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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Village of Plainfield is a prosperous
3 community that enjoys working with nearby communities to
4 develop regional harmony for the benefit of all Illinois
5 citizens; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Village of Plainfield has seen generous growth
7 and development through increased business and development,
8 and has experienced a population increase of over 200% in the
9 past 8 years; and
 
10     WHEREAS, With such rapid growth comes unique challenges,
11 most notably the ability to provide transportation
12 infrastructure to meet the increased demands of residents and
13 visitors; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The Village of Plainfield has created a
15 comprehensive plan to make the downtown more pedestrian
16 friendly and to reduce truck traffic; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The Village of Yorkville is also a prosperous
18 community, and is also welcome to attract businesses and
19 development; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The residents and community leaders of the Village

 

 

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1 of Plainfield would like to encourage the residents and
2 community leaders of the Village of Yorkville to consider the
3 impact that such development has upon neighboring communities;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, Specifically, the proposed Fox Moraine Landfill
6 should be designed so as to minimize the truck traffic to
7 nearby communities; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The residents and community leaders of the Village
9 of Plainfield would like to request that along with the
10 approval of any commercial landfill site in the Village of
11 Yorkville, the Village of Yorkville should require as a
12 condition of that approval that all commercial trucks leading
13 to and from that landfill do not pass through the Village of
14 Plainfield; and
 
15     WHEREAS,The current proposed traffic pattern, Interstate
16 55 to Illinois 126 to Illinois 47, would result in a large
17 increase in truck traffic through the Village of Plainfield to
18 a higher level than the already burdensome level on a 2-lane
19 road; the current traffic pattern would also create a more than
20 350% increase in travel time to local jobs from Kendall to Will
21 County; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
2 urge the Village of Yorkville to adopt a traffic pattern for
3 the proposed Fox Moraine Landfill from I-55 to I-80 to I-47 so
4 as to minimize congestion throughout Illinois communities; and
5 be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent
7 to the Village President and Village Trustees of the Village of
8 Yorkville, and the County Chairman of the County of Kendall.