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 |
Anne Gaura from Village Manager's Office was in attendance. Anne informed the |
committee that the Village Board had approved the rate increase that was discussed at |
the last meeting. Anne addressed the two issues in her agenda item: |
1. Create a senior advisory council or an ad-hoc committee. Attached the code from |
Village of Carol Stream/they have a senior advisory council. To do this, the taxi |
ordinance would have to be changed/advisory committee would have a part in reviewing |
items to do with this ordinance/also looking at compliance by various taxi companies |
with rates, etc. Commuter complaints also would be handled here. Also, recommend |
any changes to the taxi ordinance to the board. Would get the members for this |
committee from senior homes, etc. Combine residents over 65 and residents with |
disabilities. Anne asked the committee if they were receptive to this idea? |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: if we went with a standing committee, all taxi issues would be out of this |
committee's hands. If we developed an ad-hoc committee, T & S would still have a |
hand in the decisions. |
Anne: if that is what we choose to do. |
Tom Johansen: Asked Anne what her interaction with the retirement community was |
like? |
Anne: replied that she did not have as much interaction as she used to. Don't have |
very many complaints or problems anymore. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: What about residents using taxis for Doctor or Dentist in town? |
Anne: Keeps copies of log sheets/reports form various taxi companies/we do track the |
rides. A number of residents using the taxi service do use them to see Doctors. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: Question before this committee is do we want an ad-hoc committee or |
a standing committee? Do we want to lose our involvement with this issue? |
John Schwarz: The name of our committee empowers us to be part of these activities. |
Tom Johansen: The concern is that we should leave things pretty much the way that |
they are...just leave things stand. |
Bill Pool: All of the members of any sort of a committee formed should live in Lombard. |
Paul Kufrin (added after Tom Johansen's motion): When the time comes, we can alway |
establish an ad-hoc committee to address a certain assignment for a certain time period. |
2. Reciprocal agreements within the neighboring communities. |
Anne: so far has been unable to find one with an acceptable Reciprocal agreement. |
Thought this would be particularly good as far as taxi inspections/cannot find this from a |
neighboring community. Any feedback from committee? The two important issues to be |
addressed would be fares and inspections. We have one of the most comprehensive |
inspection programs in the county. |
Tom Johansen: Possibly a topic for DuPage Council of Mayors & Managers. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: Has never seen this brought before them in the past. |
Anne: We based everything in the current taxi ordinance on the model from DuPage |
Council of Mayors & Managers. So far, we are the only community to have adopted this |
model. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: Should we continue to explore these taxi issues? |
Anne: Felt that the board wanted to do this. Feels like she is hitting a brick wall with the |
other communities. |
Tom Johansen: What are some of the complaints that your are receiving, Anne? |
Anne: one woman called and said that the fares are inconsistent within companies |
going to other towns. |
Tom Johansen: Fare to one community and return trip/2 different amounts. |
Anne: If all taxis assigned to Lombard are being used/the taxi company will pull a taxi |
from a neighboring community to service our residents. That taxi driver may not be |
familiar with the rates, etc. Everything contained in our current ordinance is based on |
the Mayor & Managers guidelines. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: Anne, are there any communities interested in Reciprocal agreements? |
Anne: None have them, didn't ask if they were interested. |
Bunni Cassidy: We seem to be going backwards/let's tell the other communities that |
this is what we have (based on DuPage Mayors & Managers)/would they be interested |
in adopting this same ordinance so that we could have a Reciprocal arrangement with |
you? |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: Should we be specific about what we are looking for? |
Tom Johansen: Could we suggest that Anne pursue contacting neighboring |
communities to see if they want to adopt our policy? The most important part is the |
fares. We need standardization. |
Bunni Cassidy: We like where we are/let's give them what we have. |
Bill Pool: Tell them our rates, etc. |
Anne: If this is the direction of the committee, I will send out letters to neighboring |
communities, asking them if this a direction they would like to go in. |
Tom Johansen: Let's be sure to put a time limit on this - 60 to 90 days. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr. agreed with Tom. |
Committee members, staff and ad-hoc committee members reviewed the site plans for |
Burger King on North Ave./Main St. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: asked ad-hoc committee members present about their interest in the |
Burger King restaurant and the North Ave./Main St. intersection? |
Gary Rothbart: According to the site plan/driveway is right turn only on to North Ave. |
Tom Johansen: Looks like there could be additional fast food restaurants? |
Gary Rothbart: 1,2,3,and 4 will be exiting on to Main Street. Why can't they ingress |
and egress off of North Ave., not Main St.? |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: Are we guarding against any future developments? Asked ad-hoc |
committee if they can live with the Burger King the way it is now...work on cutting off |
further traffic later? |
Gary Rothbart: Can deal with Burger King/concern is with additional properties being |
developed. Would love for them to have an ingress and egress off of North Ave. with |
the possible addition of a traffic signal there/also a variable median. |
Bill Pool: What is really needed is a frontage road with a traffic light at North Ave. We |
are trying to save lives here. |
John Schwarz: There will be limited access to North Ave. approved by IDOT. |
Bunni Cassidy: asked John Schwarz if IDOT was against installing any additional traffic |
lights on North Ave. |
John Schwarz replied yes, that is correct. |
Paul Kufrin, Jr.: We can recommend to direct Community Development to cautiously |
avoid any further ingress and egress on to Main Street from North Ave. |
Tom Johansen: asked if there was any further news on the temporary signalization at |
Lombard Rd. |
Stan Rickard replied that this is still in the discussion phase. |
Tom Johansen: anything to be done at Main St./North Ave. should conform to the IDOT |
master plan for North Ave. |
Bill Pool: The bottom line is that this committee is worried about lives being lost. |
It was the concurrence of the T & S Committee as follows: This matter be returned to |
Community Development to assure conformance with proposed North Ave. IDOT |
project and that any further development of the property east of the proposed Burger |
King be prohibited from using the north driveway by Burger King as an ingress or egress |
off of Main St. |