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03/04/1985Jai March 4, 1985 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield was called to order by the Mayor in the Council Chamber. of the Village'Hall on Monday, March 4, 1985 at 8:08 P.M. The Clerk called the roll and announced the following were Present: Bernard Forrest, Mayor Stephen 0. Jackson James L. Marovitz Cynthia J. Marty Edwin B. Seidman ' Vernon E. Swanson J. Robert York and that a quorum was present and in attendance. Also present were Village Mana- ger Robert D. Franz and Village Attorney Richard V. Houpt. Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Jackson, to approve the minutes of the previous Board meeting. Motion carried unanimously. GOLD STAR PRESENTED Mayor Forrest announced that Officer Gordon TO OFFICER GORDON COOPER Cooper retired from the Deerfield Police Department January 16, 1985 after having served twenty years as a law enforcement officer. He was Deerfield's first Officer ,Friendly and received the Clarence Pedersen Award in .1972 in recognition of having implemented the Police Community Relations Program. Mayor Forrest read a letter written to Officer Cooper. from Congressman John Porter congratulating him for his years of distinctive and honorable service. Thereafter, Mayor Forrest presented Officer,Cooper with a'Gold Star to commemorate his years of service to Deerfield. All present expressed their hearty appreciation of Officer Cooper's service. PROCLAMATION Mayor Forrest read a Proclamation designating PEACE AWARENESS MONTH October 1985 as Peace Awareness month to en- OCTOBER, 1985 courage all.organizations, groups, and indi- viduals to carry out non - partisan activities which contribute to a greater understanding of the idea and spirit of peace. Trus- tee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Swanson, to approve the Proclamation. Motion carried unanimously. PROCLAMATION ORGAN DONOR AWARENESS WEEK APRIL 22 -28 an-organ donor, if he so desires. son,to approve the Proclamation. DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVES PUBLIC WORKS - E. KLASINSKI Mayor Forrest read a' Proclamation designating the week of April 22 -28 as Organ Donor Aware- ness Week to make known the need for organ transplants and that each citizen may become Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Jack - Motion carried unanimously. Public Works Director present to discuss his report on Departmental the Board's attention to the computer printouts, stating that in working with the department's new personal computer. Edmund Klasinski was previously submitted Objectives. He called progress is being made The Board asked about water meter costs. Mr. Klasinski replied that what appeared to be underbudgeting for 300 meters was not so in fact. ' rioters which were bought for installation in the Lake -Cook Road office developments and the Deer Run Sub- division will be paid for by the developers. The Board was particularly interested in the smoke testing program. Mr. Klasinski stated that while the deparmtnet has been smoke testing 25% of the Village sewer systems each year, they will not continue after this year. Baxter and Woodman, Consulting Engineers, have covered the entire Village with a much more refined method and have pinpointed hundreds of locations where storm water is infiltrating the sanitary sewers. They will combine Village findings with theirs and compile a list indicating the exact footage where excavations will reveal a defect. Mr. K1'asinski reported that $37,000 worth of salt had already been used this year. He estimates there is still on hand enough to see the Village through the season. Trustee Marovitz commented that the department was doing a superb job keeping the streets open despite severe weather condition and that citizens are very apprecia- tive of their work. Asked about conditions that morning, following a rain and thaw the previous night, Mr. Klasinski stated there was standing water or slush in some of the streets. He had contacted Mr. Stan Rundell, Coordinator of ESDA, to inform how quickly water was rising in the streams. Mr. Rundell stated he would round up citizens to sand- bag if necessary. Water rose within one foot of the east creek bridge and within four to six feet of the west creek bridge before it began to subside. Mr. Klasin- ski stated that in his opinion, the raising of the transformers by Commonwealth Edison in Colony Point and Kings Cove had prevented a power outage. Trustee Marovitz moved, seconded by Trustee Marty to accept Mr. Klasinski's "good" report. Motion carried unanimously. HIGH SCHOOL DRIVE Manager Franz stated that at the last meet - IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSSED ing the Board had considered a proposal from the two homeowners adjacent to High School Drive regarding