1) At the meeting I reported on the The River road progress. I have included that info here, as well the latest update information and attached the supporting documents covering the phase 2 plan. My thanks to Ald. Walsten for passing it on from Tim. Showing us he is watching out for the residents by keeping up on things.
The River road work is progressing ahead of schedule. This permits AT&T, ComEd and Nicor to complete their utility relocation work for the southbound lanes during the coming months. Midwest Gaming has approved an accelerated construction roadwork schedule at their cost moving the completion dates to July 1, 2011.
Phase II of Des Plaines River Road Reconstruction (Rand to Touhy) project, we recently completed review of the 65% complete plans submitted by IDOT. In summary, most of our comments concern grading (elevations and slopes) for the new pavement to assure that our local drainage is accommodated. In addition, we want IDOT to minimize the amount of right-of-way that they acquire from adjacent property owners. This right-of-way is primarily at the signalized intersections where the pavement will be widened to add lanes or improve the turning radii at the intersection corners. Most likely, construction would start in 2012. The schedule is dependent on completion of the plans, securing the right-of-way, and getting utility conflicts
Phase II of Des Plaines River Road Reconstruction (Rand to Touhy) project, we recently completed review of the 65% complete plans submitted by IDOT. In summary, most of our comments concern grading (elevations and slopes) for the new pavement to assure that our local drainage is accommodated. In addition, we want IDOT to minimize the amount of right-of-way that they acquire from adjacent property owners. This right-of-way is primarily at the signalized intersections where the pavement will be widened to add lanes or improve the turning radii at the intersection corners. Most likely, construction would start in 2012. The schedule is dependent on completion of the plans, securing the right-of-way, and getting utility conflicts
resolved by the utility companies.
UPDATE INFORMATION - Jan 6th, 2011.
information on the Fargo Area Storm Sewer is attached. With reference to the Exhibit, the proposed 60” diameter storm sewer along Des Plaines River Road will be constructed in connection with IDOT’s Des Plaines River Road Reconstruction, Phase II improvement. Projected construction date is late 2011 or early 2012. Extension of the storm sewer along Fargo Avenue (48” diameter) and Jarvis (extended, 36” diameter) would occur at the end of the Storm Water Master Plan program in 2013 (unless additional funds can be secured earlier).
A copy of the IDOT plans in this area is also attached and shows the proposed 60” diameter storm sewer. In addition to the drainage improvements, the elevation of the new road will be approximately 3’ higher in elevation to serve as a flood barrier from the river.
Please contact Timothy Oakley if you have any questions on this information.
information on the Fargo Area Storm Sewer is attached. With reference to the Exhibit, the proposed 60” diameter storm sewer along Des Plaines River Road will be constructed in connection with IDOT’s Des Plaines River Road Reconstruction, Phase II improvement. Projected construction date is late 2011 or early 2012. Extension of the storm sewer along Fargo Avenue (48” diameter) and Jarvis (extended, 36” diameter) would occur at the end of the Storm Water Master Plan program in 2013 (unless additional funds can be secured earlier).
A copy of the IDOT plans in this area is also attached and shows the proposed 60” diameter storm sewer. In addition to the drainage improvements, the elevation of the new road will be approximately 3’ higher in elevation to serve as a flood barrier from the river.
Please contact Timothy Oakley if you have any questions on this information.
2) Again it was brought up that just Who is the watch dog for Des Plianes and it's resident when dealing with with local, state, and federal agencies? Our past mayor was ready to start a lawsuit against Levee 37 and it always changing specs like lack of water retention storage, flood gaps, etc.. To answer these and many other questions Mike will try to get get both Tim Oakley the city engineer and Marty Molan our mayor to attend the next meeting. We suggest that if you have questions please submit them to Mike mike@bestclients.com or myself gwiorek@aol.com so we can ask them at the meeting. This way we can focus on each question, manage the meeting time better and perhaps cover more ground. In fact if we give Marty and Tim the questions ahead of time they can be better prepared to answer them. It also keep down the "I have to check into it" responses.
3) It was decided not take any action concerning The Methodist Camp's flood program. It would be a strain on our resources to fight it as the Campground has for years now been fighting for their historical designation and spent a year working towards getting the basic grant. Also their building elevation grant is on hold pending replacement of the campground water system (at their cost) to assure proper fire flows. while plans from the association's engineer on the water project are nearly completed it still could be months before they actually get the grant money. I will do my best to keep tabs on the project and also will try to learn from them how they got the grant from IEMA to we can use that knowledge to apply for grants ourselves.
4) Heritage Park - Levee 37 water storage area. There is a huge difference between the prior proposed 2.6 million AC-FT of storage to cover levee 37 and the concept plan's 151 AC-FT of storage. Nor does the concept plan cover how they plan to get the water from the levee 37 gaps to there. Kind of looks like again they stuck it to us and did nothing but set up to cover overflow from Buffalo Creek. This is the biggest issue we face as a group.
5) We will not be doing any group property tax appeal because of the amount of work involved for the few interested parties. Still it is urged that you appeal yourself. We have members who had property tax increase on homes they still can not live in.
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