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Kane County

KC Transportation Committee

Meeting Minutes

DAVOUST, Daugherty, Berman, Iqbal, Kious, Lenert, Roth, & ex-officios Ford (County

Development Chair) & Pierog (County Chair) and Tepe (County Vice Chair)

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

9:00 AM

County Board Room

Call To Order

Chairman Davoust called the meeting to order at 9:01 AM.

Board Member Mark Davoust

Board Member Dale Berman

Board Member Mo Iqbal

PRESENT

Board Member Chris Kious

Board Member Bill Lenert

Board Member Bill Roth

Board Member Ron Ford

Ex-Officio County Board Vice Chair Vern Tepe

Board Member Gary Daugherty

REMOTE

ABSENT

Ex-Officio County Board Chair Corinne M. Pierog

Also present: Co. Bd. members Juby*, Kenyon & Linder; Sp. ASA Shepro; KDOT Dir.

Schoedel & staff Rickert, Edwards, Coffinbargar, Hohertz, O'Connell, Thomas, Way,

Zakosek, Zulkowski; PIO Mann; ITD staff Peters; and members of the press and public

including John Hunecke and Rich Guerard from Bluff City Materials and City of St.

Charles Mayor Vitek, St. Charles Economic Development Director Derrick Conley,

Community Development Director Russell Colby, City Administrator Heather McGuire,

Chief of Police James Keegan, and Alderman Steve Weber, and Jack Frigo from

Semersky Enterprises.

Roll Call

Remote Attendance Requests

Chairman Davoust announced the Committee Member that properly requested to

attend today's meeting remote. He asked the Committee if there were any objections to

Committee Member Daugherty attending today's meeting remotely. There were no

objections.

Approval of Minutes: June 20, 2023

RESULT:

MOVER:

APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

Chris Kious

Public Comment (Agenda Items)

None.

Finance

June Transportation Committee Finance Reports

KDOT staff Edwards stated the monthly finance reports were on file. No

additional report was made.

Maintenance

Maintenance Report

KDOT staff Edwards stated the monthly report was on file. No additional report

was made.

Approving Adopt-A-Highway Applicants

KDOT staff Edwards stated that the Adopt-A-Highway program has received two

new applicants and one renewal. Edwards addressed questions and comments

from the Committee.

KC Executive Committee

RESULT:

TO:

MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE

KC Executive Committee

Chris Kious

MOVER:

Bill Lenert

SECONDER:

Mark Davoust, Gary Daugherty, Dale Berman, Mo Iqbal, Chris

Kious, Bill Lenert, Bill Roth, and Ron Ford

AYE:

Approving Purchase of Eight (8) GMC and Four (4) Chevy 2022 ½ Ton Pickup

Trucks for the Kane County Division of Transportation

KDOT staff Edwards provided additional information on this resolution. He

addressed questions and comments from the Committee. Discussion ensued.

KC Administration Committee

RESULT:

TO:

MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE

KC Administration Committee

Bill Lenert

MOVER:

Bill Roth

SECONDER:

Mark Davoust, Gary Daugherty, Dale Berman, Mo Iqbal, Chris

Kious, Bill Lenert, Bill Roth, and Ron Ford

AYE:

Presentation: Bluff City’s Request Regarding Kane County Property on Seavey

Road

KDOT staff Way provided a presentation on Bluff City's request regarding

KDOT's property at Seavey Road. The property is approximately 28 acres and is

located at 44W500 Seavey Road, Elburn. Way explained that Bluff City

Materials currently operates on the north, east, and west sides of the County.

They are now seeking to mine 19.5 acres of the aforementioned property.

Previously, KDOT used the property as a Special Use Area for mining. KDOT

stopped mining sand/salt mix in the late 90's. He reviewed the three options that

Bluff City has proposed to KDOT. With all three options, Bluff City would provide

KDOT with an annual 1,250 ton allowance of sand/gravel at no cost, allow 1K

tons of clean fill and/or landscape waste disposal annually at no cost, and would

continue mining for approximately 15 years, including five years to restore the

property. Way listed KDOT staff's comments. KDOT staff and Bluff City's

Representatives, John Hunecke and Rich Guerard, addressed questions and

comments from the Committee. Much discussion ensued. The Committee

requested staff to have further discussions on future proposed development of

this land, before a consensus could be given.

Planning & Programming

Planning & Programming Report

KDOT staff Nika stated the monthly report was on file. He pointed out the

change in Metra Ride Fairs. To find out more information and provide feedback

on these changes, please click on the link provided in the attached Kane Kendall

Council of Mayors Newsletter.

Permitting

Permitting Report

KDOT staff Nika stated the monthly permitting report was on file. No additional

report was made.

Approving an Amendment to the Agreement with Byrne Software Technologies,

Inc. of Chesterfield, Missouri for Permit Software and Implementation Services,

Kane County Section No. 21-00530-00-MS

KDOT staff Nika provided additional information on this resolution. He provided

multiple reasons for the amendment to this contract.

Chairman Davoust moved ahead one agenda item and requested the Traffic

Operations Report.

