Title
Evergreen View Park - Land Usage
History
As history for this item, Evergreen Park consists of the following pieces:
The required park donation by the developer of this area, McNaughton, was 5.2 acres. There was additional acreage purchased by the Village through the Open Lands program that totaled 13.2 acres. Separately, the adjacent ComEd easement land was dedicated to the Village and consists of 9.6 acres. A current map of the park area is attached.
The agreement between the Village of Orland Park and the Orland Park Open Lands Corporation indicates that property purchased through Open Lands would be "undeveloped land of ecological significance or natural beauty, high quality natural areas, wetlands, and other areas (whether or not presently undeveloped) with unique or unusual natural qualities..." and the purpose would be "to hold preserve and maintain such land." The rider to the Articles of Incorporation of Orland Park Open Lands Corporation expands upon this and is attached for your information.
Staff received a request from the Chiefs LaCrosse team to provide two soccer/lacrosse fields installed at Evergreen Park. The proposed plan was sent to the homeowner association of Evergreen View to obtain some initial feedback on the concept of activating the park space with the addition of athletic fields.
Subsequently, we received word from the Recreation Advisory Board that there was interest in considering this same area as a possible site for a baseball field. Initially, staff was of the opinion that if the response to activating this area was amenable to the residents, the Village might be able to redesign the concept plan to include provision for both a baseball field and a lacrosse practice field.
The homeowners association sent information and a sketch provided by the Village to their members with their annual mailing and requested feedback by the end of January. We recently received word from the Homeowners Association President that the r...
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