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RECEIVED

CLERK’S

OFprc~

DEC ~9 ~OO3

STATE OF ILLINOIS

POIIutfo~

controj

Board

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CedaitA aIm SL 7~ocAelIe. ZIIinoi.,i

Ule.

appa.ecLa-t.e anil wan-/. ~o i~Aan/~and iiuppo~ ~Ae dec~iLon o(

i±Ae

Ci~~CouncLi ~o den~i ~Ae Landyf LI expan.iiLon.

Ule.

Anow a lo~ o/’ ~Aou~A~.

wail ~Lven ~o 1~AewAole Ldea; çoit ~Ae ila?e~L°?~Ae cL~L~enii,

yfoit ~Ae.

eii~onable need a? moite land~?Ll

ilpace.,

~oit

pito~ec~Ln~~.Ae envLitonmen~

and a~i1o

i~Ae

~itow~A po1en~Lal o( 7~ocAeLLe

ano

Citeil1~on. /AanI~ ~iou CL~

CounaLl!

/1cco,tdLn~. ~o ~Ae nLne a Li~ettLa ifAa~ Aail i±o be mei~--need?oit mot~e

~pace

L~i

na~ nece4.ila/t4~, itecen~l~t

~Ae Iand1fLl a~OitcAaitd HLll~~.Aaii. been

~itan1ad a 20 ~~ieaitexpanilLon. Zt.

Lil

awa~q

(/~oin Aou’1Ln~.

developmeni~-bu~

~Ae flocAe.lle Iand(Ll

L~

not,

L~ L~

wL1~ALn appitoxLma~el~ione Aal? mLle

o1f.

~i4e.

1.fown o~t°C/teii7!0n.

4il

~o

avel-ali~Aou~AAL9.Awa~i 2~38 Aa~

placed

i~uitn

laneil ai~/i)ul7fo,td itoad, L~

Aaiin’i~

elLmLna~ed ot~ cui±

~Ae

numb

alt o1f

9.~.artba~e

~i~ucI~/i.

on i!Ae itoad.

U/L~A

expanilLon, ~Aa numbeit would

tncitealle. /ita4Lc i~o and ?ttom /c’L’1Awua/~eeCoLle~e and /Voit?±Ae.itn

.LllLnoLii

/n~ve.it’1~~ima!~e Li~ veit~~ibuil,~, e’1pecL.all~ç~

1foit

a ~wo lane

AL~.A-

wa~~j. Z~~f

ilem~’1

an.e allowed ~o b,u..n2. ~n ~a/Lba~e ~iLom

ilL~X

A/V

1.o ile.Ve.TL

7~iV

~ita??Lc

Aa3aitdii. cout~ld mul~Lpl~~i.I1)ot~e

~em~’i

aveli_n~ ce.,rt±aLnl~~could

itaLiie 1~Ae co~~

ojf

itoad maLni~e.nance. Alilo i~Aette ai~eman~i ~/taLnil,lon~

~itaLnii,~itave.ILn~.~Ae b’nLi~ed Y~acL?Lc ,taLIwa~~i,ilome cau/i~n~9.ca/ti! i~o wa~

/5 ~o 20 mLnu~eii be~oitec/to/1’1t.n~,

ceit~aLnI~i

~Aa~ wLll caauie dela~i’i

(cit

~ituc/~jj

~e~Ln~g. Ln and ou~ o( ~Ae.land(Ll enlitance aitea. 1 doubt L(

mucA can be. done ab,ou~~Aa~—iio lAeite.

L.’1

ii~ll

a ~.itaLc

pito61em?

1 Aave an aizi~Lcle•pitLn~e.dL1 ~Ae ~“AuieoitaBeacon Newii”, dated ~9’une.2,

~000. Z-1 in~a~eii

~Ae “Se~leitíi

//Lll land(Ll~” ~Ae.ite,

ma~ib?. clo,ied wL~ALn

~

~o (oult ~ieait’1 (~Aa~would be an~Lme now) wALcA would leave ~±Ae.

cLi±LaiiwL~Aoui~a place i~o ~a/~e ~

iLe(uiie, iio ~Ae cL~i councLl

~

we.e/~ apprtoved a ~wo ~jea~Lop~Lon

~o puitcAaiie 7.7 aciteii o( land i!o

be. uiie.d au a uloILd waii~e~/tanui(eitui~a~Lon. Z~ would Aave ~aitba~e.

