Village of Lombard Legistar System

Bill Mueller introduced the DuPage Area Transit Plan. Notified residents in the

community in various ways about the meeting tonight. Read the six major objectives.

Introduced John Noel, and Michelle from DuPage Mayors and Mangers. Turned over to

Bill Lichter for Power Point Presentation.

Bill Lichter asked that everyone fill out a survey form after the presentation this evening.

Also, anyone watching the meeting tonight could request a survey form and one will be

sent to them. Will be opportunities throughout the presentation for people to comment.

20 year plan being developed by the DuPage Mayors and Managers group.

Bill Lichter presented.

Listening to You...

Richard Mawer,2 West St. Charles Rd.:

North/South almost non existent. East/West is great. I needed to rely on a friend to get

me to the meeting tonight. Must have a balanced system with busses that will feed the

Metra line. Very important for people without cars to have some kind of public

transportation.

Bill Pool, Committee Member, 105 W. Park Drive:

Portland has street cars, even on expressways. Works really good. If we want to

increase the people taking busses to the train, we need to make it more affordable than

the commuter parking to entice people to use it. Also, we should look in to street cars.

Madeline Reynolds,146 W. Sunset:

Best thing about where we live is the access to various locations. It has increased the

value to my property. The worst thing is the "kiss and drop" by 7-11. There is no real

place to stop and let someone out for commuters. People buy houses here because

of the trees, the houses, affordability, sort of blue collar. Also, coordinating access,

improvements to the curbs. Sidewalks were negotiated, but there is still one block on

Sunset that has no sidewalks. This was a waste of money. Has created a safety

hazard and a major challange. Major miscoordination of efforts.

John Noel, Glen Ellyn:

I challange the people here tonight. Who needs public transportation? Most people

here do not need public transportation. Maybe we are wasting our time.

Richard Mower:

Going to have major congestion through out the United States. East/West

transportation is great. Need to get a system that balances out the North/South. People

that do not drive, do not have cars, or cannot drive, may be a small segment of the

population, but we should not be ignored.

Bill Lichter went on with the presentation. Talked about upcoming events. Public

Choice Forums in December, 2001. Public Hearing in the Summer of 2002.

Bill Mueller:

Expanded upon what John Noel brought up about the challange of what our residents

want and need. Hope that we hear from people as to what their needs are. Bill Pool

mentioned parking fees. Just received study from PACE on their budgets. PACE has

difficulty competing with parking fees in Metra and public lots. Maybe we are spinning

our wheels and people are not using the public transportation that exists now. These

are the questions that we need to have answers to. We need to look to the future.

Bill Pool:

How many people under 35 years old in this crowd? Where are the people that we are

looking to make these provisions for? Something is wrong with the routes, etc. if we

only have 2 people on the bus riding on Madison.

John Noel:

That is why we are asking you for input.

Bill Mueller:

PACE does have Drive and Ride services, services for handicapped, etc.

Trustee Tross:

Issue is not what you are providing for public transportation. The public does not know

of any other way to travel downtown besides Metra. Need to make the work force

aware of what PACE has to offer. General riding public probably does not know about

it. Need more PR on Village network. Rich Mower knows what is available because he

needs to.

Bill Mueller:

Just the other day, a resident communicated to me that the reason he keeps his car is

for the convenience.

John Noel:

This study is focusing on 20/20. 20 years. Things change...price of fuel, job growth in

DuPage County, costs of road maintenance, minimal capital outlay for busses,

congestion in the county. Finding a public transit plan that includes busses, bikes,

sidewalks, trains needs to be looked at.

Madeline Reynolds:

Portland works because they have a downtown area that is concentrated with a large

amount of people, entertainment, doctors, etc. Having more condos downtown in

Lombard would create more concentration and less need for public transportation.

Trustee Tross:

Most residents are not happy with the congestion that is near their residences. Our

residents want to live in a "bedroom community", not a thoroughfare.

Bill Mueller thanked everyone for their participation and comments. Asked Chairperson

Soderstrom to keep this item on the burner at his monthly meetings.

Chairperson Soderstrom thanked President Mueller, Bill Lichter, John Noel and the

residents in attendance.

Continued with the meeting agenda at 8:30 pm.

Requested by Trustee Tross. Tross: At 10-9-01 Village meeting. Address Harrison

construction being detoured to Charles Lane. Would like to unitarily post with the

township and county to restrict left turn from Charles Lane on to Rte. 53. Post "No Left

Turn" from Rte. 53 on to Madison, Harding and Charles Lane. In the point of safety it is

very warranted. Bedard: Where are these cars going to go? Tross: Go to arterial

streets such as Main, St. Charles, North Ave., Crescent.

Soderstrom: Would like to dot i's and t's before we make any kind of recommendation

without seeing anything from staff. Tross: That is fine if you are going to have a

meeting in December. Pool: We took this up when we made our recommendation

earlier. Tross: Understand that this is an issue that needs to be addressed. Bedard:

No ordinance changes have been made? Tross: That is correct. If the county or

township cannot post Charles Lane, etc., we will not redirect traffic to other streets.

Pool: Not really hard to make left turn between 10am and 3pm. Tross: Harrison was a

safety problem, Madison was a safety problem. You are looking at a true safety hazard

situation at Harrison & Rte. 53. Only moving problem if you do not make them all

prohibited. Pool: Block all streets off to Rte. 53 if you are worried about safety. Bedard:

If another entity posts these under police powers, can it be enforced? Tross: Trying to

create porkchops prior to construction on Rte. 53. Schwarz: I have noticed school

busses turning on to Charles Lane off of Rte. 53 in the morning. Tross: There was an

issue with School District 89. They have since rerouted that school bus driver to the

proper route. Schwarz: I would like to see the left turns prohibited there. The traffic is

so intense at rush hours that this becomes a very tedious situation for drivers. That is

when people start taking chances and accidents happen. Tross: Confirm "No Left Turn"

at Charles Lane. Schwarz: Asked Dane Cuny if there were any additional accidents at

Charles Lane since construction began. Cuny: Not that he is aware of. Tross: I just

want to proceed with a recommendation. Soderstrom: This is all anticipation of what

will be addressed at a later date. Asked Staff to bring a formal recommendation to the

meeting in December.