Posted in Agendas, Audio recordings, Barrington Hills Park District, Big Red, Conflict of interest, Deception, Entertainment, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Massbach Hounds, Organizations, Politics, Property Taxes, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, Topics Of Interest, Unions, Village Director of Administration on September 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Equestrian Commission will hold a meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Though scheduled to meet quarterly, this will be their first meeting in a year.
Topics on this evening’s agenda are:
A copy of the agenda can be viewed here.
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Audio recordings, Barrington Hills Farm, Commercial Horse Boarding, Conflict of interest, Equestrian Commission, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, LeCompte/Anderson Commercial Horse boarding amendment, Massbach Hounds, Politics, Property Taxes, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Unions on September 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Equestrian Commission will hold a special meeting this evening at 6:30 PM to review. The sole topic on their agenda is, “Village Equestrian Trails.”
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here. Recordings from the August 19th, 2021, meeting (the most recent recordings available) can be found here.
Posted in Audio recordings, Cook, County, Equestrian Commission, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Riding Club of Barrington Hills on August 8, 2016| 4 Comments »
Audio recordings from the July 25th Equestrian Commission meeting have been posted to the Village website. To access the menu of recordings edited by agenda topic, click here.
Some of the agenda items crossed paths with others during the meeting, and the recording topics don’t necessarily cover what was discussed, so we’ll attempt to highlight what was covered by the commissioners.
Trustee Maison reported she participated on a recent conference call with a representative of Cook County regarding the status of Horizon Farms. The “north” portion of the property has reopened, however some areas to the south remain closed. Also, the county has hired consultants to conduct a market analysis in August to determine how best to utilize the property.
The full trustee report can be heard here.
The commission has begun to document trail crossing signs throughout the Village using a cell phone based application that maps the exact location of the signs. This will help to determine where signs may be needed based on the horse Village horse trail map. That discussion can be heard here.
Unfortunately, there was no meeting packet published for this meeting, so the trail map the commissioners discussed is somewhat difficult to follow. Considering some residents have closed their private trails, we believe the Village should publish the trail map on the Village website so that it can be accurately updated to avoid placing crossing signs where a connecting trail may no longer exist.
One resident provided public comment, and his remarks can be heard here.
Posted in Algonquin Rd, Audio recordings, Audubon Society, Barrington Hills Park District, BH Polo Club, Citizens for Conservation, Equestrian Commission, FPDCC, Friends of Forest Preserves, FRVPC, Fundraisers, HARPS, Heritage Fest, Horizon Farm, Land Use, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Spring Creek Stewards on December 11, 2015| 7 Comments »
The Village has released the audio recordings from the December 7th quarterly meeting of the Equestrian Commission.
There were no formal comments made during public comment, however attendees were allowed to comment or ask questions when recognized by the chair throughout the meeting. This more informal format is used for most Barrington Hills meetings, excluding the Village and Zoning Board meetings.
The first item covered in the meeting was the status of Horizon Farms. Trustee Maison, liaison to the commission, provided the update, which can be heard here.
Village attorney Patrick Bond then spoke about the status of horse boarding in Barrington Hills as it stands currently in our Village Codes. His presentation can be heard here.
It was surprising that none of the estimated 20 residents in attendance, or any of the commission members had questions or comments after Bond’s comments. Considering the misinformation circulating throughout the Village on this topic in the last few years, one might have expected some interaction, but there was only silence.
When the topic of equestrian trail maps was discussed, there was interaction.
The Riding Club of Barrington Hills has expressed a desire to convert some of the private trails on homeowners’ properties to legal easements deeded to the club. Two cases in which a swimming pool and a garden had been constructed which disrupted the trails were cited as factors for their desire to have better control of their trails.
It was suggested that if the trails were deeded to the Riding Club, this might be avoided, and a club representative in the audience stated that Riding Club would bear the cost of the filing fee. Interested residents can contact the Riding Club, and the recording of that discussion can be heard here.
The agenda subject of “Equestrian Information on Website & in newsletter” also proved to be quite interesting. The chair began the discussion by stating, “We have a number of equestrian clubs in Barrington Hills, and our events overlap. For example, the Riding Club had a sector ride on the same day as the Village held ‘Hills Are Alive’, and so we couldn’t participate.”
Citing this recent scheduling “conflict,” she went on to express the desire to have one central calendar that all equestrian clubs may use for planning purposes, and to provide the public an opportunity to see all Village equestrian events, hunts or shows.
The chair then requested that the Village invite the Riding Club, Polo Club, Fox River Hounds, the Pony Club and the Barrington Hills Park District to utilize the Village government’s calendar for scheduling and information purposes, as well as add links to those organizations’ websites.
This seems like a reasonable concept, however the Barrington Area Library already provides a community calendar for this purpose, as seen here.
Furthermore, if the Village were to extend such an invitation, other organizations within the Village should be allowed to participate as well. Garden clubs, youth scouting organizations, public and private schools, conservation groups and houses of worship, among others, would likely wish to have their notices posted to the calendar as well.
There’s also the matter of resources to be considered. If the Village were to take on this responsibility, the time required to maintain such a calendar might become too great, thus detracting from other duties performed by Village Hall staff.
If the Village does decide to proceed with this initiative, the one suggestion we have is to create separate calendars for government business and community events. Otherwise, the current calendar would likely become very muddled, thus making it more difficult for residents only interested in government meeting information to find what they’re looking for.
The link to the full Village website utilization discussion recording can be accessed here. The menu of edited recordings by agenda topic for the entire meeting can be accessed here.
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