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Time & Place:
Basement, St. Alphonsus Church
1429 W. Wellington
7:00PM – Doors open
7:30PM – Meeting begins
AGENDA :
1. U.S. Congressman Michael Quigley
2. Election of Officers and Directors
3. Attendance Raffle
Congressman Mike Quigley – 5th District
The Congressman is normally in Washington D.C. during the 2nd Tuesday of the month. In January, his District Scheduler, Melanie Thompson contacted SLN and let us know that there was no Congressional session scheduled for May 2014 and the Congressman was interested in speaking before the SLN membership. The date was locked in and the Congressman will make his first appearance as the featured Speaker at an SLN meeting.
Most recently, Congressman Quigley traveled to Ukraine with a bipartisan delegation to assess the effect of ongoing U.S. efforts to support Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression following the illegal annexation of Crimea.
Election of Officers and Directors
The SLN bylaws require and election of Officers and Directors at the May meeting. See the May newsletter for information about the slate from the Nominating Committee.
Attendance Raffle
We’ve been selling raffle tickets to those in attendance at meetings. It all comes together at this meeting. Who will be the lucky member?
What happened at the April Meeting?
It’s all in the May Newsletter. If you’re not already on the email distribution for the newsletter, sign up now.
From the May Newsletter:
3114 N. Southport
Mr. Duggan and several neighbors attended the April 25 hearing. In classic Chicago politics, they were informed that the issue had been postponed because the owner’s lawyer, Sara Barnes, was on vacation in Miami. Mr. Duggan objected to the postponement, noting that objecting neighbors had rearranged their schedules and otherwise been inconvenienced by this hearing. Despite the objection, the chairperson granted the rescheduling of the issue to May 16, 2PM in City Council chambers.
Update (posted 5/21/14):
Per the ZBA website,
151-14-Z Zoning District: RS-3 Ward: 32
Approved; resolution pending
The owner of that building has been trying to expand its capacity beyond the zoning for years, which is why it looks the way it does now. The frequent attempts at rehabbing the building have been shut down by the city for various reasons including doing construction without a permit.
Now, the owner or developer is going before the Zoning Board of Appeals to legitimize their actions. If you’d like to attend the meeting, it will be on Friday April 25 at 2pm at 121 N. LaSalle, room 200.
Once again, South Lakeview Neighbors is asking its members to help clean up our neighborhood. Saturday, April 26 is the official Citywide Clean and Green Day. SLN is organizing our 2nd paper litter clean-up. Simply volunteer to pick up paper litter and the hundreds of cigarette butts on your block only.
Details:
Contact Bill Haderlein at chicagolanddeck@rcn.com or 773-348-4516 (Chicagoland Deck) to let us know that you are covering your block.
And afterwards, SLN will sponsor a gathering
