06-02-19591~1
LONG RANGE. CAP iTAL 1 MPROVEMENTS PLANNING COMM FSS ION
VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD
REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 2, 1859
M (~N__U T E S'°
REct~t,.AR -
6wf~Ai~4L MEMBERS OF .THE LONG RANGE CAP LTAL I MPROYEM£NTS PLANN !N8 COMM 18S I ON Mt:T
JUNE 2, 1959 EN THE~COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE VILLAGE HALL. THE MEETINB WAS CALLED
70 ORDER- 8Y VICE-CHAIRMAN ERSPAMER A7 7:05 P,~NI.-
MEMBERS PREyENT WERE: COOMBS, ERSPAMER REITER, AND GRUNDlTZ~
ABSENT: NONE
THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETfNG WERE READ AND APPROVEp AS CORRECTED, CORRECTION WA8
MADE UNDER THE HEADING 'fPLAN A^ tN REFERENCE TO RELOCATION OF THE LIQUOR STORES MR.
REITER HAD MEANT THAT THE LIQUOR STORE CO ULO BE BUILT ON 65TH STREET INSTEAD OF ON
HIGHWAY 65.
RESIGNATION.
T WAS REPORTED THAT CHAIRMAN BRYCE WOERNER HAO RESIGNED. 6RUNDITX INDICATED THAT
HER TERM OF OFFICE HAD TERMINATED ON JUNE;FIRST, THE ADVISABILITY OF APPOINTIlYB~ A
THIRD NEW MEMBER AT THIS TIME WA3 QUESTIONED SINCE THE COMMISSION. HAD THOUGHT 4T
WOULD TRY TO COMPLETE ITS`ANNUAL REPORT BY OCTOBER h5TH.
RESOLUfitON ON APPOINTM£NTS~
'hHE~I~.OMP4 1 SS ! ON HAO RECEIVED NO REPORT FROM THE V I LIAGE . COUNC 1 L AS TO THE I R HAI~tQE.EI~f-
OF THE RESOLUTION ON APPOINTMENTS ANO SUBMISSION OF REPORTS PASSED AT THE FEBRU/[Ry
LOTH ME=TING OF THE COMMISS ION. COOMBS MOVED THAT THt3 RESOLUTION t3E RESUBM[TTEE3
TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT THE COUNCIL BE ASKED TO PUT IT ON THEIR ABENDA• SECOND B1?'
GRUNDITZ. UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED,
~M-;~IN•UTES >
11'YERE WAS DISCU3SEON AS TO WHETHER THE COMMISSION COULD ASK THE COUNCIL T0- RECOGNIZE
OFFtCtALLY THE MINUTES OF THE COMMISSION AT COUNCIL MEETINGS. MR. ANDERSON WOULD
LOOK INTO THE PROS ANO CONS OF THIS PROCEDURE AND WOULD REPORT BACK. '
RESOLUTION: THOROUGHFARE BEAUTIFICATION..
HE ESOLUTtON ON BEAUTIFICATION OF HO OUGHFA.RE3 HAD NOT BEEN SENT OUT BECAUSE NO
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HAD BEEN WRITT EN SINCE MR. WOERNER~S RESIGNATION. WHO SHOULD
WRITE SUCH LETTERS WAS DtSCUSSED~ AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT MR._ ANDERSON COULD DO THIS
AFTER CHECKING WITH THE CHAIRMAN. REITER MOVED THAT MR. ANDERSON~S LETTER OF TRAN3~
M[tTAL TO GO WITH THE RESOLUTION ON TIiOROUGHFAR£ SEAUTII•'ICATION SE SENT 70 THE COUNCIL
WITH A NOTE ON THE BOTTOM ASKING THEM TO TAKE ACTION ON TH18 RESOLUTION AT THEIR NEXT
MEETING, SECOND BY COO MB S. UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.
PURL iC RELATIONS COMM ITTEE,,
HE CHAIRMAN APPOINTED R, COOMBS TO SERVE WITH MR. REITER ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS
COMMITTEE.
COi~ihiUN ITY CENTERS SURVEY.
