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The Glen (TIF District) Census (As of June 30, 2009) OVERVIEW Ehlers and Associates, Inc. was hired by the Village of Glenview to conduct an annual census of residents living within the boundaries of the Tax Increment Finance district of The Glen (the former Glenview Naval Air Station). The purpose of the census is to enable the Village to use the data to calculate annual payments to certain core jurisdictions providing services to these residents. Ehlers and Associates, Inc. met with the Village’s staff in early May, 2009 to discuss the project in detail. The Village of Glenview provided our offices with data about The Glen that was compiled from their own database and from developers. After compiling the data, Ehlers identified 2,008 homes of which 1,907 were occupied residences that would be included in the Census canvass. The residences that were targeted are located in 11 development areas of The Glen: Chapel Crossing at The Glen, Concord at The Glen, Southgate on The Glen, Cambridge at The Glen, Tower Crossing at The Glen, Classic Residence by Hyatt at The Glen, Chestnut Square at The Glen, Thomas Place, Aloft at The Glen Town Center, Glenshore Condos and Navy town homes (only those located on Buccaneer Drive constructed after 1994). The 27 short-term lease apartments in the Aloft Apartments were counted as vacant and, therefore, not included in the “adjusted totals” calculations. The Toll Brothers project called Patriot Commons at The Glen is under construction but did not have occupancies by June 30, 2009. On June 1, 2009, Glenview mailed each of the targeted residences a letter from the Director of Capital Projects of the Village of Glenview. The intent of the letter was to explain to residents the purpose and process for the upcoming Census canvassing that would occur within The Glen. Also included with this letter was a copy of the Census Reporting Form. This allowed the residents to see the questions that would be asked and also allowed them to complete the form prior to the arrival of the Census Recorders, which would occur the weekend of July 11th. A stamped, return envelope was included for their convenience. We also allowed residents the option of calling or faxing the Ehlers office or communicating electronically through the Village website to report their data. We kept Deputy Police Chief Mike Redmond apprised of our actions and followed the municipal guidelines for collecting the Census data. On Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12, 2009, Census Recorders successfully completed the initial canvassing of each residence. After additional attempts to obtain information from those residences that were not available to provide the information these days, a copy of the Census Reporting Form was left at their door. The form asked the resident to complete the form and return it as soon as possible for tabulation. The follow-up door-to-door visits resumed on Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19, 2009. For those residents that did not return their Census Reporting Forms, the final door-to-door follow-up visits were conducted on Saturday, July 25, 2009. We specified a deadline of August 1st to submit responses to be included in the census count. Of the 1,907 occupied residences, 224 either refused to complete the Census Reporting Form or didn’t reply after the numerous attempts to obtain data. This calculates to 88.3% of the residences responding and 11.7% that did not reply, which is 3.5% higher than the average response rate of 84.8% from 2006 to 2008.