Public Works Minutes 1997 11-17-97 UNITED CITY OF YO KVILLE
`Committee Minutes - Iublic Works
Date of Meeting: November 17, 1997 Time: Convened: 6: 35 P.M.
Location• ill W. Fobs Street Time: Adj o, rned: 5 :07 P.M.
Attendees:
J.T. Johnson
Joe Wywrot
Tom Sowinski '
Larry Kot
Mayor Bob Johnson
Jeff Spang
Discussion:
1. ) Sidewalk Replac ment - 105 E. Washington` '- Our cost is : 531.
This is to be d ne next spring. Will be` :;paid his fiscal year.
Application say that it needs to go to ;C,'3W. Eot does not
understand why 't need to go through allithe c annels. .A3
lone_
as Committee ap roves it and the money i:icatio eanddmal►be Take
to COW. Discus the wording on the app
change. Take t e to COW also.
2. ) Revised Water C pitol Improvement Prograr - This revia;io:n
moves the north water tower up in the p1;iia and (moves c-ther
projects back necessary. The enginee:�:ing for the r:.ver
crossing will c ntinue until complete, then it will si•: on the
shelf until neeled. Wywrot will also gedt the easement.n. This
is contingent on the DCCA grant. Nannir'ga would like to show
the plan. One and one half of a million :dollar's from ':he DCCA
grant and one and one half of a million -dollar from I31,1aad.
Take to COW.
3. ) Sewer Rate Stu - The City is in the reiir about $8800 on
delinquent bills. We are making progress on collectir.:ir.. Spans:
was bothered b the size of the increase:: Current billing is
$12 every two months. The residents are: ;not getting anything
for the basic ate. So Wywrot and Spang: came P with she idea
of a flat rate of $16 every two months rued then charge: a cubic
rate fee if th user goes over 900 cubic;; feet. 1 So the resideril
would basicalll be getting 900 cubic fe6rt of water for the
monthly service charge. Then there wouJ::j alsolbe a $7.5 cap on
the cubic feet amounts. There are 11 us:�rs that woulei fall
under the $75 cap and they are all busiri��ssep,� I or ding 'tc City
people on the delinquent list are renters
ordinance, the landlord is responsible i ('.r the- water. Some of
the properties have been leaned. Then 1'ie landlords cl:t mad
and pay the water bill sometimes. Rat tf.inks ghat the larger
users should b put in line with all tbii i other users w ce:r a the',
should be. W rot recommends a usage rat.e. to be the :acme for
everyone and a cubic feet rate to be thE:i same or ever i►c:n.e. I'
would be very difficult to do it any otJi :r waI•i. This iric.rease
is to cover th additional improvementsia.nd ca.pital are
improvements t at we have not been able ' t:o fund. 2.3 ;ii.i lion
repairs that riled to be made above and be", nd the 2.3
dollars worth of repairs ifaneed are
beriti�:<<1. Take to COW for
discussion. -Table ther
dated l: �t. Zr T will h�
4. Road Repairs - Need to get an up
have a
sy
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new list at COW Street sign in Countryside w4s stolen,
5. ) Blackberry Creek North Subdivision Puncb.list - -Wywrot has askeel
Dan for his opi ion on the letter he received From Dal).as
Ingemunson. The p house is up not but the are trying tcj say
they did not know. They do not want to tse res-.onsible.
Waiting on Dan. Wywrot will contact him .again
Traffic- Engineering Services - Wywrot re:(:ommends havincl a
6. )
traffic engineer for the City. The CitNi :would require the
developer to pay the fees for a traffic .study impact. A
traffic study r s from $1,000 to $2,00(1,; Buct erm Wi1:Lis &
Ratliff did the traffic study for Sunflctwer Estates. J111 the
studies so far have been done on state h i.ghways. Wywr,)-t think:.
this is a good idea. Wywrot does not feel comfortable with
doing traffic studies. He doesn' t mind :reviewing them. He
would probably understand them better if: :he haq more t::aining.
We would have o do a reference of proposal. ayor Joi.inson
does not want to get involved in a situation 1+ke we did with
Pavia-Marting. J.T. feels this should boa backed 100 p-arcent b_-
the Council. ywrot would like everyones; to review and have
some feedback or the next meeting. Bri_ja.g back. Wywr•Dt will
schedule a pre entation for the next mewling.
7. ) Nicholson Prop rty - Property lines have- not r.een estZL01ished.
There is a fence on the south side. Olsc-n was supposes tc set
up lot lines. The whole west side is open. Maybe he Blso
needs to put u gates. He can't put up Enymoz'�e fence --intil
Olson get out there. "This is all tied ii- in c:aurt. Fis has
some plumbing Iroblems also. Nicholson , :�till owes the sewer
bill. Mayor ichnson thinks that anything we dol from hare- on
out should be one through the courts.
8. ) Yorkville Business Center/Acceptance of : Public: Improvements
This is the Business Center where F.E. Wheaton is locsltecl.
Wywrot recomm ds a bond for the road. ' ']'he pinnchlist is done.
It needs to go to City Council to be accppted. Wywro-c needs to talk with Dan i d Jeff. If everything Us ok like to {=girt.
9. ) Property
Code Standards - When there is' 4 viol tion o:f a
property code standard, what happens? .3pang i`I els that Tire nee i
to have a prop rty code officer. Detmer; is currently do it.
Spang thinks t at if Detmer is doing it. i.hat tie City should
offer him a stipend and a rebate on the: � ines.. This nay need
to go to Administration. Kot knows someone ti � t consistently
parks on their front lawn. It all the t::i.me rhey dor ' is use
the driveway. Spang thinks that if you: bring up vehicl-es that
you need to br ng up commercial vehicle-•. also .
Need to et updated list. Se+ number fr»ur
10. ) Street Lights 4
above.
