Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Trustee Steve Sebby-Chairperson |
Trustee Richard Tross-Alternate Chairperson |
John Schwarz, Nancy Sherretz, Paul Larkin, |
Arthur Kuehl, Thomas Murphy, Robert DiFino |
Staff Liaisons: Deputy Chief Dane Cuny, Patrol Division, Police, |
Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby, John Schwarz, Robert DiFino, Thomas |
Murphy, Arthur Kuehl and Nancy Sherretz |
Others Present: |
Wes Anderson, Director of Public Works |
Ray Urban, 1105 E. Washington Blvd. |
Arlene Solyom, 22 S. Highland Ave. |
Betty Slocum, 1036 E. Washington Blvd. |
Willard Slocum, 1036 E. Washington Blvd. |
Luann Ahrens, 10 S. Highland Ave. |
John Ahrens, 10 S. Highland Ave. |
Susan Alberti, 1040 E. Washington Blvd. |
All residents in attendance were present for specific agenda items. Their comments |
were heard at the time the item was discussed by the committee. |
Amendment to August 8, 2005, meeting Minutes: Nancy Sherretz was not present for |
the meeting. |
It was moved by Sherretz, seconded by DiFino, to approve with amendments the |
Minutes of the August 8, 2005 and September 12, 2005 meetings. The motion |
carried by a voice vote |
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
F. Recommendation of Transportation & Safety Committee - South Highland |
Avenue (Ordinance on First Reading) (Tabled from October 20, 2005) |
Recommendation of the Transportation & Safety Committee to sign S. Highland Avenue |
"No Parking, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Monday - Friday" from the south property lines of 14 S. |
Highland and 819-823 E. St. Charles Road north to St. Charles Road on the east and |
west side of the street. (DISTRICT #5) |
Chairperson Sebby reviewed the options from the last meeting. |
Ms. Ahrens reported that she talked to residents at 10, 14, 22 & 23 S. Highland Avenue |
and they were unable to come to a definite conclusion. They don't want to |
inconvenience the residents; the ideal solution would be for the employees to park at the |
businesses. Chairperson Sebby explained that he discussed the situation with Mr. |
Hulseberg and the issue is that the Police Department can not issue tickets without |
signs posted. The Police Department can give a verbal request but two days later they'll |
be out there parking again. Ms. Ahrens explained that the "No Parking" |
recommendation shown on the map provided by Community Development is a bit |
extreme. There are also people that park there to use the Great Western Trail or go to |
Westmore Woods. Chairperson Sebby asked Ms. Ahrens if she wanted no parking. |
Ms. Ahrens replied that she would like no parking signs north from 22 S. Highland. |
DiFino commented that there is a blind spot for the trail, if there were a kid on a bike you |
would not have enough time to slow down. Chairperson Sebby asked if signing to 22 S. |
Highland is far enough back. Deputy Chief Cuny commented that 180' of walking may |
not discourage them and it may upset the neighbors there. Ms. Ahrens explained that |
she really believes the used car lot has no where to park but the street. Chairperson |
Sebby suggested that if it were moved to 60 and 61 it may discourage them. Murphy |
suggested that making the entire length one or two hour parking would still allow people |
to access the Great Western Trail. Ms. Ahrens pointed out that if it's signed to 23 it |
would at least protect people coming off the path. She further commented that 14 S. |
Highland is in favor of Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and 23 S. Highland is more |
concerned about the path. They suggested that if the people parking could not park so |
close to the path or driveways, maybe stripe parking spots. Ms. Ahrens read the |
comments from the residents that she spoke with. Ms. Solyom commented that she |
liked the idea of no parking down to 23 and that she would not want no parking in front |
of her own house. DiFino added that at the very least it seems you need no parking |
from 22 or 23 to St. Charles and then maybe 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to 54. Ms. Ahrens pointed |
out that then the residents that live there can't park there either. She told the committee |
that although the car dealer doesn't appear to have any other space to park, Goldin's |
office has 11 spaces and looks like they could fit a couple more. Ms. Ahrens suggested |
that the business east of the car dealer has very few cars, maybe they [the car dealer] |
could rent some spaces there. Mr. Ahrens asked if we could try signing to 23/22 |
Monday-Friday and see if it does any deterring. Chairperson Sebby explained that if the |
Village posts signage it will take some time, and we don't want to start putting signs up |
and taking them down. Schwarz commented that the Village has gone through this |
same situation with commuter parking and the high school. Chairperson Sebby said |
that we could start here and move it further south if need be. Mr. Ahrens asked if |
anything ever changed at the corner, i.e. a new business moved in there, could the |
signs come back down. Chairperson Sebby explained that would have to petition again. |
Chairperson Sebby expressed concern that the people at 27, 28, 32 and 33 are going to |
end up with all the parking. Ms. Ahrens asked Deputy Chief Cuny if the Police could tell |
them not to park behind the driveways. There was general discussion regarding from |
what point north the signs would be posted. Ms. Solyom was adamant that she did not |