KC Executive Committee

RESULT:

TO:

AYE:

MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE

KC Executive Committee

Mark Davoust, Gary Daugherty, Dale Berman, Mo Iqbal, Chris

Kious, Bill Lenert, Bill Roth, and Ron Ford

Presentation: Request by City of St. Charles for an Amendment to 2006

Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Randall Road Access

City of St. Charles Mayor Lora Vitek thanked the Transportation Committee for

their time. She introduced Economic Development Director for St. Charles,

Derrick Conley.

Derrick Conley provided a presentation on the City of St. Charles' request for an

amendment to the 2006 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Kane County

regarding access to the site at the northwest corner of Randall Road and IL

Route 64. Currently, this property is under contract to build a Thorntons Gas

Station. Conley explained that this property has been vacant for 17 years. The

main issue with developing on this land has been the limited access off of

Randall Road. Conley mentioned that the Transportation Committee recently

agreed to a right-in access point off of Randall Road. However, this has been

deemed inadequate by the current developers. He reviewed the formal request

to amend the 2006 IGA between the City of St. Charles and Kane County to

allow a right-in and right-out access point off of Randall Road. Conley explained

that St. Charles' main issue with this property in the lack of development over

the last 17 years. He shared all of the surrounding developments that have

occurred within the same intersection. He noted that all of the other parcels on

this intersection do have right-in and right-out access points off of Randall Road.

Additionally, these access points would be considered re-instated access points.

The original access points were removed in 2006. Conley explained that the City

of St. Charles engaged with a traffic engineer. He noted that the engineer's

report was included in the agenda packet. The engineer's expert opinion was

that the right-in/right-out access points could be designed safely. The City of St.

Charles would support this and impose additional engineering enhancements to

create access to the site. Conley reviewed comments and data from the St.

Charles Chief of Police. The St. Charles Police Department does not have any

issues with these access points. However, they would like to see more

development in place to lessen the criminal activity at the site. Conley added

that a cross assess has been added to the intersection of Randall Road and

Woodward Drive. This is now a signalized intersection. This has provided

additional safety and benefits to the community with providing different routes to

enter and exit the site. Conley provided several maps depicting the area. Conley

addressed questions and comments from the Committee. Much discussion

ensued. Committee Member Daugherty motioned to continue working with the

City of St. Charles to develop a plan to safely construct a right-in/right-out

access point at this site, and then bring the proposed plan back to the

Transportation Committee for review, Roth seconded. Motion carried with a 6-2

vote.

RESULT:

APPROVED BY ROLL CALL VOTE

Gary Daugherty

Bill Roth

MOVER:

SECONDER:

Mark Davoust, Gary Daugherty, Mo Iqbal, Bill Lenert, Bill Roth,

Ron Ford, and Vern Tepe

AYE:

Dale Berman, and Chris Kious

Corinne M. Pierog

NAY:

ABSENT:

10.

Traffic Operations

Traffic Operations Report

KDOT staff Nika provided an update to the pedestrian crossing enhancements

at the intersections of Bowes Road and Del Webb Boulevard and Bowes Road

and Annandale Drive. He explained how the new Rectangular Rapid-Flashing

Beacons (RRFB) are utilized. Nika shared that the installation of a New Span

wire traffic signal at Big Timber Road at Ridgecrest Drive in Hampshire will be

activated early August 2023.

11.

Project Implementation

Project Implementation Report

KDOT staff O'Connell explained that construction crews have remained busy

this summer. She stated that on June 30, 2023, construction concluded on the

Harmony Road culverts. Harmony Road was open for the Fourth of July holiday

weekend. Additionally, KDOT has a new project website available for the north

Randall Road Multi-Modal project. That website is RandallRoadMultiModal.org.

O'Connell provided several photographs depicting the numerous construction

projects around the County.

KDOT staff Thomas shared a video on the Dauberman Road Extension Project.

Approving a Phase II Engineering Services Agreement with Christopher B.

Burke Engineering, Ltd. of Rosemont, Illinois for Randall Road at Hopps Road

Intersection Improvements, Kane County Section No. 19-00511-00-CH

KDOT staff O'Connell provided additional information on this resolution.

KC Executive Committee

RESULT:

TO:

MOVED FORWARD BY ROLL CALL VOTE

KC Executive Committee

Bill Roth

MOVER:

Bill Lenert

SECONDER:

Mark Davoust, Gary Daugherty, Dale Berman, Mo Iqbal, Chris

Kious, Bill Lenert, Bill Roth, and Ron Ford

AYE:

12.

Reports Placed On File

RESULT:

APPROVED BY ROLL CALL VOTE

Bill Roth

MOVER:

Chris Kious

SECONDER:

Mark Davoust, Gary Daugherty, Dale Berman, Mo Iqbal, Chris

Kious, Bill Lenert, Bill Roth, and Ron Ford

AYE:

13.

14.

Executive Session

The Transportation Committee deferred the Executive Session to review the release of

Closed Session minutes to next month's meeting on August 15, 2023.

Open Session

None.

Vote on Release of Closed Session Minutes

HELD OVER

RESULT:

15.

New Business

None.

Public Comment (Non-Agenda Items)

None.