Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving an Independent Contractor Agreement with Nafisco, Inc. for the Fabrication and Installation of Parking Signage in an Amount Not to Exceed $187,701.00 and Authorizing Its Execution
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Overview
Overview
On March 20, 2023, the Village Board approved Ordinance 23-23, codifying the expansion of several components of the Village's 2019 Parking Pilot Program. These pilot program components include but are not limited to expanding the standardized 3-hour daytime parking restriction as well as expanding the street frontages designated for overnight on-street residential permit parking. The proposed Independent Contractor Agreement provides for the fabrication and installation of signage for the first phase of daytime restriction signage as well as the expanded overnight on-street permit parking signage.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution.
Background
The Village's Parking Pilot Program was approved by the Village Board and established in 2019. The parking pilot area, as defined by the Village Code, is bound by Harlem Avenue to the west, Oak Park Avenue to the east, South Boulevard to the north and Harrison Street to the south. This area was selected because it contains virtually every parking challenge and opportunity in Oak Park with single-family and multi-family residences overlapping with commuter and business parking.
The program was intended to end in the fall of 2019, with the evaluation and potential expansion of the policies to occur in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic and staff changes delayed any further action and the pilot program policies remained in effect, as originally approved, only in the specified pilot area.
In the fall of 2021, Village staff, with the support of the Village's Transportation Commission, developed a survey to gauge the public's opinion on ...
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