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Community Alert!? FIfth Ward Re Zoning? INFO PLEASE
So I just got a notice on my front door with the following text:
COMMUNITY ALERT!!!
WHEN: October 14,2008 at 6:30PM
WHERE: City Hall, Council CHambers, 2nd floor
Did you know that YOU are bieng zoned out of evanston?
If YOU have recieved this flyer then YOUR property has been targetd!
Who MUST attend?
1.) Owners
2.) Renters
3.) Anyone who is concerned about the increased cost of living, shopping and working in Evanston.
Why YOU SHOULD attend?
This may be YOUR last chance to speak!! If these changes are made to the West Evanstan Zoning District Plan (Targeting the 5th Ward), then YOU will not be ablet of voic YOUR opinion regarding YOUR poperty or YOUR neighborhood in the future!!
*** END
Uhm, can anyone tell me what this is about? PLEASE! I really don't have time to go to a meeting, but if I need to I will. I can't find anything on the internet talking about what is going to be considered. If anyone has any info PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post it here!
Thanks Bill. I read up on it a bit, and it does indeed seem like a lot of hyperbole. Thanks for the info!
The flier, which I haven't seen, probably is referring to a meeting of the Plan Commission being held tonight (10/15, not 10/14) at 7 p.m. (not 6:30 p.m.).
At that meeting the commission is scheduled to begin discussion on a rezoning proposal for the old Mayfair rail corridor that runs through the 5th Ward.
The plan has been subject to a boatload of public meetings over the past couple of years and was approved last month by the commission's zoning subcommittee.
The commission has a very full agenda tonight, and it's not clear whether it will actually vote on the proposal, but you never know for sure.
Much more information about the rezoning proposal is available on the city website.
Evanston Now's most recent story on the proposal is here, and you can find more of our stories about it listed here.
Once the Plan Commission votes on the rezoning proposal, it will go to the City Council's Planning and Development Committee and then to the full City Council, both of which allow public comment on issues, so the flier's assertion that the meeting this week "may be your last chance to speak" is at best an exercise in hyperbole.
You can judge for yourself whether the proposal would "zone you out of Evanston" after you've learned more about it.
Bill
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