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Yorkville approves annexing, rezoning 106 acres for proposed new school · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville proves annexing rezoning one hundred and six acres for
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  proposed new school that i'd written by Joey Weslow. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlett. While voters will decide in March on
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  funding for a proposed new Yorkville School District one to
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  fifteen school, the one oh six acre property needed for
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  it has been annexed and rezoned by the City of
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  Yorkville setult otforts well forward of debt. The City Council
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  on February eleventh passed all measures needed for School District
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  one to fifteen to continue developing plans for the property,
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  west of the current high school campus and north of
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  River Road. A full plan for the site will not
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  be submitted to the city until after the outcome of
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  the vote on the school district's two hundred and seventy
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  five million dollar referendum in the March seventeenth primary election.
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  A public hearing was previously held during the Planning and
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  Zoning Commission meeting on January fourteenth. During a previous city
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  Council meeting, some residents voice concerns about the plans encroaching
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  on the area near River Road, the amount of access
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  points and roads, given the influx of new traffic and
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  the impact on stormwater drainage on the surrounding properties. During
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  the meeting, Heather di Verde, the school district's executive director
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  of Facility Operations, said the district foresees minimum impact along
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  River Road. She said the district has no plans to
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  put a road through the property from the north end
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  to the south end near River Road. Di Verde said
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  the access road the district will be putting in will
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  be coming from US Route thirty four on Beecher Road.
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  The school district is having meetings with the Rush Copley
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  Healthcare Center, located just off Route thirty four in Beecher Road,
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  on potentially using some of its land for a second
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  route out of the property. Devas said while there have
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  been some preliminary discussions of a possible new Bristol Kendall
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  Fire Protection District fire station on the school site, there
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  are no details yet about how vehicles would get in
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  or where the new station would be located. The school
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  district purchased the one hundred and six acre farmland property
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  from the Conover family last summer for around two million dollars.
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  The property is a quarter mile west of the high school.
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  The property is likely to be the site of a
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  new middle school or an elementary school, both of which
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  are included in the plan outlined in the referendum to
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  build new facilities to accommodate the community's booming population. The
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  school district is also looking to rezone a forty five
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  acre property adjacent to the high school. If the referendum
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  is approved by voters in March, residents will get the
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  chance to participate in public hearings regarding any final building
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  plans that will come back before city council for final approval.