VILLAGE OF ANTIOCH

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, REGULAR MEETING
Municipal Building: 874 Main Street, Antioch, Illinois

July 2, 2001
7:00 p.m.
 
CALL TO ORDER The public hearing regarding the Annexation Agreement for Neumann Homes 55 acre site was called to order by Mayor Maravelas at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building: 874 Main Street, Antioch, IL.
ROLL CALL Roll call indicated the following Trustees were present: Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson. Also present were Mayor Maravelas, Attorney Anderson and Clerk Rowe. Absent: Trustee Pierce.
PUBLIC NOTICE Clerk Rowe read aloud the published public notice for the public hearing on the consideration of the proposed Annexation Agreement for the Neumann Homes 55-acre site.
ATTORNEY Attorney Don Anderson stated that he has received from the attorney for Neumann Homes the return of services on certification indicating that the proper parties were notified. He also stated, "In light of the crowd outside, we have an public open meetings act problem in that there are a great many more people here than this facility can accommodate. The terms of the open meetings act would indicate that it is going to be necessary to continue the meeting to a future date at a site that is large enough to accommodate the additional people. In addition, because all of the documents have just been produced, some of the trustees have indicated that they wish to have additional time to study those documents." Attorney Anderson suggested that a motion would be in order to continue the meeting to July 16, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. at Antioch High School for the resumption of the public hearing with respect to the annexation agreement.
CONTINUE HEARING A motion was made by Trustee Porch, seconded by Trustee Foresta to continue the public hearing for the consideration of the Annexation Agreement for Neumann Homes 55 acre site to allow additional time for the Board of Trustees to review the related documents and to locate the meeting to a facility that would accommodate those interested in attending. The hearing is continued to 7:00 p.m. on July 16, 2001 at the Antioch High School. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 5; Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
ABSENT: 1; Pierce.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
CLOSE HEARING A motion was made by Trustee Hanson, seconded by Trustee Caulfield to close the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 5; Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
ABSENT: 1; Pierce.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor Maravelas at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building: 874 Main Street, Antioch, IL.
ROLL CALL Roll call indicated the following Trustees were present: Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson. Also present were Mayor Maravelas, Attorney Anderson and Clerk Rowe.
MINUTES A motion was made by Trustee Larson, seconded by Trustee Caulfield to approve the minutes of the June 18, 2001 meeting as presented. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 5; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta and Hanson.
NO: 0.
PASS: 1; Porch
THE MOTION CARRIED.
PZB00-03-R Clerk Rowe read aloud the following Planning and Zoning Board's letter of recommendation dated June 29, 2001;

On Monday, June 25, 2001 and Tuesday, June 26, 2001, the Combined Plan Commission and Zoning Board ("the Plan Commission") met pursuant to required notice for the purpose of completing the public hearing, continued from September 21, 2000, on Neumann Homes' revised petition for a Special Use for a Planned Unit Development, as well as for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the proposed settlement of litigation in the case of Bill Anest, et al. v. Village of Antioch, Case No. 01 CH 137, now pending in the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois. Having reviewed the submittals of petitioner, staff, and interested members of the public, having heard and duly considered the verbal and visual presentations of the petitioner, the reports and recommendations of staff, the comments and questions of members of the public and the responses of the petitioner and staff to such questions and comments, and having had the opportunity to raise questions, receive answers to such questions, and engage in due deliberation concerning the petition and proposed settlement, the Plan Commission, by majority vote of the Commissioners present and voting, respectfully makes the following recommendation to the Village of Antioch Board of Trustees: That the petition of Neumann Homes and the proposed settlement agreement be DENIED. This recommendations is based on the following rationale, as asserted in the Motion to Deny: 1) The impact on the Village and surrounding communities, involving hardships including the creating of a severe traffic overload, serious overloading of the school districts, and possible economic hardship to the schools and community; 2) The relative gain to the public in denying the petition outweighs the hardship imposed on the petitioner, Neumann Homes.

VB MOTION A motion was made by Trustee Porch, seconded by Trustee Hanson to continue the consideration of the Planning and Zoning Board's letter of recommendation dated June 29, 2001 regarding the Neumann Homes Petition File No. PZB00-03-R, until the regular meeting on July 16, 2001. The Village Board of Trustees will hold the July 16, 2001 meeting at the Antioch High School to accommodate those interested in attending. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
SHERRY SMITH After reading the letter of resignation from Sherry Smith, Police and Fire Commission secretary, a motion was made by Trustee Larson, seconded by Trustee Porch to accept the letter of resignation with regrets. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
VFW PROCLAMATION A motion was made by Trustee Pierce, seconded by Trustee Hanson to approve the Antioch VFW Proclamation designating July 4 - July 7, 2001 as "Poppy Days" in the Village of Antioch. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
CITIZENS Mr. Tom Pingle, Ridgewood Drive resident, addressed the Board concerning the status on his previous discussion concerning a car-pool parking area in the Village of Antioch.

