Residents to pay more under Sugar Grove flooding fix

• Reprints

Updated: March 23, 2012 8:26AM

SUGAR GROVE — Residents of two subdivisions plagued by years of flooding found out Tuesday night that they will likely be paying more toward a flooding fix than previously estimated.

At a series of public presentations Tuesday night, village officials presented the current cost assessments and expected allocations to Mallard Point/Rolling Oaks residents living off of Route 47 and Prairie Street. The project has gone out to bid, meaning the village has much more solid numbers than previous estimates.

Residents will pay $1.05 million of the project’s total cost, Kane County will pay $171,524 toward the project, and Sugar Grove will foot $863,996 of the bill — some of which the village has already paid, according to the new plan.

Under the plan, single-family homeowners will pay $394 in the first year, and $448 for the next 19 years. Townhome owners would pay $120 the first year, and $157 for the next 19 years. After 20 years, Mallard Point residents would pay $54 per year; Rolling Oaks residents would pay $37 per year.

The village has agreed to pay $130,264 toward initial pond and wetland maintenance in order to get the project kick-started. Sugar Grove officials say they have paid $271,512 toward the project to date.

The Rob Roy Drainage District will not pay any of the project’s cost, but will pay for other needed repairs to drain tiles. Rob Roy District President Mike Fagel said the district has paid $175,000 toward the flooding fix to date.

The remaining cost of the project is expected to be $1.8 million, plus $463,532 on a Kane County federal economic development recovery zone loan.

In July 2010, residents attended a similar meeting where village, county and Rob Roy representatives agreed to pay part of the cost of the project. At that meeting, the village and Kane Cunty agreed to pay for about half of a estimated $1.45 to $1.75 million project to address flooding. Under that plan, the village committed to contributing 39 percent, Kane County committed to contributing about 11 percent, and Rob Roy about 11 percent.

Under than initial plan, the residents in the subdivisions would pay back the Kane County loan, or 39 percent of the project’s cost — a cost of $153 a year for 20 years to single-family homeowners, $46.21 for townhome owners and $2.06 per acre for Rob Roy farmers.

The cost breakdown will have to be approved by a judge. A court date has not been set.