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Village Ordinance Amended Regarding Seizure of
Vehicles Involved in Illegal Activities
MAR 22 2005 -- The Arlington Heights Police are now
authorized to seize and impound vehicles stopped
during drunk driving arrests. The title holder of
the vehicle is responsible for a $500 fine and
towing fees in order to obtain return of the
vehicle. If a hearing rules that the vehicle was
not used in the violation, the vehicle and cash
bond would be returned.
Banbury Agrees to Pay $283,500 for Vail Avenue
Parking Garage
MAR 20 2005 -- Banbury Development payment will
go toward the $8.1 million expansion of the Vail
Avenue parking garage in exchange for 81 parking
pemits available to residents of Banbury's Metro
Lofts Condominiums.
Metro Lofts Condominiums Approved
FEB 22 2005 -- Metro
Lofts Condominiums,
a seven-story condominium and retail development in
downtown Arlington Heights was approved at the
Monday night village board meeting, on the
condition of a financial contribution by
Banbury/Metro Lofts developers toward expanding the
Vail Avenue parking garage. The parking garage will
be expanded by 400 parking spaces. Trustees voted
7-2 on the motion for the parking contribution at
the Village Board meeting Monday.
Metro Lofts will be at the southwest corner of
Campbell Street and Dunton Avenue. The project
includes 55 condominiums, including about 9,360
square feet of commercial/retail space on the first
floor.
The lowest priced units are reportedly sold out.
The lowest price of remaining units is about
$200,000 to $210,000.
New Airline Based Headquarters in Arlington
Heights
FEB 14 2005 -- Sunship1
will fly out of Northwest
Chicagoland Regional
Airport
in Rockford to popular travel destinations.
Palatine Road Work from Palatine to
Wheeling
FEB 14 2005 -- Resurfacing (including frontage
roads), curb and gutter work and bridge work is
expected this summer and fall. Work from Cedar
Street (Palatine) to Rand Road (Arlington Heights)
is expected to be completed by the end of August.
The remaining resurfacing all the way to Milwaukee
Avenue (Wheeling) is expected to be completed by
October. Bridge work (Prospect Heights), which
involves the total replacement of the bridge over
Route 83, is expected to be completed in November.
Route 83 will be closed during the project's first
month (expected to be May). The bridge over Route
83 will close when Route 83 reopens and will not
re-open until the end of the project. Bridge work
is also planned for the Wisconsin Central Railroad,
just east of Wheeling Road, and at the Des Plaines
River bridge at Milwaukee Avenue. Be aware of any
changes to plans and schedules that may occur.
New Village Hall, New Fire Station One
Approved
FEB 08 2005 -- FGM
Architects Engineeers
Inc.
and Sigalos
& Associates/Turner
Construction
$27.5 million plans approved at the Arlington
Heights village board meeting for a 74,000 square
foot new village hall and a 16,600 square foot,
four-bay fire station. The project also includes a
public plaza and towers as part of the village hall
building, which would be visible from the Metra
trains. The original village hall, which will be
totally replaced, was built in 1962. Fire Station
One will be located just east of the police
station.
2005 Hearts of Gold Awards Winners Announced
FEB 03 2005 -- Mentor Award Reta Wilcox,
Best Neighbor Marsha Forbes, Educator
Award Mary Luckritz, Heroic Award Wally
Luettschwager, the Young at Heart Award Jean
Brauweiler, Young Champion Award Sherry
Reiss, the Volunteer Award John Hanahan,
the City of Good Neighbors Award Lisa White
& Monica McCarthy, Pam Stocking Award
James Pesoli. If you are interested in attending
the ceremony at the Hearts of Gold Awards Dinner
and Dance on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at
European Crystal, contact Nancy Kluz at
847-368-5104. More information at Village of
Arlington Heights official site -- vah.com.
Ballots for Arlington Heights Public Office
Positions
JAN 30 2005 -- Mayor Arlene Mulder seeks a fourth
four-year term unopposed. Village trustee
incumbents Joseph Farwell, Virginia Z. Kucera and
Bert Rosenberg are seeking re-election for trustee.
Village Housing Commissioner Will Beiersdorf,
Phillip Walter, Keith Moens, and former trustee
Norm Breyer are also seeking election for one of
four terms open. Stephen Daday is not seeking a
fifth term as trustee.
For three open six-year library board terms
incumbents Richard Frisbie and James Bertucci seek
re-election. Also Laura M. Guderly, Michael Cortesi
and former library trustee David Unumb are running
for board terms. Incumbent Mary Jeanne Fitzgerald
is not seeking re-election.
For three four-year park district board terms
President Robert L. Whisler, Vice President
Maryfran H. Leno and commissioner Robert Smith seek
re-election.
Snowy January 2005 -- Thursday Morning's Snow
Puts Us in 4th
JAN 27 2005 -- Today's 3.1" snow at O'Hare and
2.8" at Midway brings us the fourth snowiest
January since 1928 at 29.1". The snowiest January
in the past 76 years occurred in 1979 (39.4").
Palatine and Rand Retail Re-development, TIF
Approved
JAN 25 2005 -- Tax Increment Financing District V
approved for current Town & Country Mall and
Southpoint Shopping Center. Anthony Visconsi,
representing Town & Country, noted that time is
of the essence because several potential tenants
intend to sign if the TIF is approved. Trustees
Farwell and Jensen wanted to limit the TIF to the
Southpoint Shopping Center. Skepticism over another
TIF exists because of the slow progress of the
Target development at TIF IV near Golf and
Arlington Heights Road.
Arlington Market Plans for Change
JAN 14 2005 -- The Elliot Group (Des Plaines)
has revealed plans for 11 acres of residential
housing (narrow lot houses and six-story and
four-story condominium buildings) on the north side
and four acres of retail businesses (44000 sq ft)
on the south side. The Village of Arlington Heights
is in favor of the project and pushing for a grocer
at the location, but expressed concern that the
project is too dense at the Plat and Subdivision
Committee meeting Jan. 12.
62 Degrees! Record-Tying High January 12th
JAN 13 2005 -- The record temperature for
Wednesday, January
12
tied a record held since 1890 at 62 degrees.
January record highs are in the 50's and 60's
throughout the month. Record lows range from -10 to
-27 degrees Farenheit for the month of January. The
normal high is 29.
Radio Station Changes in Arlington Heights
JAN 06 2005 -- Recent changes have occurred to
radio stations that transmit from the
440
foot tower
on Boeger Drive near Arlington Heights Road and
Dundee Road. WKIE is now part of the Newsweb
Corporation network of NINE-FM
locally broadcast on 92.7 MHz. Station promos claim
they play 'anything.' Music logged so far is a wide
variety, mostly rock, top 40 and deep cuts -- 60's
through today. ONDA 92, a spanish language format
was formerly playing on 92.7 MHz. The studio that
was used for broadcasting on 92.7 MHz for decades
was razed last year. The current studio is in
Chicago and accesses the tower in Arlington Heights
remotely. WZFS FM 106.7 THE
FISH
is no longer broadcasting in the Chicago market.
The Salem Web Network is now broadcasting on
560
AM WIND,
but not with the FISH Christian format.
Univision
has taken over the 106.7 MHz airwaves with a
spanish language format. A Christian format station
WCLR plays the Air1.com
network on weekends on 88.3 MHz. The frequency is
shared with Harper College WHCM, which controls
weekday broadcasts. The station is a low power
broadcast from a tower near Arlington Heights Road
and Rand Road.
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