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By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

Riverside is looking to change the way the village finances street improvements.

At the village board’s June 6 meeting, trustees directed staf f to move forward with preparing a referendum question asking residents whether the village should institute a one-time increase to the property tax levy for 2024. That increase would be offset by savings as current street repair bonds are paid off.

If passed by voters in November, the referendum will al-

is model shows what pedestrian refuge islands could look like on O gden Avenue if they are implemented as part of the improvements.

Avenue improvements

e outside project manager said construction will begin in 2029 at soonest

By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

Brookfield is moving steadily ahead on its project to renovate Ogden Avenue from East Avenue to Custer Avenue.

At the village board’s June 10 committee of the whole meeting, trustees heard an hourlong update from Jim Tibble, a senior project manager at Civiltech Engineering, the firm that the village chose to lead the project in November 2022. He walked the board through Civiltech’s plan for the project, which is currently in the design phase and will see Ogden Avenue resurfaced, its sidewalks reconstructed to be more accessible, its aging utilities replaced and its traffic signals modernized.

Tibble also requested direction from the board on a number of specific items, as Civiltech will need to get the overall plan approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation before the project progresses beyond the design phase.

Tibble said that phase should last another 15-18 months, meaning it will be done between September and December 2025. Once the design is finalized, the project will move into its second phase, focused on securing a construction contract; the village has secured funding for this phase in 2027 from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for

Planning. The third and final phase, construction, will begin in 2029 “in the bestcase scenario,” Tibble said.

Parking

To collect data on the average number of cars parking on each side street — specifically, between Ogden Avenue and the first alleyway north or south — Tibble said Civiltech flew a drone over the throughway on an hourly basis. T he data collected, alongside feedback from residents, told Civiltech that there isn’t enough parking near Ogden Avenue, he said.

He presented trustees with two options for the design of those parking spaces: angled parking or parallel parking. While angled parking would allow more cars to park along a given street, it would reduce the amount of streetside green space. Parallel parking would have the opposite effect, providing more space for greenery while reducing the number of cars that can park

Tibble gave his own recommendation to use angled parking where possible and only use parallel parking as a backup, including on side streets that connect to intersections with traffic signals. After discussion, the board agreed with this suggestion.

The other item he sought direction on was how far back from crosswalks the side street

parking should start. In Brookfield, the design standard has been 20 feet, meaning the first street parking space is 20 feet north or south from the edge of the crosswalk; however, IDOT’s standard would place these spaces 30 feet away, meaning any variance from this standard would require specific approval.

Trustee Jennifer Hendricks pointed out that the extra distance might make Ogden Avenue more accessible for pedestrians crossing the street.

“We are taking additional steps to try to make it more pedestrian-friendly,” Tibble said. “Widening the sidewalks where we can, obviously improving the ADA ramps at each intersection [and] identifying improvements with [curb] bump-outs on some of those side streets as well.”

The board agreed that Civiltech should seek IDOT approval for the variances to allow only 20 feet between the crosswalk and parking spaces; once trustees know if the variances are approved or rejected, they will decide the distance on a case-by-case basis for each side street based on how much parking is needed and other factors.

“I think that makes sense to have that option to go the variance, and you can always not do it, but you can’t go back and ask for it later,” Trustee Katie Kaluzny said.

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Intro to Hand Tools

Thursday, June 20, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

LSF Brookfield Library

Become your own Handy Mandy at the library by attending this introduction to learn all the basics of common hand tools for household repair. No one wants to hire someone and throw all their money at the drop of a hat just because they don’t know how to use a drill. This maker class is for all ages so if the kids want to learn about tools to help dad out back then so be it! The library will HAND-le all your questions. 3541 Park Ave

Tai Chi

Wednesday, June 19, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

BIG WEEK June 19-26

Pollinator story time at the zoo

Wednesday, June 19, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Brook eld Zoo, Hamill Family Nature Plaza

Spice Club Kit

Monday, June 24, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

North Riverside Public Library

Participate in North Riverside’s Spice Club this upcoming Monday for your very own grilled vegetable seasoning kit! Stop by the library between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. for a bag full of ingredients in order to make your own spice blend. Registration is required so make sure to visit the librar y’s website to sign up before spots ll up. Become the Spice Girls and Boys you can be... nobody likes bland veggies! 2400 S. Des Plaines Ave

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Hey, you look like you could relax... What better way to do so than attending a Tai Chi class at the library? You may be wondering what Tai Chi is... it was originally an ancient Chinese martial art that was often used for combat and self-defense. Despite its intimidating nature, the art has now evolved into a gentle and low impact art form. Walking through its owing motions and slow breaths will help circulate your blood ow while calming your mind.

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The library is switching up their common location for this pollinator story time from Park Avenue to Golf Road. This zoo story time will be pollinator themed so every creature ranging from bumblebees to hummingbirds will be included. A ft er story time, kids will be encouraged to have their parents walk them around the zoo to look at all the habitats: how fun! 3300 Golf Rd.

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Celebrate Brook eld Zoo’s 90th anniversary celebration on Satuday starting at 6 p.m. Get ready to roar and rock your socks o listening to the zoo’s summer concert series kicking o the 22nd. No one other than The Fray will be kicking o the series with their greatest hits such as “How to Save a Life” and “You Found Me.” Tune in for the lineups for the rest of the series in the upcoming weeks. Visit https://www.brook eldzoo.org/ roaringnight to purchase tickets! 3300 Golf Rd.

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Illinois’ ban on ‘bump stocks’ remains in place despite U.S. Supreme Court decision

SCOTUS expected to announce whether it will hear unrelated appeal of 2023 assault weapon ban

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois

An Illinois law banning the sale and use of “bump stocks” and other devices that increase the firing power of semiautomatic weapons remains in place, at least for now, despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday striking down a federal ban on such items “Illinois law is not affected by the decision,” a spokesperson for A ttorney General Kwame Raoul said in an emai l statement Friday.

Meanwhile, however, advocates on both sides of the gun control debate in the United States are anxiously waiting to learn whether the high court will hear a broader constitutional challenge to the state’s 2023 assault weapons ban, which includes the state-level ban on bump stocks. An announcement on that appeal could come at any time in the next several days.

Bump stocks are devices that attach to a semiautomatic weapon that enable it to fire multiple shots in rapid succession with a single pull of the trigger, effectively enabling the weapon to function like a fully automatic weapon.

T hose devices became the focus of g un c ontrol debate following a 2017 mass shooting at a music f estival in L as Vega s, Nevada. A g unman used we apons equipped with bump stocks to fire more than 1,000 rounds i nto a crowd in a matter of minutes, killing 60 p eople and in -

juring more than 400.

Although public ownership of “machine guns” had long been banned under the National Firearms Act, a 1934 law originally written in response to gangland violence of that era, that law had never been interpreted to include the use of bump stocks. Public outrage over the Las Ve gas massacre prompted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to adopt a new re gulation imposing a federal ban on bump stocks.

In a 6-3 ruling Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down that re gulation, saying ATF exceeded its authority in issuing a rule that classifies bump stocks as machine guns. The majority did not, however, say a ban on bump stocks per se would violate the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

“The Supreme Court decision, as you know, is not a Second Amendment decision,” Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference Friday, just hours after the decision was released. “It was a decision about whether the ATF has the authority to issue the rules that they put out back then. … I do think it’s going to spur action at the state level as well as the federal level to try to once again ban bump stocks. Here in Illinois, we’ve already done that.”

The Illinois bump stock ban was enacted as part of the state’s overall ban on assaultstyle weapons, which came in response to another mass shooting, this one at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Pa rk in 2022.

Legal challenges to the Illinois law moved swiftly through both state and federal courts. In August, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-3 the law did not violate a nar row provision of the Illinois Constitution that prohibits the passage of “special legislation,” or laws that apply only to certain classes of individuals.