R. NDER30N HAb TALKED TO MR. ELt_SWORTH JOHNSON PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY CENTERS, INC,,
AND HAO LEARNED THAT THEY WISHED TO GET FROM THE COMMISSION A COST FOR A COMPLETE
PARK SYSTEM PLUS SPECIFIC RECOMMEND AT{DNS AS TO THE TYPE OF POOL OR ROOLS WHICH THE
COMMISSION THOUGHT DESIRABLE. THtS REPORT WAS DESIRED IN 80 DAYS BUT IT WA8 FELT
THAT THIS DEADLINE COULD NOT BE MET. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE COMM{SS{ON WOULD PRO•
CEED WITH THEIR PRIORITY SCHEDULING AND THEN GO INTO THE WH OLE RECREATION QUESTION
WHEN 7HIS AROSE. COOMBS MOVED THAT A LETTER BE SENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMUNITY
CENTERTS REQUEST AND INOlCATiNG THAT THE COMMISSION WAS PREPARED TO COOPERATE AND WA3
WORKING ON ITS SECOND REPORT WHICH WOULD £MBOOY THE ITEMS THE COMMUNITY CENTERS WAS
ASKING FOR SPECIFICALLY. COPIES OF THE REPORT WOULD 8E MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SECOND BY GRUNDITZ. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MR. ANDERSON WOULD WRITE THIS LETTER. IT
WA3 HOPED 7HAT THE COMMISStON~3 REPORT WOULD BE READY BY SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
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1"RfOR- Titi S W6 RE D~lSCUS9ED -!N DETAfL~ MR~COOMBS FELT iT WAS EXTREMELY.DIFFICULT TO
DISCUSS PRIORI'~IE8 WITHOUT KNOWlN6 IiOW THEY WERE TO Bf FINANCEO`s IT WAS DECIDED TO
GO AHEAD WITH.Oi9CUSStON OF TENTAtlVE P~tORITiES OPERATING ON THE PRINCIPLE OF UN+~-
LiMfTEO RESOURCES ANO THEN GO INTO FINANClNQ LATER,
LT WAS AGREEiS 't MAT THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROCESS OF BEfNB BUICT`QND SANITARY SEWERI~ SHOULD
RE CONSIDERED AS COMPLETED AND WOU4.lf N07 BE iNCLUDEi7 IN PRlORIT~ES,
STORM SEWERS (TH09E IN RROCESS AND CRlTICAt~ WERE PUT tN THE NUMBER ONE POSITION.
li!EITER MOVED THAT PARKS 8E (~lVEN NUMBER 2 POSiT(ON,• SECOND BY 6RUNDlTZ, iVOT CARRIED,
COOMBS MOVED THArt PRIORITY NUMBER 2 BE PLAN A FOR EXPANSION OF THE V{LLAGE HALL: SECOND-
BY GRUNDITZ, CARRIED. THERE WAS STILL 0lFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO THE ADV1'SABiLlTY
OF .PLAN A WHICH INCLl1DE0 LiBRARV PLANS.
GRUNaITZ MOVED THAT PRiORfTY NUMBER 3 BE THE WHOLE PARK QUESTION -~ BOl`H LAND ACQU4S~-
TION AND PARK IMI~-f{01/EMEN't'~ SECOND BY COOMBS, tNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.
RElTER MOVED THAT WATER BE PRIORITY NUMBER 4..: SECOND BY COO MBS~ UNANIMOU9I.Y CARRLED~-
COOMBS MOVED.1'HAT PRIORlTIf NUMBERrJ.B£ PERMANENT SURFACEN6 OF THE STREETS.. SECOND BY
BETTER. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.-
CURBS AND GUTTERS WERE TENTATIVELY CONSIDERED A9 PRIORITY NUMBER 6 t3UT N0 AC1'ION,WAS
TAKEN. .
REPORTS RE. QUESTED .`
N CONNE ION WITH PRlOR171ffS MR. ANDERSON WAS ASKED TO GET BEF4Rf= TFIE NEXT MEETfNG2
I HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD 8E FNVOLV£0 IN THE COMPLETION OF STORM SEWER8
BE{NG OfSCUSBED. -
2, WHAT IS. INVOLVED !N 7HE PARK LAND ACQUISITION BEING TALKED A80UTy AND
THE TOTAL COST OF COMPLETION- OF PARK FACILITIESs
3. a REPORT ON THE WATER sURVEY BEtNO CONDUCTED AT THE PRESENT TfME._
4. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 4lH~GM {S NECESSARY TO TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL
FUND FROM THE LIQUOR STORE RECEIPTS AND WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY 1'S NO'!'
TRANSFERRED,-
F f iuaNCE.
HEATH R OR NOT TO ASK MR. EVENSEN~ FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THE VILLAGE AND THE SCHOOL
DtSTRICj'f TO TH£ NEXT MEETIN6 OF THE COMMISSfON WAS DISCUSSED, fT WAS FINALLY OE-
C~DEO T{iAT MR. EVENSENt8.;NITIAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSfON UNDER Tb}E DATE OF JANUARY
16, 1958, WOULD BE SECURED FOR ALL MEMBERS NOT HAVING IT, THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING
MR, EDWARD MOLfNE~ ViLLAOE CLERKS WOULD BE ASKED TO 13E PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
REGARDING FINANCE. THE VILLAGE ENGINEER WOULD ALSO 8£ CALLED iN LATER.
IT WAS SUGGE8TED THAT FINANCtI~}G PRLORfTIES COULD BE PLACED AS ARIORlTY NUMBER ONES
BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ON T1-}13. fqR~ BETTER FELT THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT BE ABLE
TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF 7HE- VILLAGE ANO VISUALIZE
A PROQRAM WHICH WOULD REALLY TAKE ROOT dND BROW: THOUGHT ABOUT NEW PROJECT REQUESTS
WAS ENCOURAGED,
SPEC fAtr MEET t NG~
HE NEX SPEC1i4L MEETIPIG FOR OFFICIAL MEMBERS WOULD 8E ON JUNE I6Ttf. FINANCING
PRIORITIES WOULD BE THE MAIN TOPIC,
ADJOURNMENT.
EITER MOVE6 TO ADJOURN AT f0: 15 P,M. SEGOND BY CODMSS. CARRIED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMtTTED~
~S~ MURiEL GRUNDtTZ
MRS. GORDON GRUNDITZ
SECRETARY