Beverly Woods

Sad to lose Beverly Pantry too. It's unfortunate but I think it's very hard to be an upscale restaurant in an area where there aren't a lot of other "date night" type destinations nearby, and way off the convenient transit hubs too. (You can't really rely on the Rock Island for a late night out.) The BAC does some nice things sometimes, but for a lot of people if they're going out to a nice restaurant they're going to a movie/play/concert/museum/something to make a night of it, and for us that usually means going North where those things tend to be. We don't even have a movie theater since the one at Evergreen Plaza closed 12+ years ago, so it's a drive out to Crestwood or Chatham or farther just to catch a movie.

The Evergreen Golf Course Developer recently submitted a request to the MWRD for an approval to tie in the runoff water, from the displaced water from the proposed Meijer/Menards big box development at 91st & Western, to be directly linked into the existing Chicago sewer system. This request was rejected by MWRD.
Even though the water won’t be directly linked into Chicago’s sewer system, the water WILL be routed through Chicago’s sewer, via Evergreen Park’s existing sewer system and into Chicago’s sewer system in Mt. Greenwood and eventually in the “Deep Tunnel”. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-21/news/ct-met-deep-tunnel-climate-change-20110420_1_climate-change-sewers-deep-tunnel-project
The proposed development detention pond on the east side of the B & O railroad tracks will now be connected (under the railroad tracks) to another newly acquired detention pond, land that was given back to the developer from the Village of EP in a real estate exchange agreement 3/12/2012 (Ordinance NO. 5-2012), located on the west side of the B & O railroad tracks. The eastern detention pond will be routed to the western detention pond, which will be released “when appropriate”.
When a significant amount of rain falls, especially during a short period of time, the water cannot always be “released” due to the fact that water flow through the sewers is at capacity. The water flow through the sewers during large rainfall acts as essentially a hydro plug for any additional water that is introduced to the sewer system. A detention system cannot always drain, and in this particular case the water could crest over the detention ponds and cascade down over the newly acquired Evergreen Park Recreation Area and in the basements of homes around the area of 91st & California. Mt. Greenwood, in Chicago, would specifically face a similar dilemma, due to the fact that the additional water will contribute to their already overtaxed sewer system that was experienced last year.

Meijer/Menards Development at 91st & Western water runoff -> detention ponds -> to 2 ft. sewer pipes -> 8 ft. sewer pipes -> Deep Tunnel
From the June 20, 2011 Village of Evergreen Park Board Meeting Minutes:
http://evergreenpark-ill.com/files/doc20110930094149.pdf
- At this meeting, many Evergreen Park residents stated their concerns in regard to flooding in their basements.
- The EP Mayor stated that the EP water system was created over (100) one hundred years ago. “This is a complex issue and solutions are being looked in to; he added more discussion will take place and he hopes to solve this problem within a year.”
- Infrastructure work will be done to prevent flooding
The EP Mayor noted that water from the development will be contained in retention ponds and released when appropriate.
Last week, Monday, March 12, 2012 from the Village of Evergreen Park Board Minutes:
http://evergreenpark-ill.com/files/03%2005%2012%20agenda.pdf
- Ordinance NO. 5-2012
- Evergreen Park approved real estate exchange agreement between Evergreen Park and the golf course retail developers.
- Evergreen Park gave golf course retail developer land west of B & O train tracks for retention pond.

THERE WILL BE NO WATER PERMIABLE ASPHALT OR CONCRETE USED AT THE 91st & WESTERN DEVELOPMENT!
Homes in our area with basements are warned! You WILL pay for this development, one way or another.