City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, it's six o'clock and we do have a quorum. Welcome to the special called city council meeting. With a quorum here, we do have a couple of quick housekeeping items. First of all, the microphones are live. They pick up the whole room, even on the YouTubes. So just be aware of that. First up on our agenda tonight is item A1, our public input and discussion on the King Arthur Boulevard traffic calming improvements. Staff is going to present information regarding the King Arthur Boulevard traffic calming measures and we're continuing to seek public input and council discussion And it i

Erin, can I ask a quick question on this? So that lane, let's use the AI picture because it's got pretty colors. That yellow line to the curb edge is 11 feet.

That's 12 feet. So when we say slightly narrower lane width with that paint, what is that number? So it will be probably 11 feet 4 inches approximately. Okay, so that lane will be 11, even with being slightly narrower, it'll still be 4 inches or a third of a foot wider than state regulations.

I have a couple, Aaron. Thank you for this. This was a great presentation. A couple things. So one, we talked about speeding. I mean, that was one aspect. This aggressive driving, this passing on the left, this illegal things like that. I think about traffic calming. That addresses a wide range of things, whether it's speed.

The other question I have is what is... the lifespan of these buttons provided they don't get struck a whole lot? Is it a year, two years? How often do we have to replace these buttons? Do you have an idea on that?

Karen, thank you very much. Staff, appreciate the time. And we will go ahead and have a few online and whatnot to get through first, so let me do that, and then we will open the floor up for public input. I have the City Council received 11 emails from various residents, David Cresson, Frank Ross, Susan Badger, Steve Kaufman, Ken Sommer, Bethany Rose, Jeff DeFord, Deidre and Howard Steinman, Catherine McGee and Kelly Reimer to give us information. We also got three e-comments from Christine Hickson, Frank Ross and Dee McGuire. So thank you for reaching out through that channel. We also have th

Thank you. I was going to ask about the shirt, but you closed it outright. Absolutely. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Pam Bergeron.

Thank you very much. All right. That's all the public comment I have for item A1. So we'll go ahead and move on to item A. That's fine. Anybody else? Yes. Two? Who gave me three? Who gave me three? Come on. I'm going to give you three. I got two? We'll do two. All right. I just, I don't want to, I don't want an amblage. So I appreciate it. And if I can get your name and city of residence.

I haven't met him personally, but I'm going to leave that one for him.

Thank you, sir. All right. We're going to move on to item A2, approval of change order number two for King Arthur Boulevard Traffic Calming Project in the amount of $85,888 and authorization for the city manager or her designee to execute. What am I missing?

I thought I'd put some time in there, but okay, we can do that.

I really do like the temporary pain idea. I was thinking the same thing. Is there something that we could do in the interim? So I like that solution or whatever other creative things you guys can come up with to give some relief now and not have to wait for that process would be great. Patrick, don't go out there with a rattle can. Not a second time. So I do want to, we'll probably just end as well, but I want to take a minute here before anybody leaves. This is a long day for some of our Castle Hill folks out here because we spent two and a half hours inside of an HRA meeting today. I saw a l

And you're asking that question because the AI-generated mountable curb is not the same profile as the mountable curbs that are out there right now.

Well, I see it on vertical curbs on Valley Parkway when people show up sideways. So, I mean... the regular curbs will launch at.

Anything else? Thank you, Council. Appreciate that. Item two, approval of change order number two for King Arthur Boulevard traffic calming project in the amount of $85,888 and authorization for the city manager or her designee to execute the change order. To address documented speeding along King Arthur Boulevard, staff initially initiated a traffic calming project to improve roadway safety and neighborhood livability. City Council awarded the construction bid on April 6, 2026, and improvements included an on-street parallel parking, protected bike lanes, curb bump-outs, pedestrian refuge are

So, council, here's your opportunity to give input on, we saw a presentation, we saw several moving forward items that due to bidding constraints or other issues will be in step and process after this. Do you have any questions or any other feedback that you'd like to give to staff?

I think when the rubber meets the road, this is the right direction to go. I'm excited to see these changes. So, thank you staff for working on this so hard. Thank you for everybody putting input into this. It's been a It's actually happening a little faster than I think we usually see these kind of changes for a traffic calming project, but that was in response to the overwhelming commitment of the neighborhood, so thank you for that.

All right. Council, we have a motion. And if you approve just the motion that's on the document, then that does not modify the buttons or their equivalent. So if you have that language on a different button and you'd like to use that instead, now is your opportunity.

I may need help with that motion then. So, yeah, fantastic. Thank you.

Move to approve the change order with the substitution of DMS 4300 type W buttons or equivalent and authorize the city manager or her designee to execute the change order as set forth in the caption above.

I second. I have a motion to second. Council, if you'd please vote. Motion passes six to nothing. All right. Well, I want to thank everybody for coming out, for your input, for your continued input. It doesn't all happen here. It also happens in emails. It happens at coffee shops. It have the text messages, so I appreciate all that. I know we've all been receiving tons of information and feedback from the community all the way around, and it's a challenge. It's a challenge. You've got a road that's built to be a freeway in a neighborhood, and so it can be a real difficult thing to square that.