[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Forest Park Reserve Center (IL)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Deadlocked council passes on Army Reserve site 
Tight deadlines, tight finances lead to no action on Roosevelt Road site 

by Igor Studenkov
Forest Park Review (IL)
July 26, 2022

The U.S. Army Reserve is looking to unload the Forest Park U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Center, 7402 Roosevelt Rd. – but the village seemingly won’t be buying it.

The Army Reserve is looking to dispose of the property through its Real Property Exchange (RPX) program, where a municipality or a private developer receives the property in exchange for covering the cost of improvements on another, still-active military property. In this case, the army asked interested bidders to submit proposals for improving water drainage at its base in north suburban Fort Sheridan. Bidders had to submit proposals by Aug. 1. During its July 25 meeting, the village council was asked to vote on whether Forest Park should submit a proposal.

But Commissioners Joe Byrnes and Maria Maxham balked, arguing that the village simply can’t afford to do the Fort Sheridan improvements, let alone mitigate the many environmental hazards the Forest Park reserve center likely comes with. Mayor Rory Hoskins and Commissioner Jessica Voogd argued that this represented a unique opportunity for the village, and that the Hannah/Roosevelt Tax Increment Financing district, as well as state and federal funding, could be used to take care of the environmental clean-up. With Commissioner Ryan Nero absent, the council deadlocked and the motion failed.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.forestparkreview.com/2022/07/26/deadlocked-council-passes-on-army-reserve-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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