At the federal level, however, decisions so far have been mixed. Two separate district court judges in the Northern District of Illinois rejected constitutional challenges to the law and refused to block enforcement of either the state ban or local bans enacted in Naperville and Chicago.

But in April, a judge in the Southern District of Illinois granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law on the grounds that it likely violates the Second Amendment.

Those three cases were later consolidated at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where a three-judge panel ruled Nov. 3 that the law could remain in force while challenges to it are being considered.

That is the decision now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, which so far has declined to issue its own preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the law while the cases are being heard.

Legal challenges are also pending against assault weapon bans in other states, but a spokesperson for the National Association for Gun Rights, one of the leading organizations challenging those laws, said Monday the Illinois case is the only one currently poised to be taken up by the Supreme Court.

T he law b ans a long list of firearms defined as “assault we apons,” as well as large-capacity magazines and various kinds of attachments. T hose include attachments that “increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard rate of fire” for a we apon not equipped with such a devic e.

Th at law was p assed during a specia l lame duck session of the General Assembly in January 2023, j ust six months after the Highland Pa rk shooting. P ritzke r signed it i nto law within hours of it s final p assage, making I llinois the ninth state in the nation at the time to enac t such a ban. Washington became the 10th state a few months later.

Legal challenges to the Illinois law

If the c ourt ag rees to take the c ase, oral arguments would be scheduled fo r the term that begins in October. A decision against hearing the appeal would leave the Seventh Circuit’s decision from November in plac e.

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Brook eld is set to promote the village’s re captains

e rank, ‘battalion chief,’ is pending village board approval

By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

The rank structure of Brookfield’s fire department is changing.

At the village board’s June 10 meeting, Fire Chief James Adams spoke to trustees about a recommendation of his to amend the department’s rank of fire captain to battalion chief. The change would not add new positions to the fire department or impact the village’s finances, but Adams said it would allow the department to encourage professional development and help nearby communities with responses to serious fires

“Captains currently are reco gnized in the fire service as an upper-level supervisory position, whereas a battalion chief is considered a low-level chief, basically your first level of chief,” Adams said at the

meeting. “Our captains hold a lot of the responsibilities that battalion chiefs currently have. Their leadership qualities are along those lines.”

Brookfield employs three fire captains as part of its fire department. Captains report directly to the fire chief and oversee the village’s fire lieutenants and firefighters.

Adams said the change would allow Brookfield’s fire captains to take on greater responsibilities in the event of a serious incident in the village or a nearby community due to the fire department’s involvement in the Mutual Aid Box System. Also known as MABAS, the statewide mutual aid system allows fire departments to call on each other when their local resources aren’t enough to fight a large or complex fire.

It’s similar to NIPAS, the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System, which Brookfield’s police department joined in February.

“On a MABAS level, it’s preferred that you have a chief in the management of larger incidents,” Adams said. Brookfield’s captains are able to manage their individual companies, or groups of firefighters,

“Whereas they can go on MABAS as a battalion chief and command multiple companies at that point.”

Outside of MABAS, Brookfield’s fire chief said the change would enable the village’s fire captains to take additional training courses of fered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“When it comes to FEMA classes — leadership and management classes — it’s harder for the captain rank to be allowed to take some of those classes, which would definitely improve their professionalism, their leadership skills and their management,” he said.

Adams said two of the village’s three fire captains had applied and been rejected from courses in the past due to their ranks being lower than those of other applicants.

“There’s company officer and advanced company officer [courses], which are basically lieutenant- and captain-level classes, and then chief officer, which digs deeper into a lot of the HR, more organizational structure, management skills and things like that,” he said. “They had applied for it two years ago,

two of our captains, and, because the class had a lot of those chief officers, they were denied, so that was kind of what spurred the idea originally in my head.”

Changing the fire captains’ rank to that of battalion chief would also have one more benefit — encouraging Brookfield’s firefighters to strive for the rank.

“Another thing that this does is kind of open it up — not that I want guys to leave — but it actually opens up the opportunity to become a deputy chief or assistant chief at other departments when they retire or whenever they get to that point of their career,” Adams said.

“Overall, it increases professionalism, definitely reflects their leadership and their management [skills] they currently have, and I think our captains are well deserving of it,” he added.

Brookfield trustees do not vote to approve items at the village’s committee of the whole meetings. While the village board seemed rece ptive to the change, trustees will either pass or reject it at the board’s meeting on Monday, June 24.

REPAIRS

Funding question

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low the village to invest about $500,000 more into street improvements over the next 10 years than it did over the past decade — without raising property taxes a cent.

What would the referendum do, exactly?

T he draft referendum presented to trustees reads as follows: “Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for the Village of Riverside, Cook County, Illinois, be increased from the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over the prior levy year to 9.3% per year for 2024? ”

According to the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Property Tax Extension Law Limit ensures that annual increases in property taxes don’t skyrocket when inflation does. Under PTELL, these increases must match the previous year’s Consumer Price Index inflation rate, but they’re capped at 5% in years when the CPI is higher. Tax levies can only go above what PTELL dictates with approval from voters.

Essentially, if the referendum passes, property taxes in Riverside will increase by 9.3% for fiscal year 2024 compared to the year before. T he village board would also be required to pass an ordinance allowing Riverside to earmark the portion of the tax levy collected each year that is for street improvements

Property tax increases for future years will remain at or under 5%, but the extra revenue that the village collects as a result of the increase — about $265,200 annually, according to village documents — will have a lasting effect due to the cumulative nature of annual tax levies, Village Attorney Victor Filippini said.

“If anyone’s concerned that we’re letting Pandora’s box open and [the tax levy increase will] run rampant on us forever, no,” Filippini said. “It’s a one-time shot in the arm to increase the levy for our standard amounts of taxes.”

While the village would collect nearly 10% more revenue from its portion of a resident’s property taxes, the change would be tax-neutral for Riversiders. The increase in property taxes will go into effect at the same time that the village pays of f existing debt, which would normally decrease property taxes. Instead of putting that revenue

toward the debt, Riverside can put it directly into improving the village’s streets.

“There is a real savings, but it wo n’ t necessarily be on the tax bill i tself,” Filippini said. “The tax bill should be stabl e, whereas the savings are in the amount available for roads. ”

What if it fails?

While Riverside voters will have the option to shoot the referendum down, doing so could have disastrous consequences for the village’s streets, according to officials.

Village President Doug Pollock said Riverside would have a few options to move forward with street improvements if voters do not pass the referendum.

“Well, one would be to do nothing and just let our roads fall apar t. That’s an option,” he said, though he later clarified he was exaggerating. “The other option to continue with the funding would be to come back for a se parate referendum … asking to bo rrow money, as we did twice in the last 20 years.”

“If it doesn’t pass, then we will probably have a significant reduction in our road program for the calendar year 2025 because there won’t be the revenue,” Filippini said.

In that case, he said, a third option would be for Riverside to “zero out its road and bridge tax in 2024” in order to seek a referendum next year that would implement an exclusive tax for street improvements.

“We’re not going to be completely handcuf fed, but we will see a decided drop in revenues available for road purposes unless you make other changes in your priorities,” he said.

Trustee Elizabeth Kos raised concerns about implementing a new tax next year if this year’s referendum fails.

“That referendum would have the verbiage of, ‘Would you like us to have a new tax,’ as opposed to the convoluted wording that’s here,” she said. “It will actually say, ‘New tax,’ in the new one, which I feel will be even harder to pass.”

Moving away from bonds

The existing debt that will expire when the referendum would go into effect is a consequence of how the village has financed its street improvements up until now.

For the past two decades, Riverside has paid for its roads by issuing 10-year bonds. In 2004 and again in 2014, the village put forward a referendum asking residents if it could issue more than $2 million in bonds to cover the next decade of improvements. Both times, around 80% of voters approved the referendum.

