City Council Meeting Agenda

CITY OF DES PLAINES
A G E N D A
City Council Meeting
Monday, March 17, 2008 – 6:00 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: Acquisition of Real Property

Probable-Imminent Litigation

ROLL CALL PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

WELCOME: Deputy Fire Chief Scott Small

Assistant Public Works Director John Laux

RECOGNITION: Maine West High School Varsity Poms Squad

Recognition

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: (matters not on the Agenda)

ALDERMEN ANNOUNCEMENTS:

EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION:

1. Acquisition of Real Property/Probable-Imminent Litigation 1401 Redeker Road IF REPORTED OUT

CONSENT AGENDA:

1. Minutes/Regular Meeting - March 3, 2008

Consent Agenda Item 1

2. Minutes/Executive Session - March 3, 2008

3. Authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute "Intergovernmental Agreement" with The Forest Preserve District of Cook County to permit construction of multi-use trails on Forest Preserve property as part of the Des Plaines River Trail (North Section) which is a component of the Des Plaines Riverwalk Project; funding from Federal Congestion Mitigation for Air Quality Grant in the amount of $1,048,000 with City providing 20% matching funds in the amount of $209,600/Capital Projects Funds; funding will also provide Riverwalk amenities such as wayfinding signs, point of interest signs, traffic control improvements and street lighting along Joseph Schwab Road (recommended by Director of Engineering)

Consent Agenda Item 3

3a. RESOLUTION R-32-08/Intergov. Agree., Cook Cty. Forest Preserve, Riverwalk

Consent Item 3a

4. Authorize City to adopt Response Plan for the City of Des Plaines which is a necessary component of the National Incident Management System of the Homeland Security Act to effectively respond to emergencies (recommended by Director of Engineering)

Consent Agenda Item 4

4a. RESOLUTION R-33-08/Adoption of Des Plaines Response Plan

5. Concur with recommendation of Des Plaines Plan Commission to approve Final Plat for Sprucewood Court Subdivision, 2145 Sprucewood Avenue; and Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute same (recommended by Senior Planner)

Consent Agenda Item 5

5a. RESOLUTION R-34-08/Final Plat, 2145 Sprucewood Avenue

Consent Agenda Item 5a

6. Accept Public Improvements for Buckingham Point Townhouses Planned Unit Development (PUD), 1666 to 1711 Buckingham Drive (southeast corner of Touhy Avenue and Dale Street); consisting of streets, fire hydrants, storm and sanitary sewers, public sidewalks and street lights; and authorize release of Letter of Credit in the amount of $77,050 (Maintenance Bond in the amount of $72,500 will be held for 18 months) (recommended by Senior Planner)

Consent Agenda Item 6

6a. RESOLUTION R-35-08/Public Improvements, 1666-1711 Buckingham Drive

Consent Agenda Item 6a

7. Authorize Mayor and City Clerk to execute "Lease and Maintenance Agreement" with Neopost, Inc., 1200 N. Arlington Heights Road, Suite 130, Itasca, IL 60143, for a sixty-three (63)-month lease of a computerized postage meter machine at a monthly cost of $370.92 or $4,451.04 per year for a total lease cost of $23,367.96/Budgeted Funds (recom. by Acting Director of Finance)

Consent Agenda Item 7

7a. RESOLUTION R-37-08/Lease Agreement, Postage Meter Machine

Consent Agenda Item 7a

8. Authorize purchase through the Northwest Municipal Conference Joint Purchasing Program for Local Governments of one (1) 2008 Ford F-350 XLT Pickup Truck for the Fire Department from Currie Motors, 9423 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, IL 60423, in the total amount of $31,891/Budgeted Funds (recommended by Fire Chief)

Consent Agenda Item 8

9. Authorize purchase and installation of one (1) Federal Signal Model #2001-130 TRB Outdoor Siren at Site #10 (IDOT garage at Ballard and Bender Roads) from Braniff Communications, Inc., 4741 W. 136th Street, Crestwood, IL 60445, in the amount of $19,576.33/Budgeted Funds; and it would be in the best interest of the City that usual bid procedures be waived (Braniff is the sole supplier) (recommended by Fire Chief)

Consent Agenda Item 9

10. Authorize purchase through Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (Northwest Municipal Conference) of two (2) One-Ton Ford F-450 4x4 Dump Trucks from Currie Motors, 9423 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, IL 60423, at a cost of $53,979 each for a total cost of $107,958/Budgeted Funds (recommended by Director of Public Works)

Consent Agenda Item 10

11. Authorize purchase of one (1) 2008 Ford E-350 Full-Size Van for the Water Meter Division from Currie Motors, 9423 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, IL 60423, at a total cost of $18,439/Budgeted CERF Funds; and it would be in the best interest of the City that usual bid procedures be waived (price is less than the State contract for the same vehicle) (recommended by Director of Public Works)

