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Public Works Minutes 1994 11-28-94 IV UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE COMMITTEE MINUTES - Public Works DATE OF MEETING: Nov. 28, 1994 ATTENDEES LOCATION: City Hall ELECTED OFFICIALS Art Prochaska PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED: Yes Jim Stafford TIME CONVENED: 620 P.M. OTHERS: Jim Nanninga J. T. Johnson Bill Shmanski TIME ADJOURNED: 8:35 P.M. Bob Smith Jeff Spang DISCUSSION: 1. Stop sign at Elizabeth St. Main St.. Rt. 47 intersection. Bob Smith of Pavia and Marting has inspected the intersection. He says a stop sign on Main St. is warranted due to the configuration of the intersection. The yield sign would be removed from Elizabeth St. Bob will provide the city with the warrant in writing by the Committee of the Whole meeting on Dec.8, 1994. 2. New Public Works Truck Jim Stafford took the state specs. for new a truck to Coffman GMC to get quote. Jim Nanninga will call them tomorrow to answer some questions the people at Coffman had. J. T. says the State of Illinois will be ordering new trucks in December and Yorkville could possibly put an order in with the state's thereby getting the state's price. J.T. will check further. Jim Stafford,Jim Nanninga,and J. T. will have more information to present at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Dec.8, 1994. Currently there is$55,000 in Jim Nanninga's revised budget for this. 3. Prairie Park Light J. T. says there is no money left in the parks budget to use for the connection of the light. Art Prochaska reported that the Recreation Board wanted to wait and see what the cost of having Com Ed place a new pedestal and running cable to the light would cost. J. T. suggested that cost could be as much as$3,000 or more whereas connecting the light into the street light across the intersection at Park St. and Freemont St. would run about$1,000. J. T. also mentioned that a weather proof receptacle could be mounted on or near the light for very little additional cost. 4. Traffic Study Bob Smith asked if there had been any additional corrections since the presentation. He asked that an exact date for any final corrections to be given to him. Some of the current corrections and clarifications were discussed. Dec. 6, 1994 was decided to be the last day to get any corrections to Jim Nanninga. Bob Smith felt he could have the revised final report completed by the public works committee meeting scheduled for Dec. 19, 1994. Art Prochaska asked about getting some alternate solutions for some of the intersections and for speed control. Bob Smith suggested that the first thing to do is to use enforcement and education. He said that if those prove to be ineffective then the city could look at various physical solutions. 5. Snow Plow Quotes J. T. has 2 quotes. Each quote is for 3 plows,(2) 11'x 42"high and (1) 10'x 42"high. Both quotes$10,460 and$10,373 are over the$9,000 budgeted, however the prices do not include trading in our old plows. J. T. is waiting for one more bid. Committee members present recommend he get the third bid, see what the quotes would be with trade-ins,and bring a recommendation to the Committee of the Whole on Dec.8, 1994. r Page 2 6. County- a L2 Jim Nanninga asked to table to future Public Works Meeting 7. Qarbaue Surcharee Jim Nanninga asked to table to future Public Works Meeting 8. Entry Sign Easement Jim Nanninga reported that the city will receive a 25'x 25'triangle easement at the corner of Rt. 34 and Eldemain Rd. for the new entry sign. Jim reported that Resource Development will provide the plat drawing of the easement. 9. Tom Hu s-3 year Jim Nanninga reported that Tom Hughes has agreed to pay off the recapture fees for his property south of the Shell Station over a 3 year period with interest unless the property is developed. If the property is developed during the 3 year period,the total recapture fees will be due in full. Jim is getting the letter of agreement ready. 10. Fox Industrial En 'ne ring Bill Schmanski reported that the cost of preliminary engineering for the Fox Industrial Park would be a cost not to exceed$1500. He said the work would take about a week and would include 3 concepts. Jim Nanninga says there is money in the revised budget under engineering. Jim noted that if the project continues, this amount could be absorbed into the total project. Art suggested that because this is being identified as a special project, the cost also be identified separately from other engineering costs. This will be taken to Committee of the Whole on Dec.8, 1994. 11. Van Emmon Rd Jim Nanninga reported that he has given the file for the vacation of a portion of the right-away for west Van Emmon Rd. to Dan Kramer for legal review. J. T. will keep in contact with Dan to try to have some information by the Committee of the Whole on Dec.8, 1994. 12. Citizen Postcards Jim Nanninga asked to table until next Public Works Meeting. 13. Parking west)f Bridge St. Jim Nanninga reported that he has been in contact with Ameritech about using some of their property for parking. Jim says they seem to be agreeable and he is working on a layout. The possibility of having a lighted walk-way from near the parking area on the Ameritech property to an existing parking area on Main St. was also discussed. Jim will have more information by the next Public Works Committee meeting. 14. East Side Downtown Alley Reviewed old layouts for parking in alley east of Rt. 47. The need to replace the existing sanitary sewer as well as possibly laying tiles and covering the present drainage ditch was discussed. J. T. says he thought when the city looked into this a number of years ago the cost for the sewer replacement and covering of the ditch was about$37,000. Art Prochaska stated that because much of the area is still private property,the property owners would have to also be involved in any upgrade to the area. Jim Nanninga suggested that this may be a project that the Downtown Redevelopment Committee could work on. Jim will contact the committee. 15. Com Ed Street Lights J. T. reported that hopefully all street lights awaiting hook-up by Corn Ed would be completed by Friday Dec. 2, 1994. This includes those in Countryside, in the Woodworth subdivision, and the one at Somonauk St. and Liberty St. He said he plans to have the pole up for the street light at Park St. and Liberty St. also by Friday,although he was not sure that the light would be connected by then. Y Page 3 16. (Additional) Park Rules Ordinance Discussed the need for a form to obtain city permission for activities or special uses in park areas. Art Prochaska suggested that the form be kept simple and be set up so it could be circulated to department heads for recommended approval or non approval. It was recommended that the final decision for permission be given by the City Council. Jim Nanninga will have a draft form by the Committee of the Whole on Dec.8, 1994. 17. (Additional) L000s for signal at Somonauk&Rt 47 J. T. is talking to IDOT about getting the loops for the signal at Somonauk&Rt.47 reconnected yet this year. J. T. is getting a price from Aldridge Electric to take to IDOT.