LCMLetterNews you can use
August 2, 2011
In this issue
:: Golf Outing Brochure
:: Tollway Hearing on Spending
:: Mayors Caucus Quarterly Meeting
:: HUD Planning Grants
:: Transportation Consensus Update
Greetings!
The LCMLetter is published twice a month and its goal is to keep Lake County Municipal League members informed on municipal issues. As issues relevant to municipal officials arise, the LCMLetter will provide you with a synopsis of the issues and provide you with a link for further details.
LCML Golf Outing, September 7

There's still time to sign up for the LCML golf outing at Steeple Chase Golf Club in Mundelein on September 7. Go to www.lakecountyleague.org for a brochure.

Special thanks to the following sponsors:
  • Dinner Sponsor - ComEd
  • Lunch Sponsor - Mesirow Financial
  • Beverage Sponsor - Groot  
  • Fantasy Golf Sponsor - SRBL
Hole Sponsors
  • Ancel Glink
  • Assurance Agancy
  • Christopher Burke Engineering
  • Ehlers
  • S.B. Friedman
  • HR Green
  • Illinois American Water
  • Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins
  • Magna Law
  • Manhard Consulting
  • Natgun
  • Riley Construction
  • Speer Financial
  • SRBL (2)
  • Trotter & Associates 
  • USAgain

Raffle Prize Sponsors

  • Comcast
  • IMET 
  • Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare
  • PMA Financial   
  • Village of Buffalo Grove   
  • Village of Hawthorn Woods 
Tollway Hearing, August 19
 

The Illinois Tollway has announced a series of public hearings regarding its proposed $12 billion, 15-year capital plan designed to create jobs, stimulate the economy, provide better travel conditions and relieve congestion. The Lake County hearing will take place on Friday, August 19 from 7:00- 9:00 pm, in the Libertyville Civic Center, 135 W. Church St., Libertyville.  

Mayors Caucus Quarterly Meeting, August 23  

 

The next Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Quarterly Meeting is scheduled for August 23 in the Cook County Room at the Willis Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive. It will feature Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Lunch will be served at noon with the meeting beginning at 12:30 pm and concluding around 3:30 pm.   

   

Please RSVP to Chris Gentes at lcml@sbcglobal.net or Dave Bennett at dbennett@mayorscaucus.org.    

HUD Planning Grants   

 

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced this year's  Community Challenge Planning Grant Program. The program will award approximately $28.6 million in grants to support local projects, which may include amending or replacing local master plans, zoning codes, and building codes to promote mixed-use development, affordable housing, the reuse of older buildings and structures for new purposes, and similar activities with the goal of promoting sustainability at the local or neighborhood level. Applications must be submitted through  www.grants.gov/ by September 9.

 

If you apply, please email Stephen Ostrander at sostrander@cmap.illinois.gov.

 
Transportation Consensus Update
 

Significant progress has been made on the Transportation Consensus Agenda for state highway capacity improvements in Lake County since it was created six years ago. 

 

 View the video progress report.   
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Sincerely,
Christine Gentes
Lake County Municipal League