Franz reported
that he had gotten good recommendations on American Cab.
Norma Gavin
Jerold L. Heisler
Edwin B. Seidman
Vernon E. Swanson
J. Robert York
Absent: Cynthia J. Marty
and that a quorum was present and in attendance at the meeting. Also present
were Messers. Richard V. Houpt, Village Attorney, and Robert D. Franz, Village
Manager.
Trustee Heisler moved, seconded by Trustee Swanson, that the minutes of the
regular meeting held on October 1, 1979; be approved as corrected. (Page 82,
line 34 to read "A Proclamation honoring Norris W. Stilphen for his work`with
the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory since its inception was read by
Andrew Principe, Director of the Laboratory."
Page 82, line 46 to read "President Forrest read a Proclamation honoring
Norris W. Stilphen and proclaiming the week of October 1 through 7th to be
NORRIS W. STILPHEN WEEK IN DEERFIELD. President Forrest then presented a
bronze plaque which will be affixed to the new police building, which will
be named in honor of Norris W. Stilphen: The bronze plaque reads as follows:
'This building is named in honor of Norris W. Stilphen who served as.Village
Manager from 1959 - 1979 with integrity, loyalty and dedication.'"
Page 82, line 56 to read "$400,000 Note - Police Building ".
N Page 84, line 4 add "The following are the present rates, allowable increases,
o requested increases and granted increases:
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L Current Allowable Requested Granted
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Once a week: $6.79 $7.:20 $7.60 $7.40
�? Twice a Week: 8.03 8.52 8.99 8.76 "
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Motion carried unanimously.
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Approve Warrant No. W -79 -10 Trustee Heisler moved, seconded by
-° Trustee Gavin, that Warrant No. W -79 -10
N payment of bills, including fund transfers
and.reimbursements, be approved for payment. Adopted by the following vote:
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r AYES: Gavin, Heisler, Seidman, Swanson, York (5)
L NAYS: None (0)
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N Treasurer's Report The Treasurer reported that revenues were
v holding well including sales tax. Water
3 sales are high due to two separate periods when water sales were high,,: :Ir7terq §t
° rates are still climbing, but we are still on short term rather than long. In
regard to the persona-1 property. repl)acem(ht.tax :and the ; )mp&cfi_ )n 0eerrfiea;d, Mr.
L Valentine stated that this was still goinq before the Supreme Court and should
0 be decided this month. The State hassa:icd that they would make certain we get
a replacement for last year's personal property tax, which is 22% of our levy in
Lake County. Mayor Forrest stated that he would like to abate any amount which
might be over and above last year's tax receipts.
Public Hearing - John Coyne, President of American Taxi, and
American Taxi Mrs. Sally Beck, Secretary, were present for
L) a public hearing on their request for a
(Su Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate a taxicab company in Deerfield.
0 his company was licensed in Deerfield previously but has not been operating for
the past two years in this area. They.now have 100 cabs, will provide 24 hour
service with about 25 minutes for response time, and will have a Deerfield tele-
phone number. The cabs would be located in Northbrook and Lincolnwood and.would
be dispatched from Glenview. Mayor Forrest noted that the required notification
had been sent to other cab companies licensed in Deerfield and Mr. Franz reported
that he had gotten good recommendations on American Cab.
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Trustee York moved, seconded by Trustee Seidman, that the Certificate of Con-
venience and Necessity be issued. The motion carried unanimously.
Proclamation - Brunswick Mayor Forrest read a Proclamation regarding
Memorial Work Open the Memorial World Open bowling tournament
Bowlers' Week - 11/10/79 which will be held in Deerfield in November.
Trustee Swanson moved, seconded by Trustee
Heisler, that the proclamation be approved. The motion carried unanimously.
Discussion of Proposed Mr. Robert Benton, our Mass Transit Trustee,
Mini -Bus Agreement was present to discuss the proposed agree-
ment with NORTRAN and RTA regarding the
commuter bus service and the dial -a -ride service. The commuter service would
run on Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 A.M, and 4.:.00..to".6:.00iP.;M;,!the other In
Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. The RTA would like to
start the service on December 3rd and would like an expression of approval from
the Village prior to the November RTA meeting. The commuter service would operate
from the railroad station to the northeast and northwest quadrants and back to the
station. Response time for the dial -a -ride service would be within half an hour.