While issuing those bonds allowed the village to repair and maintain its streets, the funding didn’t come without a price. According to a village memo, Brookfield paid out $532,721 collected from property taxes over the past decade to cover costs associated with issuing the bonds, like interest and attorneys’ fees.

With the debt from the 2014 referendum set to expire after this year, Riverside officials have decided to look for a more sustainable way forward in the form of the

permanent tax levy.

“In layman’s terms, for 20 years, we’ve bor rowed money to maintain our streets. Borrowing money for something that will never go away is just not prudent. It’s just not responsible, in my opinion,” Pollock said at the meeting.

“We’ve lost out on maybe a million dollars’ worth of street improvements by borrowing money the last 20 years,” he added. “That’s a whole street that we could have done in addition to the ones we did do.”

CO RRECTI ON

An article titled “Beautification commission honors local business owners” that appeared in print June 12, 2024, misspelled the name of the owner of Brookfield Dental Studio. Her name is Dr. Shikha Kapoor. We apologize for the er ror.

Wounded Warriors ride through Brookfield

Veterans cycled through Eight Corners and other parts of town before ending at the zoo

By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

Anyone who drove through Eight Co rners T hursd ay around noon may have noticed when the roundabout closed to traffic for about five minutes as 40 veterans in blue cycling g ear, preceded by p olice vehicles, p assed through it with onlookers cheering them on.

T heir t rip through Eight Corners and other parts ofBrookfield and the western suburbs the morning of Ju ly 13 was the first leg ofthe Wounded Wa r rio r Project’s 2024 S oldier R ide, a multi-d ay cycling event that takes p lace throughout Chicagoland each year. Li ke the name suggests, many ofthe Wounded Wa r riors suf fered c ombat injuries du ring their time in the armed forces. Over three days ofbiking this year, the veterans cove red about 63 miles .

T he veterans be g an their ride T hursday at 9:30 a.m. at Possum Hollow Wood s in La Grange Pa rk , riding south to Harding Avenue before turning east. T hey arrive d at Kemman Avenue and Washington Avenue around 9:50 a.m. before riding north to 31st Street and east to Des Plaines Avenue in Rive rside. From there, they went north to Rive r Fo rest before returning to Brookfield, where they p assed through Eight Co rners j ust p ast noon. T hen, they cycled east on Washington Avenue until they reached Golf Road, where they biked north i nto Brookfield Zoo Chicag o around 12:30 p. m. under an A merican fl ag hoisted by a Brookfield firetruck. After arriving at the zoo, where they we re greeted and cheered on by staf f, volunteers and g uests, the veterans we re treated to lunch at i ts Pavilions, where they got to rest, hang out and meet some of the zoo’s animal ambassador s.

“C ycling is an o pportunity for these warriors to c ome out and take a break from their daily stressors and g et a sense of relief but also c onnect with other veterans,” said Me g han Wa g ner, the Wounded Wa r rior Project’s physical health and wellness director. “Social c onnections li ke these c an reduce suicide risk [in veterans]. This also c ould be a launchpad for these veterans to seek further help, maybe in other areas, and wh at we ’re able to do at Wounded Wa r rior Project is to provide a holistic approach.”

Danielle Green, a spokesperson for the Wounded War rior Project, lost her left arm in 2004 while serving in Iraq after she was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Green, a Chicago native who now lives in F lorida, has participated in Soldier Rides on-and-off for nearly 20 years. She was one ofthe 40 veterans who cycled in this year’s ride through Chicagoland

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Green said her favo rite pa rt ofthe event is i nteracting with onlookers and hearing their suppo rt for veterans.

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Car stolen from Castle Motors lot in Brook eld recovered

T he car of a C astle Motors c ustomer that was re ported stolen to Brookfield p olice on June 10 was later recove red in La Grang e.

Arrested for driving with suspended license, registration

Around 3:10 p.m. that day, a Brookfield police officer was dispatched to Castle Motors on Ogden Avenue on a report that a customer’s car was stolen. T he person who called the police, a Castle Motors employee, told police that staf f had last seen the car in the parking lot around 8 p.m. on June 8 before they noticed it was missing around 2:30 p.m. on June 10. T he employee told police the dealership’s cameras were not working and that the customer confir med he did not pick up his car.

At the scene, the officer noticed a green bag containing tools, police said. The dealership employee said the bag did not belong to any of the staf f and that it may have been used to steal the car.

After returning to the station, the officer was told by dispatch that the stolen car had been recovered the day before by La Grange police, who found it while responding to a call about a parked car with a pistol visible in the front passenger seat before having it towed to Chariot Automotive in Countryside.

At the owner ’s request, the officer looked through the car to process it. The officer took pictures of the i nside and outside of the car and tried to dust it fo r finger prints but could not find any.

A Streamwood man was arrested June 11 in Brookfield for driving with a suspended driver’s license and car re gistration. Around 2:45 p.m. that day, a Brookfield officer on patrol was driving east on Ogden Avenue behind the man’s car when the car came up with a suspended re gistration on the officer’s license plate reco gnition system. The officer pulled the man over onto Sunnyside Avenue.

According to p olice, when the officer asked the man for his drive r’s license and proof of i nsuranc e, the man said hi s license was suspended for a recent DUI charge, so the officer ar rested the man. T he man’s w ife, who had b een sitting in the p assenger seat, provided a vali d drive r’s license and took the car after the man was ar rested

The man was charged for driving with a suspended re gistration, driving without insurance and driving on a suspended license. A July 9 court date was set and the man was released.

Arrested for driving with expired registration

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Brook eld police raise $4,300 for Special Olympics

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T he contributions directly support Special Olympics Illinois, which provides essential funding for sports training and competition opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

Village of Riverside is looking for residents’ input and parks and rec

The Village of Riverside is looking to update its park and recreation offerings and needs your help.

Officials are launching a needs assessment and master planning ef fort that aims to shape the future of public spaces and recreation activities to ensure they meet the diverse needs and preferences of community members.

As part of that, they want to capture residents’ thoughts. To do that, they plan to use a statistically valid survey, the results of which will be used to craft a master plan.

There will also be an online engagement website for people to provide additional feedback and stay updated about the project. Focus groups, stakeholder meetings, and in-person engagement will also be facilitated by a consulting team.

T hose who are interested can participate in the Social Pinpoint site. That link is: https://engageberrydunn.mysocialpinpoint.com/riverside-parks-and-recreationmaster-plan

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Brook eld Zoo Chicago launches mobile app

learn about its animal residents on the go. T he zoo announced Wednesday it had launched a new mobile app as the “ultimate guide” to its attractions. T he app is available to download for free on iOS, Android and other smar tphone platfo rms. T he app is useful for zoo-goers before, during and after their visit s. To prep are for a day at the zoo, g uests c an use the app to p lan an itinerar y, search for spe-

lights daily events and animal experiences so g uests c an make the most of their trip to the zoo

W hen g uests are ready to leave, the zoo’s app c an show them near by dinin g and shopping oppor tunities.

After their trip, guests can use the app to learn about exclusive offers, the zoo’s conservation ef forts, the animals it houses and any news from the zoo. Guests who are

The launch of the app “marks a significant step forward in enhancing the guest experience at Brookfield Zoo Chicago,” said Andrea Rodgers, the zoo’s senior vice president of guest experience and operations, in a written statement. “This launch is a key component of a broader digital transfor mation planned for our programs as well as areas across our campus, with many more innovations to come.”

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for driving with an expired re gistration and a suspended driver’s license.

Around 1:10 a.m. that morning, the officer was on patrol, running the re gistrations of passing cars near the intersection of South Harlem Avenue and East Burlington Street when the man’s car came back with an expired re gistration.

The officer pulled the man over at the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Lionel Road. The man provided his driver’s license and proof of insurance, but after running the man’s license through the police database, the officer saw it had been suspended for traf fic violations, police said.

