Mayor Hoskins and Loyal Council Members,
Problems with Farmington Foods’ odor and noise are very much present again.
As has happened in recent weeks, my house very early in the morning has been invaded with the awful smell of industrial burnt meat, sour cooking odor, and the buzz din of factory equipment. My front bedroom basically is unusable as a place for any house guest to use. The odor now is even permeating my rear bedroom with all the interior doors shut.
Apart from these afflictions, the night-time lighting from fixtures above truck docks has been awful. And at times the front windows of the 7431 Franklin buildings have no blinds shut with very bright interior lights on (dock lights got lots worse starting in 2024 with new, brighter bulbs). Lots of photos to document this.
Farmington Foods problems are not new.
I was prompted to send this email after seeing the Oct. 29 Forest Park Review article on the problems with the Crystal Car Wash. FPR has started covering serious problems that individual residents are having.
I perceive the Farmington Foods and the Crystal Car Wash problems arise from very bad zoning approval shenanigans and lack of code enforcement.
Who to call? Steve Glinke, the zoning director? Might as well call the man on the moon. Ryan Nero, the Commissioner for Public Safety? Waste of time. He would not tell me the name of the developer and project location that was really behind the recent push to change the residential zoning code.
How about Rory Hoskins? Is he a “pal” of Al LaValle, the owner of Farmington Foods? Maybe call the Forest Park Police? Did not do much good for folks near the Crystal Car Wash.
Maybe time to seek help from the feds or the state of Illinois.
Thomas Kovac
Forest Park