Kendall County Board Resolution

WHEREAS, it appears that IDOT is intent on siting a north-south freeway through Kendall County, and

WHEREAS, the proposed alignment bisets the county through a primarily agricultural area, as identified by the Kendall County Land Use Resource Management Plan, and

WHEREAS, alternative alignments which promote in-fill and meet the goals of the County Land Use Plan need further discussion and study, and

WHEREAS, the public has had, and apparently will have, only one official opportunity to review the details of the proposed alignment, and

WHEREAS, the IDOT comment period is only thirty days, most of which is within the traditional holiday celebrations of the majority of Kendall County residents, and

WHEREAS, hundreds of area residents attended the public meeting on December 11 and want to try to gain more information,

THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Kendall County Board requests IDOT to extend the public comment period to 60 days and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that IDOT actively assess alternative alignments which are more compatible with the county's Land Use Plan, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that regardless of the alignment, IDOT include local officials and residents in the planning of the corridor's structural and nature resource protection planning efforts.