50th Anniversary Celebration Photos

Winter/Spring 2008 Newsletter

Newsletter Archive

Cell Tower

Barrington Farms (Duda) updates

The Riding Club of Barrington Hills

Barrington Countryside Park District

Spring Creek Volunteer Steward Work Schedule

Fox River Valley Pony Club

Friends of the Forest Preserves

Citizens For Conservation

Barrington Junior Women's Club

Welcome to the Village of Barrington Hills Community Forum

Barrington Hills is an equestrian community approximately 40 miles from Chicago, Illinois straddling across parts of four counties, Cook, Lake, McKenry and Kane.  The estimated population in 2003 was 4,176.  The village has roots from early settlers in the 1830s; formal incorporation took place in 1957.  Residential properties are a minimum of 5 acre zoning with agricultural and horse farms welcome within the community.   

The 8th annual Barrington Country Garden and Antique Faire presented by Hands of Hope returns to Barrington Hills on June 20th and 21st.  Tour gorgeous gardens of three beautiful Barrington Hills estates, featuring sophisticated English and French inspired gardens beautifully adapted to their American settings. This one-of-a-kind event also includes unique designer-created garden party vignettes, horticultural presentations, shopping at the Avant Garden Shop, an upscale flea market, and a French Market filled with fine antique and boutique items. 

 
Event hours are 10am-4pm on June 20th and 21st.

Tickets are $40 through June 15th, $50 on June 16th and after, and can be used on either day. Special $75 "Early Buy" tickets are available for those who wish to shop before the faire on Friday morning beginning at 8:30 am.  Tickets may be purchased from Hands of Hope, or at select area stores. 

Free shuttle busses will transport guests to the garden locations from Barrington High School (Hart Road entrance) and 800 Hart Road on Friday, and 800 Hart Road only on Saturday.

For more information please call 847-622-5201 or visit the website at

www.handsofhopeonline.org

Hands of Hope is a Section 501(c)3, tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization based in Barrington, dedicated to the critical needs of women and children around the world who face disease, poverty and persecution.

We’re expecting!

Well, technically, we’re incubating.  A CFC member who lives next to our Flint Creek Savanna preserve reports that a pair of sandhill cranes has settled between her property and her neighbors.  Mrs. Crane is huddled on the nest and Mr. Crane is doing surveillance.  Our sharp-eyed crane watcher wasn’t sure if there was one egg in the nest or two since the egg’s dun color blends in with the nesting material but, when Mama Crane stood up to stretch her legs and reposition herself, it could be confirmed.  There are two eggs!  Not common but it happens.  We will keep you posted as things develop!

Learn more about sandhill cranes at: http://www.savingcranes.org/species/sandhill.cfm

WHEN TO LEAVE BABY WILDLIFE ALONE

Spring is the time for baby animals. You may come across babies that seem to be abandoned. Read the following website to learn about baby wildlife:

http://www.projectwildlife.org/facts_babywildlife_leavealone.htm

CTY REMINDER

Visit the CTY website to update your contact information especially if you have new telephones, changed your telephone or email address

please update your CTY registration. All information is secure and not available to anyone but CTY.  CTY will contact you by phone or email in case of emergencies that affect the village, for example tornadoes, crimes,  and matters of public safety. Click on the following website:

https://portal.nticonnectcty.com/welcome.aspx?eiid=1207B6088C3478A06D7A

Canadian National Railway

The Heat is On - Local Communities Discuss a United Opposition to the Acquisition!

As you have been reading in the papers, the CN acquisition of the EJ&E is becoming a “high profile” issue, especially in wake of the meeting between Senator Dick Durbin, Congresswoman Bean and CN CEO E. Hunter Harrison.  We thank them for meeting with CN and were surprised that CN wasn’t more accommodating of the issues they raised.  We need to keep up the pressure to insure that the concerns of impacted communities are front and center in the debate, so please contact both Senator Dick Durbin’s and Rep. Melissa Bean’s offices (or your congressional representative) to encourage their continued involvement.

Contact Info for Federal Elected Officials:

Rep. Melissa Bean
1622 E Algonquin Road, Suite L
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: 847-925-0265
Fax: 847-925-0288

Rep. Mark Kirk

707 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 350
Northbrook, IL 60062
Phone: 847-940-0202
Fax: 847-940-7143

Sen. Dick Durbin

230 S Dearborn St.
Suite 3892
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone:  312-353-4952
Fax:  312-353-0150

Sen. Barack Obama
John C. Kluczynski Federal Office Building
230 South Dearborn St.
Suite 3900 (39th floor)
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone:  312-886-3506
Fax:  312-886-3514 

February 28, 2008: Durbin and Bean Ask For Meeting with CN CEO  read more

February 21, 2008: Durbin: STAR Line proposal in jeopardy read more

January 21,2008 Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District issues statement on CN Railway purchase of EJ & E Railway read more

WEBSITES:

Fight rail congestion: www.fightrailcongestion.com

Surface Transportation Board website: http://www.stb.dot.gov/

and

Canadian National Railway website: http://www.cn.ca

The Barrington Junior Women’s Club announces Safety Town 2008.

Safety Town is a two-week educational summer program for children sponsored by the Barrington Junior Women’s Club.  At Safety Town, located at the former Health World site,  participants learn important safety lessons through hands-on activities and demonstrations. This miniature town gives the children hands-on experience in using safety skills.  Movies, songs, poems, art projects and field trips to the Barrington Police Department, Fire Department and the local park are also included in this program to help children enjoy and understand safety rules and lessons.  It provides the school aged volunteers with the opportunity to foster the curriculum.
  