The officer arrested the man and took him to the station for processing. The man was cited for both infractions and a July 5 court date was set.

Ticketed for driving without a license

A Chicago man was ticketed June 13 in Lyons for driving without a license after a Brookfield officer saw him speeding.

Around 1:45 a.m., the officer was on patrol, driving west on Ogden Avenue, when they saw the man’s car headin g east, police said. Using their patrol car’ s vehicle-mounted rada r, the officer saw that the man’s car was going 47 mph in a 30-mph zone, so they turned around and p ulled the man over.

When the officer asked for the man’s driver’s license and proof of insurance, the man said he had never been issued a driver’s license. The officer told the man he would be ticketed and had him contact someone else with a valid driver’s license to take the car away. Once the car was turned over, the man was issued his citations and told a July 23 cour t date had been set.

These items were obtained from the Riverside Police Department re ports dated June 7-13 and the Brookfield Police De partment re ports dated June 10-17; they re present a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these re ports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We re port the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest

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Olmsted Society

Stewards of the land and Olmsted’s Plan

Landscape Workdays scheduled for the following Saturdays from 9-Noon

June 29 Big Ball Park, and July 20 Longcommon and Downing Triangle

Walking Tour of the area south of the tracks, Sunday, June 30. Two hour tour departs the Riverside train station at 2 PM.

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The Village of Forest Park has immediate opening for a responsible fulltime PACE Bus Driver to transport senior citizens, disabled residents and school children. Must have a valid Illinois Driver’s License, and a good driving record. In addition, must be physically fit and submit to criminal background check, annual physical exam and drug and alcohol testing.

M-F Days Starting salary $36,687 with excellent benefits. The position is a non-exempt, AFSCME union position.

Apply in person at Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd., Forest Park. 708-771-7737.

LEGAL NOTICE

VILLAGE Of RIVERSIDE ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023

The Village of Riverside is committed to providing the highest quality drinking water to our residents and businesses. Our water is frequently sampled according to strict Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. This report will inform you about the source, quality, and safety of our drinking water. The report will not be mailed, but will be published in the June 19, 2024 edition of the Landmark Newspaper.

WATER SOURCE

The City of Chicago utilizes Lake Michigan as its source water via two water treatment plants. The Jardine Water Purification Plant serves the northern areas of the City and suburbs, while the Sawyer Water Purification Plant serves the southern areas of the City and suburbs. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that the quality of Lake Michigan water has improved dramatically over the past thirty years. The Village of Riverside purchases surface water from the Village of McCook, which in turn purchases surface water from the City of Chicago.

WATER QUALITY CONTROL & TESTING

The City of Chicago water treatment facility controls the quality of water supplied to the Village of McCook and the Village of Riverside. Chicago adds chemicals to the water for disinfection purposes, to settle out impurities, and to prevent lead leaching. Chicago also adds carbon to remove odors and adds fluoride for teeth. The Village of Riverside monitors and adjusts chlorine to maintain safe drinking water on a daily basis. The Village also samples the water for various requirements mandated by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on a monthly basis.

VIOLATIONS

The Village of Riverside is proud to have met or exceeded all federal and state standards for drinking water for the calendar year 2023.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you should have any questions regarding the attached report or the quality of water in the Village of Riverside, please do not hesitate to contact Public Works Water Superintendent Dan Williams at the Village of Riverside (708) 442-3590, or call the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. Residents are encouraged to voice concerns, ask questions, and participate in decisions that may affect the quality of the water, etc. at the Village Board meetings held on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 7:00pm at the Riverside Village Hall. The Village of Riverside has available upon request this year’s Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). The CCR includes basic information on the source(s) of your drinking water, the levels of any contaminants that were detected in the water during 2023, and compliance with other drinking water rules, as well as some educational materials. To obtain a free copy of the report, please call Riverside Public Works Water Department at 708-442-3590, or you may pick the report up at Village Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL or Riverside Public Works, 3860 Columbus Blvd., Riverside, IL.

DEFINITION OF TERMS/TABLE FOOTNOTES

• MCLG – Maximum Contaminant Level Goal – The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health.

• MCL – Maximum Contaminant Level – The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCL is set as close to the MCL Goals as is feasible using the best available treatment technology.

• TT – Treatment Technique – A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

• Level Found – Represents an average of sample result data collected during the calendar year.

• Range of Detection – Represents a range of individual sample results from lowest to highest in a calendar year

• Sodium – There is no state or federal MCL for sodium. Monitoring is required to provide information to consumers and health officials concerned about sodium intake due to dietary precautions. If the level were greater than 20mg/L, people on a sodium-restricted diet should consult a physician.

• Fluoride – Fluoride is added to the water supply to help promote strong teeth. The Illinois Department of Health recommends an optimal fluoride range of 0.9 mg/l to 1.2mg/l.

• %<0.5 NTU – Percent samples less than 0.5 NTU

• ppm – Parts per million or milligrams per liter

• ppb – Parts per billion or micrograms per liter

• Turbidity – A measure of the cloudiness of water. Turbidity is monitored because it is a good indicator of water quality and the effectiveness of the treatment process.

• AL – Action Level – The concentration of a contaminant which, whenexceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

• Lead – Infants and young children are typically more vulnerable to lead in drinking water than the general population. It is possible that lead levels at your home may be higher than other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your home’s plumbing. If you are concerned about elevated levels in your home’s water, you may wish to have your water tested and flush your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using tap water. Additionalinformation is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

• Unregulated Contamination – A maximum contaminant level (MCL) for this contaminant has not been established by either the state or federal regulations, nor has mandatory health effects language. The purpose for monitoring this contaminant is to assist USEPA in determining the occurrence of unregulated contaminants in drinking water, and whether future regulation is warranted.

• n/a – not applicable

• nd – not detected

• % pos/mo – Percentage of positive samples per month.

• NTU – Nephhelometric Turbidity Units

Copper and Lead

Riverside (IL #0312670) 2023 Regulated Contaminants Detected

Riverside (IL #0312670) 2023 Regulated Contaminants Detected

Collection Date: 2023

Copper and Lead Collection

Definitions: Action Level (AL): The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Water Quality Test Results

Definitions:

terms and measures, some of which may require explanation. Regulatory compliance with

MCLs are

on

of monthly samples. A Level 1 assessment is a study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why

A Level 2 assessment is a very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why the total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions. Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the Maximum Contaminant Level Goal as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG): The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. mg/l: milligrams per litre or parts per million - or one ounce in 7,350 gallons of water. ug/l: micrograms per litre or parts per billion - or one ounce in 7,350,000 gallons of water. na: not applicable. Avg: Regulatory compliance with some MCLs is based on running annual average of monthly samples .Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL): The highest level of disinfectant allowed in drinking water. Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level G oal (MRDLG): The evel of disinfectant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs allow for a margin of safety.

Regulated Contaminants

Disinfectants & Disinfection ByProducts Collection Date

[Total Trihalomethanes]

of drinking water disinfection

Note: The state requires monitoring of certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Therefore, some of this data may be more than one year old. Not all sample results may have been used for calculating the Highest Level Detected because some results may be part of an evaluation to determine where compliance sampling should occur in the future.

The Village of Riverside had no violations in 2023.

The Village of Riverside had no violations in 2023.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contamination. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. Because water is the universal solvent, many materials are easily dissolved upon contact. At low levels, the contaminants generally are not harmful in our drinking water. Removing all contaminants would be extremely expensive, and in nearly all cases, would not provide greater protection of health. If a resident is concerned, a suggestion is to run tap water for 30 seconds. More information about contaminants and their potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800) 426-4791. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health. Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in the drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly people, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/ CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800) 426-4791.

