COVID-19 Updates
COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions continue to rise in our area. Every day since last Friday has seen an increase in both our region's positivity rate and rate of hospital admissions. Yesterday, Governor Pritzker said that “If the current trajectory continues, if our hospitals continue to fill up, if more and more people continue to lose their lives to this disease, we’re going to implement further statewide mitigations, which nobody, and I mean nobody, wants,” and that “we’re heading down a very dark, dark path toward where we were last spring.”
Under current restrictions, bars and restaurants must stop indoor seating and social gatherings are limited to no more than 25 people. Under the Restore Illinois Resurgence Plan, the earliest these mitigations will be re-evaluated by the State is November 14. If current trends continue, the State may implement additional measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.
Please, support our local restaurants during this challenging time.
Village and Community Updates
VETERANS DAY. There will be no public service this year on the Village Green on Wednesday, November 11. Village facilities remain open and trash pickups are not affected.
C'MON, HAND IT OVER. Lake Bluff Farmers Market vendors will operate a pickup and delivery point in the Train Station Parking Lot starting next Friday, 9 to 10 a.m. More vendors are signing up each week to participate. Click here for information about participating vendors and how to pre-order.
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE. Lake Bluff has partnered with six other North Shore suburbs to create Illinois' largest municipally sponsored community solar program. Community solar allows residents and small businesses to subscribe and save 20% on their electricity supply charges through bill credits while supporting renewable energy development. For more information, visit lakebluff.org/CommunitySolar.
THE LAKE BLUFF GARDEN CLUB has brought the holiday spirit to the Village for over 50 years. On November 14th, club members will create and install festive seasonal arrangements for over 40 village sidewalk planters. On November 17th, club members will prep and cut garland for all Lake Bluff lampposts and signs.
Board and Committee Actions
For more information, visit the Village's meeting packets and videos page. Agendas and meeting materials are typically available the Friday before a meeting; videos within a week after the meeting; and minutes after they are approved at the next meeting of the public body. Not all meetings are recorded on video. Due to the COVID-19 emergency, meetings are primarily virtual. Click here for details on the format and how to participate.
Recent Architectural Board of Review Meeting (Wednesday, November 4, 7 p.m.). The ABR recommended the Village Board approve:
- A dumpster enclosure at 303-305 Waukegan Road.
- A fence at 702-706 Oak Avenue.
Upcoming Village Board Meeting (Monday, November 9, 7 p.m.). The Village Board will:
- Hold a public hearing to consider soliciting proposals for a single waste hauler to service all non-residential establishments in the Village.
- Consider approving:
- An extension of the Village's declaration of emergency.
- Formally estimating the Village's 2020 property tax levy (unchanged from last year).
- An expansion of the Local Business Stimulus Grant program.
- Revisions to ambulance fees.
- A site plan to install a fence at 702-706 Oak Avenue.
- A site plan to install a dumpster enclosure at 303-305 Waukegan Road.
- A license agreement to use Village property for bluff stabilization.
Upcoming Historic Preservation Commission Meeting (Wednesday, November 12, 7 p.m.). The HPC will:
- Open a significant demolition review for 667 Rockland Avenue.
- Discuss the Village Board's remand of proposed changes to the Village's historic preservation rules.
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