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birdwatcherАга, покуда жители Печатного Ряда скорбят, проснулись жители Пилзеня, что на правом берегу Чикаго-реки, и пытаются выяснить у своего старосты, куда он смотрит, и почему ничего не предпринимает против переезда известной ночлежки в их город. Похоже, не все из них ценят культурное разнообразие, не говоря уже об экономическом. "Такая жизнь, a кому сейчас легко -- разумно отвечает староста, -- вряд ли вы чего добьетесь". Представители Университетской Деревни на собрании в Церкви Божественного Провидения не присутствовали, зато прислали планы строительства забора. Еще примечательны жалобы Сандры Хернандес, мамы ученицы школы Джонса (это рядом с которой ночлежка находится сейчас): "Пять лет моя дочь ходит в школу Джонса! И пять лет дирекция обещает, что ночлежка вот-вот переедет! И вот она наконец переезжает!" (прямо им под окна).
Mission fission on the Near West Side
BY STEPHEN KLOOSTERMAN Contributing Writer
At least 25th Ward Ald. Danny Solis showed up to the meeting. The Concerned Citizens of the Pacific Garden Mission had lots of questions at their weekly gathering at Providence of God Church Tuesday. With the exception of a spokesperson from the Department of Planning and Development, Solis seemed to be the only one there to give answers.
"The best thing that can happen right now are negotiations with the Pacific Garden Mission, and I am willing to be a part of these negotiations," said Solis.
The current proposed location for the mission lies inside the 2nd Ward, represented by Ald. Madeline Haithcock, while the residential area across the railroad tracks to the south, is in the 25th Ward represented by Solis. Haithcock declined requests to attend Tuesday's meeting.
Solis said that he was willing to speak with Haithcock and submit to her a list of the citizen's questions, but said that in the end it was "up to her to resolve the issues and problems."
The Pacific Garden Mission has been involved with the city of Chicago and the Chicago Board of Education in the search for a new home for the past 10 years in order to make room for adjacent Jones College Prep High School.
Solis counseled the group that if they were able to get two or more Aldermen to defer publicly, the April 6 vote on the proposal would be put off until next month's meeting. Solis said he would be not be able to attend the meeting, because he would be going to Springfield in an effort to designate Pilsen as a state historical district.
The gathered group was not entirely appeased by these suggestions, blaming Solis in part for the fact that the bill has gotten as far as it did.
"You should have had all the people you have come to us to tell us to vote for you, come to us and say, 'Hey, guys, this is not in my ward, but let's get together and do something about it,'" said Frances Gonzales, who lives in the 500 block of West Cullerton.
Solis said, in response to criticism, that he fought two locations within the 25th Ward in the past.
Some Pilsen residents expressed concern Tuesday that with the expansion of Jefferson Park, children will soon be playing close to a facility frequented daily by about 900 homeless people, some of them sex offenders. The first public meeting to discuss the location was held in December of last year.
But Amy Lozano, project manager for the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, said that Jefferson Park would be exactly 3 blocks, or 900 feet, from the mission. Since convicted pedophiles must stay 500 feet away from places where small children are, the mission location will not violate state law. The University Village Association provided Solis with plans of a fence they plan to build along 14th Street, but did not attend the meeting themselves.
Solis also cautioned the group that it is very rare for a bill that has made its way through all the committees without a snag, and then be voted down by the aldermen.
"It's going to be very hard, really, for you to fight it," said Solis.
Sandra Hernandez, who lives at 17th and Union, said her daughter attends Jones College Prep and that she had been promised 5 years ago that the Mission would be moved, and that she would like the mission away from both her home and her daughter's school if at all possible.
"I don't know where would be a good place to put it," said Hernandez. "I think a lot of people had no idea this was ever going to happen."
The group of concerned residents are planning another organizational meeting this Thursday, and will picket along Halsted south of 14th Street Friday starting at 4 p.m. They are also planning to picket the City Hall during the April 6 vote and the University Village sales office on April 14.
Mission fission on the Near West Side
BY STEPHEN KLOOSTERMAN Contributing Writer
At least 25th Ward Ald. Danny Solis showed up to the meeting. The Concerned Citizens of the Pacific Garden Mission had lots of questions at their weekly gathering at Providence of God Church Tuesday. With the exception of a spokesperson from the Department of Planning and Development, Solis seemed to be the only one there to give answers.
"The best thing that can happen right now are negotiations with the Pacific Garden Mission, and I am willing to be a part of these negotiations," said Solis.
The current proposed location for the mission lies inside the 2nd Ward, represented by Ald. Madeline Haithcock, while the residential area across the railroad tracks to the south, is in the 25th Ward represented by Solis. Haithcock declined requests to attend Tuesday's meeting.
Solis said that he was willing to speak with Haithcock and submit to her a list of the citizen's questions, but said that in the end it was "up to her to resolve the issues and problems."
The Pacific Garden Mission has been involved with the city of Chicago and the Chicago Board of Education in the search for a new home for the past 10 years in order to make room for adjacent Jones College Prep High School.
Solis counseled the group that if they were able to get two or more Aldermen to defer publicly, the April 6 vote on the proposal would be put off until next month's meeting. Solis said he would be not be able to attend the meeting, because he would be going to Springfield in an effort to designate Pilsen as a state historical district.
The gathered group was not entirely appeased by these suggestions, blaming Solis in part for the fact that the bill has gotten as far as it did.
"You should have had all the people you have come to us to tell us to vote for you, come to us and say, 'Hey, guys, this is not in my ward, but let's get together and do something about it,'" said Frances Gonzales, who lives in the 500 block of West Cullerton.
Solis said, in response to criticism, that he fought two locations within the 25th Ward in the past.
Some Pilsen residents expressed concern Tuesday that with the expansion of Jefferson Park, children will soon be playing close to a facility frequented daily by about 900 homeless people, some of them sex offenders. The first public meeting to discuss the location was held in December of last year.
But Amy Lozano, project manager for the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, said that Jefferson Park would be exactly 3 blocks, or 900 feet, from the mission. Since convicted pedophiles must stay 500 feet away from places where small children are, the mission location will not violate state law. The University Village Association provided Solis with plans of a fence they plan to build along 14th Street, but did not attend the meeting themselves.
Solis also cautioned the group that it is very rare for a bill that has made its way through all the committees without a snag, and then be voted down by the aldermen.
"It's going to be very hard, really, for you to fight it," said Solis.
Sandra Hernandez, who lives at 17th and Union, said her daughter attends Jones College Prep and that she had been promised 5 years ago that the Mission would be moved, and that she would like the mission away from both her home and her daughter's school if at all possible.
"I don't know where would be a good place to put it," said Hernandez. "I think a lot of people had no idea this was ever going to happen."
The group of concerned residents are planning another organizational meeting this Thursday, and will picket along Halsted south of 14th Street Friday starting at 4 p.m. They are also planning to picket the City Hall during the April 6 vote and the University Village sales office on April 14.
