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 |
Meeting called to order by Trustee Tross at 7:40 pm. Scott Watkins attending for Dane |
Cuny. Greg Gron arrived at 7:45 pm. |
Chairperson Trustee Richard J. Tross, resigned William Bergeron, resigned |
Dolores Kempa Cassidy, Greg Gron, Ed Bedard, William Pool and John |
Schwarz |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, to approve. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Tross distributed memo at meeting addressing this issue. |
Tross: Do not know if what I am proposing is feasible. I am afraid that if we do not |
propose this, we will have something forced down our |
throats. Pool: then we will just work up to the barrier and stop. Tross: would be hard |
pressed to enforce this. I feel this is a win - win situation for everybody. If we do not |
enter into some sort of intergovernmental agreement now, we are probably going to |
have it stuck to us. Bedard: would this mean that we are entirely responsible for this |
maintenance? Tross: everything except the infrastructure. Do not know what the |
funding mechanism will be at this time. Pool: have we finalized borders between |
Addison and us? Millette: yes. Rickard: could be done as a jurisdictional transfer and |
give to Addison, or have them pay us a certain amount of money per year towards |
maintenance. My suggestion would be that we keep the road, and get a certain amount |
of money towards maintenance. Tross: my argument with this is that if the money is |
gone, what if we still have maintenance issues? Millette: we do have schedules for |
maintenance now, so we would be able to give them a budget amount. |
Suggested referring to the Public Works Committee as framework for this. NOT a final |
proposal. |
A motion was made by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be referred to the |
Public Works Committee. The motion carried unanimously. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be referred to the |
Public Works Committee. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4534 Yield |
Traffic Calming |
Gron: aren't the widths of our roads too narrow for most of these? Johnson: no, not |
really. Gron: seems that a lot of the streets are a problem for the Fire Dept. Pool: what |
about the grooving we discussed? Tross: we are just looking at possibilities right now. |
Pool: Just need a test patch. |
Tross: directed John Johnson to bring the cost of grooving to January meeting. Cost of |
100 ft. X 28 ft. of grooving for blacktop and concrete. Bedard: also,bring the cost of |
undoing it. |
Tross: have had numerous calls from residents in the area about this issue. I have |
indicated to them that it is just not warranted. Possible to look at traffic calming. Will |
address again in the Spring. |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4436 |
Tross: this originated with William Reynolds who lives on Ridge. He has been irritated |
with this committee ever since we rotated the signs out there. Feels this should be a |
4-Way stop. We need to remember that in 2 years traffic will be rerouted. At this point, I |
just want to be sure that this is how the committee still feels. Con census of committee |
is that this could be revisited in the Spring. Schwartz: Sunset is the collector street. |
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 |
Enactment No: Ordinance 4893 Stop |
Tross: direct staff to look at other intersections in immediate area to check to see if any |
others need to be converted. |
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: Ordinance 4894 Stop |
Ms. Dana Bethel addressed committed with her concerns about this intersection. |
Bedard: does this get traffic from O'Neals? Bethel: I do not know, but does get traffic |
from Allied Dry Wall. Pool: why not a stop sign? Johnson: based on volume of traffic, |
a stop sign is not warranted. Pool: what about truck traffic? Johnson: do not really use |
this route except for deliveries. Cassidy: some of this may be caused by cars/vans |
parked close to intersection. Are there any No Parking signs out there? Johnson: |
various types of No Parking out there. Gron: anything by the intersections? Pool: what |
are you asking for (to Bethel)? Bethel: anything that will slow the traffic down. Tross: |
why are we having Grove yielding to Garfield? Johnson: north & southbound carrying |
more traffic. Schwartz: we are revisiting two items tonite converting Yield signs to Stop |
signs. Cassidy: I am not opposed to Yield or Stop, my question is do we need more |
parking control out there? Watkins: 25 N. Garfield has added a driveway in the last |
