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APPROVED 1/22/15
PLAN COUNCIL
Thursday, November 20, 2014
9:00 a.m.
Yorkville City Hall Conference Room
800 Game Farm Road, Yorkville, IL 60560
Attendees:
Krysti Barksdale-Noble - United City of Yorkville
Peter Ratos – United City of Yorkville
Chris Heinen – United City of Yorkville
Brad Sanderson – Engineering Enterprises, Inc.
Jessica Briney – Attorney for Yorkville Middle School (Mickey, Wilson, Weiler, Renzi & Andersson, P.C.)
Mike Torres – Bristol Kendall Fire Department
Timothy V. Evans – United City of Yorkville
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Krysti Noble.
The minutes from the April 10, 2014 meeting were approved as submitted.
PC 2014-18 Yorkville School District (Wind Turbine): Ms. Noble turned the meeting over to Mr.
Sanderson. He opened the meeting up to comments and Mr. Torrence questioned maintenance as a rather high
priority (for rescue purposes). Ms. Noble said that would be addressed prior to Plan Commission and she would
provide a written comment. Mr. Ratos said everything preliminary looked alright – upon building they would
need more details – but the preliminary design looked okay.
Ms. Noble said Community Development will be addressing this as part of the “New Ordinance,” which will
(hopefully) be in place before this hits City Council; and she will be going over general comments briefly. The
main comment brought up by engineering was the need to know the exact height of the structure. The report
ranges from 70’ all the way up to 90’. Having the exact height will determine what the set-back is. There was a
comment in the report that if it does go up to 90’, it would have to have a 99’ set-back which cannot be
accommodated so a variance would be needed. She did not know if the State would support the variance from
their standpoint, but the City has the same set-back standards and the City would not support a variance because
it’s a new ordinance and there is enough room if you were to go to a smaller tower. The tower would have to
drop down approximately 10’ (80’ or lower) to accommodate a 90’ set-back.
Ms. Noble continued that there were some standards she highlighted; there’s no indication if there’s going to be
any sign on the actual unit. The City does not allow any commercial advertising, but they do allow one sign to
indicate the emergency contact information of the property owner or operator with a maximum sign area of 2
square feet.
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She asked if the utility service provider had been contacted. Ms. Briney didn’t know and said she would
definitely follow up with the school on that. Contact must be made prior to issuance of the building permit.
Ms. Noble said there is a safety component – they need to be provided with more specific information because
they have to have mechanical brakes and preventative controls that were not seen in the packet.
Ms. Noble did not think there would be an issue with Shadow Flicker due to the distance from residential areas.
There was no detail given on the actual color of the tower to assure it was a non-reflective color. Most
importantly, there was no indication of what the dB level of noise would be; it shall not exceed fifty-five (55)
dBA or less.
Ms. Noble said that summed up her comments and asked Ms. Briney if she had any comments or questions.
She did not but asked what the next step was. Ms. Noble said it goes to Economic Development committee and
she would prepare a memo informing them of the upcoming project. EDC is a smaller sector of the City
Council. Ms. Briney inquired as to how they respond to the comments and Ms. Noble asked her to respond to
her in writing before the next Plan Commission meeting (January 14, 2015).
With that, Ms. Noble adjourned the meeting at 9:07am.
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Bonnie Olsem
Administrative Secretary