want the "No Parking" in front of her house. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by DiFino, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval to sign S. Highland Avenue "No Parking, |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday -Friday" from the south property lines of 14 S. |
Highland and 819-823 E. St. Charles Road north to St. Charles Road on the east |
and west side of the street. The motion carried by the following vote: |
R. Recommendation of Transportation & Safety Committee - Washington |
Boulevard (Ordinance on Second Reading) |
Recommendation of the Transportation & Safety Committee to post the north side of |
Washington Boulevard from Westmore-Meyers Road to Addison Street "No Parking". |
(DISTRICT #5) |
Mr. Slocum explained that he has lived there for 35 years, there is very little parking on |
the street during the daytime or evening hours, however, come the weekends there are |
more cars parked there. The landscapers sometimes park on the wrong side of the |
street. He has never seen an accident. He further commented that the Robinson's |
across the street also don't feel it's necessary. Ms. Slocum pointed out that most of the |
parking seems to be on the south side of the street. She further stated that when you |
put up no parking signs it creates concern about visitors parking on the wrong side and |
getting a ticket. There is always someone who's not going to like the fact of no parking |
signs. She also commented that there is a Pace bus that comes down Washington. |
Schwarz pointed out that the parking that is on the street acts as a traffic calming |
measure. Murphy commented that he has been in that area when the buses are trying |
to turn from Westmore and if there is a car parked there it can't make the turn. Ms. |
Slocum added that when there's a bus coming you have to stop far back and some |
people don't know that. |
Mr. Urban explained that he's had five accidents in six years all of which were hit and |
run. He has to park in front of his house because his driveway is narrow and short. On |
the north side there are fire hydrants and it's posted no parking in Villa Park, would like |
to continue it one more block. Murphy added that if cars are on both sides, the buses |
don't fit. Mr. Urban added that the landscape trailers are a problem and he knows buses |
hit two of the cars. In reality there is not that much space between fire hydrants and |
with the disaster at Westmore and Washington it should have been done long ago. He |
further commented that the Pace buses don't belong on Washington. DiFino asked if |
other neighbors share his concerns. Mr. Urban responded that the neighbor to the west |
does. |
Murphy said that he would be in favor of putting no parking on one side mostly because |
of the size of the street. It's more of a safety issue. DiFino agreed and further |
commented that there is always progress, and with progress there has to be change for |
the sake of safety. Sherretz commented that the times she's driven down Washington |
there didn't seem to be a lot of cars parked on the street. Schwarz commented that the |
ideal situation would be to get the bus off of Washington. Kuehl drove it yesterday at |
5:00 p.m. and didn't see one car on the street, but with the narrowness of the road he |
does concur that we should do something and with the hydrants on the north side, that |
would be the logical choice. Ms. Alberti spoke saying that she has lived on Washington |
for 50 years. They don't have many cars parking on the street. She agrees that the |
buses don't belong on Washington. The bigger issue is all the speeders coming off of |
Westmore. Motorcyclists are racing down the street constantly. Ms. Slocum added that |
there are a lot of accidents at Westmore and Washington. Murphy pointed out to the |
residents that if there are not a lot of cars parking out there, then signing no parking |
should not be an inconvenience to the residents. It would be more to ensure that you |
don't get two cars parking across from each other with the bus coming through. |
There was general discussion regarding the bus and whether no parking signs were |
necessary. |
Chairperson Sebby recapped the discussion; some of the residents see it as |
unnecessary, the committee has some concerns with the path of the bus, which isn't |
going to change in the near future, the width of the road and quite a few homes that |
have to park on the street . Until the road is widened or the bus path changes, we need |
to figure out how to get more room on that street. It looks like this may be the direction |
we're going to go. Ms. Alberti asked if the street could also be patrolled better by the |
Police Department. |
It was moved by Murphy, seconded by Kuehl, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval to sign the north side of Washington Blvd. |
from Westmore-Meyers Road to Addison Street. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
S. Recommendation of Transportation & Safety Committee - Park Avenue |
Parking (Ordinance on Second Reading) |
Recommendation of the Transportation & Safety Committee to post the fifth parking stall |
south of St. Charles Road on S. Park Avenue "30 Minute Parking". (DISTRICT #1) |
Anderson reviewed the request. Chairperson Sebby asked if we were designating a |
space for the chiropractor. Anderson responded that we are not, it would be open to |
anyone. |
It was moved by Kuehl, seconded by DiFino, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval of staff recommendation to create one "30 |
Minute Parking" stall on Park south of St. Charles Road. The motion carried by |
the following vote: |
It was moved by Murphy, seconded by Kuehl, to adjourn at 8:10 p.m. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |