VILLAGE OF LONG GROVE
CONSERVANCY/SCENIC CORRIDOR EASEMENT COMMITTEE

 

MINUTES OF REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

VILLAGE HALL

DECEMBER 3, 2008

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Meeting called to order at 7:35 p.m.

 

Members present: Kelley Smith, chairman, Lee Bassett, Warren Schmitt, and Kathy Wiberg

Also Present: Jim Hogue, Jeff Braiman, and Kerry Lopin (Rosewood Subdivision)

 

Absent: Bob Borg and Ellen Deasy

 

MEETING MINUTES

           

Minutes from meeting on November 5, 2008 were reviewed.  Lee Bassett moved to approve; Warren Schmitt seconded.  All members voted to approve. Motion carried. 

           

APPLICATIONS

           

CSC 08-07. Rosewood Subdivision, Consideration of a request to allow a pathway and an existing berm to remain within a Scenic Corridor on Old McHenry Road , within the Rosewood Subdivision , Submitted by Jeffery Braiman.

 

Planner Hogue outlined the request noting the Standards found in 6-4-4 of the Village Code and clarifying the statements of the Village Engineer . The Village Engineer has indicated that the slope of the berm appears to meet the ordinance requirement of 19%. However the height requirement appears not to be met. Depending on the base elevation used the height of berm varies between 13 and 19 feet; both exceeding the permissible height requirement for berms in a scenic corridor. Also, according to the Village Engineer berms were not included in the final engineering plans. The existing “berm” was to be a temporary stockpile of material excavated from the site. The Village Engineer has expressed drainage concerns with the “berm” as built and those concerns had not been adequately addressed in the October 10th correspondence from Greengard Inc.

 

The CSCC considered these issues noting the berm is too high to comply with the Village ordinance that limits berms along Old Mc Henry Road to 8’ high.  In order to comply with the ordinance, the berm will need to be regraded.  The soil will be moved further back on the berm out of the Scenic Corridor easement.  A walking path will be constructed on the berm in the Scenic Corridor easement.  The drainage in the berm area will be checked by the Village engineer after the berm is regraded.

 

Kathy Wiberg moved to recommend approval of this application (i.e. that portion of the “berm” and trail in the scenic corridor) seconded by Lee Bassett with conditions as follows; 

 

1) The height of the berm in the scenic corridor cannot exceed an elevation of 748 feet as measured from the edge of the Scenic Corridor (i.e. at the Old McHenry Road right-of-way) into the 100’ scenic corridor.

 

2) A natural seed mix (per the approved plant list) shall be used to stabilize and cover the berm.

 

3). All work done to the berm shall be reviewed and approved by the Village Engineer with emphasis on drainage concerns.

 

4)  The CSCC concurs with the trail/pathway proposal within the scenic corridor as identified in the approved engineering plans for the Rosewood Subdivision.

 

All members attending voted to approve.

 

ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING

Warren Schmitt moved to adjourn; seconded by Kelley Smith.  On a voice vote; all aye. Meeting adjourned 8:55 p.m.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Kathleen Wiberg

 

Kathleen Wiberg, CSCC Secretary