replacement of the present street with a pedestrian walk- way /emergency access and vacation of 20 feet of right -of -way to each homeowner. Complying with the Board's request for information on land values along High School Drive, the Assessor's office was contacted. Using their figures and method of computing land values, Staff had arrived at an average of $3.70 per square foot. Mr. Franz pointed out, however, that since the 20 -foot strips are unbuildable land, the sale price should not be that high. After discussing. the matter with the.pro- perty owners, they are not prepared to pay that high a price. But, they have in- dicated that they would be willing to pay 50% of the project's cost with the Vil- lage paying the other 50% if the cost can be brought down to about $10,000. Such an arrangement would place on the tax rolls the 20 -foot strips going to the home owners, and the Village would have a new pedestrian walkway/emergency access. Mr. Franz stated that the original estimate of $12,000 for the project had been pur- posely high and could be trimmed by cutting back, if necessary, on landscaping. Mr. Alan Garfield stated that he and Mr. Lowell Roseman, the adjacent home owners, were willing to pay an aggregate amount of $5,000. He pointed out,- however, that while they would be splitting the actual out -of- pocket cost, they are actually paying more than half for the project. He submitted that the Village was sched- uled to spend $2,000 for simply resurfacing the present street anyway; thus their share of the proposed project is only around $3,000. Mayor Forrest stated that he thought a 50/50 split of the actual cost was a reasonable solution. Trustee York moved, seconded by Trustee Seidman, to accept the proposal of Mr. Alan Garfield and Mr. Lowell Roseman to pay a total of $5,000 toward the'cost of the High School Drive project, the total cost of,which is not -ro exceed $10,000 for removal of the present street and sidewalk, vacation of 2U -feet on either side of the right -of -way to adjacent property owners, construction of a 8 -foot pedes- trian walkway /emergency access, as well as fencing and landscaping. Motion car- ried on the following vote: AYES: JACKSON, MAROVITZ, MARTY, SEIDMAN, SWANSON, YORK (6) NAYS: NONE (0) EXTENSION OF DIPS (CARR PROPERTY) An ordinance granting Development Incen- N.W. COR. DFLD. RD. /CHESTNUT ST. tives (DIPs) to the northwest corner of Deerfield Road and Chestnut Street, a 3 -lot parcel owned by Mr. Francis Carr, was before the Board for first reading. Trustee Swanson read a statement wherein he submitted that while the Carr proper- ty is an appropriate location for apartments or condominiums, he opposed granting DIPs to the site which would in effect be spot zoning. He stated that the pur- pose of density bonuses is to allow a developer to construct a building unit at a lower cost with a portion of the savings reverting back to the Village in form of real benefits - financial or non - financial. In this case, the supposed . benefits are non - financial, and he did not consider visual attractiveness enough of a real benefit to justify spot zoning and allowing higher densities. He added that he did not favor extending DIPs beyond the South of the Commons area where they are permitted because the area is in transition and has mixed uses,which are appropri= ate for rezoning and upgrading These uses do not describe the area west of Chestnut Street. Asked where he thought density bonuses belong, he replied, t outh of the Commons and perhaps in some portions of the brickyards." Mayor Forrest shared Trustee Swanson's views. Trustee Marovitz firmly disagreed. He stated that he had been the first to suggest the idea of DIPs a few years back. In a letter to the Board opposing DIPs, Mr. M. Delaney of Springfield Avenue, had stated that Trustee Marovitz had testified before the Plan Commission that the only purpose DIPs would-serve in that location would be to increase the developer's profitability. This statement 1a3 Trustee Marovitz flatly denied making, and added that he had not testified before the Plan Commission but had, rather, represented a petitioner. He went on to say that he favored DIPs because Deerfield's Zoning Ordinances don't "call for the ultimate in building" and that he would encourage a developer to provide more amenities than required by ordinance. He submitted that he considered beautifi- cation of a particular area a community benefit and thought a developer ought to receive something for it. He felt the Board should talk conceptually about an incentive program. He felt a DIPs program was not to increase a developer's profit and should apply wherever there is multi - family zoning and not be restrict- ed to areas needing redevelopment. He thought DIPs should be utilized by the Board to encourage a superior type of