The sources of drinking water (both tap and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it can dissolve naturally occurring minerals, and pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or human activity. Possible contaminants consist of Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations and wildlife; Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which may be naturally occurring or the result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining or farming, Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff and residential uses, Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and may also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff and specific Radioactive contaminants, which may be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, USEPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health.

We want our valued customers to be informed about their water quality. If you would like to learn more, please feel free to attend any one of our regularly scheduled Village Board meetings. The source water assessment has been completed by the Illinois EPA. If you would like a copy of this information, please stop by the Village Hall or call the Village’s Public Works Director, Dan Tabb, Public Works Department at 708442-3590. To view a summary version of the completed Water Source Assessments, including: Importance of Source Water; Susceptibility to Contamination Determination; and documentation/recommendation of Source Water Protection Efforts, you may access the Illinois EPA website at http://www.epa.state.il.us/cgi-bin/wp/ swap-fact-sheets.pl.

The Illinois EPA considers all surface water sources of community water supply to be susceptible to potential pollution problems. They very nature of surface water allows contaminants to migrate into the intake with no protection only dilution. This is the reason for mandatory treatment for all surface water supplies in Illinois. Chicago’s offshore intakes are located at a distance that shoreline impacts are not usually considered a factor on water quality. At certain times of the year, however, the potential for contamination exists due to wet-weather flows and river reversals. In addition, the placement of the crib structures may serve to attract waterfowl, gulls and terns that frequent the Great Lakes area thereby concentrating fecal deposits at the intake and thus compromising the source water quality. Conversely, the shore intakes are highly susceptible to storm water runoff, marinas and shoreline point sources due to the influx of groundwater to the lake.

Coliform Bacteria

Regulated Contaminants

Chicago (#IL0316000) 2023 Regulated Contaminants Detected

Radioactive Contaminants

Turbidity is a measurement of the cloudiness of the water caused by suspended particles. We monitor it because it is a good indicator of water quality and the effectiveness of our filtration system and disinfectants.

Total Organic Carbon

The percentage of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal was measured each month and the system met all TOC removal requirements set by the IEPA.

Illinois EPA considers all surface water sources of community water supply to be susceptible to potential pollution problems. The very nature of surface water allows contaminants to migrate into the intake with no protection, only dilution. This is the reason for mandatory treatment for all surface water supplies in Illinois. Chicago’s offshore intakes are located at a distance that shoreline impacts are not usually considered a factor on water quality. At certain times of the year, however, the potential for contamination exists due to wet-weather flows and river reversals. In addition, the placement of the crib structures may serve to attract waterfowl, gulls and terns that frequent the Great lakes area, thereby concentrating fecal deposits at the intake and thus compromising the source water quality. Conversely, the shore intakes are highly susceptible to storm water runoff, marinas and shoreline point sources due to the influx of groundwater to the lake.

2023 VOLUNTARY MONITORING

The City of Chicago has continued monitoring for Cryptosporidium, Giardia and E. coli in its source water as part of its water quality program. No Cryptosporidium or Giardia was detected in source water samples collected in 2023 Treatment processes have been optimized to provide effective barriers for removal of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in the source water, effectively removing these organisms in the treatment process. By maintaining low turbidity through the removal of particles from the water, the possibility of Cryptosporidium and Giardia organisms getting into the drinking water system is greatly reduced. In 2023, CDWM has also continued monitoring for hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium-6. USEPA has not yet established a standard for chromium-6, a contaminant of concern which has both natural and industrial sources. Please address any questions or concerns to DWM’s Water Quality Division at 312-744-8190. Data reports on the monitoring program for chromium-6 are posted on the City’s website which can be accessed at: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/water/supp_info/waterquality_resultsandreports/city_of_chicago_emergincontaminantstudy.html For more information, please contact Andrea R.H. Cheng, Ph.D., P.E., Commissioner at 312-744-7001 and/or Chicago Department of Water Management, 1000 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Attn: Andrea R.H. Cheng, Ph.D., P.E.

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

Paying for streets

It is a tradition in local gove r nment finance: Vi llages rece ive approval from taxp ayers to sell b onds to pay for a project. Migh t be street and sewe r re pairs. A major re pair of a firehouse or village hall.

But it is sold with the faint promise that, when the bonds to finance the new library are paid for in 10 or 20 years, your taxes will go down.

Neve r happens. Taxp ayers sort of know it will neve r happen. When the street re pair bonds are finally paid of f, guess what? T here are more crumbling streets and, in older towns li ke Rive rside, miles of c entury-old sewe r pipes under those crumbling streets.

Just like owning an old house, those fortunate enough to live in Riverside own a piece of an old village. It will always require more investment. Right now, a 10-year bond issue wh ich has been paying for many street fixes is about to be paid of f. Typically, the village would ask taxp ayers for the OK for another bond issue and, based on histor y, taxp ayers would approve.

This year though there is a new concep t being proposed by the village and we find it intriguing. Instead of asking for approval of a new 10-year bond sale, it seems li ke ly the villa ge gove r nment will be p lacing a tax hi ke referendum on the November ballot. This would be a permanent increase in property taxes, wh ich is sort of scar y.

However, the village board pledges that it would, simultaneous to referendum passa ge, approve an ordinance mandating that funds from this tax increase will be se gregated and used only for street improvements

T he advantages are that Rive rside will not have to come back ever y decade for a new bond approval and that, instead of paying interest on the bond s, all the money generated by the tax hi ke will be spent on road construction. That means more money going into infrastructur e and no money going into interest to financial entities

Wi th the bonds being paid of f, say village of ficials, the tax increase will not hi ke the amount a homeowner will pay in property taxes

In the months to come, Rive rside officials will need to explain thi s new financing scheme carefully to voter s. We ’d ask voters to ke ep an open mind, ask hard questions, and consider their options.

Midwest’s best market?

Brookfield’s far mers market has high ambitions. Last year it was voted the best local market in Illinois. This year it has set its sights on being named the best far mers market in the Midwest.

This is an election, folks. You get to vote! The American Far mland Trust is giving out actual cash prizes. But we all know what is really important are the bragging rights

The contest is open through July 31. Get to it, Brookfield.

OBITUARIES

James Janetopoulos, 88

Handyman, sherman and storyteller

James Janetopoulos Sr., 88, died on June 12, 2024 at his home in Brookfield. Born on July 1, 1935 in Chicago, he served as an Ar my Specialist 4th Class of the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea. He grew up in Chicago, attending Crane Tech High School. He moved “temporarily” to Brookfield with his wife MaryLynn, and 55-plus years later, he had raised his family in a town he and his f amily grew to love. He retired from Amtrak at Chicago’s Union Station where he worked for over 30 years in their baggage and postal service department and also worked as a hairstylist in Chicago, a carpenter and a handyman, who was able to re pair just about anything, from homes to cars, and always helped out his neighbors and friends. A lifelong fisherman and master storyteller, he will be remembered as a hardworking and generous family man and caring friend to all. He leaves behind a le gacy of children and grandchildren who love him dearly. Jim was the husband of the late MaryLy nn Janetopoulos (nee Onesto); the father of Christopher (Elena) Janetopoulos, Joanne (Rick) Janetopoulos, James (Julie) Janetop oulos Jr. and Julie (Jeffery) L auksmen; the gr andfather of Genevieve Janetopoulos, Mar ga ret Janetopoulos, L eonardo L auksmen, Lilliana L auksmen and James D. Janetopoulos; the son of the late Konstantinos and Gianoula (nee Bourlakos) Janetopoulos; brother of the late Olga (the late John Golden) Mehalos-Golden and the late Dolly Bosik; brother-in-law to the late Michael J. (Alice )

Onesto Sr. and the late David A. (Melissa) Onesto; the uncle and great-uncle of many; and was close to Spencer (Mariane) Mehalos, Deno (Terry) Mehalos, Kathy (the late Jim ) Klin e, and C onnie (Bob) E ggersdorf (Udstuen) and especially Barb Davenport.

