Following are some of the articles published by The Observer for the month of June in recent years. These articles, gathered from various publications and editorials, are noteworthy for residents in that they remind us of where we’ve been as a community.
Lot finally puts an end to Barrington Hills horse trail dispute – 2011
Almost five years after signing an intergovernmental agreement resolving a dispute over the use of Cook County Forest Preserve land, the Barrington Countryside Park District has met its final obligation under the deal.
The construction of a parking facility near the Barrington Riding Center and the Fox River Valley Pony Club on Bateman Road finished about two weeks ago, completing the intergovernmental agreement signed in 2006.
More of the Daily Herald story can be read here.
Barrington Hills residents address horse boarding – 2012
About 200 concerned Barrington Hills residents packed the multipurpose room of Countryside Elementary School Monday night for a hearing on a proposed change to the village code regarding commercial horse boarding.
With only a few exceptions, people who spoke generally looked with disfavor on the amendment that would allow commercial horse boarding as a home occupation business if machinery were operated and nonresidents were on site only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Read the Daily Herald account from four years ago here.
Recordings reveal 2006 Duda Property / Longmeadow Parkway ‘deal’ – 2015
The Village has released recordings from the May 27th Village Board meeting. While we have not had the opportunity to review all of the recordings, we have reviewed those related to the Longmeadow Parkway project.
Much of the discussion centered on the current, and somewhat heated, opposition to the Longmeadow Parkway project, and the position of the Village Board back in 2006 when they approved the “Resolution Supporting A Bridge Study Corridor and Project in Dundee Township for Construction of the Longmeadow Parkway (Bolz Road) Bridge, and Route 62 Traffic Corridor Study from Route 59 to Route 31.” A copy of that resolution can be viewed here.
Read the full Observer article here.
Barrington Hills Votes To Oppose Longmeadow Parkway Project – 2015
The Barrington Hills Village Board Monday voted unanimously to oppose construction of Kane County Division of Transportation’s proposed Longmeadow Parkway and Fox River bridge from Route 62 to Huntley Road. Ten are communities have supported the proposal since 2007 but with bids scheduled to go out for the first segment in September, now there are only nine and a vote on withdrawing support is rumored coming up in Carpentersville next month, too.
Read more of the First Electric Newspaper article here.
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