The Oswego Village Board recently voted to authorize the village to enter into an annexation agreement with a developer looking to annex 126.7 acres into the village for a residential development on the north and south side of Wolf’s Crossing Road between Douglas Road and Southbury Boulevard.
The Village Board held a special meeting April 5 to take action on the request by M/I Homes, which was seeking annexation and rezoning for the land proposed to be the site of Piper Glen, a development of 326 single-family homes planned just east of the Southbury subdivision in Oswego.
The property is currently in an unincorporated part of Kendall County.
Along with board’s decision concerning the annexation agreement, the developer was also granted preliminary plan approval for the project subject to engineering review.
Voting in favor of the annexation agreement were Trustees Terry Olson, James Marter, Tom Guist and Jennifer Jones Sinnot. Voting the other way was Trustee Kit Kuhrt. Trustee Brian Thomas voted present.
Village President Troy Parlier cast a “yes” vote on the annexation agreement as well.
The other measures for the development – rezoning and the preliminary plan – were bundled together as one motion and passed with a 4-1 vote with Kuhrt voting against it and Thomas voting present.
Kuhrt was looking for assurance in the annexation agreement that the development would not get changed from featuring single-family homes to rental properties.
The trustee made a motion to table the annexation agreement in order to have the village’s legal counsel do more research to explore potential options concerning the pact. Trustee Brian Thomas seconded the motion to table the action. However, the motion failed by a vote of 2-4.
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Residents who live in the Southbury subdivision reiterated concerns at the April 5 meeting about the proposed development, mainly about stormwater drainage issues they fear will worsen flooding in the area.
Southbury resident Gerald Struve was interested in knowing what flood management measures will be implemented if the development is built.
Oswego Village Administrator Dan Di Santo encouraged residents to speak with the village’s stormwater expert on staff. He said the village hires third party consultants to review stormwater plans as well.
Guist requested the village’s staff and consultants do a thorough analysis to consider the varying levels of flooding in that area and then present their findings to trustees prior to the development coming back to the Village Board for final plan approval.
Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.