Tuesday, February 12, 2002
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall Community Room
Public Works Committee
Trustee Steven D. Sebby, Chairperson |
Trustee Rick Soderstrom Vice Chairperson |
John Kaforski, Rick Mahal, David Arnold, Art Frerichs, |
Ken Blakeslee and Dan Mahal |
Staff Liaisons: Wes Anderson and David Dratnol |
Meeting Minutes
Public Works Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 12, 2002
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Sebby at 7:37 p.m.
Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby, John Kaforski, Ken Blakeslee, Dan |
Mahal, Mark Fruehe and David Arnold |
Present:
Vice Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom and Rick Mahal
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
William Lichter, Village Manager |
3.0
Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Fruehe, to approve the minutes of the |
January 8, 2002, Committee of the Whole & Public Works Committee meeting and |
the January 8, 2002 Public Works Committee meeting. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal and Fruehe
4 -
Abstain:
Arnold
1 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
4.0
Unfinished Business
020071
Mr. Lichter reviewed the changes from the 2nd Draft. The changes are as follows: |
Third draft reflects sidewalk on both sides of Route 53 (except section on west side |
south of St. Charles) and underground work. Lighting is not included in the $1.2 million. |
If lighting does go in, other projects may be affected. |
Oak Creek was pushed back one year. |
Special Assessment 219 was added (catch-all for remaining unimproved sections of |
street throughout town). |
Money was put back in for Phase 2 of the stormwater studies. Pushed back the south |
Lombard elevated tank 1 year. |
Mahal-The cost for the North Industrial Park, is that asphalt or concrete? Lichter-It |
assumes asphalt, but because it's an industrial park we would want to look at doing it in |
concrete. |
5.0
New Business
020069
Stan Rickard reviewed the map and spreadsheet. |
Kaforski-Will you be bringing a recommendation of alleys to vacate? Rickard-Yes. |
020070
David Dratnol reviewed the presentation. |
Dratnol-The proposed section is 5 lanes, 2 through and a continuous left turn. At the |
Forest Preserve where we cross the East Branch, IDOT is reconstructing the culverts. |
Through Lombard the majority of the median is going to be a painted lane. At some |
intersections there will be a raised median. |
Kaforski-How close are some of these homes in Flowerfield? Dratnol-They have not |
finalized the right-of-way acquisition, but I don't think they're looking at any property |
acquisition through there. |
Dratnol-The east leg of Wilson is treated as a driveway. They will construct the curb |
and gutter through the driveways with a depressed curb. IDOT is looking at relocating |
the entrance to Sunset Knoll Park to line up with Parkview Blvd. The east legs of |
Harrison and Harding are proposed right in, right out (porkchop) intersections. Madison |
is a proposed porkchop, however, the Board of Trustees was looking at maintaining full |
access and a possible traffic signal. Charles Lane is a porkchop. At the Illinois Prairie |
Path there is a proposed connection between the sidewalk on the east side and the |
path. The stretch on the west side there, we may eliminate the sidewalk. St. Charles is |
a full access intersection with dedicated left turn lanes on all 4 legs, but no right turn |
lanes. Woodland is a porkchop, but possibly no raised median due to right-of-way |
constraints. The Great Western trail will access to both sidewalks. |
Sebby-Are we pursuing sound barriers with IDOT? Dratnol-Yes, they will have to look |
into the noise. |
Dratnol-They are proposing cutting down the Great Western Trail crossing by |
approximately 14'. IDOT is looking at construction staging and noise is a concern |
because of the change in profile. Pleasant Lane, the east leg, will be a right in, right out |
and the west leg will be full access. Sunset is full access. North Avenue will have dual |
left turn lanes and they will construct right turn lanes for all 4 legs. Sidney is full access |
with a left turn lane. |
Dratnol-On a typical section, IDOT is proposing sidewalk the entire length. If the Village |
wants sidewalk, we will have to participate 50% and street lighting will be 100% village |
cost. We may possibly eliminate some sidewalk on the west side. At the Board's |
request, we will ask IDOT about using decorative street lighting fixtures with the intent to |
light the sidewalk, not the road. Kaforski-Right now we have street lights at the |
intersections? Dratnol-IDOT will provide lighting at major intersections, but not |
necessarily an isolated light at an intersection like Charles Lane. Kaforski-I would think |
that where there is existing lighting they would be required to provide that. Dratnol-It's |
our responsibility to maintain it. As far as IDOT is concerned our road is no different |
