The Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board voted Thursday night to seek bids to dismantle the bleachers at South High School.

In addition, they approved working with neighbors and the City of Crystal Lake to work with the neighbors on a proposal presented at the meeting by their attorney Tom Burney.

The neighbors’ suggestion.

School district officials and Burney plan to meet with Crystal Lake officials after Friday’s court hearing before Judge Michael Chmiel.

You can read the document upon which the demolition motion was based below:

Board President Ted Wagner floated the idea of dismantling the bleachers and erecting them at Cary-Grove High School.

The bleachers at Cary-Grove are about thirty years old and not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The cost for such a re-location is estimated at $960,000 versus $233,595 for outright demolition.

The neighbors suggest keeping the bleachers to the first support beam and the installation of a six-foot privacy screen to keep those standing on top from looking into the homes’ windows.

The part above that beam would be dismantled.

The press box and trailer would be put on the other side of the field.

Instead of six speakers, the neighbors suggest four with a decibel level limited to 80 dba with enforcement provisions.

The neighbors would agree to asking the city for any zoning variations that would be required.

Superintendent Johnnie Thomas met with his construction team in Burney’s presence after the Board meeting, which was held at Cary-Grove High School.

During the meeting Thomas indicated that there might be capacity problems with the neighbors’ proposal.