Tuesday, January 13, 2004
7:00 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
January 13, 2004
1.0
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Sebby at 7:30 P.M.
Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby, Rick Mahal, John Kaforski, David |
Arnold, Ken Blakeslee, Dan Mahal and Art Frerichs |
Present:
Vice Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom
Absent:
2.0
Public Participation
Nathan Hebda was in attendance as a requirement toward Eagle Scout. |
Trustee Sebby wished him well. |
3.0
Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Mahal, seconded by Mahal, to approve the Minutes of the |
meeting of November 10, 2003 of the Committee of the Whole & Public Works |
Committee The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
5 -
Abstain:
Arnold
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It was moved by Frerichs, seconded by Blakeslee, to approve the Minutes of the |
Meeting of the Public Works Committee of November 10, 2003 The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
5 -
Abstain:
Arnold
1 -
It was moved by Frerichs, seconded by Mahal, to approve the Minutes of the |
Public Works Meeting of December 9, 2003 The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Arnold, Blakeslee and Frerichs
4 -
Abstain:
Kaforski and Mahal
2 -
4.0
Unfinished Business
Chairperson Sebby spoke about the situation on W. Wilson that was discussed at the |
December or November meeting. He said Stan Rickard was going to speak with |
Director of Community Development Dave Hulseberg regarding the Village looking at |
that property. |
John Kaforski commented that the area is County property right now. . |
Chairperson Sebby asked that John Burg talk to Community Development and bring |
their ideas back to the Public Works Committee. |
Dan Mahal stated he went into that area and said it is brutal. |
030774
Performance Specification in regard to street lights. (DISTRICT ALL) |
Dave Dratnol reviewed the item. He explained that the luminaire shall be a Sternberg |
fixture that we have been using. He stated that Sternberg is an approved manufacturer |
and all requirements are met. |
Trustee Sebby asked if there was anything Mr. Dratnol wanted to elaborate on. |
Mr. Dratnol explained the roof optics that places the bulb in the top of the luminaire with |
house side shields on it. |
Mr. Dratnol said we are looking at who else can provide us with the same size and |
appearance of luminaire. |
Rick Mahal asked if the name of the luminaire is the Lombard 10. |
John Kaforski asked about poles. |
Mr. Dratnol said information is still being collected regarding poles. |
Mr. Kaforski asked if Mr. Dratnol was looking for a motion to approve the item. |
Mr. Dratnol stated he was looking for comments. He said additional manufacturers were |
being sought. |
Mr. Kaforski said the information seemed to be what the Committee has been talking |
about. |
Chairperson Sebby asked if this was the same type that was approved over the Prairie |
Path. |
Chairperson Sebby asked if there were any comments. |
Rick Mahal asked if there were any inserts to block off the light coming from the end. |
Mr. Dratnol explained that there are house side shields that will be installed by the |
contractor at the Village's direction after the initial seven day burn-in period. |
Dan Mahal commented that the information given to the Committee said the test period |
is two weeks. |
Mr. Dratnol did confirm that the test period is two weeks. |
Chairperson Sebby asked when this might be all together. |
Mr. Dratnol said arterial street lighting still needs to be talked about with the focus on |
Main Street. |
Chairperson Sebby said it would be nice if April was a possibility. |
Chairperson Sebby commented that it is moving along methodically in the right direction. |
Dan Mahal asked about spacing. |
Mr. Dratnol said the design engineer does photometrics. |
5.0
New Business
030873
U. Oak Creek Industrial Park Resurfacing Change Order #1 (Final Balancing) |
(Resolution) |
Resolution authorizing Final Balancing Change Order No. 1 to the contract with R.W. |
Dunteman Company reflecting a decrease of $51,209.45 for work/materials not needed |
for the Oak Creek Industrial Park Resurfacing project. (DISTRICTS #2 & #3) |
Mr. Dratnol said this item represents the final as builts and new items as summarized in |
the memo. |
It was moved by Mahal, seconded by Kaforski, that this matter be approved. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Arnold, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
