Village of
Board Meeting
Date: December 15, 2008
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Village Hall
1) Roll Call, Pledge and Sign-In: Attendance: President Leitner, Trustees Bolger, Rolfs, Parro, deVries (7:40). Absent: Tr. Baggett and Merkle.
Treasurer Rolfs, Building Inspector Cantieri, Village Clerk Parro, Chief Sinacore, ZBA Chair Gold. A list of other attendees is attached.
2) Administration and Legal: David Coglianese was sworn in as police officer.
3) Building
and Zoning: i) ZBA Chairman Gold presented a zoning
variance request by the petitioner Jeff Kershner,
Silver Leaf Homes LLC, 732 Circle Dr., Tower Lakes who are seeking to construct
a new house at 606 E Lake Shore Dr. after tearing down the existing house that
has been unoccupied for many years. Three variances were requested. First is to
Section 10-3-1 relating to minimum lot size of 20,000 sq ft (residential) in
A-2 zoning district. The lot size is 14,808 sq ft. Second is to Section 10-6-3 (B1)
relating to rear yard setback. With an average depth of 141.1 ft and 20%
requirement for rear yard setback, setback requirement is 28.2 ft. The new
house will be 12.00 ft. from the rear (North) property line, encroaching 16.5
feet (the existing house is 8.75 ft from the north property line). Third is to Section
10-6-5 (1) relating to building height of 27 ft maximum in A-2 zoning district.
The request is 29.43 ft. or 2.43 ft. over the maximum allowed. The existing
ranch-style house was built in 1930 and has 2 or 3BD/1.5BA with 1,520 sq ft and
an unfinished basement. The new 3-car garage house will have 4BD/ 4BA in two
stories of 2,778 sq ft and finished portion of
basement of 1,092 sq ft. A new drip irrigation septic system will consist of a
1,500 gallon septic tank, 1,000 gallon lift station and mound field. The discussion
on minimum lot size recognized that most lots in A-2 are non-conforming and so
the focus was on compliance with the new lot coverage ratio ordinance which the
proposal does comply with for its lot size. The discussion on the height
variance was that the extra height is reasonable and does not change the view
of any neighbors. On the north setback the new house will improve the existing situation
but not comply with current zoning. Trustees asked about the feasibility of
shifting the house further south but the petitioner stated that there would not
be sufficient spacing for the new septic system. The discussion then turned to
issues raised by neighbors. The neighbor to the west objected to the new house
being 3 ft closer to his property line. The petitioner had no objection to
moving the entire footprint 3 ft east and this does not create a setback
violation on the east side of the property. Neighbors at 601 and
4) Intergovernmental: A presentation of the proposed BACOG 2009 Legislative Platform was made by Janet Agnoletti, Executive Director of Barrington Area Council of Governments.
5) Police and Public Safety: i) Red Light cameras are on indefinite hold due to poor contract terms. ii) Tornado siren the Village will go to ZBA for height and use variance even though site may end up in ROW. iii) Police report is on file. Some discussion took place about the incident at 25876 Rt. 59 in which a buried dump truck and dumpster were dug up. iv) Emergency Mgmt Agency’s public education plan is in the draft phase.
6) Stormwater Management: Trustee Bolger
reported that negotiations are ongoing with resident on
7) Health and Sanitation: Contract with Waste Mgmt is still under negotiation
8) Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the November 2008 minutes was made by Tr. Parro and seconded by Tr. Bolger followed by unanimous vote.
9) Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills: i) A motion to approve the payment of monthly bills was made by Tr. Parro and seconded by Tr. Rolfs and followed by unanimous vote. ii)Treasurer Rolfs wired $300,000 from IL Funds to Barr Bank and Trust into CD Paying 2.4%..
10) Administration/ Legal/Outside i) TL as been notified that we are a creditor and therefore subject to new privacy protection laws under the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act. This is happening because Water Co bills can be paid by credit card. Tr. Parro suggested that we seek to amend the water operators contract to include the necessary compliance provisions and then we won’t need a compliance ordinance until such time in the future as we start accepting credit card payments for other things. ii) Insurance was renewed and water tank and building values were updated resulting in higher rates.
11) Utilities: No report
12) Urban
Forestry:
13) Roads: i)
December 9th snow storm disrupted garbage pickup. Residents with
comments or concerns about snow and ice removal are encouraged to go to the web
site cubaroads.com and click on Winter Service and fill out the request form.
ii) The annual price escalation for the contract with
14) Grounds: No report
15) Old Business: No report
16) New Business: No report
A motion to adjourn at 10:34 pm was made by Tr. Rolfs and seconded by Tr. deVries and followed by unanimous vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn Parro, Village Clerk