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the wilmette beacon | October 18, 2018 | 3
Proposed roadway at Canal Shores could put road in backyard of homes
Todd Marver
Freelance Reporter
The Wilmette Park
Board signaled its opposition
to an easement request
that would eliminate
the 10th hole of the Canal
Shores Golf Course.
The Park Board approved
a resolution registering
formal opposition
to the Keefe Family
Trust’s easement request
for roadway purposes
at its Wednesday, Oct.
10 meeting. The 61-foot
wide, 300-foot long roadway
would extend south
from Maple Avenue behind
the homes on the east
side of Golf Terrace and
pave over the 10th hole
of the Canal Shores Golf
Course. If the road were
to be built, it would essen-
“That’s a pretty staggering thought when I think about that.
Theoretically you’re going to have a road on either side of you.”
John Olvany — Wilmette Park Board commissioner on an easement request by the Keefe Family
Trust at Canal Shores Golf Course
tially be in the backyard
of the homes on the east
side of Golf Terrace, so
they’d have a road both in
the front and back of their
homes.
“It doesn’t seem to me
that there are any other
houses anywhere in Wilmette
that would actually
have a roadway on both
sides of the property,”
Commissioner John Olvany
said. “That’s a pretty
staggering thought when
I think about that. Theoretically
you’re going to
have a road on either side
of you.”
Commissioner Bryan
Abbott praised Canal
Shores Golf Course’s asset
to the community.
“I’ve admired Canal
Shores recreational use
in terms of not just golfers,
but how they open up
the golf course for everybody
to use,” he said. “It’s
not restrictive, but actually
very open and I think
they’re pretty unique
in that regard for a golf
course.”
The Park Board received
over 150 emails
all in opposition to the
easement request and
also heard from nearly 20
people during public comment
all in opposition.
Specifically, the board
received notification of
opposition from Canal
Shores and its board, Go
Green Wilmette, Central
Street Neighbors Association,
Citizens’ Greener
Evanston and Friends of
Isabella Woods.
“Each of those organizations
represent a considerable
number of local
residents,” Abbott said.
Additionally, the board
received correspondence
that extended beyond
Wilmette and Evanston
boundaries and even extended
beyond state lines.
“We’ve also heard from
people who aren’t even
local. We’ve heard from
out of state people on this
issue,” Abbott said. “The
extent of the correspondence
that we’ve received
on this not only in numbers
but also in reach has
been quite astounding.”
Olvany said that in his
seven years on the Park
Board, he had never previously
received 100 percent
of correspondence in
opposition or on one side
of an issue.
“In this case I think our
constituents have spoken
very clearly about what
they expect us to do and I
think that this resolution
does a very nice job of stating
our position,” he said.
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