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Enactment No: Resolution 84-04 |
030876
H. FY 2004 Dust Control Program Final Change Order #1 (Resolution) |
Resolution authorizing Final Balancing Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Boecker |
Road Maintenance reflecting a $32,250 decrease due to the termination of the contract. |
(DISTRICT ALL) |
This matter was removed from the agenda by Mr. Dratnol due to errors in the |
paperwork. This matter will be on the agenda for the February Public Works Committee. |
Enactment No: Resolution 88-04 |
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. |
John Burg said this was presented at the last Transportation and Safety meeting, and it |
was decided that the best place to start was at Public Works Committee due to funding |
issues through the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). He stated that Transportation |
and Safety Committee had no recommendation. |
John Kaforski asked where it would be used. |
Mr. Dratnol stated that the best traffic calming device we have is vehicles parking on the |
street. He said when two cars are coming in opposite directions with cars parked, space |
is tight. He went on to comment that playing around with narrowing and widening is |
asking for trouble with regard to maintenance. He said he prefers speed bumps. |
Chairperson Sebby asked where would be a good test section. |
Dan Mahal commented a good location would be where the Prairie Path crosses main |
roads such as Westmore. |
John Kaforski mentioned an island in the center. |
Dan Mahal said he would favor something on Westmore. |
John Burg said this issue would take a lot of time and discussion and the CIP is pretty |
buttoned up. He said this could be incorporated as a test project in the next CIP. |
John Kaforski asked Mr. Burg and Mr. Dratnol what Transportation and Safety would |
recommend. |
John Burg stated that there has been requests over the years regarding these kinds of |
things. He said the Transportation and Safety Committee was concerned about costs. |
Mr. Dratnol mentioned speed humps which are cheap. |
Chairperson Sebby commented that all members of the Public Works Committee had |
agreed to watch the CD included in their packet, and they would share their ideas and |
comments at their next meeting. He also mentioned that the CIP is pretty well finalized, |
but they may be able to find $15K. |
Mr. Burg asked if the Village as a whole wanted to get into traffic calming. |
6.0
Other Business
Chairperson Sebby asked how we are doing with snow plowing so far. |
Mr. Burg responded that there has only been one storm, which was an extended event, |
with the men out quite a bit of time. He said he received no complaints, unless the |
Trustees had. |
Chairperson Sebby spoke of a complaint he received regarding North Avenue, debris on |
the sidewalks at Grace and no pedestrian walkway on the west side of the Lagoon. He |
said whatever we have to do to clean up that area needs to be done. |
Mr. Dratnol said he would talk to the State as it is their responsibility to clean that area |
up. |
John Kaforski asked how the North Avenue construction is going. |
Mr. Dratnol said that Kuhn is shut down for the winter. He mentioned that residents have |
access. He said that what is there now will be there for the remainder of the winter. |
Ken Blakeslee said he was aware that some barricade lights were not working and there |
were some signal arrows out a couple of weeks ago. |
Chairperson Sebby asked if there were an update on Route 53. |
Mr. Dratnol said the last he heard, there was going to be a public meeting in late |
January, but he had not heard anything recently. |
David Arnold mentioned mounds of dirt on St. Charles Road and asked if someone |
could keep an eye that area. |
Mr. Burg agreed to talk to Community Development. |
David Arnold asked if there were any updates on the property fence at the Garfield site? |
Mr. Dratnol said that the site is secure and operational and the Village is using it for |
utilities. He said the landscaping will be finished in the spring. |
7.0
Information Only
980528
Overhead Sewer Grant Program-List of Applicants |
Chairperson Sebby asked how we are doing on funds. |
John Burg said it is up to the residents. He said this is a great program and he wishes |
more people would use it. |
8.0
Adjournment
It was moved by Frerichs, seconded by Mahal, to adjourn the Public Works |
meeting of January 13, 2004 at 7:30 P.M. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Mahal, Kaforski, Arnold, Blakeslee, Mahal and Frerichs
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