Public Works Minutes 2005 12-05-05 I
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APPROVED 1 /9/06
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2005 7: 00 P.M.
City Hall Conference Room
PRESENT .
Alderman Joe Besco, Chairman Public Works Director Eric Dhuse
Alderman Dean Wolfer City Engineer Joe Wywrot
Larry Franklin, resident John Crois, City Administrator
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The meeting was called to order at 7 : 00 pm. by Chairman Joe Besco .
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Approval/Correction of Minutes : November 7, 2005 — The Minutes were approved.
Presentations :
None.
New Business
1 . PW 2005-28 Private Improvements in City Right-of-Way — Parkview put in curbs
along Center Street which caused problems . Curb cuts for drainage must be put in as
well as backfilling. It is thought that private improvements in the public right-of-way
should be discouraged. There could be liability issues . Brick Mailboxes, underground
lawn sprinklers, and curb ramps are things that homeowners have put there and could
cause problems in the future. Flowers could be put in as long as they do not interfere
with sight distance for passing drivers. Underground lawn sprinklers will not be fixed
or replaced if they are discovered during street or sewer or waterman repairs . The
steel plate curb ramps should be removed and the bill sent to the homeowner.
Mailboxes will only be replaced with a standard U S mailbox. Larry Franklin is a
homeowner on the corner of Spring and Liberty Street: He wants to be rid of the
gravel shoulder that was installed during the in town road program construction in
front of his yard. If the homeowner wants curbing, it should be approved by the city
and public works and should meet city standards . The whole block should want to put
in curbs for it to be done so there is not one house with curb, one house without, and
then another house with curb, etc. Larry Franklin has curb along the part of his
property on Spring and it could possibly be wrapped around the corner onto Liberty.
Code Enforcement should be done by someone at the city. Education about
improvements in the right-of-way will be put on the website and in newsletters in the
future. This will move on to COW for discussion.
2 . PW 2005-29 Water Department Report for September 2005 — This will move on
to COW.
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3 . PW 2005-30 Fountain Village — Earthwork Letter of Credit Expiration — This will
move on to COW.
There was further discussion about the curb issue and about road widths for barrier curbs.
Also an engineer would need to be hired to design the street to be able to put in a curb so
there would be no problems with the road and drainage. There was also discussion about
the curb on another side of the block that Parkview is on.
4 . PW 2005-31 State Street Water main — Change Order # 1 — This is a $0 Change I
Order that will delay construction until March 1St. The developer has asked that he
could recover his sub-contractor cost if it is higher because of the delay. This will
move on to COW.
5 . PW 2005-32 Route 47 Water main — Change Order #1 — This is for the Water
Tower on Galena Road. This is the final balancing Change order with a $ 356 .42
increase. This will move on to COW.
6 . PW 2005-33 Game Farm Road / Somonauk Street — Additional Phase 1
Engineering Agreement and MFT Appropriation Resolution — These will have to
be approved separately at COW. This is for work outside the original scope of service
that was required by the city, the school, and by IDOT. Construction will begin in
2008 and continue into 2009 and will be done in pieces to allow for continuous access
to the road. This will go on to COW.
7 . PW 2005-34 Parkway Tree Policy — This is for requests the city has been getting
from homeowners that want parkway trees removed that are healthy. The unwritten
policy has been that only dead, dying, or diseased trees will be allowed to be cut down
by the city or the homeowner. A policy will be drafted and come back to the Public
Works meeting in January.
8 . PW 2005-35 Public Works Space Needs — City Vehicles — Only people who reside
within a certain mileage from Yorkville would be allowed to take their vehicles
straight home from work temporarily. This is a taxable fringe benefit. This will go to
COW.
9 . PW 2005-36 Route 47 Improvements — IDOT has asked the city for a commitment
of approximately 1 . 7 million dollars . Some of the money can be recouped or cut
because of things like the sidewalk agreements with the properties along Rt. 47 . Also
things need to be considered like ornamental lighting in the downtown area, and brick
sidewalks in the downtown area. $300,000 - $400,000 should be put away each year
for this . This is eligible for MFT dollars if there is any. Tracy Pleckham will be asked
to provide a funding memo . This will go on to COW.
10 , PW 2005-37 Bruell Street Force main and Sanitary Sewers — Change Order
93 — This is the final balancing change order for the force main and the abandoning of
the Bruell Street Pump Station. This will go on to COW.
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1 . PW 2005-21 Provena Dryer Medical Center — Acceptance of Water main and
Sanitary Sewer — This item is removed from the agenda.
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Additional Business
Eric Dhuse said there was a sewer break at Van Emmon and Rt. 47 . There was a break
that was fixed 3 months ago and it broke 3 feet from where it had been fixed and filled a
building, so the city will be receiving a Service Master bill for the cleaning. There is no
manhole in this location. The patching was done by Aurora Blacktop .
Eric Dhuse also said the salt trucks were out and there were been 2 fender benders where
there was damage to the cars involved, but there was no damage to the city trucks .
The meeting was adjourned at 7 : 55 P .M.
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Minutes submitted by Laura Leppert
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