1 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,920 see uh 2 00:00:24,170 --> 00:00:27,289 [Music] 3 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,840 i 4 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,840 okay 5 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,840 is 6 00:01:44,930 --> 00:01:48,039 [Music] 7 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,840 um 8 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:21,280 fabulous good evening everyone and welcome 9 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:25,120 to the first of our two public meetings on tomahawk sbc 10 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:31,280 i first and foremost want to thank all of you for coming here on this 11 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:34,319 balmy summer evening obviously lots of different things as yet another 12 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,599 different thing i assure you i've never done a meeting 13 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:40,080 like this in my ski coat and probably you all haven't been in one 14 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:42,879 of these either but thank you all for coming one of the things that makes our 15 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:47,599 community really special is people's willingness to engage 16 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:50,720 in conversation about topics and come help us figure out solutions and so this 17 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,599 is yet another example and so you all being willing to spend an hour and a 18 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:58,159 half of your evening out here tonight is a great example of that so i also 19 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,519 want to thank lisa creighton hendrix and the committee 20 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,440 and the staff that helped put this all together 21 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,920 so we started this journey a little over a year ago she agreed to take it on and 22 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:12,239 they put in a tremendous amount of work to take a look i am a huge believer in 23 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:16,159 what i call proactive decision making and so sometimes i was asked why did we 24 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:18,800 do this what if we're not going to do anything 25 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:21,680 well we might not do anything different but i'd like to make that decision 26 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:23,440 proactively as opposed to just falling into 27 00:03:22,319 --> 00:03:26,560 why did we do that well that's how we had done it before and so if we make an 28 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,000 informed decision to do nothing different that's just fine 29 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:34,720 we'll have done so in an informed way which is great 30 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:37,680 so as most of you know i'm david dickey i'm the mayor 31 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,959 and we're here tonight to talk about tomahawk road sbc safety beauty and 32 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:45,519 connectivity so why 2022 we are going to be redoing 33 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:49,440 tomahawk road end end-to-end curbs drive approaches road etc we do 34 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:52,560 that once basically every generation 20 to 25 35 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,560 years and so if we're going to do anything 36 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:58,959 different now is the time to do that as opposed to boring under the road that 37 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:03,120 we've already done etc so we put that committee together to 38 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:08,959 take a look at this and and review and so tonight is 39 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:11,920 no decisions will be made tonight we have another one of these tomorrow 40 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,879 where you're welcome to come back you just need to rcp again i think we still 41 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:18,639 have some open slots uh there's been a lot of feedback via 42 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:22,160 email which will be taking into account this tonight is about the council having 43 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:27,520 the opportunity to hear from all of you um listen occasionally ask a clarifying 44 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,639 question but mostly just listen why tomahawk well tomahawk is when it is 45 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,720 a unique street in our community for a couple of reasons 46 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,840 there are two streets in our community that run the entire length of the or 47 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,479 with the city east to west tomahawk and 63rd 48 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:42,320 tomahawk is the only one of those that has a couple of things one 49 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:45,280 is the only street interior to the city with a 30 mile an hour speed limit 50 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,520 every other street interior in the city is 25. it is the only 51 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,560 street that runs the width of our city that runs 52 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,040 without a single stop sign or stop light from its easternmost to its westernmost 53 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,720 point it is the only street interior to the 54 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,440 city that has bike lanes and those bike lanes meet no known criteria for any 55 00:05:00,479 --> 00:05:05,520 bike lane ever but it does have bike lanes it touches 56 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,880 three of the five non-residential structures in our city the church the 57 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:12,160 city hall and indian hills country club it touches 13 islands and parkwoods as 58 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,039 it rewinds its way from kansas city missouri to prairie village and it 59 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:18,560 provides it's a connector so if we're going to do anything and 60 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,680 maybe we won't now is the time to take a look at that 61 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:24,800 because it's a critical piece of infrastructure in our city we will spend 62 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:28,720 about two million dollars on it in 2022 half of that will be paid by the 63 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:32,080 county and so we need to guide the engineers the right 64 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,759 