Records also show Arlington Heights officials have organized stakeholder meetings for the Bears with chambers of commerce, school districts and surrounding suburbs like Schaumburg, Palatine and Elk Grove Village, among others. The emails reveal that the Bears asked Arlington Heights officials to notify them of any public records requests - just like the one filed by NBC 5 Investigates - indicating the team is eyeing all questions about the potential development very closely. "And then when they come out and give you a statement that, 'We are not even looking at anything about Soldier Field, the only thing we're looking at is that plan,' it tells you where their head is." "I think the city underestimated the Bears," Kaplan said. The Bears have said that while they are under contract to buy the land, they will not explore any alternative stadium sites, including the option of staying where they are. Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office did not respond to request for comment on the leak or the move. Since that day, their communications paint a picture of partnership – completely coordinated messaging and, as Bears President Ted Phillips put it, shared excitement about "bringing our vision to life."Ĭompare that to the team's relationship with the City of Chicago, which is pitching the Bears to stay and, as Phillips noted in one email, leaked news of the deal to buy the Arlington Heights property before they or the northwest suburb had a chance to announce it.īut, as Phillips told the Arlington Heights mayor one month prior - the Bears were prepared for, even anticipated that possibility. “We are proud to partner with the Village on efforts like this that place the health and safety of our community first.Mary Jane Theis Faces Retention Vote Amid Battle for Control of Illinois Supreme Court “This new system not only provides for the safety of our park patrons, but also ensures that the entire community has access to these emergency weather alerts from their nearby parks,” said Elk Grove Park District Board President Bill O’Malley.
Installation of the new system will begin in April and is expected to be fully functional by the end of May. The Village will be responsible for the initial system purchase, with the Elk Grove Park District overseeing the installation and assuming responsibility for ongoing maintenance of the system. “This new system uses the latest technology to ensure the accuracy of weather alerts, and to expand our capabilities for alerting our community during an emergency with the new text-to-speech capability.” “Our community has come to depend on the alerts that warn park patrons and their surrounding neighborhoods about the danger of lightning in the area and we felt it was important to continue providing this important safety tool,” said Mayor Craig Johnson. The Elk Grove Park District worked with Perry Weather to ensure that the outdoor warning systems in parks throughout the community are capable of ensuring that all outdoor residential areas in the community can hear an alert from a nearby park. The new system will also be equipped with public address functionality, which allows these units to dually function as an emergency management tool, able to broadcast personalized text-to-speech messages. Warnings for lightning through the new system will continue using the audio and visual cues familiar to Elk Grove residents-one 15-second horn blast to warn of lightning in the area, along with a strobe light flash while the alert remains active, and three short horn blasts and the cessation of the strobe light indicating an all-clear.
The Perry Weather outdoor warning system is a completely wireless, cloud-based emergency alert and lighting warning system that is integrated with the most reliable lightning detection network to provide weather risk monitoring and warning. On Tuesday, March 23, the Village Board approved an agreement with the Elk Grove Park District to purchase a new emergency weather and lightning alert system, which will replace the aging Thor Guard system at parks throughout the community.
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