The
official website of Jackson Park Advisory Council is http://www.jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org.
Also on Facebook and Twitter Jackson Park Advisory Council.
We apologize that during hydepark.org new site launch park pages will be generally
invisible.
JACKSON
PARK IS CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST MAY 30. NOTICE. CP DISTRICT HAS CANCELLED ALL
PAC MEETINGS, CLASSES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN ALL FIELDHOUSES INDEFINITELY until
the coronavirus threat is resolved. APRIL 13 MTG IS CANCELLED. EARTH DAY WILL
BE POSTPONED and rescheduled. Meanwhile, feel free to email Louise at commisioner751@icloud.com.
We have not received definitive word yet regarding outdoor use of parks, but
playgrounds and gatherings are off limits.
March 21 Columbia Basin Workday is cancelled- check back re April 18. April
18 63rd beach nat area workday will likely be cancelled. Same with April 11
Bobolink and March 28 Wooded Island. Earth Day, It's Your Park Day will be rescheduled.
CPD
PDF- HOW TO MAKE/WEAR MASK. (We have no information at present whether Jackson
Golf Course will be among those allowed to open, with restrictions as early
as May 1.)
THE CITY IS UNDER "SHELTER IN PLACE" UNTIL AT LEAST APRIL 7. Parks
grounds may be open (playgrounds not), facilities including fieldhouses, sports
and other gatherings of over 50, and the Bean plaza in Millennium Park.
The use of Jackson fieldhouse to care for kids-- no more starting March 23.
JPAC
WILL NOT SCHEDULE ANY OF ITS OWN EVENTS EARLIER THAN THE END OF MAY, BUT THE
MAY JPAC MEETING MAY PROCEED IF CPD PERMITS.
March 10, 2020. From the Chicago Park District regarding the coronavirus. (They
have received no notice of any staff or park-related exposure and all remains
open.)
" For your safety, and the safety of others, we ask that you do not go
to the park if you or your child are not feeling well or traveled internationally
to an area
with widespread community transmission of COVID-19 and returned home within
the last 14 days. In addition, we urge you to practice good hygiene including
washing your hands with soap and water for a minimum of 20 seconds or using
alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Keep abreast of the latest information on COVID-19 is by visiting and bookmarking
www.chicago.gov/coronavirus
for updates at the state level, and www.cdc.gov/coronavirus
for updates at the national level. These websites are updated frequently as
the situation evolves and should be your trusted sources for information.
Faith
in Place is hosting a Multi-faith Earth Day Virtual Vigil on April 13th
at 7:00 P.M. To register visit: https://www.faithinplace.org/events/multifaith-earth-day-vigil-zoom.
Let us gather and send up some blessings. Please share with your network. Don’t
forget your candle!
POSTPONEMENTS
One Earth Film Festival is expected to be rescheduled. No On the Table or Migratory
Bird Day
The March 21 All PAC Conference has been postponed.
Earth Day April 18 and Its Your Park Day will be postponed and likely all workdays.
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It is with sadness we announce in early-mid April 2020 the passing of our beloved treasurer and warrior, Dwight E. Powell, PhD and Jackson Park warrior Doug Anderson.
Dwight Powell was dedicated to his God, his community, and the youth of Chicago. He put his doctorate in social and psychological studies to good use as a CPS Public School Licensed Clinical Social Worker, mentoring countless young males, and he taught on the university level. He also counseled and provided social work for the private sector. He was a Sunday School Teacher for over ten years at Apostolic Church of God, was past president of the 72nd and Luella Block Club, and a member of the Rat Pack of Chicago and countless other organizations.
Dwight served as conscientious treasurer and board member of Jackson Park Advisory Council for the past 12 years and more, was a visionary planner and volunteer in our work day and special events and in supporting and honoring the park camp kids and getting things needed at the fieldhouse. He advocated for and helped set up youth sports programs, especially in golf caddie, swimming, and sailing. He helped create and narrated in the virtual app tour Jackson Park in Your Pocket and worked for honoring of historic contributors the park such as Frederick Douglass. He fought for improvement plans for Jackson Park. He was always ready to call out anyone including officials who came up short or give a pat on the pack to those who did well.
