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~v-i~r~ad D~7ve Area ~nf artrtationa~ Page 4 l~Ieeti~g Minutes April 2~, ~~D9 uestion~ auld you put ~ c~~l-de-sac an va.~s to totally e~tninate trucl~ traff is through that axea.~ A~~werF That could be discussed with the pity cil to determir~.e if they~ould support that change ~ traffic pattexns. Iith the cemetery ot~ Evans, it nay be possible to consider such a change in the traffic routing, uestio~i, Did the Deerfield 3r~ street recanstl~uctlon inch~desidewalks with the assessznetlt, acid should we get a lower assessment because have no sidevv~l~s i~ our neighborhood? A~isure~~ The Deerfield 3r~ pra~ect did ii~chide sldewalhs on some of the streets, The~were on~y on one side of the street and ri~riy of the streets in the neighborhood lave na sided at ail, It has al~ays been a City Council palicythat properties ~ the street recanstructian projects be assessed t a same unit rate without regard to who has sidewalk, mho does not, or oth1'types of improvements that may or inay not be z~ght ~ f runt of a particular property, ueti~i~~ On railroad Dixve the city owns the street up to ~~ Street. Skio~~.d that part be redone? Ansv~e~: Railroad Dive, as you. low, has been blacl~ed off at Main Street for some period of~.ime, although to the best of my ~~nawledge, that small section has never been vacated ~t currently is used essentiallyto access the parking lot far the building at the coi~.er. ~ think maybe a better solution would be to ultimately vacate the right- of -way and maintain an eas ein~rlt f or any ut' 'ties that run tbraugh that area, {~~estio~: ~s there any merit i changing I~ailraad Drive a ane~way~ swerF Typically, when one-v~aystreets are used, there need to be an opposite dixyectian one~way in close pra~t~sa that vehicles can n~al~e easy n1avements tkirouh the .rea, 'Tere is na such rante adjacent to goad Drive uest~a~: Does the futi planniiag of T~-I ~a and ~~9 play any role in whether or n.at the streets should be reconstructed ~n our neighbarhood.~ Answ~~: nIDOT f unding is e~treme~y limited and it ~s not lil~ely that there X11 be any inxproveinents to either of these highways in tlae f areseeable future, u~sti~~: Are there any local streets that the city taxi control 's use of the routes? ~x,.swe~; There are Cei~ain streets within the citytiiat utilize gas t2t~ fox' impraveinents and those streets ~a.nnat be restricted to the use or nan`ue of certain types o~ vehicles, The city does have the authority to control their local streets and identify routes f or trucl~ traff ic, wl~.e banning truck traffic from. other neighborhood routes. r~estiQ~~~ There is curb oxx the cul-de-sac of ~~~ StiPt, when the drainage caixies down frorri I~~ Street to Evans and dawn Evans toward my property, a1i the drainage goes into my driveway and causes damage, ghat can be done about thin .A4tawei~: I axn avv°are of the drainage concerns at your property. ~ have been out there, along with the Street Division a number a~ tiix~s over the year, The proposal to reconstruct the roads to an urban style with canci~te curb and g~ittei~ and bx~nging piped storm drainage system into the neighborhood would salve this problem permanently. 1 am not sure what hired of i~rnedial action could be taken at this time without a project that would sufficientlysolve this issue, Our Street Division has been v~orkirig on this problem f or number of yeaxs and has been l~.able to s aloe it with n7aintenailcey type of solutians~ ue~ti~n; It seems to nee that this will be a burden to payf or, but nay increase rnyprapeityvalue,