[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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FOR SHOES SHOES ON JULY 16, 2024 THIS IS A BUDGET WORKSHOP WE'RE GOING TO COVER FOUR TOPICS WHICH WOULD BE REGISTRY PURCHASE STREET, BOUNDARY STREET AND CALHOUN STREET AND
[II. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT.THE WINNER COULD I JUST SAY IT'S NOT A BUDGET WORKSHOP AS A CFP YRY SORRY TYPO OUR OUR PROBLEMS ARE ABOUT THE CFP WORKSHOPS THE NIKKI GRAZIANI YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE DRILL BUT IF YOU GIVE ME THE ADDRESS WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT AND ALSO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CIVILITY TONIGHT. THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF US WE JUST ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL OF COURSE. THANK YOU.
YES, SIR. MY NAME IS NIKKI GRAZIANI. I AM REPRESENTING THE HAYWARD HOUSE AT 70 BOUNDARIES STREET IN OLD TOWN BLUFFTON. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO MAKE IT KNOWN TECHNICALLY THAT WE WE ARE ABOUT BURYING THE POWER LINES AND MAKING THE SIDEWALKS BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE ABOUT IT. IT LOOKS GREAT.
IT WILL LOOK MUCH BETTER OUT THERE. I ALSO SAW SHANNON ALMOST GET TAKEN OUT BY A TREE LIMB IN A POWER LINE SO LIKE IT'S NEEDED. I GET IT.
NO COMPLAINTS THERE OUR CONCERN IS THE USABILITY OF OUR LAWN ON BOUNDARY AND THEN OUR SIDE YARD ON BRIDGE. SO THE SIDE ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY AS FAR AS THE FRONT WE'RE AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE USABILITY OF OUR FRONT LAWN IS AS FAR AS EVENT RENTALS IN OUR INCOME AND THEN THE SIDE YARD JUST TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE OVERALL.
SO WE HAVE ALSO STARTED TALKING WITH A LANDSCAPER TO OVERALL REDO THE LAYOUT OF OUR LANDSCAPE AND SUCH SO THAT BEING SAID WE'D JUST LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH WHAT YOU GUYS GOT GOING ON SO. WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND POSSIBLY ASSIST ACCORDINGLY TO IF THAT'S NECESSARY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME WE'LL MAKE SURE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.
I SEE IN COUNCIL CHARLIE WHAT MORE 48 LAURENCE STREET AS A RELATIVELY NEW RESIDENT TO OLD TOWN BLUFFTON I WOULD JUST ASK YOU IT KIND OF DOVETAILS WITH NIKKI'S COMMENTS PLEASE INVOLVE THOSE OF US THAT ARE ALONG THE OR CLOSE TO THE STREETS IN THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOSY ENOUGH THAT I KNEW THIS MEETING WAS HAPPENED BUT I CAN THINK OF OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT PROBABLY KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU ALL AS A COUNCIL AND US AS A TOWN TO AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN INVOLVING THE RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO THEM BEING UPSET WHEN SOMETHING'S BEING BUILT ON MY PROPERTY I CAN THINK OF TWO THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD THAT MAY AFFECT IT.
ONE IS WHEN CALHOUN IS BEING DONE THE DRAINAGE DOWN GREEN STREET TO THE COVE THAT IS NEAR MY HOUSE IS GOING TO BE REDONE. I'M VERY IN WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT MY SIDE PROPERTY CLIFF THAT GOES TO THE COVE AS AS THE BRIDGE STREET STREETSCAPE I HAVE HEARD IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE A WALKING BRIDGE WHICH I THINK IS PHENOMENAL BUT IF IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE STREET, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND DOES THAT MEAN PEOPLE CAN SEE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THING OR A GOOD THING BUT JUST AS A PROPERTY OWNER I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT THOSE ARE AND JUST LIKE I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS BOUNDARY STREET LOOK LIKE AROUND YOUR HOUSE I JUST THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW SO THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF US THIS EVENING AND AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS BEING VIDEOED YOU CAN GO TO COUNTY S.C. DOT OR YOU'LL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THIS EVENING AND IF YOUR QUESTION DOES NOT GET ANSWERED I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SUBMIT A QUESTION TO THE TOWN MANAGER WHO CAN THEN TAKE THAT QUESTION AND PUT IT OUT AND SHARE IT WITH ALL OF COUNCIL. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS. WE'LL ADDRESS THEM.
I'M SURE A LOT OF THAT WILL AS WE GO THE PROCESS I WAS JUST BEGIN TRAINING TOWN COUNCIL MY
[III.1. Update and Discussion Regarding the Design Progress of Current Streetscape Improvement Projects]
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NAME IS PAT ROONEY I'M THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER AND I'M HERE TONIGHT GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL FOUR OF THE STREETSCAPE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET WE'VE ALL THIS IS ON THE THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GET BEFORE WE START I WANT TO KIND LET YOU KNOW HOW THESE THINGS ORIGINATED.YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS STUFF GOES WAY BACK WAY BACK TO THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT. THE STREETS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT BE ACQUIRED AND BE IMPROVED SO AND THEN THE NEXT MAJOR DOCUMENT THAT CAME ALONG THE WAY WAS THE 2016 CALHOUN STREET AND JASON STUDY AND IT WAS A PUBLIC KIND OF FORUM THAT HAPPENED FOR ALMOST A YEAR WHERE A LOT OF THINGS DECIDED AS FAR AS THE STREETSCAPE STREETS SECTION WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF PARKING DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE CAN WE GET MORE PARKING TRAFFIC, THAT KIND OF THING. SO WITHOUT DID GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADING ON THE STREETSCAPE OUT OF THAT CAME DR. MELLENCAMP STREETSCAPE PROJECT MAY RIVER PHASE ROAD PHASE TWO STREETSCAPE PROJECT AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON THAT LIST IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 20 1617 WHERE YOU ALL GAVE US DIRECTION TO START CROSSROADS AND ACQUIRING ROADS NCDOT WHICH AGAIN PRITCHARD AND PRITCHARD STREET AND PORTIONS OF BRIDGE AND SOME OF THE ADJACENT STREETS WERE ACQUIRED SINCE THAT TIME INCLUDING BOUNDARY STREET. THEN IN 2020 WE HAD A CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLANNING EXERCISE THAT OUR MANAGER AT THAT TIME INITIATED WITH MLK'S KAY AND URBAN PLANNER AND THAT CAME A PLAN THAT JOHN APPROVED IN 2020 THAT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT TO DO ON THESE STREETS, ESPECIALLY CALHOUN'S STREET AND THEN SINCE THAT TIME YOU'VE GIVEN US FUNDING SINCE 21 THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR FOR BUDGETING TO START THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THOSE PROJECTS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS HAS BEEN COMPLETED SINCE THAT TIME IS BRIDGE STREET PHASE ONE. THE THREE MAJOR GOALS THAT WE HAVE ON THESE STREETSCAPE PROJECTS IS REALLY IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. THAT'S KIND OF NUMBER ONE IMPROVE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE ROADS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO IMPROVE THEM. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN, WE NEED TO UPGRADE AND WE NEEDED BACK AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ADA PURPOSES THOSE KINDS THINGS AGAIN FROM THE 2016 CALHOUN STREET AND JASON AREA STUDY WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING IN EVERY PROJECT WE DO IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THEN KIND OF CONNECTIONS TO PARKING AREAS AND SHARED PARKING OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN ANOTHER MAJOR GOAL IS TO KIND OF LOOP ELIMINATE POLLUTING DISCHARGE INTO THE MAIN RIVER WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED VERY NICELY ON THE BRIDGE STREET PROJECT.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO START WITH I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH PROJECT INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN AT THE END OF EACH SECTION I'LL JUST STOP AND PAUSE FOR A MINUTE, GET KIND OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IF THE I'M AT THAT TIME SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS. JUST A COUPLE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR BRIDGE STREET PHASE TWO IS THE THE PHOTOGRAPH THE TOP LEFT IS REALLY A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN GOING TOWARDS ENERGY COVE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALK OF ENDS AND YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO GET OUT INTO THE TRAVEL LANE IN ORDER TO CROSS THE COVE . SO THAT'S KIND OF A SAFETY CONCERN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS PROJECT THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT TO THE TOP RIGHT ARE JUST ENCROACHMENTS IN IN THE RIGHT AWAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH WITH THIS THERE'S SOME FENCING IN THAT KIND OF THING AND HIGHER GRADE IT'S IN THE RIGHT AWAY WHEN WE DO OUR IMPROVEMENTS WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE THOSE THINGS THE PROPERTY AND SO WE'LL BE DEALING WITH THEM PLUS MONTESSORI THERE'S AN EXISTING PARKING PERPENDICULAR PARKING ON THAT STREET WILL HAVE TO BE MODIFIED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THESE PLANS. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION BUT BOTH OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS SO FAR JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN PERMANENT EASEMENTS YET HERE'S PLANNED VIEW OF OF A PORTION OF BRIDGE STREET FROM CALHOUN STREET GOING WESTWARD -40 WOULD BE ON THE CORNER AND THEN HARGRAVE WITHIN THE NEXT AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WE WOULD BE REMOVED IN THOSE PERPENDICULAR PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO MONTESSORI WE WOULD
