Hi All!
1 -
Status
We have
had a number of interesting meetings and phone conversations with a few of the
Park District Commissioners and again with a couple of the City Council
members.
A
number of the Park District Commissioners either were at the September 5th City
Council meeting or were watching it on TV.
They certainly understand the interest of the city council and the
citizens for the property bounded by Park District land on two sides to be come
a complete 13-15 acre park.
There have
also been meeting between the city council and the park executives and
commissions.
We also
have had a number of conversations with Brook McDonald and Dan Lobbes of the
Conservation Foundation, the organization that Jim Berg had initially contacted. They were very helpful and are willing to
work with the city and the parks in whatever manner they could.
About a
week ago Mr. Lobbes sent, on the behalf of the Conservation Foundation, a
letter to Mayor Pradel with a copy to Ms. Barbara Heller, Executive Director of
the Park District. In this letter Mr.
Lobbes mentioned the "Buy and Hold" program (up to two years) until
monies can be arranged to purchase the land from the Conservation Foundation. In addition Mr. Lobbes indicated that they
were available for a joint meeting with the city and park staff to discuss the
options available.
As of
this morning there has been no response from either party.
We have
had other positive discussions with the DuPage Forest Preserve.
We are
starting to make phone calls to see if we can act as a catalyst to get a
multi-entity meeting going.
2 -
Ideas for the property as a park.
I have
received a few ideas but not as many as I would like. Please discuss with your kids as to what they think, add your
ideas and send me an email.
3 -
Emails to the Park District and the City
A few
of you have taken the initiative and
sent emails to the city council and park personnel.
Please
consider adding your email to those already sent. A few sentences about your interest in the subject is all that
is needed.
If you
do not know any of the members personally consider being an "equal
opportunity" emailer and spread the email around. Of course you can sent the same email to
all or split it up per the following, depending on the first letter of your
email address.
Doug
FYI
The
Park Board
email
first letters: a-b
Barbara
Heller
bheller@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: c-d
Kristen
Jungles
kjungles@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: e-h
Steve
Born
sborn@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: i-j
Charlie
Brown
cbrown@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: k--l
Ron Ory
rory@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: m-n
Pam
Swafford
pswafford@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: o-s
Marie
Todd
mtodd@napervilleparks.org
email
first letters: t-z
Mary
Wright
mwright@napervilleparks.org
The
City Council
email
first letters: a-b
George
A. Pradel
mayor@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: c-d
Kenn
Miller
millerk@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: e-h
Richard
R. Furstenau
Furstenaur@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: i-j
Douglas
Krause
kraused@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: k-l
John
Rosanova
jrosanova@msn.com
email
first letters: m-n
Darlene
Senger
sengerd@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: o-s
Grant
E. Wehrli
wehrlig@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: t-z
James
E. Boyajian
Boyajianj@naperville.il.us
email
first letters: c-d
Mary
Ellingson
ellingsonm@naperville.il.us