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 and William Pool |
Gary Rothbart - North Industrial Park Ad-Hoc Committee |
Kirsten Lamborn-Schoenke 328 West View St., Lombard, IL 60148 |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to approve. The motion |
carried by a voice vote |
Study has been completed and sent to IDOT. Doug Christianson was in attendance at |
meeting and expressed concerns about traffic turning on to Elizabeth off of North Ave. |
Consultant does not see a problem with the traffic flow on to side streets; there would be |
no great time savings to the traveler. Until we see some hard evidence of a problem, we |
would not take action. IDOT would require some proof or statistics to post signage of |
"No Right Turn", etc. Jaugilas: we won't know about any problems until the traffic |
signal is installed. We do not have approval as of yet...possibly put in a "Local Traffic |
Only" sign. Gary Rothbardt: what is the normal turn around time from IDOT? Todd |
Hager: 3-4 months is normal. There have been letters sent to Lee Daniels, etc. but we |
just don't know how long this will take. Jaugilas: this will have to go out to bid, etc. Will |
take some time....Motion made by Bill Pool to table this discussion to the October |
meeting. |
Rothbart:Currently at Main and Progress, there are no signs. Could we place a stop |
sign or yield sign there? Main street is considered a through street to North Ave. |
Jaugilas: If we don't need a traffic study on this, can we just handle tonite? Johnson: |
Yes. Jaugilas:Which options do we have? Johnson: Stop Signs or Yield Signs. |
Jaugilas: Temporarily post Yield Signs and bring back results at next meeting. Take |
temporary action and then bring back to committee for official recommendation. |
Rothbart: Yield sign should be enough to alert truck drivers that Main St. has the right of |
way. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, that this matter be tabled. |
The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Yield |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to install temporary |
"Yield Signs" on Progress at Main Street. The motion carried by a voice vote |
This already went before the board; this is just informational. Johnson: what they do |
today...will it work 5 years from now? This is what they are looking for. Have modeling |
software for this purpose. Jaugilas: the biggest problem seems to be no turn lanes |
(people don't use signals, etc.). |
Enactment No: Oridinance 4575 Rout |
Johnson: Pedestrian studies done on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 3 different times |
in good weather. When conditions are favorable, pedestrian traffic is more |
concentrated. Videotaped 1 1/2 hour of this to show the difficulty people have crossing |
here. Groups, children, senior citizens all are included in study. The way traffic runs on |
Main St./people cross halfway until traffic clears, then continue over. Kufrin: should we |
study Westmore and Prairie Path also? Johnson: agreed that this is a problem. John |
Jaugilas: there is probably as much of a problem on Westmore. Let's do traffic study at |
these other locations and report back at next meeting. Kufrin: can we do Grace and |
Westmore at the same time? Committee directed staff to conduct a study of Prairie |
Path and Westmore & Prairie Path and Grace for next meeting. At 8:10 p.m., the |
committee watched part of the video John Johnson had recorded. |
Bunni: asked Johnson if the proposal was for an actual signal at Main St.? Johnson: |
push-button activated signal with a minimum of 2 minute time on Main St. Gron: In |
Glen Ellyn they have an island with a blinking yellow light. What is the feasibility of |
putting in an island with the blinking yellow and having that pushed when pedestrians |
need to get across? Johnson: IDOT requires the three colors for a standard signal. |
Looked at Main and Maple/Main and Hickory; post both no turn on red...have no traffic |
moving. 365 days per year. Bunni: what if the cost of this? John Johnson: $75,000 |
approx. Bill Poole: What about just posting a pedestrian crossing sign? Johnson: |
Doesn't think this will work/drivers don't see the sign. Pedestrian sees the sign and |
thinks it is ok to go....crunch. Kufrin: Since Prairie Path is County/would there be any |
participation from them here? Johnson: In the past we have asked, and they have |
denied. Kufrin: can we ask them again? (a few years ago they said they would not |
contribute funds) |
Bunni: are there any other cities that have had to do anything with the Prairie Path and |
crossings at Main Streets? Johnson: not that I know of. Jaugilas & Kufrin: possibility |
of funding through Hotel/Motel. Prairie Path is recognized nationally now. Bill Poole: |
how many accidents have occurred there? Officer Rollins: doesn't know. The system |
would associate this with Willow or Ash; there is no code for the Prairie Path. Jaugilaus: |
should we motion to put in a signal there or do you want to bring back a cost figure to |
us? Bunni: should we know how much and how may before we hit the board with this |
for Hotel/Motel? Kufrin: Can we get a defined cost figure...? Jaugilas: should we |
direct staff to prepare an RFP? Kufrin: Are there more than one type of option for |
signals here? |
Johnson: No, so staff would have to go for a more definite estimate. Direct staff to |
request RFP's from companies on cost for this signal/restricted somewhat by |
requirements needed. Let's direct staff to go out for bids and take this to the board. In |
proposing this, we recommend the funding of this be done through Hotel/Motel funds. |
(Jaugilas and Kufrin) |
It was moved by resigned Kempa Cassidy, seconded by Gron, that this matter be |
recommend to the Board of Trustees for Approval. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Enactment No: Prairie Path and Mai |
Speed is definitely a factor here along with an increase in the traffic volumes. |
Kirsten Lamborn-Schoenke spoke about her accident at this intersection and states that |
it would be good idea to install stop signs here. Jaugilas: asked John Johnson if the |
accident reports warrant the installation of stop signs? Johnson: yes, they do. Also, |
looked at Troy Lane at Meadow and need to install a stop sign there. Greg Gron: Since |
there are overgrown trees there, wouldn't people naturally stop? Johnson: you would |
hope that they would, but that doesn't mean everyone will/we can't predict that. Greg |
Gron: can see that we definitely need something there. |
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 a |
voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Stop |
It was moved by resigned Kempa Cassidy, seconded by Gron, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Stop |
Johnson: saw a school crossing sign out of this/really stands out. Jaugilas: use this for |
School Signs more so than any other signage...has a different color and should stand |
out. Johnson: don't want to over kill with this and cover everything with this color. Greg |
Gron: if this has been approved by FHWA, let's make this all uniform. Accept as |
recommended for Bike, Pedestrian and School Crossing signs. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Kempa Cassidy, that this matter be |
recommend to the Board of Trustees for Approval. The motion carried by a voice |
vote |
Enactment No: Fluorescent Yellow G |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Pool, to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 p.m. |
Next meeting scheduled for October 5th because of Labor Day holiday. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |