Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 13:32
In a 2007 referendum, Evanstonians by a 6:1 landslide voted to rehab the current historic Lorraine Morton Civic Center at 2100 Ridge Ave. (right, seen in 2007) and keep City government there. Sadly, City government over the next 17 years never respected that mandate with a maintenance or restoration plan for the building.
Submitted by CSNA on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 13:26
The university’s demolition of its historic 1920s football stadium is nearly complete. NU plans to build a temporary facility on the lakefill for, at minimum, football games, which the City will likely permit. Meanwhile, litigation by stadium neighbors challenges the legality of the Council rezoning. At least one count of the lawsuit will move toward trial, although the court on April 19 dismissed some procedural counts, finding that five votes of the 10-person Council were sufficient to pass the zoning amendment.
Submitted by CSNA on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 15:06
Sixth Ward Councilmember Tom Suffredin and Seventh Ward Councilmember Eleanor Revelle are co-hosting a Special Topic Joint Ward Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2, at 7 p.m.
Submitted by CSNA on Mon, 11/20/2023 - 14:07
Nearly three dozen Evanston lawyers, at last count, have signed on to an open letter to Mayor Biss and the other members of the Council on an issue that that affects the legitimacy of the Ryan Field project and rezoning up for consideration at a special meeting tonight. Much public discussion has assumed that Mayor Biss can be a tiebreaking 5th vote if the other sitting Councilmembers tie 4-4. These local legal minds think otherwise, and that Evanston law requires six votes.
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Sun, 11/12/2023 - 13:24
Monday, Nov. 13, the City Council is set to act on Northwestern University's petition for a planned development ("PD") and zoning amendment to the U2 district. That area, just north of Central Street, contains the football stadium, basketball arena, baseball field, and other facilities. NU's petition for PD was to demolish the former Dyche Stadium and erect a new, much larger facility with 35,000 "stadium" seats and skyboxes. The rezoning petition was originally to allow far greater commercial-like entertainment use of the sports facilities: initially, a request for up to 10 stadium-capacity concerts and unlimited up-to-10,000-person events annually (click the link to see the redline version of the U2 text). After multiple revisions in May and August, the request (click link to review) was modified to 6 full-capacity (35,000-seats) outdoor stadium concerts, up to 60 outdoor concerts or events of up to 7,500 attendees, and unlimited indoor concerts and events of up to 10,000 persons, including in as-yet-unbuilt banquet halls and auditoriums.
Submitted by CSNA on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 11:03
Councilmembers Tom Suffredin and Eleanor Revelle invite the public to a joint 6th/7th Ward meeting to be held at the Chandler-Newberger Community Center, 1028 Central St., tonight, Wed., Nov. 1. The stated agenda is that City staff will discuss the 2024 Proposed Budget. The meeting is scheduled for 1 hour, per the City website.
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