Disc Golf Addition, Food Pantry Move on Village Board Agenda

Here are some of the items on the Lake in the Hills Village Board agenda for tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. at :

Kreutzer Farmstead Plans Could Get Disc Golf Course

Village staff is requesting the village board make changes to the master plan for a park at the Kreutzer Farmstead, at 5962 Grafton Farm Drive. Since this plans were approved in October 2006, the LITH rotary has expressed an interest in installing a disc golf course to the property, a mulch path was installed and garden plots had to be moved due to poor soil conditions. Due to these changes, village staff is recommending the following updates to the plan: removing an amphitheatre from the site, removing the east parking lot, keeping a sled hill and shelter on the property and changing the location of another parking area. The sled hill location and shelter would be determined upon completion of the disc golf course.

Food Pantry Relocation

The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry is requesting the village board approve plans for a move from its current location at 600 E. Oak Street to a pole barn on the "Larsen property" at 1111 Pyott Road. The approval would allow the food pantry to develop construction drawings for the new facility and begin to develop cost estimates for the project. The village gave the property to the food pantry for $1. The facility would also be used to store some of the village's public works equipment.

The village has already allocated $43,600 in its 2011 budget to assist the food pantry with its refurbishment project. If the board agrees with the new plans, the money would be used to demolish the building at 600 E. Oak St. and help renovated the pole barn on Pyott. For more on this story, visit our Lake in the Hills Patch article.

Lake in the Hills Flea Market

The village board is expected to approve a weekend flea market on the west side of Route 31, south of Rakow Road. For more on this story, visit our LITH Patch article.

Board to Vote on LITH First Senior Housing Facility

Village staff is requesting the village board approve the final plat and plat of easement for The Residences of Lake in the Hills, which would be LITH first senior housing facility. Village staff is also requesting the board approve findings for an accelerated development schedule, which would allow all of the units within the complex to be developed and issued building permits within a year. The project would contain 92 units. To read more about The Residences, visit our .

Recycling Provider Could Change

The village board will vote on whether to start a new contract for refuse, recycling and landscape waste removal and disposal services with Allied Waste. Some of the highlights of that change would include:

• The base rate for residential services would continue at $15.54 per month but is subject to an adjustment on July 1, 2012.
• The senior discount rate will increase from 10 to 15 percent.
• For those interested in renting a cart, fees will drop from $4.47 per month for a 95-gallon cart to $3 per month for a 95-gallon cart, $2.75 for a 65-gallon cart and $2.50 for a 35-gallon cart. 

The PDF files of the full agenda for the village of Lake in the Hills April 28 board meeting are attached to this article.