Meeting Dates and Time
Meets two times a year. Please refer to the calendar page for the next meeting date.
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Packet
Meeting Location
City Hall -
1707 St. Johns Avenue
Highland Park, Illinois 60035
All Agendas are Posted at City Hall in Accordance
with the Open Meeting Act.
Contact Information
Joe Heinrich, Planner |
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The Ravinia Festival Community Relations Commission regularly
reviews and advises the City Council and the Ravinia Festival
Association on neighborhood concerns. The Commission was created
in 1985 by the City and the Festival to seek citizen comment
and to monitor the impact of the Festival's activities on the
community. The Commission reviews proposals and advises the
Ravinia Festival Association on planned capital improvements,
as those improvements impact the City's Comprehensive Master
Plan and the Ravinia neighborhood. Where those improvements
may involve amendments to Ravinia Festival's Special Use Permit,
the Commission reviews the proposed amendments and provides
comments to the Plan Commission and City Council.
Rules of Procedure
The Open Meeting Act requires the members of the Ravinia Festival
Community Relations Commission to discuss public business
in an open, public forum. This law requires that, whenever
a gathering of three or more Commissioners occurs during
which public business is discussed, such meetings be advertised
(through a posted agenda) and be open to the public.
Membership
The Ravinia Festival Community Relations Commission consists of eight (8) voting
members (5 Members at Large, 3 Members recommended by Ravinia Festival and
appointed by the Mayor [indefinite terms], the Mayor as a Non-Voting Ex Officio
Member and 1 Nonvoting Ex Officio Member from the City Council): Terms last
for a period of three years each. No Commission member may serve for more
than two full consecutive terms.
| Current Membership List |
| Joan Drapekin, Chair |
Term expires 2008 |
| Michael Cohn, Vice Chair |
Term expires 2011 |
| Daniel Pierce |
Term expires 2009 |
| Dee Kahnweiler-Levinson |
Term expires 2011 |
| Mark Romo |
Term expires 2009 |
Michael Froy
Ravinia Board of Trustees |
Indefinite term |
Pat Sanders
General Manager, Ravinia Festival |
Indefinite term |
Jim Schmitz
Facilities Director, Ravinia Festival Association |
Indefinite term |
| Michael C. Brenner |
City Council Liaison |
| Tom DeRosier |
Transit Department |
| Joe Heinrich |
Staff Liaison |
| Sgt. Carl Weaver |
Police Department Representative |
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