New Board Member For Crystal Lake Park District

Crystal Lake Park Board Commissioners welcomed a new Board Member at the last meeting held Thursday, July 19. Carolyn Bachour Chemaly is replacing Richard Passavant, who resigned as his family moved to a new home located outside the district boundaries.

The Board approved design services for new entrance doors at five locations in the District. These include:
Administrative Office on Crystal Lake Avenue and Walkup Avenue – both sets of entrance doors;

• Park Place --parking lot entrance doors for this former American Legion Building, 406 West Woodstock Street;
• Lippold Park Family Golf Center, Route 176, building entrance doors on deckside
• Nature Center  -330 North Main Street, two doors facing Veterans Acres pond;
• Racket Club, 9101 South Route 31, exterior doors at main entrance

Each door location is unique and requires that custom design drawings be developed for each set. Construction drawings are needed to obtain building permits and competitive pricing for installation.

Park District Commissioners approved a proposal submitted by Apex Project Management for an amount not to exceed $16,700 for design services for the new entrance doors.

Other upgrades to park properties as approved by the Board include:

• Design engineering services as proposed by Civiltech Engineering, Inc. for miscellaneous concrete and asphalt projects to address ADA deficiencies.
• A proposal submitted by Civiltech Engineering, Inc. for design engineering services for the parking lot and driveway at Grand Oaks Recreation Center, Route 176 for an amount of $4,925;
• An Ordinance authorizing the issuance of $3 million General Obligation Park Bonds (Alternative Revenue  Source) This is used to pay for general park and district improvements. This funding is utilized for park improvements.