CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report regarding potential streetscape improvements along Ogden Avenue from Washington Street to the City's eastern boundary.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Allison Laff, AICP, Deputy Director of TED
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Not required.
BACKGROUND:
Under new business at the August 15, 2017 meeting, City Council directed staff to prepare a report regarding streetscape improvements that could be made along Ogden Avenue from Washington Street to the City's eastern boundary.
Ogden Avenue - Work to Date
Following the completion of the Ogden Avenue Vision Statement (2006) and a 2-year public outreach process, the City Council adopted the Ogden Avenue Corridor Enhancement Initiative on February 6, 2008. This plan identified the absence of a Naperville-specific identity, lack of pedestrian amenities, strong automobile-oriented layout, and lack of relationship between the various uses along the corridor as primary issues facing Ogden Avenue. In response, the plan identified over 50 implementation items intended to "enhance the character and sense of place of Ogden Avenue, while increasing economic viability and improving the sustainability of this service business and retail Corridor".
Since plan adoption in 2008, the City has completed several implementation items, including the adoption of municipal code amendments to prohibit pole signs and reduce the required major arterial setback; creation of the Ogden Avenue Site Enhancement Initiative (2009) to provide financial assistance for design-related private property improvements; completion of the Ogden Avenue Corridor Engineering Design and Streetscape Document (2010) and related installation of new pedestrian signals, ADA intersection improvements, sidewalk sections to eliminate gaps, and planting of 138 parkway trees along the corridor; and adoption of amendments to the B3 zoning district pre...
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