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Minutes of Village Board Meeting - January 9, 2007President Jason Briscoe called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Members present: John Horvat, Ray Mason, Dennis Martin, Barry Thompson, John Jun & Terry Houchens. Also present: Chris Spesia – Village Attorney, Rob Tonarelli – Superintendent of Public Works, Sean Kelly – Village Engineer & Chuck White - Village Building Officer/Inspector. Changes To Agenda –President Briscoe stated that there were no changes to be made. Review of Minutes – Minutes of Village Board Meeting of December 19, 2006 were reviewed. Trustee Jun moved, Trustee Houchens seconded the motion to accept the minutes of December 19, 2006 meeting as corrected. Trustee Horvat stated that he also wanted his time of arrival to be noted with role call. Ayes: Thompson, Jun, Horvat, Martin, Mason & Houchens Nays: None Motion carried. Bills and Transfers – To be presented at January 23, 2007 meeting) Treasurer's Report – To be presented at January 23, 2007 meeting) Public Forum – opened at 7:03 p.m. No one came forward. Consent Agenda – there were no items to consider. Old Items – Continued Public Hearing to Consider Terms of an Annexation Agreement, Raycorp Inc. (Khater Farm Property) – opened at 7:04 p.m. No one came forward. New Items – Raycorp Inc. Annexation (Khater Farm Property), Case #2006-04 – Administrator Grabowski stated that this is the first residential development to be annexed in the Village of Minooka since 2004. The property is located on the east side of Ridge Road, roughly ¼ mile south of McEvilly Road and consists of roughly 78.8 acres. It will have commercial buildings along with residential. The residential portion has 162 units in quad or duplex buildings and 20 units above the commercial buildings. He went on to say that the developer has donated approximately 5 acres to the Village as open space/park area. He also stated that the development is an age restricted development in which 90% of the units is for 55 and older and 10 % is for adults without children. The developer agrees to pay the full impact fees to the school districts. The developer also agrees to widen Ridge Road to three lanes from Brannick Road to McEvilly Road as required by Grundy County, and to extend Wabena Avenue to a three lane road from McEvilly Road to Brannick Road. The developer will contribute one third of the cost for a traffic signal at Brannick Road and Ridge Road and also pay $367 per residential unit for other traffic control on Ridge Road. Ordinance Authorizing Execution of an Annexation Agreement– Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Horvat seconded the motion to approve Ordinance #2007-01 authorizing execution of an annexation agreement with Raycorp, Inc, Case #2006-04 with provision for change on Page 22, Article E, Line 6 deleting excess of the permitted 10% of the existing units and replacing it with violation of the HFOP Occupancy Requirements. Hearing no questions President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Houchens, Horvat, Martin, Mason, Jun, Thompson & Briscoe Nays: None Motion carried. Ordinance Annexing Certain Territory into the Village of Minooka - Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Jun seconded the motion to approve Ordinance #2007-02 annexing certain territory in the Village of Minooka. The property is approximately 78.880 acres located at the northeast corner of Ridge Road and Brannick Road. Hearing no comments President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Horvat, Jun, Thompson, Houchens, Mason & Martin Nays: None Motion carried. Ordinance Rezoning Land Located in the Village of Minooka (Grundy County Ag to Minooka B-1 Business District) – Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Jun seconded the motion to approve Ordinance #2007-03 rezoning land located in the Village of Minooka from Grundy County Agriculture District to Minooka B-1 Business District. Hearing no comments or questions President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Jun, Martin, Houchens, Horvat, Thompson & Mason Nays: None Motion carried. Ordinance Rezoning Land Located in the Village of Minooka (Grundy County Ag to Minooka R-1 Single Family Residential District) – Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Houchens seconded the motion to approve Ordinance #2007-04 rezoning land located in the Village of Minooka from Grundy County Agriculture District to Minooka R-1 Single Family Residential District. Hearing no comments or questions President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Martin, Houchens, Thompson, Jun, Mason & Horvat Nays: None Motion carried. Ordinance Rezoning Land Located in the Village of Minooka (Grundy County Ag to Minooka R-5 Single Family Residential District) – Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Houchens seconded the motion to approve Ordinance #2007-05 rezoning land located in the Village of Minooka from Grundy County Agriculture District to Minooka R-5 Single Family Residential District. Hearing no comments or questions President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Mason, Thompson, Horvat, Houchens, Martin & Jun Nays: None Motion carried. Ordinance Granting Conditional Permitted Use for a Planned Unit Development – Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Jun seconded the motion to approve Ordinance # 2007-06 granting a Conditional Permitted Use for a Planned Unit Development with approximately 41.627 acres located at the northeast corner of Ridge Road and Brannick Road. Ayes: Thompson, Jun, Horvat, Martin, Mason & Houchens Nays: None Motion carried. Resolution Approving Change Order for Mondamin Street Project Ridge Road Work, D.E. Thompson – Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Mason seconded the motion to approve Resolution #2007-R-747 authorizing change order #1 for utility upgrades and relocations on Mondamin Street in the amount of $246,919.75 to D. E. Thompson. Hearing no comments President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Houchens, Horvat, Martin, Mason, Jun & Thompson Nays: None Motion carried. Resolution Recognizing Heritage Corridor Convention & Visitors Bureau – Trustee Thompson moved, Trustee Jun seconded the motion to approve Resolution #2007-R-748 recognizing the Heritage Corridor Convention & Visitors Bureau. Hearing no comments and questions President Briscoe called for a vote on the motion. Ayes: Horvat, Jun, Thompson, Houchens, Mason & Martin Nays: None Motion carried. Staff Reports –Administrator Grabowski stated that the next Chamber of Commerce meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 11, 2007 at Heritage Bluffs at 11:30 a.m. He also reported that a workshop is scheduled for Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. Parks/Recreation/Public Safety Committee Report – Chairman Houchens stated that the next Parks Committee meeting would be Tuesday, January 16th at 4:00 p.m. Public Works Committee Report – Chairman Thompson had nothing to report. Finance/Personnel Committee Report – Chairman Martin stated that the next Finance Committee meeting would be Tuesday, January 16th at 5:00 pm. Economic Development/Public Relations Committee Report – Chairman Thompson stated that the Village’s website is being redesigned, and that biography forms would be given out to the Trustees for them to fill out in order to be put on the website along with their pictures. He also stated that the website would be going live soon after that. He went on to say that the Village is in the process of redesigning the newsletter and would like to see more Trustees get involved in the writing newsletter articles. Liquor Commission Report – Chairman Briscoe had nothing to report. Annexation Committee Report – Chairman Briscoe had nothing to report. Executive Session - President Briscoe announced that there was a need for an executive session and entertained a motion. Trustee Mason moved, Trustee Martin seconded the motion to go to executive session to discuss probable litigation at 7:31 p.m. Ayes: Mason, Thompson, Horvat, Houchens, Martin & Jun Nays: None Motion carried. Trustee Jun moved, Trustee Thompson seconded the motion to return to regular session at 7:56 p.m. Ayes: Thompson, Jun, Horvat, Martin, Mason & Houchens Nays: None Motion carried. Action from Executive Session – President Briscoe noted that there was no action to be taken resulting from Executive Session. Trustee Jun moved, Trustee Houchens seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:57 p.m. All voted yes, motion carried. Milissa Felker, Deputy Clerk (Date approved)
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