Larry Bettag Illinois FHA Specialist

Got this from a leader who took notes and observed more ridiculousness from "Campton" bureaucrats (My comments are in parens or italics):

If you were wondering what went on last night at the Planning Commission hearing, the Community Center was full (not standing room only, but a crowd). After an hour of planning commission business including re-hash regarding Norton Lakes Subdivision the Public hearing was held.

Big thanks to unincorporated La Fox and Elburn residents who showed up and voiced their opposition to the annexation and zoning changes. The planning commission heard from 5 different people, all saying the same thing. We don't want Campton Hills to annex the land. Drew Frasz stated that .....we had a handshake deal with Preserve Campton not to go further South than Route 38...... first it was Mongerson Park, now this one, what's next?...... He stated that he had heard that there are at least 5 properties talking with the Village that are South of 38.

He was reminding that this hearing is on the zoning change not the annexation.

Another speaker said that they feel like they did with Elgin . . with Campton Hills looking to annex and rezone farmland into PUDs. The Planning Commission didn't like hearing that.

SAY WHAT???? MORE OF THE SAME. CAMPTON HAS BECOME THE ENEMY THAT THEY HATED

Unfortunately, the legal annexation case (09 MR 0531) has already quietly had it's public hearing in court early in November, before any of us knew what was going on.

The residents of La Fox/Elburn were basically saying the same thing, . . . we are happy with what we have, we want to be unincorporated, we want the county and the Sheriff. We want our to preserve our rural way of life, we want it to keep farmland not residences. (This has been my biggest beef all along. I moved to the country to stay out of the city. These A-holes said we're better to determine how you should use your property than you, the property owner. This just pisses me off at their arrogance)

That is except for the petitioner Stephen Ciampi, who wants the services provided by the Campton Hills Police Department, he wants someone to slow down the traffic on Harley, and to be there for him. He mentioned he pursued the Village not the other way around, although he did note that when the road was being worked on by Campton Township earlier this year, one of the guys working on the road and culvert told him he should look into becoming part of the Village. (Hey....it's a free country....he may not be smart, but he has his rights).

Background: A little over 5 years ago Mr. Ciampi bought this property and requested a zoning change from Kane County from F to F1 so he could build his residence on 3.75 acre parcel. Now he is looking to Annex into Campton Hills and receive PUD zoning for up to 6 additional lots on 25 acres. Contrary to Campton Hill's Comp plan, which shows this area as agriculture which is the same classification as Kane County's 2030 plan. (Oh...wait...he is smart. He's gone to bed with the enemy and wants to develop land....hmmmmmmm. I thought that Campton hated developers and developments....it's a little more clear now).

The Planning Commission did not make any recommendations to the Village Board regarding the rezoning of this piece of land, since they had received a 28 page land use opinion report late yesterday, just before the hearing. What will the Village board do without receiving a recommendation when considering the annexation?

It was mentioned by Village Attorney Braithwaite that the Public Hearing on the annexation will be December 1 at the Village Board meeting. Please mark your calendars, if you oppose what Campton Hills is trying to do, you need to show up and voice your opinion.

Please Please Please show up on December 1 and let them know.

Fannie Mae has issued Announcement 09-34, Confirmation of Conventional Loan Limits for 2010, to provide notification of our 2010 conforming loan limits. As in 2009, both the general loan limits and the high-cost area loan limits are provided by our regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

There will be no changes to the general loan limits or the high-cost area limits for loans originated in 2010.

2010 Conforming Loan Limits (maximum original principal balance for first liens)

*The chart indicates the maximum loan limit for high-cost areas - note that each geographic area has its own specific high-cost area loan limit (refer to FHFA's News Release for details).

Loan Limit Resources

Fannie Mae provides two resources to assist in determining the loan limit for a specific area or address:

1. The Loan Limit Lookup Table shows the loan limits by state, county, and ZIP code.

2. The Loan Limit Geocoder^TM provides loan limit information for specific addresses; the user can enter a single address or a batch file.

Note: These tools will be updated for 2010 by year end.

For more details, read Announcement 09-34: Confirmation of Conventional Loan Limits for 2010 or FHFA's News Release.

I'm sure VCH hopes no one notices this Public hearing set for:

TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2009 AT 6:30 at the COMMUNITY CENTER.

Pay Attention to the Actions of the Campton Officials (I can't use the word "leaders" becase they're anything but that)!!!!

There's a zoning change request from a current land owner regarding annexation into the village.

The property is located at 2N190 Harley Road. (what it doesn't say is that for it to be contiguous to the Village, the property must start at 38 and extend down the west side of Harley to that address and maybe even further down Harley)

The Agenda also does not state the original zoning and what the change is being requested. Maybe they don't want the citizens of Campton What the F____ Hills to know. There are assumptions that it's to change the zoning from Farming to some type of PUD/ Residential. HOW COOL IS THAT? Gotta love the Campton leaders here.

This may be your only chance to speak about this change before it happens!!!

This appears to conflict with Campton's own Comprehensive Plan for the Area. Check out... http://www.villageofcamptonhills.org/images/Campton%20Hills%20Comp%20Plan%20HR%201.pdf

The village is looking to grow (this time south of 38) and needs to agree to change zoning to meet with the owners request for annexation. ISN'T THIS WHAT ELGIN DID? Annexed unincorporated land and changed the zoning to residential? Look out LaFox big bad Campton is coming.

Please get the word out, don't be fooled again.

"Bout time" is all I can say. Donna Kelly is running for Appellate Court Judge for the 2nd Appellate Court. I had the fortunate priviledge of attending Law School with Donna when we both went to Northern Illinois University School of Law. Lest this post seem like that of bias, I can assure you that I'm not on her committee nor I have contributed to her campaign as of today. I've done a vast amount of research on the candidates, but this post is not a slam post. I'm not there to bash the opponent. This post is 100% about Donna Kelly.

I haven't hung out with Donna since law school, but I did come to know Donna quite well during my three years of law school. This is important. I think that there's really no better candidate to serve the people of Illinois because of her qualities. Donna is smart and ethical, two things that has been lacking for the citizens of Illinois for quite some time now.

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Just got done watching the CBS evening news here in Chicago. I haven't watched the news in Chicago in many years. I must say, I remember sitting at the foot of my mom and dad's bed watching the 10:00 pm news and seeing Bill Curtis and Walter Jacboson. Let's just say that it was like it never ended tonight. They even through in "Walter's perspective" a little commentary that blasted Mayor Daley's handling of the unions in Chicago and how they're forcing the blow up of Chicago, plus the loss of so many convention jobs.

Although it was only for a night, I have to say, Thanks Walter and Bill, it felt good to take a step into my past.