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BE REPLACING THOSE WITH PARALLEL SPACES WHICH IS A SAFER CONDITION FROM PARKING ON THAT AREA AND WE WOULD BE REMOVING THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND ADDING IT TO THE LEFT TO THE NORTH SIDE BECAUSE THAT WOULD LEAD TO A BOARDWALK THAT WOULD GO ACROSS THE COVE THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY AND LEADS TO SARAH RILEY HOOK'S PROPERTY AND BEYOND PART OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE AGAIN JUST BRIDGE STREET PHASE ONE THERE WOULD BE A NUMBER OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND AT THE END OF THE PROJECT THERE WOULD BE NEW LIGHTING, NEW ROADWAY SURFACING, THAT TYPE OF THING. THIS IS THE NEXT SECTION FROM THE COVE TO JUST PASS LOOKS. THIS WOULD BE THE SIDEWALK WOULD CONTINUE FROM THE BOARDWALK AND SEPARATED FROM THE ROAD IN THIS AREA IT LOOKS PROPERTY AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT THE WEST SIDE OF IT WE GET OUT OF THE CURVE AND YOU'RE IN THE STRAIGHT AWAY THERE WOULD BE A CROSSWALK THERE WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SOME SORT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVE ACTIVATED FLASHING ALERT SIGN AT THAT LOCATION. AGAIN I'M I WANT TO HEAR YOU JUST YOUR COMMENTS RELATED TO THESE THINGS HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND THEN GOING WESTWARD FROM THIS LOCATION WILL JUST BE MORE OF A MAINTENANCE PROJECT. IT WOULD BE MILLING AND OVERLAYING THE ROAD DOWN TO THOMAS IMPROVING THE SIDEWALKS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE SIDEWALKS IN POOR CONDITION AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AND CHALLENGES HERE. EACH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE EASEMENT CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO GET EASEMENTS FROM MINUS ONE IN HARD GRAY MINOR EASEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR LIGHTING AND FOR ENCROACHMENTS THAT MIGHT OCCUR RELATED TO THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN PLACE. THERE ESPECIALLY WEST OF KEY COVE .THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERN ABOUT REMOVAL THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TOO. I AND THEN POTENTIAL RESISTANCE FROM RESIDENTS RELATED TO SITE LIGHTING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS WHEN WE FINISH WITH STREET PHASE ONE ABOUT THE SITE LIGHTING AND I CAN GIVE YOU ONE UPDATE ON THAT WE'VE GOT RECEIVED EMAIL THIS WEEK FROM DOMINION THAT SAID THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING SHIELDS FOR THE LIGHTS AND THEY RESERVED SIX OF THEM FOR US TO TRY ON SOME OF OUR LIGHTS HERE SO BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME ON WHEN THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT STREET LIGHTING ISSUE. THE MAYOR IS YES, SURE THAT THE SHIELDS ARE ESSENTIALLY I'M ASSUMING FOR RESIDENTIAL. YES.
THAT'S THE ONLY THE ONLY COMPLAINTS WE HAVE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SCHEDULE . I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BULLET POINT ON THIS ON THIS THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE. WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING 100% AND WE BEEN DEALING WITH DOMINION ENERGY ABOUT SOME UNDERGROUND POWER AT THAT INTERSECTION AND GOING TO HARD GREG IN THAT ZONE RIGHT THERE AND GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED WITH THIS PROJECT WE ALREADY STARTED EASEMENT ACQUISITION A MAN OF DEVELOPERS WE HAVE YOU KNOW HE'S BEEN ACQUISITION MANAGER NOW THAT IS HANDLING THAT SO SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US.
WE EXPECT TO BE BUILDING IN THE SPRING AND AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY SUMMER.
I HAVE A QUESTION PAT. SO YOU MENTIONED ALONG FIRST TIME AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT ALONG BRIDGE IT'S GOING TO BE PERPENDICULAR PARKING IS THAT SIMILAR TO WORK ON MILITARY PERSONNEL AND NOT PARKING LIKE WHAT WE HAVE ALONG 46 LIKE IN FRONT OF GIRARD IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY PARK RIGHT UP ON THE SIDE IN THIS SECTION YOU'RE WERE SAYING NEAR THE MONASTERY AND I THINK PADRE YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO PUT IN PERPENDICULAR PARKING PARALLEL AIRLOCK. YEAH. MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR SAID THIS IS A D.O.T. ROAD ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL TO DO THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS OF . THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS THEY HAVE ASKED US THAT WE ARE THEY REQUIRE US TO GET RID OF THAT PERPENDICULAR SPACE PARKING SO WHAT WE'RE BUT THEY WILL ALLOW PARALLEL PARKING SO WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE IT WITH ALMOST AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF PARALLEL PARKING IN. IS THAT THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW LIKE ALONG CALHOUN 46? YES, I'LL THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE IF IN LOOKING AT THAT DESIGN THERE COULD BE A WAY TO CONSTRUCT THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
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I KNOW COMING OUT RIGHT FROM THOSE SPACES. SO WHETHER YOU LIVE ON GIRARD OR WHETHER YOU'RE COMING OUT OF A BUSINESS THAT THEY WERE POMODORO YOU YOU ARE BLINDED IN BEING ABLE TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC EITHER THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT BECAUSE THAT VEHICLE TAKES UP THAT SPACE AND SO YOU DON'T GET TO SEE AS YOU'RE TRYING TO PULL OUT AND THAT DOES BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN I KNOW MANY HAVE ADDRESSED MENTIONED IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE HAVING PARKING LIKE THAT IN BLUFFTON THAT WE PUT IN SOME TYPE OF OTHER SAFETY MECHANISM OR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BLIND PEOPLE WHO RIGHT NOW DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PULLING OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S COMING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND IN THIS CASE THIS PLAN WILL HAVE TO MEET D.O.T. STANDARDS FOR SITE DISTANCE SO THERE IS AN ISLAND THERE AT THE INTERSECTION IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN AND THERE IS AN ISLAND THERE BETWEEN THE LAST PARKING SPACE AND CALHOUN STREET AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK ANY CONFLICT THAT MIGHT OCCUR SOMEWHERE TURNING RIGHT ONTO THE STREET FROM CALHOUN STREET OR GOING STRAIGHT OR FORTUNATELY BEFORE WE STOP. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY GOOD SITUATION SO IN THE IDEA I MEAN ONE GOING OFF OF COUNCIL FOREMAN FRAZIER'S I THINK I AGREE WITH HER THAT THE PARALLEL PARKING WHILE IT'S NEEDED PARKING SPOTS TO TOWN I THINK TO ME I WOULD WHICH IS A WHOLE SEPARATE CONVERSATION BUT FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR SPEED LIMITS ON THE RIVER ROAD.I THINK BRIDGE STREET AS WELL JUST BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PARKING ON THE ROAD AND RIGHT NOW SPEED LIMIT IS 30. SO I THINK WE NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE ABOUT THAT TO TRY TO MAKE IT SAFER SINCE WE ARE TRYING TO JUST MAKE EVERYTHING MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY YOU MIGHT I KNOW YOU KIND OF MENTIONED IT BUT WHY WOULD YOU REMOVE THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE? I KNOW YOU'RE AN ADD ON ON THE NORTH SIDE BUT WHY REMOVE THAT ONE THAT'S EXISTING? IT'S MAINLY IS AGAIN DDOT IS TELLING US IF WE PUT A SIDEWALK WE'RE ACTUALLY LEADING PEOPLE DOWN TO AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET ONTO THE ROAD AND CROSSOVER SO THEY WOULD RATHER NOT SEE IT NOW WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PROCESS SO WE COULD CONSIDER IT DOWN FOR A DISTANCE TO SERVICE THE ONE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER MAYBE TO THEIR BUT TAKING IT BEYOND THAT IS KIND OF LEADING PEOPLE TO AN UNSAFE CONDITION. SO THAT'S WHY I THAT D.O.T. IS SUGGESTING THAT WE REMOVE THAT PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK AND YOU WOULD REMOVE IT TO THE WEST OF THE CURVE.
