Saturday, May 16, 2015

Another Special Meeting

Dear ENN members,
We have been asked to hold another special meeting regarding the commercial/residential development “Luxury Apartments” at 1301 W. Devon Ave. 

The special meeting will be held: Wednesday, May 20th, 7pm, at 6247 N. Lakewood Ave. (the home of Nancy Schroeder and Larry Ebert).

ENN May 20th Special Meeting Agenda:
1) Patrick Thompson (Manske•Dieckmann•Thompson, 4619 North Broadway), project developer at 1301 W. Devon Ave;
Dan Luna (48th Ward Alderman Chief of Staff)

Patrick Thompson/1301 W. Devon Ave. project developer is requesting an adjustment from the City's zoning department to reduce the rear yard requirement, which is measured as the distrance from the alley between Lakewood and Wayne to the residential buildings on either side. This requires notification to the neighbors immediately to the south as well as the Alderman’s office. They have received letters of approval from both neighbor buildings.   However, Alderman Osterman requested that they meet with the ENN Block Club to describe and clarify their request to confirm they have the ENN support by a block club vote.

 As you may recall, Patrick Thompson first presented the proposed development to ENN at the November 10th, 2014 meeting. Both Patrick Thompson and Dan Luna (48th Ward Alderman Chief of Staff) will both be in attendance.

We also want to let you know that we have been in contact with Alderman Osterman's office to request information on the gunshot/barricade/arrest situation at 6319 N. Lakewood Ave. overnight May 9/10th 2015.   We have also requested current information on the status of the building as we understand that it is in foreclosure.  Initially there was a fair amount of misinformation on the incident.  We now know that it began when people attending a party in the building began to harrass police who were making a traffic stop in front of the building.  Shots were fired somewhere in the back of the building and police mistakenly believed that the shots were fired at them.  The people at the party barricaded themselves in and would not allow the police entry.  It was resolved peacefully some hours later with the arrest of 31 people.  We are attempting to determine the status of those arrested and to confirm whether or not the resident of building who was the intended target of last year's shooting on Devon and Glenwood was involved in the situation.

We will keep you updated on this as soon as we get informaiton. 

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