2016
JPAC Bylaws Officers contacts.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS details. GENERAL
MTG. APRIL 13 IS CANCELLED.
Workdays- stand by for notice of
postponement until at least late April.
Wooded I March 28 CANCELLED (check with Jerry sjlevy@jeromelevylaw.com
concerning cancellations later). Bobolink April 11 ?,
Columbia Basin March 21 CANCELLED njoseph2008@aol.com
concerning April cancellation. 63rd St. Beach Nat Area April 18 LIKELY
TO BE CANCELLED. And several specials (contact Louise).
JPAC's
LAKESHORE EROSION
RESOLUTION adopted March 9 2020
MARCH 2019 NEWSLETTER.
APRIL NEWSLETTER.
MAY NEWSLETTER. JUNE
NEWSLETTER with On The Table MEMO TO THE MAYOR. MEMO.
JULY. AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER. DECEMBER.
JANUARY 2020.
FEBRUARY 2020. MARCH
2020. APRIL 2020.
Archive of Newsletters
Direct link to mobile phone app tour "Jackson Park in Your Pocket"
https://explore.vamonde.com/adventure/jackson_park_in_your_pocket/1/76
(also in major app stores)
NEWS AND BULLETINS PAGE. Big
Grant. 106 review status. See a rebuttal on report re Darrow
Bridge Aug. 2019. Annual Report. Erosion. Events log
MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS
through MARCH 2020. Run of 2019
minutes. Run of 2020 minutes.
SEE about OPC, roads et al- go to Obama
Center page and Section
106 page in this website and update
page
Reach
Jackson Park
773 256-0903. Bobbie Beckam, Supervisor. South Region 312 747-7661.
More park and contact details
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com-
look for the Jackson Park page there.
Note:
All booking of private events/permits: contact the park
supervisor- 773 256-0903 then downtown Park Services.
Call 312 742-5369 Chicago Park District Park Services. Better: Go to http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
and click permits/special events.
Chicago
Park District Security (312) 474-2193.
or thomas.snooks@chicagoparkdistrict.com.
Always 911 if serious or danger.
WHAT'S HERE: GENERAL INFO AND LINKS. INDEX
AND NAVIGATOR. EVENTS/WHAT'S NEXT.
ABOUT JACKSON PARK.
2020
JPAC MEMBERSHIP FORM
New link to Bobolink Meadow workdays and volunteering-
http://www.bobolinkvolunteers.org.
Workday May 12 9 am.
Minutes
and Resolutions (incl. now AUGUST 2019) Links there to runs
of 2018, 2019 minutes.
INDEX
TO NEWSLETTERS.
JANUARY
2019. FEBRUARY
2019. MARCH
2019. APRIL
2019. MAY 2019.
JUNE
2019. JULY
2019. AUGUST 2019.
SEPTEMBER
2019. OCTOBER
2019. NOVEMBER
2019. DECEMBER 2019.
JANUARY
2020. FEBRUARY
2020. MARCH 2020.
APRIL 2020.
See meetings and events-
Find latest on Darrow Bridge in the JPAC News
and Bulletins page.
Link to Archeological Survey in Jackson Park (announced Nov 2017)- https://tinyurl.com/JPImprovements.
LINKS TO PARK DISTRICT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO SUPT KELLY
AT THE JAN. 9 2017 JPAC MEETING (and in the future at the January 24 ward meeting)
and to SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS are in the Park District website (chicagoparkdistrict.com)
homepage (updates) or go to News and Events and find them in the Jackson Park
or South Shore Cultural Center park pages.
Oral questions and answers from the January 9 JPAC meeting will
be in the February Newsletter.
FIND COMMENTS, ANSWERS AND MORE FOR THE JUNE-JULY PHASE I PUBLIC
MEETINGS ON FRAMEWORK-GOLF-OBAMA CTR. in www.southlakefrontplan.com.
Obama Presidential Center- https://obama.org/updates/ (incl. /communitycommitment), www.cityofchicago.org/ops
Link
to a wonderful New York Times article on how great parks make great cities and
neighborhoods.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/arts/design/chicago-philadelphia-parks-rahm-emanuel.html
TO NEWS AND BULLETINS
PAGE.
