Village of Lombard Legistar System

Paul & Lorri Ostruzka 297 N. Lewis Lombard

Gary Zullo 292 N. Lewis Lombard

Clark Adams 720 E. Prairie Lombard

Mr. Ostruzka: gave copy of letter received from the insurance company (Village

insurance) to Tross. Tross: this is an advisory committee to the Village Board. We

have no control in the Boards decisions, the legal dept., and insurance company

decisions. This committee can and does express their views, but they do not have any

authority to change any decisions made by our insurance carrier. Mrs. Ostruzka: our

problem is not with the rain, it is with the way that the Village handled the situation. A

few weeks ago, the response was totally different. Tross: the insurance company does

not see a "smoking gun" in your area that caused the flooding. Zullo: I have not heard

anything on my claim as of yet. The investigation that the insurance company has done

- can we get a copy of it? Hulseberg: I will have to check with our legal counsel and our

insurance company to see if this is something that can be provided (maybe through the

Freedom of Information Act). Zullo: I probably had the least amount of damage out of

the affected properties. We would all like the study to be done prior to the Spring (rains,

etc.) . Is there any preliminary items provided by the Engineering Company? Goldsmith:

there is no preliminary report. Staff has indicated some items that can be done that may

help eliminate some of the issues. Hope to have an idea on some steps that can be

taken in the next week or so. Adams: re: engineering study. They are planning on

talking with the residents in this area are they not? There are things that I would like to

bring up about Villa Park, and the pond down the way. Tross: did check the ponds in

December and can tell you that Gatz Pond was taking in water, and that is where Vista

Pond flows. When this committee does receive the report from the Engineering firm,

you will all be informed and invited to the meeting. Goldsmith to follow up on claim

made by Zullo.

Taken out of order by Chairperson Tross. Dave Hulseberg and Tim Sexton in

attendance to review this item with committee members. Hulseberg reviewed items in

memo with the committee. Went into detail on the Vista Pond study and the Hill Ave.

Bridge; also the Rte. 53 project (signalization at Meadow is being included in the

project). Hulseberg continued to expand on the CIP, highlighting changes and projects.

We are looking at getting money directly from the Federal Government rather that

having it go through the State. Reviewed the addition of the Sunset Knolls Parking Lot

project, which is a joint venture with the Park District. Did shift some projects off for a

year to wait and see how we are financially at that time. Tross: I do not think that the

Sidewalk funding is sufficient. Not sure if this is the time to pursue the Great Western

Trail Bridge. Hulseberg: our contribution to this is only going to be $100,000.00.

Sexton: this is going to come out of TIF fund. Tross: not enough money in the

resurfacing of the roads. Goldsmith: we have submitted quite a few projects to the

Federal Government to try to get funding. Frerichs: there are a lot of cracks in the

roads, and maintenance of these is a high priority. Tross: are we going to see a

pavement analysis like we did last year? Goldsmith: we are currently completing our

pavement report and hopefully will have it for the February meeting. Dratnol: we are

probably going to have to go out and look at things again after winter, due to the severity

of the weather this year. Mahal: we have all talked about the money issues, but is this

enough money to take care of the issues that are out there? Is there enough money for

the crack sealing project? What do you need? Goldsmith: we appreciate the residents

bringing things to our attention. Regarding crack sealing, we would like to see triple this

amount. There are other commitments and obligations that the Board has already

made. We understand that everyone on this committee would like to see more funds in

maintenance, but there are competing interests. Mahal: do you challenge your staff to

bring problems to your attention? Goldsmith: yes, staff does this. Mahal: kudos for

taking street lighting out. Maybe we need to push one or two of these projects forward

in order to get more money for crack sealing and maintenance. Sexton: over the past

few year there has been a significantly larger amount of money put towards

maintenance. Arnold: asked Dave Dratnol what he would like to see added to

maintenance. Dratnol: would like to see an additional $1 M to grind and overlay.

Hulseberg: would not like to see us hit the reserve fund until we start seeing ourselves

climbing out of this. Arnold: am asking what projects we could push out a little bit and

take some of that money for road maintenance. Is there anything that is not absolutely

necessary? If the roads start crumbling in the Spring, that is an absolute necessity.

Tross: this is our last look at this prior to the joint meeting with the Board at the end of

the month. I am hearing concern regarding resurfacing and repair. We want as much

Federal money that we can get and we are concerned that there is not enough money in

the street repair budget. Will not know this until the pavement management report is

made after the winter. This is what this committee is telling to the Board.