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 Richard J. Tross, resigned William Bergeron, Greg Gron, |
Ed Bedard and William Pool |
Mary Kaufman 2S154 Churchill Glen Ellyn, IL |
Ray Ribich 3S171 Sequoia Glen Ellyn, IL |
Patricia Bohacz 420 W. Meadow Lombard, IL |
Mary Orsolini 606 Glenwood Lombard, IL |
Larry & Patricia Guzman 602 Glenwood Ln. Lombard, IL |
Art Feeney 621 Glenwood Ln. Lombard, IL |
Jose Aguirre 314 Cimarron Rd. Lombard, IL |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to approve. The motion |
carried by a voice vote |
Bedard: what is our liability if driver is questionable (background checks, inspections, |
etc)? Cuny: we would check with attorney on this. Tross: without background checks |
that we do to keep things uniform, are we opening ourselves up to any liability or |
negative implications? Cuny: None other than public criticism. Bedard: is cab |
inspected by someone? Tross: the cab is inspected by someone, ie. if it works |
primarily in Lombard, it is inspected by Lombard, Elmhurst by Elmhurst, etc. If we are |
discontinuing our inspections, the state still inspects the cabs. Bedard: what if someone |
is a bad character, and someone gets in this cab with this person. Cuny: with all of the |
drivers that we are exposed to along with the turnover, it is totally impossible to run |
background checks on everyone. The companies for the most part police themselves. |
Most municipalities do not do this. Bedard: my concern is the citizen being exposed to |
this. Tross: from a service level, when we lifted a lot of restrictions, we increased the |
service level. Bedard: if someone is abused or molested by a cab driver, who would be |
liable? Tross: it would be the cab company. Cuny: let me say that in all of the years |
we have been dealing with these companies, we have not had any incidents like this. |
Pool: we can ask the village attorney. Tross: to Cuny send item to board with village |
attorney approval/recommendations. |
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 |
Gron: why are they on here in the first place? Tross: a lot of these are old, and were |
put up at past requests. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4976 Remov |
Speed study on North Main? Johnson: not ready yet. Tross: speed study needed on |
Madison. Johnson: will do. Also, will do west Madison by the schools. |
Pool to Tross: I want it documented that I do not want anything added to the agenda |
last minute without us getting at least a week to look at it. |
Tross: thoughts for the future...Ahrens and Madison - Chase and/or Lewis and Madison |
(cross walk) Also, new sidewalks by Madison Meadows. 25 mph on Madison. Tross: |
Elmhurst is now posting signs that all residential streets are 25mph. We could be |
innovative and search out a way to do this. |
Patricia Bohacz: concerns of NIFTI. Concerned about widening of Rte. 53, has 2 |
children. Street feeds directly on to Rte. 53. Use Rte. 53 daily for bike riding, walking, |
driving. Poses a safety risk to children that use this street. Make drivers use I-355 |
instead of widening this road. Turn lane would be a great advantage and help safety. |
(Submitted pictures to Tross) Glenbard East uses Rte. 53 for their track team to run on. |
Submit to IDOT to let them know my feelings. Pool: at 4:00 pm I-355 is bumper to |
bumper. Bohacz: does convenience outweigh our children's safety? Pool: it comes |
down to the fact that there are not a lot of routes available. Bedard: I counted at least |
125 driveways on Rte. 53, which makes it a residential road in my mind. |
Mary Kaufman, housewife. Why will the 4-3 solution work for this area? IDOT informed |
her that public hearings will be in July. PACE bussing, engineers, Brett Colter (traffic |
expert) has observed traffic in DuPage County. Believes traffic has stabilized on Rte. 53 |
at this time. According to NIPSY 2-4%, IDOT 22% increase; IDOT's data submitted at |
meeting was not cited. Called a couple of other DOT's in other states and obtained |
information about their 3 lane hwys. and 4 lane undivided roads that had an ADT of |
14,000 plus. Took out 4 lane and put in 3 lane. Accident rates dropped 40% |
(Minnesota) This data is sitting on their traffic computer. More lanes are not necessarily |
