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Preserving open space can help this species recover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/2c5c5574-5711-48b4-b65f-070c83b40250/rusty+patched+high+potential.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue #3: Open space for endangered pollinators Rusty-Patched Bumblebee has been located in the southern portion of Buffalo Grove as well as to the north, south, east, and west. Red indicates that the presence of this species must be assumed. Yellow indicates the presence is currently unknown. The Blue circle indicates the project location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/88f9d57c-a79e-4577-aafe-8346153788d1/priority+grid+areas.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue #3: Open space for endangered pollinators The light blue square indicates this area is a priority for the USFWS to study and determine the status of the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee. Dark blue indicates the presence of this species has been confirmed. The red circle is the proposed development location. https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-wb2rz monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/10588c1c-950b-4260-8509-5189b97ff29e/Margate+extension.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 2: Vernal pools and other sensitive habitat The proposed Margate Drive extension would essentially pave over the vernal pool at the current end of Margate Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/eeca90cd-c361-4895-bd51-d545c8581703/2024+wetlands.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 2: Vernal pools and other sensitive habitat Aerial imagery from 2024 clearly shows the vernal pool filled with water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/c5a6d93a-4b7a-4037-8288-880bdeaf5a75/Vernal+pool+1961.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 2: Vernal pools and other sensitive habitat Aerial imagery from 1961 shows the vernal pool filled with water. This wetland features returns each year and has for decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/1753717549341-HJ5BK7OOO86ZEFV6T2G8/unsplash-image-tCK2vIpN2gU.jpg Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 2: Vernal pools and other sensitive habitat Spring peeper (Psuedcris crucifer) is an early spring amphibian which is reliant on vernal pools to reproduce. https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-f7xml-se7xd monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/8b76a528-2a04-47f2-bf7c-21e795b74b8a/lot+dimensions.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 4: Proposed rezoning to R-7 is incompatible with surrounding zoning designations Proposed lot layout. Note the smaller rear setback (30 feet vs 40 feet in Old Farm Village), the minimal spacing between homes (only 14 feet), and the narrow lot size (65.5' vs 80' in Old Farm Village). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/8f25451f-a2cc-4657-9c74-d368e6747f41/overlooking.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 4: Proposed rezoning to R-7 is incompatible with surrounding zoning designations Kenley R-7 single family homes back up against R-3 of Old Farm Village. Significant overlooking and privacy concerns (Red arrows) appear when the Kenley proposed is placed in context with Old Farm Village. These two plans are not compatible and greatly reduce the privacy, livability, attractiveness, and other features of Old Farm Village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/945cd7e2-98c5-44b7-ae91-a57a890cb60a/decreased+setbacks.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 4: Proposed rezoning to R-7 is incompatible with surrounding zoning designations The decreased setbacks of R-7, when placed against and R-3 development will contribute to overlooking and privacy concerns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/1753723156805-5EL1Y7NEMUITKGXEKSBP/windows%2Boverlooking.png Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 4: Proposed rezoning to R-7 is incompatible with surrounding zoning designations The 3,486 sq ft Sutcliff model. The homes proposed are far larger than those in Old Farm Village. The size of the homes coupled with the denser R-7 zoning threatens to disturb the aesthetic of the existing Old Farm Village. The extensive glazed surface at the rear of the homes compound privacy and overlooking issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/dce5c677-83f3-49f8-a62f-dc75ce0e4e10/home+spacing.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 4: Proposed rezoning to R-7 is incompatible with surrounding zoning designations Homes would be spaced 14' apart versus the nearly 28' homes are currently spaced in Old Farm Village. This density would dramatically change the aesthetic of Old Farm Village https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-f7xml-se7xd-e2wl4 monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/d2ac0fb4-e790-4120-a02a-0cbba9bc4c00/traffic+pattern.