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Kendall Co. Plan Consortium Minutes 2007 07-19-07 Kendall County Planning Consortium Yorkville Library Thursday,July 19, 2007 In Attendance: Jason Bragg-Montgomery Iry Ochsenschlager- Sugar Grove Jim Eckert—Sugar Grove Terry Larson-Kendall County Anne Lucietto—Yorkville Mildred McNeal-James -Montgomery Charley Wunder-Yorkville Richard Scheffrahn-Yorkville Edith McDonald—Oswego Sandy Adams -Yorkville Glen Schiebel -Minooka David Deahl -Minooka Jim Brownlee-Minooka Dan Wittenterer- Minooka Valerie Burd-Yorkville Tom Lindblom-Yorkville Jeff Baker-Yorkville Jerry Dudgeon-Kendall County Tom Gilmour-Yorkville Rod Zenner- Oswego Jeff Freeman—EEI—Sugar Grove Ron Diederich-Yorkville Tom LeCuyer—Plano Michael Brown—Montgomery Dean Hummell—Big Rock Al Marben—Big Rock Lynn Dubajic—YEDC-Yorkville Chet Zmarzlmski, Plattville Delene Drew—Newark June McCord Judy Heim—Millbrook Margaret Knudson—Millbrook Larry Kachel—Plainfield Cliff Oleson—Plano Paul Sestak—Big Rock Gary Petersen—Big Rock Mark Engen—Aurora Bill Bergeron—Aurora Scott Gryder—Oswego Earl Corrigan—Minooka Jerry Friel—Plattville Sherry Underhill -Newark Beverly Horsley—Lisbon Wally Werderich—Yorkville Tony Scott- Kendall County Record Joe Plocher—Yorkville Elizabeth Langland—Plattville Scott Buening—Sugar Grove Mike Hammond- Brian Schillinger—Yorkville Brian LeClercq—Oswego Margie Bonuchi—Plainfield Jack Jones—Yorkville Heather Gillers—Beacon News Robyn Sutcliff—Yorkville Annette Williams—Yorkville Yorkville Plan Commission Chairman Anne Lucietto opened the meeting at about 7:15. She said she let everyone continue talking beyond the planned meeting start time, because the intent of the meeting was to encourage communication between plan commissions in Kendall County and regional planning groups. Fifty six people attended the meeting. She said it's important for the plan commissions to get together and communicate because Kendall County is the second fastest growing county in the country. Members from each of the plan commissions in each of the communities were placed in groups to discuss issues they believe are important to their communities, she said. Outlining the evening's agenda, Lucietto asked the groups to discuss those issues for about a half hour. Then, the groups would come together as a whole to determine what are the greatest issues facing the communities. In future meetings, those issues would be discussed. She also said she recently went to a Plano Plan Commission meeting and encouraged others to attend Plan Commission meetings from other communities. Lucietto then invited the groups to begin their discussions. The discussions lasted for about 45 minutes. The groups came together as one at about 8:10 p.m. Issues discussed in each of the small groups were written on easel paper and posted to the walls. Lucietto said there were more issues than she had anticipated. She then gave each plan commission member two dots to place on the topics they felt were the top two issues affecting their communities or regional planning group. Mayors and village presidents were not allowed to vote. The voting was as such: Boundary agreements 4 Landfills 6 Traffic/ congestion 8 Impact Fees no votes River/management stream 1 IDOT issues 1 Rail/Right of Way, Major Hwy. 1 Road funding 1 Bridges no votes Access major highways no votes Suburbia coordination 1 Storm water no votes Reg. & local water supply 2 Blending of communities I School funding 5 Support service, growth to serve growing population no votes Lack of interest of citizens 3 Comprehensive plans 1 Roads (Pr. Pkwy&Rts. 47/34/ 30) 5 Small town—control growth, school 2 Communities played against each other by developers 7 Village attorneys no votes Demographics—commercial vs. residential vs. downtown no votes Density 1 vote Maintain rural flavor/historic neighborhoods 8 Lot size I Bike paths 4 Open Space 1 Infrastructure 2 Those items with No votes were discussed in one of the small groups—but no plan commission(voting)members chose to vote on these items. After everyone had voted, the top issues were: Traffic/congestion—8, roads—5, and other road issues received individual votes. Maintaining rural flavor— 8 Communities played against each other by developers—7 Landfills—6 Lucietto said lumping the road and traffic issues together, traffic was the top concern. So, the topic of the first meeting to be held in September will be about traffic. Lucietto said she would work with Yorkville Community Development Director Travis Miller on developing an agenda for that meeting. In the meantime, she encouraged those present to bring forth any issues pertinent to that topic. She asked the plan commission members from communities in the county to put their meeting dates on the specified chart so that a second consortium meeting could be planned without conflicting with regularly scheduled plan commission meetings. A second meeting tentatively would be planned for November prior to Thanksgiving. The focus of that meeting will be on maintaining rural flavor and preserving historic buildings. The third main issue dealt with developers playing communities against each other. Lucietto said that topic would be addressed at a meeting to be held after the new year. Getting the list of top concerns and getting communities talking to each other were the main objectives, she said. Other issued discussed by the small groups included: lot size; infrastructure; roads (Prairie Parkway, Route 34, Route 30,Route 47); communities played against each other by developers; lack of interest by citizens; bike paths; open space; small town control, growth and schools; village attorneys; comprehensive plans; demographics—commercial versus residential versus downtown; density;regional and local water supply; blending of communities; sub-area coordination; stormwater; river/stream management; Illinois Department of Transportation issues;rail/row major highway; road funding; bridges; access to major highways; school funding; support services to support growing population; impact fees; traffic/congestion;boundary agreements; landfill(s); maintaining rural flavor; and preservation of historic sites. The meeting ended at 8:30 p.m. Minutes respectfully submitted by Dina Gipe