Run of meeting MINUTES AND
RESOLUTIONS including now MARCH 2020
PROJECT 120 and Skylanding
(& Project 120's Skylanding
site)
GLFER ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT.
Obama Center.
New- Section
106 Envir/Historic Review for OPC. Short
updage page
Golf proposal.
A Timeline of Jackson Park.
History and historic features.
New- 1978
proposal on the Japanese Garden and Ho-o-den by Hyde Parker and past JPAC
and HPKCC officer George Cooley.
JPAC'S
FACEBOOK PAGE- (please like us) https://www.facebook.com/JacksonParkAdvisoryCouncil/
JPAC'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE-
jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org. ....events/
(LOTS OF NEW FEATURES! AND PICTURES)
JACKSON PARK IN YOUR POCKET APP narrated tour- hosted in vamonde.com
A GREAT NEW VIDEO
BY CPD OF OUR APRIL 23 2016 EARTH DAY TRAIL WORKDAY!
Workdays-
including groups!-page with HOW TO BOOK, regular schedule, log of 2016.
New
link to Bobolink Meadow workdays and volunteering- http://www.bobolinkvolunteers.org.
Workday Aug 11 9 am.
Bylaws
link to
More workdays
COME CELEBRATE THE PEACE HEADS now installed west of the Iowa Building.
Wooded Island Access opened permanently, visit Skylanding
Next JPAC meeting February 10, 7 pm fieldhouse.
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This
website is a part of Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference website, hydepark.org
(Hyde Park Record).
It is not the official website of the Advisory Council (although it houses much
of the material of JPAC) nor of Chicago Park District.
Jackson park site webmaster: Gary
Ossewaarde, 773 947-9541.
HPKCC Hyde Park Record site administrator: Gary Ossewaarde, George Rumsey).
Visit hydepark.org home, parks
home
Calendar is now
up and running in JPAC's raved-about website, jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org/events.
(to go directly to January calendar add after events/2018-cal)
You can print the membership form and mail it in.
Participation/becoming a member.
OFFICERS elected December 2020. President Louise McCurry, Vice President Anne Marie Miles, Secretary Gary Ossewaarde, Treasurer Dwight Powell. Auxiliary board members: Jake Young (membership and media); Norm Bell & Gail Parry and Jerry Levy (Nature Committee and Site Stewards). Fran Vandervoort was voted Nature Trail Steward at the May 2016 meeting. Programs. Relay safety concerns to Kenneth Newman at refgkcoach@gmail.com.
JPAC golf proposal
review committee July 17 report- conditional endorsement of golf consolidation
project.
Read
in pdf.
LINK TO PARK DISTR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO SUPT KELLY AT THE JAN. 9 MEETING. http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/assets/1/7/Q_A_from_1-9-17_Jackson_Park_Advisory_Council_Mtg.pdf
We are pleased to announce that Wooded Island is opened permanently for all visitors. Best parking is near the south end. Do try to stay on the trails and overlooks and not approach the swollen waters, and beware when approaching leaning trees.
Darrow
Bridge--we are told that the historic review has been completed and that design
work (phase 2) has started.
Rebuttal.
August 13, 2019. The
Hyde Park Herald issue of August 14 2019 inaccurately reports Louise McCurry
as telling a tour August 10 by Preservation Chicago that there is no merit in
rebuilding Darrow Bridge.
McCurry, in her rebuttal letter to the Herald said she said the opposite, and
"I
explained that JPAC had initiated the Darrow Bridge rebuilding project with
CDOT to get the Darrow Bridge AKA Columbia Bridge rebuilt. We partnered with
CDOT to get the current rebuilding plans realized. I described the three times
it had been rebuilt in history but made no inference that it " yet remains
unsafe to use". We are enthusiastically working to get this bridge rebuilt.
I described that we had been told by CDOT that Phase 1 was complete and were
hopeful it would be done soon. Rebuilding this Darrow Bridge has been a JPAC
project for the past 10 years."
Darrow
Bridge "sale offer" was mistaken offer of left over materials- will
be replicated .
December 13, 2017. Darrow
Bridge offered “for sale,” per CDOT interpretation of law when a
replication not reconstruction… countermanded from Landmarks Comission
and state preservation agency.
The bad news is CDOT has determined that little if any of the currently-closed
historic Columbia (aka Clarence Darrow Memorial) bridge is in condition to be
reused—in which case the old must be offered to a party that might reconstruct
it elsewhere under strict conditions. Up to 95% of the stones are assessed fractured
or otherwise unsalvageable and metal is rusted. We expect to hear more on the
basis and evidence for the determination that the new bridge needs to be a structure
of new material (a “replication” rather than one of the higher legal
“solutions”- reconstruction, repair, or rehabilitation.) A guess
is that CDOT considers there is not enough usable material, and mixing to be
too costly and/or structurally dubious. Certainly, we hope, at least that some
of the visible, very historic ornamentals such as some railings can be incorporated.
In March agreement between historic agencies and CDOT stipulted the
deck will be new, as will concrete pylons covered with as much of the original
stones as usable and available. In March 2019 it was still stalled
in Springfield and postponed at least 2 years.
March 2019 it was confirmed that the rebuilding is stalled in Sprinfield
and, even if approvals come soon, work will not start before 2021.
We seek clarifiction and advocacy including on what funds are available for
construction.
The bridge is historic under National Register standards and is a state bridge.
The whole park was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and
also became a Chicago Landmark as part of the Museum of Science and Industry
designation. It was first built in 1880 by Burnham and Root as East (or North
Pond) bridge, underwent at least two major reconstructions and expansions for
and shortly after the World’s Fair, and was twice repaired in the 20th
century. In 1957 it gained the further cachet of being named the Clarence Darrow
Memorial Bridge. Qualifying features include its unique balustrades and its
truss style typical of bridges placed throughout the Columbian Exposition but
later demolished or replaced.
It is also a key connector across the park, and the paths all the way between
Stony Island and the Lakefront are considered part of this project. Olmsted
twice incorporated it into his plans of curving pathways, in this case then
intended to carry light touring traffic in an oval defining the north sector
of the park. Its vistas, as Olmsted intended, are among the most stunning in
the park. And Clarence Darrow, a community and national figure and intimately
associated with the bridge, adds great luster and is the occasion for a major
annual gathering at the bridge (where his ashes were scattered) on the anniversary
of his death March 13, 1938.
The replacement must be historically true in accord with the National Environment
Policy Act and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Under
guidelines of the Department of Interior and the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency there are four levels of repairs and reconstructions- in this case it
would be a “replication,” meaning most or all the material is new
but must be in accord with the old. Beyond the question of necessity for a completely
new structure, is how much and in what ways it must be like the old. This is
being wrestled by designers and in the series of public meetings already started.
The new bridge will be just for pedestrians and bicyclists, and in any case
railings et al have to be up to modern safety codes. Often, new materials are
less costly or lighter, or the original materials (including stones from an
original quarry) are not available. Another particular consideration here is
public access to the underside of the bridge—in the various early versions
it was sometimes open below, and again after the reconstruction of Columbia
Basin edge c. 2004. But at other times the lower level was sloped and blocked,
inadvertently preventing exploration and fishing but also preventing setting
destructive heating and cooking fires. The bridge has already undergone extensive
documentation including boring and tectonics and initial design options.
If not to be reused, the bridge must be publicly offered as a whole to anyone
who can show in a proposal by 4 p.m. February 28 that they can finance and document
the move and reconstruction of the entire structure and maintain and use it
as spelled out under the Act. If no party steps forward and is accepted, parts
of the dismantled bridge can be given to members of the public to use for educational
purposes, not for resale.
When the bridge was closed as unsafe in 2015, JPAC led a drive to ensure its
reconstruction. After fits and starts, approval and a $5 million grant was obtained
through CMAP (Metropolitan Agency for Planning). Applications to replace the
bridge have not yet been filed. Ongoing approvals are needed from the IHPA and
other agencies, as well as public comment and integration into the Framework.
Construction- 2019?