Aauleitii 6itLn~. ~ieauiALn, i~Aen

L~

would be. iiALpped i~o ofAe.it

a/tea-1---L~

~oe.iion 1o iia~i, L~ Lii ad~/ace.n~1a a itaLlitoad

ulpu/L.

/Aeite

aite no

lee.-’lL--

dance an~iwAeitene.ait, ~Aen L~~oe.u1

on ~o

ula~i, (ç~uoi~e)“rtaLl caiiL~1

would

~a/~e. itce

ite(uiie caitul

~o a latt~e Iand(Ll uiL(e along ~Ae 1InL~ed5~acL(Lc

,toadlLne Lit ~Ae aitea o( YRocAelle oit oi~Aeit communL’cLeu.t ~o ~Ae weuiL

l~

Lii. pouiiiLble.

iiome

waii~e could 6e. ~aan4etted

b~1 i~ituc/~-dependLn~.on Lbi

de.uiitLnalLon.

I’

(un~uo~e).

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1 wonde.it wA,çi ~Ae~i even ~Aoou~A~ o( /~ocAelIe.

landyf LI L( no one eveit u.iaLd Li~ would oit could be. avaL2able..

Ulould

7~ocAelle Waiite.

DLuipoaal evett

auii4 (OIt pettmLiiuiLon ~o

acce.p~

it/iLl de.lLve.it~i

Ln ~Ae. (u~uite?

~a,tba~e. Ln and oui~ o( ~itanui(e.it ui~a1Lonui

Lii. no~ monL~oited b~1 1Ae.

Zc~2i4.

Ahiio iiIud~e.

Lii

no~ ite.comme.nde.d b~1 ~Ae.1~7~71~o be.

u1e.n~

~o a

land(Ll,

bu~ ~Ae. cle.anLn~~.(itom ~Ae.

NoitlAe.itn IllLnoLui. pond waite. acce.p~e.d ~o ~Ae.

Y~oc/ze.lIe land(LI.

TAe.n.e

Lii no

pitoo( -~Aa~.~Ae. land(Ll wLll eveit lea~--noit Lii t~Aeite. ansi

pitooyffi.f.Aat L~won~?

A1i.

a

cALId, 1 itemembeit (olI~ui. uia~iLn9.

Ln

~ALui aitea

o( IllLnoLii,

~Aeite

Lii. a “(aull” ILne, U/a

cAec/~ed /Ae Ln~eitne~

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ulee.

wAa~ Ln(oitma~Lon

~Ae~ Aad avaLlable--~Ae map uAowii

~.wo (auI~ lLneii Ln

nottlA

attn

IllLnoLui. One. o( ~Ao~i.e.~ttave.Iii.(itom ~Ae cen~etto(

O~le.

coun~j

i~o (Ae uou~A

weii~,

pite~~ cloule i~o1.Ae. De/~~’alb-O~lecouon~e lLne--

Ctte.iiion Lii. abou~t. ~wo mLle..’i (‘tom ~ ILne. AI-~.Aou~Ai~Aeite. Aaiin’i~ been

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uievette eatt~A~uacAu---i~Aelaiii~ e.ait~A9ua/~eLit ~Ae attea waii. Ln Sepi~embe.it

/~72, a4.5 ma~nLi!ude. ((lAo can ula(eL~1 uia~i ~±Ae.,~ewLll neveit be ano~Aeit

one.? 1 wonde~it L( ~Ae land(LI lLnett would iipIL~ ott -/eatt L( a ~ua/~e. uiAould

even Aappen.

Lea/~a~eLni~o~Ae a~uL(ettcould 6e vett~~pouiuiLble.

Once.

wa’~ett ~abIe Lu cont~amLnai!ed, nol mucA can be done ~o clean L~up.

KnowLn9. tAa~ cell one o( i.Ae piteuieniI land(LI haul been leaALn2. iLnce be.—

(a/ta 7±AeapplLcai~Lon (ott expanuiLon ~ YRU/D Ln iAe. ~~eatt 2000—-wA~j Aaiin~

ALL e.4o,t~ been made ~o itemove i±Aeite(uiie (itom i~Aai±cell, even uiAould

L~mean no motte ~ttaiiA could be acce.p~ed ai~ ~Ae landyfLl uni~LI cell one.

wail emp~e and iiealed?