WELL TO THAT ONE OH NO NO NO NO. IT STAYS.
THAT'S WHAT THE CROSSWALK IS FOR. BUT WHAT ABOUT EAST OF THE CROSSWALK I GUESS BETWEEN THE CROSSWALK AND COPE WITH THAT PART OF IT GO AWAY AS WELL.
OH LET ME GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE . I THINK IT'S ON THE I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT ONE SO THAT ONE OKAY. THERE IT IS.
YES. YEAH FOR THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED BLOCK THERE IT WOULD BE REMOVED IN THAT SECTION TWO AND AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE BOARDWALK OR SKID IT SAYS BOARDWALK ACROSS BY OTHERS. WHAT DOES THAT WELL, THERE'S TWO PROJECTS INVOLVED THIS PARTICULAR IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE OTHER THAT'S TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND THAT SO I KNOW THAT THAT IT CONNECTS TO THIS AREA RAWLEY HOOKS WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS OWNED BY THE TOWN AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COVE WOULD THAT CONNECT ON HARGRAVE HARGRAVE PROPERTY. IT WOULD BE HARGRAVE PROPERTY, YEAH.
AND OKAY I AGREE THAT I'M VERY CAUTIOUS WITH SKIDS UNLESS IT'S GOING FROM PUBLIC.
I MEAN ANYTHING THAT GOES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET AROUND IT IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE AND. OBVIOUSLY THE SIDEWALK OVER THAT BRIDGE CURRENTLY WE WOULD HAVE TO GET A PERMANENT EASEMENT FROM HARGRAVE AND AGAIN HAD SOME VERY POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM SO FAR. DO DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO OPPOSE THIS KNOW FROM WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT NOT SO FAR OKAY YOU KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO GET THE FINAL SITE SIGNATURE SO YOU NEVER KNOW TO THAT POINT BUT I BELIEVE THEIR TEAM HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FROM HARGRAVE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS .
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH IT FOR PROBABLY NINE MONTHS NOW AND WE STARTED OUT WORKING WITH THEM TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE FENCE BACK AND TRY TO
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OPEN UP. SO IT'S NOT A FENCE THE ROADWAY AND POTENTIALLY PUT SOME SORT OF LIKE PUBLIC ART ON THEIR BUILDING AND STUFF. SO THEY SEEM INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE OVERALL STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT AND JOEL'S NOT THERE ANY MORE BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT AND IT SEEMS THEY SEEM EXCITED ABOUT IT. YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW I JUST WANTED TO ASK EXPLAIN THAT UNSAFE CONDITION TERMINOLOGY TO ME AGAIN. WELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALK USUALLY COVE . YES. RIGHT NOW.THE SIDEWALK COMES DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE IS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GET OUT ON THE YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY LIKE A FOOT AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S AN UNSAFE CONDITION I'M REFERRING TO. SO AND THEN THE THE LIGHTING SINCE KNOW THAT THE D.O.T. ENJOYS LIGHTING A GREATER DEGREE THAN WE WOULD NECESSARILY RECOMMEND I SEE A LITANY OF LIGHTS ON THIS DRAWING HERE.
SO WHAT NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS BUT IS THERE IS A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVED THROUGH D.O.T. ON THIS RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SHIELD AN ALTERNATIVE SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO REDUCE ANY KIND OF GLARE ONTO RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE LIGHT AND THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT I DIDN'T SEE THE EXAMPLE OF THE LIGHT SO THAT MEANS IT IS A WALKABLE AREA SO THERE'LL BE A LIGHT SOURCE WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING UNDER BOTH OKAY . AND MAYOR JUST TO ADD ON WHAT THE LIGHTING AT SOME POINT IN TIME IS AT WHARF OR WHEREVER BRIDGE STREET ACTUALLY TRANSITIONS FROM A STATE ROAD TO A TOWN ROAD. SO WE'LL ONLY HAVE TO WORK WITH D.O.T. UP TO THAT POINT TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTING AND STUFF AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT WE DO BEYOND THAT POINT YOU HAD ANOTHER COMMENT WHEN WE BEGAN ABOUT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WITH LIGHTING SOMETHING I MENTIONED IN THIS MIGHT BE A LOCATION TO CONSIDER THAT THIS IS A CROSSWALK AMID A CROSSWALK AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU THINK D.O.T. ALLOW US TO HAVE A WHITE LIGHT ON THIS.
I'M OUT THERE. IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER? WE'RE CROSSING BRIDGE STREET. YEAH, BUT WHERE WOULD WE PUT IT AS FAR DOWN AS WE CAN AND DUTY IS BASICALLY SAID IF YOU WANT A THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOT TO BE. LET ME LEAVE YOU THIS AND THEN YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT. I KNOW THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBERS SITTING HERE THAT HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST AND WE'LL BE PROPOSING THIS AT THE STRATEGIC WORKSHOP BUT.
WE'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING OUR CROSSWALKS ESPECIALLY ON MY RIVER ROAD AND WE STILL WANT TO SEE SOME MORE IMPROVEMENT ON CROSSWALKS WHETHER IT'S LED FLASHING LIGHT OR SOMETHING NOTICED THAT THE STATE DID PUT SIGNAGE UP IN CERTAIN AREAS ON MAY RIVER ROAD FOR EXAMPLE NOT ALL THE WAY INTO TOWN TO MY RECOGNITION BUT ANYWAY SO THREE OF US I KNOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD THAT DIALOG WHEN WE DO STRATEGIC WORKSHOP EVEN IF THAT HELPS AND MAYOR ARE YOU TALKING MORE NOT NORMALLY DO BUT I WOULD SAY THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN WITH DOTTIE. WELL WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THEM ON THIS GET IT DOWN SO THAT WE CAN THEN DUPLICATE IT IN OTHER SPOTS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN PUTTING IT IN.
AND JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR BOARDWALK OUTSIDE OF THE ROADWAY BUT CLOSE TO THE EXISTING WITH A LOT OF VEGETATION BETWEEN IT AND RESIDENTS FURTHER TO THE NORTH SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD WITH THIS I THINK AND ALSO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A BOARDWALK THROUGH THE TREES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERARCHING BRANCHES TO ALL THOSE OAK TREES ON THE COVE . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY, RICHARD, SEE THIS PICTURE TELLS THE STORY BASICALLY THIS STARTED OUT AS A SEWER PROJECT MORPHED INTO A DRAINAGE PROJECT AND THEN ALSO MORPHED INTO A STREETSCAPE PROJECT.