than a driveway. Kaforski-So if they remove it, we're responsible to put it back up? |
Dratnol-Yes. |
Kaforski-Aren't they required now to do a sound study? Dratnol-It is my understanding |
that they are. They're still working on the studies. Kaforski-So it could be required that |
they have a sound barrier all the way down? Dratnol-Theoretically yes, realistically no. |
Kaforski-We still have utility work to do, correct? Dratnol-Yes, staff has recommended |
some utility improvements. Anything that crosses under pavement we are |
recommending be replaced during construction. The full utility improvements would be |
$1.2 million, the bare minimum needed is approximately $320,000. Around Phillips |
Court is where we need to re-route the sanitary sewer. |
Arnold-The intersection modifications with porkchops, those are all on the east side, why |
not the west? Dratnol-The amount of traffic moving to the west side is minimal. |
Arnold-Is the traffic moving east going all the way to Villa Park or is it residents? |
Dratnol-It's not necessarily either, for example traffic that was traveling on Harrison was |
basically cut-through traffic. The improvements made to Harrison have greatly improved |
the situation. Arnold-I'm glad you mentioned possible changes with Madison. I can |
envision the cut-through traffic clogging up downtown on St Charles Road. |
Dratnol-Motorists will take the path of least resistance. Arnold-Maybe some of the |
traffic is cut-through, but some of it is certainly residents who live just east of Route 53 |
or west of Main. Dratnol-The Board is also looking at possible full access and a traffic |
signal at Meadow. Arnold-I think it's too many porkchops. Kaforski-I think Madison |
being full access makes sense. Dratnol-That option would probably require IDOT to |
take 2 properties. Kaforski-I'm just saying it makes sense. I feel we have to have |
access someplace. I like the idea of having 2 signals; one at the north end and one at |
the south end of town. Dratnol-The problem with Madison and Harding is they are |
township, the Village does not have anything to say about what happens there. The |
Board did discuss the possibility of putting the signal at Charles Lane, but then you have |
to deal with what happens at Charles Lane and Finley. The third possible signal location |
would be at Parkview Blvd. The problem with putting a signal there is for one a sight |
distance problem to looking to the west and Surrey becomes a cut-through, which IDOT |
is not considering installing a signal there as part of this project. Kaforski-I think, |
theoretically, once you've got 5 lanes, you're going to have to have signalization. |
Arnold-The porkchop at Harrison, it appears that as you're driving north on Route 53 |
there is a shoulder and then all of a sudden there's a raised median at the side of the |
road. Dratnol-It is set back the proper distance. Arnold-The idea of right in, right out as |
a raised median poses a hazard. People run over them, drive over them, and then it |
becomes an enforcement issue. Dratnol-If people want to violate the rules of the road, |
they are doing it at their risk. You can not control driver behavior. Arnold-So we are |
talking about an enforcement issue, if you can ignore a sign you can ignore paint on the |
street. So why put in a curb and create a hazard? Dratnol-The raised median does |
encourage the correct behavior. If you kept it as a painted median, the violation rate |
would be higher. |
6.0
Change Orders
980212
Stan Rickard reviewed the Change Order Reports.
020058
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Fruehe, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal, Fruehe and Arnold
5 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 118-02 Ma |
020066
It was moved by Arnold, seconded by Kaforski, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal, Fruehe and Arnold
5 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 120-02 SA |
020068
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Arnold, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal, Fruehe and Arnold
5 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 122-02 Lo |
020065
It was moved by Arnold, seconded by Mahal, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal, Fruehe and Arnold
5 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 119-02 Ad |
020072
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Mahal, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal, Fruehe and Arnold
5 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 123-02 Lo |
020067
It was moved by Arnold, seconded by Kaforski, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal, Fruehe and Arnold
5 -
Absent:
Mahal
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 121-02 Li |
7.0
Pending Change Orders
8.0
Other Business
9.0
Information Only
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10.0
Adjournment
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Mahal, that there being no further |
business, the meeting be adjourned at 9:00 p.m. The motion carried by a voice |
vote |