Image Results

Next to each of the following images, the number of responses for each preference rating is included.  In reviewing these images, please note that the number of 'No Answer,' selections is not shown. They are, however, recorded in the overall totals.

**Note: Comments made for individual images are included below the score totals. Surveys completed at the meeting were numbered (1-69) for the purpose of recording results. This number is included in parentheses after each comment.

Urban Design

Traditional signage with traditional color, motif	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	1	4	8	15	34	30
	Comments: Low is better (9) Large letters good (15) Too large (65)

Traditional directional signage	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	3	13	17	13	13	19	14
	Comments: Too High (9)

Non-traditional signage, more modern style	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	38	24	16	5	5	4	0
	Comments: Too colorful (9) Cannot read from distance (37) Too busy (65)

Avant-garde banners, modern design	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	32	16	16	9	11	3	3
	Comments: Banner on poles ok, but not street sign (9) Strange (15) Too modern for Mundelein (24) Like colors (65)

Bannered alley and lighting elements pulled off the street to create spaces	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	3	13	7	10	26	24	7
	Comments: No (9) There’s better ways to improve look (15) Can’t see alleys in Mundelein (65)

Extensive site furnishings	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	1	4	7	19	29	27
	Comments: Metal benches (green) (9) Bench good, sign bad – can’t read at a distance (15) Sign should be larger (37) Signs might be hard to read – small (53)

Public art elements	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	7	17	9	16	20	13
	Comments: Arts ok (9) Like it (15)

Defined street edge with lighting and landscape	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	1	1	3	18	27	39
	Comments: Old fashioned lighting (9) Good but cuts in for strollers with kids (15)

High maintenance landscape elements	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	2	5	11	14	16	27	14
	Comments: Nice corridors (walkways) (9) Like the green (15)

Reliance on intensive plantings	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	1	11	6	16	30	23
	Comments: Too much (9) Like the green (15) Too much space taken up (53)

On-street sitting areas	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	1	4	9	16	32	26
	Comments: Yes, small lanscaping (9) Gets dirty, not flat slats (15) Has proven effective previously (65)

Pocket parks set within public space	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	2	2	2	11	32	40
	Comments: Small sitting areas with little landscaping (9) Like the quantity placement (15)

Intimate retail-oriented sitting and gathering areas	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	1	1	3	12	31	42
	Comments: Too much (9) Is wood clean? (15)

Large scale public seating and gathering areas	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	14	14	22	13	15	7	5
	Comments: Too empty (9) Too modern benches (15) Needs some greenery (53)

Public seating with multiple hardscape materials, linear arrangement	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	7	16	26	13	20	7	1
	Comments: No, too modern (9) No backs (I like Highland Park’s benches) (15) Not very comfortable looking (53)

Blending of public and private seating and gathering areas	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	0	7	5	14	36	28
	Comments: Perfect (9) Non-patrons won’t use (53)

Predominance of plantings to define street edge	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	3	10	7	8	25	23	14
	Comments: No, too much landscaping (9) But need walkthroughs to street (15) Like it – expense concerns me (65)

Varied building materials with common roof line	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	5	8	12	28	26	11
	Comments: Mix use (9)

Common palette of building materials, uniform look and roofline	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	4	15	18	14	24	13	1
	Comments: Ok, but closed to curb (9) No, like diverse look of it better (15) Too uniform (53)

Large expanses of glass as building materials	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	17	19	17	15	11	7	5
	Comments: No, Mundelein is not a glass town (9) A little too modern 15) I have lived in Mundelein for 33 years and still don’t know what defines the Downtown. (13) Too urban for Mundelein (53) Not modern, keep the Village model (69)

Small scale, 1-story buildings, uniform character	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	7	8	9	15	22	19	11
	Comments: Small, but combine with 2-stories (9) Two-story is ok (15) Needs a few upper floors (53) Better (69)

Slightly larger scale 2 ½-story building with varied roofline	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	0	3	3	22	35	26
	Comments: Watch the high buildings (9) Very nice (15) Very nice (53) Ok (69)

Larger scale 3 ½-story building with consistent roofline	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	16	20	18	16	14	3
	Comments: No (9) Like diversity a bit more (15) Nice, but not as much as #22 (53)

5 story building of adaptive reuse	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	22	12	18	10	16	7	5
	Comments: Too much for Mundelein (9) Scale is good (15)

Larger scale, set back from street	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	10	12	19	13	15	18	2
	Comments: A lot of empty space (9) Requires car set-back, shorter walk for pregnant wife with kids, like brick building front (15)

Transportation

Clarity of signage when attached to light post	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	0	2	11	17	27	24
	Comments: Ok (9) Like it (15)

Ganging of directional and informational signage	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	7	7	23	10	12	19	5
	Comments: Too much info (9) Ok (15) Too congested (37)

Free standing directional signage, individual posts	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	7	11	14	18	20	10	4
	Comments: No sign on post (9)

Use of materials to demark routes and movement	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	1	5	5	17	27	29
	Comments: Good (9) Like the streetlight, like bricks too (15) Very important (53) Use gaslights (54)

