Tuesday, September 8, 1998
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
September 8, 1998
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Borgatell at 7:34 p.m.
Trustee Ralph Borgatell, Committee Member Trustee Joan DeStephano, |
Gordon Hallbeck, John Kaforski, David Arnold, John Meyer and Stephen Preins |
Present:
2.0
Public Participation
Judy Papendorf, 348 S. Craig |
Sue Ortiz passed around pictures to the committee members showing flooding problem |
in backyard. Lisa Brant (Community Development) has sent her a letter saying there is |
essentially nothing the Village can do other than allowing her to pump or change the |
downspouts. The residents behind her say the reason the yard floods is because of the |
developing on the Martha cul-de-sac. |
Judy Papendorf brought this to the Board of Trustees. They said that possibly the |
sewer could be separated and backyard drains installed. Dick Tross responded that we |
were unable to separate that area. He also suggested that a possible solution may be |
installing a dry well with a 1" restrictor on it. |
John Kaforski suggested letting staff look into it. Possibly some solution can be found. |
3.0
Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Preins, seconded by Kaforski, that the minutes of the |
September 8, 1998 meeting be approved.. The motion carried by a voice vote |
4.0
Old Business
980466
Stan Rickard reviewed the memo from Angela Podesta. There was a concensus among |
the committee members to table this item til the next meeting. |
5.0
New Business
980506
Stan Rickard reviewed this item and the proposed changes to the Sidewalk Policy. |
John Meyer-Have we approached these people with our cost share program? If we're |
going out to identify them, why couldn't we approach the homeowner with the cost share |
program? If we say arbitrarily 3 on a block, someone with 4 is going to argue. Gordon |
Hallbeck-You're not going to find but 1 in 30 or 40 that is willing to go 50/50 on it. It's |
Village property anyhow. Dave Arnold-Could we get it [the money] from Hotel/Motel? |
Dick Tross-I'm supportive of the request to the extent that we've been doing connecting |
the dots for the past 20 years. Every year we've sold out our sidewalk program. The |
first issue would be to identify the open areas and then go solicit the homeowners. |
Nobody gets a free sidewalk. John Kaforski-The only way it will get done 100% is to |
connect the dots. Stephen Preins-I have no problem with the concept of the program. |
John Kaforski-Another issue is that $400.00 is alot of money to some people. Dick |
Tross-Collector and arterial streets the village should just do. Where it's a safety issue |
the village should take the initiative. The village always has the option to special assess |
sidewalks. John Kaforski-Perhaps we could go door to door with fliers of some sort. |
John Meyer-We have the availability to put it in and assess them, why don't we do that? |
Mr. Lichter-When you start talking special assessments there is a cost associated with |
it. Joan Destephano-I have a problem with somebody getting something for free |
because they refuse to pay for it. John Kaforski-We are making a decision that we want |
sidewalk. We should make a bigger effort to identify these areas and notify these |
homeowners. Try to campaign and see what kind of response we get. Stephen |
Preins-At this point we need to get a better ida of how many of these there are. Stan |
Rickard-That will take some time. Stephen Preins-Also report on what the worst hit |
would be, "X" amount of dollars. John Meyer-Break it down by arterial or residential |
streets. |
It was moved by Kaforski, seconded by Preins, that this matter be tabled. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Hallbeck, Kaforski, Arnold, Meyer and Preins
5 -
Enactment No: Proposed Sidewalk Po |
980527
Stan Rickard asked if the committee was interested in participating in a lesser form of |
flood control. John Kaforski-I think it's a good idea. Stephen Preins-If it is restricted to a |
flap valve of some sort it would be OK. Stan Rickard-When we drafted this policy we |
wanted a program that was reliable and a permanent solution. Understand that there |
could be some reliability issues down the way. With flap valves, debris could get caught |
in there. Gordon Hallbeck-the program should be modified to include a suggested form |
of flood control. Include language that they can only make one application for the |
program. |
It was moved by Meyer, seconded by Hallbeck, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Hallbeck, Kaforski, Arnold, Meyer and Preins
5 -
Enactment No: Overhead Sewer Grant |
6.0
Change Orders
980212
980523
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER |
INVOLVING A DECREASE IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF |
THE CONTRACT OF $10,000 OR MORE |
It was moved by Preins, seconded by Kaforski, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Kaforski, Arnold, Meyer and Preins
4 -
Nay:
Hallbeck
1 -
Enactment No: Resolution 43-99 Ol |
980522
R E S O L U T I O N R_______________99 |
It was moved by Hallbeck, seconded by Meyer, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Hallbeck, Kaforski, Arnold, Meyer and Preins
5 -
Enactment No: Resolution 42-99 Hi |
980512
R E S O L U T I O N R_______________99 |
It was moved by Meyer, seconded by Preins, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Hallbeck, Kaforski, Arnold, Meyer and Preins
5 -
Enactment No: Resolution 41-99 Par |
7.0
Pending Change Orders
Stan Rickard reviewed the memo regarding pending change orders.
8.0
Other Business
970045
970046
970047
970153
Construction Barricade Reports (light deficiencies) |
980465
980529
Engineering is looking at lowering the street at Sunset/Garfield to help the flooding |
siutation. We may be able to take some water straight to North Ave. |
980528
Overhead Sewer Grant Program-List of Applicants |
9.0
Information Only
10.0
Adjournment
It was moved by Hallbeck, seconded by Kaforski, that the meeting be adjourned |
at 10:00 p.m. The motion carried by a voice vote |