May 2, 2013 Park District Staff with City Staff and Burke Engineering Meeting

The City of Elmhurst requested this meeting as a follow-up to the December 2012 meeting to review the more refined draft conceptual plans.  Burke Engineering presented these conceptual drawings with more detail and informed the District that a presentation would be made to the Elmhurst City Council on May 6th and that large display boards of the conceptual drawings would be on the council floor.  In addition, City staff indicated they would be providing a report to the City Council on the effects of the recent storms and a status update on discussions between City and Park District staff.  Jim Rogers said he would present these conceptual drawings  to the Park Board at the May 8 meeting.  June 12 was set as a tentative date for the City of Elmhurst and Burke Engineering to give a presention of the concepts in full to the Park Board.  Some questions were raised to the City of Elmhurst and Burke Engineering by the District staff as to timeline, the potential of green solutions such as permeable pavers in parking lots, and replacement of grass with articfical turf for these locations.