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Board of Directors
President: Richard Rausch
Vice-President:
Deirdre Graziano
Secretary: Brant Serxner
Corresponding Secretary:
Nancy Kintzel
Treasurer: David Varnerin
Directors:
Susan Burke
Jennifer Davenport
Anne Moore
Jim Plunkard
LeeAnn Rechtin
Deirdre Sokol
President’s Message ~ Rick Rausch
The Lincoln Central
Association Newsletter
is published bi-monthly.
Press releases should
be mailed to:
Lincoln Central Association
Newsletter Editor
PO Box 14306
Chicago, Illinois 60614-0306
You may also email LCA
through its website
home page:
Contact LCA!
Voicemail:
312-409-2783
Another project for LCA this fall
is how to upgrade the property
on the northwest corner of
North and Larrabee. This
summer we assumed the
responsibility to paint the wrought
iron fence and clean up the
landscaping. This is city property
that has received little attention in
the past years. We will contract
with a landscaping firm to
maintain the grass/weeds this fall
and do a final cleanup in
November. We currently are
hoping to landscape this area in
low maintenance plants, possibly
with a “prairie” theme in 2004. If
possibly, we would also like to
install a sprinkler system in this
area in 2004.
And our final project is to plan
for a winter fundraiser for the
gardens in Lincoln Central. We
estimate the North and Larrabee
project could easily cost $20,000.
We also would like to install a
sprinkler system in the Lincoln
Central Park at Lincoln and
Dickens, and at some point the
park south of the fire house on
Larrabee needs our attention.
These three projects, plus
whatever new comes up should
keep our Board very busy in the
next several months. Feel free to
attend every Board meeting.
We meet the 4th Thursday of
each month at 7PM at Lincoln
Park High School.
Fall has always been my favorite
time of the year. The kids are
back to school, the weather is
usually warm and dry, and there
is a renewed energy in the air.
That is also true of the Lincoln
Central Association Board of
Directors. We have had a fairly
relaxed summer. We treated the
seniors at the CHA building on
Larrabee to an ice cream social
prior to the movie at Bauler in
July, but overall we relaxed like
the rest of Lincoln Park.
But now it is the fall and there
are three projects LCA is
working on that I would like to
share with you. The first deals
with zoning issues. We have
all seen the new construction in
our neighborhood become larger
and larger. Gangways are
disappearing from LCA, as are
back yards. Fences are getting
taller and many exceptions to
zoning rules are being granted
each month. Our Zoning
Committee is working to clarify
Lincoln Centrals position on
some of these issues. Do we
want breezeways between the
garage and the house that
creates a wall that could be 10 to
15 feet tall? Do we want houses
so close you cannot walk
between them? Currently, the
Board of Directors is examining
the process of evaluating and
approving zoning exceptions.
Annual Meeting Announced for Thursday, December 18 * 7PM
The LCA Nominating Committee has been hard at work identifying neighbors interested in
donating their time and effort to the Board of Directors. The slate of candidates will be
presented for Board approval at the November meeting. A notice will be mailed to paid
memberships, others may find details on the website: www.lincolncentral.org
All members of the community are welcome to attend the Annual Meeting.
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