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Lake Bluff Yacht Club seeks larger boathouse; board gives preliminary design feedback
Summary
At a workshop the Lake Bluff Yacht Club presented a revised boathouse plan larger than the prior design; board members raised foundation, material and fence concerns and asked for refined drawings before a formal application.
The Lake Bluff Yacht Club presented preliminary, revised plans for a new boathouse at a special Architectural Board workshop Thursday, and board members provided design feedback but took no formal vote.
Gretchen Seymour, identified as a club member and Commodore, said the club returned to the board with a different plan after the North Shore Water Reclamation District did not provide the funding originally expected. Seymour said the district "did not ultimately agree to rebuild us as we had hoped," prompting the club to rework the design and budget.
Taylor Overman, a club board member leading the effort, told the board the revised structure would be roughly six feet taller than the original design, the same east-facing width but eight feet deeper, and would include a second-floor loft solely for storage. "Our goal, ultimately, is to hopefully buy a couple kayaks and paddleboards ... and have a place to get together," Overman said, describing the project as intended to expand public access to small…
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