HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 16-75 - 2/25/1975 - NED BROWN/WATERSHEDRESOLUTION NO. 16-75
A RESOLUTION -DECLARING VEHICULAR ACCESS PLANS FOR THE UPPER SALT CREEK
NED BROWN WATERSHED AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE
WHEREAS, the Upper Salt Creek Watershed project is designed and under
construction to reduce damage otherwise caused by uncontrolled runoff of storm
water, and
WHEREAS,_:such a public improvement is important to the health and well being
of the general public, and
WHEREAS, the Upper Salt Creek Watershed project is designed and under construction
to increase the kind and amount of year around recreational resources available to the
general public, and
WHEREAS, such recreational resources are considered desirable; and
WHEREAS, the residents and officials of the Village of Elk Grove Village will
suffer untold annoyance, inconvenience, and discomfort in terms of social, safety,
and economic terms and because of the inadequate insufficient, and completely unaccept-
able vehicular ingress and egress plans that now exist, and
WHEREAS, efforts over the last four (4) years hove not succeeded in bringing about
a redesigned plan to improve access FOR the general regional populace and to reduce the
impact ON adjacent residents, the
President and Board of Trustees, of the Village of Elk Grove Village, DO HEREBY RESOLVE
and DECLARE the present traffic plans, parking plans, and means of access to the water
and winter recreational areas of the Ned Brown Upper Salt Creek Watershed project
located south of Illinois State Route 72., Higgins Road to be
1. Unacceptable and
2. Unsafe
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be directed to the following Public
Officials and Agencies, and further that each is hereby requested to REQUIRE his
subordinates and agents to take action within 30 da,s to el'+mina Ce and correct the
inadequate, hazardous and poorly conceived plans for vehicular access to the recrea-
tional areas located in the southern portion of the Upper Salt Creed Watershed project.
Arthur L. Janura, General Superintendent
Cook County Forest Preserve
Hugo J. Stark, Superintendent
Cook County Highway Department
George W. Dunne, President
Cook County Forest Preserve
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Alfred Stiel, Highway Commissioner
Elk Grove Township
Thomas Hamilton, Chairman
North Cook County Soil Conservation District
Howard W. Busch, State Conservationist
Soil Conservation Service, Champaign, Illinois
Sigmund Ziejewski,. Regional Director
Illinois Department of Transportation
Langhorn Bond, Secretary
Illinois Department of Transportation
Daniel Walker, Governor
State of Illinois
BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED that this Resolution take effect immediately upon
passage and approval by the Village President and Board of Trustees, Village of Elk
Grove Village, Illinois.
PASSED this 25th day
of
February
1975.
APPROVED this 25th day
of
February
1975.
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Eleanor S Turner
Village Clerk