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 |
Trustee John M. Jaugilas, resigned William Bergeron, resigned Dolores Kempa |
Cassidy, Greg Gron, William Pool and John Schwarz |
AD-HOC Committee North Avenue Industrial Park |
PARK VIEW SCHOOL 341 N. Elizabeth |
It was moved by resigned Kempa Cassidy, seconded by Gron, to approve. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |
Gary R., Erica N., and new member Brian Szywala were in attendance. They had a |
meeting last week/were brought up to speed on project. Gary R. explained why he |
wrote letter to Lee Daniels...ongoing concerns about intersection and Burger King. |
Need to alleviate part of problem of traffic leaving and entering the restaurant. Could |
Traffic & Safety committee recommend installation of a barrier that would stop people |
from making that left turn heading south on to Main? |
Can you look at intersection again...there is a proposed gas station for the S/E corner. |
Let's keep moving forward in the right directions. |
John Johnson: has budgeted for new tape for striping, feels that new striping is not a |
problem...there is not enough room out there to put in a barrier. There are certain |
guidelines that must be followed. Let's wait and see what kind of problems develop. Bill |
Poole: no one can make a left turn out of there! John Jaugilas: thinks that we really |
would have to wait and see what develops out there before we make any suggestions. |
John Schwarz: the best thing is to wait and see...otherwise you will have people making |
u-turns on other properties, etc. causing more disarray. |
Greg Gron: asked John Jaugilas how far along they are in the process of acquiring |
Burger King? John Jaugilas: believes they are well on the way. |
Access Rd. is being built as part of Burger King. Greg Gron: a hodge podge of things |
are happening here, and we are continuing the process by allowing more construction to |
take place without handling the problems. There is a necessity for a road heading east |
by Burger King. Mike Millette: right now they are only proposing a common drive/lot. |
The Village of Lombard does not participate/the owner of property builds the road. |
Conditional uses put on there in 1992. John Jaugilas: we will be monitoring the traffic |
situation by Burger King. John Schwarz: when is Burger King planning on opening? |
Gary Rothbardt: in July. John Schwarz: When is study going to IDOT? Mike Millette: |
Civiltech is under contract and doing study. |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Yield |
Trustee Kufrin asked to table until this month. John Schwarz would like to ammend this |
to "No Parking at Anytime" since construction has begun on Easter Seals. 7am-7pm |
during weekdays seems to be a lot more efficient. It really helps, especially with |
construction now. |
Bunni Cassidy: did John Johnson send out letters to condo owners? |
John Johnson: No, was waiting for direction. |
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 a |
voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4508 Addis |
Quick update from John Johnson: we are in the process of receiving a proposal from |
Civiltech. They have not submitted to us yet. |
Bill Poole: how far does Lombard go? |
John Johnson: all the way to I-355. |
Enactment No: Oridinance 4575 Rout |
Sandy D./Principal at Park View School and members of the Safety Committee were in |
attendance. One of the busses from their school no longer qualifies as an unsafe bus |
route. 27 additional students will be walking to school next year. Committee worked all |
year, together with John Johnson. Are looking for direction from T & S Committee for a |
safe route. |
4 Areas involved: |
Children that live on Glenview walk up St. Charles/cross from West Rd. at Eugenia |
(west side of West Rd. to Eugenia) to Grove then take Grove to Elizabeth and Elizabeth |
to school. Speed limit problem on West Rd. Possibility of cross walk on street by |
Eugenia. Asking for Police to enforce speed limit there. Kids who live further down on |
West Rd. to cross down by Grove and go to Elizabeth. Kids on south side of St. Charles |
will walk on St. Charles to Elizabeth and cross at Elizabeth and St. Charles (crossing |
guard there for Sacred Heart). |
Safer to use West Rd. and enforce speed limit then have kids walk on St. Charles Rd. |
John Jaugilas: get more enforcement for speed limit/possibly put speed sign up at the |
beginning of the year. Then send some police out there to do some enforcement. More |
young families buying homes on West Rd./more young children. |
Principal: Looking for a possible crosswalk. |
John Johnson: Add to our snow removal contract/remove snow on St. Charles Rd., |
then have kids take St. Charles to Elizabeth and cross there. |
Safety Committee: Concern is that one wrong shove on St Charles Rd. and the children |
are out in the middle of traffic. Average age of those kids are: one 3rd grader and the |
rest are all 1st graders and kindergarteners. Still have the problem of traffic turning off |
of St. Charles on to West Rd. Also, there are not a lot of Blue Star homes on St. |
Charles. |
Greg Gron: Why did the state change this determination? |
Principal: This route should have been disallowed 3 years ago. Enforce speed limit and |
cross as directed. Looking for help with snow removal on St. Charles and crosswalk on |
West Rd. Shrubbery needs to be cut at Great Western Path. (John Johnson will talk |
with DuPage County about this). Definately need to have this cut back for riders and |
walkers. |
Back to West Rd. Mike Millette: install a sidewalk for $8000 on West Rd. from St. |
Charles to Eugenia. Greg Gron: Glenview dead ends into a private property? John |
Johnson: yes... north and south on West Rd. (signs for Children crossing at crosswalk); |
could even place Pedestrian Crossing Ahead sign, if necessary. Within 50 feet of |
crossing, we will put crossing signs. Make sure that crossing guard that is on Elizabeth |
and St. Charles knows times for Parkview School. What about enforcing that speed |
limit on West Rd. at 20 miles per hour with hidden drives ahead? John Johnson: |
advisories are not enforceable. Bill Poole: put the police down at bottom of hill. John |
Johnson: speed limit will not be changed...over the next three years West Rd. will be |
completly improved/once road is complete they will have sidewalks, etc. While under |
construction, certainly don't believe there will be a problem. |
LPD: We will try to enforce the speed limit in that area. Inform beat officers about this |
problem. Will keep in touch with John Johnson for feedback. |
Motion to suggest putting in the sidewalk: (get something from the school in writing as |
to what their plan is, mitigating circumstances, etc.) Add to 50/50 program on June |
18th. West side of West Rd. from St. Charles to Eugenia (sidewalk). Utilize crosswalk |
at north side of Eugenia. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Schwarz, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: West Road Sidewalks |
John Johnson: would be built to specifications/push button activated. Weather |
dependent/should have had something there years ago. In order to warrant the |
placement of the signal, should have some sort of a study to justify (do counts, etc.) |
Needs to be co-ordinated with other signals. ($50-60,000 to install) Greg Gron: should |
come out of Hotel/Motel funds; Prairie Path does pull people in to the area. Committee |
directed staff to perform a Pedestrian Delay study and bring to next meeting (possibly |
accident report also). |
Enactment No: Prairie Path and Mai |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Pool, to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 pm. |
Next meeting tentatively scheduled for 8/3 or 8/4/98. The motion carried by a voice |
vote |