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 5: Proposed road connection to Margate Drive was not evaluated A Margate Drive extension will bring significant traffic through Old Farm Village as residents of Kenley will seek the safer lighted intersections at Highland Grove, and both ends of Thompson Blvd. This greatly altered traffic pattern has not been evaluated or studied but would add dozens or hundreds of new vehicles onto quiet Old Farm Village Roads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/3495d129-9a54-46bc-9fc6-c526bd5ce15b/No+lights.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 5: Proposed road connection to Margate Drive was not evaluated No traffic lights are planned for the entrance or exits of Kenley. The only left turn onto Aptakisic Rd. will make the route significantly more dangerous and instead Old Farm Village will serve as a safer ingress/egress point for Kenley subdivision residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/5b229b9f-168c-4ba1-8565-4534a871593d/traffic3.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 5: Proposed road connection to Margate Drive was not evaluated A closer examination of the provided traffic study reveals that at the Saturday midday peak, nearly 1,634 new trips will be generated in and out of the subdivision. If even less than 50% of these trips choose to exit through Old Farm Village, there will be hundreds of extra vehicles entering and leaving the subdivision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/de060cd9-a909-4b8c-94a1-12fa7b81d933/margate+connector.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 5: Proposed road connection to Margate Drive was not evaluated Margate Drive would become a connector road seeing hundreds of cars pass by on a typical Saturday https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-f7xml-se7xd-e2wl4-724ra monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/c47e4e28-9536-47d4-96e3-2d2be1b7e9fc/unincorp.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 6: Annexation is discretionary and must serve Buffalo Grove residents The project is not currently within Buffalo Grove. Annexation of this parcel does not serve Village residents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/709580ce-0cb6-42f2-86a7-ab77f17deffc/school+district.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 6: Annexation is discretionary and must serve Buffalo Grove residents Although the proposed development is not in the Village of Buffalo Grove, it is in School District 102. https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-f7xml-se7xd-e2wl4-724ra-dya7z monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/13cec398-51f2-47c1-9201-9ee74af5674f/strategic.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 7: The proposed development is completely at odds with the Buffalo Grove Strategic Plan The proposed development does not serve strategic goals 1, 2, or 5. https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-f7xml-se7xd-e2wl4-724ra-dya7z-g6ywn monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/709580ce-0cb6-42f2-86a7-ab77f17deffc/school+district.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 8: The development will contribute to overcrowding in our schools. Although the proposed development is not in the Village of Buffalo Grove, it is in School District 102. https://www.nokenley.com/portfolio-1/1/learn-why-kenley-is-not-a-good-fit-for-bg-755tw monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/b05b999b-3d0c-44c4-b37a-1802a3a1938b/wetlands.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 1: Wetland areas Map showing areas of wetlands within proposed project as determined by the Lake County Wetland Inventory (LCWI). Some of these areas are impaired from decades of farming but may still possibly contain features that could enable restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/1753714525356-V0GXFI2JJ02G58ZXBZPG/TWI.png Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 1: Wetland areas Topographical Wetness Index (TWI) indicates position of unmapped vernal pool. The Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) is a way to predict where water is likely to accumulate on a landscape based on its shape (topography). It helps identify areas that are more likely to be wet, saturated, or prone to runoff accumulation. This circled areas currently serves as springtime habitat for Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/9151ffab-f1a3-4031-85e5-58525fb1e96a/hydric+soils.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 1: Wetland areas Hydric soils are soils that form under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic (low-oxygen) conditions in the upper part of the soil profile.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/bb74760e-3e8d-4999-a838-d7e2df4e6188/WEtlands+1993.JPG Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 1: Wetland areas Aerial imagery of proposed development from 1993. Circled in red are the wetlands mapped in the LCWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68878118936c3a4fb18f2adc/1753715111198-ZR0L08BIZTBXJIM2R8V9/MI%2Bwetlands.png Learn why Kenley is not a good fit for BG - Issue # 1: Wetland areas Site elevation and wetland boundaries as presented by M/I Homes in the 7/21/25 presentation to Village Trustees. The vernal pool is indicated as "low point"