Village OKs Parking Lot Resurfacing, Golf Course Project

The village board on Wednesday approved what Public Works Director Dan Bromberek called the “last major construction project” at the Romeoville Recreation Center, signing off on an $83,213 contract with Orange Crush, LLC., for the resurfacing of the west parking lot at the facility, 900 W. Romeo Road.

Bromberek said Orange Crush’s bid came in at well under the $255,00 budgeted for the project.

Fence installation OK’d

The board also approved a contract with Northwest Cedar Products for installation of a 6,800-foot-long vinyl fence along sections of the Dalhart/Veterans Parkway Road realignment.

According to village documents, the six-foot-tall fence will be erected along Dalhart from Essex to Schmidt, along with sections of side streets including Farragut, Corona and Arcadia

Mayor John Noak said the fencing will provide beautification and noise abatement, along with increased safety.

Assistant Village Manager Dawn Caldwell said the village will need signatures from 97 homeowners along the fence's path before the project can get started. The work will likely begin by the end of the month, she said.

Mistwood project gets the nod

Trustees also approved requests from the developer of to allow the business to proceed with mass grading and soil erosion efforts as part of a widescale redevelopment plan.

In store for the Romeoville golf course is a new clubhouse, improved parking, a signalized entrance on Renwick Road and improved grading on several holes. Community Development Director Steve Rockwell said developers hope to get the grading project started by Aug. 15 to allow grass seed for greens and fairways to be planted sometime in September.

The agreement with Mistwood requires the developer to post a 125 percent financial guarantee of roughly $933,000 to cover the mass grading/erosion control, which will be undertaken at the developer’s own risk.

Village engineer Jon Zabrocki assured trustee Ken Griffin, who lives in the nearby Grand Haven subdivision, that the project will not negatively impact the neighborhood in terms of flooding or water retention.

“The improvements go downstream,” Zabrocki said, adding the grading project also requires a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.