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Yorkville’s Grande Reserve subdivision expanding, adding 154 townhomes · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville's Grande Reserve subdivision expanding, adding one hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 1: four town homes. Written by Joey Weslow. This article is
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  Speaker 1: The Grande Reserve Subdivision in Yorkville is about to get
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  Speaker 1: a lot bigger. While the city acknowledged that plans have
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  Speaker 1: angered some residents concerned with housing and traffic density in
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  Speaker 1: the past, the city said the build out was approved
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  Speaker 1: many years ago. The City Council approved a final platt
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  Speaker 1: for one hundred and fifty four new townhomes on twenty
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  Speaker 1: acre site in the subdivision. A total of seventy six
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  Speaker 1: town homes are on Unit ten billion and seventy eight
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  Speaker 1: townhomes on Unit eleven billion. The petitioner, Tom Schofield, on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of Rosslane Development LLC, submitted the final PLAT for
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  Speaker 1: the site, located east of Kennedy Road and south of
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  Speaker 1: the BNSF Railroad in Yorkville. City staff said the preliminary
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  Speaker 1: plat was approved more than twenty years ago. In August
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  Speaker 1: two thousand and three, City Administrator bart Olsen said the
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  Speaker 1: city could get sued if it backed out of the
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  Speaker 1: agreement that was approved by a previous city council and
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  Speaker 1: included in the approved annexation agreement. Alderman Craig Soling emphasized
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  Speaker 1: that point. I understand some of the people are upset
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  Speaker 1: with city councils for the developments goings on. Soling said
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  Speaker 1: during the June twenty third City Council meeting, I would
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  Speaker 1: like to reiterate that some of that is out of
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  Speaker 1: our control. This was approved well before any of us
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  Speaker 1: were on council. City staff said this build out will
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  Speaker 1: conclude the development of this site right now. Construction on
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  Speaker 1: the first phase of the overall project began months ago.
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  Speaker 1: Alderman Chris Funkhauser abstained, while all other aldermen voted to
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  Speaker 1: approve the final plat. According to city documents, the build
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  Speaker 1: out plans were reviewed by the city's engineering consultant and
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  Speaker 1: found to be acceptable of city standards. Roadway expansion. To
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  Speaker 1: accommodate the rapidly growing subdivision, the city is expanding Kennedy Road,
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  Speaker 1: including cutting down up to one three two zero zero
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  Speaker 1: year old oak trees along the BlackBerry Oaks golf course.
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  Speaker 1: The city said it previously looked into shifting the roadway
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  Speaker 1: east towards the Grande Reserve subdivision and away from the
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  Speaker 1: golf course, but determined it would add too many costs
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  Speaker 1: because of relocating utility lines. The expansion project includes widening
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  Speaker 1: the pavement and adding turn lanes to improve the intersection
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  Speaker 1: at Freedom Trail. It is designed to accommodate the area's
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  Speaker 1: increasing traffic flow due to the growth in Grande Reserve.
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  Speaker 1: The project to expand that Kennedy Road and Freedom Trail
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  Speaker 1: intersection was initially estimated to cost about one million dollars.
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  Speaker 1: The project currently is slated to begin in construction next summer.
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  Speaker 1: The Grande Reserve subdivision is divided into several different neighborhoods.
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  Speaker 1: Several property units within the subdivision are eyed for possible
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  Speaker 1: future residential development. The subdivision contains an aquatic center and
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  Speaker 1: Grande Reserve Elementary School. The Yorkville School District one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifteen recently built a temporary outdoor classroom structure to
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  Speaker 1: house overflow students at Grande Reserve Elementary School and two
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  Speaker 1: other area schools. In total, the three structures cost three
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  Speaker 1: point nine million dollars. During city meetings, school district staff
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  Speaker 1: voiced opposition to any new residential developments because of its
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  Speaker 1: growing enrollment and space needs.