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, Trustee Paul Kufrin Jr, resigned William Bergeron, |
resigned Dolores Kempa Cassidy, Greg Gron, William Pool and John Schwarz |
Fran Gouley, 439 N Stewart - Came to talk to the committee regarding a big mobile |
home sitting in the driveway next to hers that sticks out past the sidewalk (35' long). |
According to code you can't have a fence or bushes that high by the sidewalk. The |
mobile home is at 431 N Stewart. Dane Cuny-have you talked to the people? Ms. |
Gouley-yes, they said to do what you have to do. John Johnson-if it's over the sidewalk |
the police dept. can issue a ticket, but there is no restriction on the height if it's not over |
the sidewalk. Paul Kufrin-it may be we'll have to take some new action to be able to do |
something about it. Ms. Gouley said that she called last Fall and it was supposed to be |
investigated but she never heard anything back. Dane Cuny said he would look into it. |
It was moved by resigned Kempa Cassidy, seconded by Schwarz, that the |
minutes of the April 6, 1998, meeting be approved. The motion carried by a voice |
vote |
John Johnson informed the committee that the temporary signal at North Ave. and |
Lombard Rd. is going before the Board of Trustees for approval. The committee |
discussed various aspects of the Burger King project at the intersection of North Ave. |
and Main St. |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Yield |
This item was removed from the agenda until further information can be gathered from |
the school. |
John Johnson - We went ahead and did a test to see if it would work. It looks like it will |
work. Paul Kufrin - We had this on the Safety Committee 6 years ago. Then there was a |
cry from the people in the condos. Would like this tabled for another month, allow time |
to hear from people in the area if there is going to be any comment. There was a |
concensus among the committee members to leave the signs in place for another month |
and then possibly vote on it at the next meeting. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Gron, that this matter be tabled. The motion |
carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4508 Addis |
John Johnson - The original ordinance for designating a construction zone did not |
include detour routes. This year we ran into a problem with parking in detour routes. |
This would give Public Works the right to post no parking signs, temporary speed limits |
and temporary stop signs if need be. Greg Gron - If these people are in a construction |
zone, they are already looking for parking spots. John Johnson - this is only for the rare |
cases when something may develop. John Jaugilas - This is essentially changing the |
ordinance to, if it's necessary, it can be posted. John Schwarz - Do you have some |
criteria for detour routes? Why do you have to wait for detour routes to be in place to |
discover these problems? Greg Gron - Another thing to think about would be the elderly |
and the disabled. Can't we pick one side of the street? John Johnson - Yes, we don't |
want to go in there and do a complete change over. In most cases we won't have to do |
this. It just gives us some latitude. Dolores Cassidy - Is there some reason why this |
can't always come before T&S. Dane Cuny - Usually time is of the essence. |
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 the |
following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4492 Const |
John Johnson - Residents at 227 Troy Lane requested that the village look at accidents |
on Route 53 and Meadow. It appears an increase in accidents started after 1995 |
approximately when Columbine Glen Subdivision went in. One option would be to |
re-stripe Rt. 53 to provide a left turn lane starting at Woodland to the Columbine Glen |
entrance. Another option is to wait until all the subdivisions are complete and then |
conduct a traffic study to determine if traffic signals are warranted along with full |
intersection improvements. Mrs. Paul - Talked to Highway Dept, they said to talk to |
John Johnson and whatever he feels it would take to correct this problem they would |
come out and do it if it's OK with the Village. Louis Paul, 232 Troy Lane - 8/16/97 was |
rear ended at 50 mph at intersection, the car was totaled. Paramedics stated because |
he was driving a bigger car and he had on a seat belt, he did not go through the |
windshield. The other driver did not even have time to hit his brakes. Marjorie LaBarge, |
225 Troy -Amazed to see the number of accidents accounted for. On any given day & |
especially on weekends the brakes are constantly squealing. She makes it a point not |
turn off of Rt. 53. John Johnson - It is a difficult area. (At this point the committee |
watched a video tape of the area) John Johnson - We would have to request IDOT to |
look at the proposal. John Schwarz - John is right Rt. 53 is not in the jurisdiction of |
Lombard. We should approach IDOT with a proposal and a scaled drawing for the |
re-striping. Also ask them to do a study of their speeds. If you open it up with a left turn |
