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Planning, Zoning & Agriculture Committee Meeting 05/18/2022 9:00am
B
A
A
Okay,
then
we'll
move
on
to
that
you
get
a
motion
to
approve
the
minute,
so
you
all
received
him
an
email,
mr
kirkster,
back
there
we
get
it
first
to
get
a
second
from
colton,
mr
eckhoff,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
motion
carried
down
that
one
right,
okay,
mr
skimmerhorn,
is
here
to
give
us
a
rundown
of
the
building
report
could
get
a
motion
to
approve
that?
Okay,
oh
mr
swanson,
here,
okay,
mr
donald,
second,
okay,
so
we
got
a
first
in
a
second.
C
Should
I
have
in
your
packet
the
monthly
building
report
for
april
2022,
had
one
new
home
issued
69
permits
with
a
valuation
of
2.1
million
dollars
and
brought
in
revenue
of
24
189
comparable
to
april
of
2021?
We
were
almost
equal
to
the
revenue
brought
in
last
year
at
that
same
month
about
a
20
difference.
A
A
A
C
One
dell
yeah
I'll
take
care
of
that.
Okay
kelly.
Can
you
put
the
map
on
the
screen?
This
is
a
request
to
rezone
5.85
acres
from
a
55-acre
farm
that
has
the
existing
farmhouse
on
it.
The
5.85
acres
is
outlined
in
red
aidan
whitf
would
like
to
purchase
the
old
farmstead
from
his
grandparents,
donna
and
merlin
with
f,
so
that
he
can
live
there
and
keep
the
old
farmstead
in
the
family.
C
Basically
they
had
to
come
up
there
and
that
see
where
the
the
driveway
angles
off.
They
had
to
remove
that
from
the
parcel
and
let
that
go
with
the
farm.
They
decided
that
they'd
rather
have
it
squared
off
and
which
would
is
what
is
requiring
the
rezoning
to
a2
because
it
doesn't
meet
the
farmstead
exemption
qualifications.
C
A
Okay,
does
anyone
have
any
questions
about
the
case
we
all
received?
Our
information
could
get
a
motion
to
approve.
Then
mr
snipes,
okay,
mr
miller,
hi,
mr
miller.
Second,
all
in
favor
say
aye
aye.
Thank
you
motion
carries
opposed
same
sign.
I
carried
everybody
voted,
yes,
okay,
don't
we
have
anything
under
old
business.
A
C
No
mark
walcott
has
tendered
his
resignation
from
the
regional
planning
commission,
so
I
just
wanted
to
announce
that.
Okay,
so
we
have
an
opening
there,
we'll
have
an
opening
on
the
rpc.
Is
it
right
away
available
or
is
he's
going
to
stay?
Well
from
what
I
understand
it
was
immediate,
so,
okay,
okay
and
the
hearing
date
for
the
large
solar
farm
in
essex
is
being
pushed
back
to
july.
I
know
I
had
announced
june
6
for
that.
C
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
At
the
end
of
the
2021
calendar
year
back
in
december,
we
were
alerted
that
there
was
a
program
for
the
state
of
illinois.
It
was
through
the
department
of
economic
commerce
and
economic
opportunity
called
accelerate
illinois
and
communities
were
invited
to
apply,
and
if
chosen,
then
they
would
go
through
a
series
of
meetings
and
at
the
end
of
that
series
of
meetings,
the
community
would
have
a
set
of
plans
and
have
a
lot
of
information
put
together
in
order
to
implement
some
broadband
expansion
in
the
rural
communities.
E
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
a
big
thank
you
to
to
chad
and
his
team,
and-
and
I
can
tell
you
that
when
when
we
were
postulating
the
grant,
we
had
a
couple
meetings
with
the
farm
bureau
and
and
bill
coleman
from
the
benton
institute
and
they're
gonna
be
leading
this
project
with
us
and
chad
was
instrumental
in
helping
us
through
that
and
really
I
know
that
sometimes
the
committee
members,
don't
don't
get
recognized
for
their
efforts,
but
a
big
thank
you
to
chad
for
helping
us
out
with
this.
This
grant
application.
F
F
This
is
about
trying
to
find
we
have
some
identified
gaps
in
the
rural
areas,
so
we're
not
really
gonna
be
focusing
on
on
the
urbanized
area
as
much,
but
to
look
at
the
entire
county
and
and
we've
got
some
some
partners
within
our
community
we'll
be
working
with.