way and the input from you all tonight and 65 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:37,039 residents tomorrow and that has been received via email will be critical to 66 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,880 that so the full council is here which is 67 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:47,360 great staff is over there a couple important logistical items so 68 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:50,960 the podium right there if you choose to speak that's where you'll go 69 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:54,400 you're welcome to remove the mask if speaking through the mask is hard 70 00:05:53,039 --> 00:05:58,080 ideally you can leave it on that'd be great those of you who have not been to 71 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:01,440 this facility before there are two sets of restrooms 72 00:05:59,039 --> 00:06:03,840 as you're facing me most of you probably came in through what i call the back 73 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,720 main entrance it's a hallway that runs perpendicular 74 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:09,280 to this table there's a set of restrooms on the right 75 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:12,639 or as you're looking at me there's a hallway that runs parallel to this table 76 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:20,160 there's a set of restrooms to the left we have water over there for everyone 77 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:22,800 and we have 90 now 84 minutes there are not even 20 people here some 78 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:25,759 of you are here with a spouse or significant other 79 00:06:23,919 --> 00:06:27,840 i want to be respectful of your time i want to be respectful of staff council 80 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:31,840 time um i'd ask politely that maybe start 81 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:35,759 with with five minutes as we got get into discussion and at the 82 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,400 end we can spend the entire 90 minutes here i'm happy to do that 83 00:06:37,199 --> 00:06:44,319 by the same token i want to make sure everybody has an opportunity to talk and 84 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:46,240 no one is sitting here at 6 55 saying oh my gosh i haven't had a chance to speak 85 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,240 yet so plenty of opportunity to provide 86 00:06:48,479 --> 00:06:53,840 feedback and again for us it's mostly about listening so if 87 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,199 you don't hear us ask a bunch of questions that's purposeful 88 00:06:55,199 --> 00:07:00,880 um i happen to be a notetaker on my laptop some of council is pen and paper 89 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:05,120 so if you see us doing that that's what we're doing 90 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:08,160 and does anybody have any questions before we get started 91 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:14,880 so on zoom calls some of you may wonder why didn't we do this as a zoom call why 92 00:07:13,039 --> 00:07:18,800 here at 42 degrees outside one i've done zoom calls to 40 people 93 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,560 having a conversation is really really hard it's good for 94 00:07:21,199 --> 00:07:26,560 presentations or if somebody's hyper directing it but 95 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,680 for a conversation it's tough and i think that conversation live in 96 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:33,280 person is important so one important point we are recording 97 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,319 this tonight there are people who are online 98 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,520 watching they will be they may submit information 99 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,800 and questions you will be recorded that recording will 100 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:46,160 become part of public record so i just want to make sure everybody is 101 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:50,080 aware of that as we go so typically on in the zoom calls that 102 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:53,039 i've done i find it most effective to start in one quadrant 103 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,080 and just work my way across in terms of having people give updates in this case 104 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,199 having people speak if i i'm going to do that tonight if you 105 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,319 choose not to speak you didn't lose your chance you can come 106 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:06,000 back around if you want to defer it's like the chiefs and the kickoff 107 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:10,560 and certainly i think we'll have time at the end for additional conversation 108 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:14,240 for those who want to speak again so there are no questions and i 109 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,879 i'm sorry i both don't know everybody's name can't read the name tags from this 110 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:20,560 far away and masks are still hard sometimes to figure 111 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:24,000 out who's who i'm just going to start here front left 112 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:27,840 and see i can see i can read debbie's wbb to start 113 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,240 would you like to speak okay 114 00:08:34,719 --> 00:08:37,039 got it 115 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:41,839 you're up 116 00:08:43,279 --> 00:08:52,240 just one uh point of order we uh submitted 65 or so petitions 117 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:54,399 signed and asked if they'd be included in the record yes and they have been 118 00:08:53,839 --> 00:09:02,480 good thank you um so 119 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,480 a lot of the comments that you that 120 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,800 that i'll talk about are things that we've already expressed to the committee 121 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:12,560 and to to you there's a lot of thought 122 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:16,320 a lot of people have put their time and energy into this 123 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:21,600 uh i think i'm trying to distill things down into a couple of 124 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:24,480 more obvious issues one is that the eventual 125 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:29,040 costs of re-engineering these two corners far 126 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:34,080 outweigh the cost of actually enforcing the existing traffic laws 127 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:38,000 both in terms of speeding and in terms of 128 00:09:34,959 --> 00:09:44,320 uh distracted driving these