Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Chairperson |
Trustee Steven D.Sebby, Vice Chairperson |
Greg Gron, Thomas Gibbons, John Schwarz |
Arthur Kuehl and William Lepins,Thomas Murphy |
Staff Liaisons: Deputy Chief Dane Cuny, Patrol Division, Police, |
Justine Gembala, Civil Engineer, Public Works |
Chairperson Trustee Richard J. Tross, resigned William Bergeron, resigned |
Dolores Kempa Cassidy, Greg Gron, William Pool and John Schwarz |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to approve. The motion |
carried by a voice vote |
Chairperson Tross asked committee to look this over before final goes to board; will also |
go to the Public Works Committee. Mike Millette brought plans to display and was on |
hand to answer any questions. Pool: asked for clarification about access to North Ave. |
from buffer road. |
Millette: on south side, access will be Rte. 53, Lombard Rd., Main St., Grace St. and |
Joyce. Millette: explained the aerials for the Rte. 64 project by IDOT. Concept was to |
eliminate cross traffic as much as possible. What we will see is pretty much what you |
see in Glendale Hts. and Carol Stream. Our situation is unique due to the houses that |
have driveways that exit on to North Ave. Therefore, there will be frontage rds. This is |
scheduled to go to bid next year; 18 month project. Should finish most roadwork in |
2001. Also, a "sound wall" will be installed. Temporary signalization at Lombard Rd. |
should begin this month with contract being awarded to Aldridge Electric. Will be "No |
Left Turns" allowed on to Lombard Rd. from North Ave. because there is no left turn |
lane on North Ave. (This is only with temporary signal) IDOT will fix Main St.! Board is |
still discussing Joyce St. and Marcus by the Lombard Lagoon. Pool: I feel we need 2 |
left turn lanes at Main & 64 going southbound; right now proposal shows one left and |
one straight/right turn. Schwarz: could be a right of way issue. If you have any |
questions, now is the right time to do it. There is going to be less access for people |
going southbound due to the fact of the driveway accesses being eliminated. There is |
going to be more access for northbound due to Lombard Rd. Tross: our complaints are |
not at Grace St. which they are widening, they are with Main and North where we are |
not getting additional lanes. Millette: went over the traffic sheets in the committee's |
packets. Schwarz: asked Mike Millette to check notes from before as to if we already |
asked for this and had received a response from IDOT on this already. |
Millette: signals will be interconnected/will even be doing this with the temporary signal. |
Will be let as 2 separate contracts. The state has said that we need to remove utilities |
that are in the areas of new pavement. Discussed the placement of the sound wall |
barriers/possibly some options for trees or vegetation of some sort. Cassidy: asked |
about graffiti proof sound walls. Johnson: responded that there is a protective coating |
that can be placed on them, but this issue still needs to be addressed. |
Consensus of committee was for Staff to address the following issues with IDOT, then |
with Board of Trustees: |
Graffiti protective coating be placed on Sound Wall; Landscaping be placed in 4 ft. grass |
area by Sound Wall; Continuous lighting as throughout the rest of town; Opticom at all |
signals; Some sort of abandonment on Joyce by Marcus; Upgrade the capacity at North |
Ave. and Rte. 64 southbound. |
Chairperson Tross asked the committee if they feel additional communication should be |
sent to the residents affected on Rte. 64 (another public meeting?) Cassidy: feels we |
should forewarn now/in fall and around the beginning of construction. Tross: we could |
just have information available to them to come in and view. Also, go back to the 2 |
trustees in this area, have them draft up a letter, and keep the North Ave. plans |
available for the residents to view? The committee agreed to this. Great presentation |
by Mike Millette! |
Tross: informed committee that in the near future Rte. 53 and the cut through traffic |
issues will need to be discussed. |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Yield |
Traffic Calming |
Pool: when I was in Phoenix, they do use speed humps and they do slow the traffic |
down. Two on Wilson would drop that traffic down to zilch. Cassidy: but a lot of these |
are not legal? Gron: that is my interpretation also. Pool: they just need to be marked |
correctly. Bergeron: just like hitting a pothole. Pool: takes away some of the man |
hours for the police dept. Tross: Chicago has installed islands that slow down traffic. |
