Transportation Advisory Board — Naperville, IL
Date: 2022-09-01

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Transportation Advisory Board

Thursday, September 1, 2022 7:00 PM Council Chambers




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

 Police Department Report

 1. 22-1026 Approve the minutes from the July 7, 2022 Transportation Advisory
 Board Meeting

 2. 22-0964 Approve the recommendation establishing the 2023-2025 Annual
 New Sidewalk Program.

 3. 22-1020 Receive the presentation on using Geographic Information System
 (GIS) tools to evaluate walkability in Naperville

E. OLD BUSINESS:

F. NEW BUSINESS:

G. ADJOURNMENT:




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 Transportation Advisory Board


Thursday, September 1, 2022 7:00 PM Council Chambers


A. CALL TO ORDER:
 Chariman Melaniphy called the September 1, 2022 Transportation Advisory Board
 Meeting to order.

B. ROLL CALL:
 This was closed.
 Present 5- Scott Hurley, Michael Melaniphy, Inga Orolin, Matthew Seeberg, and James Webb

 Absent 4- Janet Blubaugh, Michael Brown, Mary Howenstine, and Suzanne Hart


C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 Rosanne Nielsen brought her concerns about excessive speeding on Gartner
 Road. She has lived there for 8 years and has constantly dealt with drivers
 disobeying the speed limit and tailgating. She states that there are no stop signs
 between Charles and Washington. She wants to know what staff can do to help
 the situation.

 City Traffic Engineer Andy Hynes states that staff will look at this concern and
 once data is collected staff will look at the traffic calming toolkit to see if anything
 can be done.

 Traffic Sergeant Ricky Krakow states the Police Department works with TED
 staff to see when the speeding occurs.

 Marilyn Schweitzer is concerned with speeding and stop compliance on Gartner
 and at Gartner and Charles. She is happy the City is adding stop bars at
 Gartner and Charles. She states that stop signs will not help the speeding that
 occurs on Gartner. She recommends voluntary compliance with traffic
 regulations.

 Bob White lives near Gartner and Charles and states that there is always traffic
 because of the Gartner Bridge and have started seeing more traffic with the
 expansion of Naper Boulevard. He states that Gartner is a preferred street for a
 bicyclists because it is an on-street bike route. He states that he reviewed the
 Traffic Calming Toolkit and did not find any information stating that stop signs
 are not used for speed control. He believes that stop signs should be added on
 Gartner Road to stop speeding.

 Melanie Sepera states that at first the traffic was not that bad but as the city

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 grew there was more traffic. She states that it is very dangerous to pull out of
 her driveway with the excessive speeding. She believes that stop signs will
 deter speeding of the vehicles. She wants the City to prioritize Gartner.

 Brett Laughlin has concerns about the DuPage River Trail and the speeding
 vehicles on Gartner. He would like a flashing beacon pedestrian crossing
 installed at Gartner and Edgewater.

 Patrick Bowler states that Gartner is a cut through for downtown and people
 speed through it. He would like a stop sign installed at Gartner and Julian
 because of the amount of vehicles that use the intersection. He states that
 vehicles drive over 35 mph going east. He wants driver feedback signs installed
 on Gartner.

 Matt Seeberg asks Staff to bring the report and recommendations for Gartner
 Road to a TAB meeting.


 This was closed.

D. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

 Police Department Report

 This was closed.


 1. Approve the minutes from the July 7, 2022 Transportation Advisory Board Meeting

 Attachments: July 7th 2022 TAB Minutes

 This Report was approved.

 Aye: 5- Hurley, Melaniphy, Orolin, Seeberg, and Webb

 Absent: 4- Blubaugh, Brown, Howenstine, and Hart


 2. Approve the recommendation establishing the 2023-2025 Annual New Sidewalk
 Program.
 Attachments: Neighborhood Gap Property Owner Survey.pdf
 Property Owner Notification Letter_Arterial.pdf
 Property Owner Notification Letter_Neighborhood.pdf
 Property Owner Notification Letter_Special Consideration.pdf
 Map_Arterial.pdf
 Map_Neighborhood.pdf
 Map_Special Consideration.pdf
 TAB Feedback_Neighborhood.pdf
 TAB Feedback_Special Consideration.pdf

 Project Engineer Christine Rhoades gave a presentation on the New Sidewalk

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 Program and the locations for the 2023-2025 years.