corn these corners make pedestrians nervous 129 00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:48,240 not because they're engineered badly they're it's because people especially 130 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:51,839 especially commuters ignore the traffic laws 131 00:09:53,200 --> 00:10:02,839 stricter enforcement would go a long way to solving the perceived problem that 132 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:05,760 that gave rise to this these two uh projects 133 00:10:04,380 --> 00:10:08,880 [Music] at the same time that would improve the 134 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:14,720 livability of our great little city here second 135 00:10:12,399 --> 00:10:19,200 without the stricter enforcement of the traffic laws the proposed wanonga 136 00:10:16,959 --> 00:10:24,240 triangle solution might make public safety issues even 137 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:28,399 worse than they are perceived today the redesign would result in traffic 138 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:35,360 from three streets 67th indian lane and winonga 139 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:40,320 being funneled into one lane of ingress and egress controlled by a single stop 140 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,399 sign that means that that all three cars from 141 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:48,959 all three would come to a full stop they would be 142 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:54,000 presented then with turning right or left 143 00:10:49,760 --> 00:11:00,560 across traffic or into traffic that's i know people have a problem with 144 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,560 the oblique way that the 145 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:07,040 that the current traffic situation works today 146 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:12,480 on those two stops those two intersections 147 00:11:09,279 --> 00:11:19,040 but imagine the safety concerns if we don't get people to slow down 148 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:22,480 we'll get some pretty catastrophic results of that either crossing the 149 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:26,320 south southwest bound traffic lane and into 150 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:29,680 the northeast direction or making a hard right 151 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:35,279 from a standing stop into a lane of traffic where people are going 152 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:37,839 more than 25 miles an hour in many cases much more 153 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:46,160 and that's at the apex of the curve and less likely to be seen by people who are 154 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:52,880 speeding from either direction so to me 155 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:58,160 that redesign plan doesn't pass the common sense test i've yet to meet 156 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:01,040 a single neighbor who supports this redesign plan 157 00:12:01,279 --> 00:12:09,360 we've presented you with 60 petitions or 65 petitions 158 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:12,880 a lot more people have come forth and to want to be 159 00:12:10,079 --> 00:12:16,480 interested in this if there are others who would like to sign the petition 160 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:22,480 tonight i brought a few extra but uh i think that 161 00:12:19,519 --> 00:12:26,959 in short enforcement is the best option here 162 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:32,399 not to spend money on a project that appears to be an expensive solution 163 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:36,240 looking for a problem to solve thanks great thank you very much 164 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:42,399 do you steve introduce yourself briefly then go ahead 165 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,200 i wanted to mainly come up here to take my mask off 166 00:12:43,270 --> 00:12:48,639 [Laughter] but having accomplished that my name's 167 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:53,360 steve soden and my wife mary is out of town visiting 168 00:12:51,519 --> 00:12:59,920 a daughter in bend oregon or she'd be here we've lived at 6701 169 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:02,720 tomahawk for 15 years little over 15 years 170 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:06,959 when we bought that house and moved in we had five kids at home 171 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:12,320 so right from the start obviously i was very keyed in 172 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:18,639 to the traffic the the risk we had littler kids we had drivers 173 00:13:15,519 --> 00:13:23,040 so it we have a perfect observation way because our property 174 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:27,360 literally faces the incomplete island as we look out we sit on our 175 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:33,600 front porch we see the whole intersection right there and i 176 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:37,920 i will agree with peter i think in our 15 years i can't remember 177 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:43,279 maybe three or four times that there was any kind of an accident there and those 178 00:13:41,199 --> 00:13:46,880 were usually ice and snow related somebody's trying to make that curve too 179 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,839 fast and hits the island and pops their tires 180 00:13:50,959 --> 00:14:01,360 i am just certain that this issue doesn't really 181 00:13:57,839 --> 00:14:07,120 have have enough merits to go forward talk to probably 182 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:10,720 i bet over the last four months five months 100 183 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:14,480 friends some of them the 60 that have filled out the petition 184 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:21,040 others just in conversation all mission hills friends and neighbors 185 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:26,240 no one is for this project and to peter's point things changed when the 186 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:30,240 bridge was redone on 63rd street and that flushed a lot of 187 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:34,399 traffic that you know that it's famous everybody goes 188 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:37,680 25 on 63rd street not because i paid a lot of tickets when our 189 00:14:36,079 --> 00:14:44,560 kids were driving unfortunately because they really really 190 00:14:42,399 --> 00:14:48,240 have a reputation for monitoring that speed limit 191 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:51,440 mission hills then got all that traffic and 192 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:54,720 mary and i will sit on our front front porch and 193 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:57,199 watch cars go by and i'm thinking they're going 40 miles an hour they have 194 00:14:56,639 --> 00:15:00,480 