{"id":14476,"date":"2024-07-16T19:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14476"},"modified":"2024-07-16T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:01:12","slug":"this-elmhurst-neighborhood-wants-sidewalks-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14476","title":{"rendered":"This Elmhurst Neighborhood Wants Sidewalks: Resident"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELMHURST, IL \u2013 Residents on Elmhurst’s Glade Avenue want sidewalks, but the city’s quote for the residents’ portion is too high, a resident said Monday.<\/p>\n

Last month, the city released a survey of the 17 homeowners on Glade from Second to Third streets. Three favored the project and one opposed it. The other 13 did not respond. <\/p>\n

Under the city’s current policy, non-responses are counted as no votes. At Monday’s City Council meeting, the city changed that policy, with only yes and no votes to be tallied. <\/p>\n

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Also, under the new rules, the city will cover three-quarters of the costs of sidewalks on streets where residents petition for them. That’s up from half.<\/p>\n

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During public comments at the council meeting, Glade resident Peter DeFilippis referred to a Patch story last month that reported that the city said residents did not show enough interest in having a sidewalk. <\/p>\n

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“That’s totally false,” DeFilippis said. “Residents didn’t want to say no because they do want it.”<\/p>\n

At the same time, he said the residents didn’t want to say yes because they didn’t want to pay what the city estimated. <\/p>\n

According to the city, the total estimated cost is $284,000, with residents and Elmhurst splitting the bill 50-50.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know where this number came from, to be honest with you,” DeFilippis said. “I asked the people who were in charge where this number came from, and I still don’t have a clear answer on that. The residents absolutely do want it.”<\/p>\n

In an interview late last month, DeFilippis told Patch that 100 percent of residents on his block want sidewalks. He called the city’s number “ridiculous.”<\/p>\n

“They should have sidewalks on Glade from a safety perspective,” he said, noting the children and those walking their dogs in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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ELMHURST, IL \u2013 Residents on Elmhurst’s Glade Avenue want sidewalks, but the city’s quote for the residents’ portion is too high, a resident said Monday. Last month, the city released a survey of the 17 homeowners on Glade from Second to Third streets. Three favored the project and one opposed it. The other 13 did … <\/p>\n

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