Four (4) Safety Town sessions are offered for 2008
 
Sessions 1 & 2 are offered June 16-27, 9:00am – 11:30am or 12:30pm – 3:00pm

Sessions 3 & 4 are offered July 14-25,  9:00am – 11:30am or 12:30pm – 3:00pm

Enrollment Information
The Safety Town enrollment fee is $100.

Children entering into kindergarten or 1st grade are eligible to attend the two week camp and students who are in 6th and 7th grade are encouraged to sign up to be volunteers.  Volunteers will receive 30 hours of credit for their involvement with Safety Town.
 
Safety Town walk-in registration is Saturday, April 12th at the Barrington Police/Fire Department located on Route 14 from 8:30am to 11:30am.  Mail-in or Internet Registration will be available following walk-in registration.  All mail-in registrations and internet registrations are processed on a first-come/first served basis after the walk-in registration.   
 
For an application, or If you have any questions regarding this program, please visit
http://www.bjwc.org/OurWork_CommunityPrograms_SafetyTown_2008.htm
or feel free to contact the BJWC at (847) 622-3838

Open Burninq of Landscape Waste

In the Village of Barrington Hills, an outdoor fire is permitted for the disposal of landscape waste upon the premises where it is produced.  The bonfire shall not be more than 5 feet by 5 feet by 5 feet in dimension and shall not burn longer than 3 hours in any 24 hour period.  No more than one bonfire may occur at any one time and it must be constantly attended. 

Good Neighbor Leaf Burning Tips

Learn About Coyotes         

The Lake County Forest Preserve District has put together a fact sheet about the coyote. Visit the website:

lcfpd.org/coyotes

Target Shooting Ordinance

November 19th

The Board of Trustees will consider an amendment to the Target Shooting Ordinance at its November 19th meeting.  Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Action on the item may occur. CLICK HERE to view the draft.

HERITAGE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE

INTENT AND PURPOSE: The intent of this section is to ensure the presence and continuation of Heritage Trees, a special resource throughout the Village of Barrington Hills by requiring sound forestry practices and preventing storm water runoff and topsoil erosion. It is also the intent of this section to promote and educate our residents as to the importance, protection and existence of Heritage Trees. Residents of the Village will then continue to enjoy all the benefits of living in the unique environment of Barrington Hills, because the Village strives to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents from situations in which may substantially alter the environment. This will be accomplished by regulating how such trees may be removed and replaced, whether as a result of building construction or as a result of landscaping activity only.

To see the ordinance:

http://66.113.195.234/IL/Barrington%20Hills/index.htm (type heritage tree in search box)

The Cook County Board has approved the lowering of the following speed limits:

Donlea - 40 mph to 35 mph

Bateman - 45 mph to 35 mph

Otis - 40 mph to 35 mph

Brinker -  40 mph to 35 mph

Penny east of Healy - 45 mph to 40 mph

Penny west of Healy to Route 68 - 35 mph

Large Barn and Equestrian Facilities Moratorium Ended

at October Board of Trustees Meeting

In a recent resolution, the Board of Trustees gave direction to the Building Officer on how to evaluate building permits for stables, barns, arenas, livestock shelters, agricultural buildings or similar structures of 13,700 square feet or larger.  The Board asked the Building Officer to use appropriate rule-making authority under section 110.6 of the 1990 BOCA Building Code (the adopted code of the Village) to require the following life and safety features for structures of this size and type:

• A sufficient number of exits
• Sufficient illumination in exits and passageways
• Sufficient amount of fire extinguishing equipment
• Properly designed fire detection and alarm system, which can be monitored by the Barrington Hills Police Department

The resolution ended the moratorium on these structures established in September. 

Kalaway Memorial Landowner's Polo Match

On a sparkling clear early autumn Saturday, hundreds of Barrington Hills residents turned out for the latest function celebrating the Village’s 50th Anniversary.  The Kalaway Memorial Landowners Polo Match, held on September 8th,  is an annual event sponsored by the Riding Club of Barrington Hills to thank the more than 300 landowners in the Village who allow riding trails on their property.  In addition to a precision drill by the Pony Club Quadrille Team, and two hotly contested polo matches, attendees enjoyed box lunches at the main tent, or strolling among the many tailgate spots.  Several prizes were awarded to the tailgaters, including Most Gourmet Foodto the Cools Family. It was a truly enjoyable day!

The Cools Family, dressed in their “designer” Barrington Hills logo apparel tailgating at the Polo Match on September 8.

The Village of Barrington Hills Adopts Connect-CTY For City-to-Resident Communications

Implementation of New Emergency Communication Service Part of Barrington Hill's Efforts to Improve Safety and Security for Village Residents. Click here to read more

The McHenry County Better Roads Coalition is a grass roots organization comprised of residents, businesses, municipalities, and civic entities whose mission is to secure State and Federal funding for regional roadway improvements to address congestion in McHenry County. To sign an online petition to Govenor Blagojevich to support a western Algonquin Road bypass click here

• Algonquin Township Precincts 16, 33, 45 changed polling places.  If you are dissatisfied with the newly assigned venue, please read

• Technology Committee Considers Cell Tower Ordinance Agenda

• Zoning Board votes to recommend denial of cell tower application to Village Board. Learn More.              

• Village Recognizes Work of Block Captians read about it

The Village of Barrington Hills is celebrating 50 years!

1957 to 2007

The Village and it's residents are working together to coordinate six months of events to commemorate the unique character of Barrington Hills. Check this site for

updates and news.

 Schedule of events

Barrington Hills history

Communications Committee Mission Statement

The mission of the Communications Committee is to ensure high quality communication and information exchange between the Barrington Hills Village government, the residents of Barrington Hills, and the public at large fostering community awareness and involvement.