Schedule of Regional STB Meetings to Allow the Public to Comment on the DEIS:
Beginning on August 25, 2008, SEA will host
eight open house/public meetings throughout the Chicagoland area to present the findings of the Draft EIS and receive public comments. Each open house/public meeting will offer an informal open house segment from 4:00-6:00pm, followed by a formal public meeting from 6:00-9:00pm. At beginning of each formal public meeting segment, SEA will give a brief overview of its findings in the Draft EIS and will invite interested parties to make oral comments and/or submit written comments. SEA will have a transcriber present to record the oral comments in either English or Spanish. The dates, locations and times of the open house/public meetings are :
Monday, August 25 -- Matteson, Illinois; Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center; 500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson, IL 60443
Tuesday, August 26 -- Mundelein, Illinois; Crowne Plaza Chicago North Shore; 510 E. Route 83, Mundelein, IL 60060
Wednesday, August 27 -- Barrington, Illinois; Barrington High School; 616 W. Main Street, Barrington, IL 60010
Thursday, August 28 -- Bartlett, Illinois; Bartlett High School; 701 Schick Road, Bartlett, IL 60103
Monday, Sept. 8 -- Chicago, Illinois; Loyola University of Chicago; 25 East Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Tuesday, Sept. 9 -- Aurora, Illinois; West Aurora High School; 1201 W. New York Street, Aurora, IL 60506
Wednesday, Sept. 10 -- Gary, Indiana; Indiana University; Northwest 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408
Thursday, Sept. 11 -- Joliet, Illinois; Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center; 411 S. Larkin Avenue, Joliet, IL 60435
The same short presentations will be given by staff from the Board and HDR, Inc. at the beginning of each public meeting following the schedule outlined below:
Open House: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Staff from the Board and HDR, Inc. will be available to answer questions and help members of the public review project maps and other findings of the Draft EIS and analysis.
Public Meeting: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Staff from the Board and HDR, Inc. will make a short presentation to the public and will then be available to receive formal comments on the Draft EIS. This portion of the meeting will be held for the purpose of receiving comment. It is not a question-and-answer session.
Beginning on July 25, 2008, speaker registration will be determined on a first come first serve basis by calling the hotline to preregister in advance (1-800-347-0689) or at the sign-in tables the day of the public meeting. Each speaker will be allocated up to 3 minutes to present his or her comments. In order to allow as many speakers the opportunity to speak, we ask that groups appoint a single spokesperson, that members of the public who have spoken at another meeting wait until others who have not spoken have the opportunity to be heard, and that speakers summarize their written comments rather then reading their full comments verbatim.