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After a bit of delay due to COVID-19 hurdles, consideration of moratorium on demolitions of historic homes in Hinsdale is moving ahead. The village's plan commission is slated to schedule a public hearing on the matter at its meeting Thursday, May 13, with the hearing expected to be held at the group's June 10 meeting. The proposed six-month ban on demolition permits applies to homes within the Robbins Park Historic District and Central Business District properties as well as...
The village is downshifting its slate of 2020 road improvements amidst the economic uncertainty caused by coronavirus restrictions. But two of the most significant projects will proceed. At Tuesday night’s village board meeting, conducted via teleconference with only Village President Tom Cauley in the meeting room, Cauley said this year’s master infrastructure plan would be scaled back. “We’ve decided to defer all capital projects that can be deferred to conserve cash,” he said. But trustees held first readings on awarding...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other action at their meeting Tuesday, trustees: • agreed to waive a first reading and voted 6-0 to extend the purchase date for animal and vehicle licenses to June 15, which means no late fees will be charged until June 16. • listened as Village President Tom Cauley offered assurances that the village has enough cash on hand to operate during this economic downturn, even if it lasts another month or two. The village has kept a close eye on expenses over the years, he noted. “As a result of that,...
Interested in ordering a bottle of wine or six-pack of beer with your carryout order from a Hinsdale restaurant? You can, thanks to action Village President Tom Cauley took last week. The sale of beer and wine in original sealed containers will be allowed until April 17 or the expiration of Gov. JB Pritzker’s ban of on-site dining, whichever is sooner. The sale must be in conjunction with a food purchase. The move was prompted by a call that assistant village manager Brad Bloom received from a Hinsdale restaurant manager a...
Hinsdale trustees are aligned on the notion of steering central business district employees to the soon-to-be-completed parking deck. But they diverge on whether residents and nonresidents should have the same access to on-street parking. At a special village board meeting Monday, trustees conducted a first read of a proposal to convert the current metered spaces in the downtown to free three-hour parking (see map) and making the 189 spaces in the deck free for up to six...
In an effort to stem the teardown tide of historic homes in the village, officials are exploring ways to promote preservation. At Tuesday night's village board meeting, trustees discussed measures including a moratorium on demolitions after Village President Tom Cauley said 716 S. and 419 S. Oak St. were poised to be razed. Both sit in the National Register's Robbins Park Historic District in southeast Hinsdale. Cauley told trustees that the village's historic preservation com...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • voted 6-0 to increase the price of vehicle stickers from $40 to $48 as part of a comprehensive parking plan that will go into effect after the new parking deck at Hinsdale Middle School opens. The village is required to have the stickers ready for sale March 1, which is why the decision had to be made this month. Trustee Matt Posthuma said he would have liked to have all the components of the new parking plan in place before taking the vote. “I think it wou...
A DuPage County Circuit Court judge has prohibited new residents from moving into the Trinity Sober Living facility at 111 N. Grant St. Judge Brian Diamond issued a preliminary injunction Feb. 7, allowing only those individuals who resided at the property as of that date to remain. No new residents will be allowed until further order by the court. “The village is pleased that Judge Diamond ruled in favor of the village on this preliminary matter to avoid intensification of the use of the property during the pendency of the o...
Monday is Presidents Day, an occasion to celebrate locally, perhaps, with a stroll along Washington or Lincoln Streets - or any of the dozen other Hinsdale roadways named after past U.S. commanders in chief. The village, of course, has its own lineage of leadership. Whether one's a history buff or just a fan of the town that a 147-year evolution has produced, enjoy getting to know a little about the individuals who had a prominent hand in Hinsdale's story, courtesy in large pa...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees • agreed to spend $429,000 to Linblad Construction to pave the lower level of the new parking deck. Trustees initially planned to spend about $263,000 for asphalt in order to lower the cost of the deck. Village President Tom Cauley said there should be enough money in the $300,000 contingency fund to pay for the upgrade. “I don’t want to spend more money then we have to, but I think these funds are well spent,” he said. The item will be up for a vote at the Tue...
Trustees took a test drive Tuesday on a new parking plan for downtown Hinsdale that would go into effect after the parking deck opens in August. The deck at First Street and Garfield Avenue will add 189 spaces on the lower level, increasing the parking supply in downtown Hinsdale by 40 percent, Village President Tom Cauley said. The “3-6-8” plan would allow free parking up to three hours in the central business district and up to six hours in the deck and pay box parking for...
Hinsdale residents will have the chance to offer their input on a proposed senior living complex at a March public hearing before the Hinsdale Plan Commission. Trustees Tuesday referred to the commission the application for a $95 million senior living development on a portion of the IBLP property at 707 W. Ogden Ave. Ryan Companies wants to build Clarendale of Hinsdale Senior Residences, a 262-unit, 330,000-square-foot complex on about 17 acres north of Ogden and west of Adams Street. The developer is requesting a change in...
