Village Council Study Session 510 Green Bay Road Winnetka, Illinois 60093 May 13, 2008 7:30 p.m. Agenda Discussion: Liquor Code Amendments Discussion: Streetscape Status Update Discussion: Cenotaph Study and Proposed Repairs Cell Phone Quarterly Report Click here for complete agenda packet. Police Department to Host Bike Rodeo May 22, 3 - 5 PM Hubbard Woods School The Winnetka Police Department will hold a Bike Rodeo at the Hubbard Woods School playground on Thursday, May 22, from 3:30 – 5 PM.  For more information, click here. Winnetka Village Council Enacts Dog Leash Law On January 15, 2008, the Village Council adopted an ordinance amending the Village Code and establishing a dog leash requirement. This law became effective on January 16, 2008 and requires that all dogs be on a leash when not on the property of the dog owner.  In the Fall of 2006, the Winnetka Village Caucus conducted a community survey to determine the demand for enactment of Village Ordinances requiring that dogs be kept on leashes at all times, and that no dog be left unattended. The Caucus recommended that “the Village study the adoption of an ordinance requiring that all dogs be controlled with a leash while on public property, including the Village Green, all streets not marked as “private”, alleys, sidewalks, parkways, parking lots and other public thoroughfares.” Surveys of local communities conducted by the Winnetka Police Department and the Northwest Municipal Conference disclosed that the majority had ordinances that required that dogs be kept on leashes on public property.  Web Site HIGHLIGHTS Village Audit 2006-07 Village Newsletter - Winnetka Report To watch videos of recent Village Board Meetings (click here) Post Office Committee Report to Village Council Suggestion Box Spring 2007 Village President's Report to the Caucus Village Launches GIS Refuse Collection Schedule SWANCC Recycling Information Annual Meeting Notice Parking Maps Precinct Map Instructions for Changing Traffic Ticket Court Date and Obtaining Your Drivers License Following Receipt of  Ticket To Pay Parking Ticket Cook County Department of Public Health Information Illinois State Police Sex Offender Information National Sex Offender Informatio VILLAGE LAUNCHES GIS RESOURCE The Village of Winnetka is a member of the Geographic Information System (GIS) Consortium. The Consortium provides the Village with a cost-effective way to develop and maintain a wide array of map-based information, from zoning and parcel maps to aerial photography. This resource greatly helps the Village in its day-to-day operations. A website is available to assist residents in accessing information regarding their individual properties. Information such as zoning classification, property identification numbers, or even aerial photographs can be accessed at this site. You can access the information with the click of a mouse.  Click Here.  For more information, please visit the GIS Consortium website or contact Steve Saunders, Village Engineer, at 847-716-3568. NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION The Justice Department opened a national registry of sex offenders Wednesday that the public can use to track thousands of offenders Assistant Attorney General Regina Schofield said the national registry was designed to be a repository for the names of an estimated 500,000 sex offenders now listed on separate websites that are maintained by states.The national registry, located at www.nsopr.gov, had records from 22 states on Wednesday. Records from the rest of the states are expected to be online by year's end, Schofield said. Link to:  Illinois State Police Sex Offender Information       .		Document Destruction Public Works Building 1390 Willow May 17 -- 9 AM - 11 AM The Village, along with the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC), will be hosting a document destruction event on May 17 at the Village Yards from 9-11 AM. Bring your old bank statements, medical forms, personal files, tax forms, receipts, etc. to be shredded on-site and then recycled. Staples and paper clips do not need to be removed, but please take items out of binders. This service is for paper waste generated from residents that live in a SWANCC-member town. No business waste accepted. Proof of residency will be required. SWANCC Offers Pick-up of Computers & Electronics From Your Home For your convenience, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) now offers member residents an At Home Pick-up Program.  Village residents who have front-door access may contact SWANCC at 847-724-9205 to arrange to have their electronic equipment picked up, rather than drive it to a drop-off location.  Monthly pickups will be scheduled through October 2008.  The charge is $25 via credit card, and six items will be accepted per pickup – see the list of acceptable items below.  No individual item can exceed 50 pounds.  