Village of Lombard Legistar System

Greg Yangas, 136 W. LeMoyne-Several years ago water lines were put in and some

curb was damaged. Residents were told at the time, that the curb would be replaced

when the streets were done. Now they're doing the sewer and more damage has been

caused. The curbs were damaged by the contractor. Asking that the curbs be replaced

to the condition that they were in before. Part of the condition of annexation was a

special assessment for streets and curbs (30 yrs ago). If you look on the south side of

Goebel and north side of LeMoyne where they drove the tracks down the curb there is

alot of damage. There is a section in front of driveway that is damaged, chipped,

cracked. Contractor drove across driveway and scarred it. Pushed blacktop down so

there is a ridge between asphalt and curb. On other side of street where they haven't

run equipment it looks fine. Residents feel the curb should be replaced before the

asphalt is put down. If it is the responsibility of the contractor then make him do it. If it's

not then try to find some money.

Stan Rickard addressed the residents. We do have curb & gutter removal in the

contract. There is 4700' in already. The total amount of curb in the contract is $88,000.

As of today, Brian has about 3500-4000' marked out. Met with Brian and Szabo today.

Walked LeMoyne and there is not much there that can be saved. Asked the contractor

to give us a price for larger stretches of curb. Looks like most of LeMoyne should come

out. We'll do what we can.

Rolly Bubert, 140 W. Goebel- Are you going to walk Goebel too? Stan Rickard-We will.

Inga Stoermer, 644 N Ridge-For sewer connection they took half of driveway out. 2

sections off of north side of drive and damaged other half. Would like to know when we

are taking out other half of driveway. Cotractor should be careful when they remove.

When they replace it they should put in expansion joints.

Jeff McLaughlin,141 W Goebel-Where curb crosses driveway it's all cracked up. They

are using a hole that they dug as a garbage hole. From curb to about 4' in, grass is tore

up.

Yvonne Kotowicz, 252 W Lemoyne-When they repaired yards from sewer project, yard

sunk. Could they put dirt in now?

Chris Schultheis, 675 Rochelle Ter-When they were putting in clean out, smelled gas.

Nicor sent someone out about 7:30. At 9:30 Nicor came back and said there would be a

crew out that night. Question is with damage caused by boring underneath landscaping,

2 large indentations in yard. Could they look at damage caused by Nicor?

John Stancy, 28 W LeMoyne-Parkway has sunk around where water line and fire

hydrant are. If they're going to be fixing up parkway, will they take care of that?

Cracked 2 sections of sidewalk when putting in line to house. Stan Rickard-We've had

the landscapers in several times, we'll send them up again.

Jeff McLaughlin, 141 W Goebel-The b-box needs to be lowered.

Rolly Bubert, 140 W Goebel-Sod put in 2 yrs ago doesn't match the existing sod.

Ardith Dolamore, 146 W LeMoyne-The contractor used yard for semis (during water

main project). Dug up 15' tree that was included in the estimate. The middle of the tree

is dieing.

Yvonne Kotowicz, 52 W. LeMoyne-Would like the OK to bring a truckload of dirt in to

bring yard back to grade. Stan Rickard-That is Community Development.

LaVerne Woloszyk, 40 W LeMoyne-During water project apron was not put back that

way it was. Now it's chipped again, will they put it back the way it was or they way it

was originally?

Steve Preins-We shouldn't have to charge for a permit if it's due to construction. John

Kaforski-She shouldn't have to pay for the dirt either. (re: 52 W LeMoyne)

Mr. Stancy, 28 W. LeMoyne-How many gas leaks did we end up with this project?

Smelled gas several nights.

Mr. Tony Odrowski, 1049 S Norbury-Has had 6 sewer back ups in the last 2 years.

Would like 100% reimbursement (under the Overhead Sewer Grant Program) because

of money that's already been payed out. Mr. Odrowski gave the committee a time line

of flooding that has happened. Homeowners insurance was cancelled. Payed 5

deductibles at $500/ea. 9/6 cost $1400.00 for furnace since no longer covered by

insurance. Resident feels the lift station can't handle the water in a major rain storm.

Stan Rickard reviewed the items in the package. The memo was designed to address 3

applications that do not fall within the current policy.

Stephen Preins-(re: 1049 S. Norbury) I understand they're point. But they have to pay

for 1/2 of it. As far as the one from a year ago, it's been way too long.

John Kaforski-If you do it for one you have to do it for all.