Obviously
existing
provider
partners
like
comcast
and
mediacom.
F
Some
of
the
more
rural
providers.
I
know
that
some
of
the
statewide
broadband
teams
have
been
tapped
on
these,
so
groups
like
ifiber,
we'll
be
weighing
in
on
projects
like
this.
So
it's
about
identifying
the
gap,
putting
together
a
strategy
to
see
exactly
how
we
could
fill
that
gap
and
and
then
trying
to
to
focus
in
a
little
bit
on
on
what
the
monetary
implications
are
for
that.
F
So
where
maybe
previously
some
of
the
providers
might
have
said,
we
offer
broadband.
It
might
not
be
broad
enough
and
also
to
remember
that
in
a
census
tract
if
one
family
one
household
receives
internet,
the
broadband
provider
would
say:
oh
yeah,
we
we
offer
that
census
tract.
That
might
not
be
everybody
in
that
census
track.
So
we
really
want
to
identify
and
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
our
community.
We
want
to
do
the
broadband
surveys.
F
We
want
to
know
what
the
speeds
look
like
in
in
each
individual
community,
so
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
the
board
members
for
you
to
share
information
with
your
constituents
to
say
you
know.
Please
take
these
speed
tests.
Give
us
this
information
because
that'll
be
what
allows
us
to
build
that
appropriate
picture
of
what
the
broadband
needs
for
key
county
are.
D
I
do
know
that
the
federal
government
has
issued
a
significant
amount
of
dollars
towards
this
broadband.
I
also
know
that
the
pembroke
area
is
is
a
recipient
of
that
same
amount.
It
basically
helps
so
are
we
looking
at
the
areas
that
are
outside
of
the
of
those
that
have
already
been
targeted,
or
is
it
just
a
comprehensive
kind
of
skill
for
the
whole
entire
county?
So.
F
So
everyone's
involved
and
yeah
when
we
talk
about
unserved
or
underserved,
so
you
know
pembroke
township,
the
village
of
hopkins
park
received
funds
through
congresswoman
kelly's
office.
It's
a
federal
earmark
of
around
3.2
million
dollars
that
will
be
administered
through
the
department
of
commerce
that
will
be
part
of
our
conversation,
obviously,
and
and
but
so
will
existing
efforts
from
the
providers.
Now
that
maybe
didn't
receive
federal
dollars,
but
comcast
is
putting
in
new
service
and
upgrading
service
throughout
the
county
on
a
regular
basis.
F
So
is
mediacom
all
of
those
things
kind
of
go
into
this
greater
picture.
I
would
say,
though,
kind
of
the
core
for
us,
as
we
looked
at
putting
this
together,
who's
unserved
within
our
community
and
then
who's
underserved,
so
currently,
unserved
or
underserved,
but
having
three
million
dollars
in
the
bank
to
make
you
serve.
Maybe
you
know
again:
you'll
still
be
part
of
the
conversation,
but
that
won't
be
the
that's.
That's
one
of
the
areas
we
identify,
but
we
can
put
a
checkmark
next
to
it
from
an
implementation.
F
Standpoint
say:
while
that
was
a
priority,
need
it's
currently
being
implemented
through
these
funds.
Now
they
they
just
received
the
award
or
the
announcement.
I
don't
know
how
far
into
the
process
the
earmark
process
they
are.
I
don't
know
if
commerce
has
received
the
funds
if
they're
building
their
team,
I
don't
know
who
they're
putting
together
from
a
provider
standpoint
who
will
be
the
premier
provider
if
they'll
do
a
multiple
provider
scenario.
F
So
all
of
those
things
will
happen
in
talking
with
matt
schmidt
from
you
know,
connect
illinois
the
efforts
there
are
they're
within
our
group,
but
we
will
have
a
tracked.
You
know
kind
of
a
tranche
for
that
effort.
That's
not
necessarily
taking
up
the
time
of
the
entire
group,
so
it's
parallel
effort
or
concurrent
effort
for
for
right
and
then
again
I
I
feel
like
I
need
to
say
this.
We
have
targeted
areas
within
our
community
and
we
look
at,
and
sometimes
it's
easy
to
say
that
that
area
needs
broadband.
