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City Receives Development Award
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At the July 19 Warrenville City Council meeting, the city received the Chaddick Institute’s Development Control Award 2010 for the Cantera Special Development District.
This award recognizes a suburban unit of government that is demonstrating excellence in sign control, design review, zoning, subdivision regulation, and the development approval process over a period of five years or more.
Written on Friday, 23 July 2010 10:00
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At the July 19 Warrenville City Council meeting, the city received the Chaddick Institute’s Development Control Award 2010 for the Cantera Special Development District.
This award recognizes a suburban unit of government that is demonstrating excellence in sign control, design review, zoning, subdivision regulation, and the development approval process over a period of five years or more.
A misinterpretation required the Warrenville City Council to vote again on July 12 to recommend spending $15,000 in improvements for the
At the June 21 regular city council meeting, City Attorney David Freeman allowed Mayor David Brummel to break a 3-to-3 tie in favor of the project. Later, Freeman realized this was procedurally incorrect and informed City Administrator John Coakley.
The Warrenville City Council passed a motion July 19 authorizing city staff to work with the Environmental Advisory Commission (EAC) and develop a new parkway tree planting policy in line with recommendations proposed by Public Works Superintendent Mike Smith.
Newly-Appointed Alderman has Always Been Community-Minded
Written by Crystal LynnAlderman Robert Wilson, who grew up in a small town where everyone knew each other and helping neighbors was a way of life, told the Village Chronicles June 24 that he plans to use his community-oriented upbringing to serve Warrenville.
“Throughout my life, I have tried to find ways to help others less fortunate and to share my time and talents with my community,” he said.
Village Chronicles Article is Incomplete and Inaccurate
Written by David L. Brummel, MayorIt was with great frustration that I read Crystal Lynn’s article entitled Fawell Dam Concerns Unanswered in the July 9, 2010 edition of the Village Chronicles, given that it was clearly written without any research of existing documents or personal interviews of City staff members and officials directly involved with this issue.
Forest Preserve Candidates Clark and Burns Convince FP Board to Act
Written by Robert C. WhitneyAt the July 13 DuPage County Forest Preserve Board meeting, I was thrilled that the board was encouraged to adopt Responsible Bidder Language by candidates for the Forest Preserve Board Dennis Clark and Shannon Burns.
During the public comment section of the meeting they encouraged the board to adopt responsible bidder provisions, stating that it would help the board ensure quality while potentially reducing costly change orders that result in long project completion delays.
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