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MAYOR VILLAGE MANAGER
Paul Wm. Hoefert Michael J. Cassady
TRUSTEES DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Agostino S. Filippone Sean Dorsey
Terri Gens
John J. Matuszak
Michael A. Zadel Phone: 847/870-5640
Richard F. Rogers Fax: 847/253-9377
Colleen E. Saccotelli www.mountprospect.org
MINUTESOFTHEMOUNTPROSPECT
TRANSPORTATIONSAFETYCOMMISSION
DRAFT
CALLTOORDER
ThemeetingoftheMountProspectTransportationSafetyCommissionwascalledtoorderat7:02p.m.
onMonday,December12,2022.
ROLLCALL
Presentuponrollcall:JustinKuehlthauChairman
TinaDeAragonCommissioner
JosephKanupkePoliceDepartmentRepresentative
AaronGrandgeorgeFireDepartmentRepresentative
LukeForesmanCivilEngineerStaffLiaison
ScottMoePublicWorksDepartmentRepresentative
Absent:ChristopherProsperiViceChairman
JeffreyNejdlCommissioner
OthersinAttendance:MattLawrieVillageEngineer
APPROVALOFMINUTES
ChairmanKuehlthau,secondedbyCommissionerDeAragon,movedtoapprovetheminutesoftheregular
meetingoftheTransportationSafetyCommissionheldonNovember14,2022.Theminuteswere
approvedbyavoteof50.
CITIZENSTOBEHEARD
Therewasnooneinattendancethatspokeonanissuenotontheagenda.
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OLDBUSINESS
Nooldbusiness.
NEWBUSINESS
A.CompleteStreetsAnnualSummary
TheVillageofMountProspectadoptedaCompleteStreetsPolicyonFebruary4,2020.Aspartofthe
policy,theEngineeringDivisionwillannuallypresenttotheCommissiontheresultsofeightperformance
measuresasoutlinedinthepolicy.Theseperformancemeasuredwerecomparedto2021aspresented
inthetablebelow:
Complete Streets Annual Summary Numbers
Performance Measure Unit 2021 2022
Miles of On Street Bike Routes Miles 15 29
Number of New Bike Parking Spaces Each 0 0
Linear Feet of New or Reconstructed Sidewalk Feet 38,731 48,405
Number of New or Reconstructed Curb Ramps Each 178 176
Number of New, Improved or Repainted Crosswalks Each 627 216
Number of New Parkway Trees Each 505 631
Number of New or Rehabilitated Transit Stops Each 0 0
Sidewalk
ADA Complaint Upgrades 1,775 1,126
Squares
CivilEngineerForesmanprovidedabriefpresentationontheissues.HesummarizedeffortsofthePublic
WorksDepartmentin2022asitrelatestotheCompleteStreetsPolicy.Noformalactionwasnecessary
ortaken.
CommissionerDeAragonaskedaboutcompletestreetsdesignprincipalsbeingincorporatedintotheWolf
Roadand
EuclidAvenueintersectionproject.VillageEngineerLawrie,fromtheaudience,indicatedthe
intersectionisunderthejurisdictionofbothIDOTandtheCountyandtheybothhaveadoptedcomplete
streetspoliciesthatwouldbeincorporatedintothedesign,butthepolicywouldnotapply
directlytotheproject.TheVillagewillhoweverbringupcompletestreetsdesignissueswhen
participatinginprojectdevelopment.
CommissionerDeAragonaskedaboutincreasingvisibilityforonstreetbikeroutesintheVillage.Village
EngineerLawrie,fromtheaudience,indicatedthatpavementmarkingshavebeenusedoncollector
streetstoincreasevisibilityforbikeroutes,butsharrowswerenotabletobeusedonneighborhood
streetsduetothepresenceofonstreetparkingrequiringthesharrowstobedownthemiddleoftheroad
orintheparkingareaswhichwouldnotbeappropriate.EngineerLawrie,furtherexplainedthatthe
Villagehascompletedtheonstreetbikenetworkandfutureworkwouldfocusonoffstreet
accommodationsalongarterialroutesintheVillage.TheVillagereceivedagranttoevaluateeachofthe
arterialroutesintheVillageanddevelopaplantoimplementthenewbikeroutes.
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ChairmanKuehlthauaskedhowoftencrosswalksarerestriped.EngineerForesmanindicatedpavement
markingsinhalfthetownarerepaintedeachyear,eithernorthorsouthofCentralRoad.Additionally
variouscrosswalksarerepaintedaspartoftheresurfacingprogram.PublicWorksRepresentativeMoe
furtherelaboratedthatcostshavegoneupand
thepavementmarkingpaintingisbidthroughamultiple
municipalitybidprocess.TheVillagehopestocontinuethesamepaceofrepaintinginthecomingyears,
butthatwilldependonhowthebidpricescomein.RepresentativeMoefurtherelaboratedthat2022
wasauniqueyearforthedepartment
withastrikegreatlyreducingtheavailabilityofasphaltandconcrete
forprojectsthroughouttheyear.Hehopesthingswillgetbackclosertonormalnextyear.
COMMISSIONISSUES
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Withnofurtherbusinesstodiscuss,theTransportationSafetyCommissionvoted50toadjournat7:25
p.m.uponthemotionofChairmanKuehlthau.CommissionerDeAragonsecondedthemotion.
Respectfullysubmitted,
LukeForesman,P.E.
CivilEngineer
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