Defined circulation by separated lanes	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	13	18	11	20	8	7
	Comments: No (9) Safe for bikes (15) Only if you have high volumes (53)

Bus stop pull-off areas	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	2	5	4	5	15	26	26
	Comments: Maybe - needs a good design (9) Like it as long as place to walk (15)

Significant intermodal hubs	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	11	13	10	14	17	12
	Comments: No (9) Yes, good (15)

Screened surface parking	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	1	5	11	20	29	17
	Comments: Yes, with a meter (9) Screen good, don’t skimp on places avail (15) Ok, but don’t put it on corner (53) Too ordinary (54)

Convenience parking, angled	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	3	5	9	5	10	25	25
	Comments: Problem for older people (9) Angles good, higher capacity (15) Only on side streets – low traffic volume (53) Boring (54)

On-street parallel parking	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	9	10	16	12	11	15	8
	Comments: Old fashioned (9) I hate to parallel park (15) In certain places (53) Much better (54)

Sub-grade parking, removed from street and accessed by kiosks	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	12	17	14	11	7	12	9
	Comments: Great, but money (15) Only if really necessary (53) Much better (54)

Structured parking, set back from main street	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	12	15	9	13	20	12	2
	Comments: Yes with some advertisements it will work (9) Ok, high density easy to walk (15) Needs to be screened better (53) Very boring (54)

Structured parking with first floor retail	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	10	18	11	12	17	8
	Comments: Ok (9) Nice idea (15) Better (53) Attractive (54)

Mixed-use development incorporating parking	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	26	24	13	5	3	5	6
	Comments: Too big for Mundelein (9) Too high density (15) Out of scale for Mundelein (53) Too monolithic (54)

Parking behind buildings	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	2	1	6	10	19	32	12
	Comments: Usually interesting, is it practical as a visitor? (15) Need to sign it well (53) Cozier (54)

Town Center

Suburban townhouses	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	9	7	8	13	20	18
	Comments: Outer edge of Downtown (52) On fringes of Town Center (53) Nifty (54)

Auto-dominated townhouses	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	12	20	15	10	14	6	6
	Comments: No (53) Garages facing street poor choice (54)

Housing set back from street with single point of entry for multiple units	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	10	14	8	18	18	6
	Comments: But it needs to be closer to train station (9) Trees and greenspace (15) Better (54)

Limited setback with common courtyard and private entry and porches	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	5	6	7	8	17	24	13
	Comments: Ok, but quite urban (15) Avoid courtyards in downtown core (53) Good (54)

Inward facing, clusters of housing	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	12	12	19	8	15	8	7
	Comments: Ok, must have parks (15) Too monolithic (54)

Larger scale building at the street	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	14	10	10	10	18	14	5
	Comments: How many buildings? (9) Too city-like (54)

High density and larger scale building with surface parking	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	33	17	15	5	3	4	3
	Comments: No (9) Scale ok, but layout so-so (53) Too urban (54)

Very large-scale building with structured parking (located beneath)	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	47	8	7	5	4	3	4
	Comments: No way (9) No Arlington Heights (22) Worse (54)

Modern infill into historic block	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	0	1	3	11	42	24
	Comments: Yes, but can we keep the business in town? (9) Would be ok with a 3rd floor too (53) More classical (54)

Specialty retail with office above	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	1	5	6	15	23	31
	Comments: Maybe (9) Hard to walk with stroller and kids, but good (15) Perfect! (36)

Traditional mixed-use with architectural accents	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	0	5	9	6	14	29	18
	Comments: No parking, good landscaping (9) The best (54)

Retail with residential removed with setback above	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	5	8	13	6	17	22	10
	Comments: Maybe (9) Setback depends on context (53) Too ‘plain jane’ (54)

High density residential with retail	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	16	16	15	5	12	9	7
	Comments: No (9) A bit too high-density, but ok (15) Max. scale for Mundelein (53) Too draconian (54)

Urban mixed-use	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	27	14	12	9	10	4	5
	Comments: No (9) Very high-density (15) Too Evanstonian (54)

Urban grocery store	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	4	3	13	7	15	16	23
	Comments: Wonderful, need food close by (15) Grocery downtown is a good idea (36) Too modern (54)

Large anchor retail with office above	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	13	12	13	11	14	8	10
	Comments: Like the shopping (15) Anchor stores good (54)

Large green reserves in the downtown, connections to park system	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	6	10	12	14	15	12	11
	Comments: Connect to trails, not parks nec. (36) Parks are great (54)

Incorporating play facilities	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	1	4	4	4	24	25	19
	Comments: More money to keep maintenance (9) Closer to park is better (15) Active use is key – lots of kids here (36) Smaller is better (54)

Pocket plazas	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	4	16	17	8	17	13	6
	Comments: Yes, should have some but mix here (15) Plazas right downtown, parks a bit outside (36) Too much walking to shop (54)

Hardscape elements as activity features	Voting Results
	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3
	16	11	13	10	16	11	4
	Comments: Good idea (9) Fountain is over the top, $ (15) No (54)

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