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 Rick Soderstrom, Vice Chairperson Trustee Steven D. |
Sebby, Ed Bedard, John Schwarz, Thomas Murphy, Arthur Kuehl and William |
Lepins |
Sam Bonafode 127 N. Charlotte Lombard |
Soderstrom: this will be Ed Bedard's last meeting with the committee. He is being |
reappointed to the Zoning committee. Contacted Tom Gibbons who is interested in |
joining the committee. Hopefully will be appointed on Thursday night to this committee. |
Gibbons: introduced himself to the committee members. Has been resident for the past |
11 years. Has been active in the past with the Lombard Park District. Has 2 daughters. |
Participated in Community Strategic Plan. |
It was moved by Bedard, seconded by Kuehl, to approve. The motion carried by |
a voice vote |
Traffic Calming |
Johnson distributed CD's of Traffic Calming to committee members present. |
Presentation runs approximately two hours. |
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
Cuny: reviewed the reports with committee members. Last month all of the totals were |
higher. |
(Bill Lepins arrived at 7:42 PM.) Bedard: are we really cracking down on the seat belt |
violations? Cuny: yes. This is now a primary violation and officers can stop a vehicle |
because the driver is not wearing a seat belt. |
North Charlotte Street |
Concurrence with the recommendation of the Transportation and Safety Committee to |
deny the request to alter the speed limit on North Charlotte. |
(DISTRICT #4) |
Bonafode from 127 N. Charlotte in attendance. Is still looking for other items that were |
asked for including the reduction in speed limit and turn restrictions on Charlotte off of |
St. Charles Rd. Soderstrom: remarked about the nice thank-you sign from the children |
that was shown by Trustee Sebby at the last Board meeting. |
Johnson: reviewed the findings of the speed study for the committee members and |
resident in attendance. Bedard: are we looking to go to 20 mph? Sebby: that was the |
original request. On the graph what does it mean 53% violation? Johnson: means cars |
over 30 mph (31, 32, etc.). Sebby: based on the numbers on your graph, the highest |
speed is shown at 41 mph. Schwartz: was this study done before or after the stop sign |
was installed? Johnson: before the sign was installed. What you see here is a perfect |
bell graph, which is what IDOT looks for in their studies. It is a proven method of what |
traffic will normally drive. Bedard: based on this, could the speeds be lower after the |
stop sign was installed? Johnson: after the sign was installed, one way was actually a |
mile or two faster. The adjustments will probably only be a mile or two. Explained how |
studies are done. Bedard: if we were to do this, how far would we want to go on |
Charlotte? Johnson: from St. Charles Rd. to at least Prairie, possibly to View or |
Pleasant Lane. Bonafode: at least to Prairie. Soderstrom: there are facts out there |
that prove that reducing a prevailing speed limit will not effectively reduce the speed on |
a street. Bonafode: if you put a speed limit sign about 15 feet after the stop sign you |
could prevent the guys from gunning it. Johnson: statistics show that people will drive |
at the speed that they feel safe at. Sebby: if we look at lowering speed limit on |
Charlotte, I would like to see it lowered to Pleasant Lane from St. Charles Rd. Murphy: |
is part of this posted in the area for 20 mph during school days? Johnson: Charlotte is |
not posted at all, just Pleasant Lane. |
It was moved by Bedard, seconded by Schwarz, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for denial. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Vice Chairperson Trustee Steven |
D. Sebby, Greg Gron, Ed Bedard, John Schwarz, Thomas Murphy, Arthur |
Kuehl and William Lepins |
Signage on St. Charles Road |
Concurrence with the recommendation of the Transportation and Safety Committee to |
deny the request for "No Left" and "No Right" Turn Signs at Charlotte and St. Charles |
Road. (DISTRICT #4) |
Johnson: discussed results of turn and destination study at Charlotte and St. Charles |
Rd. Schwarz: asked Johnson to define immediate area. Sebby: peak times are 5:00 |
PM to 6:00 PM? Johnson: yes. Sebby: I know you are trying to show us that this is |
being used by residents in the area, but it is also being used as a cut-through. I am still |
concerned about this. Schwarz: is there any thought as to where the 15% of the |
vehicles driving that are out of the area are from? Johnson: not really. Soderstrom: |
the interesting thing I saw was that you really did not see a lot of vehicles from other |
close towns or even the other side of Lombard. Bedard: I have a real problem with |
these no left turns. It effects a lot more people besides the 100 block of N. Charlotte. I |
do not support this. Sebby: we, as the Village of Lombard, did create part of this |
problem when we sent traffic down here during the St. Charles Rd. construction. |
Bonafode: isn't this a lot of traffic for a street the size of Charlotte? Murphy: in the area |
where I live off of Roosevelt we have a large amount of traffic also. If we do this in one |
area of town, we are going to have to do it all over town. This is a Village of Lombard |
street and it should be able to be accessed by residents in the immediate area. |
Bonafode: since the people on the street have come to this committee we have only |
gotten a stop sign. Murphy: I understand this, and when Roosevelt Rd. was under |
construction, we had a lot more traffic afterward. If we continue to post these streets, |
we will have no way to get in and out of our town. Bonafode: it is posted on other |
streets, specifically Highland and St. Charles. Soderstrom: that was posted due to a |
large number of accidents. At Rte. 53, which really is not a comparable situation, the |
posting was done to prevent non-residential traffic. If we post this, we will be |
inconveniencing Lombard residents here and that is not what we want to do. Bedard: is |
there something else we can do here besides turn restrictions? Johnson: this is a |
public street and there is not much that can be done. Review the traffic calming CD. |
The light at Grace St. is working well. Some people like to get off of the main drags and |
drive the side streets. They like to look at what is going on in the neighborhoods. We |
did have some old counts from before the construction and the traffic amounts have not |
increased that much. Schwarz: the numbers on the study (374) show Charlotte is being |
used as a convenience route for many drivers. It would be worth a try to post a "No Left |
Turn" during the peak hours in the evening. Bedard: once again I think that we are |
restricting residential access. Cuny: a lot of these cars are on their way home. Will |
only make the intersection of St. Charles and Main more congested. Murphy: did you |
say you had studies from before the construction and after that do not show the traffic |
amounts have increased? Johnson: yes. Bonafode: I do not believe the studies and I |
think there is more traffic. Sebby: I would like to see a temporary sign posted. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Lepins, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval Lepins: test time frame for |
60 days from 4PM - 7PM, Monday thru Friday, left turn off of St. Charles on to |
Charlotte. Schwarz: what is it we are attempting to accomplish here? Put |
analyzers down and see how much the drop is. |
The motion failed by the following vote: |
It was moved by Bedard, seconded by Kuehl, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for denial. The motion carried by the following vote: |
National Survey of Speeding and Unsafe Driving Attitudes and Behaviors: 2002 |
Soderstrom: thanked Tom Gibbons for attending the meeting. Kuehl: asked about a |
study after stop sign installation. Johnson: study was done on 11/19/03, the sign was |
installed 11/14/03. Sebby: asked Johnson to perform another count within 30 days. |
Bedard: thanked John Johnson and the committee members for their professionalism. |
Enjoyed his time on this committee. |
Meeting was adjourned by a unanimous vote at 8:35 PM. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Murphy, to adjourn. The motion carried |
by a voice vote |