Dogs are prohibited in Natural Areas, which includes all of Wooded Island (including the Japanese Garden) and the Bobolink Meadow even on a leash. There is a minimum fine of $300. It's ordinance VII.B10a.
Of course everyone thinks their dog is an exception but a study in Biological Letters by Peter B. Banks and Jessica V. Bryant, showed that walking large or small dogs on leash made a huge difference. "Regardless of the type of area, dog walking led to a 35 percent reduction in the number of bird species and a 41 percent reduction in overall bird numbers, compared with the control. (People walking alone caused some disturbance, but less than half that caused by people with dogs.)" the dogs are predators to the birds even if yours is not so much.
Migratory birds are at grave risk of extinction, these are natural areas to give them somewhere to be on one of the great migration routes, they need all the help they can get, so please choose to walk your dogs on the 600+ other acres of the park.
ALSO
THE DARROW BRIDGE ACROSS THE PARK AND TO PARKING TO ITS EAST IS FIRMLY CLOSED.
More info: contact Jerry Levy at sjlevy@jeromelevylaw.com.
The site has been tested, preliminary plans for historic restoration made, it
is in design; approvals have been received from IDOT (which owns the bridge),
Il. Hist. Pres. Agency, and in July 2017 the regional planning agency CMAP (which
provides certainty). A public meeting and Federal permitting are among next
steps. Money has been secured. Tentative date for work was given in May as 2019.
Public meeting(s) and task force in 2018. We do not know whether its Federal
(Historical) Review has issued a recommendation on effects (no, no adverse,
or adverse) of plan for historic reconstruction.
IN
THIS PAGE meetings, workdays, events, links to much more including Newsletters...
JOIN, CONTRIBUTE TO JPAC- PRINTABLE 2019
FORM. Or go online in jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org.
MISSION
PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR JACKSON PARK- Read
more about the projects in Jackson Park News and Bulletins including Project
120. ACE GLIFER habitat.
JPAC
is a nonprofit under the fiscal agency of the Chicago Parks Foundation.
The
official, updated website of the JPAC council is up!-
The
calendar is functional- go to Events.
http://www.jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org.
See the events calendar! And find Facebook Jackson Park Advisory Council.
Links to allied websites. About
JPAC. Membership
form. Our committees
Officers elected to 1-year terms Dec. 10, 2019: President Louise McCurry (773
844-2225), VP Anne Marie Miles,
Secretary Gary garyossewaarde@yahoo.com
773 947-0541, Treasurer Dwight Powell, 773 288-4943, dwightpowell216@yahoo.com.
At large advisory for membership and web/media: Jake R. Young. Nature Tail Steward
Fran Vandervoort.
INDEX
navigator to THE JACKSON PARK PAGES in this website (NOTE- most are
also in an index that pops up if you go to hydepark.org/parks/jpac
(no extension)
INCLUDING THE NEWSLETTERS- that also has a separate index that
pops up by going to hydepark.org/parks/jpac/newsletters
)
Run of meeting MINUTES AND
RESOLUTIONS including now MARCH 2020
and links to our friends- see more in hpkcc
Parks other links and Green and
jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org
HOW
TO BOOK A WORKDAY
TO NEWS BULLETINS
AND ISSUES page (incl. proposals-)
Army Corps Habitat project in
its own page. March
6 2015 report from CPD project manager
Obama Pres. Center in its
own page. Section
106 Env/Hist Review for the OPC. (City site https://tinyurl.com/JPImprovements)
Project 120- MOU
for, Info in News page,
project120chicago.org
1999
Framework Plan (find also at http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/assets/1/7/Jackson_South_Shore.pdf.
And about new process and Plan 2018 visit www.southlakefrontplan.org.
HERE:
meetings
Becoming a member: Voting privileges begin after the second meeting attended within a year. The Chicago Park District REQUIRES THAT ALL WISHING TO PARTICIPATE BY VOTING, MOTIONS ETC SIGN THE APPLICATION TO JOIN AN ADVISORY COUNCIL. (They will be at meetings, or go to chicagoparkdistrict.com, in Search (upper right) type Advisory Councils, scroll to the Forms, print Advisory Council Member Applicatation, fill in and bring to a meeting-- the forms are kept on file downtown. You can learn much about councils by reading the other material there). That form is not the same as JPAC's membership form, which gives the council contact and interest information and records any contribution or dues that is given-- those who give are considered members. Voting is unrelated to contributions or submitting that form.) 2016 JPAC Membership letter and form. OR GO TO JACKSONPARKADVISORYCOUNCIL.ORG.
