Advisory
May 19, 2020 Coronavirus update from Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso
May 19, 2020 Coronavirus update from Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso 
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MAYOR GRASSO ON COVID-19 / CORONAVIRUS
Tuesday May 19, 2020
The Cure is US – Let US see this through.
Tuesday May 19, 2020
The Cure is US – Let US see this through.
Burr Ridge only had 11 net additional cases in the past fourteen days. Our senior care facilities remain well managed in terms of controlling outbreaks while experiencing no deaths among our general population. We have much to be proud of in our efforts to bend the curve.
I have directed Village staff to design outdoor seating areas for off-site consumption of meals from our restaurants to be implemented when the Northeast Region moves to Phase 3 - now projected to occur on May 29. We will designate seating areas with picnic tables, have music, plastic table coverings and utensils, outdoor fans, etc. All plans will be reviewed for health and safety by the Board of Health. Restaurants with existing outdoor seating areas may also be able to use them consistent with the Board of Health guidelines. We will strongly warn all over 65 to stay home - but not prohibit them for participating. It makes little sense to wait to Phase 4 for outdoor seating with take-out when we have been cooped up for over two months and the warm weather is upon us. Any restaurant can fail at any time - just as iconic Ditka's has in Chicago; it is important that we do all we can to support this critical industry.
At this time, the Governor says that the Northeast Region is moving towards Phase 3. While the numbers are moving targets at times, rounded off it appears that the Northeast Region is 18% positivity now, and under 20% for over 7 days. Chicago, as best that I can determine, is still at 20.8% and suburban Cook County is at 23%. Those two areas have combined for over 63,500 total cases today. Restore Illinois joined Cook County with eight additional suburban counties (DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will) to create the Northeast Region. The eight non-Cook Counties have reported just over 24,000 total cases through today. These counties serve as a counter weight to Cook Counties, reporting much lower positivity rates than Cook County. Ultimately, this means that Cook County will move to Phase 3 without ever meeting the 20% positivity benchmark – an outcome that may have been foreseen when the Governor created the Northeast Region. Otherwise, the suburbs would have opened already while Cook County would be delayed in reaching Phase 3 until mid-June. If Restore Illinois is based upon science, where is the science in allowing regions to move to more advanced Phases when the largest county by millions cannot prove it is healthy by the benchmarks fundamental to Restore Illinois? Would the state not have been better off if the suburbs and Cook County were separated, in both allowing healthy suburban counties to responsibly open as well as keeping apparently unsafe Cook County in Phase 2? Time will bear out whether the Governor’s premise was right, but I can say with confidence that most mayors – and Illinoisans - are skeptical at best.
Topaz is now open for carry out. Please patronize all our great restaurants for carry out and the shops that are open for curbside pickup. A list is on our web site (www.burr-ridge.gov).
I have directed Village staff to design outdoor seating areas for off-site consumption of meals from our restaurants to be implemented when the Northeast Region moves to Phase 3 - now projected to occur on May 29. We will designate seating areas with picnic tables, have music, plastic table coverings and utensils, outdoor fans, etc. All plans will be reviewed for health and safety by the Board of Health. Restaurants with existing outdoor seating areas may also be able to use them consistent with the Board of Health guidelines. We will strongly warn all over 65 to stay home - but not prohibit them for participating. It makes little sense to wait to Phase 4 for outdoor seating with take-out when we have been cooped up for over two months and the warm weather is upon us. Any restaurant can fail at any time - just as iconic Ditka's has in Chicago; it is important that we do all we can to support this critical industry.
At this time, the Governor says that the Northeast Region is moving towards Phase 3. While the numbers are moving targets at times, rounded off it appears that the Northeast Region is 18% positivity now, and under 20% for over 7 days. Chicago, as best that I can determine, is still at 20.8% and suburban Cook County is at 23%. Those two areas have combined for over 63,500 total cases today. Restore Illinois joined Cook County with eight additional suburban counties (DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will) to create the Northeast Region. The eight non-Cook Counties have reported just over 24,000 total cases through today. These counties serve as a counter weight to Cook Counties, reporting much lower positivity rates than Cook County. Ultimately, this means that Cook County will move to Phase 3 without ever meeting the 20% positivity benchmark – an outcome that may have been foreseen when the Governor created the Northeast Region. Otherwise, the suburbs would have opened already while Cook County would be delayed in reaching Phase 3 until mid-June. If Restore Illinois is based upon science, where is the science in allowing regions to move to more advanced Phases when the largest county by millions cannot prove it is healthy by the benchmarks fundamental to Restore Illinois? Would the state not have been better off if the suburbs and Cook County were separated, in both allowing healthy suburban counties to responsibly open as well as keeping apparently unsafe Cook County in Phase 2? Time will bear out whether the Governor’s premise was right, but I can say with confidence that most mayors – and Illinoisans - are skeptical at best.
Topaz is now open for carry out. Please patronize all our great restaurants for carry out and the shops that are open for curbside pickup. A list is on our web site (www.burr-ridge.gov).
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Village of Burr Ridge
7700 S County Line Rd
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
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