F
I
know
some
of
the
members
of
this
board
have
expressed
the
concern
to
to
me
that
there's
there's
more
area
in
the
county
that
have
needs
for
broadband,
and
that's
really
why,
at
the
staff
level
we'll
be
looking
at
every
piece
of
kankakee
county
that
doesn't
have
the
internet
it
needs.
So
we
won't
be
focusing
on
one
area
we'll
be
focusing
on
the
the
entire
area.
So.
D
F
I
mean
this
is
this:
is
otto
norton?
This
is
yellowhead.
This
is
essex.
This
is
this,
is
every
every
township
has
a
need
within
our
community
and
and
that's
what
we
we
really
want
to
make
sure
not
to
just
focus
on
one
area,
because
it's
maybe
the
convenient
area,
because
it's
got
the
three
million
dollar
grant
so
we'll
be
looking
a
little
broader
than
that.
G
F
So
so
this
grant
is
actually
just
a
so
this
is.
This
grant
is
a
direct
grant
to
the
benton
institute
and
they're,
offering
us
the
service.
Essentially,
so
we
receive
we'll
receive
the
planning
exercise
as
our
grant
value,
so
we'll
put
our
time
in,
but
there's
not
been
earmarked
dollars
that
I'm
aware
of
from
congresswoman
kelly's
office
for
additional
federal
dollars
to
the
county.
Okay,.
H
Wheeler,
thank
you.
The
in
order
for
us
to
be
able
to
access
other
federal
dollars
passed
through
the
state
for
broadband.
We
have
to
go
through
this
process.
We
have
to
know
what
the
what
is
and
what
it
is.
As
far
as
the
build
out
of
a
network
or
a
series
of
networks
for
all
these
unserved
and
underserved
rural
areas
from
you
know,
kids
that
have
to
you
know
they're
in
the
hershey
district
but
they're
at
home.
They
don't
have
sufficient
internet.
So
it's
hard
for
them
to
to
go
to
school
from
home.
H
When
there's
a
pandemic,
if
you
will
for
people
to
work
from
home
or
the
the
whole,
was
it
about
a
five
percent
increase
in
gdp
of
farmland.
If
you
can
be
connected
to
broadband
on
all
your
equipment,
that's
what
we're
talking
about
it's!
It's
not
just
hopkins
park,
pembroke
township!
It's
everybody
that
that
money!
That's
for
that!
Just
appeared
for
them
was
given
to,
I
believe,
earmarked
for
something
community
development
group.
H
It
wasn't
given
to
the
township
it
wasn't
given
to
the
village,
so
we're
still
trying
to
figure
out
how
that
plays
into
everything.
But
people
from
that
organization
are
part
of
the
county-wide
effort.
This
group
is
made
up
of
people
from
all
over
limestone.
Mr
long
is
is
part
of
the
group,
the
township
supervisor,
from
limestone
we
have
people
from
all
over
county
west
north
southeast
and
we're
not
focusing
on
those
areas
that
currently
have
internet
service.
We're
talking
about
like
in
the
the
municipal
areas,
the
build
mpo
area.
Does
that
make
sense?
H
Yes,
we're
focusing
on
getting
it
to
people.
That's
why
I
say
we
need
at
some
point.
We
need
to
take
a
look
at
how
we're
doing
spot
zoning
in
the
rural
areas,
because
we
could
actually
be
creating
a
situation
where
we
leave
our
fire
districts
and
sheriff's
police
without
the
ability
to
respond
properly.
If
there's
too
many
people
living,
because
we
brought
that
service
to
the
rural
areas.
So
it's
going
to
take
this
committee
to
really
think
about
this
glue
it
together
from
a
planning
sense.
H
C
C
G
A
A
F
With
with
the
board,
it's
got
a
couple:
applications
for
unserved
and
underserved.
Again,
it's
that's
a
cautionary
tale.
When
we
talk
about
mapping-
and
so
I
mean
you
but
you're
you're-
the
ones
that
are
talking
with
your
constituents-
you're
the
ones
that
know
exactly
where
there's
not
good
internet,
I
mean
I,
you
know.