Consent Agenda Item 11

12. Authorize purchase through the West Central Municipal Conference - Suburban Tree Consortium, 2000 Fifth Avenue, Bldg. J, River Grove, IL 60171, for the Spring 2008 Tree Purchasing and Planting of 126 trees in the amount not-to-exceed $30,000/Budgeted Funds (recommended by Director of Public Works)

Consent Agenda Item 12

13. Authorize City's Tactical Response Team to travel to Nacogdoches, Texas, for training from March 30 to April 3, 2008, at Combat Shooting and Tactics Facility, at a cost of $14,000/Asset Forfeiture Funds (no cost to the City) (recommended by Police Chief)

Consent Agenda Item 13

14. Award bid for 2008 Roadway Widening and Traffic Signal Installation - River Road at Pearson/River Street, to the lowest bidder, Orange Crush, L.L.C., 321 S. Center Street, Hillside, IL 60162, in the total bid amount of $681,739.45/TIF District #1 Funds and $50,000 from River Plaines Associates (a condition of the Everleigh Condominiums PUD approval) (recommended by Director of Engineering

Consent Agenda Item 14

15. Award bid for 2008 Concrete Improvements - MFT Section 08-00203-00-RP, Alternate #2 (Green Alleys) to the lowest bidder Schroeder & Schroeder, Inc., 7306 Central Park, Skokie, IL 60076, in the total bid amount of $525,962/MFT Funds (recommended by Director of Engineering)

Consent Agenda Item 15

16. SECOND READING - Ordinance M-7-08/Liquor License, 1526 Miner Street

17. SECOND READING - Ordinance M-8-08/2008A GO Bonds to Refund 2001C Bonds

18. SECOND READING - Ordinance Z-5-08/Variation, 1700 S. Mt. Prospect Road

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:

1. FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION - Alderman Smith, Chair

COtW Item 1

*Warrant Register – Resolution R-36-08

2. PUBLIC SAFETY - Alderman Beauvais, Chair

COtW Item 2

*Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System - Ordinance M-9-08

REFERRED BACK TO STAFF - 1/7/08

3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Alderman Murphy, Chair

*a. Text Amendments/Multi-Family Parking Requirements

COtW Item 3a

Ordinance Z-9-08/Mixed Use Developments

Ordinance Z-10-08/C-5 Central Business District

Ordinance Z-11-08/Off-Street Parking

*b. Zoning Case 07-89-V/Variation, 2100 Touhy Avenue - Ordinance Z-8-08

COtW Item 3b

REFERRED BACK TO STAFF - 3/3/08

* IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN UNDER NEW BUSINESS, THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON APRIL 7, 2008 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. *SECOND READING - Ordinance M-6-08/2008 Appropriations - AS AMENDED

Unfinished Business Item 1

2. **SECOND READING - Ordinance Z-7-08/Extension of Time, Conditional Use & Variation, 1750 Elmhurst Road

3. MOTION DEFERRED ON MARCH 3, 2008

"Moved by Murphy, seconded by Smith, to concur with recommendation of Committee of the Whole to grant request for Extension of Time, until March 1, 2009, for construction of a 40-unit condominium development with variations (approved by the City Council on March 19, 2007 - Ordinance Z-7-07) for property located at 1382-1398 Prairie Avenue; and place on First Reading Ordinance Z-6-08, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF ORDINANCE Z-7-07 WHICH AUTHORIZED TWO MAJOR VARIATIONS TO SECTIONS 7.3-8 AND 10.8-2 OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 40-UNIT CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT WITH A LOT AREA OF 27,900 SQUARE FEET WITH NO INTERIOR PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING AT 1382-1398 PRAIRIE AVENUE, DES PLAINES ILLINOIS (Case 06-134-V)."

4. ***RESOLUTION R-30-08/Purchase of 1401 Redeker Road

Unfinished Business Item 4

* POSTPONED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 3, 2008 (approved on Feb. 19, 2008)

** APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 3, 2008

*** DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION

NEW BUSINESS:

1. RESOLUTION R-36-08/Warrant Register IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE

2. FIRST READING - Ordinance M-9-08/Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System

IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE

3. FIRST READING - Ordinance Z-9-08/Parking Require., Mixed Use Developments

IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE

4. FIRST READING - Ordinance Z-10-08/Parking Req., C-5 Central Bus. District

IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE

5. FIRST READING - Ordinance Z-11-08/Parking Requirements, Off-Street Parking

IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE

6. FIRST READING - Ordinance Z-8-08/Variation, 2100 Touhy Avenue

IF REPORTED OUT BY COMMITTEE

MANAGER’S REPORT

ALDERMEN COMMENTS

MAYORAL COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

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