Boards & Commissions Supporting Documents - 03/09/1994 - Safety Pathway Committee•
OAK BROOK
SAFETY PATHWAY COMMITTEE
Advice to committee members from the "Chicagoland Bicycle
Federation" and "Rails to Trails ":
1. Always present project as pathway on both sides of York; even
if it will be sometime in the future. In so doing, stress the safety
issues: For example, children going to school or the sports core;
senior citizens out for a walk. It makes it easier to understand why
we need both sides.
2. According to Randy Neufeld, "Land values almost always go up ".
3. Stress non - monetary values of pathway: immediate access to
trail if it's on your property; elderly can easily get out for a walk;
decreased crime; less isolation.
• 4. Stress a management plan that will protect the homeowner;
maintenance and clean -up. Let homeowners contribute their ideas on
how to do this.
5. When homeowners express their concerns, ask them for
possible solutions so that they will feel they are a part of the
process We should have a handful of options for the problems but
let the homeowner have his input.
6 Committee members should take the time to jot down notes so
they don't forget anything.
7. Give residents an address to write to the committee, through
the village hall c/o Tom Hawk or Dale Durfey, and they can forward
it to us.
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