Village of Lombard Legistar System

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.

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