GENERAL MEETING-- APRIL 13 2020 7 PM FIELDHOUSE- EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED due to the COVID-19. CPD has cancelled meetings indfinitely.
Agenda suggestions can be sent to the president at commissioner751@icloud.com. Usually 2nd Mondays at 7 at fieldhouse.About our meetings and program: Our aim is to:
1. Create more diverse community interest and network for our park ,
2.Expand the number of positive active members who WORK and otherwise contribute and expand our vision and impact, giving an equal voice to communities and interests, developing new park community leaders and networking with park areas with no previous voice.
3.Notify the PAC and others of park needs requiring solutions in ALL areas of our geographically large park community. Great parks make great communities.
Our programs are reaching these goals. They provide experienced park activists like you a golden opportunity to make a real difference, inspire, educate, serve as a role model, and encourage NEW Jackson Park activists to continue the work we have started.
Thank you for your patience as we build park community membership and leadership for today and the future!
(modified from release by Louise McCurry, president)
MEETINGS, TOURS, EVENTS. (more) events -
SEE FULL updated SPRING 2019 CALENDAR in pdf printable page.
Federal Review-Historical. General site incl Inventory: https://tinyurl.com/JPImprovements. Adverse effects docs-
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dcd/supp_info/jackson-park-improvements.html.
The Assessment of Effects is published, in comnent period from consulting parties and mitigations will be negotiated.Visit surveys and comment post walls from southframeworkplan.com and obama.org. www.cityofchicago.org/OPC.
Information about the IHAS Archeological Survey for proposed Jackson Park Improvements.
https://tinyurl.com/JPImprovements.Meetings and Updates
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(ENVIROMENTAL REVIEW- SEE IMMEDIATELY ABOVE.)
Section 106 Environmental and Historical Review March 29 (occurred)- see in our page for findings, background.
The reports are at https://tinyURL.com/jpimprovements. Send comments to DPD@cityofchicago.org.
The actual urls of the Historic Inventory, Appendices, and Archeology reports are https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/supp_info/jackson/2018-03-19-HPI-Report.pdf. https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/supp_info/jackson/Appendices.zip.
https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/supp_info/jackson/2018-03-19-Arch-Report-pdf.
And now up is a Tutorial on the Highway 4(f) review. More reprots will appear from the tinyurl website.
30-day public comment period ends April 19. The Effects assessment and possible recommended mitigations phase starts with meeting in May. Summaries of findings and background is in our page,www.hydepark.org/parks/jpac/Section_106_OPCMobilityHistoricReview_2017.htm.What's next with the 106 Federal Review for the Obama Center? Abby Monroe writes February 21 2020:
Thank you to those of you who submitted comments on the final Assessment of Effects (AOE). FHWA is reviewing the comments received, which included objections to findings of effect contained in the AOE, and evaluating those objections to determine how to proceed. As described in 36 CFR 800.5(c)(2), FHWA may either consult with the objecting party to resolve the disagreement or request the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to review the finding and provide its written opinion to FHWA. FHWA will ensure documentation is prepared to address comments received and the documentation will include copies of all comments received on the final AOE.
2020.106 REVIEWS - ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS REPORTOF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS ON JACKSON PK, MIDWAY PL., ARE PUBLISHED. A final consulting parties comment period ended February 18 with a webinar, after which those by the mandatory agency parties will be addressed. Particularly a question about a historical property and some other issues of application of standards was put to the national preservation advisory board, which agreed with the FHWY Admin but there will be some discussions with some other objecting parties, thenand negotiations begun on mitigations- uncertain what all is included in that.
Federal Review-Historical. General site incl Inventory: https://tinyurl.com/JPImprovements. Adverse effects docs-
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dcd/supp_info/jackson-park-improvements.html.
Saturdays through summer 11 am from east end of Darrow Bridge- White City Columbian Expo tours.
