While I am concerned about any change from the current single-family home zoning policy, I am even more concerned about the whole decision making citizen involvement an element of the proposal to eliminate single-family home zoning.
I have questions for our village board in this regard. Have they studied other cities to see if these programs were successful? Have they considered holding meetings throughout the village, involving all of the trustees, before voting on this measure? There is a common forum used to involve the citizen voters in the decision-making process in order to answer questions, explain why the board thinks this will work, and get input from the citizens of Oak Park. And given the enormity of this change, have they thought of presenting the proposal to the voters of the village of Oak Park for a binding referendum?
Terrie Rymer
Oak Park