Tuesday, April 8, 2003
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall Community Room
Public Works Committee
Trustee Steven D. Sebby, Chairperson |
Trustee Rick Soderstrom Vice Chairperson |
John Kaforski, Rick Mahal, David Arnold, Art Frerichs, |
Ken Blakeslee and Dan Mahal |
Staff Liaisons: Wes Anderson and David Dratnol |
Meeting Minutes
Public Works Committee
Meeting Minutes
April 8, 2003
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Sebby at 7:30 p.m.
Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby, Rick Mahal, John Kaforski, David |
Arnold, Ken Blakeslee, Dan Mahal and Art Frerichs |
Present:
Vice Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
3.0
Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Arnold, seconded by Mahal, to approve the minutes of the |
March 11, 2003, meeting. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Arnold, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
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4.0
Unfinished Business
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Kaforski-I sent away for this information regarding street lights. I thought perhaps it |
could be another source. Looking through the older style street lights, they have one in |
there with a different post. I noticed when we're replacing our old concrete posts, we're |
using a thinner one and I don't like the looks as well. Did we have problems with the |
concrete ones? Dratnol-Depending on the manufacturer, they do sometimes fall apart |
rather fast. Steel poles are placed on foundation, concrete are direct buried. |
Frerichs-Are the steel poles break-away for accidents? Dratnol-They're not, you can get |
a break-away pole that is typically used in expressway conditions. |
Dratnol-We talked to a couple of manufacturers, they're working on getting together |
shop drawings. Sterenberg is coming to the next meeting for a presentation. D |
Mahal-Does staff have a preference? Dratnol-For lower poles, direct buried is better. |
Kaforski-Dave Arnold and I went out with a light meter. One of the things we noticed, |
using the same type of luminaire on Harrison and CHAW, we got two different readings. |
That same light in CHAW was fine and spacing is about 200'. Arnold-Is the wattage of |
the bulbs the same as on S. Broadway? It looks completely different. Dratnol-Ahrens |
has been in place for a few years so you are getting the effect of the dirty lenses now. |
Arnold-They're also prism lenses. Kaforski-Maybe we should look at the spacing as one |
of the design features, make them further apart. Dratnol-What dictates the spacing is |
several things, height of the pole, lighting intensity, etc. |
Arnold-Out of everything that we looked at, only three areas were new. If we were going |
to pick a model for something, I would pick the CHAW area. Dratnol-I'll look at the |
design criteria that was based on. Dratnol-We also have to be consistent with what's |
required on the private side. |
Frerichs-Do you clean them periodically? Dratnol-They relamp 1/3 of the town every |
year. They do a modest cleaning then. It may simply be the difference of the globe |
itself. That will have an impact on how bright it is. |
5.0
New Business
Frerichs-Since the street lights have been installed on St. Charles Road, I've gotten a lot |
of comments about how close they are together. Dratnol-They are the same distance |
as downtown. The width of the road determines the distance between poles. Arnold-On |
Parkside as you approach the Grace and St. Charles intersection from the west, the no |
left turn sign does not light until that light turns green. Dratnol-We'll look at that. |
6.0
Change Orders
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Rickard-The 2002 report totals were incorrect. The correction brings the percentage to |
under 2%. We still have one project from last year to close out. Lombard Hills East, Ph. |
4 opened today. The low bid was R.W. Dunteman. Sebby-Is there any problem with |
jobs going tot he same general? Dratnol-No, they did all four jobs last year and did a |
good job on all of them. Sebby-What's happening with the Illinois Prairie Path lighting? |
Rickard-It's on hold until we confirm that the grant is going to be released. We have |
$200,000 from the DNR already. The Ad Hoc Trails Committee is also looking at the |
intersection of Grace and St. Charles right now. They may look at trying to get grant |
money for the Great Western Trail. For the Prairie Path lighting we do have a deadline |
coming up. It has to be punched out and complete by June 2004. |
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It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Blakeslee, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Arnold, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
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Enactment No: Resolution 131-03 2 |
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It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Mahal, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Arnold, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
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Enactment No: Resolution 132-03 2 |
030209
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Frerichs, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Arnold, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
6 -
Enactment No: Resolution 137-03 F |
7.0
Pending Change Orders
No report
8.0
Other Business
Kaforski-Waste Management is leaving skid marks again. They're in the Lombard, |
Stewart, Washington area. |
Arnold asked why, when the sidewalk contractor pours sidewalk, can't he use a shoot |
extension rather than driving into the parkway? |
9.0
Information Only
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Engineering Monthly Report |
10.0
Adjournment
It was moved by Mahal, seconded by Mahal, that there being no further |
business, the meeting be adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The motion carried by a voice |
vote |