I am attaching below my e-mail of this morning to Park Commissioners and staff.
General Manager Siggelkow of the Park Board staff is now advising the public
that not only will Grove Street be closed if the DeLaSalle project proceeds -
but so will East Island Avenue - the road that runs around the Island. The
email string containing this news follows my e-mail to the Park Board. Either
he's right - and the Park Board is pulling a fast one (no one has even
mentioned the possibility of closing Island Ave), or he's wrong - demonstrating
that staff doesn't really understand the proposal at all.
Barry Clegg
East Island Avenue (soon to living on a cul-de-sac on a dead end street? )
Nicollet Island
My e-mail to Commissioners follows:
Commissioners and All: General Manager Siggelkow has advised a questioner that
the DeLaSalle project would close not only east Grove Street but East Island
Avenue - see his e-mail and the e-mail string below.
I think and hope he just has it wrong. If he's right, that is appalling. No
schematic or description of the project has ever contemplated that East Island
Avenue would be closed. There has been absolutely no public discussion of this
because it's never been raised or proposed - even by DeLaSalle, at least not
publicly. I'm asking for confirmation as to whether or not this is actually
part of the proposal.
If he's wrong, and I hope he is, that's just as disturbing. It demonstatres
that this project has moved so fast, that the draft Reciprocal Use Agreement is
so vague, and project descriptions are so nebulous, that not even senior Park
staff have a basic understanding of the most significant elements of the
proposal.
Please get back to me and confirm wheter or not East Island Avenue will remain
open.
Barry Clegg
e-mail string follows
Looks like East Island Avenue will be blocked off,
as well as the east portion of Grove Street. So the
drive around the island will no longer exist as
before. all cars will have to drive in and out of
the residential area via West Island Avenue on the
west side of the school. --- Dave
From: Don Siggelkow
Date: August 4,2005
> yes >
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From: [deleted to protect identity]
Date: August 03, 2005
> Mr. Siggelkow, Thank you very much for the
information. So getting a little more specific. Are
you saying that East Island Avenue would be blocked
to car traffic on the south side of the RR tracks?
Also, I assume the eastern portion of Grove Street
would be blocked off to cars - is this correct? >
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>From Don Siggelkow:
Date: August 3, 2005
> Dave, The bridge access to the Island will remain,
the crossing at grade near the school would no longer
be available.
>
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