Gordon Hallbeck-You could wind up with 2 or 3 more people in the same situation as

413 S Fairfield.

John Kaforski-If we had 5 more people come in, as long as it's been documented that

they were working with the village, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Gordon Hallbeck-If you start a program on June 1 and somebody does something on

May 30th it's not eligible. You can't do it. It's not going to be just this program, you're

going to set a precedent. We help the people that go by the program as presented.

Joyce Castaldo 413 S Fairfield-I got somebody to do it and then read about the program

in the paper. Had to have it done for fear of having another flood.

Stephen Preins-We don't doubt your need to do it. It's very well documented. We just

need to decide whether or not to cut it off at the date.

Stan Rickard-The Board of Trustees approved the policy on March 5. Is March 5

something that we could consider as a retroactive date?

Gordon Hallbeck-I think it's wrong to do it. Now you have to go back and change the

policy.

Stephen Preins-How many more homes could there be that have done it in that time

period. I would be willing to go with the March 5 date.

Stan Rickard reviewed the Green Valley Sewer back up report. There were a couple of

spots that were not separated with the reconstruction project, the extreme western end

of Park Rd Ct. there is one inlet that drains to the combined, Lincoln Ct and West Park

Dr / Green Valley Dr. We do have storm sewer on Elizabeth Ct. There were 3

addresses where residents wanted more information, a report on what was happening.

Gordon Hallbeck-What would happen if that inlet was closed? Stan Rickard-Public

Works staff tried a makeshift restrictor and felt that it would cause excessive overland

flooding.

Stephen Preins-Have any of these residents made the comment that until we fixed the

streets, they didn't have this problem? Stan Rickard-One thing that they picked up on

was that they always got clear water backing up prior to this. When it's combined there

is alot of dilution. Now that we've taken most all of the inlets off that line, it's going to be

more concentrated. John Kafoski-What is the solution? Stan Rickard-Overhead

sewers. Gordon Hallbeck-Do we have any elevations relative to the top of foundations

for these homes? Are we dealing with a 6" drop or a 4" drop?

Stan Rickard reviewed the circumstances at 11 Elizabeth Ct. Gordon Hallbeck-Wouldn't

it be better if they redirected they're sewer service out to Elizabeth Ct? Stan

Rickard-That is an option. But it would be better and less expensive to install an

overhead sewer. We've talked to our water supervisor. One of his guys went down

Hickory and knocked on every door to try to find out the situation out there. Some of the

residents just don't call us. John Kaforski-The overhead sewer program is the answer.

Dick Tross-The Board of Trustees is approving televising and root cleaning this

Thursday. Those residents are going to have to be made aware of the sheeting if we

put a restrictor in the inlet. Stan Rickard-If these restrictors don't work we'll consider

installing storm sewer there (on south end).

Ralph Borgatell reviewed the memo written by William Lichter. When the streets are

replaced it is a good thing to do the underground, but because of this, the street

program has been somewhat retarded. The underground should have come from the

Water/Sewer Capital Fund. I would rather have a user fee than a tax. This program

was sold to the people as a street program. Gordon Hallbeck-If you use the money

strictly for repairing streets but you don't have sufficient funds in Water/Sewer you come

back and tear up your new street. The reason you wouldn't have the money in

Water/Sewer is because you would have to raise the water rates. That would cause

more havoc with the constituency. With the utility tax they see businesses picking up

their share. So, we either delay building the road or you tear up the new road later with

the water/sewer. Ralph Borgatell-There are steets in this village that have been done

twice with utility tax money when some haven't been touched. Mr. Lichter reviewed

which improved streets have been done. Gordon Hallbeck-If the utility tax came up

before the Board of Trustees every 2 yrs, every Board would get to see it. Mr. Lichter-It

could complicate the ability to borrow short term money. Ralph Borgatell-The sunset

provision is strictly a political issue. Feel very strongly that this thing should come

before the Board of Trustees periodically. Feel it's a safety valve, looking forward to

maybe someday at least being able to lower it if we could do it and not short our funding.

At the same token the Water/Sewer Capital Fund has not been touched in 8 yrs. Hope

you understand that I've got the other side of the page here. Stephen Preins-If you feel

like there are areas in your district that need attention, it's a good time to bring it up with

CIP coming up in the next month or two. Stephen Preins-As far as the sunset clause, I

think we're going to need this utility tax for years and years. We're never going to reach

a time when everything is done. John Kaforski-When we decided to use it for utilities we

were afraid of using too much of it for utilities, but I haven't seen that. At a time when we

feel it's going haywire then we need to take care of it. The concensus of the committee

was to keep it the way it is.