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Hit the Links at LCML Golf Outing
The annual Lake County Municipal League golf outing is scheduled for Thursday, September 20, at White Deer Run in Vernon Hills.
Schedule of Events
- 11:00 am - buffet lunch
- 12:30 pm - shotgun start
- 5:00 pm - reception
- 5:30 pm - dinner, awards and raffle prizes
Full golfer package is $125 per person and includes greens fees, cart, lunch, reception and dinner. Make checks payable to the Lake County Municipal League. Trustees, staff and vendors are welcome.
Brush up on your golf skills because golfers will have the chance to win a new car in a Hole-in-One contest at one of the par three holes.
Your registration is not complete until we receive your check. Deadline to register for golf by September 12. For more information, please contact
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CMAP Regional Comprehensive Plan workshop
CMAP is holding a workshop on Wednesday, June 27, to engage local leaders in the implementation of the 2040 Regional Framework Plan and provide an overview of the direction of CMAP.
The workshop will be held at the Lake County Division of Transportation office, 600 W. Winchester Rd., in Libertyville from 1:00-4:00 pm.
To reserve, please contact
or all (312) 386-8674 by June 22. |
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Transit-oriented seminar
A seminar entitled "Building Successful Mixed-Income Communities: Transportation and Transit-Oriented Development," will be held on Thursday, July 12, from 8:00 to 10:30 am, in the Walnut Room of the Hotel Allegro, 171 W. Randolph, Chicago. Breakfast will be provided.
Panelists will be David Taylor, National Director of Transit-Oriented Development and Sustainable Transit Solutions for HDR and Bernita Johnson-Gabriel, Executive Director, Quad Communities Development Corporation.
This event is free, but space is limited and seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To RSVP, call (312) 863-6017. You can also register online at www.metroplanning.org. |
2006-2007 LCML Board
President
Mayor Tim Perry, Grayslake
Vice President
President Roger Byrne, Vernon Hills
Secretary
President Elliott Hartstein, Buffalo Gr.
Treasurer
Mayor Rich Hill, Round Lake Beach
Sergeant-at-Arms
Mayor Ted Mueller, Hainesville
Directors
Mayor Jeff Harger, Libertyville
Mayor Dick Hyde, Waukegan
Chair Suzi Schmidt, Lake County Board
Jim Hayner, administrator, Gurnee
Executive Director
Chris Gentes
1937 Municipal Way
Round Lake Beach, IL 60073
(847) 270-3126
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General Assembly on Overtime
The Illinois General Assembly continues to drag into session overtime. Last week, the legislators and the governor left on June 15th without action on such issues as healthcare, electric rate relief and the state budget.
Instead, the Governor Blagojevich and the four legislative leaders (Senate President Jones, Senate Minority Leader Watson, House Speaker Madigan and House Republican Leader Cross) met in an effort to achieve consensus on a state spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year which starts in July. In addition, the Governor instead of meeting privately with the leaders (which is standard practice) included various outside groups to participate in the meetings.
While the leaders expected the meetings to focus on the budget (in its entirety), the Governor desired to focus on specific issues such as Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and a cap on Cook County residential property tax assessments.
The Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to meet this week. |
To make excavating safer, JULIE has introduced a new national "Call before you dig" number - 811. Knowing where the utility lines are buried before digging prevents homeowners and professional excavators from damaging underground utility lines while digging.
The new number is especially designed for people working near service boundaries and are not sure which one-call center they should contact.
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| Water Supply Planning
CMAP is facilitating an important new effort to study water supply and demand issues in the 11-county northeastern Illinois region (Cook, Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, & Will). The Regional Water Supply Planning Group (RWSPG) is composed of public officials, academics, business representatives, and other citizens, and will, together with CMAP, produce a long-term water supply/demand management plan in 2009.
Future water availability is uncertain given that the 11-county region is expected to add more than two million people by the year 2030. Now is the time to learn about the RWSPG, follow the planning process, and discover their findings and recommendations. Please visit the CMAP/RWSPG web site at http://chicagoareaplanning.org/ watersupply.
The next RWSPG Meeting, which is open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm in CMAP Office, Sears Tower, 8th Floor. Featured Speaker: Dr. Benedykt Dziegielewski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, "Factors Included in Water Demand Modeling"
For more information or to make a reservation, please contact
or call (312) 386-8646. |
| Telecommunications Bill SB 678 passes Senate
Yesterday the Illinois Senate unanimously passed SB 678 by a vote of 54-0. The bill now goes to the Governor for his signature. | |