couple of years. Do not know if No Parking signs have been reevaluated in the last few |
years. Parking up there for apartments is at a premium, and there is probably a need |
for people to park there. Tross: I am not sure that parking is the issue. Pool: made |
motion to change to request Stop Signs instead of Yield signs. |
Ms. Bethel: thank you, I appreciate the quick response. |
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 4895 Stop |
Tross: what has been communicated to staff is that IDOT will be constructing a 4- lane |
Hwy. Rte. 53 & North Ave. would be redone - turn lanes, etc. From the Village |
boundaries would likely be fully improved - street lites, sidewalks, "pork chops", right |
in/right out only (except for Meadow, St. Charles & Madison). Want traffic to flow as |
easy as possible for our Village. Madison is our collector street, not Harrison. IDOT has |
indicated that there is warrant for traffic light in that area, and logically would be at |
Madison. Bedard: will there be a school crossing there? Schwartz: would need to |
improve the rest of Madison. Tross: will address that when we accept that area in. |
Have to allow some form of truck traffic in and out. Despite the fact that the school |
districts have assured me that none of their busses take Harrison to Rte. 53 and turn |
left, I have seen them do it. Very scary. Gron: the North Ave. improvements - is that |
what opens up Meadow? Tross: trustee in that district has asked for a full blown |
intersection in that area. Would like a signal if possible. Whole northwest corner of the |
Village will be locked in after North Ave. construction. Large contingency of people that |
need to get in to that area because they live there. First step of pork chops will be at |
BOLI in spring. |
Enactment No: Resolution 17-02 ID |
Pool: I have new business. With darkness coming earlier and earlier, I have almost hit |
3 people on bikes dressed in black with no reflectors at all. Could police give them |
warning tickets? Bedard: aren't they subject to same laws as vehicles. Williams: |
public education through the schools is a possibility. Pool: a ticket would be more |
effective. Tross: there are better ways to communicate this without tickets. Under 16, |
issue them a parent ticket. Bedard: I would rather have them get a ticket then a trip to |
the graveyard. I hit one the other night; dressed in black. Gron: I like the idea of the |
parent tickets. Pool: what about the adults? Williams: have had good response with |
the positive tickets for free slurpees for wearing helmets. Have also had good response |
with calling parents (beat officers have cell phones). Tross: possible to look at a |
compliance ticket for children and adults for different issues. Bedard: I would like them |
to look at this issue because it seems to be an increasing problem. |
Some Old Business - Watkins: parking issue for football games. If something serious |
happens, we will have a problem getting emergency traffic through here. Residents in |
area are still opposed to having No Parking imposed on one side of the street. |
(North/South streets) Bedard: could we make it limited to the events? Tross: always |
opens up issues to be debated. Bedard: could we post signs on nights of events? |
Tross: I cannot see imposing on staff to post these signs. Bedard: concern is at the |
intersections? Tross: yes, the trucks cannot make these turns quick enough. Cassidy: |
how many spots are you talking about? Just a few? Tross: I am talking about the |
whole blocks. Watkins: also, COD class nights are a problem. Tross: could we check |
this out without homecoming, or football events? Watkins: yes, we could try. Tross: I |
would like to have them see if they can do it. Gron: ignorance to the law is not an |
excuse. Tross: am not concerned about the tickets issued, or problems with residents |
having No Parking in front of their homes. I am concerned with the feasibility of a full |
size fire truck being able to make a turn at these intersections. I would like us to check |
this out before next Sept. Watkins: has there ever been any thought to having a blue |
ribbon committee made up of students, staff, residents, park district etc.? Tross: we |
had one years ago, and also this year. |
Secretary of State Driver's Facility issue. Johnson: Van Dillenkoffer spoke to the |
Secretary of State office. Have to run their specific routes. Tross: have the Village of |
Lombard and the residents in the area obtain of copy routes. John Johnson will obtain |
this for next meeting. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by resigned Bergeron, to adjourn at 9:03 pm. |
The motion carried by a voice vote |