The September 11, 2001 meeting was called to order by Supervisor Anderson on Friday, September 14, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting was postponed due to the events at the Trade Center in New York. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Clerk Johansen called the roll with Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar present.

Supervisor Anderson announced that Agenda item 9. B. Campton Township Groundwater (Bob Kay of U.S.G.S.) will be moved to be Agenda item 5. after minutes, and a new Agenda item Land Cash will become Agenda item 8. C.

Sheriff: Deputy Baloun thanked the Board for its contribution to the Sheriff’s sub-station in Wasco.

Solid Waste Committee: No report.

Highway Commissioner: Commissioner Gallucci presented a written report and added that we need to set a public hearing date to amend the Road District budget. Supervisor Anderson stated that will be done.

Assessor: Assessor Rottmann stated The Assessor’s books are ready to close off for this year. He went to Kane County to turn them in but because of renovations at the Clerk’s Office they asked him to delay that. The appeal cycle begins next.

Supervisor: Supervisor Anderson stated the Supervisor is the Treasurer for the Township and he also hires people. The Township Administrator assists him in this. Administrator Glas is here to answer questions. He added the Open Space bonds have been sold and the Township has received the proceeds. Finally, there is a September 19^th. DuKane luncheon about water table problems. He is going and wanted to know if other Board members wanted to go. Trustees Gillen and Kupar stated they would like to go. R. Manser made a motion that the Board appropriate $40.00 for tickets to the DuKane luncheon for Trustees Gillen and Kupar. K. Judy seconded the motion. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser and Judy voted aye. Trustees Gillen and Kupar abstained. The motion passed.

August 14, 2001: D. Gillen moved to accept the minutes of the August 14, 2001 meeting. K. Judy seconded the motion. D. Gillen then moved to amend the August 14, 2001 minutes by adding her statement that the Board should review what direction we are going in regard to liquor licenses. That is how many? R. Manser seconded the amendment which passed unanimously. The motion to accept the August 14, 2001 minutes, as amended, passed unanimously.

August 16, 2001: D. Gillen moved to accept the minutes of the August 16, 2001 meeting. K. Judy seconded the motion. K. Judy then moved to amend the August 16, 2001 minutes by striking the fourth from the last sentence on page one. D. Gillen seconded the amendment which passed unanimously. The motion to accept the August 16, 2001 minutes, as amended, passed unanimously.

August 27, 2001: D. Gillen moved to accept the minutes of the August 27, 2001 meeting. R. Manser seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

Campton Township Groundwater: J. Kupar provided a letter that identified five goals of a Campton Township Water Resources Study. Bob Kay with U.S.G.S. provided a letter which stated the five aquifers that are used for water here, the two aquifers that are most susceptible to water supply interruptions here, the three methods of studying what the sustainable water yield of aquifers is including timeline and costs, and added that U.S.G.S. could contribute money to our study on a cost matching basis. J. Kupar stated he will try to put together a proposal for our next meeting that includes cost and a time line. K. Judy asked if there is an impact of one aquifer on another aquifer? Bob Kay stated if you penetrate an aquifer with an uncased borehole you drain the upper aquifer into the lower aquifer.

Recommendation about School Issue: Regarding a letter from the Plan Commission, K. Judy made a motion that Campton Township recommend a moratorium be placed on development in the part of Campton Township that is within School District 303 until a permanent solution to the school room problem is implemented. The motion was seconded by D. Gillen. R. Manser amended the motion by adding that school capacity be considered a factor for approval of developments brought to the Plan Commission. The amendment was seconded by K. Judy and passed unanimously. The motion, as amended, passed unanimously.

Campton Crossings, Unit 2: Regarding a request for an adjustment that would allow zoning for a liquor store in the Campton Square portion of the Campton Crossings P.U.D., Plan Commission Chairman, David Bressler stated the Plan Commission recommendation which is to limit the number of off-sale liquor sales to one location within the Campton Crossings subdivision as a whole regardless of the unit in which those sales take place. Kane County can decide who gets the liquor license. D. Gillen stated we need to limit the number of liquor licenses. D. Gillen made a motion that the Board accept the Plan Commission’s recommendation regarding Campton Crossings. K. Judy seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Oak Shadows Preliminary Plan: James Urhausen spoke for the developer and stated their wells would be cased all the way down because of Campton’s concerns about well draw down. K. Judy moved to accept the Plan Commission’s recommendation that the Oak Shadows Preliminary Plan be encouraged with the caveat that the Board receive the final covenants of record. J. Kupar seconded the motion which passed unanimously.

Grand Prairie Concept Plan: Chuck Hanlon spoke for the developers Windham Deerpoint, and Town and Country Homes. He stated this is 1200 acres in four jurisdictions: Campton, Blackberry, Elburn, and St. Charles. School District 303 is only the Campton portion. This is proposed sewage lagoon-land application with no sanitary district existing now. Only the developers would be in the proposed district. La fox would not.

