Submitted By
Bill McKenna, Village Engineer
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Refer the Transportation Commission's Recommendation to Install a Pinch Point or a Brick Street for Traffic Calming on the 500 and 600 Blocks of North Euclid Avenue to the Historic Preservation Commission for Recommendation
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Overview
Overview
The Village of Oak Park received petitions for traffic calming from the 500 and 600 blocks of North Euclid Avenue. The Transportation Commission recommended to install a pinch point or a brick street for traffic calming if the residents agree to pay the cost of the brick street. The two blocks of North Euclid are in the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District and staff is recommending referring the Transportation Commission's recommendations to the Historic Preservation Commission for review before the items are reviewed by the Village Board.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approve the Motion.
Fiscal Impact
The referral of the item to the Historic Preservation Commission for review has no fiscal impact. A summary of costs for the various traffic calming items recommended by the Transportation Commission is below.
Temporary pinch points can be installed for approximately $5,000 each with delineator posts. There are available funds for the purchase of materials to install the temporary pinch points in the FY2019 Capital Improvement Fund, Public Works - Engineering, account no. 3095-43780-101-570955 for Traffic Calming Improvements. The temporary delineators will be removed and reused at other locations once the permanent pinch points are installed.
Permanent pinch points cost approximately $25,000 each and include new curbs, asphalt, sod, and typically require some storm drainage work. For the two proposed pinch points the work would cost approximately $50,000 in FY2020.
The two blocks of Euclid are currently scheduled to be resurfaced in 2020 based on their pavement condi...
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