LAKE ENHANCEMENT

By MAYOR SAMUEL J. TENUTO

Restoring Bloomingdale's Lake Illini is now coming to a fruition after a major community effort.

Bloomingdale started construction to bring Lake Illini back to the attractive lake and detention basin it was 15 years ago. The lake was originally developed within Bloomingdale's Indian Lakes Subdivision as a small aesthetic lake, coupled with part of the surface water drainage management program.

The citizens surrounding the lake and within the subdivision area in the vicinity asked that we combine forces with them to enhance the lake and regain surface water detention that is so vital to our overall drainage program. The surface water detention amounts to 25 acre-feet and is part of a 47 acre-feet detention program.

Our Engineering Consultants, Wight Consulting Engineers, Inc., Barrington, Illinois, developed a number of alternates to clean and dredge the lake, and to develop the controls necessary to detain surface water. Lake Illini has nine surface acres right in the heart of our residential community that has been an aesthetic asset to the area since its inception.

Aided by the homeowners groups led by Joe and Joann Sisco, John Laudont, and Ted Dabrowski, the Village Trustees and Village staff worked with Wight Consulting Engineers to do a combination dredging, hauling, filling and landscaping project that would return the lake to its original condition. Part of Wight Consulting Engineers' design program was to protect the environmentally sensitive areas, raise the program for maximum lake use, work the construction material around underground petroleum and fiber optic pipe lines and restore the shoreline and improve the erosion and sedimentation control.

This project, costing less than $200,000 for all involved, will improve sections of open space, as well as the lake.

The Lake Illini project is under the direction of Village Administrator Daniel C. Wennerholm and Director of Village Services and Village Engineer Michael D. Marchi. It will be completed by the end of summer 1990. •

November 1990 Municipal Calendar

This calendar is based upon the most current information, court decisions and legislation of which the League has knowledge as of the date of this publication. It supercedes similar information contained in all other League publications.

All municipalities with 100 or more employees must prepare an equal employment opportunity report (form EEO-4) documenting sex, race and salary data for all employees including part-time help. The report is to be submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by November 30 each year.

The tax levy ordinance must be passed and a certified copy thereof filed with the county clerk on or before the second Tuesday in December. (Chapter 24, paragraph 8-3-1.)

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