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Public Works Minutes 2004 12-27-04 Page 1 of 3 APPROVED 1/24/05 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2004 7: 00 P.M. City Hall Conference Room PRESENT: Mayor Art Prochaska Public Works Director Eric Dhuse Alderman Joe Besco City Engineer Joe Wywrot Alderwoman Valerie Burd The meeting was called to order at 7 : 05 p.m. by Chairman Joe Besco . i Approval/Correction of Minutes : November 22, 2004 Tabled until January i Presentations None, New Business 1 . Rob Roy Creek Interceptor Contract #1 — Change Order #1 This is a $0 . 00 change order with a 60 day time extension. The work will be done in time for the PNA camp ' s requirements. Committee has no recommendation, this will move forward to January 4" C.O .W. 2. Aux Sable Creek — 100 Year Storm Release Rate and Modification of 2 and 25 Year Release Rates The city of Joliet had a consultant look at the flood study and decided it needed to be updated. The consultant recommended that the 100 year rate be reduced to 0. 10. They are not recommending any changes to the 2 year or 25 year rates. There was discussion about getting another consultant company to see if they agree with the first company. Then there was discussion about whether or not the county would do a study and what their thoughts would be about reducing the 100 year rate. This was tabled until the January Public Works Committee Meeting. 3. IDOT Highway Permit — Prairie Meadows Subdivision This is about revising the use of the street light controllers. The revision would abandon the controller at Kennedy Road and Rt. 47. Menards is willing to do the work on this. There is no fee for obtaining the permit ; it just requires a resolution to be passed. The Committee has no recommendation, the resolution and the permit will move forward to January 4t" C. O.W. 4. Plat of Vacation for 514 W. Washington This property was recently sold and the survey showed that the house was built partially on a city utility Page 2 of 3 easement. Since there are no utilities on the easement the city should consider abandoning the part of the easement that lies beneath the house. 5. Acceptance of Subdivision Improvements for Heartland Units 1 , 2, &3 This will be sent to a future C. O. W when the punch list is complete. 6. Faxon Road Extension — IDOT Approval The council awarded a contract with EEI to design the extension and the motion said to use motor fuel tax funds for this. Joe Wywrot asked IDOT to approve this project as a NTT project. After IDOT approves this it needs to come back in January to appropriate fuel tax funds for the design. 7. Engineering Agreement for West Branch Rob Roy Creek Interceptor This is a design contract to design the West Spur of 24 inch sewer that branches off at Corneils Road and heads West, and heads North towards the Aurora Blacktop plant. This project is estimated to cost $200,000. Ocean Atlantic is willing to front fund the project. The committee has no recommendation, this will move to the January 4`h C.O.W. 8. Well #7 Well house & Treatment Facility — Change Order #5 This is a catch all change order. Some of the work will not be done because of the coordination issues. It will have a reduction in cost of $29,000. This money will need to be spent in the spring, when the work will need to be done. The committee has no recommendation. This will move forward to the January 4th C. O.W. 9. Fox Highlands Subdivision — Bond Reduction #2 This is an $860,000 reduction. The committee has no recommendation. This will move forward to the January 4th C.O . W. for approval. 10. Fox Hill Unit 7 — Letters of Credit Reduction #1 There are 2 letters of credit, one for Earthwork and one for the the Balance of the Public f Infrastructure. The reduction is evening things out and making sure the money is where it should be for all the individual construction categories. The committee has no recommendation. This will move on to January 4th C. O. W. 11 . Windett Ridge Subdivision — Onsite Work Bond Reduction #2 Part of the work is funded by the SSA. $278,937.20 is the reduction amount. $650,000 remains. The committee has no recommendation. This will move on to the January 4th C. O . W. 12. Proposed Tree Trimming Policy Eric Dhuse obtained written policies from surrounding towns, and will use them as a model to write a policy for Yorkville. This will give direction to the tree trimmers about when it is necessary to talk to homeowner first, and how much should be trimmed. This will come back to the January Public Works meeting. 13. Well #8 & #9 Treatment Facility — Change Order #2 There is nothing to be done about this at this time. It will be removed from the agenda, and brought back at a later date. 14. 9227 Kennedy Citizen Request The homeowner had a concern about the extension of McHugh Road lining up with his house and light from the cars shining in his daughter' s bedroom windows. He requested screening from i i Page 3 of 3 I I this. It was discussed, and McHugh Road will be to the West of his property and it was felt that if the city bought him trees that they would have to buy trees for every corner lot in town. They already have a landscape burm. This issue was discussed and no action will be taken and it is not being sent on to C. O. W. 15. Wynstone Project Request to Connect to Walnut Street The issue is j brought up mainly for emergency access. There was discussion about where the access should be made and whether it should be emergency only or an open road. It was felt that the subdivision needed 2 full entrances, and the most logical one would be to connect to Walnut Street. For now this issue is just a F. Y.I. It will be brought up at another meeting in the future. Old Business 1 . In — Town Road Program — Add Hydraulic Avenue The committee would like to add all of Hydraulic Ave. to this contract. This contract does not include the water main, so it would need a supplemental agreement. The city has not been able to get the easement agreements from homeowners to be able to improve the water flow for this neighborhood. A letter should be sent out, or there should be a neighborhood meeting informing the residents that their water flow and water quality will not improve due to the fact that the city is not able to obtain the easements needed to fix the problem. This should be sent on the the January 18th C. O . W. and revised to include the water main, instead of getting a supplemental agreement. Art Prochaska said he would like to see the sidewalk on Hydraulic completed before 2006 because it is used by many people to go to the park, and in the condition it is in they are walking in the street. Valerie Burd asked if there is sidewalk that you are able to park on. Because it is such a narrow street, parking is an issue and some of the businesses have trucks park on the sidewalk. Additional Business Alderwoman Valerie Burd asked about the driveway at Fox Mill Landing. She wanted to know if the vacant lot to the East of the factory, North to Mill Street was for a storm water retention easement. Also she heard that Oakbrook Bank pulled out because of the median on Rt. 34. They wanted full access to Rt. 34, and due to the widening of 34, that intersection will not permit them to have full access. The state already told them no . The contact at the Bank said since they have so much going on right now, they have put this on the back burner. Art Prochaska Brought up as a F.Y.I . that IDOT is looking to re-align Rt. 126 to make a 90 degree angle intersection at Rt. 71 . The meeting was adjourned at 8 :20 P.M. Minutes by Laura Leppert II