Touhy Park Playground Completion – an additional $125,000 will cover the remaining costs for the installation of a $450,000 playground.Ħ.
You Are Here Information Sites – visitor information sites will be installed at each CTA and Metra station entrance in the 49th Ward ($175,000). Leaf Out the 49th Ward – 100+ trees will be planted in parkways, in-filling areas where trees are missing or have never been planted, to achieve a 20% tree canopy coverage by 2020 ($75,000).Ĥ.
Underpass Murals – twenty-two murals are being proposed, at a cost of $5,500 each, for a total of $121,000, at the CTA and Metra locations below. 7400 N Seeley Av – Jarvis Av to Fargo AvĢ.6900 N Ravenswood Av (west) – Farwell Av to Morse Av.6800 N Ravenswood Av (west) – Pratt Bl to Farwell Av.7600 N Marshfield Av (Alley north of Howard St).7100 N Paulina Av – Estes Av to Touhy Av.7050 N Paulina Av – Greenleaf Av to Estes Av.1734 North Shore Av – Hermitage Av to Ravenswood Av.1700 North Shore Av – Clark St to Hermitage Av.1750 W Morse Av – Clark St to Ravenswood Av.7700 N Marshfield Av – Jonquil Tr to Juneway Tr.2100 W Jarvis Av – Hoyne Av to Ridge Av.2050 W Jarvis Av – Seeley Av to Hoyne Av.2000 W Jarvis Av – Damen Av to Seeley Av.7051 N Clark St (Alley north of Greenleaf Av).1600 W Greenleaf Av – Ashland Av to Paulina Av.7100 N Glenwood Av – Estes Av to Touhy Av.7050 N Glenwood Av – Greenleaf Av to Estes Av.1800 W Estes Av – Ravenswood Av to Wolcott Av.7450 N Damen Av – Fargo Av to Birchwood Av.7400 N Damen Av – Jarvis Av to Fargo Av.7500 N Claremont Av – Birchwood Av to Howard St.7600 N Bosworth Av – Howard St to Jonquil Tr.1300 W Birchwood Av – Eastlake Tr to Sheridan Rd.1200 W Birchwood Av – Lake to Eastlake Tr.
The following streets and alleys are being considered for resurfacing this year (listed in alphabetical order): The cost of resurfacing this year is $36,ooo for the first 5 blocks, and $58,000 per block after that to cover half the cost of installing the handicapped curb cuts. That average will determine the percentage of the 2012 aldermanic menu budget that will be devoted exclusively to street resurfacing. The votes on this separate question will be tallied and an average calculated. Streets Vote – A separate question will appear on the ballot asking voters to vote on a specific percentage of the 2012 aldermanic menu budget that should be devoted exclusively to street resurfacing. The following projects are currently being considered: Streetsġ.
CLARK HOWARD FREE BUDGETING SOFTWARE UPDATE
The 49th Ward is the first political jurisdiction in the nation to implement a participatory budgeting process, and Alderman Moore has made it a permanent fixture in the Ward.Īfter meeting with City experts, conducting inspections, careful research, and reviewing cost estimates, the 5 committees have managed to narrow down the long lists of suggested improvement projects resulting from the Neighborhood Assemblies late last year (Arts & Other Committee received close to 50 suggestions!) to those listed below. Please note that the committees will continue examining these various projects to present to you a more concise list at the 2nd round of Neighborhood Assemblies in April, so come back as we continue to update the list below. My constituents voted for an average of 57.2% to be dedicated exclusively to street resurfacing, in addition to 12 projects.
Last year, 21 projects made it onto the ballot in addition to a separate question on the percentage of the Menu Fund that should be dedicated exclusively to street resurfacing–$300,000 were reserved to cover PB project cost overruns. Of these 14 were selected in a vote by over 1600 members of the community to receive a total of $1.3 million in funding–the entire capital infrastructure budget from the wards’ Menu Fund. The first year, over 100 volunteers worked to develop 36 projects. Sick of old-style Chicago politics? In a truly innovative experiment in direct democracy, transparency, and economic reform, Alderman Joe Moore is asking you, the residents of the 49th Ward, to participate for the third year in the 49th Ward’s Participatory Budgeting process.