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, Greg Gron, John Schwarz, Arthur Kuehl, |
Thomas Gibbons and William Lepins |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Kuehl, to approve. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
Cuny: volume of citations down a little bit in November. Have a shortage of officers at |
the present time. DUI arrests are in line with the numbers from last year. State of |
Illinois passed a law requiring race information along with some other pertinent |
information be obtained at the time of any violations/warnings. Lombard Police Dept. |
does not issue written warnings. With the new law, we need to obtain certain |
information for any type of traffic stop. IDOT will be doing analysis on the data obtained |
from the cards. (distributed example cards to committee members present) Trying to |
figure out if certain minorities are stopped more than others; do certain officers stop |
more minorities than other officers. Law enforcement expects the amount of traffic |
stops to decrease out of the concern of stopping certain minorities. Schwarz: this went |
in to effect on 1/1/04? Cuny: yes. We customized this card to suit our purposes. The |
sheet provided by IDOT is on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of regular paper. We needed |
something a little sturdier and smaller in size. Schwarz: do you enter all of this |
information into a data base? Cuny: yes. The amount of data entry will be |
astronomical. Schwarz: is the Village Board aware of this? Soderstrom: this is the first |
time that I have heard anything about this. Schwarz: is this something that passed last |
Spring? Cuny: yes. The State told IDOT that they are in charge of this collection. We |
had to implement a policy that requires this to be done. Gron: you do not write written |
warnings anymore, but every time you make a stop now, you need to fill out all of this |
information? We are backing up to about 15 years ago! How will this impact the |
amount of citations? Cuny: we will know that when we see the January report. |
Traffic Calming |
Traffic Calming CD. Soderstrom: I did have an opportunity to review the CD. Some of |
it was interesting. Kuehl: did have some interesting information in there about speed |
bumps/humps. Johnson: just wanted to get a feel from the committee about their |
perception of traffic calming (had a sign on display from Naperville). Sometimes |
speeding is more of a perception problem than an actual speeding situation. I am |
looking for feedback and direction from the committee. Gibbons: are studies done by |
direction from the committee or on an individual request basis? Johnson: normally, I |
receive the call from a resident, discuss the situation with Dane and together we |
formulate a plan. Soderstrom: I found it interesting on the CD when they discuss the |
streets that feed in to the arterial roads. Also, the funding process was extremely |
interesting. Gibbons: I see it as 3 things - cost, other problems being caused, and what |
are the long-term effects of the traffic calming. Johnson: a lot of times the problems are |
just pushed to another location. Johnson passed around a map from 2000 that shows |
where the Fire and Police Departments do NOT want any type of calming devices |
installed due to the extra time it would take to respond to an emergency. Soderstrom: I |
guess it does work in certain situations and it does make the statement that it can lower |
speeds by 10 mph. Johnson: just looking to find out what the committee wants to get |
into with traffic calming. Soderstrom: the CD talked about speed, volumes, traffic |
counts and safety. These are the same things that you look at when you do the traffic |
analysis. Schwarz: isn't this something that the PW Committee should look at also? |
Soderstrom: yes. Directed Johnson/Burg to supply PW Committee members with |
copies of the Traffic Calming CD. |
Inspections of Pedestrian Crossings at Union Pacific Railroad Intersections |
N. "No Parking" Sign Installation on the East and West Sides of North Craig |
Place (Ordinance on Second Reading) |
Ordinance authorizing the installation of "No Parking" Signs on the east and west sides |
of North Craig Place. (DISTRICT #4) |
Johnson: this request came from a resident on the block. Evidently signs were |
eliminated somewhere along the line. Just really putting this on the books so that it will |
be in writing. Soderstrom: there has been some trouble here? Johnson: at times. |
Soderstrom: will this effect the businesses in the area? Johnson: no. I have put the |
signs back up and have had no feedback from anyone on them. The signs were there |
for the last 15 years or so. Soderstrom: so basically, this is just a housekeeping issue? |
Johnson: yes. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Kuehl, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 5425 |
Discussion of Bus Route #313. |
Soderstrom: PACE appeared at the last Village Board meeting with this request to |
reroute this Bus Route. I expressed my opposition to this change. The change seemed |
to be more of a courtesy to government employees at Eastgate Shopping Center than |
better service to all of the residents of Lombard. There is no need for this committee to |
address this item because the day after the Board meeting I received notification from |
PACE that they were withdrawing this request. |
Johnson: found these articles in the Journal about speeding and car manufacturers. |
Shows how they do not really discourage speeding when they are manufacturing cars |
that perform faster and faster. |
Schwarz: signals that are out in front of the fire stations right now, what is the mode of |
those? Johson: explained the sensors, Opticom equipment and flashing lights. |
Schwarz: this is on St. Charles Rd. and on Highland? Johnson: yes. Schwarz: |
advised Johnson this needs to be looked into. May be out of compliance. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Lepins, to adjourn. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |