ST. CHARLES – The concerns residents expressed about the Lexington Club housing development didn’t fall on deaf ears, 1st Ward Alderman Jon Monken said.

He respects and understands the neighbors’ opinions, and he gives them kudos for sharing their thoughts with the city. But as an alderman, he said, he weighed their concerns against what was best for St. Charles as a whole and voted to approve the development.

Lexington Club will clean up a blighted former industrial site, an area Monken said he believes needs to be cleaned up.