more helpful or safer. Out of the Smithsonian, this report states that we are in trouble |
traffic wise. Putting in more lanes, etc. will not guarantee safer traffic. (Gave copy of |
article from Arizona to Tross) |
Ray Ribich: Thank you for looking at this issue and the executive report. We are going |
to have a battle with IDOT about this issue. This is a quality of life issue for Lombard |
also. Bedard: talking about that suicide lane, it is totally a turn lane. Tross: it is the |
opinion of this committee that we hold a public meeting for everyone that is affected by |
this issue. We agreed to recommend: should have a residential street scape with trees |
and bushes, residential arc lighting, access to openings of the Great Western Trail and |
Prairie Path, concrete where pleasing, asphalt where appealing, pedway, bridge for |
Great Western Path,direct access to a new entry way to DuPage County Crisis Center, |
right in/right out pork chops at Sunset, Pleasant, Glenwood, Woodland, Charles Lane, |
Harding, Harrison, Whitmore, left protected turn bays at Peterson(Sydney), Rte. 64, |
Meadow, St. Charles, Madison, and Parkview Blvd. South (Surrey Lane), should all be |
signalized intersections if warranted. Concensus was 4 lanes. Tross: let them have |
their 3 lanes, you have 4 but make them wide enough to cover change in later years. |
Lombard is already 4 lanes through the majority of Lombard. Tross: send |
recommendation to the Board (IDOT will hold 2 public meetings that we had |
recommended in quadrants effected) Bedard: 4 lane width with 3 lanes striped. This is |
clearly a residential road. People do not want 4 lanes. Need the third lane. Tross: |
reduce the laneage that is already 4? Gron: No. Tross: we do not have right of way |
access to accommodate all of the improvements we want to keep residential flare and |
have 5 lanes. We need to support our neighbors, be they Glen Ellyn, etc. Bergeron: we |
need to keep the town consistent. Tross: in IDOT's response to Village of Lombard they |
have questioned NIFTI's figures and designs. Gron: is distance a factor between |
Meadow and St. Charles. Turn lane at Meadow? Tross: now that the bridge is coming |
down, Meadow is the most practical place for this. Gron: 5 lanes would cut in to |
people's private property? Tross: we are not talking 5 lanes. Gron: need at least 4 for |
safety. Tross: looking at 2 issues: move traffic through town, and safety of our |
residents. Meadow is only collector that NW quadrant has. |
Tross: do we want to recommend 4 lane or 3 lane? Do we want to hold public meeting? |
One with IDOT? Pool: with over 50% of Lombard already at 4 lanes, we should be |
consistent throughout town. Tross: intersections should be signalized. Tross: State |
could do whatever they want to keep traffic flowing. We do not have a lot of leverage. |
Motor fuel tax funds help pay for pedways, paths, and Lombard also pays for this. |
Hopefully, Illinois First will fund these amenities, but if not, we would support this along |
with PW committee. |
Ribich: the 3 lane we submitted was an alternative to 5 lane. We knew that 2 lane |
wouldn't do it. We are not opposed to negotiation. Tross: my responsibility is to the |
residents of Lombard. Traffic studies dictate 4 lanes, not 3 to me. |
Kaufman: we do not have a quarrel with 4 lanes, or with how Lombard decides to |
handle this situation. We just wanted to submit data that we have discovered that goes |
against some of IDOT's claims. Tross: we do not endorse 5 lanes either. |
Kaufman asked Tross to copy NIFTI on the recommendations going to the board. Tross |
agreed to do this. Tross will write these up himself and submit to the committee for |
review. |
Enactment No: Resolution 17-02 ID |
Johnson: request from Suzan Kramer about traffic at Addison and Jackson. Villa Park |
needs to do something about getting the children a safe place to cross there. Pool: still |
does not meet the criteria for a 4 way stop? Johnson: No. Tross: readdress this and |
bring us the results at our next meeting. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be tabled. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Gron, to adjourn the meeting at 8:54 pm. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |