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Yorkville again pushes back vote on data center near Caledonia subdivision · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville again pushes back vote on data center near Caledonia subdivision.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Joey Weslow. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The next
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  Speaker 1: data center proposal in Yorkville has been tabled for another
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  Speaker 1: few weeks. The City Council will not be taking a
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  Speaker 1: vote on the Dacre Meyer data center proposed near the
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  Speaker 1: Caledonia subdivision. At its April fourteenth meeting, the developers Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: Nexus VLLC Greendor Capital requested the vote be tabled to
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  Speaker 1: the April twenty eighth meeting. According to the city what
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  Speaker 1: changes have been made near Caledonia. The rezoning vote and
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  Speaker 1: the development agreement vote were previously on the agenda for
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  Speaker 1: the March twenty fourth meeting, but the City Council tabled
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  Speaker 1: the decision. During that meeting, residents spoke out for several
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  Speaker 1: hours against data center projects in town, including the Meyer
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  Speaker 1: data Center, with one resident saying nobody wants to live
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  Speaker 1: in data center row. Residents from Caledonia expressed concerns with
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  Speaker 1: possible sound, light, and environmental pollution in addition to the
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  Speaker 1: warehouses being so close to their homes. Residents also spoke
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  Speaker 1: out against the five hundred and forty acre Project Steel
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  Speaker 1: data center with sixteen to two story warehouses. Project Steel
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  Speaker 1: was approved by the city during the March twenty fourth meeting.
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  Speaker 1: Resident Lori Tesco, who lives on Corneill's Road, said she
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  Speaker 1: was concerned about the ten minus twenty years of construction
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  Speaker 1: and the increase in pollution and traffic data centers will
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  Speaker 1: cause in the area. The strong public opposition, especially from
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  Speaker 1: residents of the Caledonia subdivision, contributed to the city's Planning
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  Speaker 1: and Zoning Commission unanimously rejecting the proposal on jan fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: The developers have since made large changes to the proposal,
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  Speaker 1: saying we have listened to city and staff, we have
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  Speaker 1: listened to resident. The changes included leading a thirty seven
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  Speaker 1: acre parcel east of the rob Roy Creek stretching to
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  Speaker 1: the Caledonia zoned for multi family residents and donated to
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  Speaker 1: the city. The developers also downsize the middle forty acre
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  Speaker 1: parcel to single story warehouses. The developers said an eight
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  Speaker 1: foot landscape burm with trees will shield the campus from
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  Speaker 1: nearby residents. Residents said it would take decades for the
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  Speaker 1: trees to grow tall enough to serve this purpose. The
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  Speaker 1: project's site is south of Corneil's Road and east of
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  Speaker 1: Beecher Road. The developers are requesting to rezone two western
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  Speaker 1: parcels totaling ninety one acres to manufacturing for data center use.
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  Speaker 1: Within the site plans is a one thousand, five hundred
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  Speaker 1: foot setback to the nearest residential structure in Caledonia and
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  Speaker 1: an agreement not to develop east of Robroy Creek. Included
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  Speaker 1: in the Meyer Data Center plans, the developers have committed
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  Speaker 1: to a ten million dollar impact fee for the eighty
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  Speaker 1: acres of development. The developers have agreed to pay a
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  Speaker 1: non refundable pre payment of one million dollars at the
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  Speaker 1: recording of the proposed rezoning, according to city documents. Similar
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  Speaker 1: agreements were approved by the city with the developers of
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  Speaker 1: Project Steel and separately, the one thousand and thirty four
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  Speaker 1: acre Project Cardinal Data Center. City administrator bart Olsen previously
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  Speaker 1: said the money is being sent by the city to
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  Speaker 1: the Yorkville School District one hundred and fifteen for expanded facilities,
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  Speaker 1: the fire District, city projects, and charitable community organizations. During
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  Speaker 1: the meeting, Sean Reynolds of Greendoor Capital said a PUD
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  Speaker 1: would be submitted at a later date after an end
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  Speaker 1: user is found. The petitioner is Matt Gilbert, who is
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  Speaker 1: representing Greendoor Capital with other data center projects in town,
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  Speaker 1: like the already approved two hundred and twenty eight acres
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  Speaker 1: Cyrus One data center with nine two story warehouses, protest planned.
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  Speaker 1: Several residents who have spoken out against the three thousand
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  Speaker 1: acres of planned data center development have organized a public protest.
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  Speaker 1: The Say No To Data Center's event is from twelve
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  Speaker 1: Mnist two pm on Saturday at town Square Park, Yorkville.
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  Speaker 1: Organizers of the event posted the message save our town,
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  Speaker 1: save our heir, Unite in the fight, Join in the
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  Speaker 1: protest