lane your probably going to see speeds increased. Dolores Cassidy - Is Woodland far |
enough up so that you don't back up traffic? John Schwarz - You can't do it just north of |
intersection. John Johnson - It would be north several hundred feet. Greg Gron - With |
the left turn lane going in at Meadow is that enough paved area for that? John Johnson |
- Yes, this wold provide a protected left turn lane so through traffic can still flow. Greg |
Gron - How many cars are going to be allowed to sit there? John Johnson - 4-5 cars. |
Stan Rickard - What we're looking for now is a study of probably 10k or less, we'll need |
Board concurrance to initiate that study, so a recommendation would need to go to the |
Board of Trustees. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Schwarz, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Oridinance 4575 Rout |
Jill Cahill, 831 E. S. Broadway - Concerned about 5th graders crossing kids. Between |
7:45-8:15 and 2:15-2:45 there is a lot of school traffic. She has gotten no support from |
the school. Major concern is the 15 minute span that is more condensed. This is the |
perimeter of the school and these are 5th graders, they're not paying attention. Met with |
Sharon Brawn and her idea is stationing herself at the school buses. Ms. Cahill feels |
very uncomfortable sending her kids to be crossed. She first got interested when she |
went to pick her daughter up at school and there was no crossing guard. The next week |
she got a call that her daughter was in the office because there was no crossing guard. |
When she met with Sharon Brawn in early February, she was told that most of these |
kids don't want to be a patrol guard, they have to be recruited. Sister-in law went to pick |
up kid from school one time and crossing guard sent kids running across street when |
there was traffic coming. The PTA and school stood her up tonight. Not going to get the |
support from the school, they don't feel this is their responsibility or their problem. The |
concern is to have an adult crossing these kids. The majority of the traffic that is at that |
intersection is between 15 minutes before and after school, with parents dropping off |
and picking up their children. The majority of the traffic is school traffic. She discussed |
with John Johnson that maybe they could get a pedestrian signal. John Jaugilas - |
Would like to hear committee comments. One thing is maybe go to the press. If that is |
what you're hearing from the vice principal and or principal maybe other parents should |
know about this. What are our options here? You made a comment about a pedestrian |
signal? John Johnson - Worked with Westmore School when they were having some |
pick up/drop off problems. They sent some newsletters home and it did seem to correct |
itself. They do have a safe walking route. William Pool - (to Ms. Cahill) Have you been |
to the superintendent alot of principals don't like to make waves. Dolores Cassidy - Our |
committe gets alot of requests for crossing guards, yet we are under pressure to stick |
with the amount of crossing guards we have. This is a responsibility of the school. Ms. |
Cahill - PTA told her because it's not right in front of the school, they're not responsible. |
John Jaugilas - With crossing guards we go by the number of kids crossing. Ms. Cahill - |
Can we do a study and include the kids from Highland, Ahrens & School and have them |
cross at one place. John Johnson - The school should have locations of where children |
are coming from, we can do a hypothetical. John Jaugilas - Until there are a larger |
number of student crossing there, it would not be warranted. Ms. Cahill - There is a |
crossing guard at Maple and Highland, all those kids have to cross Division. John |
Schwarz - There's more traffic on Maple. Ms. Cahill - No, when parents are picking up |
and dropping off there are a lot of cars. John Johnson - It peaks about 100 cars in the |
a.m. & p.m. He will contact the school and get maps. John Jaugilas - Let us see what |
we can work out with the school. Maybe they can have 2 person stations with 5th |
graders. Maybe they'll start taking some notice of what's happinging. Dane Cuny |
suggested to John Johnson that he coordinate with Officer Jordan to meet with school. |
Frank Gatz - You'll get alot done with them, if you sit down and talk with them. Ms. |
Cahill - Cross walk is a bit faded. John Johnson - We'll look at it. |
John Johnson reveiwed the letter sent to Trustee Jaugilas. He doesn't see any problem |
with removing the no parking signs. Jim Felbinger, 346 W. Harding - Have never seen a |
car parked there during the day (prior to the signs), the problem it causes is there is no |
place for visitors to park. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Gron, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4477 Park |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Gron, that there being no further business |
the meeting was adjourned. The motion carried by a voice vote |