1991-78•
RESOLUTION NO. 91 - 78
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REVISED 10/29/91
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE DRAFT STRATEGIC REGIONAL ARTERIAL STUDY
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ILLINOIS 21 (MILWAUKEE AVENUE)
FROM ILLINOIS 43 (HARLEM AVENUE) TO ILLINOIS 120 (BELVIDERE ROAD)
WHEREAS, the reduction of traffic congestion is essential to the
improvement and maintenance of the quality of life in suburban communities;
and,
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove's official comprehensive plan
which was adopted by Ordinance No. 86 -49 designated the Milwaukee Avenue
(Illinois Route 21) alignment as a regionally important highway corridor
which is intended to serve a significant portion of trips generated by land
uses within the Village of Buffalo Grove and intended to serve vehicle trips
with destinations which are beyond the Village's planning area; and,
WHEREAS, preliminary engineering analyses performed in conjunction
with the preparation of the "Village of Buffalo Grove Transportation Plan"
dated June, 1987, and in conjunction with the preparation of the "1991
Transportation Plan Update ", which has been published in preliminary report
form dated July, 1991, indicate that improvements to the existing geometrics
of the road are warranted; and,
WHEREAS, it is highly desirable to incorporate the planning of
other transportation modes, such as pedestrian and bikeway facilities, into
the process of planning arterial street corridors; and,
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove has planned a system of
continuous bikeways, including a bikeway on the west side of Milwaukee Avenue
from Lake -Cook Road to Aptakisic Road; and,
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove has adopted standards for
construction within its planning area which call for a sidewalk to be on each
side of any street on which side of the street a bikeway is not planned for
construction; and,
WHEREAS, on January 31, 1991, the Policy Committee of the Chicago
Area Transportation Study adopted, as a guide, the "Strategic Regional
Arterial Design Concept Report" which classifies the portion of Milwaukee
Avenue within the Buffalo Grove planning area between Lake -Cook Road and
Riverside Road as a "suburban" strategic regional arterial and which stated
in its Chapter 8, entitled "Suburban SRA Routes ", under the section entitled
"Bicycles and Pedestrians ", that "Provisions for bicycles and pedestrians may
be accommodated within the SRA right -of -way itself. In suburban situations,
alternative parallel routes may not always be available. ... Under all
situations, the goal is to have a continuous system of bicycle and pedestrian
facilities ";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village President and Board
of Trustees of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Lake and Cook Counties, Illinois
as follows:
1. In order to be of use as a planning guide for future development
right -of -way dedications, sidewalk and bikeway plans of the Village of
Buffalo Grove must be incorporated into the Strategic Regional Arterial
Study for Milwaukee Avenue.
2. The Village Manager is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to
the Illinois Department of Transportation.
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Reid. Kahn. Rubin, Braiman, Hendricks
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
PASSED: November 4 , 1991
APPROVED: November 4 �!,� 1991
APPROVED : /
Villadent
ATTEST: -
Villate Clerk
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