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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE
11/22/94
6:30 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
M. Tosto, Chairman
J. Petri, Village Trustee
C. Johnson, Village Trustee
MEMBERS ABSENT:
None
STAFF PRESENT:
A. Boffice, Director, Engj'.neering and Community Development
OTHERS:
B. Obrien, Daily Herald Reporter
BANYAN DRIVE/ELK GROVE BOULEVARD ACCESS
Chairman Tosto called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M. and asked
Director Boffice to summarize ,his memo of October 14, 1994 which
discussed the alternative access options for homeowners at the Elk
Grove Townhomes on Banyan Drive? and Elk Grove Boulevard.
In reviewing the three options available to the Banyan Drive
residents, the Committee unanimously agreed that the widening of
the public sidewalk from Ridge Avenue to Banyan Drive was the most
acceptable, least disruptive and most cost effective option. The
other two options presented problems with fence relocations and
would ultimately cut a driving path directly through yard areas
which are used by the residents.
The Committee then focused on access improvements for the Townhome
residents with access onto Elk Grove Boulevard. Director Boffice's
report suggested improvements which would provide access from the
townhomes to Reverend Morrison Boulevard. The Committee noted that
this area is also subject to inundation during heavy rainfall
events and Director Boffice acknowledged that this area was
approximately one foot lower than the lowest public sidewalk
elevation.
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The Committee believed that it was more appropriate to continue the
public sidewalk widening along Elk Grove Boulevard from Banyan
Drive to Reverend Morrison Boulevard for the following reasons: 1)
It would provide the residents which front Elk Grove Boulevard with
two possible exits; 2) During severe storms exiting towards Banyan
and ultimately to Ridge would be at a higher elevation, and
therefore dryer, than exiting to Reverend Morrison; and, 3) By
widening the sidewalk from Ridge to Reverend Morrison it would
double as a bicycle path which could eventually be connected to the
bicycle path to be constructed along Salt Creek through the
Greenways Plan.
Subject to further field data collection regarding the location of
existing trees and their impact on the recommended sidewalk
widening, the unanimous recommendation of the Committee was to
widen the public sidewalk along Elk Grove Boulevard from Ridge
Avenue to Reverend Morrison Boulevard with concrete by four feet
(for a total width of eight feet) and to depress the curb and
gutter located at the intersections to complete the access.
Director Boffice was asked to report back with information
regarding existing tree locations and a revised estimate of cost.
The meeting adjourned at 6:50 P.M.
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