to and some more than that particularly 195 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:05,519 some of the kids just screeching around that corner 196 00:15:01,839 --> 00:15:10,399 so i i think it's a speed issue and i think that to spend that kind of 197 00:15:07,839 --> 00:15:17,120 money and redesign that intersection doesn't make sense to me and if we 198 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:21,120 had the same kind of a reputation on tomahawk that they have on 63rd 199 00:15:20,079 --> 00:15:25,440 street for you go 25 or you're going to be writing 200 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:28,560 some checks i think that problem would really get 201 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:32,639 solved so thank you thank you thanks for being 202 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:36,880 here laura lee just observing i'm going to start back 203 00:15:34,639 --> 00:15:42,079 this way oh there's somebody here sorry the pole 204 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,079 you're good 205 00:15:49,519 --> 00:15:57,680 my name is tom erzak and i'm here because 206 00:15:55,199 --> 00:16:02,880 safety is also a concern of mine and it's safety on 63rd 207 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:06,959 and on tomahawk not so much for the cars but for people who actually walk those 208 00:16:04,959 --> 00:16:11,440 streets you have cars even on 63rd i 209 00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:18,160 respectfully want to say go awfully fast and tomahawk 210 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:23,600 it's it's even worse but try and cross one of the crosswalks even though 211 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:28,800 they're designated as crosswalks nobody stops you're taking your life 212 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:34,079 into your hands if you see a car coming and i've proposed on a couple of 213 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:39,920 different occasions that we ought to put maybe some of those little signs up 214 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:44,800 that say state law requires you to stop you know we were walking across the 215 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:48,399 stock crosswalk a while ago and we were in the crosswalk so it 216 00:16:46,959 --> 00:16:52,000 wasn't like we were standing there and cars were going by this guy comes by in 217 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:56,480 his truck of course we yelled at him and he had a 218 00:16:54,800 --> 00:17:01,440 few choice words to say to us like we're wrong because we're in the 219 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:05,839 crosswalk crossing when he wouldn't stop so i think a little more if we get some 220 00:17:03,759 --> 00:17:08,799 enforcement of the crosswalks and make it more 221 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:13,039 of an issue for people driving through the city 222 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:18,000 the other thing is i'm a firm believer that if we're redoing the street 223 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:22,720 we need to have a dedicated lane for walking 224 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:26,640 and or biking it's i've seen so many times a young mother walking 225 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:30,720 with her stroller down the street cars are 226 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:34,559 zooming by her and i'm thinking oh my gosh this looks 227 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:38,960 so dangerous to me and then even worse i'll see a mother 228 00:17:37,679 --> 00:17:43,360 with a stroller and she'll have her little kids riding a 229 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:46,640 bicycle or on a scooter and little kids they don't have any 230 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:53,360 control they are all over the lanes and cars are driving by 231 00:17:49,919 --> 00:17:59,679 so i really think a dedicated lane for walking and or biking 232 00:17:56,559 --> 00:18:04,880 would be very helpful thank you thank you tom moving 233 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:10,240 still this way can't quite read your name tag i'm sorry 234 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:14,160 hi carol i just have a question for you um 235 00:18:11,039 --> 00:18:18,000 is it a consideration at all that the speed limit 236 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:20,480 be reduced and be in a reduced state for long enough to determine whether or not 237 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:26,960 there's value before making a decision on 238 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:30,960 whether to proceed with any recommendations 239 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:34,160 at all uh i would certainly say that's absolutely 240 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:37,520 possible so one of the things when the council heard 241 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:41,360 me say this probably a couple of them were frustrated by it but we didn't want 242 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:44,799 to do that until we had the initial conversations 243 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:48,400 here there were calls for to do it right away i specifically said 244 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:52,799 let's let the committee bring recommendations we have we will not be 245 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:56,799 redoing the road until 2022 so the reduction in the speed limit if 246 00:18:54,799 --> 00:19:01,440 that's where the council chooses to go could absolutely happen you know more or 247 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:05,679 less tomorrow or for some period of time that we could allow for measurement 248 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,600 tracking and so forth you've seen fairway do the same thing over on 249 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:12,240 blender right thank you absolutely thank you for 250 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,240 asking 251 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:20,320 good definitely not read that far back 252 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:28,799 my name is larry winter i live at 3135 tomahawk road 253 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:33,840 my wife and i moved here 11 years ago and we specifically wanted to live 254 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:36,960 in mission hills on tomahawk road i love the way 255 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:41,840 it meanders through mission hills i love the tree-lined streets 256 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:48,160 and sweeping lawns i did attend a number of the meetings of this committee 257 00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:52,880 i never saw any data to indicate that tomahawk road is unsafe for pedestrians 258 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:57,440 i know that's the perception of many but i never saw the data that showed that 259 00:19:55,600 --> 00:20:01,919 i'm a frequent walker i have never felt unsafe walking on 260 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:06,159 tomahawk road not once in 11 years have i felt unsafe 261 00:20:04,159 --> 00:20:11,200 walking the tomahawk road i do see two potential i think 262 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:16,480 significant problems that would result from adding sidewalks and making 263 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,480 tomahawk road more narrow 264 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:21,600 these last six plus months my wife and i have probably spent more 265 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:25,600 time in our front porch during the pandemic than we have 266 00:20:23,039 --> 00:20:29,760 in the years leading up to this and one thing that stuck out to both of us 267 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:35,120 is the number of bicyclists that are up and down tomahawk road 268 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:38,880 i think is tomahawk called an arterial road for motor vehicles 269 00:20:36,799 --> 00:20:43,520 it is i would say it's an arterial road for the bicyclers too 270 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:46,559 i see people going to work i see people exercising i see biking clubs up and 271 00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:50,640 down if you make tomahawk road more narrow 272 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:54,640 it's going to have a terrible effect for the bicyclists and 273 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:58,640 make them much more exposed than they are now i 274 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:04,000 just think it would be a big mistake and i would also add that for runners or 275 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:08,080 people like me with joint issues i prefer to walk in the asphalt 276 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,360 even on the streets that have sidewalks in mission hills i'm walking in the 277 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:15,600 street i think it's just going to be a big 278 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:19,360 problem if tomahawk road is is made more narrow it'd be one thing 279 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:24,480 if it were a straight street but a narrow winding road to me just 280 00:21:21,679 --> 00:21:28,240 spells danger the second thing is the on-street parking 281 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:32,559 and what that would do tomahawk road were made more narrow in my block 282 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:38,559 over the last two years i think there's been constant construction 283 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:42,480 around us and on certain days there are cars parked all around on both sides of 284 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:46,720 the street if you add on top of that the lawn 285 00:21:45,039 --> 00:21:53,120 maintenance trucks for their big trailers with all their equipment um ups 286 00:21:50,159 --> 00:21:56,720 federal express amazon delivery it's going to be a big problem 287 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,840 for for anyone going up and down tomahawk road and that too is going to 288 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:03,200 make it worse for anyone in the street or anyone on a 289 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:07,760 bicycle i just think it's going to create more problems 290 00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:11,760 and make it less safe i have no problem lowering the speed limit you talked 291 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:14,000 about the you're calling the stripes for the bike lanes i know they're not bike 292 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:18,640 lanes i'm off from removing those further away 293 00:22:16,559 --> 00:22:21,760 from the curb to visually give more space 294 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:26,559 more room for pedestrians it would result in more separation from traffic 295 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:30,799 i think that's the way to go i think it would be a terrible mistake to put 296 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:36,480 sidewalks up and down tomahawk thank you do you have any questions for me 297 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:45,600 thank you appreciate you being here let's see 298 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:51,919 hi i'm larry's next door neighbor and i remember when the police used to 299 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:55,760 watch and patrol tomahawk years ago i don't know what's happened if there's 300 00:22:54,159 --> 00:23:02,640 a change in um the salary or the you know money 301 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:09,200 devoted to that or what but we have had four cars in a landscaping truck 302 00:23:06,159 --> 00:23:12,640 plowed into in front of our house i don't think the changes that they've 303 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,679 proposed will make the drivers any better i think 304 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:24,159 it's a it's a situation of distracted drivers 305 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:27,600 um be there texting or looking in the mirror or talking to 306 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:32,000 somebody but all of them have been just because 307 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:37,679 people aren't watching all the accidents and i'm for proposing either a lower 308 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:41,440 speed limit i noticed the cars going by our house 309 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:45,360 were slowing down when you had the they had brief 310 00:23:42,159 --> 00:23:52,320 time there was a flashing uh 30 mile an hour's uh speed limit 311 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:55,520 at tomahawk circle and that seemed to help a lot but they took 312 00:23:54,799 --> 00:24:00,000 it down and i understand that people don't want 313 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:06,960 flashing lights but i think a stricter 314 00:24:03,039 --> 00:24:14,400 um watch on the speed and maybe i didn't think the flashing 315 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:18,799 flashing sign was gauche at all but um i love i do love the trees i know they 316 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:24,559 said that they wouldn't be affected by changing the road but the tree roots are 317 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:28,240 you know go out pretty far i'm not sure exactly of how the construction would be 318 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:33,440 with with that but i sure hope that they just 319 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:36,480 keep the meandering tomahawk and make it it like some courtney said 320 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,080 that you know just a resurfaced tomahawk 321 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:44,080 would be one of the things they're