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Lyons township high school district map8/19/2023 ![]() The purpose of the study was to review the existing vehicular and pedestrian traffic surrounding the school, review existing school operations, and make recommendations for improvements based on these observations. ( KLOA, Inc.) to complete a Traffic Circulation and Pedestrian Safety Study. ![]() In response to these comments, the Village and School District 204 jointly hired the professional traffic engineering firm Kenig, Lindgren, O'Hara, Aboona, Inc. The Village and School District 204 received comments and suggestions regarding pedestrian and traffic safety around the north campus of Lyons Township High School. ![]() This story has been changed to correct the spelling of Melissa Grisoni’s last name.Traffic Circulation and Pedestrian Safety LTHS school board President Kari Dillon told the Landmark the district has 30 days to appeal the attorney general’s ruling and that the school board has not yet decided on whether to do that. In response to a request for review filed by Melissa Grisoni of Burr Ridge, the attorney general issued a binding opinion, stating that LTHS must release a copy of the recording to Grisoni and also make public the audio recording of the Jan. The Open Meetings Act allows the discussion of setting the price for a piece of property to take place in closed session, but after listening to the recording of the closed session, the Attorney General’s Office ruled that the school board discussed “myriad subjects beyond setting the price for sale of the subject property.” In other news related to attempted land sale, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office ruled that the LTHS school board violated the Open Meetings Act by discussing elements of the proposed sale that didn’t direct involve setting the price for the land in closed session on Jan 23. “I think this is a good bipartisan solution that takes the temperature down on this scenario, this situation, that’s became a very divisive situation in the community,” Porfirio said. The bill, he said, is an attempt to defuse the tensions and concerns generated by the proposed land sale and return the school board’s attention to educating students. Porfirio said one idea is to require that a municipality that buys land from a school district under the procedure laid out in the bill hold the land for 10 years before selling it. “I would think it’s somewhat of an exaggerated concern but one that I think we need to get language right to address it.” “I think there is conversation to address that,” Porfirio told the Landmark. Porfirio said he thought Waterman’s concerns about property flipping could be addressed by amending the bill. Mike Porfirio (D-LaGrange) whose 11th District includes Brookfield south of Shields Avenue, signed on as a co-sponsor to the bill that was introduced by Senate Republican Leader John Curran, in whose district the Willow Springs land is located. “SB990 will fundamentally change how school districts sell land and achieve fair-market value for their taxpayers,” Waterman wrote. In a letter to members of the Illinois House of Representatives, Waterman asked legislators to oppose the bill, saying tat it would force school districts to sell land at less than its market value and then allow a municipality to change the zoning and flip the property at a much higher price.
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