BUT DRAINAGE WAS THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL CONCERN AND IT STILL IS.
THIS IS THE FIRST SECTION OF THE ROAD STARTING AT TOWN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE GOING TOWARDS PARTS OF ALMOST TO THE SWIMMING POOL BUILDING. AGAIN THE MAJOR FOCUS THIS WILL
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BE A NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALLING CURB AND GUTTER FROM THE SCHOOL PARKING GOING NORTHWARD AND THAT ENTIRE ROADWAY WILL BE MILLED AN OVERLAY.ONE OF THE INTERESTING FEATURES OF THIS PROJECT IS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RECONFIGURE A PARKING LOT THAT. THEY HAVE A SWITCH ASPHALT FROM EDGE TO EDGE. WE'VE GONE TO THEM AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS BEING A BUMP FOR A BUYER RETENTION AREA AND THIS IS PROPOSING TO RECONFIGURE THAT PARKING LOT AND PUT A RING GARDEN IN THE MIDDLE AND BEING PART OF THE DRAINAGE SOLUTION FOR PRITCHARD STREET AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAVING OF THAT THAT PARKING LOT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAVING AND THEN WE PUT A NEW SIDEWALK ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THAT ROAD THAT KIND OF CONNECTS TO TOWN HALL AND CONTINUES FORWARD DOWN TOWARDS DRUMMOND ROAD. SO THAT CAN KIND OF CREATE A LITTLE LOOP AROUND THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT CONNECTS BRUIN TO BRIDGE ALL THAT AND THEN THERE ARE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES FOR THIS ONE TRAFFIC TABLE AND TWO SPEED HUMPS IN THE FOR YOUR OPINION ON THIS WHEN WE STARTED THIS IS THE NEXT SECTION FROM THE PULL DOWN TO PASS ALMOST TO CARRY ROADS AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE SIDE OF THE SLIDE IS A IS A TRAFFIC TABLE WHICH WOULD BE A RACE CROSSWALK GOING ACROSS THAT'S A AGAIN A MID-BLOCK CROSSING AND THEN THERE'S A SPEED HUMP FURTHER DOWN AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
SO RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO SPEED BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND WE'RE PROPOSING THREE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS AND RELATED TO THAT ASPECT OF IT BUT THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE PLANS AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS A THAT LEFT A PARKING LOT AREA AND WE'RE ADDING PARKING ISLANDS AND WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THAT PARKING LOT QUITE A BIT BY JUST SOME GREENSPACE TO IT BUT WE'RE NOT LOSING ANY PARKING SPACES RELATED THE WAY WE'RE DOING THIS DESIGN. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 100% ON THIS INCREMENTALLY OVER THE COMMUNITY. I'VE GOT 1895 DOWN THERE BUT WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT IT'S IN THE PERMITTING STAGE RIGHT NOW.
WE AGAIN HOPE TO WORK ON THE EASEMENT ACQUISITION FROM THROUGH THE FALL AND WINTER OF 24 AND THEN WINTER WE WILL BE GETTING THIS SO THAT WE CAN CONSTRUCT THIS DURING SCHOOL CLOSURE IN THE SUMMER PORTIONS OF IT WE WILL NOT GET THE WHOLE PROJECT DONE DURING THAT THREE MONTHS OF THE SUMMER OR TWO MONTHS OF THE SUMMER BUT WE WILL NEED TO DO THAT PARKING LOT ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED THE CHALLENGES FOR THIS ONE IS YOU KNOW AGAIN THE EASEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND RESIDENTS THIS IS A 40 FOOT RIDE AWAY SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE BUT MOST OF THE EASEMENTS ARE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE DON'T THINK THAT AGAIN HAVING TO TALK TO THEM PREVIOUSLY WE DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT GETTING THOSE EASEMENTS WE WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN PROPOSED TO DELIVERY ON THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BECAUSE WE ARE CHANGING THE STREET SECTION A BIT. THERE'S SOME RAISED CURVES SO WE ARE GOING TO DO MAILBOXES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE YOU KNOW GETTING MAILBOXES OR MAIL KIOSKS THAT KIND THING. WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES RIGHT NOW AND TALKING TO THE POSTAL ARGUMENT. SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IS SHARED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. YOU KNOW THAT BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION OR NOT.
YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN IT'LL HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GETTING EASEMENTS FROM ALL THESE PARTNERS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS IS COMMUNICATION OKAY THAT WAS PRICHARD STREET.
I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. YEAH I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BACK SO WITH PURCHASE TREE AND THE DRAINAGE PLAN SO I KNOW OUTSIDE BEING ABLE TO LIKE DITCHES AND YOU KNOW EXISTING STORMWATER AND KNOW WHERE RUNOFF AND THINGS ARE GOING WE'RE DOING THE RAIN. IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLY AS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO REPAY THAT PARKING LOT TO LOOK AT MAKING PART OF IT LIKE HAVE SOME OUR TOWN PARKING LOTS ARE
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WHERE SOME OF IT IS GOING TO BE IMPERVIOUS OR MAYBE OR IS IT JUST GOING BACK TO BEING THE EXISTING CONCRETE THE WAY IT IS NOW IT'S ASPHALT CURRENTLY AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IT TO BE RETURNED TO ASPHALT WE'RE ADDING MORE GREEN TO IT.WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PARKING SPACES BEING PERVIOUS AND SEE HOW THEY REACT TO THAT AND THEN I'M SURE I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM THEY MAY GO FOR IT AT ALL AND MAYBE NOT EVEN HAVING ALL OF IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF WE COULD AT LEAST INTRODUCE CONVERSATION TO THEM BECAUSE THAT DOES BECOME A PLACE WHERE THE WATER WOULD BE RETAINED IN THAT AND IT WOULD HELP US TO IN TERMS OF NOT CONTRIBUTING TO ADDING MORE MORE PERVIOUS SURFACES THERE. AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD I SEE SPEED BUMPS THAT ARE PROPOSED THERE AND JUST INTERESTED IN TERMS OF LIKE I KNOW IT'S A DETERRENT FOR SPEEDING BUT HOW IT WOULD AFFECT TRAFFIC COMING DOWN THAT ROAD KNOWING THAT I KNOW THIS IS WHERE PARTICULAR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE COMING AT THE END OF OF PRITCHARD IN BRUIN AT SOME POINT AND WANTING TO KNOW LIKE WHERE THAT FIRST SPEED BUMP IS IF THAT IS GOING BECOME LIKE A MORE SO LIKE OF A NUISANCE OR AND PUTTING IT THERE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PARKING AT LOT FOR THAT BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE BUT I WOULD SAY WHEREVER THAT SPEED IS AS LONG AS IT MAKES SENSE AND ISN'T LIKE COMPOUNDING ON WHEREVER THEIR EXIT ENTRY POINT IS GOING BE THAT PARTICULAR SPEED IS BETWEEN THE TAVI ROAD COURT ADKINS INTERSECTION.
I BELIEVE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM WHERE THAT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THE SPEED HUMPS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THOMAS HAYWARD OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE USER FRIENDLY THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW WHICH IS THE SPEED BUMPS SO YOU WON'T HAVE KIND A COMPLETE STOP BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THEY WERE BECAUSE I THINK YOU DON'T NEED IT. THAT'S OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK MY QUESTIONS HAD THAT WERE THE SAME. I LIKE THE RAIN GARDEN AND ALL THE IDEAS IN THE PARKING LOT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
I I AND I THINK YOU DID AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THE MORE THAT YOU CAN USE PERVIOUS HARDSCAPE IT'S THAT I WOULD BE A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THAT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE SPEED HUMPS I AGREE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THOMAS HAYWARD COULD WE ALSO ADD SPEED HUMPS OR BUMPS TO BRIDGE? I'M GUESSING THE TOWNHOMES ARE I MEAN THAT PORTION IS D.O.T. SO THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER TO GET ACCOMPLISHED.
YOU WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO BE ON THE TOWN PAR AND WALK AWAY FROM WORK TO HEY THAT BE THEY'D ONLY BE ABLE TO BE ONE AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE PLACE THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW AS SOON AS WE PUT ONE THERE THE OTHER RESIDENTS GOING TO KNOW WHERE THE OTHER ONES ARE.
THERE REALLY WOULD NEED PROBABLY BE THREE BETWEEN ON THAT ROAD BUT ONLY ONE CAN GO ON THE PUBLIC ON OUR PART BUT THAT'S YEAH WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT I THINK THE SPEEDING ON ALL OUR DOWNTOWN ROADS IS AN ISSUE AND SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD WORK OUT ANYTHING ON THAT FOR BRIDGE STREET. WELL, AS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, TWO OR THREE I MEAN WE HAVE THREE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ON THIS ROAD RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE OUT THERE WE'RE PROPOSING THREE IN THIS ROAD WELL BASED FOR ME BASED WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A GREAT OBSTACLE TO GET IT OVER SO I'M FINE WITH THREE SO I DON'T KNOW OKAY I THINK TWO SUFFICIENT BUT I'M FINE WITH THREE I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IF WE SPOKE OF HAVING INVOLVEMENT OF THOSE EXISTING ON THE STREET THEIR INPUT TOO. I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO HAVING THREE BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO ARE LIVING ON ONE PROJECT CURRENTLY BEFORE WE YOU KNOW ADD OR OR TAKE AWAY FROM THEM. WELL WE'RE VERY WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO GET PUBLIC INPUT. WE'VE GOT GOOD PLANS READY TO GO. IS THERE A TOWN HALL THAT'S GOING TO BE PLANNED FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO HAVE A CHANCE TO COME? AND I THINK A LOT OF PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP. YES.
JUST FOR THE PURPOSE AND AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS KIND OF AT THE END BUT THE KEY TO
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REMEMBER IS ALL OF THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THREE OR FOUR YEARS FOR THE PROJECT. SO AS WE GET THE PLANS CLOSE TO FINALIZATION WE'LL SIT DOWN AND WE'LL MAKE WHAT WE'LL NEED TO AND I CAN TELL YOU ON PRETTY STREET THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TOLD US THEY WANT AS MANY SPEED BUMPS AND AS AS WE CAN PROVIDE WE'LL BE MORE I'M GLAD AGAIN WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH AND WITH EACH OF THESE WILL HAVE A FORUM SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET INTO BOUNDARY AND CALHOUN BECAUSE THERE'S SO BUSINESSES AND OTHER AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED THOSE THAT WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COORDINATING THOSE THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.OKAY NEXT STEP IS BOUNDARIES THREE EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THERE.
WE HAVE A VERY NARROW OR A HALF FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK IN SOME CASES THERE'S NO GREAT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE TRAVEL LANE. THE ROAD ITSELF IS PRETTY NARROW ITSELF. THERE'S THE ROAD A DETERIORATING PATH UP NEAR ESPECIALLY THAT MAY OR MAY RIVER ROAD. SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THAT THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN REALLY ARE JUST KIND OF JUST SOME INTERSECTION AND SIDEWALK CONDITIONS WITHIN THE TWO STRIPE OF SIDEWALKS AS WELL. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT BUT MAINLY AGAIN IT'S TRYING TO FIND A PLACE FOR THE DRAINAGE TO GO BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE FOR IT TO GO TRY TO FIND A SIDEWALK CONDITION. IT'S MORE SAFE FOR THE PEDESTRIAN THAT YOU HAVE BOTTOM LEFT. MM HMM. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS LIKE ON BRIDGE AND EVEN EVEN UP ON TOWARD ANNALISE HOUSE AND EVEN OVER LIKE NO, IT WOULD REALLY ROSE OUT OF THAT AND THEN EVEN OVER BABIES HOUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOME OF THESE THEY WERE PUT THERE LONG TIME AND THEN THEY GET BROKEN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT DO TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S HEAVIER TRUCKS THAT WANT TO CROSS THEM BECAUSE USUALLY THEY SLANT DOWN SLIGHTLY WHAT I'VE SEEN I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE AND OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS THE OTHER PIECES OF IT RIGHT THERE? PARTICULAR SIDEWALK IS PROBABLY THE ONLY SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT MAY BE BETTER IS BEING LANDSCAPING IN THIS CONDITION UNLESS CONTINUATION THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO HAVE IT. THIS IS A 30 FOOT ROADWAY WHICH IS REALLY NARROW. THERE'S NOT LIKELY GOING TO BE A SIDEWALK.
I THOUGHT AT ONE TIME WE COULD WE COULD SQUEAK IN A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE.
BUT I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S FEASIBLE AT THIS POINT. OKAY.
THIS IS KIND OF A PLANNED VIEW OF THE WHOLE SECTION FROM MAY RIVER ROAD TO BRIDGE STREET.
I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS TWO THINGS WE'RE NOT REALLY ADDING PARKING AT THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH THAT'S AN EXISTING GRASS LOT BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A SAFER PARKING CONFIGURATION BY GOING TO ANGLED PARKING ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE WE ARE ADDING FIVE THESE SPACES DOWN THERE ANGLED PARKING DOWN NEAR MARTIN FAMILY PARK AND THEN THERE'S THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE YOU KNOW MID-BLOCK AND NOT MID-BLOCK BUT ONE OF THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS LOT IN THE LAWRENCE LOT AND IT'S KIND OF A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SECTION AND THIS COULD JUST AS EASILY BE A STOP.
WE HAVE A STOP SIGN IN CALHOUN AT LAWRENCE STREET WE COULD HAVE ONE HERE AS WELL.
I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU TO SAY ABOUT THAT OR IT COULD BE A PHRASE CROSSWALK BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT CROSSES THE ROAD AT THESE PLACES.
SO MAYBE A STOP SIGN WOULD WORK AND WE OWN THIS ROAD WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH D.O.T. THEY IT'S KIND OF OUR CALL TO YOUR POINT I KNOW THE THE STOP SIGNS ON ON CALHOUN STREET SEEM TO BE PRETTY EFFECTIVE AND I KNOW BOUNDARY ISN'T AS FREQUENTED AS CALHOUN WITH THE INCREASE OF HAVING WAY MORE BUSINESSES IN TRAFFIC THERE. OKAY.
