Bunn Park Neighborhood Association

Article from the office of  Mayor J. Michael Houston.

April 2011

 Mayor

Mike  Houston
3309 Quail Chase , Springfield, IL 62711

Alderman

Ward 1

Frank Edwards
51 Oak Lane, Springfield, IL 62712

Ward 2

Gail Simpson
2704 Wellington, Springfield, IL 62703

Ward 3                                                                                     Doris Turner
2100 E. Lawrence, Springfield, IL 62703

Ward 4

Frank Lesko
2906 West Street, Springfield, IL 62707

Ward 5

Sam Cahnman
400 E. Jefferson, #509, Springfield, IL 62701

Ward 6

Cory Jobe
1812 Lowell, Springfield, IL 62704

Ward 7
Joe McMenamin
1300 Pine Valley Court, Springfield, IL 62704

Ward 8

Kris Theilen
1124 Larchmont Drive, Springfield, IL 62704

Ward 9

Steven Dove
3617 Bounty Circle, Springfield, IL 62712

Ward 10

Tim Griffin
3900 Thackeray Drive, Springfield, IL 62711

Citizens bring ideas together:

The Coalition of Inner City Older Neighborhoods (ICON) first met on Monday, March 29th, 2010. The meeting was the result of discussions among seven inner city neighborhoods about the lack of time, energy, and resources being directed to the older neighborhoods and the resulting blight to the central core of the city. Attending the first meeting were nineteen representatives from 12 neighborhood associations who reviewed and identified their most pressing problems.

Over the next six months these problems were clarified with input from a number of guest speakers into specific items to use as the political agenda for the coalition.  ICON meets the last Monday of each month  the next meeting is March 28, 2011 and is our first anniversary.

September 2010

City Of Springfield meeting of the whole  Tuesday September 28, 2010

Alderman Simpson is requesting additional stop signs be placed on 12th Street where it

intersects with Melrose Street to create a four-way stop intersection.  

This act shall provide more safety in this area while slowing traffic.

The City Council Meeting of the whole begins at 5:30P

Location is city Hall 3d floor 7th & Monroe Streets
 

Article provided by City of Springfield,

The City of Springfield's 2010 fall leaf pickup program will begin on Monday, November 1, and end on Friday, November 12.

“Even though the economy has kept city revenue depressed, we have decided not to cut back the Fall leaf pickup program this year,” Mayor Tim Davlin said. “We will be providing the same program that we provided last year. While it is difficult to predict when leaves will fall, this city-sponsored leaf pickup program will help residents to get rid of the bulk of their leaves by eliminating the need to purchase stickers for each bag.”

In order for residents to take advantage of the program, they should place leaves in paper yard waste bags or cans marked "YARDWASTE" at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Monday of each week. If they are not left by Monday of the second week, they may not get picked up. Do not remove the bagged leaves or cans from the curb once you place them there.

Plastic bags will not be accepted. Leaves left on boulevards will not be picked up. They should be placed at the end of driveways or on parkways. Leaves should be placed in paper yardwaste bags--not grocery sacks or boxes. Do not put any sort of tape on the bag to seal it shut as the tape is not recyclable.

Waste cans are acceptable, but they cannot weigh more than 60 pounds and must be marked "yardwaste" in letters large enough to be seen from the street by the drivers. Bags containing grass are not part of the program and will require a sticker for pick up. They will not be picked up until after the City’s Fall leaf pick up program is completed.

Wastehaulers participating in this year's program and their assigned areas:

•       Allied Waste - north of South Grand/Old Jacksonville Rd. . . . . . .. . . . . . 522-7797

•       Lake Area Disposal - south of South Grand/Old Jacksonville Rd . . . . . 522-9317

•       Illini Disposal - a portion of Indian Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...566-3470

•       Waste Management - a portion of Northgate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523-5498

If bags of yardwaste remain at the curb after November 12, 2010, they will require waste hauler stickers in order to be picked up after this two-week fall leaf pickup.

City of Springfield hearing from residents about much needed infrastruture improvments. Streets. Sidewalks. Curbs. Sewer systems railroad crossings  Street and Alley lighting. Traffic signals Truck Route concerns. much of this modernization is needed throughout Springfield the heaveist of need being in Wards 2 & 3 where there has been very little progress in improving these areas in 60 years.

click on Build Springfield to learn more about plans for major infrastructure improvements citywide. 

 Support Routing High-Speed Rail (High Volume Freight Traffic) Through the 10th Street Rail Corridor,  NOT Through the Middle of Downtown, the middle of our Beautiful Illinois State Capital Campus and through the growing and even more promising Mid-Illinois Regional Medical District.  Springfield has finally gotten its act together coordinating plans for a Regional Transportation Center on Eleventh Street.  Such plans have coordinated future needs of the Sangamon County Complex, expansion of the Prairie Capital Convention Center and includes rail, bus, and taxi service all in close proximity to facilitate efficient transportation in central Illinois.  Now Union Pacific is saying, essentially:  "We intend to bulldoze whatever it takes to run two rail lines through Third Street.  If that means we need to put concrete overpasses that will stretch for blocks in either direction in order to push up to 60 freight and passenger trains through the Third Street corridor every day, that's no problem for us.  It's our right to do it, and we plan to.  It's more profitable for us than 10th Street and we don't care what Springfield has planned" That additional rail traffic on 3d street tracks will not be a good thing for our community and you see union pacific wants to recieve our money federal dollars to do what it wants to do in our community and to hell with what we want. That is not right!  Learn More About Rail Corridor Study at www.springfieldrailroad.com

Article Jan. 2010

We have a few important safety concerns that have been communicated to the City of Springfield to do with traffic. There are two intersections which have an increased level of traffic. (1) The intersection of 11TH & ASH streets have traffic signals that are at times difficult to see do in part to sunlight and there location. To make this safe the the City must make improvements to such as placing the signals on standards that position them over the roadway in front of motorist include left turn signals in all directions.                                                               

(2) The intersection of 15TH & ASH streets  is serving an increased level of traffic with only a four way stop sign. We ask that the City of Springfield include this intersection in any comprehensive infrastructure improvement plans which would include the installation of a traffic signal here as traffic is stacked nearly a block mainly on Ash St. look at mabe using left turn signals as well for this location due to some visability concerns.