Tuesday, April 14, 1998
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall Community Room
Public Works Committee
Trustee Steven D. Sebby, Chairperson |
Trustee Rick Soderstrom Vice Chairperson |
John Kaforski, Rick Mahal, David Arnold, Art Frerichs, |
Ken Blakeslee and Dan Mahal |
Staff Liaisons: Wes Anderson and David Dratnol |
Meeting Minutes
Public Works Committee
Meeting Minutes
April 14, 1998
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Gatz at 7:30 p.m.
Trustee Frank M. Gatz Sr., Committee Member Trustee Joan DeStephano, |
Gordon Hallbeck, David Arnold, Stephen Preins and John Kaforski |
Present:
Trustee Ralph Borgatell and John Meyer
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
Geri Mejia 507 W. Eugenia |
Steve Sweetser 431 W. Eugenia |
Mark Ahlenius 22 N. Glenview |
Steve Freetly 518 W. Eugenia |
Juan Marceco, Jr. 527 W. Eugenia |
Monica Kelley 527 W. Eugenia |
Frank Lahey 40 N. Glenview |
3.0
Approval of Minutes
4.0
Old Business
980210
Robert Lewis reviewed the preliminary report. Laterals and manholes are the biggest |
causes of inflow and infiltration in the area. The sanitary sewers on E. Sunset, N. |
Garfield, W. Goebel and W. Potomac need complete repairs to improve capacity |
problems. Robert asked for a concensus from the committee to begin strategic repairs |
as outlined: Replace manholes and perform structural repairs on the above listed |
sewers. The area west of Main St. would be completed first with the road construction |
project. The remainder would be budgeted for upcoming years. There was a |
concensus among the committee members to proceed per staff recommendation. |
The committee also recommended that staff continue to look for ways to reduce the |
inflow and infiltration in this area and add this to the CIP as a separate project to be |
budgeted for. |
Mr. Coons asked if any of this would help his flooding problem. Robert and the |
committee explained to him that any incremental work will help him. Robert also |
explained that for Sunset he would recommend replacing the sanitary line and installing |
a larger sewer to take the additional flow from inflow and infiltration. Right now there is a |
50% chance of a surcharge on that line. With the recommended repairs it should drop |
to a 10-20% chance of a surcharge in a rain event. |
5.0
New Business
980211
Stan Rickard reviewed the recent events with the committee. Eugenia is part of Special |
Assessment 213/214 scheduled for 2000/2001. The policy for basic public |
improvements is 28' street, curb and gutter, storm sewer, sidewalks on both sides, trees |
and street lights. The residents of Eugenia are asking that no sidewalk be installed and |
the street not be widened. |
Stephen Preins pointed out that with that policy we're talking about a typical street. |
Eugenia is not a typical street. It is certainly an exception. |
Robert Lewis explained that it is a policy issue and will have to go to the Board of Local |
Improvements. Staff could bring a recommendation to BOLI not to install sidewalk and |
street lights. |
Mark Ahlenius wanted to make sure that the turning radius would not be a problem for |
the Fire Department. Robert Lewis responded that there would probably be a parking |
ban on Eugenia. Mark felt that people would be OK with that as long as they did not |
lose their mature trees. |
Mark informed the committee that Trustee Ralph Borgatell is "for" the residents view on |
this. Mark also stated that he hopes the Board of Trustees would heed a |
recommendation from the Public Works Committee. Mark also if they only redo the |
street, would the residents be charged for a full improvement? Stan Rickard referred |
that question to the committee. If there were a lesser improvement would the committee |
agree to a lesser assessment? There was a concurrence among the committee |
members to charge a lesser assessment. |
Monica Kelly was concerned that if the road goes any higher it would increase her |
flooding problems. Stan Rickard explained that many times they lower the road. Robert |
Lewis confirmed also that drainage is looked at with every project. |
Steve Freetly asked if the road were reconstructed would the village still put in a storm |
sewer. Robert Lewis responded that it would be a protection of our investment. He also |
suggested that the residents work with Public Works Committee and BOLI for some type |
of improvement rather than do nothing at all. That way, maybe you will get something |
that everyone can live with. |
It was moved by Hallbeck, seconded by Preins, that the Public Works Committee |
recommend to the Board of Local Improvements that improvements on Eugenia |
include only new street and modified curb not to be widened beyond the existing |
width. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Hallbeck, Arnold, Preins and Kaforski
4 -
6.0
Change Orders
980192
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER |
INVOLVING AN INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT OF $10,000 OR |
MORE |
It was moved by Hallbeck, seconded by Preins, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Hallbeck, Arnold, Preins and Kaforski
4 -
Enactment No: Resolution 92-98 |
7.0
Pending Change Orders
Robert Lewis reviewed the pending change orders.
8.0
Other Business
John Kaforski asked if staff could find a better way to mark trees for trimming. People |
are complaining about the white dots, because they do not fade quickly. |
Stan Rickard assured him staff would look into an alternate method. |
John Kaforski spoke to staff regarding his concern for the morale of the employees. |
With such a large CIP he wanted to be sure morale was not jeopordized. |
Gordon Hallbeck asked what is going on with all the water in the street on S. Fairfield. |
Stan Rickard explained that it is overland flow and Public Works will be installing some |
edge drains. |
David Arnold suggested that when the permanent work is done to the intersection of |
Highland and Washington, that maybe it could be done after school lets out to avoid |
having the heavy equipment around the kids. Stan Rickard asked if would be |
acceptable to do it soon if it were performed in two consecutive days. David Arnold was |
agreeable to that but wants the school notified prior to the work. |
Joan Destephano asked if St. Charles Road could be plowed differently. The windrow |
makes it impossible to make a left turn off of Lincoln. Stan Rickard explained that it is |
village policy to remove the windrow that night. The reason for the windrow is to avoid |
snow being stacked on the downtown sidewalks. |
9.0
Information Only
970045
970046
970047
970153
Construction Barricade Reports (light deficiencies) |
980212
10.0
Adjournment
It was moved by Hallbeck, seconded by Kaforski, that there being no further |
business the meeting is adjourned. The motion carried by a voice vote |