Apr 29, 2008 10:19 am US/Central
Latin School May Continue Building Soccer Field
But Judge Dorothy Kinnaird Has Expressed Concern About Park District Procedures
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Protesters are clashing with the Chicago Park District and The Latin School of Chicago over the creation of a new soccer field to which the school will have priviledged access.
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Latin School may continue construction on soccer fields in Lincoln Park following a judge's ruling late last week.
Work to install an Astroturf field, landscaping, drainage and fencing can continue in the face of neighborhood opposition, Cook County Judge Dorothy Kinnaird ruled on Friday, April 25. However, the judge expressed great concern about whether the Chicago Park District followed public notice rules before beginning construction last year.
That's why she's preventing any lighting, scoreboard, goalposts, benches or signage from being installed in the north meadow of the south field at Lincoln Park. She granted a request that the work be halted until she can properly assess whether all public notice and lakefront protection rules were followed.
A neighborhood opposition group formed earlier this year filed suit hoping to block all work from continuing.
Construction began in November and is about 56 percent complete, with a targeted completion date of May 26, Kinnaird said. She cited the field's previously shoddy condition in allowing some work to continue.
Kinnaird also expressed concern about a clause that would require Chicago taxpayers to reimburse Latin School for $2 million if the work isn't completed.
All of those issues, she said, will be argued beginning May 20 -- before she casts a final decision on all work.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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