Vi sitation will be held on S und ay, June 23, from 2 till 7 p. m. with the T risagion praye r service at 5 p. m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home Ltd., 9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513. A f uneral Mass will be c elebrated at 12:30 p. m. (preceded by visitation at 11:30 a.m.) on June 24 at Saints C onstantine and Helen Greek Or thodox C hurch, 11025 S. Ro berts Road , Palos Hills, IL 60465, followe d by i nterment at Queen of Heaven Cemeter y, Hillside

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Redoing intersections

Another part of the project involves widening the intersections between smaller side streets and Ogden Avenue to better account for the kinds of vehicles that turn onto the street and may have to encroach onto oncoming traffic.

“As you’ re going from a smaller street to a larger street, the size of truck or car that you’ re designing for varies,” Tibble said. “For some of the smaller local streets, [the upper limit is] a school bus; for some of the larger arterials, it’s semis, and de pending on the length of the semi as well.”

In order to accommodate turning trucks at major intersections like Maple Avenue and Ogden Avenue, Tibble said the changes may be incompatible with elements of Brookfield’s active transportation plan, which recommends adding curb bump-outs

Because Brookfield, g enerally speaking, only owns the roads as they are now and does not own some of the land where it is recommended to widen the street, Tibble said Civiltech would need to coordinate with other municipalities, like La Grange and Lyons, and look into right-ofway acquisition for private property

Each of the six intersections included in Tibble’s presentation is a unique case, some of which include private property and signage right up to the roadway, so he did not go into detail about each of them.

T he board told Tibble to have Civiltech approach IDOT with their plan for the intersections, including any necessary variances, and that trustees would look at each intersection afterward and make decisions on how to progress within IDOT’s approved plans

Lef t-turn lanes

There are no left-turn lanes at the intersections of Ogden Avenue with DuBois Avenue and Custer Avenue, even though both have traffic signals, Tibble said. The other three intersections at Ogden Avenue with traffic signals do have left-turn lanes.

IDOT’s criteria for adding left-tur n lanes includes that there are, on average, 75 left

turns per hour at an intersection. Tibble said there were only 15 per hour at DuBois Avenue while there were 55 per hour at Custer Avenue. IDOT also looks at the number of left-turn related crashes over the previous five years, which was only three at DuBois and two at Custer, he said. Tibble said there would be “no operational benefit” to adding a left-turn lane at either intersection, so Brookfield’s village board ag reed to have Civiltech maintain each intersection’s current configuration.

Pedestrian crossing

Tibble said Civiltech is looking at north-south crosswalks at Raymond Avenue and Oak Avenue to improve pedestrian safety. At Raymond Avenue, there is an uncontrolled crosswalk, while Oak Avenue is the midpoint of a nearly 2,000-foot crosswalk deser t.

He told the board there are two options for these crosswalks. Civiltech could look to widen the roadway on Ogden Avenue and what are called “pedestrian refuge islands” — small paved areas in the middle of the street where pedestrians can break their crossing into two parts. Otherwise, they could add signage and lights at these crosswalks so it’s clear to drivers that a

pedestrian is crossing

If the board opts for the implement pedestrian refuge islands, Tibble said they would each require “a site-specific design” due to the large volume of traffic that passes through Ogden Avenue

“There’s nothing standard that can be implemented,” he said.

One issue with the islands is that they would require nar rowing the sidewalks and parkways along their stretches of Ogden Avenue to accommodate the widened roadway, which might make those areas worse for pedestrians in some ways.

“Right now, we have approximately a 10-foot parkway. It’s not a 10-foot sidewalk, but when you’re walking on the walk, you could be up to 10 feet away from the cars,” Village Engineer Derek Treichel said.

“This is proposing just a seven-foot walk, so the traffic’s going to feel like it’s on top of you a little more than it currently does.”

After over 20 minutes of discussion, the village b oard directed Tibble to approach I DOT with p lans to a dd pedestrian refuge i slands at b oth Ray mond Avenue and Oak Avenue; similar to the other i tems, trustees ag reed to make their own final c all on the matter after seeing wh at I DOT would approve.

Sports

Bulldogs’ Organ, Marrs named Senior Athletes of Year

By BILL STONE

Contributing Reporter

As four-year, three-sport athletes, rec ent Rive rside Brookfield High School gr aduates Emily Organ and C ooper Marrs we re constantly busy

“I love d it. It ’s a g rind, but it ’s definitely f un, and you g et to meet so many p eople and be with your friend s, ” Or ga n said. “It f eels g ood p utting in all of that time and seeing positive results.”

Organ and Marrs we re honored for their excellence as the 2024 RBHS S enior A thletes of the Year

Organ will pl ay softball at Bradley Unive rsity (Peoria), where she will major in marketing and minor in sustainabilit y. Marrs will pl ay b aseb all at Denison Unive rsit y (Granville, Ohio) and major in data analytics.

was all-conference in b asketball, playin g three years on varsity and four overall.

In the f all, she pl ayed three years of volleyball and her senior year on varsit y, missing the 2022 season to focus on tr aveling softball.

“I’m going to miss the diversity part of it and getting something from each sport,” Organ said. “The energy from each sport is so different. But I love softball, and I’m really excited to put all of my time into one sport and perfect my game.”

“It’s a super-fun time pl aying as many sports as p ossibl e. It ’s j ust nice to g et reco gnized for the ef fo rt I’ve p ut in the last four year s, ” Marrs said. “I get really bored really easily. I don’t like having down time. Sports have given me something to do, something to focus on. I’m a more complete person when I’m in a season.”

Organ was a four-year varsity starter in softball, earning second-team all-state this p ast season and A ll-Metro Subu rb an C onference honors three times. Sh e

Marrs excelled in b aseball and reached state in his other three spor ts Marrs was this season’s MSC Most Valuable Player as a third baseman/pitcher and All-MSC three times after being a postseason freshman call-up. That year, he also qualified for the Class 3A track and field state meet in the 1,600-meter run and with the 4 x 400 relay.

In cross country, Marrs was a three-time top-25, all-stater and the top finisher (5th) for the Bulldogs’ 2022 2A state championship team — the school’s only state title for any sport. He also was a four-year swimmer, earning his first trip to state this past season with senior s that included twin brother Hayden.

“Running and sw i mming, I’ll miss having those physically d emanding practices,” Marrs said. “I’ll miss the big days of r unning. I’ll miss spending time in the

Riverside-Brook eld’s short stop Emily Organ (12) makes the throw to rst against Lyons Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Brook eld.

water. I love having that f eeling li ke a f ull-bo dy wo rkout. ”

Marrs c ontinues wo rk ing on pitchin g and hitting to prep are for wh atever hi s needed role at Denison. Moving to outfield is a possibilit y.

“I’m excited to see what focusing on a sport year-round will potentially unlock for me,” Marrs said.

At Bradley, Organ expects to be a util-

ity pl ayer, a role she’s already proven with tr aveling softball. Her new teammates include older sister Hannah, the 2022 RBHS S enior A thlete of the Year with Owen Mur phy.

“I feel like it’s going to be a new opportunity for me, my last four years playing [softball], to home in on everything I need to work on and be the best player and version of myself,” Org an said.

Kaiser, Hall net RBHS honors as Senior Scholar-Athletes

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Recent Riverside Brookfield High School

graduates Liam Kaiser and Hazel Hall were used to running clocks as four-year high school soccer players. They also managed the constant, ongoing demands as student-athletes.

“Time management is a major challeng e. You have short amounts of time

to complete your homework while in season,” Kaiser said. “It can also be hard to complete the work when I would be tire d from practices.”