TAe~idon~ want land(Lhii ne.att CALca~o, ~Aette aite ~wo man~ipeople.--

don’7±we. coun~t. aii people wott~A pttot~ec~±Ln~?

1 don~ uiee people. ituuiALn9. i~o buLld Aomeui aitound a land(LI.

WIlY?

Ce.it-t.aLnI,~j ~Aette atte. o~Aeit me~Aodui o( ~

ttevenue. ~Aan b~1 dLii~~to4i-

Ln~~Ae land~icape, ott /~ahLn~cAanceui. o( po)Iu~Ln~.outt waleit, ott ttuLnLn~q.

outt itoadii wL~A moite Aeav0~i 7±tta((Lc,ott devaluLn0q. outt land valueii.

1/n~Ll a be~ett me.~Aodo( dL~pouLn~.o( oult ~aitba~e ott ~tta-iA Lii e.ii~ab—

lLiiAed, we do need Iand(Llui, 6u1 we don’t need lAem ttL~A~ne.x~~o a

vLlla~e.’

TAan/~ ~iou.

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Batavia mulls waste-transfer. site

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L I R. R ~

south of Fabyan Parkway and between

land

to a private company or go into

part-

STAFF

WRITER

Paramount Padcway and the Kanc-DuPage

nership with a coii~pany~

Conijianies would

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county

line.

The

land

is adjacent to a

rail-

be

asked

to submit

proposals

to build and

BATAVIA--- The city

is

Iaki~ig

steps to

road spur

and

surrounded by

land

zoned operate

the facility.

assureresidents there will be a place for for

industrial use.

‘Die private

company

would haveto build

I

their garbage when area landfills close

“There are

no

residences anywhere near afacility according

to

the city’s standards.

within the nextfew years.

the site,” Mayor Jeff Schielke said.

“It

would have

to be totallyenclosed,

and

The

City Council this week approved a

Schielke said

it.

appears that

the

Settlers

all garbage would have to be removed by

two-year option,

at $10

a

year, on 7.7

acres

Hill landfill mayclose within

the

nextthree the end

of

each

day, so

the facility could

he

of

land

to be

used

as a solid

waste

transfer or four years,

which would

leave area cities thoroughly washed down,” Schielke said.

station. Garbage

haulers

would bringtrash without a place to

take

their refuse.

“We

don’t

want something that

would at-

to

the

site,

and

it would be shipped from

Batavia

council

members visited transfer tract rodents

or

bugs

or have

any odor.

there to

other areas.

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stations in

West

Chicago and

Rolling

Mead-

“This would have

to be

environmentally

The

land is at the southcast.edge of

a ows before maldng adecision

on

the

site.

199-acre industrialpark under

development

Schielke

said the

city could lease

the

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to

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I~~~~tisposthblcsomewastdcouldbe

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err

transferred

by truck, depending on

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its destination, Schielkéadded.

and how-to the project.

r

eAl

The

mayor said

he

expects to see

Noble said the county wants a

similar transfer stations,builtelse-

transfer

facility in

this area

to

serve.

clean facility that

would blend in well where in the area.

He said this one area conununities~

The

countyowns

with

othe~industries in the park”

would not be able to

serve

all neigh- the

Settlers lull

landfilL

years to

•~ ~1

said

itis nn~sible

the

facil- i,unng commum

t could crenera(e$300,000 to

CityAttorneyJohn Noble

saidland

consiructthefacihtlr,sowehave to get I

I r

the

cittr

The

city

in the industrial park is selling for

staited

immediately, Schielke said.

a~so

‘uld

•

?~ave1~rue-volurneto thesalescorn-of $3.25

price

woulda squarehavefoot.tobe Henegotiatedsaida final

with theThc

facilityfirmwouldthat eventuallymake its wouldmoney

run

by

eicc(rlcanciwateru 1

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.

.

.

t

rin

PJIIY

OsI~uldtaketli1(~fu\

the

ilant

the

the

owner,time

aRobinfilial

HilldecisionDevelopment,to

buy

atis

(.

arging gataiuldage

not

i

say whetherthis

~ ~

~

~

~

ea

residents

lie

wc~t.~

of

Environnu~ntalServices

and

the

pay br

garbage

pickup

IILUSTi~ATiONBY

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