TribLocal: Decision expected Thursday on controversial Grayslake senior housing facility

Decision expected Thursday on controversial Grayslake senior housing facility by Megan Craig

Neighbors expect a decision Thursday on whether a low-income senior housing facility will be allowed in Grayslake.
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Andrews said his group hopes to present scale models of the building and three houses to the west, as well as photos of traffic on Route 120, which they contend is too busy for a large housing development.

At the previous meeting and in a formal letter to Plan Commission Chairman Karl Molek, Mercy Housing attorney Steven Friedland asked that such a presentation by the neighbors not be allowed at this point in the proceeding.

“I am aware of no legal requirement that would require the Board to permit such direct evidence. Any member of the public could have presented such evidence during the public comment portion of the hearing,” Friedland wrote. “If someone had wanted to present evidence to the Board they have had ample opportunity to do so.”

Neighbors of the project this week attached a balloon to 72 feet of string in an attempt to demonstrate how high the highest point of the proposed structure – a clock tower – would be, Andrews said.

The balloon has since been removed. ...

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