ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <TITLE>UCRD - Alderman Shiller letter, June 15, 2010</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Win32)"> <META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="David Hemmings"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20100524;14520000"> <META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="David "> <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20100531;21595800"> <META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="User"> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin-left: 0.79in; margin-right: 0.79in; margin-top: 1in; margin-bottom: 0.79in } TD P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: #000000; text-align: left; widows: 0; orphans: 0; text-decoration: none } TD P.western { font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; so-language: en-US; font-weight: normal } TD P.cjk { font-family: "SimSun", "??"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal } TD P.ctl { font-family: "Tahoma", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; so-language: hi-IN; font-weight: normal } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: #000000; text-align: left; widows: 0; orphans: 0; text-decoration: none } P.western { font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; so-language: en-US; font-weight: normal } P.cjk { font-family: "SimSun", "??"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal } P.ctl { font-family: "Tahoma", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; so-language: hi-IN; font-weight: normal } A.western:link { so-language: zxx } A.ctl:link { so-language: zxx } --> </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" TEXT="#3c3c3c" BGCOLOR="#f8f8f8" DIR="LTR"> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><A NAME="main"></A> <BR> </P> <CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH=760 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <TR> <TD> <DIV ID="right-column-container" DIR="LTR"> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Alderman Shiller letter dated June 15, 2010</B></FONT></FONT></P> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"> <br> HELEN SHILLER<br> ALDERMAN, 46TH WARD<br> June 15, 2010<br> <br> Thank you for your email outlining your concerns regarding the proposed development at the Columbus-Maryville site. I share many of the same concerns, including discrepancies between what has been presented at community meetings and the documents submitted to the city.<br> <br> Until all of these discrepancies are clarified and a public hearing (including adequate time for questions and answers) has been held, the project will not be heard by the Community Development Commission, the Chicago Plan Commission, the City Council Zoning Committee or the City Council Finance Committee.<br> <br> As you know, this is an very complex development proposal additionally complicated by the involvement of Chicago Park District and Chicago Water Management. Consequently, there is no rush to approve anyone particular plan.<br> <br> Having said this, the creation of the Montrose Clarendon TIF District is another matter. Its creation was approved at the last City Council meeting. By creating this TIF District, the Columbus Maryville PINs are now part of a new TIF district with a 23 year life so that if and when there is development on this site, assuming it is done by a property tax paying entity, the increment that results will be available for improvements at Clarendon Park.<br> <br> As always I welcome your input.<br> <br> Helen Shiller</FONT></FONT><br> </P> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Be sure and see the <A HREF="SuccessfulCommunityAction.html"><strong>Successful Community Action</strong></A> pages.</FONT></FONT></P> </DIV> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P CLASS="western"><BR><BR> </P> </BODY> </HTML>