In response to a question, Mr. Benton stated that the southeast quadrant is served .
by the NORTRAN bus and the Highland Park bus,' but that the stops are on Deerfield
Road. Briarwood Vista relies on the #212 bus. He also stated that the-commuter
bus missed only two days last year despite the snow and this may have been due to
the fact that they couldn't get the buses here from Des Plaines. Discussion
followed regarding the dispatcher and insurance coverage. It is expected that the
RTA will approve insurance covering buses with lifts for handicapped at their
meeting in November. If so, the question is moot. If not, there is a provision
in the budget for insurance. In any case, this would be only for a short time
until RTA took it over.
If the service is successful and is continued after the first year, Deerfield's
share would increase but it would not be an inordinate share; however, this is
not determined at this point. Further discussion ensued. Trustee York asked
whether the service could be extended to Trinity College. Mr. Benton doubted
that this could be done without damaging the response time. Mayor Forrest said
that Trinity had been contacted quite some time ago and will again be contacted.
Proposed fare for the dial -a -ride would be 80�, with half fare for seniors and
students.
Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Swanson, that the Board approve in
principle the 'two proposed agreements. The Village Attorney will work with the
RTA attorneys to finalize the agreements.'
Proposed Settlement of Mayor Forrest stated that the Board had
Mallin Land Use Suit reviewed the proposed consent decree and
had asked for several additional items
from the petitioner. All of the members of the Board had attended a meeting with
the Briarwood Vista Home Owners a few weeks ago, following which the additional
changes were requested. Mr. Houpt reviewed seven items which were included as
a result of that meeting, including limitation of the hours of operation for the
restaurant, which would be located on the portion of the property already zoned
commercial. There are no such restrictions on other restaurants, and this would
be placing the new restaurant at a disadvantage. Also, the residents do not want
trucks parking there but to prohibit trucks would be discriminatory. Also,
regarding the lighting, this is dealt with in the draft of the decree in terms
of height and no direct rays on residential properties. The petitioner requested
16' standards except for the parking lot area where they request 24'. It was sug-
gested that the lighting be subject to Village approval but Trustee Swanson stated
that the Board should not be put in the position of making that decision.
Regarding the berm along the east line, adjacent to the property, there is not
adequate room to do this as it would reduce the parking area and that would re-
quire a variation. The residential lots are larger than the R -2 requirements,
and with the berm located there, plus the landscaping which would quite probably
be done by the homeowners, this would provide adequate screening. With a new
berm, 20 parking spaces of the 376 would -be lost.
In response to the request from the homeowners that the property be cleaned up,
the petitioner stated that this would be done within 60 to 90 days after settle-
ment.
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Another request from the home owners was that the Amlings facility be flip -
flopped. This was-not acceptable to the petitioner. Regarding the traffic
signal at the entrance road, the petitioner is agreeable to paying his share
of the cost if the warrants show a need for such signal, such share to be based
either on the number of cars in and out or $25,000 toward 'the total cost. A
long discussion followed regarding left turns onto Lake -Cook and Waukegan Roads.
Also discussed was the driveway at Goodyear.
The following residents spoke in opposition to the proposed agreement: Ann Lampert,
41 Greenbriar; Herbert Lerch, 10 Colony Lane; Judy Litt, 89 Evergreen; Richard
Deutsch', 65 Kildare Lane; Marc Rubenstein, 155 Sequoia; Michael Swartz, 196 Green -
briar; Oscar Adler, 59 Greenbriar; Burton Batetch, 3 Greenbriar; Victor Weisskopf,
105 Greenbriar; Philip Vision, 1001 Deerfield Road; Howard Topel, 185 Carlisle;
all' .bf whom objected for a variety of reasons. Mrs. Laura Lee Christoph, 90 Ever-
green Court,asked a series of questions regarding landscaping, lighting and the
proposed restaurant. She stated that the proposed settlement would help the four
homeowners on Greenbriar who had looked at the mess on the subject property for
18 years.
