BATAVIA – Batavia city officials and aldermen are upset with the condition of the former Siemens factory site at Van Nortwick Avenue and McKee Street.

“It looks horrible,” 3rd Ward Alderman Kyle Hohmann said at this week’s Batavia City Council meeting. “It is time for Siemens to take care of it.”

Although Siemens' buildings were demolished in 2009, the building foundations have not been removed. Batavia Community Development Director Scott Buening said the foundations were supposed to have been removed by June and replaced with grass.

The city in June filed a complaint against Siemens in Kane County Circuit Court. Siemens is charged with failing to remove foundations and failing to restore property.

The next court date is set for Nov. 25.

“We’ve been trying to work with them on it,” Buening said. “It is in need of attention.”

In a recent letter to the Batavia City Council, James Richter, the project manager from Siemens Real Estate working on the project, told aldermen “Siemens remains committed to taking a prudent approach that serves the interests of the residents of the city of Batavia.”

“Our goal is to resolve any legal and environmental issues that may arise, and proceed in a timely and responsible manner to ensure that we resolve this situation in a manner that best fits the needs of Batavia and our company,” Richter stated in the letter.

Although soil remediation has been done on the site, more might need to be done, the letter stated. Richter said Siemens soon will be doing additional environmental sampling on the site to determine whether more remediation is required.