R-121 - 07/27/1971 - TRAFFIC - ResolutionsWE
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WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
of OAkk Brook are charged with the responsibility of providing for
the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of Oak
Brook, and,
WHEREAS, said charge includes the responsibility of providing
a safe and efficient system of streets and highways for both
pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and,
WHEREAS, York Road, although it extends through the Village
of Oak Brook, is under the direct jurisdiction and control of the
DuPage County Highway Department, and,
WHEREAS, on May 12th, 1971, an eleven - pear -old Oak Brook
resident was struck and fatally injured as he attempted to cross
York Road at its intersection with Windsor Drive, and,
WHEREAS, the intersection of York Road and Windsor Drive is
a focal crossing point for many Oak Brook residents, Yount and
old alike, who participate in recreational activities available
in the International Sports Core, and,
WHEREAS, the geographic location of the York Woods Subdivision
in relation to the International Sports Core and the many activities
conducted therein, poses a unique and imminent hazard to persons
attempting to cross York Road at its intersection with Windsor
Drive, and,
WHEREAS, the geographic location of Butler School in relation
to York Road poses a unique and imminent hazard because of the
predictable flow of young pedestrians towards areas of community
recreation, and,
WHEREAS, the vertical alignment of York Road immediately north
of the intersection of Windsor Drive and York Road provide inadequate
site distances for traffic approaching the intersection of Windsor
Drive from the north, and,
WHEREAS, the anticipated expansion of recreational uses in the
International Sports Core will create pedestrian warrants which
will meet and exceed those specified in the Manual of Uniform Traffic
Control Devices,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook that they do hereby urge the
County Board of Supervisors and the DuPage County Highway Department
to give favorable consideration and approval for the erection of a
pedestrian- traffic actuated signal at the intersection of Windsor
Drive and York Woods, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President and Board of Trustees
DO HEREBY express their willingness to participate with DuPap County
in the, engineering, funding, and construction of said traffic signal,
and,
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED that the Village Administrator be,
and is hereby directed, to transmit this resolution to the County
Board of Supervisors for their prompt consideration and response.
Passed this 27th day of July, 1971.
President
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village Clerk
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