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Kenilworth residents press trustees for local neighborhood meetings and transparent review
Summary
Two residents urged the board to keep thorough review processes, hold neighborhood meetings inside Kenilworth, and publicize meeting notices to better inform residents about zoning applications.
During the public-comment period at the June 2 Committee of the Whole meeting, resident Jeanne Keiler told trustees she supported keeping both the ARC and PC and said those commissions make residents feel heard and provide transparency; she also supported reversing the commissions' order and asked whether staff could send email notices about neighborhood meetings.
Keiler said the commissions "resulted in satisfying the need for residents to feel heard about possible changes to the Village," and Village Manager Kathy Thake and President Kaz pointed Keiler to existing notice outlets and offered to assist her in outreach.
Resident David Joyce also supported reversing the ARC/PC order but opposed broader streamlining; he urged limiting variances and asked that neighborhood meetings for zoning applications be required to occur on Village-owned property in Kenilworth.
Trustees and staff noted the comments as they directed the planner to explore procedural changes and confirmed any proposed changes would be checked for legal compliance.