looking at and i'm 322 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:48,559 all for that it makes them nice without the potholes but 323 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,720 that's all great thank you for being here 324 00:24:51,039 --> 00:24:53,279 ma'am 325 00:24:56,559 --> 00:25:04,159 hi my name is sarah garcia i live on 3210 326 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:08,799 tomahawk and ever since oh my gosh i was a well a teenager which 327 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,919 was many many years ago tomahawk has always been my favorite 328 00:25:10,159 --> 00:25:15,440 street in this whole city as the most beautiful street the windy 329 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:19,600 roads the trees it was my dream to sunday oh i want to 330 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:24,960 have a house on tomahawk and um um i am just 331 00:25:22,799 --> 00:25:28,559 really opposed to these changes i support um 332 00:25:26,159 --> 00:25:32,960 the opinions that our neighbors here have have shared 333 00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:37,200 um i think that narrowing the road uh would actually create 334 00:25:34,159 --> 00:25:41,760 more dangers than produce a safety solution 335 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:45,919 um there's just too many there too many curves 336 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:49,279 too many um cars parked um for various reasons construction like 337 00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:56,880 was mentioned landscaping etc with deliveries and i 338 00:25:53,120 --> 00:26:04,020 i support maybe doing some creative um you know rethinking i agree with 339 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:10,240 promoting safety through controlling [Music] 340 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:15,200 reinforcing maybe a lower speed limit and maybe also just having more police 341 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:22,000 presence to enforce that would be a good thing 342 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:25,200 that's pretty much in a nutshell what i what i think and um i support everyone's 343 00:26:24,559 --> 00:26:28,799 opinions thank you great thank you for being here 344 00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:37,200 i don't have my name tag because i arrived late but i'm gabrielle beam and 345 00:26:36,799 --> 00:26:41,679 i think my entire street is here i'm at 3205 346 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:45,279 tomahawk so i'm in the neighborhood with a whole 347 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,480 bunch of houses under construction and now mine is and 348 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,080 so there's vehicles all over the place since my 349 00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:57,120 husband did not come i have to represent that he 350 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:02,000 wants a sidewalk because we have kids and um and so he thinks it's safer if 351 00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:05,760 you narrow because he wants it to be a side street 352 00:27:04,159 --> 00:27:09,440 and i try to tell him it's not a side street it will never be 353 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:14,000 a side street um it is a major thoroughfare and but 354 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:17,440 we've been working home since the pandemic and we work in our dining room 355 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:22,640 and look right out on the street and i can tell 356 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:26,240 you there's a number of times where he is looking out and people are flying by 357 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,919 and i do think that that is the biggest risk i 358 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:33,520 will say from my perspective i'm pretty much like larry i run the 359 00:27:31,919 --> 00:27:38,640 streets so i like to run on asphalt if if 360 00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:42,080 there's a sidewalk that takes up too much of the road and then i'm 361 00:27:40,799 --> 00:27:45,120 preferring to run in the street maybe to avoid the you 362 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,960 know slope for every driveway on the concrete 363 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:52,880 sidewalk i'm concerned about that just the safety 364 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:56,480 of that but i do understand my husband's position and people with 365 00:27:54,240 --> 00:28:00,159 small children in the neighborhood that are trying to figure out a way to 366 00:27:58,159 --> 00:28:04,880 navigate with children on bikes and children walking so 367 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:09,200 it's not an easy solution i don't know what is the best solution 368 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:13,520 you know we just want it to be safe and be able to 369 00:28:10,159 --> 00:28:20,240 to get around i do think it is a little aggravating for me 370 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:24,480 that people don't do the and walk you know against traffic ride with i 371 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:28,240 almost think we need signs because it's very aggravating to 372 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:32,399 me because i think that creates its own headache with the traffic but i 373 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:36,480 had to present my husband's perspective of wanting 374 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:41,520 sidewalks i don't know if that's the solution or not so 375 00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:49,760 but that's my bit thank you thank you for being here 376 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:49,760 good okay yes sir 377 00:28:52,000 --> 00:29:00,720 terry o'leary 6810 tomahawk um lived on tomahawk 13 years and 378 00:28:58,399 --> 00:29:05,440 my wife lynn most people will test probably walks 379 00:29:01,919 --> 00:29:09,120 10 times a day on 69th and or tomahawk or 380 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:12,880 other streets and so we're and we had four kids there growing up so pretty 381 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:16,720 familiar with the situation i also agree that it's really 382 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:23,760 i don't see it as a dangerous the islands and people going 383 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:27,760 extremely fast that often but there is the occasional speeder 384 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:31,840 obviously our my main concern is watching as others have mentioned 385 00:29:30,399 --> 00:29:37,360 strollers and mothers or families of dads with 386 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:40,240 their kids two or three kids riding bikes and trying to keep them all in the 387 00:29:39,039 --> 00:29:46,320 street and people texting and so even though it's 388 00:29:43,679 --> 00:29:49,360 a connector and our i think the advantages 389 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:53,440 