Monday, March 5, 2001
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall - Board Room
Transportation & Safety Committee
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 |
Meeting Minutes
Transportation & Safety Committee
Meeting Minutes
March 5, 2001
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
Meeting called to order by chairperson Tross at 7:32 pm. Dane Cuny arrived at 7:55 |
pm. |
Chairperson Trustee Richard J. Tross, resigned William Bergeron, resigned |
Dolores Kempa Cassidy, Ed Bedard, William Pool and John Schwarz |
Present:
Greg Gron
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
Mr. Wayne Roloff 345 N. Columbine Lombard, IL |
Ms. Lauren Schumacher 345 N. Columbine Lombard, IL |
3.0
Approval of Minutes
Minutes from meeting on December 5, 2000.
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Kempa Cassidy, to approve. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |
4.0
Unfinished Business
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Committee agreed not to have the presentation this evening.
5.0
New Business
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Tross: would like staff to look at the No U-Turn signs there and bring back to |
committee. |
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 4976 Remov |
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Taken out of order as last item. Tross: BOLI is doing SA214 A - Harrison to Rte. 53. |
Residents wanted a cul-de-sac or Right In or Right Out only. Will be on next Village |
Board meeting agenda. If state permits us to do it, we will go ahead. If not, SA214 A is |
dead and has to be redone. |
Tross: Board saw a presentation by State on 5 Lanes for Rte. 53. Two of the Board |
members have had discussions about this. Concensus related to the Board is |
everything will be Right In, Right Out with exception of Meadow, St. Charles Rd and |
Madison. NIFTY has proposed that it be 3 lanes (1 being a suicide lane). |
Tross: asked committee if they were in agreement with Right In, Right Out streets with |
the exception of Meadow, St. Charles and Madison. Committee members: Yes. |
Pool: could we start putting in signage, etc. ahead of time since we know what we want |
to do? Tross: we designated Madison the collector. Harding & Charles Lane area is |
not ours (Chas. Lane right of way is ours) Johnson: residents on east and west sides of |
street state it's dangerous to pull in & out of drives. Tross: down side is Madison has 2 |
schools on it. Millette: most of the traffic will turn down Finley. Tross: NIFTY says we |
should provide for pedestrian safety, bike paths, etc. Bergeron: push pads, cross at |
light. Tross: there are a lot of residential homes on Rte. 53 - to Prairie Path, Churchill |
Woods, Great Western Path. I believe we should concur with NIFTY on this Pedestrian |
Safety issue. Next was aesthetic appeal. Board & Committee agrees with NIFTY. |
Tross: reviewed NIFTY's suggestions. Schwarz: noise level will be louder due to |
increase in amount of traffic. Noise abatement as needed. (Committee agreed) |
Wayne Roloff: I came to hear what committee has to say. Rumors have been flying |
about 6 lanes, etc. Tross: right now State has made a proposal - My understanding is |
that they own enough property right now to make a 4-lane highway. Lauren |
Schumacher: I know everyone calls it a suicide lane, but I have seen accidents occur |
with people pulling in and out of drives. I still think we need the middle 5th lane. Pool: I |
think this will take traffic off of 355. Schwarz: No, I don't think it will. |
Bunni: I am in favor of the 5 lanes. We have had problems with accidents over there. |
Schwarz: adding lanes creates new situations with new opportunities for accidents. Will |
be more breaks in traffic. |
Pool: Would prefer 5 lanes. |
Bergeron: 5 lanes in residential areas? |
Bedard: I am in favor of 5 lanes. Keeps traffic moving. |
Pool: If we can't get 5 lanes, we at least need left turn lanes. |
Tross to Rickard: we will be doing some of our own work too? Watermain, sewer work. |
Rickard: yes. |
Tross: Zoning plan with regards to Crisis Intervention Center on Finley by Charles Lane |
Pond. County owns this and 4 homes. Have been working with Community |
Development as far as having them have access to Rte. 53. Pool: isn't that designated |
wetlands? Millette: No, isn't designated. Tross: I will draft a resolution that we will |
agree with NIFTY on the items that we concur with. If south of us wants 3 lanes, let |
them worry about it. Tross: this will be coming back to this committee. Once we have |
plans, have residents in both affected districts notified and have plans available for them |
to look at. |
Enactment No: Resolution 17-02 ID |
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It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4957 No Pa |
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In budget there was request for 2 additional crossing guards.
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 |
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It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Pool, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4957 No Pa |
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Other Business
Bedard: What's the latest on North Ave.? Rickard: looking at 2002. |
Pool: asked Dane Cuny how many tickets or warnings have been issued with regards |
to bike riders not having appropriate reflectors, etc. on their bikes? Tross clarified that |
this was addressed to Lt. Watkins, and he did write a memo to Chief Kutzke about this. |
Bedard: Would like to see officers wear lighter colored uniforms. Pool: Would like to |
see my street posted 25 mph. Johnson: how about if staff puts out some traffic |
analyzers to look at this? Tross: let's check this out and also check the number of |
driveway cuts on the block. Pool: asked Dane Cuny to look at crossing guards cars |
being parked too close to the corners. Also, asked staff to look at this. |
Tross: asked John Johnson to contact Mr. Fett, 303 W. View and explain to him why |
there is "No Parking" on his street. He is on the corner of Elizabeth and View. John |
Johnson will call and talk with him about this. |
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Tross: another parking issue near high school. Told resident to call John Johnson |
directly. Can we direct John Johnson to post this area? |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4957 No Pa |
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Board of Trustees have received paperwork from Addison regarding this issue. Get info |
from Board about area involved. (boundaries to be modified) Tross: problem with the |
swapping of boundaries come other issues. We were not opposed to it going through, |
we were concerned with the strain on our infrastructures. If we do the swap, grant gets |
us immediate access. We are looking at vacating Lombard Road completely. Bedard: |
if we vacate, can't someone put in their own road? Tross: but then we could deny |
access. Pool: I read in the paper that Addison doesn't want to put it through either |
because of financial stress. Tross: that is true. |
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Request made by Tross about Main Street and Harding. Would like to see No Parking |
here. Direct staff to talk with residents there and see what they would like to see |
happen. Allow staff to use discretion to post between Main & Norbury. |
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 4957 No Pa |
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John Johnson submitted a request from Gary Bird to place No Parking signs on the |
north side of Grove between Main and Charlotte. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Kempa Cassidy, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4957 North |
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Information Only
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Adjournment
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Schwarz, to adjourn at 8:47 p.m. The motion |
carried by a voice vote |