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New boundary agreement between Yorkville and Oswego lays out common rules for future annexations · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: New boundary agreement between Yorkville and Oswego lays out common
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  Speaker 1: rules for future annexations. Written by Joey Weslow, this article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. Foxbluff Vacation Cottage and RV Resort, formerly known
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  Speaker 1: as the Hideaway Lakes Campground, is at the center of
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  Speaker 1: a new boundary agreement between Yorkville and Oswego. The resort
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  Speaker 1: had been a sticky issue between the two municipalities regarding
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  Speaker 1: police services, planning, in water usage, described by Yorkville City
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  Speaker 1: staff as one of the primary outstanding issues that previously
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  Speaker 1: delayed a long term jurisdictional boundary agreement. The campsite was
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  Speaker 1: redeveloped by new property owner Lance Beach following his purchase
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  Speaker 1: of the site in December twenty twenty. Oswego voted to
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  Speaker 1: annex the resort in April twenty twenty two. The resort
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  Speaker 1: is located at eight forty five vanam And Road near
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Route seventy one. Yorkville is tentatively looking to schedule
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  Speaker 1: a public hearing on the proposed boundary agreement at the
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  Speaker 1: March tenth City Council meeting. A final vote by City
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  Speaker 1: Council is expected at the March twenty fourth meeting. To
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  Speaker 1: help with long term planning, growth management, and future annexation guidance,
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  Speaker 1: the two communities have maintained a boundary agreement since two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and one. That agreement expired in September twenty twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: The agreement gave guidance to potential overlapping future annexations and
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  Speaker 1: shared public services responsibilities within an overlapping planning jurisdiction range.
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  Speaker 1: Both communities set plans regarding properties within one point five
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  Speaker 1: miles of their municipal limits. Oswego approved the agreement terms
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  Speaker 1: and the revised boundary line on January sixth, with the
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  Speaker 1: resort clearly in Oswego's jurisdiction. Yorkville City staff said new
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  Speaker 1: clear outlines for responsibilities was needed because since the resort
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  Speaker 1: annexed to Oswego, the Yorkville Police Department has responded to
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  Speaker 1: four calls for service at the resort between April twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty three and December twenty twenty five. Yorkville's Community Development Director,
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  Speaker 1: Christy Barksale Nobles, said the new agreement must clarify primary
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  Speaker 1: police response responsibilities. She said the recent calls for service
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  Speaker 1: are demonstrating the continued practical need for cooperate response protocols.
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  Speaker 1: According to city documents, The new agreement also reflects the
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  Speaker 1: water supply coordination given the joint Lake Michigan water sourcing
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  Speaker 1: project by both municipalities. The project is set to bring
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  Speaker 1: Lake Michigan water to both communities by twenty twenty eight.
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  Speaker 1: The agreement also removes self termination zones that existed within
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  Speaker 1: the shared planning boundary between the two cities. Removal of
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  Speaker 1: these zones limits the ability for property owners to choose
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  Speaker 1: which city they wish to annex to if they so desire.
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  Speaker 1: These areas previously allowed landowners to petition for annexation to
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  Speaker 1: either municipality, which introduced long term uncertainty and the potential
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  Speaker 1: for annexation disputes. Barksdale Noble said, and city documents Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: has recently annexed several properties for future data centers and
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  Speaker 1: solar farm developments. Yorkville City staff said it supports the
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  Speaker 1: new agreement because it reduces annexation conflicts, supports orderly development,
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  Speaker 1: and promotes regional coordination. The new updated jurisdictional boundary agreement
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  Speaker 1: will expire February first, twenty forty two,