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President Mueller announced that Oak Brook Terrace is meeting to vote on the

proposed Boundary Agreement with the Village of Lombard. He talked about the

upcoming Census 2000, mentioning that banners have been hung throughout the

community and that ads will be placed in local newspapers to increase awareness of the

importance of the Census. An upcoming Lombard Pride will explain the dollar impact.

He urged residents to please take time to complete the form when they receive it as we

need 100% participation to get the correct tax dollars back into Lombard. Mueller

announced that the January Blood Drive collected 152 units of blood. He emphasized

the high demand for donors and offered his thanks to those who donated for their

participation. In conclusion he announced the upcoming Village of Lombard and

Lombard Park District Winter Carnival to be held on February 5th at Madison Meadow.

He highlighted the details of this family event which will include ice sculpture,

entertainment, the puffer train, horse drawn wagon rides, turkey bowling, sled races and

Santa sack races as well as free hot dogs and hot cocoa.

This item was moved from item 8E. David Hulseberg, Director of Community

Development explained the study done regarding the feasibility of establishing a new

TIF District along the St. Charles Rd. Corridor

Trustee Florey announced that he had moved this from the consent agenda so that he

can abstain explaining that his client is District 45 whose boundaries are within the

proposed new TIF District.

Trustee Kufrin asked if this resolution was written in accordance with the new TIF law.

Mr. Hulseberg answered that it was but it wouldn't impact us in this area anyway, only

an additional housing component. Further, he said that Tom Bayer had found our

previous proposed legislation on this matter deficient, this prevents any loopholes.

Mr. Bayer said that if you err it should be on the side of doing more and this does. A

housing impact study would have to be done in this area.

Ralph Borgatell asked if this area on one side of St. Charles is in VIlla Park. Hulseberg

replied that we are only proposing the South side of St. Charles Road at Meyers

Stan Rickard explained the report which identifies flood prone areas and enumerated

some of those areas saying that the Public Works Department and Committee are sure

there are others. He went on to say that these areas are the largest part of the

problems and the Committee approved the program to be retroactive to December 1,

1999. Requests will be recommended for approval by Community Development and

then the participants will apply to the Public Works Department for a grant. The

program will offer protection requiring that professional engineers design the plans to

alleviate flooding and since there are some combined sewer systems, the plans must

comply with our ordinances. In addition any improvements on private property become

owned and operated by the homeowners. Other requirements for inculsion are that the

grant must be requested by at least two contiguous properties who experience seventy

two hour standing water. Mr. Rickard emphasized that Homeowner groups need to

come forward with these problems. The program will provide for the Village to fund 50

% with a maximum amount of ten thousand dollars. The model for this proposal was a

project on Brewster in which a bid came in the amount of eighteen thousand dollars.

Trustee Florey said that he thinks it is a very positive program and will fix a lot of

problems. He has heard from a group where the water stands two feet deep, they have

no grass, and there are safety problems when the water freezes in winter. In one

instance a child fell through. He said that he thinks it is time for the Village to move

forward with this program, we have fixed basement flooding with the overhead sewer

grant and some some unused funds for the overhead sewer program may be used to

fund this program.

Trustee Borgatell echoed that point of view and said we are now giving the residents an

alternative.

Trustee Kufrin said that he is in favor of the program but asked if there could be a single

property which would qualify, some provisions for unusual circumstances.

Mr. Rickard said that he felt that it was an open program although aimed at getting the

worst locations done first.

President Mueller suggested that those unusual circumstances could be reviewed by

this Board.

Trustee Kufrin questioned if anything other than seventy two hours of standing water

would qualify. Stan replied that is a standard from our combined sewer ordinance and if

there is proof that our combined sewers have relief before that time we can look at it.

Trustee Kufrin said that in one instance homeowners were looking at a correction of

their problem for a few thousand dollars, some changes had to be made and the bid

ended up being seventeen thousand dollars. He said he thinks the Public Works

Committee needs to look at these situations.

President Mueller asked Mr. Rickard to comment on that situation. He explained that

the engineer didn't qualify the project with Village Of Lombard standards before bidding,

he could not say if the bid was reasonable. Mr. Kufrin interjected that he thinks that

Public Works should review the situations and see if the bid is reasonable.

Trustee Tross asked that the Village not intervene with homeowners' bids he beleives

that the involvment of government causes costs to increase.

President Mueller explained that it wasn't a matter of the government raising the price

but of the bid not meeting Village Ordinances and standards to begin with. He

cautioned him about misinformation being given.

Trustee Tross said that there are some residents whose problems in his district have not

been taken care of. Overall he thinks that the price of ten thousand dollars per situation