F
If
you
do
the
big
map
you're
an
att
customer
t-mobile,
customer
room
member
and
says:
we've
got
your
area
covered
and
then
you
go
sit
in
your
living
room
in
your
room
on
your
cell
phone,
and
you
say
I
don't
know
exactly
how
this
works,
but
so
it's
about
doing
those
tests
and
making
sure
we
have
accurate
data.
Yeah.
Okay,.
F
F
This
would
be
a
this.
This
would
be
a
physical
hardware
and,
and
now
whether
that
be
in
ground
or
aerial,
is
something
that
we'll
be
discussing
with
the
providers
from
a
cost
standpoint.
Obviously,
as
it
gets
more
rocky,
it
gets
more
expensive
as
you
build
more,
it
gets
less
expensive.
If
we,
if
we
plow
enough
in
the
ground,
we
can
probably
plow
it
in
for
four
bucks,
a
foot
which
is
pretty
cheap
yeah,
but
there's
a
lot
of
puts
out
there.
Yeah,
that's
there.
F
D
F
The
way
that
your
telco
services
are
billed
are
regulated
either
by
the
fcc
or
the
icc,
depending
on
what
they
are.
We
receive
an
illinois,
a
telco
excise
tax
as
a
as
a
corporate
jurisdiction
right.
So
as
a
county,
and
it's
in
municipalities
you
can
you
can
leverage,
you
know
that
and
then
we-
and
we
I
believe
receiving
this-
is
probably
more
of
a
a
mr
mccarty
issue
but
or
a
question
we
receive
a
portion
of
that
tax
to
the
county
kind
of
in
our
tax
rolls.
F
I
know
that
there
are
some
requirements
from
those
agencies
and-
and
probably
you
know,
you
know
like
it
from
an
affordability
standpoint,
but
I
will
tell
you
in
in
working
through
the
icc
on
some
other
projects,
the
the
the
the
selects
so
the
the
people
that
provide
the
certified
local
exchange
carrier.
So
these
are
the
this.
Is
this
comcast?
F
D
Okay,
all
right
and
then
the
because
I
I
mean
I'm
for
the
students
being
able
to
have
access
to
education
and
but
if
they
don't
have
the
broadband
or
the
necessary
equipment
in
their
particular
area,
they're
at
a
disservice
which
would
kind
of
limit
their
remote
learning
in
those
specific
areas,
whereas
in
the
areas
of
the
city,
they're
more
appropriate
to
being
able
to
serve
that
general
population.
But
I,
when
the
broadway
income,
when
the
broadband
dollars
came
came
out,
I
want
them.
D
F
Yeah
there's
far
greater
saturation
for
existing
services
in
cities,
cities,
villages,
towns,
but
I
I
I
kind
of
want
to
take
a
step
back
when
we
talk
about
broadband.
This
is
this
is
the
electrification
of
america.
This
is
working
off
of
fuel
oil
and
the
natural
gas
came
to
your
town,
and
your
town
either
helped
help
the
project
or
hurt
the
product.
This.
This
is
critical
infrastructure.
I
mean
this
is,
and
so
this
isn't
just
about
students
getting
access
to
be
able
to
do
the
the
remote
learning
thing.
F
This
is
just
a
general
necessity
for
for
2022
and
in
the
future.
So
this
is
you
know
to
to
chairman
wheeler
and
mr
miller's
point:
this
is
helping
farmers.
This
is
helping
business
owners.
This
is
helping
everybody
do
everything
in
their
in
their
general
lives.
So
I
mean,
I
think,
each
one
of
those
kind
of
lump
into
yeah.
It
would
help
the
students-
and
we
really
feel
good
about
that,
and
there
is
some
disadvantage
there,
but
I
think
generally,
there's
just
a
disadvantage
from
a
technology
standpoint.
F
H
There
was
just
one
thing
that
that
ben
said,
I
think,
is
important
that
we
remember
going
through
this
because
those
like
cold
and
rural
areas
and
mr
fairfield
and
others
and
mr
payton
we're
looking
in
this
process
for
clusters.
There
may
be
somebody
that's
a
mile
down
the
road
that
wouldn't
get
broadband
service
because
it's
outside
of
where
a
cluster
is
or
two
miles,
so
the
cost
benefit
to
run
thirty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
whatever
to
that
house
to
to
serve
one
house.
H
There
may
be
people
that
still
don't
get
service
out
of
this
we're
trying
to
get
to
that
ninety
95
rural
coverage
or
that
big
number.
