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, Greg Gron, John Schwarz, Arthur Kuehl |
and William Lepins |
Raymond Bartels 813 E. Maple |
Betty Shissler Punky's Bar |
Bartels: Addressed the issues of speeding on Maple. Peak hours between 4 & 6 PM |
Maple and Westmore there is a lot of speeding going on. Also, after 10 PM there are a |
lot of speeders. Wanted to decrease the speed to 25 mph. Soderstrom: Reduction of |
speed will not reduce speeding by a proportionate amount. Bartels: Maple is used quite |
often as a cut through to avoid Roosevelt and North Ave. By simply enforcing the speed |
limits to a further extent would cut down on the speeding on Maple. Soderstrom: Our |
police force does not take issue that ok if it is 8 mph over the speed limit, they are not |
that casual. Of course, reducing speed limit can be done, but by doing so, you do not |
get a direct result of the reduction proportionately. A main arterial street can cause |
problems with reductions of speeds. |
Deputy Chief Dane Cuny: 400 block of east Maple also called us about speeding. |
Assigned 2 officers 2 nights in a row for 2 hours (4-6PM) 1st officer wrote 2 citations at |
37 mph. 2nd officer made a few stops at 35 mph. Fastest car was clocked at 42 mph. |
Natural tendency is to travel a little faster on a main thoroughfare. We do try to be in |
the area at times during rush hours. We have a lot of areas through out town that are |
asking for enforcement. We will try to do the same thing around your area in the 800 |
East block. Johnson: The average percentile is 31 MPH in that area. The top 15% are |
knocked off. These are the people that will disobey all rules (stop signs, yield signs, |
etc.) Soderstrom: Since we have reopened Grace & St. Charles, have we done any |
new studies in this area? Johnson: No, but there needs to be a little time for |
adjustment. Also, there is construction on North Ave. now, and people are probably |
using this as a cut through for there. Soderstrom: We also have radar guns that you |
can borrow to clock these vehicles, and this would be an option you could try. Bartels: |
How do I go about doing this? Cuny: I will give you one of my cards, and you can call |
me and set it up. Someone will show you how to operate it. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Kuehl, to approve. The motion carried by |
a voice vote |
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
Cuny: Reviewed reports with the committee. Gron: How are we doing with the DUI |
enforcement? Cuny: It is much more efficient now, we have more ways to help get |
convictions. Our conviction level is up in the 90% level. Schwarz: How are you |
handling the new seat belt law now? Cuny: Before an officer could not stop someone |
just for not wearing a seat belt. "Hammer get Nailed" is our new slogan. We at least |
have a dozen citations issued in three days. Shissler: All passengers must wear a belt? |
Cuny: All front seat passengers need to have belts on and children under the age of |
eight. Schwarz: I think it makes the driver more aware of his vehicle and his driving. |
What is the fine? Cuny: I believe it is about $75.00. Our portion of this comes out to |
about $15.00 per ticket. We do not enforce for revenue, we enforce for safety. |
Johnson: Reviewed memo with the committee. Compared from last survey to this new |
survey. Resident on the northwest corner installed a retaining wall on the corner/site |
distant is now 130-140 feet. Did get a call from Ms. Vincent over the weekend that there |
was an accident there. Schwarz: How could someone put in a retaining wall like this? |
Soderstrom: They would have needed to get a permit to do this. I couldn't possibly |
answer your question on this. Johnson: I do not even know when this was installed. |
Gron: If you are sitting at the stop sign at the intersection, do you still have a problem |
with site distance? Johnson: Yes. Schwarz: It is a shame that someone was allowed |
to put this up and create this type of a hazard. Johnson: I believe that they have since |
adopted a site triangle/anything before this would be grand fathered in. Gron: Asked |
Johnson to check with BIS to see when this was installed. |
It was moved by Kuehl, seconded by Lepins, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 5336 Stop |
Bill Lepins left the meeting for 5 minutes. When he returned Johnson reviewed memo |
and calculations with the committee. |
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: |
Enactment No: Stop Signs on Taylor |
Taken out of order due to the presence of Betty Shissler at the meeting. Shissler: |
Thanked John Johnson for following up on her request. I have observed a lot of empty |
spaces in the afternoon and have had people come in and ask me if they can park |
there. I tell them no because they may get a ticket. I have had customers come in as |
late as 4:45 and come out with tickets on their cars. Ms. Shissler passed out some |
literature about what some of the other local towns were doing. |
Johnson: Reviewed his memo with the committee. Gron: How do we enforce what |
time a car has been there from? Cuny: Most of our enforcement of the commuter lots is |
done in the morning. Soderstrom: You are saying we do not enforce after noon, but |
Ms. Shissler is stating that they are getting citations. Cuny: We do have one |
aggressive CSO. Schwarz: I feel this would be very advantageous to the businesses |
downtown. Kuehl: Is this permit parking? Johnson: Yes. Cuny: There was discussion |
about this in years past, and signs were posted that said until 5:00PM to try to |
encourage more people parking and coming in to the downtown area. Soderstrom: |
This potential change would not effect the commuters that are parked there from the |
morning. Shissler: this would certainly create more parking in the downtown area. |
Soderstrom: Would like to see this become a universal/uniform change to apply to all |
lots. Gron: Just so there is no problem with someone having a permit and not having a |
spot. What about the coin slots/would we be losing money from people going downtown |
at 3:00? Schwarz: I do not think that it is enough revenue to really worry about it. |
Schwarz: Please pass along to board that Glen Ellyn and Winfield also do this. |
It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Lepins, that this matter be |
recommended to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 5336 Commu |
Schwarz: Did anyone address the problem at Elizabeth with no left turns on to |
eastbound Parkside off of northbound Elizabeth? Johnson: We could put a sign up to |
"yield to left turns". Soderstrom: Asked Johnson where we are with Elizabeth and |
Parkside to satisfy some of the problems. Bring some info to the next meeting. |
Soderstrom: Epansion ofRte. 53 past St. Charles will be petitioned to IDOT. No Left |
Turns was on consent agenda. Tabled indefinitely due to Madison being Township and |
Charles Lane being Lombard. Township will only open Madison when Charles Lane is |
improved. There is not $300,000 in the budget right now to do this. Schwartz: It was |
either both or none. Kuehl: How long ago did Mr. Schroeder state this intent? |
Schwartz: Need to take control of that area, including Madison. It could be raised as a |
relief for the pressure cooker downtown . |
Next meeting will be in September. |
It was moved by Gron, seconded by Schwarz, to adjourn the meeting at 8:47 pm. |
The motion carried by a voice vote |