could be that it is our only connector but that's also the disadvantage because 390 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:57,440 if you push everybody to your only connector 391 00:29:54,880 --> 00:30:02,640 then you have too many people on the street whether it's bikers cars 392 00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:06,080 strollers whatever and i was doing a little research 393 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:10,000 the last couple days looking for articles on traffic calming and which 394 00:30:08,399 --> 00:30:12,960 we've done in our business several different ways but 395 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,640 there's a lot of different good traffic calming methods you can 396 00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:20,960 engage at that corner in different places in mission hills 397 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:27,279 but it also talks a lot about when you're trying to put too many people 398 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:30,640 on a street with bikes and strollers and whatever it is 399 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:33,919 and you have all the driveways and cars turning 400 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:37,679 out of driveways backing out and so on it creates 401 00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:44,399 more cause for injuries to bikers and you know walkers 402 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:47,279 runners etc so i think one of the beautiful things about mission hills is 403 00:30:46,159 --> 00:30:52,320 that you should enjoy walking and biking and 404 00:30:50,159 --> 00:30:55,520 driving on every street in mission hills because it's amazing i've been driving 405 00:30:53,840 --> 00:31:00,000 through there since i was probably 12 but i shouldn't have told 406 00:30:57,039 --> 00:31:07,600 you that but and my dad's votes vlogging but um going to homestead but anyway 407 00:31:04,399 --> 00:31:11,080 uh weren't any cops back there back then either so i didn't get caught 408 00:31:09,039 --> 00:31:17,440 doing that so maybe we need more [Laughter] 409 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:24,320 i was probably 13 but anyway um so i think that there 410 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:27,600 there are are ways to to to to calm that area if that's the main 411 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,360 concern i don't see how and when or if we would 412 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:34,960 build a sidewalk or who's going to walk from state line 413 00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:38,799 all the way to on that one street but again i think 414 00:31:37,279 --> 00:31:42,880 encouraging people to use all the streets of mission 415 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:46,159 hills to enjoy the houses and the landscape and the 416 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:50,720 parks and so on because i i still think it's one of the 417 00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:54,159 most beautiful places i've ever driven in my life and any city driving and 418 00:31:52,640 --> 00:32:01,360 meandering through the different streets so so to to so to 419 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:04,960 promote people walking and biking and strolling and driving on one main 420 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,720 connector seems to be kind of against the 421 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:12,640 walkability and the the way mission hills was designed as a 422 00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:18,000 pedestrian neighborhood so anyway that's my two cents great 423 00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:18,000 thank you terry 424 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:32,320 did i i think we've gotten everybody but no 425 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:39,039 like courtney do we have anything online specific 426 00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:39,039 okay would anybody like to speak again 427 00:32:39,679 --> 00:32:46,880 dave could i ask you a question absolutely one of the things the 428 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:52,159 task force struggled with was the issue several of you identified crossings 429 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:56,720 and signage uh traffic calming and i think the presumption that the 430 00:32:55,279 --> 00:32:59,919 task force and i'm sorry i'm bill running uh and worked on the task force 431 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:04,960 with the uh other people um the presumption was 432 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:08,480 there's not a high tolerance in mission hills 433 00:33:05,679 --> 00:33:12,559 for flashing lights signs bumpers slow speeds 434 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:17,200 to slow speeds down and what else was referenced here i would be 435 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:19,760 interested let's see 436 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:28,399 yeah across crosswalks traffic calming and science i'd be interested 437 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:32,799 in your sense not necessarily even your position but your sense 438 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:36,960 of mission hills tolerance well flashing signs 439 00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:42,480 um more signs anything that would make it safer but 440 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:46,000 also obstruct kind of the bucolic view which way do you think the city as a 441 00:33:44,159 --> 00:33:52,080 whole would like to go safer uh crossings and pedestrian 442 00:33:49,039 --> 00:33:56,399 lanes or opt for beauty and let people take some risks and i'm 443 00:33:54,640 --> 00:34:00,399 talking kids i'm talking strollers i'm talking old people 444 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,399 all the people that are on the street 445 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:09,440 i don't have an answer yeah you go to the microphone that way the people who 446 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:12,879 are online can hear you be great thank you um it might address what bill 447 00:34:11,839 --> 00:34:16,560 was asking but i think the answer to your question is a 448 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:20,480 few flashing lights out in the street uh by police cars pulling over a few 449 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:25,599 folks would could go a long way but 450 00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:29,839 this is a this is a question i had because when when we 451 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:34,159 first got involved with this um this whole question 452 00:34:31,839 --> 00:34:37,280 the whole speed limit enforcement issue was 453 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:42,639 seemed to me to be the first and foremost way to 454 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:45,839 address the question so i inquired and i was 455 00:34:43,119 --> 00:34:48,960 told