I
hope
that
makes
sense,
and
then
we
could
build
off
of
that
later,
but
the
initial
spend
that's
where
the
big
federal
money's
coming
from
is
for
things
like
that.
Am
I
correct
in
that
yeah.
F
F
We
could
spend
that
10
in
these
targeted
areas
and
do
a
lot
of
good
work
and
get
that
get
that
rural
broadband
number
way
up
by
from
a
user
standpoint,
and
then
you
know
again,
if
you're
three
miles
off
the
line,
we'll
have
to
figure
out
alternatives
going
forward
for
that,
and
that
really
is
where
the
the
satellite
dish
type
service,
if
you're
a
very
rural
user
that
that
that's,
why
that
exists
and
yeah?
Maybe
it's
maybe
it's
startling
through
elon,
you
know.
Maybe
that
works.
F
Maybe
it's
cell
service,
I
you
know
there.
There
are
alternatives,
but
we're
talking
about
broadband
that
doesn't
go
out
when
it
rains
too
hard.
You
know
that
doesn't
have
issues
when
it's
too
windy.
I
know
any
of
you
that
have
dealt
with
this:
the
satellite
television
companies,
it's
like
it's
the
super
bowl
and
now
it's
windy
or
it's
snowing,
and
now
I
can't
watch
and
that
that's
the
thing
we're
trying
to
avoid
here.
We
want
reliable
broadband
internet
for
for
the
real
customer,
yeah.
A
E
That
would
be
one
aspect
also
with
the
affordability
of
precision
agriculture
and
the
popularity
of
precision
farming.
Gaining
every
tractor
has
a
satellite
uplink
and
monitors
exactly
where
that
tractor
and
combine
is
even
the
the
farm
field.
Sprayers
can
have
nozzles
that
turn
on
one
side
and
shut
off
the
other
side,
based
on
the
data
in
the
field
that
they've
collected
on
the
soil
types
and
soil
samples,
and
when
the
farmer
returns
their
farm
office
with
that
data
card
from
their
tractor.
A
Yeah
and
that
can
also
affect
like
the
river
andy,
but
the
you
know
the
overflows
and
things
if
they're
able
to
you
know
just
put
it
where
they
need
it,
we're
not
just
spraying
it
out
there
just
to
spray
it
out
there.
So
I
really
think
it
helps
all
the
way
down
to
the
water
into
the
river
where
we
get
our
drinking
water
from.
E
D
Also,
what's
that,
because
what
I
was
looking
at
is
not
so
much
where
the
broadband
could
get
to
everybody's
individual
homes
out
there
and
but
to
the
like
the
libraries.
That's
there
or
like
here
in
mcdonald's,
some
of
the
people
that
didn't
when
didn't
have
assets
at
their
homes.
They
were
able
to
go
to
like
mcdonald's,
which
offers
a
free
wi-fi
or
to
some
central
area
in
that
area,
whereas
they
might
be
able
not.
D
A
A
I
believe
dell,
if
I
remember
that
right
from
there's
only
a
couple:
zoning
board
meetings
so
where
they
run
generators
when
they're
there
on
the
weekends,
so
there's
still
places
that
don't
even
have
electricity
so
not
because
it's
not
available
not
because
it's
not
available
because
they
don't
want
to
pay
to
run
the
line
to
the
house.
So
it's
a
lot
of
dope
a
lot
of
money,
so
anybody
else
have
anything
for
new
business.
A
F
I
think
that
we'll
yeah
as
we
work
through
the
process
as
we
we
get
our
feed
under
us
after
a
couple
meetings.
I
don't
I
don't
mind
coming
back
here
and
reporting
to
this
committee
with
kind
of
what
the
progress
looks
like
and
then
they
heard
about
this
we're
jumping
into
different
tranches
out
of
that.
F
So
as
that
type
of
activity
comes
up,
we'll
we'll
keep
the
board
prized
on,
what's
happening
just
so,
and
again
we're
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
to
each
of
you
as
we
as
we
need
info
and
and
so
say.
First
meeting
we
go
through
an
introduction.
Second
meeting.
They
say
you
know
what
here's
here's,
the
map,
where's
the
targeted
areas,
yeah
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
individual
board
members
to
say
your.
You
know
your
area
has
a
lot
of
underserved
or
unserved.