Materials for Development of Goals Statements

The following is a list of issues used to define goals statements developed by the stakeholders at the first session. The number of "dots" represents the number of "votes" given each issue, which indicates the relative importance given to each issue by the participants.

Community Character

Maintain rural character/quality (9 dots)
Widely recognize private farmers as valuable assets to the community (5 dots)
Homer Glen has a unique characteristic that draws people (4 dots)
A town known for its community involvement (3 dots)
Change public perceptions that large lots equal open space (3 dots)
Balance between economic development and rural charm
Preserve the existing character
Generate community with highest levels of harmony and security
A town center, with small town character, with park, recreation center, municipal building, accessible by walking or cycling (10 dots)
Village thought of as a well-planned community with a reputation for valuing and preserving natural resources (7 dots)
Housing for seniors
Diverse housing

Transportation

A transportation plan to address congestion (10 dots)
A network of non-motorized transportation alternatives, paths, greenways, walkways (5 dots)
Tree-lined streets, natural buffers for transportation corridors (2 dots)
A system of streets and highways only beneficial to Homer Glen

Aesthetics

Homer Glen at night - dark island in sea of light (6 dots)
Integrated public art into community spaces. (3 dots)
Minimize strip malls/neon signs

Recreation

Have a variety of active and passive park and recreation areas (17 dots)
The community is connected by trails and greenways and connected to other towns by trails (7 dots)
A trail system so people would not need to drive to trail heads, but instead could bike or take a horse from community to community. (4 dots)
Mechanisms to develop and maintain parkland with identified funding
Developers incorporate parks into development
Linked waterways for boating
Horse trails

Habitat & Wildlife

Use native plantings as much as possible throughout the town, library, along roadways (3 dots)
Preserve wildlife and its diversity and its habitats (6 dots)
Maintain and increase woodlands (7 dots)
Educated community on natural ways to preserve environment (3 dots)
Balance wildlife protection and development
Maintain prairie look
Still seeing the hawks

Water Resources

Preserve the quality of flood plains, wetlands, and groundwater supply (aquifers) (7 dots)
Identify and protect groundwater recharge areas (3 dots)
Attractive, more natural, stormwater management (8 dots)
Natural looking retention ponds

Strategies for Plan Implementation

The following are items from the February 24th discussions that will be incorporated into the process for developing strategies for plan implementation.

Comprehensive plan reflecting community's wants, fund values, core goals, mission (9 dots)
School system supports the community, is a resource
Reduce impervious surface (3 dots)
Comprehensive Kindergarten through 12 ecological curriculum with local component
Incentives to developers to preserve natural
Land donations for open space (2 dots)
Planned, managed, strategic growth (15 dots)
Control commercial development 1 place for commerce and industry (5 dots)
High quality integration development areas into natural environment (4 dots)
Attractive, environmentally sensitive community development (3 dots)
Land set aside from development to prevent complete build out
Control development mix - residential/commercial
Town is planned and looks like it
Promote conservation design
Respect property rights and environmental protection.
Obtain border agreement on west border
Zero population growth
Examine the impacts of regional transportation plans, e.g., I-355, Metra, Caton Farm Road (4 dots)
A diverse economic base to help control property taxes (4 dots)
Managed growth that does not negatively affect schools, other governmental units (4 dots)
Slow, balanced tax base growth
A sustainable village (development and taxes)