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Home My WebLink AboutCAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS - 06/04/1985 - June 5 , 1985 tr. MINUTES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE JUNE 4, 1985 MEMBERS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT Michael Tosto, Chairman Ray Peterson, Village Engineer Ronald Chernick, Member Fred Engelbrecht, Police Chief Dennis Gallitano, Member Thomas Cech, Public Works Director Mark Giffin, Asst. Pub. Wks. Dir. OTHERS PRESDENT James Petri , Trustee Jim Kane, Daily Herald The meeting was called to order in the Trustee' s Conference Room at 7 :00 p.m. by Chairman Tosto. Four items were on the agenda for discussion. 1. ELMHURST/GREENLEAF INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT - The Village is interested in improving operations at this intersection. The operation cannot be substantially improved unless some improvement is made at the Touhy/Elmhurst intersection. Staff was directed to: a. Provide lane striping on Greenleaf for exclusive left turn lanes. b. Contact IDOT regarding timing and synchronization of the signals at Touhy and Greenleaf on Elmhurst Road. c. Contact IDOT regarding restricting left turns onto Greenleaf at certain hours. d. Work with IDOT to study a total operation study on Elmhurst Road from Touhy to Greenleaf. widening, Page 2 channelization, movement restrictions and traffic signal modernization is to be studied. The Chairman will propose to the Village Board at the next Board meeting a parking restriction on both sides of Greenleaf Avenue, 400 feet east and west of Elmhurst Road. This will be done to accommo- date the pavement marking to provide exclusive left turn lanes . 2. BURGER KING - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD - Trustee Petri indicated a serious traffic problem exists at the south entrance on Arlington Heights Road at the Grove Mall. The problem is that drive- thru traffic blocks the driveway, resulting in cars blocking travel lanes on Arlington Heights Road. The Village Engineer was directed to meet with the mall owner, Mr. Joseph Serfecz, to tell him of the problem. He is to submit a plan which will elimin- ate this obstruction or risk having the south en- trance closed. In addition, traffic control in the mall is inad- equate and Mr. Serfecz will be asked to rectify the situation. Poor signing, marking and bumper placement is to be discussed. 3 . SIXPENCE INN SIDEWALK WAIVER- The Committee considered and will recommend to the entire Village Board a temporary waiver to the installation of sidewalk on Busse and Oakton. Again, the ditches prevent the reasonable place- ment of sidewalk. Staff is to contact IDOT and ask them to enclose the ditches on Oakton and Busse in the vicinity of the motels and proposed restaurant. Sidewalks will be needed soon at that intersection for the safety of pedestrians travelling between restau- rants and motels. cont'd. . . Page 3 4. INDUSTRIAL PARK CARRIAGE WALKS - Tom Cech discussed his May 22, 1985 memo on carriage walks which was sent to the Village Manager. He presented five alternatives ranging from "Do Nothing" to a $3 million removal and replacement project. Approxi- mately 300 , 000 square feet of the 850 ,000 square feet of carriage walk in the Indus- trial park needs replacement. The Committee will wait until the Village Engineer and the Public Works Director presents their five year Capital Improve- ment Program in the next month before making a decision. A multi-year program must be implemented regardless of which alternative is selected. The funds needed for the Capital Improvement Program must be determined before the sidewalk program can be decided. Finally it was determined based on recommendations from the JPZ Committee and the Village Engineer that no additional consideration be given to licensing of con- tractors. We have not experienced any control problem so additional licensing is unnecessary. RLP:pp c: Pres. & Board of Trustees Village Manager ✓Village Clerk Public Works Director Police Chief xZ RES EC UL Y SUBMITTED: Ray L. Peterson, Village Engineer G•q. L � 0 �EDt1 JED E• 0 %0 2 41985 DEPT. May 22, 1985 ENG,NE�R�NG TO: Charles A. Willis, Village Manager FROM: Thomas J. Cech, D ector of Public Works SUBJECT: Carriage Walk in the Industrial Park A significant amount of carriage. walk (sidewalk that abuts the curb) exists in our Industrial Park that is in need of replacement. Much of the walk is either settled below the adjacent curb or severely damaged by truck traffic. This situation creates a hazard for pedes- trians that use the walk and a potential liability for the Village. Currently there is no clear policy or direction to handle this problem. We have performed a preliminary survey of the entire Industrial Park to determine the scope of the problem. Our survey results are attached and are summarized below: 1. Approximately 846,000 square feet of carriage walk exists in the Village. 2. Approximately 307,750 square feet or 36% of the total amount is in need of replacement. 3. The cost to remove all the damaged walk and replace in the same location is estimated at $700,000. Present policy requires that all new sidewalk be placed as set-back walk, providing a parkway (grasay) strip between the curb and side- walk. However, no policy for replacement of carriage walk has been established but needs to be prudently developed. We have formulated several alternative approaches and estimated costs of each: 1. Do nothing (not recommended) . 2. Remove all carriage walk and not replace it, . . . . Estimated Cost $850,000 a this would eliminate any maintenance costs in the future. Carriage Walk in t`� Industrial Park May 22, 1985 Page 2 3. Remove defective carriage walk and replace in the same location, . . . . . . . Estimated Cost $700,000 This is a relatively low cost solution, but has some drawbacks. Placing the new walk at the same location (abutting the curb) will cause the new walk to be exposed to the same truck traffic that caused the walk to fail in the first place. Furthermore, carriage walk is usually buried with snow by the plowing operations making much of it unuseable during the winter. 4. Remove only poor carriage walk and replace it as set-back walk, . . . . . . . Estimated Cost $1,100,000 (Plus Engineering Survey r. Design Work) This option would be piecemeal approach leaving some walk located at the curb, and adjacent sections 4' to 6' from the curb, creating numerous alignment offsets in the same block. The unit cost per square foot would probably be higher. 5. Remove all carriage walk (good or poor condition) and replace as set-back walk, Estimated Cost $2,960,000 (Plus Engineering Survey & Design Work) This alternative is the most costly but would provide sidewalk continuity and the most organized approach. Areas (blocks) could be prioritized as to condition and improved over 5-10 year program period. I believe the carriage walk situation in the Industrial Park is a pressing problem and needs to be addressed not only from the pedestrian inconvience standpoint but the potential Village liability issue as well. Your direction in this matter would be appreciated. TJC/clw Attachments c: Director of Finance Village Engineer Assistant Public Works Director Administrative Assistant/Public Works Street Foreman I I I v 1 ! L_ t I ; _ I I Y It zz 77 Ntj ' ',� moo• .� ; ' -� ' � --�- �-- II 7� - j F I 7 i v I V \ lz VQ c •`\ � ; � z 'g �' Q I ° ';�' Iti' � Imo' �+ � � '� �, ti J \1 ! 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