Panel to take final round of comment on 2013 draft on Dec. 12 before passing document on to St. Charles Plan Commission.
Only 40 people signed in during Wednesday’s open house, but easily 60 or more stopped by the City Council Chambers during the session to look over, comment on or ask questions about the 2013 draft St. Charles Comprehensive Plan. The mood was cordial and the crowd conversational during the more than 90-minute open house, where residents were invited to look over the plan and share their written comments about it. Those comments will be considered by the Comprehensive Plan Task Force when it meets Dec. 12 to decide whether or not to pass the draft document to the St. Charles Plan Commission with a recommendation for adoption. That meeting will mark the end of the task force’s efforts but will not mean the draft plan is a done deal. The Plan …
Kane County has a lot of candidates to choose from.
The list of folks who have applied to be Kane County's representative on the Metra Board has grown to 41 as the final buzzer sounded for the application deadline Monday. The list is a Who's Who of present and former public officials, and the decision of the candidate finalist will be up to the blue-ribbon task force chaired by County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay. Among the task force members is Geneva's own Mike Donahue. The trick for the task force subcommittee will be to find the candidate who is apolitical—or at least whose appointment will appear to come without any strings attached. Who do you think would be the right choice? This group came in over the weekend: And this group made the final deadline Monday: This is the list as …
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Pete Richards
12:49 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The task force and the document focuses on areas here and there around the City rather than looking at the entire City in a comprehensive fashion. It appears that the makers of the document were more concerned about serving special interests, like developers, than they were about what is truly best for St. Charles. more ›