11. ) Additional Fun is in MFT - We have fou d- lout t. at we hzLva not
ori
spent as much as anticipated o . .
suggest findin4 another street to spend :the mo ney on. 'a. with
figures we havla budgeted about $125,000:' Vork . f MFT fun with
only about $10,000 coming in. Anticipzited revenue coiae,„ fror
MFT, general find sales tax, etc. Wywrcat had added the traffic:
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signal on Rt. 3 and Fox Hill. Wywrot would 1 i�ke to star*:
putting money aide for that. In case I'Aot requires u:: to put
in the traffic ignal in the year 2000 than we will have 'the
money. The Citt has to pay 75 percent of that traffic :light.
Complete recons ructions are too big for: ;:3huse and Wyw3'ot to do
in house. We w uld need to hire a consulting girm. M<<yo:Cc
Johnson would 1 ke to tie Walnut Street :i:a wit:H the nev church.
This plan was a proved at the Last
Publ z c.
Work meeting .
feels that this is a working document and we should try to
stick to it. it is put out for the publ?k c to see. Spaag woulc
like to take plan to City Council to accept it1 Spang would
like to secure the fact the promises mace to the people: on
Walter and Ols
n Streets are actually g6ing to happen.
Sowinski has problems with accepting with some verb:Lage that
states this is working document and is' subject to ch;mge as
needed. Take COW to get a consensus :can accepting c•:: a
working docume
12. ) Spreader Purch se - This is for a salt .spreader. Cost is
$1,540. This oes -not include installatlion. T. said we can
install it our elves. He does not want ;•to go with the SDickne
John System. he Dickie John System is :Fine if you ax . g
highways. Wh in town the trucks are ga ing to slow,_ they duml
too much salt and then the computer goes: haywire. J.9. . said w-=
may need to pu chase some hydraulic hoses but ghat would be thq:
only added exp nse. Sowinski would like.- the quote for $1,540
in writing. I the Public Works employees are: in agre cement, go
ahead with pur hase. J.T. will need to :.---et Sa inski s
signature.
13. ) Radio Replacem nt - J.T. did not get bidE;. He: has allua.ys deal:
with CNR. Thelhave Motorola radios. J.T. would like to get
three radios ndw. The radios are for in: housE: with our hand.
Sowinski would still like to see some quotes. Right slow there
are three trucks without radios. Amount- is under $1,000.
Bring with quotes to COW. Mayor Johnson: would like J .T. to
check with NanlLinga on the budget.
14. ) 104 Park Street Storm Sewer Problem - U;prrot dPesn't :really
know what to d6 here. it is a low area'.. Mr. Woodcock is
asking for hel Every time it rains mare then one N31f inch
his garage floids. Mr. Woodcock has spent $2e1000 to 'tr-y to ge :
the water to drain some other way. Thera is �a6me typS of draii
in the back yard that backs up to his yaa:d. Ulywrot dcesn't
know if they are willing to give us the. nasemehts. WEtel-
drains in from Park Street. It is a nat.11ral (lrainage area.
Even if we wer3 to put in curb and gutte:: the Water wculc� stil L
probably drain there. Wywrot will talk' -co Mr. Woodcock. J.T.
will come up w th some ideas. Wywrot su+;gest construc.ting a
storm sewer al ng the east lot line of 1:04 Pak to the: existiri 3
sewer in the r ar yard of 103 E. Somonau:,t. V As woulc. require
an easement from that neighbor. Wywrot: Iaugge;�t doing this and
landscaping thla neighboring property an'd let 1.4r. Woodc:oc:s take
care of his o landscaping and fix his, ;.awn driveway. This ie
and would be a improvement for Park St:?;set• Cost woiLid be
d probax)ly help the n(
approximately $1,500. This woul :ig:hbor n
the east also. J.T. and Wywrot will talk to ': eison al)q•nt an
easement. Sowinski would like to see a;c:tual .ost.
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15. ) Additional Busi ess - Strategic Regional Arter'al study was
performed for I of District 1. The SRA"s are goadways proposed
to move large v lumen of traffic at high. speed. The study
recommends righ of ways and pavement widths, traffic -;ig:aal
location and ar as of restricted access.- Some I recommelLda-tions
made for Rt. 47 are two lanes in each direction, remov'.ng the
on street parki g from Hydraulic and Van: Emmon� Traff'.c
signals added Corneils Rd, Wheaton Ave, Amu�ol, KerjLad:y Rd,
Countryside Pk , Walnut St, Main St. and Greeribriar R.ciad.
Median cross-o rs would be allowed only ,at intersections with
public roads. rivate drives would be restricted to r:.ght
in/right out o ly. A few recommendations for t. 71 a::e two
lanes in each eirection. I
separated by a 1.i3 foot median.
Median cross-o ers would be allowed at i.nterseftions ur:ith
public roads. Private drives would be restricted to right
in/right out o ly. New traffic signals jocate� at Rt. 126 and
Country Hills Irive. The first panel meeting s sched-..zled for
November 20, 1 97. This is still a working document.
White Oaks Sidewalks - City has received: informal petition. W;
still need to receive a formal petition.,
Drainage Probl m, 119-125 W. Hydraulic 1itreet J Received a
request from M ers to help with a draina,g'e problem. Water jus•:
sits in his pa king lot. Wywrot sent a . lettex•Iback to Myers
requesting him to send a quote from a ca:c�tract:�r back to
Wywrot. It wo ld need to be presented tc, the City Council for
formal approval . Myers hired a contrac-ccir and already had the
work done. My rs is now requesting the ' 0;500. Sowinski urould
like to see a aid bill/receipt. He would li};e to hale a form
to fill to get the rebate also. Take toiCOW.
Minutes by: Mollie Anderson
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