The Hinsdale Village Board signaled its support Tuesday for hiring a consultant to review any applications for 5G installation the village receives. Trustees are expected to approve a contract next month with MSA Municipal Services Associates, which will bill the village on a sliding scale depending on the type of application review necessary ($650 to $3,000). Any other services will be billed at $170. All costs will be covered by the applicant, noted Trustee Luke Stifflear. “State law provides that we pass that cost down t...
The village has received a $400,000 grant to help pay for renovations at the Hinsdale Community Pool. Staff learned Friday that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources had selected the village to receive a 2020 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant. The grant will provide almost a third of the needed funds to renovate and repair the aging pool. “I’m really excited that the IDNR saw this is a quality project,” said Heather Bereckis, superintendent of parks and recreation. “Everyone should have that opportu...
Next summer, the 319-space parking deck, adjacent to the new Hinsdale Middle School, will open. The parking deck should help solve parking problems that have plagued downtown Hinsdale for ages. The new parking deck should further energize our already thriving downtown. Currently - even before the new parking deck opens - we have one of Hinsdale's lowest retail vacancy rates at just 3.2 percent. The average vacancy rate in the Chicago area is above 10 percent. We have made...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved a 2019 village tax levy for $13.7 million, which includes $3.42 million for the Hinsdale Public Library. After approved debt service abatements of about $3.18 million, the total levy will amount to just over $10.5 million. • affirmed village support for a pedestrian bridge at 47th Street as part of the Illinois Tollway’s expansion of the Central Tri-State Tollway. The Hinsdale and Western Springs communities were given surveys by the Tollway to deter...
The Hinsdale fire department rigged up sound and lights to provide Santa with a comfortable and musical ride into the village during the Christmas Walk Friday night. With hundreds of children on hand to greet him, Santa was lowered to the ground and joined Village President Tom Cauley at the Memorial Building to officially light the Christmas tree. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures....
The Land Rover and Jaguar dealership in Hinsdale opened for business at its new 336 E. Ogden Ave. site last week, but neighboring residents and village officials say items related to the project still need to be completed. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, Village President Tom Cauley used his president’s report to address residents’ concerns about the absence of landscaping that the Bill Jacobs dealership agreed to install on the east side of the property facing Oak Street. “The ordinance that we passed called for eight-f...
Get the holiday cheer cranked up at the Hinsdale Christmas Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 6, in downtown Hinsdale. The 54th annual event, sponsored by the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce, will feature Cookie's Carousel, the Kiddie Express train, animated characters, strolling carolers, giveaways and more. Eva Field, the chamber's president and CEO, said visitors will recognize most of the attractions. "We haven't really added anything new," Field said. But she added that...
The new Bill Jacobs Jaguar and Land Rover dealership on Ogden Avenue is ready to open for business next month, but residential neighbors oppose the village issuing a certificate of occupancy until a permanent concrete barrier fence is in place. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, trustees voted unanimously to approve a second major adjustment to the site plan and exterior appearance for the 336 E. Ogden Ave. facility. The adjustment includes relocations of sections of the fence and a light pole but does not grant a c...
Hinsdale's Paige Glendinning is the first to admit she loves technology. But she and other residents who are part of Stop 5G Hinsdale & Neighbors are working to stop Verizon and other carriers from bringing 5G to Hinsdale - at least until the radiation associated with the technology can be deemed safe. "We started essentially because one of our friends had a wooden stake with the white flag in her front yard - technically the easement," said Glendinning, one of the organizers...
Trinity Sober Living LLC has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the village of Hinsdale is discriminating against residents of The Sober House at 111 N. Grant St. “Under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, the residents of Trinity Sober Living are protected as disabled recovering alcoholics and addicts,” Michael Owens, executive director, wrote in an email responding to questions from The Hinsdalean. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 6 in the U.S...
The Hinsdale Village Board unanimously approved a new contract with the Fraternal Order of Police Tuesday, the same day Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 and the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Teachers Association announced they had reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract. Village staff and representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council have been negotiating since the previous contract expired April 30, Trustee Jerry Hughes said. “It’s the definition of a successful outcome bec...
It’s Halloween in Hinsdale. A time of revelry for both young and old as children finally get to don those carefully chosen costumes, while parents make them put a jacket over because it’s 37 degrees. But lurking in the shadows, just beyond the glowing jack-o-lanterns and illuminated front yard water features, frightful events are stirring in our imagination that would cause anyone’s hair to stand up. Even without a visit to the blow bar. We turn our shielded eyes to the downtown parking deck now under construction, a shini...
Hinsdale trustees signaled their support for proposed changes to the site plan and exterior appearance of the new Bill Jacobs Jaguar and Land Rover dealership being constructed at 336 E. Ogden Ave., prompted by noise and light pollution concerns among adjacent residents. The changes to the prior plan, discussed during the board’s first read Tuesday, include relocating the west section of the eight-foot fence further north and the south section of the fence parallel to Franklin Street further east. The extent of tree r...