SO THIS AGAIN THERE ARE SOME WE HAVE ASPHALT TRAVEL LANES, CONCRETE PAVER PARKING SPACES LIKE EMILY YOU MENTIONED THE PERVIOUS PAVERS. THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
MELLENCAMP THIS WOULD HAVE A CURB SECTION AGAIN IT'S SUCH A NARROW RIGHT AWAY AND ALL THE
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WAY KIND OF CONVEY THAT DRAINAGE IS TO DO A CURRENTLY GUTTER AND YOU DON'T HAVE SHOULDERS TO WORK WITH FOR DRAINAGE SO AGAIN I THINK THE CHARACTER THE STREET WILL STILL BE A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHERE THERE'S PARKING YOU LOOK SOMEWHAT LIKE MELLENCAMP IN WAY WE WILL HAVE UNDERGROUND POWER INFRASTRUCTURE. SURE AND THEN I MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC CALMING AND. WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE THAT SHOULD BE AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS ONE.WE DO HAVE A LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT FOR THIS ALREADY BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN OF IT. WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED FOR OUR OUTFALL WHICH IS AT THE END OF LAWRENCE STREET. WE'VE GOT SOME EROSION ISSUES DOWN THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD RETAINING WALLS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE DESIGN WE HOPE TO HAVE THE EASEMENT ACQUISITION AND PERMITTING THIS SPRING SUMMER BID THE PROJECT IN FALL PROBABLY THE CONSTRUCTION START A SOMEWHAT TOO AMBITIOUS FOR THIS THIS PROJECT BUT THAT'S THE EASEMENTS GO WELL AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN IRRESPECTIVE IN THIS CASE RIGHT NOW OF THE POWER UNDERGROUND POWER AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE OCTOBER WORKSHOP THEN YOU MENTIONED SOME ABOUT TRYING TO EXPEDITE THIS ONE A LITTLE FASHION IN CALHOUN ON HAD A PLAN TO TRY TO DEAL THAT THE UNDERGROUND POWER LATER WE HAD SOME MADE SOME PROGRESS IN THAT AREA OF UNDERGROUND POWER FOR BOUNDARY STREET UP NEAR MAYBERRY ROAD WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS NOW THAT HELP US MAKE LATER ON THAT AND I KNOW TALK WITH STEPHEN ABOUT THIS I DON'T KNOW A YEAR OR TWO AGO WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE ON THE RIVER ROAD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME LOCATIONS AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT WORKING WITH AN ELECTRIC BUS AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BUT CALHOUN IS COMPLICATED AS YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ALL OF THE VARIOUS BUSINESSES THERE WILL BE A CHALLENGE BOUNDARY IS A CHALLENGE BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE OF ANYWHERE NEAR THE DEGREE OF CALHOUN IF YOU CAN GET ALL YOUR EASEMENTS NAILED DOWN AND I KNOW THAT DOMINION DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS BEFORE BUT IN THEORY LITERALLY THERE'S TWO HALVES IN THIS PIE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IF YOU CAN GET THE EASEMENTS THAT DOMINION CAN'T DO FIRST HALF OF THE UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION AHEAD OF CALHOUN ARE THEY WILLING TO DO THAT THEY'RE LEANING THAT DIRECTION BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO. BUT THEY SEEM TO BE LEANING IN THAT DIRECTION THAT THEY WILL WORK WITH THIS ON BOUNDARY STREET BECAUSE WE'VE TOLD THEM WE TRY TO EXCAVATE THAT SO THEY'RE STARTING TO GIVE US INFORMATION THAT HELPS US GO THAT DIRECTION.
BUT I THINK WILL BE I MEAN IN THE END THE POWER POLES COME DOWN UNTIL BASICALLY MOST OF THE TIME BUT I'M GLAD THEY'RE CONSIDERING BECAUSE THEY WERE YEAH THEY WEREN'T ANY OF THAT BEFORE SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. OKAY.
LET ME GO THROUGH THE CHALLENGES ON THIS ONE AND REALLY TO ME THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU SAY IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED BUT BECAUSE OF THAT NARROW RIGHT AWAY ALL THE UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THERE NOW THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED MORE THAN LIKELY BLOCK BY BLOCK JUST THERE'S GOING TO BE NOTHING LEFT YOU CAN'T DO LIKE WE DID BRIDGE STREET KEEP A LANE OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED THAT WAY. CALVIN MORE LIKELY TO BUT I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THIS ONE. BUT WE WILL AGAIN SMALL RIGHT AWAY WE WILL BE HAVING TO GET SOME CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS FROM FROM THE FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY NOT AS MUCH ON THE EAST SIDE BUT PROBABLY EVERY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ON THAT SIDE.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE NARROW RIGHT AWAY AND THE CONSTRUCTION GOING TO BE IT'LL BE A DIFFICULT PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT FOR PLANNING IF WE CAN GET IT DONE. JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW OKAY? YEAH VERY MORE QUESTIONS A BIT MORE QUESTIONS ON JUST A COMMENT FOR THE GRASS PARKING
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THAT'S GOING TO BE CONVERTED ANGLE PARKING JUST AGAIN WHAT WHENEVER WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT IN THAT PURDY SERVICES THERE I TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT AND TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM IF WE CAN ASPHALT IF WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT OR TRY TO DO A MIXED APPROACH IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE THAT'S PLANNED FOR PREVIOUS PAVERS AND I AGREE WITH THAT AND THEN I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A FOUR WAY STOP I THINK AT LAWRENCE COULD MAKE SENSE.I ALSO THINK THAT THAT IS A ROAD THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO SPEED DOWN EVEN THOUGH STREET HAS MORE BUSINESSES AND MORE PARKING ON THE ROAD TO ME BOUNDARY A LOT MORE TRAFFIC AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO THINK ABOUT IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR WAY STOP IF WE COULD ADD A COUPLE OF SPEED HUMP AS WELL AND THEN YOU LIVE ON THAT ROAD SO YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE COMMENTS BUT I JUST A IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD TO ME RIGHT NOW TO WALK ON AND THEN I THINK THIS GOES FOR A BOUNDARY BUT AND CALHOUN BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY IT IS JUST HOW WE KEEP THE THE I MEAN BOUNDARY ONLY HAS A COUPLE THAT HOW WE KEEP THESE BUSINESSES ACCESSIBLE IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND JUST BEING VERY WORK TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM SO KNOW THE TIME FRAME OF WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND NOT AS FAR AS THE COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE HAYWARD HOUSE THE PROJECT GOES TO HAVE THAT SIDEWALK BE SEPARATED FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT AND THE PLAN WAS TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE SO THAT KIND OF SO CAME IN 20 WELL WE'LL WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
OH CERTAINLY YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE PREFER TO DO. SO I THINK OUR WORK WILL WORK OUT FINE. I'M CURIOUS I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTIZE SO BOUNDARY DOES GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND IT IS BUSY SOMETIMES DO FLY THROUGH THERE AND I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN A UP NEAR DUBOSE PART WHERE THE GATE WAS THERE WITH THE KIDS YOU KNOW PARKING RIGHT THERE THE PARALLEL PARKING IS AND PEOPLE GO IN OUT AND NOT THAT SO I DON'T KNOW EITHER THE IMPACT OF EITHER VERSUS OTHER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PUT A FOUR WAY STOP THERE ARE WAY STOP I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF .
I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL HAVE THAT TRAFFIC UP ALL THE WAY TO THE FREEWAY.
STOP. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE SIDE STREETS? I DON'T THINK IT BACK UP ANYBODY. I THINK HE STOP AND GO BUT IT DOES SLOW EVERYBODY DOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE AGAIN EITHER LAWRENCE OR LIGHT IT SEEMS LIKE ALL RIGHT THAT'S A MY I AGREED TO YOUR PROPOSAL ON THE STOP SIGN BECAUSE IF IT WORKS ON CALHOUN KNOWING THAT BOUNDARY DOES GET TRAFFIC IN THERE YOU KNOW THE HAVING THAT STOP ON THERE HAS BEEN AN EASE IN KIND OF DETERRING LIKE PEOPLE DO NAVIGATE DOWN THAT ROAD I DON'T SEE HOW WOULDN'T BE EITHER GOOD THING IN MY OPINION TO TRY ALSO ON BOUNDARY BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SIDE ROADS THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS KNOW THEY'RE ABLE TO TURN IN AND OFF OF THOSE ALL THE TIMES AND SOMETIMES EVEN COME ON BOUNDARY BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HAVING JUST SPEED BUMPS OR DOING A STOP WOULD BE BETTER BUT I THINK MY WOULD BE THERE TO HAVE THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO TRY TO STOP SIGN FUSION.
THE ONLY LAST QUESTION I HAVE ON THIS TOPIC IS THE EASEMENT ACQUISITION FOR BOUNDARY.