Trustee Seidman reviewed the two meetings which were held with the Briarwood Vista
Homeowners' Association and the small attendance at each. He stated that the
members of the Board had felt that all of the homeowners' questions and objections
had been answered and accord reached.
Trustee Swanson moved, seconded by Trustee Gavin, that the report of the Village
Attorney be accepted, subject to working out the specific details of the decree.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gavin, Heisler, Swanson, York (4)
NAYS: Seidman (1)
APPOINT D. J. BLUMENTHAL
Mayor Forrest, with the advice and consent
CHAIRMAN, CATV COMMITTEE
of the Board of Trustees, appointed D. Jeffrey
Blumenthal as Chairman of the Cable Antenna
Television Committee. Trustee
Heisler moved, seconded by Trustee Seidman, that
the appointment be approved.
Motion carried unanimously.
Environmental Commission -
Mr. Franz recommended that the staff be
Report on Recycling
directed to review the entire recycling
matter, and the recommendation of the
Environmental Commission that
the North Shore Ecology Center operate a recycling
center adjacent to Kates Road.
Trustee Gavin so moved, seconded. by Trustee Heisler.
Motion carried unanimously.
CONSENT AGENDA
APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda was presented for con-
sideration, as follows:
Ordinance providing for rezoning of Flodstrom Property - First Reading
Ordinance granting approval of variation for Lample Resubdivision - First Reading
Resolution changing signators for Village Accounts
Authorization for release of escrow, Vecchione - Franken Avenue - $21,100.68
Trustee Seidman moved that the Ordinance rezoning the Flodstrom property be passed
on first reading after waiving the rules. Motion failed for lack of a second.
Trustee Heisler moved, seconded by Trustee Swanson, that the Consent Agenda be
approved.
AYES: Gavin, Heisler, Seidman, Swanson, York (5)
NAYS: None (0)
Financing Note = Trustee Seidman moved,'seconded by Trustee
Police Addition _ Heisler, that Mayor Forrest.be authorized
to sign the Financing Note for the Police
Addition. Motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Gavin, Heisler, Seidman, Swanson, York (5)
NAYS: None (0)
ORDINANCE re: Tax Levy for Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee
Financing Note - Police Heisler, that the rules be waived to permit
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passage of the Ordinance regarding the tax levy for the financing note for the
police addition on first reading. Motion adotped by the following vote:
AYES: Gavin, Heisler, Seidman, Swanson, York (5)
NAYS: None (0)
Riverwoods Proposal for The Board discussed the proposal for a
Bicycle Path Extension bicycle path extension on Deerfield Road,
and the decision was that this matter be
held until more information can be obtained from Riverwoods. The Village En-
gineer will prepare a drawing showing the location of the proposed path.
Discussion regarding Trustee Swanson requested that this matter
Increase in Parking Fees be discussed since the second phase of the
new parking area around the railroad station
is nearing completion and no fee has been established for metering the lot. He
suggested that consideration be given to establishing'a fund for the improvement
of the Village Center, such fund to come from fees on Village -owned parking.lots.
After discussion, Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Heisler, that'the
fees remain 25t for metered lots and $10 per month for reserved parking lots.
Motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Heisler, Seidman, Swanson, York (4)
NAYS: Gavin (1)
The Board directed Mr. Valentine to prepare a report as to the cost of maintenance
and other expenditures for these lots relative to the revenues.
Items Desired for
Discussion by the
Mayor and Board
Trustee Seidman asked that the Building
Department check on the status of a founda-
tion for a home on Birchwood Avenue.
Trustee Seidman also inquired as to the canopies being erected at several service
stations. Mr. Smalley will prepare a report on this.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad-
journed on motion of Trustee Swanson, seconded by Trustee Seidman, and adopted
unanimously, the time being 11:25 P.M.
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