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Palos Heights City Council met March 3.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. INVOCATION

3. ROLL CALL

4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

5. CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval of Minutes:

1. City Council Meeting, February 18, 2020

B. Approval of Payroll and Voucher List for the period ending February 28, 2020.

OPENING OF SEALED BIDS – MFT 2020 Bid Opening

REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor:

6. General Remarks and Updates.

7. Motion to approve the Mayor’s appointments and re-appointments.

City Clerk:

Treasurer:

City Attorney:

COMMUNICATIONS

CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL* (Please move to the podium.)

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance: Chairperson Alderman McGrogan

Public Safety: Chairperson Alderman McGovern

Municipal Grounds and Property: Chairperson Alderman Basso

Planning and Zoning: Chairperson Alderman Clifford

8. DOCKET 2020-01: a petition filed by Brian & Cindy Dempsey. Motion: to allow a new covered porch to extend 6 feet into the required 30-foot Front Yard of the residential property located at 11943 S 71st Avenue.

9. DOCKET 2020-02: a petition filed by Patrick and Sara Cummings. Motion: to allow a new covered porch to extend 2.2 feet into the required 30-foot Front Yard of the residential property located at 12201 S 71st Avenue.

10. DOCKET 2020-03: a petition filed by Jeffery Williams on behalf of Joseph Cannella, Managing Partner of Palos Heights Properties, LLC. Motion: to allow a martial arts training school to operate as a B-1 Special Use within a B District, located at 6501-6503 W. 127th Street.

11. DOCKET 2020-04: a petition filed by Alfonso & Kristin Restivo. Motion: to allow an 8’4” Side Yard (or a 1’8” relief of the 10-foot standard) along the north property line adjacent to the addition to the principal residence, and a 21’8” Rear Yard (or a 3’4” relief of the 25-foot standard for a principal building) adjacent to the addition to the principal residence located at 12423 S. 71st Court.

12. DOCKET 2020-05: a petition filed by Barbara & Clark Gabriello. Motion: to allow a 3’8” Side Yard (or a 6’4” relief of the 10-foot standard) along the west property line adjacent to a new detached garage, and a 5’11” Rear Yard (or a 4’1” relief of the 10-foot standard for a detached garage) adjacent to a new detached garage located at 12423 S. 71st Court.

13. DOCKET 2019-07: a revised petition by Santos Gonzales & Anna Moore. Motion: to allow (i) a pool to extend 3’ beyond the building line, and (ii) a fence to extend 10’ beyond the building line of the principal residence located at 7400 W. Kiowa Lane. The fence shall align with the neighbor’s fence immediately north along Comanche Drive, shall return perpendicularly to the northwest corner of the house, and fence post footings shall not compromise underground utilities. No excavated soils shall be placed on the easement, nor shall the grading be changed within the easement. Finally, neither the pool nor fence shall extend into the required 20-foot Front Yard along the two-lot block of Comanche Drive.

Recreation: Chairperson Alderman Key

Roads and Construction: Chairperson Alderman Kramarski

License, Permits & Franchises: Chairperson Alderman Lewandowski

Water and Sewer: Chairperson Alderman Bylut

14. Motion to approve an engineering agreement with RJN Group to prepare bid documents to rehabilitate the sanitary manholes – including construction and inspection in the amount of $35,990.

REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES 

Business/EconomicDevelopment: ChairpersonAldermanKey Cable TV: Chairperson Alderman McGovern

OLD BUSINESS

CITIZENS WISHING TO ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS EVENING’S BUSINESS* (Please move to the Podium.) 

NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

https://palosheights.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03032020-326