Sunday, January 25, 2009
Mallard Point water woes raise residents' ire
Here is a link to an article in Sunday's Kane County Chronicle:
http://tinyurl.com/amdamb
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Here is the article:
Mallard Point water woes raise residents' ire
By BRENDA SCHORY - bschory@kcchronicle.com
SUGAR GROVE – With standing water, a sink hole, flooded basements and continuously running sump pumps, the excess of water is giving new meaning to the name Mallard Point subdivision.
A fine situation for its namesake duck, perhaps, but not for the people living there.
Carol Rommel of the 500 block of Brookhaven Circle complained to the village board that she has had to replace her sump pump three times because of continuos storm water coming into her basement.
Diana Baker of the 400 block of Brookhaven Circle, said her street developed a sink hole last year, which has been temporarily fixed.
Village President Sean Michels said a special meeting for engineers to do fact-finding on the flooding and draining issues is scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Sugar Grove Fire Protection District, 25 S. Municipal Drive.
"We're going to identify who has problems and how long have they been going on and when they arose," Michels said. "We might have to create a special service area, but it depends on what the issues are and what needs to be done. If it's a factor of a high water table, there's not much we can do about it."
Baker said the problems likely arose from various developers going belly-up during the build-out of the subdivision. An original owner, she bought her home in 1984. The developer was supposed to have created a homeowners association to maintain a retention pond and wetlands for flood control – but it never happened.
The subdivision has 210 houses and is located off Route 47 and Prairie Street. It was annexed in the early 1990s, Michels said.
Baker said it might be too late to create an association to maintain the pond and wetland because they are now privately owned.
"The pond was not maintained to serve the purpose it's supposed to," Baker said. "And now we don't own the retention pond."
http://tinyurl.com/amdamb
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Here is the article:
Mallard Point water woes raise residents' ire
By BRENDA SCHORY - bschory@kcchronicle.com
SUGAR GROVE – With standing water, a sink hole, flooded basements and continuously running sump pumps, the excess of water is giving new meaning to the name Mallard Point subdivision.
A fine situation for its namesake duck, perhaps, but not for the people living there.
Carol Rommel of the 500 block of Brookhaven Circle complained to the village board that she has had to replace her sump pump three times because of continuos storm water coming into her basement.
Diana Baker of the 400 block of Brookhaven Circle, said her street developed a sink hole last year, which has been temporarily fixed.
Village President Sean Michels said a special meeting for engineers to do fact-finding on the flooding and draining issues is scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Sugar Grove Fire Protection District, 25 S. Municipal Drive.
"We're going to identify who has problems and how long have they been going on and when they arose," Michels said. "We might have to create a special service area, but it depends on what the issues are and what needs to be done. If it's a factor of a high water table, there's not much we can do about it."
Baker said the problems likely arose from various developers going belly-up during the build-out of the subdivision. An original owner, she bought her home in 1984. The developer was supposed to have created a homeowners association to maintain a retention pond and wetlands for flood control – but it never happened.
The subdivision has 210 houses and is located off Route 47 and Prairie Street. It was annexed in the early 1990s, Michels said.
Baker said it might be too late to create an association to maintain the pond and wetland because they are now privately owned.
"The pond was not maintained to serve the purpose it's supposed to," Baker said. "And now we don't own the retention pond."
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