Hall and Kaiser were honored as the RBHS Senior Academic Athletes of the Year at the school’s senior assembly last month. Kaiser will attend the University of Michig an (Ann Arbor) to study economics. Hall is attending the University of Washington (Seattle) and working to-

ward majoring in business

The 2023 honorees also were soccer players (Sophie Swicionis and Sam Royer).

“It was a really big honor. Fo r me, it was really nice recognition for all of the wo rk I p ut in,” Hall said. “I held myself to really high standards for four year s and that c an be f ully exhausting. It ’s nice to be reco gnized for the time and mental capacity I’ve used to focus on not only school but sports.”

A four-year varsity soccer pl ayer, Hall was a senior t ri-captain and earned all-sectional honors this p ast season. S he also r an cross c ountry and ser ve d as team manager sophomore year and pl ayed freshman basketball.

Kaiser was on the varsity boys soccer team for three years. He also played basketball as a freshman.

STEVE JOHNSTON

COOPER MARRS

Lions’ Mortonson, Nazareth’s Austin earn all-state in soccer

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Lyons Township High School junior forward Caroline Mortonson was honored to be all-state again in girls soccer. But she was more excited about sharing various postseason honors with her teammates.

“[All-State] meant a lot. I felt like our team could have gone farther and it’s exciting to see the awards and everyone appreciated for our season because everyone worked so hard,” she said.

Mortonson and N azareth Academy senior Olivia Austin we re named all-state for Section 2 by the I llinoi s High School Soccer C oaches Association (IHSSCA).

Mortonson, who has verbally committed to play at Miami (Ohio), also was allstate as a sophomore.

and of f the field.”

Rive rside Brookfield senior m idfielders Hazel Hall, Niamh Larson and Maddie Bisiules, LT HS senior m idfielder s Josie Po chocki and I zzi Wi r tz and N azareth senior m idfielder S amantha Ro zmus we re all-sectional. N azareth j unior defender I zzy S tmic was honorable mention all-sectional.

This was the first all-state soccer honors for Austin, a standout on the Roadrunners’ 2023 Class 3A state championship girls basketball team, who will play basketball at Dartmouth Colle ge (Hanover, N.H.). Austin had been all-sectional in soccer the past two seasons and honorable mention all-sectional as a freshman.

“Receiving all-state was truly an honor. I am so lucky to have a c oach [Roberto Cianci] and teammates who suppo rt me, and it would n’ t have b een p ossible without them,” Austin said. “I love d g etting closer with each one of my teammates and developing trust with them b oth on

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“The f ulfillment was a major b enefit,” Kaiser responded .

LIAM KAISER

“I always f elt li ke I was busy and doin g something meaningful with my time when I was in season. It was also j ust f un to be with my friends all day, to go from school to practice every day was a really good time.”

Mortonson again was a key contributor for the Lions, who lost to 3A state champion New Trier in the super-sectional after reaching the sectional finals the previous two seasons. She was second for LTHS with 11 goals and had a team-high nine assists. She had 11 goals and eight assists in 2023.

“It was nice to get [all-state] again so it f eels li ke I’ve not decreased and I’m still helping the team,” Mortonson said. “I’ve neve r pl ayed on a team that was this c onnected. It was f un to go to every practice and game and pl ay for each other and not j ust individually stand out and play for each other.”

Kn ow ing it was her last c ompetitive soccer season, Austin noted that “adde d a spark and motivation to my g ame. I was p ushed to give my all no matter wh at and encourage others to do the same. Th at a dded a bit of emotion, but ke e ping my mind clear was something I focused on.”

A ll-sectional, all-academic honor s went to:

RBHS senior C assi dy Erb, LT HS senior L eahla Frazier and N azareth senior

HA ZEL HALL

There certainly were hard times, too. For Hall, that came her final semester

“I really, really struggled with ke eping up the ef fo rt and that was when my sport was, so that was an a dded stressor,” Hall said. “It was more rewarding [t o pers evere], even with how tired I was.”

Both pl ayers emphasized the lessons of teamwork from soccer toward thei r f uture endeavo rs. Hall hopes to become a CEO or in high management.

S amantha Ro zmus

A ll-sectional sportsmanship honor s went to RBHS senior Kate Newberry, LT HS senior Pe y ton Israel and Nazareth senior Au drey Moster.

Fo r Section 2, the Lions’ An dy Newc omb was named sectional A ssistant C oach of the Year. LT HS also rece ived it s section’s Sportsmanship Cu p.

Mortonson, seniors Caroline McKenna, Brennan Israel and Jillian Herchenroether and sophomore Zibby Michaelson were the Lions on the All-West Suburba n Conference Silver Division Team.

T he Bulld og s, who shared the Metro Suburban C onference title, had Bisiules, Hall, Larson, j uniors E lla Caputo and Lu cy Drenth and sophomore Michelle Panduro on the All-MSC Team.

Austin, Ro zmus and seniors Layd en Aimer and Nikolette We i ss we re the Roadrunners’ selections to the A ll-East Suburban Catholic Conference Team.

Boys lacrosse

RBHS sophomore Xavier Mroz ikDeJesus and LT HS j unior S ean Kultgen we re all-sectional and LT HS j unior C oli n Kultgen was honorable mention all-sectional, according to the Illinois Lacrosse C oaches Association.

LTHS senior Charlie McKerr was allsectional academic and LTHS senior Sean Cherry received all-sectional sportsmanship honors.

The Lions’ All-WSC players were Cherry, Sean Kultgen, Colin Kultgen, senior Luke Martin and junior Ryan Ger tsmeier

“Soccer is so group-oriented. It ’s really important you have a g ood relationship with everyone or else you’ re not going to be successful,” she said.

LTHS senior awards

Lyons Township High School reco gnized Brendan W helton with the C harles “Chuck” Bennett Award and Abby Markwo r th with the Hubbard-McKee Award as the b est male and f emale athletes among this year ’s senior class.

The Coaches’ Medal Award for leadership and citizenship in student affairs went to Ryan Jackson and Addison Watanabe

T he Donald Francis L ange Memoria l Awards for character, leadershi p, schol-

Colin Kultgen (team-high 32 goals, 14 assists), Cherry (22 goals, 12 assists) and Martin (19 goals, 2 assists) were offensive leaders for the Lions (10-8, 1-4 in WSC). Sean Kultgen (64 ground balls, 24 caused takeaways) and Gertsmeier (47 ground balls, 20 takeaways) were defensive standouts.

Girls lacrosse

RBHS senior Maggie Durkin and LT HS senior Caitlyn Cu rt in and j uniors A shley C ulin and E mma Dwyer earned allsectional honor s.

Cu rt in, C ulin, Dwyer and freshman Pe y ton Johnson we re A ll-WSC selections. T he Lions (11-10, 2-4 in W SC) improved upon their 7-11 record from 2023 and finished fifth in the c onference behind four top-16 ranked teams

Boys volleyball

LT HS senior L uka Kostic was named first-team all-state by the Illinois Volleyb all Coaches Association.

S enior Tommy C ulver was secondteam all-state. S enior Zaccary Ru iz was third-team all-state.

T he t rio also we re the A ll-WSC Sil ve r recipients for the Lions, who reached the state quar terfinals

RBHS seniors Liam Re i lley and Sa m S helven and j unior A lec Oltro gge was named to the A ll-MSC Team. T he Bulldogs re peated as c onference champions with a 3-1 record . N azareth senior David Brunke was on the All-ESCC Team.

arship and athletic ability we re given to Gunnar Garelli and Izzi Wi r tz.

T he S tenger Medal Awards for b est in all-around pa rt icipation, g ood citizenship and sportsmanship went to Brady C hambers and Shannon Cranny.

T he U. S. Ar my Reser ve Scholar-Athlete Award recipients for four-year team members in high academic standin g went to Nick Straye r and Kiley Mahoney

T he Richard Strauch S tudent A ssistant of the Year reco gnizing loyalty, promptness and de p endability went to Grace Kovacs

T he S tudent A thletic Trainer of the Year for ef fo rt , dedication and servic e went to Clare Kelliher.

