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 |
Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Ed Bedard, William Pool, John Schwarz, |
Arthur Kuehl and William Lepins |
Ginny Macaione (District 44), 30W019 Redwood Ct., Warrenville, IL |
Jackie Scott, 2061 Downing, Lombard, IL |
John Debelevich, 6948 Sundrop Ave., Woodridge, IL |
Doug Behrens, 421 Burlington, Downers Grove, IL |
Trustee Karen Koenig, 321 Collen Drive, Lombard, IL |
Renee Laske, 544 W. Madison, Lombard, IL |
John Debelevich and Doug Behrens from AM Regional Taxi Company in attendance. |
Doug Behrens gave a short history of the company. (In item # 020097) 24 hours per |
day, like working with seniors, work with taverns. Financially strong. Own all of their |
equipment and cars. Want the business from the town of Lombard. Debelevich: we |
really want to work with seniors. They are steady business and need service. We help |
them in and out of the cars and are concerned about their safety. Would like to service |
Lombard as a community. |
Ellen Balsamo: Jean and I have looked carefully at their application and everything is in |
order. We would like to bring this to the board if you approve. Reminder...still looking at |
DuPage Transit program. Want AM Regional Taxi to be aware of this. |
John Schwarz: What did you do before opening this company? Debelevich: I worked |
for Courtesy Cab in Downers Grove. Everyone needs to get through me before they |
can drive for this company. We test them on the maps and knowledge of the area. To |
take 65% of the other company's business by earning the seniors fares is a great |
accomplishment and we have done that in Downers Grove. John Schwarz: Do any of |
your drivers have their own cars? Debelvich: Yes, but they need to go through us first. |
John Schwarz: What is the anticipated response time for a call? Debelevich: 15 |
minutes. John Schwarz: (to Ellen) Is this a good response time? Ellen Balsamo: It is |
in our ordinance, I believe, that the response time needs to be within 30 minutes. |
Haven't received a lot of complaints about this lately. John Schwarz: Is the police dept. |
satisfied with the application? Dane Cuny: Yes. Ed Bedard: I believe we did away with |
the police dept. doing safety inspections any longer. Art Kuehl: How many vehicles do |
you have? Debelvich: We have 10 vehicles. Average year is 1994,1995. I purchase |
these vehicles myself and am very mechanically inclined. |
Ginny Macaione (District 44 coordinator): addressed the Rte. 53 left turn lane issues. |
Macaione: Circulated drawings of the bus routes. Park View School - borders go south |
of St. Charles Rd. on Rte. 53. Madison School - length of time on bus, safety issues. |
Same with Glenn Westlake School. Creating a length of time on the bus that is not safe. |
Talking with Township and Village to see if they can post signage "for Busses only". Bill |
Pool: Village has jurisdiction over Harrison and Charles Lane. Township has |
jurisdiction over Madison and Harding. Trustee Soderstrom: Board took this and |
recommended that all intersections be posted "No Left Turn". This committee's original |
recommendation to the Village Board was to post only Harrison "No Left Turn". John |
Schwarz: Our recommendation was overturned by the board. Trustee Soderstrom: |
First recommendation was to leave Madison as the only street open as a signalized |
intersection. The board changed the recommendation to close Madison also. Art Kuehl: |
Is Madison the only street that you need to make a left turn at? Macaione: Either |
Madison or Charles Lane would be sufficient. |
Jackie Scott.: I use all four of those streets to get back and forth to work. My initial |
feeling was that if most of the residents that live on these streets really do want this I |
would just go with it. I took a poll and hit 52 houses, 15 not home, 9 happy, 30 are not |
happy. (submitted a copy of poll to committee) No access for the people who are living |
in this neighborhoods. The people want access to their neighborhoods. They want a |
monitored speed limit. Harrison was the easiest road to turn on. Charles Lane very |
potholed, Madison has the hill, Harding has site hazards. Cost is an issue along with |
safety, and need to notify people of changes. |
Renee Laske: It has been wonderful since they put the signs up. I do not want to bear |
the brunt of the traffic coming through Lombard. It has been great; I can actually back |
out of my driveway. Don't dump all of the traffic on to Madison please. |
Trustee Dick Tross, 752 S. Main: To the District 44 representative that is here. We |
