Monday, March 1, 2004
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall
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
March 1, 2004
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
Meeting called to order by Chairperson Soderstrom at 7:30 PM. John Schwarz arrived |
at 7:34 PM. |
Greg Gron, John Schwarz, Thomas Murphy, Arthur Kuehl, Thomas Gibbons |
and William Lepins |
Present:
Vice Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
3.0
Approval of Minutes
Correct spelling of Justine Gembala's name in Call to Order and Roll Call.
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Lepins, to approve with amendments. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |
4.0
Unfinished Business
030835
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
Dave Kundrot in attendance for Dane Cuny who is ill. Kundrot: surprised that there is |
not a drop in traffic stops during January due to the new Racial Profiling Law. No longer |
seems to be an issue/everyone is taking this real well, including the public. |
5.0
New Business
030958
V. Fairfield Avenue Truck Traffic (Ordinance on Second Reading) |
Ordinance amending the Traffic Code posting Fairfield Avenue north of Roosevelt Road |
to Wilson as a 5-ton vehicle weight limit. (DISTRICT #6) |
Johnson: reviewed item with the committee members. Soderstrom: there will be a |
Special Assessment in this area this year. Comments at Public Meeting regarding the |
amount of truck traffic and damage it will do to the new road. Kundrot: will allow for "B" |
plate trucks only. Committee discussed trucks delivering cars to Lombard Lincoln |
Mercury. Johnson: should no longer be an issue with the improvements made at the |
dealership. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Gibbons, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Gron, Schwarz, Murphy, Kuehl, Gibbons and Lepins
6 -
Absent:
Sebby
1 -
Enactment No: Ordinance 5463 |
030959
B. Illinois Prairie Path Crossing Signage (Continued from May 6th) |
Recommendation from the Transportation & Safety Committee to install signage and |
pavement markings at the Illinois Prairie Path Crossings at Westmore-Meyers and Main |
Street (to include a raised median at Main Street). (DISTRICTS #1 & #5) |
Johnson: explained and reviewed this request with the committee members. Possible |
placement of a median at Main St. and Prairie Path. Place sign on median. Want to |
make these crossings safer. Gron: will this cause the movement of any sidewalks? |
Johnson: no. Kuehl: are the signs going to go in the middle of the street driven in to |
the pavement? Johnson: no. Is on a special kind of material that if someone did hit it, it |
would not do serious damage to the vehicle. Lepins: can be removed for plowing, etc. |
Are you picking these up daily? Johnson: would probably put them up in the Spring and |
take them down in the Fall. Lepins: will this give people using the path a false sense of |
security, allowing them to think that they can just run across Main St. or Westmore? |
Johnson: there is always that possibility. Would be a reminder to drivers that they need |
to yield for people in the crosswalk. Schwartz: if it made the manual I am sure that it |
has been checked out. I would like to see what kind of mounting devices are used. |
Also, how the median would be striped. Gibbons: in reference to the accidents on |
Westmore, were they motorist or pedestrian fault? Johnson: never pedestrian fault. |
Gibbons: concerned with false sense of security and also with them only being up from |
Spring to Fall. Murphy: if you are driving a car you need to know the rules of the road, |
and they say that you need to yield to pedestrians. Will only make the person driving |
the car more aware (a heads up). Lepins: if someone slows down to 20 mph and |
someone runs out in front of you, it is your fault? Kundrot: different types of burden. I |
believe this is only supposed to be a reminder to the driver. All this is doing is |
reinforcing something that the driver is supposed to be doing anyway. Schwartz: there |
is no 100% safety anywhere. My concern is that there is no median at Westmore & |
Prairie Path. Johnson: the sign would be put right over the yellow lines. They are only |
about 18 inches wide. Schwartz: would like to see what staff physically plans to do at |
next meeting. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Murphy, that this matter be tabled. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Gron, Schwarz, Murphy, Kuehl, Gibbons and Lepins
6 -
Absent:
Sebby
1 -
040110
*F. Transportation & Safety Committee - Traffic Signals |
Recommendation from the Transportation & Safety Committee to install traffic signals at |
the intersection of Eastgate and Highland. (DISTRICT #3) |
Johnson: discussed Hulseberg's memo with the committee members. Could be set up |
as a special service area. Reviewed operation of the traffic signals at the location. |
Soderstrom: has a full packet from Dave Hulseberg including signatures from the |
residents in the area on a petition. They want the traffic signal. Murphy: are we |
anticipating that much traffic in this area? Soderstrom: no, that is why the study |
showed that the signal was not warranted. Johnson: just requesting the hiring of an |
engineering firm to study this area and see if the signal is in fact warranted and who |
would benefit. Kuehl: who would pay for the study? Johnson: I believe it would be |
paid for by DuPage Medical (according to Dave Hulseberg). Will expand on the original |
survey that was done. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Murphy, that this matter be recommend |
to the Board of Trustees for Approval to proceed with staff recommendation to |
have a traffic study performed with cost to be paid by DuPage Medical. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Schwarz, Murphy, Kuehl, Gibbons and Lepins
5 -
Nay:
Gron
1 -
Absent:
Sebby
1 -
6.0
Other Business
Johnson: has one request for next meeting from Dick Tross.
7.0
Information Only
Soderstrom: 3 more meetings left. Will not be meeting in July or August.
8.0
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM.
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Kuehl, to adjourn. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |