Current Capital Improvement Projects

Euclid Square

Project History
Euclid Square Park is a 2.81 acre park located at 705 W. Fillmore, 1 block east of Oak Park Avenue and 1 block north of Roosevelt Road. Current park amenities include an all-purpose field, a 60' baseball/softball field, 4 tennis courts, and playground apparatus.

In spring 2008, after a competitive Request for Proposals process, Altamanu, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois was hired to provide professional landscape architecture services for the master site planning of Euclid Square. After staff and focus group input, and three community meetings, the Park Board of Commissioners reviewed the Euclid Square Park Site Plan final draft recommendation at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Thursday, July 2, 2009. At the Regular Park Board Meeting on Thursday, July 16, 2009 the Park Board accepted the Euclid Square Park Site Plan.

Altamanu, Inc. has since been contracted to complete the construction documents and assist with construction observation.

Project Summary
Being the first of three improvement phases anticipated for Euclid Sqaure, this 2010 project includes enhancements to the sport field and surrounding periphery.

Improvements to Euclid Square are scheduled to begin in 2010 with $380,000 allocated for the first phase improvements. The estimated cost for these improvements is $373,926.

In June 2010, the Park District of Oak Park, through a competitive bid process, hired Fuerte Systems of Plainfield, Illinois to complete the Phase I Improvements at Euclid Square Park. A pre-construction meeting was held to review the project details and timeliine with the public for the Euclid Square Park Renovation Project on Monday, June 21 at 7pm at the Oak Park Conservatory. Construction work will begin on or soon after July 12th, 2010.

Park Availability
Construction fencing will encompass the southern half end of the park site, however, Euclid Square will remain open to the public during the project. The sport field area will be closed until spring 2011. Work will begin on or after July 12th, 2010 and will be complete early spring 2011.

Project Team
The Working Group for this project is comprised of Josephine Bellalta and Phil Hutchinson of Altamanu, Inc.; Jamil Bou-Saab and Jerry Pilipowicz of Terra Engineering; and Gary Balling, Michael Grandy and Neil Adams from the Park District of Oak Park.

Timeline

Project begins	July 12, 2010
Project completed	by early spring 2011