Minutes - 02/08/1996 - Safety Pathway CommitteeOAK BROOK
• SAFETY PATHWAY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF MEETING - FEBRUARY 8, 1996
Committee Members
Connie Craig, Co- Chairman*
Steve McShane
Tom Doyle
Tom Richardson, Co- Chairman*
John Hartmann*
Ana Sisson*
Heidi Huizenga
Sue Walters*
Rosetta Lombardi*
Dale Durfey, Village of Oak Brook
Tom Hawk, Village of Oak Brook
Bruce Kapff, Village of Oak Brook
Roy Cripe, Oak Brook Park District*
*Present
1. Minutes of December K. 1995 were corrected as follows
Item #8 under New Business - #3 - The need for a pedestrian button at 22nd and
Windsor was approved by the committee
Item #8 under New Business - #4 - The committee recommended exploring the
possibility of installing parabolic mirrors at both the York Road and Rt 83
iunderpasses It should be noted that the Rt 83 underpass is McDonald's property
2 Map of Pathways Bruce Kapff is working on an updated map of the Oak Brook
pathways Target is to complete and send it out in the spring with the Civic
Association newsletter
3 Priority Review Per recommendation by Bruce Kapff, this will be tabled until spring
when there is more activity and change going on
4 22nd Street On both sides of the Tollway there is a wedge of property that is not
owned by the Tollway but is under long term lease to be maintained by them. Tollway
cannot grant the easement needed for the pathway as it was Butler's property Our
Park District legal counsel advised that the Tollway does have the authority to grant
the easement; everyone else has to sign off.
5. York Road: Proposal to go before the Board on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The Forest
Preserve District wrote a letter to the village stating their feeling that the area
connecting from the southern edge of Christ Church property is frequently subject to
flooding and therefore not suitable for the pathway connection. We are awaiting a
letter from Christ Church regarding their position on this matter. The County
Highway Dept. (IDOT) has approved the request to move the pathway closer to York
Road just near the entrance to RobinHood Ranch so as to move it further away from
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the Andersen and Birkhahn properties This will reduce the amount of bushes and
• trees that will need to be removed The original proposal was further back from York
Road to accommodate future widening of York, the proposed pathway north of the
Birkhahn property will remain further back from York Road.
6 30 Street Bridge This is on hold because of highway work at Rt. 83 and 31" relative
to McDonald's expansion. Per Dale Durfey, the bike path is to be blended into the
McDonald changes Grant is available 31' Street east of Rt. 83 is to be widened in
2 -3 years
7 Harger/York Road Concrete sidewalks between 5 and 6 feet wide are to be installed
at 22nd and York This is the size of an average sidewalk Question Can bikes ride
on a "sidewalk "?
8 Regional Trail Nothing new
9 Old Business- 1 The two projects recommended in December meeting - parabolic
mirrors under York and Rt 83 and the pedestrian button at 22nd and Windsor - were
sent to the village 2 John Hartmann received a letter from Richard Fleming, Asst
Vice President and General Manager at Oak Brook Center, regarding bike
accommodations at the Center (see copy attached) Connie will send a letter to Karen
Bushy requesting direction in this regard 3 35 1h Street /Covington Court is obligated
to do a pathway down their segment of 35`h per plans ComEd needs to do something
isabout the power lines along 35`h
10 New Business 1 Park District to asphalt most, if not all, of the pathways in the
spring 2 Item 13 on Priority List concerns 35th and Midwest Road This is a very
dangerous intersection Easement from the property owner involved has been denied
3 Tentative date for a Safety Pathway Committee bike ride has been set for the first
Saturday in May (May 4) at 3 00 p in
11 Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 14 at 7 30 p.m
Connie Craig for Steve McShane
Secretary
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