Cell phones and calculators don’t count towards your six-item total. For more information visit www.swancc.org. Accepted Electronics: Personal computer systems desktop or notebook, includes mouse, keyboard & power cords Monitor Printer Scanner Fax machine Electric typewriter Telephone/answering maching Printer Shredders Postage machines TV’s up to 27” (NO wood units) VHS/DVD player Radio/boombox Stereo Equipment Microwave ovens Unacceptable Items: - Household appliances – large or small - TV’s over 27” - Items over 50 pounds - Power tools - Software, disks, CD’s or DVS’s - Household chemical waste * * * * * * Historic & Residential Preservation Update The Winnetka Ad Hoc Historic & Residential Preservation Committee held two Community Input Meetings on April 12th and 16th to gather public feedback on the Committee’s preliminary findings and recommendations regarding historic preservation, the impact of demolitions, and the protection of Village character. To view these meetings, click here. To view supplemental information providing the history of the Committee and the Committee’s Working Draft Summary Outline #9 of Preliminary Findings and Recommendations, click here. Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL) Recycling The Village of Winnetka in conjunction with SWANCC is accepting CFL’s for recycling.  The Village Yards located at 1390 Willow Road has been established as a drop-off location.  CFL’s contain a very small amount of mercury sealed within the glass tubing.  Similar to other hazardous household items such as paint, batteries, and thermostats, CFL’s should be disposed of properly.  Spent (burned out) compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL’s) can be dropped off at the Village Yards for recycling during normal weekday office hours.  Broken and/or smashed CFL’s will not be accepted.  Small Electronics Recycling The Village of Winnetka is working with Recycling Avenue to collect used cell phones, digital cameras, DVD’s, game consoles, ink cartridges, and laptop computers for recycling through an accredited recycling company. Many of these items contain compounds or materials that can be harmful to the environment if they are not properly disposed of. You can bring your used small electronics to Village Hall during normal business hours (8:30am to 5:00pm M-F, 8:30am to Noon Saturday). Donations are tax deductible. Large items such as printers, monitors, toner cartridges, desktop computers, TV's, VCR's or stereos will not be accepted. Recycling Avenue has partnered with Avenues to Independence in Wheeling, and is run by and for persons who are physically and developmentally challenged. Learn more about Avenues to Independence recycling activities by clicking the following link: http://www.avenuesonline.org/recycling.html New Sales Tax Rate The current sales tax rate in the Village of Winnetka is 8.00% effective 4/1/2008, up from 7.75%, due to an increase in the Cook County portion of the sales tax rate.  The Village’s 1.00% local sales tax rate is included in the 8.00%. (Click here) Willow Road Steering Committee The Northfield-Winnetka Willow Road Steering Committee is studying all aspects of Willow Road from Waukegan Road on the west to Provident Avenue on the east. This study is part of the new Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) approach to roadway design called Context Sensitive Solutions (“CSS”) which gives greater weight to the impact road design and planning have on maintaining and enhancing community character and quality of life.  IDOT explains, “Through early, frequent and meaningful communication with stakeholders, and a flexible and creative approach to design, the resulting projects should improve safety and mobility for the traveling public, while seeking to preserve and enhance the scenic, economic, historic and natural qualities of the settings through which they pass.” For more information on Willow Road and the design initiative, including past workshops, presentation materials, meeting minutes, newspaper articles and more, log onto the Villages’ websites at www.northfieldil.org/Lakota.htm. Emergency Notification via Telephone The Winnetka Police and Fire Departments have contracted with CodeRed, a rapid response telephone network that allows the Village to quickly notify the phone numbers of any Winnetkan in case of emergency, such as the August 23, 2007, storm. This service relies on a database of phone numbers, but not all phone numbers are listed. For example, most cell phone numbers are not in the database. To make sure that your landline and cell phone numbers are included for Village emergency calls, please click on the following link, enter your address, and add any telephone number you wish to include in the database: https://login.coderedweb.com/codereddata entry/index.cfm?GroupId=1196 All telephone numbers submitted will be used for emergency purposes only and not divulged to any other party for any reason. The CodeRed system will be used for emergency notification of events like missing children, environmental spills, major storms, or boil orders. For more information please call the Police Department at 847-501-6034 or see http://www.coderedweb.com.  Village Launches “Suggestion Box” In response to a recent Caucus platform, the Village has created a “Suggestion Box” on its website for your ideas, comments and thoughts. It may be accessed either from “Quick Links” or from the following link.  SuggestionBox  PARKING TICKET PAYMENT The Winnetka Police Department uses an automated parking enforcement system which enables online payment of Winnetka parking tickets.  For a slight fee, it is possible to pay citations with a credit card by telephone and over the internet. If you prefer, you may deposit payment into a drop box located in the lobby of the police station, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Cash payments are not accepted, and parking citation payments are no longer taken at the Village Hall. To pay Winnetka parking tickets online click here.