Note: This is the eighth in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a surge in trustee candidates this year. In 2023, four candidates ran for three four-year terms. This year, two incumbents[Read More…]
Tag: Heather Hill detention basin
Heather Hill detention basin nears completion
On Friday, Sept. 27, the permanent fence around the Heather Hill storm water detention basin appeared to be finished, putting the flood mitigation project one step closer to completion. Flossmoor Public Works Director John Brunke reported Sept. 6 that the main excavation work to create the basin adjacent to Heather[Read More…]
Heather Hill neighbors continue to resist basin
A group of Heather Hill neighbors met Sunday, July 21, at Heather Hill School to discuss their concerns about the storm water detention basin under construction adjacent to the school. Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson attended to answer questions about the project. The basin is being built to temporarily store storm[Read More…]
Group of Heather Hill residents requests temporary restraining order to halt detention basin project
Attorney Douglas Cipriano, representing a group of Heather Hill neighborhood residents, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court the week of July 1 seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the construction of a storm water detention basin adjacent to Heather Hill School in Flossmoor. Crystal Cleggett is the only[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees approve two contracts for Heather Hill basin project
Flossmoor trustees approved two contracts to get the work started on the controversial project storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School. Before the vote, trustees listened to residents who gave their opinions on the project. The $3.4 million contract for construction of the basin went to Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co.[Read More…]
Heather Hill detention basin project moves forward after brief pause to seek consensus
The plan to create a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School will move forward after receiving more support from the Flossmoor Board of Trustees at the Monday, May 6, meeting than it had previously. A vote to purchase land for a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill[Read More…]
Heather Hill neighbors meet with Flossmoor mayor Saturday to discuss storm water storage options
Heather Hill neighborhood residents Stephen and Donna Ramsey called an informal meeting at Leavitt Park on Saturday, May 4, so residents could learn more from Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson about the various options the village has available to mitigate flooding problems. The village board voted 4 to 3 on April[Read More…]
Flossmoor board to discuss alternate plan for temporary storm water storage in Heather Hill neighborhood
The Flossmoor Board of Trustees will discuss alternatives to a planned storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School at the regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 6. After resident opposition developed recently to a plan for a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School, the Flossmoor board voted[Read More…]
Park board agrees to sell property to Flossmoor for flood control
Homewood-Flossmoor Park District commissioners agreed to sell a Heather Hill site in Flossmoor that has two tennis courts. The land will be used as part of a dry bottom detention basin to relieve flooding in the downtown area. The flood control project has become controversial in the past several months.[Read More…]