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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Mundane, expensive and life-altering recommendations are considered

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While July is typically more about beaches and barbecues than city business, three Municipal Center meeting topics, ranging from mundane, to expensive, to potentially life altering have sparked my interest.

Starting with mundane, the July 20 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is expected to address something which, while not particularly earth shattering, can be ear shattering. Planned for the agenda is whether Naperville should further regulate the weekend hours commercial landscape and lawn services can fire up mowers and blowers. Proposals include delaying start times from 7AM until 8AM on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and pushing for an earlier than 7PM end to Sunday mowing. Whether this is an important problem or not, City Council asked that further restrictions be considered.

Potentially expensive is a public Open House from 4 to 7PM on July 13 to review updated streetscape plans for downtown. While bricks and benches don’t get me worked up, costs of implementation, further streetscape expansion, and potential elimination of parking spaces as part of addressing existing downtown conditions does offer room for concern. If you cannot attend the Open House, a survey, available through July 20 at www.p2cdesigns.com/survey, is collecting input.

Lastly, the life-changing issue. On July 19 City Council is expected to address the Housing Advisory Commission’s recommendation amending the local Fair Housing law to stop landlords from discriminating against veterans, the aged, poor and disabled who want to use federal housing vouchers to help pay their rent. As a Housing Commission member, I strongly support this effort to assist some of the most vulnerable members of our community whose hope is to improve their access to homes while searching for a better quality of life.

To see what else is keeping the Confederation busy over the summer, keep an eye on www.napervillehomeowners.com.

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Bob Fischer
Bob Fischerhttp://www.napervillehomeowners.com/
Bob Fischer is current President of the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation.

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