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, resigned |
Dolores Kempa Cassidy, Thomas Johansen, John Schwarz, William Pool and |
Greg Gron |
David John Menine 444 Crescent Blvd. #B-2 Lombard, IL |
Lavonne Nicholson Key Management 1263 Highland Ave. Lombard, IL |
Sean Nails 444 Crescent Blvd. #B-1 Lombard, IL |
Karen & John Lata 444 Crescent Blvd. #A-2 Lombard, IL |
Pam Schau School District 44 150 W. Madison Lombard, IL |
Residents in attendance to address Finley and Crescent guard rail installation: |
JJ: the PW Dept. is in the process of getting approval for a work study from Civiltech. |
Should have this sometime in the next week or two. S. Nails: how long is this process |
going to take/when would guard rail be installed? DT: could take 6 mos. to 2 years. |
Don't even know at this time if this intersection can be redesigned. S. Nails: guard rail |
needed for children. There have been two accidents in three years at this location. DT: |
the Village and this committee does not jump to put in guard rails. Will only be installed |
if shown to be incremental to save & protect individuals. BP: the location needs to fall |
within the criteria established by the State. DT: we are governed by the State of Illinois |
law. When engineers come back with all of the criteria: if physical improvements are not |
warranted, that can be done quickly. S. Nails: this accident was not as serious as the |
last one/why would I believe you would do something about this now? DT: I am on your |
side but we are not going to give you false hope. (Chairperson Tross moved this to |
"Other Business" at this time) |
Tross: I assume that all of you on this committee would like to be reappointed/let me |
know if you have questions or concerns. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Johansen, to approve. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
JJ: explained results of speed survey to committee members. Study does conclude |
that active Police enforcement does impact speeds on Wilson. TJ: (referring to Dane |
Cuny) be sure that officers see this. Cuny: this area is on a continuous enforcement |
basis. (Study will be kept on file per committee recommendation) |
It was moved by Johansen, seconded by resigned Bergeron, that this matter be |
discussed. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4574 "No B |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Kempa Cassidy, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Enactment No: Deny "No Parking" on |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Pool, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4957 No Pa |
Pam Schau from District 44 in attendance. JJ: requested that Ms. Schau help explain |
proposal to committee. |
PARKVIEW SCHOOL |
DT: you want to put this on the pkwy.; could they put in a pork chop to lead traffic |
certain ways? Ms. Schau: we could go back to architect with this. GG: very sharp |
turns in and out. |
MADISON SCHOOL |
JJ: explained changes to be made. Ms. Schau: entrance to Lot on Green Valley and |
Madison will be permanently closed. GG: school buses in lot by A? Can this be |
accommodated? Ms. Schau: architects have been asked that question many times and |
have assured us that they can. |
It was moved by Johansen, seconded by Pool, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4677 Signs |
DT: turned over to Dane. Cuny: memo from Lt. Watkins. DT: survey from residents |
unanimously wanted parking on both sides of street. When you do have home games, |
graduation, saw no problem. Ambulance could have gotten through there. May not |
"maneuver" well/but can get through. I do not know that this is a critical safety issue. |
Cuny: I do not believe that it is. BP: school can solve that issue. DT: thank Lt. |
Watkins for his concern but do not see a safety issue. DT (to committee): now is the |
time to take action if you want to/do a survey? DT (to Cuny): ask Chief Seagraves, etc. |
if you want further action. Cuny: will ask Scott to readdress this issue. DT: is it |
possible considering study we saw, to make a school speed limit more prominent in this |
area? Could we put in a double yellow line? JJ: possible but very tight as it is now to |
put in another stripe. GG: narrows it down, but would it make people nervous and |
cause an accident? BC: my concern is Lt. Watkins saw something/maybe we should |
send to staff to check this out and come back with a recommendation. GG: posted |
speed limit is 30. JJ: prevailant speed is 30. Will look in to this about law in High |
School School zones. JS: must have key items addressed (pedestrians, etc.) Cuny: |
what are we trying to accomplish? DT: speeds are way out there. Cuny: if we post 20 |
or 25 we may have a hard time enforcing. I'm not sure that going to 20 will solve any |
problem. DT: have staff address issues from memo of side street parking to see if |
there is a critical issue there and check on double yellow. Let's let the speed issue go. |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4751A West |
Added Finley and Crescent accident tape to viewed. J. Lata & D. Menine explained |
what committee was viewing on tape. K. Lata: children play out there and wait for bus |
right there. D. Menine: asked school board if they could move bus pickup; responded |
that it could not be moved. S. Nails: nothing there right now to protect this area. Slope |
alone could take a car down in to the parking lot. Owner and Management Company |
representative if attendance. (L. Nicholson/Key Management) D. Menine: only thing that |
stopped car from going in to the building was the angle. S. Nails: due to the fact that we |
are an apartment vs. home/ you show precident to home owners. DT: this apartment |
building would not have been built today vs. years ago. GG: I beleive that this man in |
the last accident had a medical condition. D. Menine: that does not prevent us from |
taking precautions. From the 1st to this recent accident nothing has happened. We |
have had cooperation from PD to put extra police patrol in the area. K. Lata: Police |
report does not show any medical condition. D. Menine presented a petition to |
Chairperson Tross. BP: owner of the apartment could put whatever he wanted on his |
private property to expedate this issue. Cassidy: 33 years ago the Village promised |
barricade/still have not received it. JS: when do you expect approval for Civiltech |
proposal? JJ: sometime this week. We met with the owner on May 17th to talk about |
different proposals. It came down to everyone wanting a complete study/proposal of |
private & public property to show what it will take to improve the whole intersection. BC: |
will the study show both? JJ: yes. DT: we are working with a limited parkway. GG: |
who did you talk to from school board? D. Menine: talked to school board office on |
Madison. There were 8 children that got picked up at this stop this year. DT: Greg, |
let's not go there. We are looking at pedestrian safety/not private property safety. |
Committee directed Public Works Department/staff to bring proposal directly to the |
Village Board and bypass this committee if proposal from Civiltech recommends |
installation of guard rail. |
BP: can this committee recommend to the Village Board to get a couple mannequin's |
placed in the empty police cars? Cuny: we are working on a speed control unit and will |
add mannequin's to the list of items.. |
DT: it is my understanding that G.E.H.S. is actually going to lose parking spaces on the |
last study I saw. I suggested working with Village to build lot around drainage ditch but |
response was that school does not need additional parking for students. See no plans |
for a parking solution. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, that this matter be |
discussed. The motion carried by a voice vote |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to adjourn the meeting at |
8:31 pm. |
DT: is it correct that the engineering from years ago has been |
redirected/Lombard Rd. signal has been approved? JS: IDOT has for review. |
DT: asked John Johnson to put on the next agenda a request for 4-way Stop |
Signs at Park & Grove (Made by Trustee Borgatell). Asked Johnson to look at it |
and copy Trustee Borgatell with the results. No meeting will be scheduled in July |
at this time. The motion carried by a voice vote |