Citizens Comments re: Grand Prairie: Ron Petrucci stated the new Metra station will be too busy. Holly DeJohn stated on August 15^th they were told the wells would be 900 feet deep. In the September 11^th Elburn paper it said the wells would be 1400 feet deep. C. Hanlon stated they need a study. The depth is not known until later. Mike Steinbis asked what land do they actually own? He lives on Brundige Road. Inland is closed. They are not closed on Johnson. They don’t own Mungerson. Jim Morgan in Dillenfield stated this project can’t be tweaked. It’s too bad a project. Craig Wittenberg asked did any developer come to Blackberry Township to discuss this? Only the County did. He didn’t get a notice from the developers. David Bressler, the Plan Commission Chairman, stated our jurisdiction is to comment on the whole P.U.D., not just the Campton portion. LaFox is excluded from the sanitary district vote. Only two developers vote. Also irrigation area cannot be counted as open space. That means this development does not have nearly enough open space to satisfy requirements. Sam Gallucci, the Campton Township Highway Commissioner, stated the highest density is LaFox. He is not happy about the roads between Campton and Blackberry Townships. Trustee Judy stated Blackberry does not have a plan commission. That’s why there is less attention by the developer to Blackberry. Trustee Kupar asked what type of water treatment plant? C. Hanlon stated lagoons and land application. Kupar asked are you going for a MPS permit for discharge? Chuck didn’t know. Kupar asked are there multiple wells? Chuck didn’t know. Kupar asked are you going to design treatment for drinking water? The place where you will draw water from has a significant amount of radium, and its irresponsible to do this without the treatment. Trustee Gillen stated the LaFox Metra station is there for this development. With a station in Elburn, this development is to feed the LaFox Metra station. Trustee Manser stated this overwhelms Campton and Blackberry Townships. With the pressures on the school districts, this pushes them over the edge. Mike Tyrill stated the water supply at Fox Mill has reached capacity at 400 homes with one well, so here we are looking at 4 wells for 1,600 homes. Also the public cannot use irrigation area as open space by law, so they are way below the required open space. Further, the irrigation area must be fenced away from the public by law, or alternatively, the irrigation area must be two hundred of feet away from houses, much more land then I think this developer would be willing to dedicate. Finally, Fox Mill is running out of irrigation area for a project half the size of this, and here there is less irrigation area provided then in Fox Mill. Clearly they have not planed nearly enough irrigation area for the project they propose. Jack Hansen of Elburn stated he talked to the school Superintendent who told him to figure 1.3 students per home for K through 12, so for 1600 homes it’s over 2000 students here. We need the developers to pay to build the schools. Ksenia Rudensink with the Conservation Foundation stated she is working with the homeowners on this project. She works with Hanlon a lot. Chuck is a good one. This is for open space protection, conservation easements, a buffer of trees around LaFox, and to protect the turtles in Mill Creek.

Grand Prairie Concept Plan: K. Judy made a motion to approve the Plan Commission recommendation to discourage the Grand Prairie Concept Plan. The motion was seconded by D. Gillen. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye. Trustee Manser abstained. The motion passed.

Committee Appointment-Environmental: D. Gillen moved to appoint Greg VanZandt (Chairman), Pam Reed, Dudley Case, Ed Schreiber, Jim Horlock, Barb Wojnicki, and Sam Gallucci to the Environmental Committee. J. Kupar seconded the motion which passed unanimously.

Committee Appointment-Budget: K. Judy moved to appoint Bill Dybas, Ron Petrucci, Kevin Lamb, Joe Garbarski, Joni Kupar, Stan Walczynski and Diane Broekers to the Budget and Finance Committee and Ric Manser as Board Liaison. The motion was seconded by D. Gillen and passed unanimously.

Land Cash: K. Judy moved to submit the Land Cash Intergovernmental Agreement to Kane County to get the funds from the county. D. Gillen seconded the motion. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye. The motion passed.

Amend Road District Budget: D. Gillen moved to accept the adjustment of funds by line item for the Road District: Increase line item 33658 $20,000.00 Building; Increase line item 33620 $25,000.00 Repair Parts; Increase line item 33650 $56,000.00 New & Used Equipment; Decrease line item 33604 $101,000.00 Contractual Services. J. Kupar seconded the motion. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, and Kupar voted aye. Trustee Judy abstained. The motion passed.

West Towns Human Services: Nothing. Bruce Connelly was not here.

Park Update: Supervisor Anderson stated the Park is just about completed.

Bank Statements: D. Gillen moved the bank statements be approved. R. Manser seconded the motion which passed unanimously.

Town Fund: D. Gillen moved the claims and demands on the Town Fund be approved. R. Manser seconded the motion. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye. The motion passed.

Road & Bridge Fund: R. Manser moved the claims and demands on the Road and Bridge Fund be approved. D. Gillen seconded the motion. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye. The motion passed.

Parks and Recreational Fund: K. Judy stated that regarding fencing, that fence will not work for tennis. There is no net or lines yet. D. Gillen moved the claims and demands on the Parks & Recreational Fund be approved. J. Kupar seconded the motion. On a roll call vote Supervisor Anderson and Trustees Manser, Gillen, Judy, and Kupar voted aye. The motion passed.

Capital Improvement Fund: No claims and demands.

Open Space Update: Supervisor Anderson stated our funds are in the ITIP account. He is talking to a couple of owners on properties.

Open Space Committee Update: Ed Malek stated they have evaluated ten properties and they have another list of ten properties to evaluate.

Executive Session: At 10:15 p.m. K. Judy moved the Board go into Executive Session for personnel and land acquisition matters and that the Board invite Ed Malek, Mike Tyrill, Barb Wojnicki, Dave Bressler, Julia Glas, and Mike Steinbis to participate. The motion was seconded by D. Gillen and passed unanimously.

Supervisor Anderson reconvened the regular Board meeting at 12:00 a.m.

Adjournment: K. Judy moved the Board adjourn the meeting. D. Gillen seconded the motion, and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 12:00 a.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Richard Johansen

Clerk