comprehensive site investigation and remediation objectives report

Multiple historical sources were reviewed to gain an understanding of the site history,
including standard ASTM E1527-05 historical sources. Those sources that were both easily
attainable and available within project constraints, and/or that were judged likely to be useful
for the purposes of this study, are listed on the following table. Copies of these data are
provided In Appendix VIII.
Historical
Document
Aerial
Photographs
Fire
Insurance
Maps
Property Tax
Files
Recorded
Land Title
Records
Topographic
Maps
Local Street
Directories
Building
Department
Records
Zoning/Land
Use Records
General
Historical
Data
N/A-Not Applicable
Reasonably
Ascertainable/
Available
Yes
Reviewed Standard Historical Sources
Likely to
be Useful,
Accurate
or
complete
Yes
Source/Date(s)
Will/South Cook NRCS – 1939
and 1961; EDR-, 1978, 1988,
1998; Airphoto-2006
Comment
Limited in usefulness
due to scale and
resonance
N/A N/A Requested from EDR No coverage available
Yes Yes DuPage Township /1961-2008 Discussed in Section 5.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
Requested from Village of
Romeoville
EDR; 1892, 1954, 1962, 1973,
1980, 1993, 1998
No N/A EDR
Yes
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
5.6.2 Past Use of the Subject Site
Village of Romeoville Community
Development Department:
Building permit records: Mid-
1980s – 2008
Village of Romeoville Community
Development Department
Historical Society, Library,
website, etc.
Not available, a
Commitment for Title
Insurance was provided
and Advanced Searches
conducted a search of
liens and AULs – see
Section 5.3
Appendix VIII
No historical directories
available
Discussed in Section 5.3
Discussed in Section 5.3
Not likely to be useful
Based on review of the indicated source, historical uses of the site are identified below:
Year(s) Property Use Reference Source
No buildings are indicated on the site. The site appears as agricultural Aerial photos, topographic
1939-1960
cropland. .
maps, and interviews
The eastern portion of the Spartans’ Square shopping center building Topographic maps, aerial
1961-1971 was constructed in the early 1960s and situated in the southeast portion photographs, building
of the site. Mr. Prassas, Jr. mentioned that the Prassas family originally department records, and
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Spartans’ Square Shopping Center February 2008
Romeoville, Illinois 07292