Fieldstone Place resident urges measures to limit noise, traffic for proposed GLSG Solutions site on Highway 20

A Fieldstone Place resident told the McHenry County Planning Committee she and her homeowners association are not opposed to new businesses but want careful site design for a proposed GLSG Solutions facility near their neighborhood.

Sue Reiman, identifying herself as a resident at 17210 Cobblestone Bend and an HOA member, said neighbors' concerns focused on the way the business would be presented and sited along Highway 20. "We don't hear their heavy equipment in the back," she said of a nearby comparator, Schroeder Asphalt, and added that Schroeder has a berm that helps screen equipment and noise. Reiman said neighbors want a similar buffer so the subdivision's character is maintained.

She also raised traffic and safety concerns at the proposed entrance, saying she expects more semitrailers to be turning onto Highway 20 and that the existing roadway has a hill and speed conditions that will make ingress and egress challenging.

Committee members acknowledged the comments and noted that staff will review zoning petitions and ordinance requirements; Joe Betamoller disclosed he had previously done zoning work related to Fieldstone Place and Schroeder's when he practiced as a private attorney, saying he is familiar with the neighborhood.

Staff later noted multiple zoning petitions on the county board cycle, including applications with solar intent, variances and rezoning requests, and said they are preparing ordinance language and memos for cases where variances are prerequisites to conditional uses.