SO HOW FAR ARE WE IN TO THIS LIKE 75% OR 90% OR INTO THE DESIGN OF GO INTO THE EASEMENT THAT EASEMENT ACQUISITION THAT YOU NEED BE ABLE TO BUILD THE PROJECT WE'RE NOT THAT FAR INTO THE EASEMENT SO WE'RE WE'RE WELL ALONG IN THE DRAWINGS NEXT AND NEXT TO DO IS DO ALL THOSE EASEMENT EXHIBITS AND THEN WE HAVE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AMY CHURCH VEHICLE PUMPERS THE CORNERSTONE BECAUSE THOSE ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR THE OVERHEAD POWER DOWN THE RIVER ROAD SO WE KIND IDENTIFIED THOSE EASEMENT LOCATIONS BUT UNTIL THE DRAWINGS ARE DONE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DISTURBANCE MAY GO INTO A PROPERTY.
MAYBE THERE MAY BE SIX INCHES OR MAYBE THREE FEET HERE THAT'S ONE CALHOUN STREET.
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Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE DETAILS WITHIN THIS. IT'S IT'S PAID IT'S GOT YOU SIDEWALKS IN EITHER END PARKING EITHER SIDE TO DRIVE THE LANE SO IT'S BASICALLY PAVED ENTIRE RIGHT AWAY IS PAY SO THERE IS SOME DRAINAGE IN THIS THIS SECTION BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE UPGRADED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STANDING WATER HERE BUT THERE IS ISSUES RELATED.YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK WIDTH WE WANT TO TRY TO GET WIDER IF POSSIBLE WHEREVER WE CAN AND TRY TO CREATE A SYSTEM, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LET PARKERS KNOW THAT THEY'RE THIS IS THE EDGE OF THE PARKING SPACE AND THIS IS THE THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THIS IS THIS SECTION IS GOING TO BE FLUSH CURVES JUST LIKE THE LAST SECTION OF BRIDGE BETWEEN BOUNDARY AND CALHOUN.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF THAT STREET SECTION THAT WAS AGREED UPON DURING THE 2020 MASTER PLAN APPROVAL ONE DOWN THE TEN FOOT DRIVE AISLES WE BASICALLY HAVE IT FOUR PARKING SPACES AND THEN 5 TO 6 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS AND NO CURBS.
SO TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT MATERIALS AND I THINK THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE ON STREET THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS WITH WHAT OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS PROPOSING FOR SOME OF THE CROSSWALKS RIGHT NOW BRIDGE STREET IS ALL PAINTED CROSSWALKS THIS IS MORE KIND OF PROMINENT STREET KIND ON THE MAIN STREET OF BLUFFTON.
SO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS KIND OF PROPOSING SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
HERE'S ONE OF THEM. THIS IS THE SECTION FOR ME ROAD TO JUST SHY OF LAWTON STREET AT THE THROUGH THE ENTRANCE TO CALHOUN STREET FROM RIVER ROAD THE PLANNERS ARE SUGGESTING WE MAYBE UPGRADE THAT MATERIAL EXTEND MORE PAVERS IN THAT AREA TO KIND OF INDICATE THAT THIS IS GRAFTON'S MAIN STREET. AND THEY'RE ALSO SUGGESTING PAVER CROSSWALKS AS OPPOSED TO PAINTED CROSSWALKS. SO THAT'S KIND OF A CONSIDERATION.
I LIKE YOUR OPINION ON THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT AT WILL AT LAWRENCE STREET THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS SUGGESTING THIS IS KIND OF THE CENTER OF THE ONE SQUARE ORIGINAL ONE SQUARE MILE FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. THERE'S A MARKER OF IN THIS AREA THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE PAVEMENT. IT WAS A SURVEYED MARKER THERE SUGGESTING THAT THE THE PAVEMENT IN BETWEEN MUST BE SOME KIND OF PAVER MATERIAL OR SOME KIND OF UNIQUE SPECIALTY PAVING. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE CENTER OF CALHOUN STREET BETWEEN ME ROAD AND DOCK. INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT DURING THE CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN THE 2020 CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN APPROVAL THAT WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT ART CROSSWALKS AND THE AREA THAT WAS KIND OF DISCUSSED WAS MY MONTESSORI. SO AGAIN THIS IS THERE'S A COUPLE OF IMAGES THERE TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS MIGHT BE RELATED TO PUBLIC ART.
YOU KNOW SO ON THIS SECTION I'M KIND OF INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT UPGRADES TO THIS ROAD BECAUSE OF THE PROMINENCE OF IT. THE CHALLENGES ARE EXACTLY THE YOU KNOW WE'LL BE GETTING EASEMENTS FROM MOST EVERYBODY AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE PRETTY DISRUPTIVE BUT THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIMEFRAME JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF IT. IT'S NOT PLANNED TO BE TO START IN UNTIL 26 AND I JUST PUT IN THIS LAST SLIDE INDICATE KIND OF ALL FOUR OF THESE PROJECTS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ONE STAGE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE READ ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT'S SHOWING KIND OF THREE OUT OF THE FOUR OF THESE PROJECTS STARTING THIS SUMMER 2025 I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CONSIDERATION TOWN MANAGER MENTIONED ABOUT HOW WE PHASE THESE WHEN WE WANT TO PUT IN WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DO CALHOUN AND BOUNDARY AT THE SAME TIME YOU KNOW WHAT STREET SHOULD WE START WITH THE STREETS SHOULD WE CAN WE DO IT THE SAME TIME WE MAY BE ABLE DO PRITCHARD ON ONE END OF THE
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TOWN AND BRIDGE ON THE OTHER AND GET BY WITH IT WE DID MELLENCAMP AND AND RIVER ROAD KIND OF SAME THING CLOSE TO THE SAME TIME BUT I DON'T ALL THREE OF THEM CAN GO ALONG AT ONCE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TO ASK PEOPLE AROUND HERE. YES.I'M GOING TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FEEDBACK ON.
