Glencoe Trustees: No Fence for Dell Place, South Avenue Fence Remains

A bike rack, staircase and stone ditch will be installed at Dell Place. The beach near Dell Place will also be open an hour earlier and later from April 1 to Sept. 30.

Glencoe Trustees: No Fence for Dell Place, South Avenue Fence Remains

A bike rack, staircase and stone ditch will be installed at Dell Place. The beach near Dell Place will also be open an hour earlier and later from April 1 to Sept. 30.

Opponents of a fence on Glencoe’s Dell Place street ends got a big victory Thursday as Glencoe trustees voted 6-1 to not put a barrier at the street end near the beach.  All trustees, except Trustee Joe Keefe, chose to accept the recommendation of the Street Ends Task Force that putting up a fence at Dell Place street end would raise public safety concerns among others. Trustees, however, did not rule out that a fence may be needed at Dell Place in the future.  “If you put that fence up the only people that are going to go around that fence are the people we don’t want down there and you are going to make it harder for public safety to get down there when they want to get down there because they are not going to jump or climb the fence,” …

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Residents: South Ave. Beach View Blighted by Fence

The Glencoe Street Ends Task Force made recommendations Monday that the fence be torn down or relocated to allow broader public use of the land and enhance views of lake and beach, but safety questions remain.

The Street Ends Task Force met Monday to make recommendations about the controversial fence constructed near the South Avenue beach front in 2010. The meeting was a culmination of an emotional period for many residents, who said they did not believe a fence was necessary and that it took away from the natural beauty of Lake Michigan. The first recommendation from the task force included removing the fence entirely.  A second action, by a vote of 7-2, allows for the village manager and board to plan to move the fence closer to the bluff, so as not to mar lakefront views.  It is currently 65 feet from the bluff. Residents would then have improved access to the public land, while limiting unauthorized entrance into the beach, which could …

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Dell Place Beach Under Glencoe Park District's Wing? Trustee Believes So

Jurisdiction for the 66-foot-wide beach should transfer from village to park district leadership, says Joe Keefe.