President’s Letter

By Mike Moran | Email

Now that was one quick summer!!   While it was a very unique pool season this year, we definitely had a very successful summer at the Fox Point pool.  I want to thank Criss, Seth, and all that helped with the pool including all of the neighbors that were very patient and compliant as we worked through the many challenges in opening the Fox Point Pool in 2020.  To my knowledge, we did not have any reported health issues associated with the pool this season which is a tremendous success for Fox Point!! 

Again, thank you to all who were patient and helped us work through the season. The board is busy working through the 2021 proposed budget and will have it posted for all in the December 2020 newsletter.  It will be approved at the annual Fox Point Homeowners meeting in January of 2021. 

At this time, we are in the beginning phase of planning for our annual homeowners’ meeting and board elections in January.  As in the past, we will send out mail-in ballots to all homeowners prior to the meeting and there will be an opportunity to vote in person. Lynn Douglas was appointed Chairperson of the 2021 Nominating Committee. Please contact her if you are curious about running for election to fill a board vacancy.

Fall is the most beautiful time of the year in Fox Point as the changing of the colors and the sunsets over Lake Louise are unimaginable.  Take a few minutes this fall to enjoy the beauty of Fox Point.

Social

By Rena Slovick Email

Fox Point Annual Golf Outing

Mother Nature had it in for us a couple of weeks ago and our golf outing has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 10th. The event was previously sold out, however, due to the date change we have had some spots open up! Please check the sign-up genius below and join us for some fall golf fun!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c48a8a92fa4fa7-foxpoint27

Fox Point Garage Sale

Marie Kondo has nothing on our own Mark Villalovos. Huge Thank You to Mark for planning & promoting this year’s socially distant annual garage sale!

We’re on the Gram!

We heard that’s what all the cool kids call it and we didn’t want to be left out. Our handle is foxpoint_barrington. Give us a follow and send us some photos at foxpointbarringtonsocial@gmail.com 

Please keep a lookout on the Website Events Calendar, Nextdoor, or via Email for continued Social Updates! A lot can happen in-between newsletters.

Civic Affairs

By Margaret Graff | Email

As neighbors may have noticed, there has been much utility work going on along Lake Cook Road outside of Fox Point and into the south side entrance. This is a part of Nicor gas main modernization project that impacts Main Street between Ela and Route 14.

Jay Beverly, Engineering Inspector, has successfully coordinated the removal of all of the yellow and white high-pressure main markers in the coming days along Lake Cook Road except for one on either side of Flint Creek and one on either side of Ela Road, which has been deemed necessary for safety purposes.

Per Village officials, the original timeline had the project being completed at the end of November. There has been no communication from Nicor about any potential delays.

Common Grounds

By Jay Roberts | Email

Happy Fall everyone!

Hope you all are enjoying the beautiful weather!

This month, I do not have any new updates for the monument walls.  As a board, we’ve decided to again take a step back and give this some more time.  There is a possibility that this project will be pushed back yet again, to next year.  Once we removed the dirt at the foundation, it was then that we realized the true extent of the damage.  Right now, I’m in the process of gathering more information regarding all the options that we may have.  The stumbling block right now is…. if we keep the brick walls, part of the brick walls, go to a completely new look, and how do we keep the look and make it symmetrical.  There are a lot of moving parts to each option that need to be considered.  As always, look for updates each month.

Later this month, we will be completing the final phase of our cul-de-sac project.  This was a 3-year project that will wrap up this year.  The objective was to update the landscaping and to add some color to those areas.  The timing of implementation will hopefully coincide with some rain so that those areas can be ready to show for spring.

Also, we will be doing some mums out by the main entrances!  Those should be getting planted any day now.  They were a big hit last year and looked great during the fall season.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know

Lake

By David Jobes | Email

Boat crib: This month we finished up the boat crib ‘repair’ project.  Many of you may know there is a longer-term boat crib “replacement” on the project slate, but this was a repair of the existing structure.  We had unsafe conditions for persons and products, so we had many of the boards replaced.  We now have a sound structure.  The hope is we get a few more years of life with this repair.

Longer-term, the boat storage structure will change to a more modular design.  But we want to put new fill down at the boat launch area to raise the elevation.  Adding the fill brings in more cost and complexity so we want to get this project well defined before we move ahead with the boat crib replacement.

Creek maintenance project:  This is the 50/50 grant project approved by the Lake Co Stormwater Management Commission in early 2020.  COVID 19 has slowed the project.  We are in the permit portion of the project and hope to get through the permit soon.  The actual construction portion of this project might be pushed into 2021.

Fishing report: from word-of-mouth mostly . . . us anglers have had a rough season.  The ice fishing was slow last winter, and it stayed the same through spring and summer.  We did stock last fall and also this spring.  Lake Louise usually has decent fishing, but we know the high algae can affect oxygen levels.  All it takes is one or two days of exceptionally low O2 and the fish kills will happen.  We are in communication with IL DNR fisheries biologist, who knows Lake Louise quite well.  We think this low O2 was part of our problem.  The high spring rains were right on top of the spring fertilizers/herbicides most of us put down on our lawns.  We are chalking this poor fishing to the weather events.  The HOA continues to stock and will do so again this fall.  We will keep our fingers crossed for better catching in the months ahead.

Algae bloom: Lake Louise has highly organic sediment and it is a shallow lake.  So, when we get waves and carp stirring up the water column, and combine that with some sun, we get algae.  The lake as almost no in-water plants to soak up the nutrients so we end up with algae blooms.  We had high algae counts all summer.  To get our algae numbers down we need to remove more carp, remove the rich sediment (dredge), reduce fertilizer and herbicides, and get our sediment retention pond emptied so it can trap incoming sediment more effectively.  The Lake Committee has numerous projects on the slate addressing these issues.  Some are ready for Board input/edits.  We hope to have more water quality projects funded in the years ahead.

2020:  No doubt this is the busiest year on the Lake in many many years.  If you have not been on the Lake lately or have not been to the boat launch area, please take a moment and enjoy this beautiful season.  The new native perennial garden is looking great and I am sure we will have an explosion of color in spring 2021.  Thank you to all who have helped with the watering and support.

Pool

By Criss Chang | Email

This summer’s pool season by the numbers.