FIRST OF ALL, GOING BACK THE PAVERS AT CROSSWALKS I LIKE THAT IDEA PERSONALLY AT MAY RIVER ROAD AND THEN AT THE OTHER CROSSWALKS. AS FAR AS THE SUGGESTION ABOUT THE LAWRENCE STREET CALHOUN INTERSECTION AS A CENTER BLOCK THEN I THINK WHAT WHAT WAS I THINK SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WAS PROPOSED IS ALSO A GREAT I THINK THAT'S NICE TO IDENTIFY THAT AS FAR AS THE ART AT THE CROSSWALK I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
I THINK OUR IS VERY SUBJECTIVE OF AND I THINK TO PUT IT ON THE CROSSWALKS IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF . I THINK AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED AND AS YOU STATED CALHOUN IS GOING TO BE VERY DISRUPTIVE AND I THINK WE HAVE SO MANY BUSINESSES ON THERE THAT AND RESIDENTS THAT THIS TRULY IS GOING TO AFFECT TO HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW GOING TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE SO THESE BUSINESSES CAN STAY OPEN IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS TO LAST WHAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A YEAR I MEAN THAT'S A LOT OF INCOME OFFS FOR PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN PLAN AHEAD LIKE IF YOU YOU KNOW RETAIL STORES YOU CAN BUY LESS KNOWING THAT YOUR SALES ARE GOING TO BE LESS. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH THESE BUSINESS OWNERS BECAUSE THIS TRULY COULD IF NOT DONE CORRECTLY PUT SOME MAKE GO OUT OF BUSINESS. AND SO I WANT TO BE VERY I THE END GOAL IS GOING TO BE GREAT AND NEEDED BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY RESPECT AND OVERCOMMUNICATE IN THE MEANTIME AND IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE HAVE SOME SORT OF FASTER INSTALLATION TIMEFRAME ON THAT . I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AND I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR BRIDGET, YOUR QUESTION AND COMMENT FOR THE TWO COMMENTS FOR THE CROSSWALK WITH, THE ART FEATURE I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT. I JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE UNIFORMITY AND DON'T LIMIT IT TO JUST ONE PLACE THE ONE WHERE YOU SHOWED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MONTESSORI ARE LIKE BLUE LINES WHATEVER GOING ACROSS SOMETHING THE ONE SQUARE MILE INDICATOR THERE IS ANOTHER IMAGES SHOWED YEAH RIGHT THERE WHAT ABOUT THAT SO YEAH WHEN YOU SHOW THE IMAGE THERE AND YOU WERE LIKE YOU WANT SUGGESTIONS ON THE ART CROSSWALKS SO LIKE I SAID I NOT BE OPPOSED TO IT. HOWEVER I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF UNIFORMITY IN TERMS OF WE DON'T WANT ANYONE AREA TO KIND OF BE SEEN AS A SILO LIKE IT SHOULD YOU KNOW FLOW IN WHATEVER THE ESTHETICS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE LIKE YOU KNOW WANTED TO SHOW THAT IT IS A UNIFIED TOWN APPROACH SO IF WE'RE STARTING WITH CALHOUN MAYBE BEING A OF IT THAT SHOULD ALSO TRAINS TRAINS OVER INTO OTHER OTHER AREAS FOR THE ONE SQUARE MILE ART DISPLAY THAT YOU SHOWED I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT REPRESENTATION FOR THAT I WOULD PUT THAT CHALLENGE OUT IF WE ARE GOING ALLOW OUR PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION TO DO IT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET INPUT THAT SHOWS POSSIBLY CALHOUN'S PROGRESSION JUST AS A ONE SQUARE MILE BUT TO ALSO SHOW REPRESENTATION OF THE IDENTITY OF ALL WHO HAVE BEEN PRESENT ON CALHOUN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GIVE IT A MONOLITHIC LOOK . I WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF BLUFFTON AND WE DIDN'T MENTION IT IN &-P. YOU SHOWED SOME IMAGES BUT STILL VERY I WOULD SAY STRONGLY SUGGESTING WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC HOW WE THAT I KNOW ABRAHAM WOULD MENTIONED IT EARLIER THE CENTER OR THE BEGINNING OF CALHOUN AND 46 IT IS STILL SUCH A DANGER AS HAZARDOUS PLACE IN TERMS OF HOW HEAVY OUR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED AND IT IS SOMETIMES LIKE YOU KNOW SHOCKING BEING
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ABLE TO WATCH PEOPLE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE OR TAKE THE LEAD CARS OR COMING IN NOT LISTENING AND EVERYONE'S PLAYING A BACK AND FORTH AND I THINK THE TOWN HAS TO TO SPEED UP WHATEVER WE WERE TRYING TO DO THERE BECAUSE IT IS NOT CURRENTLY A VERY SAFE SITUATION FOR PEDESTRIANS OR TRAFFIC TRYING TO ENTER THAT AREA I. I LOVE THE UPGRADES PAVERS ETC.I THINK YOU KNOW CALHOUN IS OUR MAIN STREET IS PROBABLY WITHOUT QUESTION OUR MOST VISITED LOCATION SO THIS IS GOING BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THESE TWO ARE NATIVES OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT BUT WHEN I MOVED OUT IN 93 OR FOUR BLUFFTON HAD A VERY STRONG ART COMMUNITY BACK THEN ALMOST EVERY BUILDING ON THAT STREET HAS SOME RELATIONSHIP TO ART AND SO I WELCOME AS FAR AS THE TWO CROSSWALKS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER SUGGESTIONS AS WELL FROM THE ART COMMITTEE THAT YOU RECOMMEND AND I'M TO IDEAS WHETHER IT'S MAYBE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BENCHES FOR PEOPLE TO SIT UP TO THERE BUT ALSO OTHER ART I THINK IS APPROPRIATE THIS AREA THAT WE WERE IN ARTSY TOWN WE WERE AN ECLECTIC TOWN AND I WANT TO SEE US TRY TO COME BACK TO THAT SOMEWHAT AND IF WE CAN DO THROUGH ART SO I'M WIDE OPEN TO ALL KINDS OF POSSIBILITIES ON CALHOUN STREET ALREADY HARD YEAH. I DIDN'T REALLY DWELL ON IT BUT WE BE WORKING WITH ADDING SITE FURNISHINGS AND AND THERE'LL BE SPACES TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING LIKE A PUBLIC ART PIECE. THERE'LL BE GREEN SPACES ALONG HERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU KNOW BUT PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMAN BURTON SAID, I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL WHEN WE DO GET THAT SCHEDULE OUT FOR CALHOUN BEING ABLE TO GET THAT OUT IN MORE THAN ADVANCE TIME FOR BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE THAT WILL BE I'M SURE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO IN YOU KNOW I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AS EACH BUSINESS HOURS VARY BUT TRYING TO BE ABLE TO SOME TYPE OF ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO NOT IMPEDE THEIR BUSINESSES COMPLETELY I THINK ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I CONCUR I CONCUR AGAIN I THINK YOU KNOW WE'VE SAID PLENTY OF TIME AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE WERE DOING MARTIN AND WE PART STAFF WAS OUT THERE AND WE MET WITH THE PUBLIC FOR A COUPLE WEEKENDS OR WHATEVER AND GOT LOTS OF FEEDBACK.
SO AS IS INDICATED AND I KNOW STAFF WOULD DO THIS ANY WAY THAT YOU KNOW THE BRING PEOPLE OF CALHOUN INTO THIS CHAMBER AT SOME POINT AND GO OVER GREAT DETAIL IN THE FUTURE OH YOU KNOW ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE A BUSINESS WHICH I AM NOT SURE THESE ARE BUT SOME PEOPLE APPARENTLY BY AND OTHERS THRIVE AND WHEN YOU GO TO A SITUATION LIKE IS IF YOU'RE BARELY GETTING BY YOU KNOW, TO PANIC BUT I WAS TELLING YOU TODAY OR OTHER DAY I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DOING DR. MELLON CHAPEL AND KRISTI WITH ASSISTANT CAL WAS CALLING ME CALLING ME ME CALLING ME AND RIGHTFULLY SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER BUSINESS AND HER BUSINESS DID DROP.
UM, BUT SHE STAYED FOCUSED ON THE GREATER GOOD AND AS SOON AS ROAD WAS COMPLETED HER BUSINESS WENT UP EXPONENTIALLY AND SHE'S BEEN GLAD IT WAS THERE EVER SINCE.
SO YOU KNOW, I IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH BUT IT'LL BE A GRAND THING FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SEND ANY OTHER FEEDBACK. YOU KNOW, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE I DON'T CARE HOW WE DO IT AND WHAT STAGE BUT THE TOWN HALLS I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO GET PEOPLE FEEDBACK. I KNOW I KNOW WHAT CHARLIE WAS SAYING LIKE HE KNEW ABOUT THIS MEETING BUT THERE'S I WISH MORE PEOPLE WERE HERE JUST BECAUSE I THINK THIS AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I WISH THAT I WANT THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. WE CAN DO THAT. BUT AGAIN WE WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO YOU CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE BECAUSE COUNTY IS NOT OREGON WATCH.
THIS VIDEO OF WE WILL ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND IF NOT THEY KNOW HOW TO REACH YOU AND WE MAKE THIS PRESENTATION AVAILABLE BUT IT BE PART OF THE MINUTES AND SOME COMMENTS
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POSTED ONLINE SO 3 MINUTES 2 MINUTES AND HOLD THIS. MM WOULD THIS BE POSTED ONLINE ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THE MINUTES ON THE WEBSITE WE HAVE YOU GO TO OUR WEB PAGE WE HAVE LIKE SOME HOT BUTTON RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OUR FAR LEFT SAYS AGENDA CENTER AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ALL THE MEETINGS THE AGENDA, THE PACKETS AND THE MINUTES AND EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT AGENDA CENTER SO THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE ON TO THE RIGHT PLACE.THE ARCHIVES ALL RIGHT IS THERE I GO BACK IN TIME THERE SHOULD BE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOVED BACK. AMEN T
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.