I'm old school. I don't see where adding what we have taken out is going to correct the |
problem. Gron: what is liability involved with this? Pool: should check with Phoenix. |
Johnson: only 2 lawsuits have been successful and one of those is in appeal. More of a |
threat than a danger. Johnson discussed literature in agenda packet with committee |
members. Tross: this may become an issue as far as pedestrian safety; but what is our |
purpose of streets other than to move traffic at a reasonable pace? Johnson: |
discussed Traffic Calming with committee. Is a constant, permanent answer to issues; |
24 hour police patrol is impossible. Tross: I do believe that we as a village do use traffic |
diversion very effectively. Johnson: talked about study found on Web Site. Would |
committee like me to research this further? Schwarz: are we bringing something like |
this to the board? Johnson: we have different conditions in different areas of town that |
some of this would be more acceptable to residents/act 24 hours a day/cut down on |
police enforcement. Schwarz: Villa Park has been very effective with constant police |
speed enforcement on various streets (Ardmore for example) Scott Watkins: John |
Johnson and I have talked many times about problems on various streets (Wilson...) |
and we feel that if there is something out there that we could utilize (different ideas) and |
recognize that other areas do have similar problems. Not necessarily the answer for |
Glenview and St. Charles, but could be effective for many areas in town. Gron: I see |
some definite value to some of these in various locations in town if we can get them |
implemented. Johnson: there are a lot of options and issues with any of these. Tross: |
Committee would like to see some printout on these options and also some legal |
liability/address legal issues/emergency response...etc. Johnson: I could print off 1-2 |
chapters per meeting over the next couple of months. Tross: please provide a binder for |
all members for these. |
Tross: will remind you all that we will not be having meetings over the summer. |
Tross: Where is the warrant for the speed limit in Villa Park? We are governed by the |
laws of the State, and without warrants we are not authorized to set speed limits without |
specific warrants. What the committee may want to explore is looking at specific areas |
and specific natures that affect these areas, neighborhood by neighborhood, to try to |
lower some of the speed limits. (as suggested by President Mueller who would like to |
see speed limit in Village lowered to 25mph) Tross: would like to suggest to legislature |
that a municipality should be able to have a 25mph speed limit in residential |
communities. There have been times that the warrants have caused us to increase |
speed limits rather than decrease the way we wanted to go. Is this the concensus of the |
committee/is this what you are hearing? Do we want to do this where we feel it is |
warranted? We can't wave a magic wand and make this happen for the whole |
town/residential areas lower speed limits. Committee would like to try. Schwarz: |
explained the State's warrants for setting speed limits to the committee. |
Tross: am comfortable with staff's study on this. Johnson: will look further in to traffic |
calming at this area. |
Gron: This is a non-safety issue? Watkins: only street that has not been signed and |
has become the " gathering ground" for students. Gron: other problems were safety |
issues/this seems to be a loitering problem. Johnson: complaints have gone through |
the officer about littering, dumping, etc. Cassidy: what is the next street that they |
(students) are going to go over to? Johnson: Lincoln or on Elizabeth. Gron: This |
already was posted with no notice. People have already gotten tickets. This hadn't been |
addressed by this committee yet. Johnson: We do this as a "police emergency". |
Tross: Have residents that have received tickets send in a parking ticket protest to Sgt. |
Watkins. Maybe we should have sent out fliers so that people would have been aware |
of this. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4866 No Pa |
Tross: 2 items would like to see staff address for the next agenda: |
1. Traffic signals at Grace & St. Charles-update. 2. Flashing red/yellow lights all up |
and down on Main St. - looking for some direction. |
Pool: would like to see us enforce utilities to make repairs to streets within a reasonable |
time frame (1 year) or be penalized heavily monetarily. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to adjourn the meeting at |
9:43 pm. The motion carried by a voice vote |