The Grayslake village board is predicted to vote Tuesday on a proposal opposed by lots of of residents to construct a fuel station on the southwest nook of Lake Road and Belvidere Street, the place a Lake Road Motors used automotive lot stands.
The challenge, submitted to the village in January, requires development of a Casey’s Normal Retailer, which might have 14 fueling stations and a 4,540-square-foot comfort retailer that additionally would serve pizza and different meals. Casey’s representatives intend to hunt a liquor license for the shop, village paperwork present.
The fuel station proposal was reviewed by the village’s plan fee final week. 5 commissioners voted to advocate the plan. One voted to not advocate the plan and one other didn’t vote.
The fee assembly featured many feedback from residents opposing the plan, largely from members of the resident group “Sure to Grayslake, No to Casey’s Fuel Station,” which was created final month. The group’s Fb web page has 345 likes and a current video posted by group founder Mary Ann Scroggins responding to the plan fee’s resolution has gotten greater than 2,000 views.
Scroggins has mentioned the group believes the fuel station would decrease property values for residents, snarl visitors, take away cash from close by small companies and show detrimental to the surroundings, together with the close by lake.
Scroggins mentioned Monday that many members of the group will go browsing for the village board’s digital assembly Tuesday evening.
Further opposition to the plan has come within the type of a grievance to the Illinois legal professional normal’s workplace made by a separate group of residents. The grievance, a duplicate of which was despatched to the Day by day Herald, claims the village board violated the Open Conferences Act in an try to quell public opposition to a fuel station proposal at a Jan. 18 assembly. The plan was not up for a vote at that assembly.
The legal professional normal’s workplace didn’t return requests in search of touch upon the standing of the grievance Monday.
Affiliate Village Supervisor Chris Sparkman mentioned the village has not obtained any contact from the Legal professional Normal’s workplace about an open conferences act violation.
The board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Zoom.