C AROLINE MORTONSON

PUBLIC NOTICE

Village of Oak Park 2024 Annual Action Plan

Notice is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park Program Year (PY) 2024 Draft Annual Action Plan is available for public review and comment, the Plan can be reviewed during business hours Monday-Friday, effective June 20, to July 23, 2024, from the Oak Park Village Hall, Neighborhood Services Department, 123 Madison Street; the Village HousingGrants webpage https:// www.oak-park.us/villageservices/housing-programs/ community-developmentshelter-grants and at the Public Library, Main Branch, 834 Lake Street. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed. This Action Plan was previously subject to a public notice and related public hearing and comment period, as published on June 19, 2024.

Comprising year 5 of the Village PY 2020-24 Consolidated Plan for Housing & Community Development (Con Plan), the Draft PY 2024 Action Plan contains goals and objectives for implementing the Village’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, as well as a description of proposed projects to be undertaken in PY 2024 as part of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for the period October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The Village received $1,581,724 in CDBG funding, along with other program funds to utilize for the Plan.

Any comments concerning the Draft PY 2024 Action Plan can be submitted in writing to Vanessa Matheny, Grants Manager, at grants@oak-park. us, or in person at the Draft Action Plan Public Hearing to be held at Village Hall Room 101 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. on July 23, 2024 at 123 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302.

LEGAL NOTICE

The Village of Oak Park --Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302-- will receive electronic proposals until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024 for Project: 242, Resurfacing of Various Streets. Bids will be received and accepted, and bid results posted via the online electronic bid service listed below. In general, this contract includes removal and replacement of curb and gutter, sidewalks and sidewalk ramps, and driveways; combined sewer repairs; drainage structure adjustments; pavement patching; full depth pavement removal; earth excavation; cold-milling of bituminous concrete; installation of hotmix asphalt base, binder and surface courses; pavement markings; parkway restoration; and all appurtenant work thereto.

Plans and proposal forms may be obtained via the electronic service starting on Monday, June 24th, at 4:00 p.m. Plans and proposal forms can be found at https://www.oakpark.us/your-government/ budget-purchasing/requestsproposals or at www.questcdn. com under login using QuestCDN number 9165281 for a non-refundable charge of $64.00. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer

Published in Wednesday Journal June 19, 2023

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

VILLAGE OF OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION

DOCKET NUMBER: PC 24-04

HEARING DATE: Wednesday, July 10, 2024

TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits

LOCATION OF HEARING: Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL (Room 201)

SUBJECT PROPERTY

ADDRESSES: 1106 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lots 3, 4 and 5 in Subdivision of Lots 65 to 68 both inclusive, and Lots 71, 72 and the Alley between in Block 5 in Scoville and Niles Addition to Oak Park in Section 7, Township 39 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

P.I.N.s: 16-07-322-024-0000, 16-07-322-025-0000, and 1607-322-026-0000

PROPERTY OWNER: Fellowship Christian Church, C/O Ed Ruiz, 1106-1110 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302

PETITIONER(S): Interfaith Housing Development Corporation, 411 South Wells Street, Suite 401, Chicago, IL 60607

REQUEST: The Plan Commission will conduct a public hearing on a planned development application (Keystone Apartments) for a five (5) story 36-unit permanent supportive and affordable housing multi-family building in the MS Madison Street Zoning District. The Petitioner seeks the following allowances from the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance associated with the Planned Development application: 1) Article 5 – Table 5-1 Commercial Districts Dimensional Standards; an increase in height from an allowed 50 feet to 56 feet-

4 inches, 2) Article 5 – Table 5-1 Commercial Districts Dimensional Standards; a decrease in the minimum lot area requirement from 27,000 square feet to 9,474.31 square feet, because of the proposed density increase from 12 dwelling units to 36 dwelling units, 3) Article 5 – Table 5-1 Commercial Districts Dimensional Standards; a reduction in the street setback requirement along Madison Street from three (3) feet to zero (0) feet, 4) Article 10 – OffStreet Parking & Loading, Table 10-2 Off-Street Vehicle and Bicycle Parking Requirements; a decrease in required parking spaces from 36 to 6 off-street parking spaces, 5) Article 9: Site Development Standards, Section 9.2 Exterior Lighting, B.1 Maximum Lighting Regulations; an increase the illumination along a total of 9’-0” of the front property line from one footcandle to 5.7 footcandles. A copy of the application and each of the applicable documents are on the Village Website at www.oak-park.us and also on file and available for inspection at the Village Hall, Development Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, during current business hours, Monday through Thursday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Plan Commission may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. Anyone with questions about the application may contact the Village by phone at 708-358.5420 or by email at planning@oak-park.us.

Published in Wednesday Journal, June 19, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE

Village of Brookfield 4338 Congress Park Avenue Brookfield, Illinois 60513

Ehlert Park

The Village of Brookfield does hereby invite sealed bids for Ehlert Park. Work will include site clearing, earthwork operations, asphalt paving, concrete curbs, walks and paving, site furnishings, playfield equipment, planting and seeding, playground safety surfacing, baseball field renovations.

Project manuals, including bid form and specifications, and construction documents are available after 10:00AM on June 18, 2024 from Building Connected. Visit Building Connected’s plan room at https:// www.buildingconnected.com for details.

Bids will be accepted at the Village of Brookfield: 8820 Brookfield Avenue Brookfield, Illinois 60513, during regular office hours. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked with the Contractor’s name and address, and “Bid for Ehlert Park,” on the face of the envelope. Bids must be received no later than 2:00 PM on July 10, 2024. Bids will be opened at 2:01 PM at the Village of Brookfield: 8820 Brookfield Avenue Brookfield, Illinois 60513. All bidders will be required to submit Bid Security in the form of a Bid Bond, Certified Check, Cashier’s Check in the amount of 10% of the Base Bid, payable to the Village of Brookfield. The Village of Brookfield reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, parts of any and all proposals, or to waive technical errors or omissions in submitted proposals. No submitted bid may be withdrawn until a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, without written consent of the Village of Brookfield. The Village of Brookfield encourages minority business firms to submit bids on this project and the successful contract bidder to utilize minority businesses as sub-contractors for supplies, equipment, services, and construction. The contractor(s) selected will also be required to comply with all federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders pertaining to equal employment opportunity. This project is being financed, in part, with funds from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, “Open Space Land Acquisition & Development” (OSLAD) grant program. Questions should be directed to Daniel Wilson, Wight & Co. at (630)739-7262, dwilson@wightco.com

Published in RB Landmark June 19, 2024

NOTICE

HEARING NOTICE Village of North Riverside Planning Commission and Board of Zoning

VARIANCE REQUEST FOR ALOHA DENTAL

Notice is hereby given that the Village of North Riverside Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing to consider a variance request for Aloha Dental located at 2530 S Burr Oak Avenue, North Riverside, IL.

Variance Request Details

The petitioner is requesting a variance for parking requirements and side yard setback.

Public Hearing Details

Date: July 18, 2024 Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Village of North Riverside Village Commons Address: 2401 Desplaines Ave, Riverside, IL 60546

All interested parties are invited to attend and provide input at the public hearing. Written comments may also be submitted to the Community Development Department prior to the hearing at the following address: Community Development Department Village of North Riverside 2401 Desplaines Ave Riverside, IL 60546

For further information, please contact the Community Development office at (708) 447-4211.

Published in RB Landmark June 19, 2024

All interested parties are invited to attend and provide input at the public hearing. Written comments may also be submitted to the Community Development Department prior to the hearing at the following address: Community Development Department Village of North Riverside 2401 Desplaines Ave Riverside, IL 60546

For further information, please contact the Community Development office at (708) 447-4211.