http://evanstonroundtable.com en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:17:55 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7413 The City of Evanston will team with several community organizations to co-sponsor its second gun buyback program for Evanston residents, to be held from noon to 4 p.m. on June 29 at Pope John XXIII School Cafeteria (St. Nicholas Church), 1120 Washington St. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7391 City Council approved three actions recommended by the preliminary evanstARTS report that are designed to promote the cultural arts within Evanston. The first recommendation, the hiring of an “Arts Tsar,” will create a new position within City government to coordinate arts promotion and activity within the City. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7390 The Grandmother Park Initiative (GPI) took one step closer to constructing a tot lot at 1125 Dewey Ave. on, June 10, but then took one step back as City Council required the group to get at least three estimates before allocating construction funds. After raising nearly $200,000 in private funds, the GPI must now wait at least two weeks before breaking ground on the new park City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:18:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7389 David Colker says he hears the clock ticking on his proposal to open a state-of-the art music theater and recording studio on West Davis Street. In interviews with the RoundTable Mr. Colker said he has an option on the proposed site, 1026 Davis St., now occupied by Tom Thumb Hobby & Crafts, and in 2011 he received a zoning variance from the City to build the 45-foot-high building he says is necessary to ensure high-quality sound within. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:10:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7385 The vacation rental saga, unleashed by the neighbors of a single home steps from Ryan Field on Ashland Avenue, appeared to reach a conclusion on June 10, with a new proposed ordinance that differed radically from the one introduced at Council May 28. The May 28 ordinance would have treated a vacation rental as a subset of bed and breakfast establishments under the City’s zoning code. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:01:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7384 Aside from the typical City expenditures, the highlights were new theater seats for Next Theater, continued debate over a greenhouse addition at the Ecology Center, a coming assault -weapons ban and revisions to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7383 City Council introduced, by 7-2 vote, a proposed ordinance that would allow a bed and breakfast at 1622 Forest, just two doors down from a Church Street bed and breakfast approved last year. The owner of the two establishments will be Tawani Enterprises, LLC, an entity owned by Colonel James Pritzker. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7379 The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District will be conducting targeted adult mosquito control operations in portions of Evanston on Wednesday, June 19, between the hours of 8 p.m. and 2 a.m., weather permitting. City News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:32:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7377 The City of Evanston's Fire and Life Safety Services has   begun a recruitment campaign this week for the position of   firefighter/paramedic. City News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://evanstonroundtable.com/Main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=26&ArticleID=7375 On June 12, Evanston police charged a 21-year-old Evanston man with unlawful use of a firearm in an incident that occurred across the street from Evanston Township High School. Ald. Jane Grover witnessed at least part of the incident. City News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:31:00 GMT