Mike Haley, Assistant Village Administrator, stated that the Department of Community Development previously distributed to the Board of Trustees their letter of recommendation regarding car pool parking. Also included in the letter of recommendation was a brief summary of events concerning the comprehensive parking plan which was adopted in 1996. The Department of Community Development's recommendation concerning car pool parking in the downtown area is as follows: We do not feel the municipal lots would be a proper area for car poolers for the reasons listed below. The proximity of the downtown municipal lots to the metra lot could create an uncontrollable parking situation concerning car pool parkers. The Village would have a very difficult time monitoring who is genuinely a car pool parker. If a village sticker is used as a means of identification, what would prohibit a high school student or metra commuter with a village sticker from using the designated space in the downtown? Many special events are held in the municipal parking lots and it would be inconvenient to continually move and contact parkers to relocate them. To use valuable customer parking, that directly results in sales tax revenue would be potentially harmful to our local economy. Our comprehensive parking plan has solved the many problems that once existed. It is therefore our recommendation that the downtown area is not suitable for a car pool parking area. The Village does make available a parking area in the metra lot at $1.50 per day for anyone wishing to park there for the day. We also felt if our car poolers are residents, why wouldn't they pick one another up?

TRUSTEE LARSON Trustee Larson stated that she reviewed the Department of Community Development's recommendation, but does not agree that we shouldn't provide a parking area for car pool parking. "We have a lot of people that car pool and I think we need to provide some area for them to park." Trustee Foresta questioned why they could not rotate between the group and park at each others homes. Trustee Larson stated that Mr. Pingle indicated that the problem with that was in the winter the plowed snow would block the cars. Trustee Foresta feels that if we create an avenue for long term parking in the downtown area what will stop situations that caused the need for the creation of the comprehensive parking plan. Trustee Larson questioned why we couldn't rent a section of the VFW parking lot to provide parking for car poolers. Trustee Porch stated that since not all Trustees have had the opportunity to review the documents distributed, she requested a little more time to review the information. Mayor Maravelas stated that this item will be placed on a future agenda for discussion.
CITIZENS Mr. Tom Pingle, Ridgewood Drive resident, questioned the status on his concerns regarding the Antioch Pool. Mayor Maravelas stated that the pool was built in 1956 when the population was about 3800. The population is now 8788.

Mr. Jack Fields asked the Mayor and Board of Trustees if they would be interested in participating in some of the scheduled Fourth of July activities such as the hog calling contest.

TRUSTEE PORCH Trustee Porch formally requested that the Board review the comprehensive plan, the P.E. allocation and the planned unit development language.
PUBLIC HEARING A motion was made by Trustee Caulfield, seconded by Trustee Larson to authorize scheduling a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on July 23, 2001 for the purpose of consideration of the annual appropriation ordinance. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
POLICE DEPT. K-9 UNIT Police Chief Charles Watkins reviewed the proposal for the purchase of a police patrol dog in the amount of $11,475.00. The police dog would be trained in patrol, locker search, drugs, and gun powder. There was a brief discussion regarding intergovernmental agreements for possible sharing police dog patrol with another municipality.

A motion was made by Trustee Hanson, seconded by Trustee Pierce to authorize the purchase of a police dog for the Antioch Police Department K-9 unit, in the amount of $11,475.00 with the program cost of $4,575.00 for the following year being placed in the budget. The purchase will be funded through the drug-seizure account. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.

PRETREATMENT ORD. Mr. John Boldt, village engineer, reviewed the resolution amending the Village of Antioch's pretreatment ordinance which was distributed and reviewed by the Board on June 18. Following discussion, a motion was made by Trustee Foresta, seconded by Trustee Larson to approve Resolution No. R06-18-01, entitled, Resolution Amending the Village of Antioch Pretreatment Ordinance. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
VERIZON WIRELESS Verizon Wireless has requested to be placed on a later agenda. The Verizon request will be placed on the July 23, 2001 village board agenda for consideration.

PARK PERMITS A motion was made by Trustee Larson, seconded by Trustee Hanson to issued park permits to: Antioch Rescue Squad - Williams Park - July 7; Gloria Kruczek - Centennial Park - July 7; Michelle Bregenzer - Williams Park - July 8; Ronald Horton - Centennial Park - July 15; Antioch Moose Lodge - Williams Park - July 15; Paula Birren - Williams Park - July 22. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 6; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, Porch and Hanson.
NO: 0.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
TASTE OF SUMMER A motion was made by Trustee Larson, seconded by Trustee Hanson to issue a liquor license to the Antioch Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the "Taste of Summer" being held July 19 - 22, 2001, waiving fee. On roll call, the vote was:
YES: 5; Pierce, Larson, Caulfield, Foresta, and Hanson.
NO: 0.
PASS: 1; Porch.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
ILLINOIS CANVASS Trustee Larson stated that before approving the request from the Fund for Public Interest Research and Illinois Public Interest Research Group to canvass in the Village of Antioch, she would like them to provide more information regarding their companies.
ADJOURN A motion was made by Trustee Pierce, seconded by Trustee Caulfield to adjourn the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees at 8:40 p.m.
 
Respectfully submitted,

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Candi L. Rowe, Clerk

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