Monday, July 12, 2004
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall Community Room
Transportation & Safety Committee
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 Minutes
Transportation & Safety Committee
Meeting Minutes
July 12, 2004
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
Meeting called to order by Trustee Soderstrom at 7:34 PM. |
Lt. Jim Glennon in attendance for Dane Cuny. |
Dave Hulseberg, Village of Lombard Community Development in attendance. |
Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Greg Gron, John Schwarz, Arthur Kuehl |
and William Lepins |
Present:
Vice Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby, Thomas Murphy and Thomas |
Gibbons |
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
Nancy Sherretz 526 W. Harrison Lombard |
Ed Garvey West Suburban Bank |
Javier Millan Kenig, Lindgren, O'Hara, Aboona, Inc. Rosemont |
3.0
Approval of Minutes
It was moved to approve. The motion carried by a voice vote
4.0
Unfinished Business
030835
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
Reviewed by Lt. Glennon.
030882
F. Recommendation of Transportation & Safety Committee - Traffic Calming |
Recommendation of the Transportation & Safety Committee to not establish a traffic |
calming policy at this time. |
Glennon: emergency response time would be affected drastically. Also, damage to |
squad cars, etc. |
Soderstrom: will be put on the agenda in September. Committee will not be meeting in |
August. |
040243
N. Transportation and Safety Recommendation - LeMoyne |
Recommendation of the Transportation and Safety Committee not to install "No Right |
Turn" signs at both driveway exits on LeMoyne at West Suburban Bank and not to post |
a 30 MPH speed limit. (DISTRICT #4) |
Gembala: reviewed traffic counts and speed surveys. |
Kuehl: when was that piece of LeMoyne put in. Hulseberg: 2000-2001. Kuehl: Main |
and North completed? Soderstrom: next couple of months. Schwarz; staff found |
nothing unusual. Gron: question about stop sign at cul-de-sac? Soderstrom: was |
brought up by resident in crowd. Not part of this issue. Let's tackle this first and we can |
direct staff to check in to that at a later date. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Gron, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for denial. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Gron, Schwarz, Kuehl and Lepins
4 -
Absent:
Sebby, Murphy and Gibbons
3 -
5.0
New Business
040284
T. Ordinance Amending the Parking Lot Designation and Signage for the North |
Park Parking Lot (Waiver of First Requested) |
Ordinance authorizing the change of eleven parking spaces located in the North Park |
Parking Lot from "2 hour parking" to "permit parking". (DISTRICT #1) |
Soderstrom referred to Glennon who referred to Hulseberg. Hulseberg: reviewed item |
with committee members present. Kuehl: employees using permit parking/do they pay |
a fee? Hulseberg: no, we do not charge them. Kuehl: has there been any problem |
with truck traffic at that one store? Hulseberg: they put out cones on the days the |
trucks are coming. Issue has been addressed. Gron: there may be more parking to the |
west? Hulseberg: on Orchard Terrace. Soderstrom: is there a time limit on the permit |
parking? Hulseberg: no. Soderstrom: I am concerned that there will be a lack of |
parking in the future if it is mostly taken up with permit and business parking. |
Hulseberg: the busiest time in this lot is Monday-Friday. Can give committee a three |
month white paper report to follow up on this if desired. Glennon: this is actually just |
formalizing what is now being done out there. Soderstrom: I want the 2-hour parking |
limit time strictly enforced as stated in the memo. Gron: picking up 3 more than what |
we are giving up. Kuehl: what if at some time we get caught and everyone shows up |
and there are not enough parking spots for the permits? Hulseberg: we have routinely |
done this and do not have any problems. There are different peak times for different |
individuals. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Gron, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Gron, Schwarz, Kuehl and Lepins
4 -
Absent:
Sebby, Murphy and Gibbons
3 -
Enactment No: Ordinance 5515 |
040285
LL. Transportation and Safety Recommendation - Hammerschmidt Daily Fee Lot |
(Ordinance on Second Reading) |
Recommendation of the Transportation and Safety Committee to approve the |
Hammerschmidt Daily Fee Lot pedestrian traffic enhancements. (DISTRICTS #1 and |
#4) |
Gembala: reviewed by bullet item. Schwarz: these are all great ideas. Gron: item #2 - |
does this address the spots on the north side? Hulseberg: this is only the spots on the |
south side. Soderstrom: last item - I do not understand the problem. Hulseberg: |
explained to the committee (over stack of cars). Kuehl: in Naperville on Washington |
they removed all of the on street parking to help traffic flow. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Schwarz, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Gron, Schwarz, Kuehl and Lepins
4 -
Absent:
Sebby, Murphy and Gibbons
3 -
Enactment No: Ordinance 5536 |
040287
Traffic Evaluation Study St. Charles Rd.-Main St. Commercial Area |
Hulseberg and Javier in attendance to present computer modeling on this item. |
Hulseberg: reviewed this item with the committee. 100 second cycle on the whole |
network. Lincoln Ave. - vehicles pulling out. Liz & St. Charles (s/w corner) green |
activated first for w/b movement. Also, remove parking spots on north side of St. |
Charles. Signalizing for Elizabeth & St. Charles. RR tracks. There is now lost time. |
s/b on Liz is not a significant amount of traffic. Gron: did you take the possible addition |
of Walgreens into this whole equation? Hulseberg: that is why we started to look at this |
whole intersection. Lepins: you are saying people will not try to turn left out of there |
during peak times, and I say people will do it. They will pull out into traffic and sit there |
until someone lets them out. Javier: Walgreens tends to feed off of local people. They |
are usually right in/right out. Soderstrom: why is there not an issue of no left turn here, |
when at the Pines we have it so that traffic can not exit out on the Roosevelt. Rd.? |
Hulseberg: we had to go with the conditions in order to get Walgreens to commit to this |
site. Soderstrom: what are we looking at as far as prices? Hulseberg: we are getting |
prices from consultants. This is just a demonstration to let you know the situations and |
solutions we are looking at. Schwarz: is the existing Walgreens on Main St. going to |
remain open? Hulseberg: no, it will be closing. Schwarz: need to accommodate traffic |
at the tracks with the different trains if you are bringing more traffic into this area. Needs |
to be addressed. Signalizing between RR crossing gates and Elizabeth intersection. No |
margin of error is acceptable between cars and trains. |
6.0
Other Business
7.0
Information Only
Soderstrom: in September the committee will begin preliminary discussion of Rte. 53. |
This will be on the second Monday in September due to the holiday. Not looking for any |
decision making in September. This will take some time. Not rehashing old |
business...will be looking at the whole corridor. |
8.0
Adjournment
at 8:50 PM.
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Gron, to adjourn. The motion carried by |
a voice vote |