that the police chief feels as though 456 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:54,240 unless you're doing nine miles an hour over the posted speed limit 457 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:59,040 the uh the judge will not issue a moving violation 458 00:34:55,359 --> 00:35:04,160 so i went looked it up on kansas law and in fact that's not the case it's 459 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:09,839 six miles an hour but that's between 30 and 54 miles an hour so there's no 460 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:13,760 there's no grace period under 30 nor over 54. and i'm wondering is this a 461 00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:20,160 question of will do we need to insist 462 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:24,079 that the police department enforce the laws 463 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:27,599 more strictly because i you know from where i came from in the 464 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:35,920 last 10 times the nothing like having a few 465 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:39,359 uh traffic stops to to calm the traffic and once it becomes known that you can't 466 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:44,720 drive through mission hills uh as a commuter and get 467 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:48,720 away with driving at 40 miles an hour traffic is going to go a different 468 00:35:45,839 --> 00:35:52,079 direction or it's going to slow down both of which works for me 469 00:35:52,960 --> 00:36:00,480 thank you peter anybody else want to comment on bills 470 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:02,800 or question signs lights 471 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:12,160 i will vote for at least a few more signs 472 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:16,640 you know i i think a couple more signs is not going to take away from the 473 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:20,480 beauty of the city and if it helps or some flashing lights 474 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:25,440 will help i think it is potentially a better 475 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:29,119 solution i think the only flashing light was 476 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:32,160 talked about at mission drive and tomahawk and i think the risk to 477 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,680 kids and people coming from old sagamore into 478 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:40,720 an area where driving people to enjoy more scares us all i 479 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:44,240 think that's the only place we really i heard them talking about flashing 480 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:48,800 lights well potentially to the extent that 481 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:53,520 flashing lights are crosswalks and and particularly at 67th and tomahawk 482 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:57,599 where kids are crossing to go towards prairie elementary 483 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:09,200 okay yes sir terry um again just the research i read says 484 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:14,800 in in the urban bikeways and and uh pathways the most 485 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:19,359 injuries are from crosswalks i think it was 65 or 70 percent 486 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:23,200 and to what bill said is and i've mentioned this to andy before is 487 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:28,240 you either have a crosswalk or you don't i mean so at indian hills 488 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:31,119 right by the pool there's a sign with a crosswalk but 489 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:35,440 nobody even can see the sign can't see the crosswalk 490 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:37,839 so in that case you either need trees cut 491 00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:41,119 better signs better crosswalks the little man in the street whatever you 492 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:44,880 want to do because there's no point in having that there so either 493 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:49,520 either you need to have them and have whatever signs 494 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:54,240 are needed to enforce them and ever since they put stop lights or 495 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:58,079 stop signs i guess in on the plaza people pay less 496 00:37:57,119 --> 00:38:04,800 attention to the people crossing the street 497 00:38:01,839 --> 00:38:11,119 well take that back ever since ever since they added some stop signs 498 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:14,720 at uh some sections of the plaza people have paid less attention to the 499 00:38:13,119 --> 00:38:17,040 crosswalks because it used to always be cross 500 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:22,560 crosswalks everybody used to just stop but if you go across at where 501 00:38:19,359 --> 00:38:26,800 the steak burger place is or uh you know where north face is and all that 502 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:30,880 no cars stop anymore partly on the plaza and 503 00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:33,839 they do stop in front of the grocery store in-house with the 504 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,720 little sign and all that so that i know that helps but 505 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:39,599 i think you either have to have them or just get rid of them 506 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,240 thank you 507 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:49,920 any other questions from up here comments from those who are here i've 508 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,280 never been one that feels the need to fill the time with the 509 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:56,480 task at hand we will be doing this again tomorrow and 510 00:38:55,839 --> 00:39:02,560 again we have courtney what 10 slots open 511 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:06,000 still if anybody wants to come back so just call or just go tell staff right 512 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,960 now you'd like to come back if you want to come back or 513 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:13,200 dial up online this has been very helpful 514 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:17,760 and i appreciate those of you coming many of you have submitted email 515 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:20,800 directly to either sbc or me thank you for that and for your feedback 516 00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:24,480 and with that i'll give everybody a bunch of 517 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:43,839 their time in the evening back and appreciate your feedback and come to 518 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:43,839 thank you 519 00:39:54,839 --> 00:39:57,839 is