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Home My Public Portal About03-20-2000 Public Hearing (4)Plainfield Village Board of Trustees March 20, 2000 14 PLAINFIELD VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC HEARING DATE: MARCH 20, 2000 AT: VILLAGE HALL BOARD PRESENT: R. ROCK, R. SMOLICH, J. CHERRY, M. COLLINS, S. RATHBUN. O'CONNELL AND CALABRESE WERE ABSENT. OTHERS PRESENT: D, BENNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE T. L. BURGHARD, ADMINISTRATOR J. REGIS, ENGINEER S. JANIK, CLERK C. MINICK, FINANCE DIRECTOR J. DURBIN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT J. HARVEY, ATTORNEY A. PERSONS, PUBLIC WORKS L. VAUPEL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT J. TESTIN, VILLAGE PLANNER PLAINFIELD COMMUNITY PARK. Planner Testin told the Board that the applicant is requesting annexation to the Village of Plainfield for a parcel located on the north side of Renwick Road between Route 59 and River Road to the Village of Plainfield. R-1 zoning is requested. The applicant is the Plainfield Township Park District and the District proposes a community park on the site. Staff has identified some minor modifications to the agreement regarding timing and for clarification. Resident from the Old Gehrke resident' directly across from .the park, had a concern with regard that the level of the ground actually comes right level with my windows, and the soccer fields are right in front of my house. Gregg Bott from the Park District stated that they would be sensitive to the neighbors we will look at landscaping, buffering and/or screening where there are visual site lines from nearby residences. Ken Smith, Park District Commissioner, told the Board that they were also concerned about soccer balls being kicked across the road, and some discussion as to whether a 3-ft. high fence would be enough and some landscaping to help it. Terry Brummond, 1210 Renwick Rd, asked how wide the road would be? It will be an 80-ft. ROW that the Village will be looking at, and a 37-ft. roadway. There were no other public comments made. The Public Hearing was closed at 9:37 p.m. (--. SUrSAN JANIK, VII~AGE CLERK March 15, 2000 Riviera Estates Homeowners Association Richard A Rock, Village President Village of Plainfield 530 West Lockpon Street Plainfield, IL 6O544 Dear President Rock: We, the Riviera Estates Homeowners Association represent 25 parcels of property on the northern portion of the Village of Plainfield. As you are probably aware, we have represented ourselves to the planning commission and now, we appeal to you, the Village Boarct When we first contemplated buying homes in Plainfield, almost every homeowner sought the plans of the village regarding the properties to the north and to the west of where we eventually purchased our homes, We can do no less than rely on the written word of the village. That word was wrillen in the comprehensive plan of the village; wherein the village told us that these properties were to be zoned estate sized lots. With fltis representation, we all made major investments in homes valued on average, at $250,000.00 Some of our initial concerns regarding the proposal by the Pulte Company were in regards to street traffic. er man force thetr residents through our neighborhood to exit onto RI 59 to thc south. We are grateful to both Pultc and the Platttling Commission for their efforts to alleviate this worry. ~o0~ ne ,xt. f ,e~rs are..th.e,types of homes proposed adjacent to ours. While Pulte increa~d the:l°t ~z~in their me-roes unmemateiy north of our homes, we are still concerned about thc value of these home~. It would appear more reasonable to transition these homes, from homes of a value more closely resembling ;rs. bei..ng placed, adjacent ~_o~ur_neig~. bo,rhoo~, thru running north, to homes of lessor cost. Fimlly, acing me town homes on 12T" StreeL wl~ere thgy, ~ to the lfigher density, would allow enuy and e~ onto 127~ S~eet without ihcreasing vehicular traffic thr°ugh the other residential areas, those of Pulte, Riviera Estates and Golden Meadows. The value of the toWnhomes i~ also a problem with our association. With the inclusion of so much low cost housing~ Plainfield is going the way of Bol~k and Romeovilie. During the Planning Commission hearings, Commissioner Kachel expressed these same womes, though his comments were generally ignored when he stated that he would like to see townhomes of greater value. We are not, nor were we ever against development of a subdivision and commercial development of rite major intersections. We merely wish to safeguard our children and our home values. Thank you for your time, Paul J. Seller Presidem, Riviera Estates Homeovmers~ssociation Cc: James Testin, Village Planner.J Sefl~ey Durbin AICP, Community Development Dire~or .i~~r-20-O0 03:39pm From-K ' ' :':." :: RI3~1 ; JOLIET JNTEJ~I:L til~iCJl~, S.C. ~,~, : 815 744 ~ LLAGE OF PL NFIELD ~LL ~UN~'S OLDEST COMMUNI~ Id, l=d~ 10:(~1l:1r,1 1'5 8~n ~nlk November 12, 1996 24011W. 327th Street Plainfield, IL 60544 Dear Mr. Raibel; On behalf of the ~oard of Trustees, i= is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Village of Plainfield. Your Property was annexed to the Village of Plainfield on Nove_~ber 4, 1996. As an owner of recently annexed property, you have become an /*~port~nt Dart of our community. The Village is proud of its heritage in the Bast and eq~/ally p~oud of the ac=om~ltsh~ents of today. It is through our co~unlty pride that we are striving for a SUCCeSSfUl ~uture.-. · You have helped Plainfield in £ts effort to q=ow at & responsible and timely Dace while maintaining the unique characte~ of our ¢o~mtulity. We a~e con~ident that together ~he Village w~ll D=~sDer and continue as what we believ~ is the finest co~mun£ty in Will County. If yo~ have any ~uest~ons or concerns regarding community mat~ers, do not hesitate to contact me: Slncerely~.~. ~. Paterson Village President .,1400.~,OPrI'H DMSlON STI~E.~!'' · PLAINFIELD, It.L~NOI$ 60~44 - (815) 436-7093 · Fax ~16) 436-f 950 VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD WILL COUNTY'S OLDEST COMMUNFFY October 21, 1996 P. 03/03 John E. Peter$on Su~,an Janlk 'Mr. Francis Rcibcl 24011 W. 127 th Street Platnfi¢l~, IL 60144 Re: Colrun¢rolal Z~aing Dear Mr. Rdbcl: Per our conversation, this letter discusses comm~cial land use possibilities for your property. You had inquired about commercial zonin~ ai thc comer.of' 127th Street and Route $9, As discussed, the Village's Co~e Plan do=s not show Commemial land use on your property. However, eoramemiaI 'land u~s can I~ ~cloded as part ora Master Planned proj~L Futur~ d~velopets of your property, ran include commercial uses ~s part oi'a Planned Unit D~wvloIxn~L Appwv,~I co=iaJ ~ wo~Id bc oriented to serve ~ needs of the .clewlopmcut of the site, and should be designed to dearly be part o£ the Mast= Devclopracnt plan for the overall property, As di~ussed, the subdivision of small commercial loLs at ~he intcrs~'tion r, hat arc not incl~ecl ina PUD for the entir~ farm tract nor plarmCd {to b¢ in character) to serve the r~eeds o£the baiar~ at'thc cun~t farm land would not be =oasistent with the Village's Compreb,¢nsive Plan. trust this informatioll is useful, Should yen have any comments or questioas r~garding this man~ do not h~itat~ to contact mc. $inc~,r.~ly -- P. eter J. Wald6ok, AIeP ~ Devclopmmi and Zoning Direao'r President and Village Board of Truants I. Patrick McDonald, Village Admini~ator 23145 W. L~COLN HIGFRVAY - PLNNFIELO, ILLINOI~ 60544 , (815) a36-?093 · Fax (8151 4,36-1950