development... the purpose, in his opinion, for DIPs. Thereafter Trustee Marovitz moved, seconded by Trustee York to table the ordinance until a recommendation is received from the Plan Commission regarding the rest of, the areas. Motion failed on the following vote: AYES: JACKSON, MAROVITZ, YORK (3) AYES: MARTY, SEIDMAN, SWANSON, FORREST (4) Mayor Forrest stated that a number of prospective buyers of the subject property had phoned him to ask how many units were permitted on the property; he had - ,quoted 21 -22 units. He went on to say that the price paid for the property was in ex- cess of what a developer would normally pay to develop 21• -22 units. He felt the property was purchased with the idea of having the Village subsidize it by grant- ing density bonuses. This sort of thing will happen any time density bonuses are granted as proposed. Purchasers will pay too much for land and then ask the Village to bail them out with DIPs. Trustee York expressed concern that provisions were not being made for more multi- family units. Trustee Seidman voiced ..the opinion that application of DIPs to the subject property would be a back door approach to a major problem. He reiterated his long held belief that the unit number /lot size ratios defined in the Zoning Ordinance militated against multi - family development, and that an increase in the number of apartments allowed should be addressed through a change in these ratios. - Trustee Marty felt that it was unfair to delay a decision on the Carr property, and she would not want' to arouse false hopes that after a Plan Commission hearing, the Board might approve DIPs for the 3 -lot site. She preferred voting on the ordi- nance that evening and awaiting Plan Commission recommendations regarding multi- family areas which they would review during their study of the Comprehensive Plan. Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Marty, to waive the rules to permit passage of the ordinance on first reading. Motion carried unanimously. Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee Marovitz, to pass the ordinance granting DIPs for the subject property. Motion failed on the following vote: AYES: JACKSON, MAROVITZ, YORK (3) AYES: MARTY, SEIDMAN, SWANSON, FORREST (4) It was pointed out that the Plan Commission will be reviewing the matter, and it is their prerogative to bring this area back up, if they so decide, along with other areas for multi - family zoning. VARIOUS TEXT AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE First reading of ordinance. BUILDING HEIGHT MEASUREMENT After considerable discussion of terms to ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT define permitted building heights on tracts having varying elevations, the Board con- curred with Mrs. Barbara Ruff ino that .precise < definitions are ngcebsary. Mrs. Ruffino will work on clarifying terms in the definitions. EASEMENT GRANT TO Trustee Seidman moved, seconded by Trustee DEERFIELD PARK DISTRICT York, to approve the Grant of Easement, as corrected, to the Park District for a ped- estrian path over and along property owned by the Village in the Colony Point and Deer Run subdivisions. Motion carried unanimously. 817 DEERFIELD ROAD (ROTH PROPERTY) Trustee Marovitz moved, seconded by Trustee AUTHORIZE PROPERTY ACQUISITION Marty,, to authorize the Mayor to execute the Real Estate Sales Con tract. to.purchase for $350,000 the property at 817 Deerfield Road. Motion carried as follows: AYES: JACKSON, MAROVITZ, MARTY, SEIDMAN, SWANSON, YORK (6) 64,64,^ lyws a-,-7,q st.T-f v of &&o �s The stores presently on the property have leases until March 31, 1986, and it is expected they will continue operating until then. Trustee Seidman noted that 31 lots of the Deer Run Subdivision had been sold to the company which had developed the North Trails subdivison a few years ago. Trustee York felt particular attention should be paid to the work in Deer Run, since the North Trails Subdivision had proved less than satisfactory in regard to drainage and streets. Mayor .Forrest reported that a proposed amendment to their present liquor ordinance had been presented to the Cook County Board. The amendment would permit, a community within one and one -half miles of the premises for which a liquor license was sought to object to the issuance of special late licenses. If an objection is filed, the hours of operation would have to conform with the hours of business for service of liquor in the objecting municipality. Mayor Forrest stated he thought it an excellent ordinance, and he is forwarding it to the Lake County Board for consider- ation. There being no further business to come before the Board, upon motion by Trustee Seidman and second by Trustee Marovitz, the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 P.M. ROVED: Mayor ATTEST: Villagc C1 k