specifically asked if any busses used Rte. 53 for school routes. Districts 87, 89, and 44 |
were asked. We were assured that none of these routes were affected. The board has |
said that there will be some access East and West bound. We need some safe way to |
get in and out of town. Madison is the designated collector street. I think that every |
trustee here has had communication about this issue. |
Trustee Soderstrom: I appreciate everyone coming out tonight. This is on the minds of |
the various trustees and Village president. Please come to the next board meeting and |
address your concerns. Issue will be revisited again. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Kuehl, to approve. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Trustee Karen Koenig in attendance to address the committee about this issue. Trustee |
Koenig: This issue was brought before you in September or October. The board chose |
to deny this request for a 4-way Stop sign at 17th and LaLonde. Since this time, I have |
had some new things come to light. One of the residents in this area is blind and a Stop |
sign would be helpful for her. At Highland and Eastgate there is a new medical center |
being opened sometime this summer. Speeding issues are with Montini students and |
parents. 5% increase in traffic will be caused by the new medical center. Looked at |
many different things to try and solve traffic problems. I believe that the committee |
commented that if 17th was stopped, there was a concern that it would just funnel the |
traffic to 18th. I think that this would be the better way for the traffic to flow. I told the |
residents that I would come and present this to the committee to ask for a positive |
recommendation by this committee to the Village Board. |
John Johnson: If there is a worry about cut through traffic, would they consider putting |
up "DO NOT ENTER" signs at 17th and redirecting traffic to 18th? Trustee Koenig: We |
did look at the option of cul-de-sac with the developer but there was not support for this. |
I think that there would be support for this depending upon where the residents live. |
Personally I do not want to put up more Stop signs in the village than are warranted. |
John Johnson: It would be an inconvenience to the residents on 17th but would reduce |
cut through traffic by 50%. John Schwarz: How many doctors will be in this medical |
facility? Trustee Soderstrom: Not sure but will be a 2 story building that takes up about |
3 lots. Art Kuehl: What criteria would we need to post Stewart "One Way"? John |
Johnson: We do not have jurisdiction over Stewart. Trustee Koenig: I believe that we |
did incorporate Stewart along with the Medical Center. Trustee Soderstrom: Once the |
medical center comes in, they will petition for this. John Schwarz: Has anything |
changed at LaLonde and 17th since we last visited this item? Traffic conditions are |
pretty much the same, but we are looking at the future on this. Let's wait until the |
medical center is built and then revisit this item. Trustee Koenig: There was no other |
way I could find to help ensure these residents some sort of a solution. Not sure if you |
are aware, but the speed limit was reduced to 25MPH in this area. Art Kuehl: How |
about posting "Do Not Enter" sign n/b Eastgate and Stewart for n/b traffic on Stewart? |
Ed Bedard. John Schwarz: I can see another Rte. 53 issue coming up here. Would like |
to have Trustee Koenig go back to the residents in this area and ask their opinion about |
the "Do Not Enter" approach to solve the problem. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be tabled. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Multi-Way Stop at 17 |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Kuehl, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
John Johnson: trying to prevent truck traffic on westbound Parkside. Trustee |
Soderstrom: remind committee that this is part of the intent of widening the area at |
Grace & St. Charles. John Schwarz: I am surprised that this has taken so long to come |
to this committee. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Pool, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 5088 Parks |
John Schwarz: The before and after comparison was not based on system that was just |
out there. Took entire system back to a free operation in order to cause the effect that |
was desired. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Kuehl, to adjourn the meeting at 8:49 pm. |
The motion carried by a voice vote |