WORKDAYS PLUS!!! CANCELLED PROB INTO JUNE.
Bobolink Meadow usually 2nd Saturdays 9-12 Meet at south end. normwbell@gmail.com. 9 am-noon.
Meet at south end of meadow. APRIL 11- may be cancelled.
New link to Bobolink Meadow workdays and volunteering- http://www.bobolinkvolunteers.org. Workday63rd St. Beach Natural Area Workday 3rd Saturdays 10-12. Restarts April 18 but likely to be cancelled. ewarden@sheddaquarium.org.
Columbia Basin natural area workdays. 3rd Saturday, 10 am-noon. njoseph2008@aol.com.
March 21 CANCELLED. April 18?
Wooded Island Workday 4th Saturday, 10-1. March 28. Meet at South bridge to Island. to mulch trail with UC incomings. sjlevy@jeromelevylaw.com. Please contact and give a contact number. The March 28 workday is likely to be cancelled.
MORE EVENTS/ACTIVITIES - (there more and updated and details- go to schedule in detailed events/activities) We're planning for 2020. Examples: One Earth Environmental Film Festival in March.
Migratory Bird Day in May. It's Your Park Day cleanups and more. Make Music Chicago June 21. And onward.More in Main events section
POSTPONED
ONE EARTH FILM FESTIVAL. Due to the developing COVID-19 situation and our concern for the public's health, the Jackson Park Advisory Council has decided to postpone this Saturday's One Earth Film Festival screening of Child of Nature. This event was originally scheduled to occur at the Jackson Park Field House at 1:00pm on Saturday, March 14th.We will keep you posted on a new date, if we're able to work something out with One Earth Film Festival. Thank you for your understanding.
The March 21 All PAC Conference has been postponed.
Earth Day events April 18- various monthly and regular projects.POSTPONED, TO BE RESCHEDULED.
CANCELLED Migratory bird day- May 2? Celebrate inter alia the threatened International Treaty of 1918. Info coming.
White City Tours May-Oct. Saturdays, 11 am from east side of Darrow Bridge (unless specified for elsewhere)CANCELLED UNTIL PARK REOPENED.On the Table Community Conversation and park planning potluck. 6 pm ahead of JPAC meeting. Fieldhouse. CANCELLED.
CANCELLED June 6. Its Your Park Day work and learning activities. S
June 21 OR ANOTHER DATE? Make Music Chicago.
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Founded in 1983. MISSION: The purpose of JPAC, an advisory body registered with the Chicago Park District, is toProvide a forum for users of the park and increase community awareness and engagement,
Advise the park district regarding facilities, maintenance, program, and visitor experience,
promote long-range planning,
promote programming, activities and education about the park and its extraordinary history, design, and nature.
"PROTECTING NATURE, PRESERVING HISTORY, PROMOTING RECREATION"
JACKSON
PARK WEB PAGES:
navigation indices
to subpages, links
(Visit also the official site http://www.jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org/)
(A watch group site is not affilated with JPAC but prints information on the
park and issues, jacksonparkwatch.org.)
JPAC gen info and about. Newsletters. Nature. History. Recreation & infrastructure. Photo Galleries.
In other sites. What's HERE
JPAC
General, information, organization
Contact,
Officer Information/Membership.
2020
MEMBERSHIP FORM
Join the Newsletter mailing list (no charge)-garyossewaarde@yahoo.com.
Who We Are - Mission, Accompls.; Pk Treasures/Amenities; Guarding the Park
HOW TO BOOK A WORKDAY- contacts, regular schedule, and a sampler
log.
Recent Meeting Minutes and Resolutions:
(Minutes start from 2006 - present up now, Resolutions from 2002-present) There
is a link to runs of 2018, 2019 minutes in pdf.
Council
Bylaws (rewritten Dec. 2010 as amended 2014 2015 and
2016) (Markup
showing 2014-15 amendments)
News,
Issues and Notable
Also see below: JPAC's vision and goals and
president's vision
Nancy
Campbell Hays, past president, and naming of bridge to WI for
Eric
Hatchett, past president, and naming balconies of 63rd beachhouse for
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