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], and 1 Nonvoting Ex Officio Member from the City Council): Terms last for a period of four years each. No Commission member may serve for more than two full consecutive terms.

Current Membership List
Michael Cohn, Chair	Term expires 2011
Dee Kahnweiler-Levenson, Vice Chair	Term expires 2011
Barbara Borden	Term expires 2013
Mark Romo	Term expires 2013
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
Tom DeRosier	Transit Department
Lawrence Silberman	City Council Liaison
Barbara Cates	Staff Liaison
Sgt. Carl Weaver	Police Department Representative