 Brian Shanahan lives at 527 W Douglas. He states that he strongly opposes the
 sidewalk being installed on his side of the street. He states that a sidewalk was
 installed recently on the other side of the street. He states that there is no need
 because of the matured trees. He wants to know if an engineer looked at the
 property because of the elevation in the parkway.

 Donna Malone speaks about the sidewalk on Franklin between Julian and
 Huffman. She is the only owner that lives on the block, her neighbors are
 renters from North Central that aren't in the houses long term. She also has
 quite a bit of landscaping and trees in the parkway. She does not see the need
 because of the sidewalk across the street.

 Joe Haselhorst lives on Cottage and does not believe his side of the street
 should have a sidewalk. He states that people don't even use the sidewalk
 across the street and that most people use the street to walk. He states that
 there are plenty of trees and landscaping that will be impacted. He also states
 that there will be ice problems on the sidewalk because of the tree canopy.

 Marilyn Schweitzer states that she appreciated the NEST presentation and the
 city should consider them. She lives on Charles and Gartner. She states that
 closing gaps should be a quicker process. She wants community surveys or
 open houses for the public to have say on the matter. She recommends the
 sidewalk scores get posted on the City's open data site.

 Jay Valentine lives on Wright south of Prairie and if a sidewalk is extended
 through his property, he will lose at least two trees. He accepts that if the
 sidewalk is installed, he would like the sidewalk installed as close to the street
 as possible. He believes that his living room would be too close to the potential
 sidewalk. He would like staff to consider not installing the sidewalk.

 Chris Sanlucci states that he is speaking for Brian Shanahan who spoke earlier.
 He wants staff to take another look at the gap on West Street because there is
 quite a bit of slope and a lot of trees would have to be taken out for the sidewalk
 to be installed.

 John Gerken lives on Victoria Court and he believes that the street does not
 need a sidewalk because there is no need for a sidewalk on the court.

 Additional comments from Donna Malone were received via email to staff and
 TAB, these emails included photos of her property that would be impacted by
 the sidewalk installation.

 Hurley asks what approving the recommendation means for the process and if
 there are other opportunities for the public to voice their opinions.

 Hynes states that TAB can make amendments to the recommendation list
 before staff brings the agenda item to CIty Council. He states that staff does a
 high level review of the locations and that they are very sensitive about
 landscaping and trees before building.

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 Melaniphy asks Rhoades whether the list was captured of the residents that
 spoke and if we can amend these locations off the list that goes to City Council.

 Rhoades states that TAB is able to amend the list and staff can come back to
 TAB.

 Webb asks why the sidewalk program is approved 3 years out.

 Hynes states that the list goes to City Council before it is approved. He also
 states that there are several steps before the sidewalks get installed. Hynes
 states that part of the reason the approve a 3 year program is to have flexibility
 just in case there are design issues down the road.

 Seeberg asks why the gap on Cottage was not done in the last program.

 Rhoades states that it was one of the alternates and got cut from the program
 because of budget reasons.

 Seeberg states that all the written and verbal objections were all on the 2025
 list.

 Rhoades states that if TAB is interested they can amend the program to only
 include the 2023 and 2024 program list.

 Seeberg states that he is in favor of moving in that direction.

 Hynes states that staff would not have any objection to TAB approving just the
 2023 and 2024 program.

 Melaniphy entertains a motion either as submitted or as amended.

 Hurley wants to confirm that all the locations that had objections were not in the
 2023 or 2024 program.




 TAB approves the 2023 and 2024 program for the Annual New Sidewalk
 Program

 Aye: 5- Hurley, Melaniphy, Orolin, Seeberg, and Webb

 Absent: 4- Blubaugh, Brown, Howenstine, and Hart


 3. Receive the presentation on using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to
 evaluate walkability in Naperville
 Dr. Reed Perkins gave a presentation on walkability in Naperville

 Scott Hurley asks what the assumed mph was for the person walking.
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 Perkins states that they said 3 mph was what was chosen. He also states that
 there are a lot of variables in the approach.


 This Report was received.

E. OLD BUSINESS:

 There was no old business discussed.

 This was closed.

F. NEW BUSINESS:

 There was no new business discussed.

 This was closed.

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 A motion was made by Webb, seconded by Orolin, to adjourn the meeting at 8:49
 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 5- Hurley, Melaniphy, Orolin, Seeberg, and Webb

 Absent: 4- Blubaugh, Brown, Howenstine, and Hart




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