Fire officials told residents they had to leave the Homer Township Board meeting Monday as crowds of people lined the room and hallways to protest a senior housing development.
Residents crowded in a small hallway at the Homer Township administration center between its main entrance and the board room to protest a senior housing proposal.
Greg Fisch, who was a Homer Township trustee for 16 years, said residents passed the open space referendum in 1999 to preserve land during a time when Homer Glen did not exist as an incorporated village. Homer Township residents were concerned Lockport was aggressively grabbing its land.“People that sat on our board were really compelled to do everything they can to minimize high density housing,” Fisch said.
The senior housing proposal is counter to what voters had in mind when they approved the open space referendum, Fisch said. “This property is not privately owned, and it’s definitely not owned by a handful of elected officials,” Tomasek said. “It’s owned by all of us, the taxpayers. The property was purchased by Homer Township as part of an open space initiative that was voted on via referendum. Our founding community leaders felt it necessary to procure these open spaces as many of the surrounding properties was and has since been purchased by real estate developers.
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