Village of
Westchester JUNE 2016 Newsletter
From the Desk of The President POLICE DEPARTMENT
3
FIRE DEPARTMENT
4
CALENDAR
PARK DISTRICT
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LIBRARY
24
SCHOOL DISTRICT
29
WATER QUALITY REPORT
33
Firefighter Tom Botka retired from the Westchester Fire Department on May 7th after 27 years of dedicated service. He was honored at the May 24th Village Board meeting. On hand to show their support were (from left): Fire Chief Jim Adams, FF Dan Perzyna, Capt. Sean Casey, FF Sean O’Connor, FF Tom Botka, FF Matt Heiderman, FF Mark Wandtke, Lt. Travis Spiropoulos, and FF Matt Martin. Best wishes, Tom and Thank You!
As I began writing this article the outside temperature was 82 degrees and certainly feels like Summer. Wondering what kind of summer we are going to have this year, I consulted the “Farmer’s Almanac 2016 Outlook.” Summer officially arrives on Monday, June 20th, at 5:34pm CST in Chicago, with the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in terms of daylight. The article continues under the headline “SUMMER, Stormy Sizzler Ahead” that can only mean hot and wet conditions are on tap. Their predictions go on to say: “Don’t be surprised if the song “Stormy Weather” gets stuck in your head as we greet the summer season. According to the long-range weather outlook from the pages of the Farmers’Almanac, there will be a greater-than-normal coverage of thunderstorms, which unfortunately will be strong, particularly over the eastern third of the nation. During June and July over “tornado alley” in the middle part of the country, some widespread tornadic activity is possible.” For those of us who lived through the July 2010 and April 2013 storm events, that statement is not very comforting.
MAYFAIR RESERVOIR IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED By the time of this newsletter gets delivered, the Mayfair Reservoir Expansion Project, including the additional Carlisle Street pipe that was installed last December, and the additional larger piping installed on Buckingham, Downing and Kensington storm sewers should be completed. Hopefully these improvements, at a cost of $2.5 million dollars, will keep Mother Nature at bay and protect the properties of all those affected in the past. Our engineering company V3 is working on preparing the Letter of Map Amendment to see if FEMA will remove properties out of the flood plain. Should our work qualify, the flood insurance premium requirement on mortgages in that area could be eliminated. It is highly recommended that some level of insurance be kept. A resource for coverage can be found at www.floodsmart. gov.
ADDISON CREEK UPDATE On May 13, 2016, I received an update from
See PRESIDENT, page 5