Plainfield Annexes Land for Oswego District 308's Third High School
Trustee Garrett Peck cast the lone opposition vote, saying he opposed plans to waive "recapture" fees.
The 112 acres on which Oswego School District 308’s third high school will be built was annexed into the village of Plainfield Monday night. In a 5-to-1 vote, the Plainfield Village Board approved the site plan and annexation agreement for the 493,000-square-foot school at the southwest corner of Plainfield and Ridge roads and directed its lawyer to draft special use and annexation ordinances. Part of the deal calls for the village to waive about $766,000 in “recapture” fees for two full access intersections the district will build to accommodate the traffic generated by as many as 3,000 students, 38 school buses and 1,200 cars. While a private developer would be expected to pay those fees, it’s common that a break be granted to …
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9:58 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011
WHEN I QUESTIONED BY THE DIST 308 ACCOUNTANT HE STATED THAT MY BEST OPTION WOULD BE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. REDICULOUS AND DISGUSTING FROM AN OFFICIAL OF HIS RANK. AND GUESS WHAT...I AM MOVING FAR AWAY! more ›