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Residents urge lighted crosswalk and greater transparency on water projects during public comment
Summary
During public comment residents asked council to consider a lighted, pedestrian‑activated crosswalk near Lakeview Terrace and Hemingway Park and urged earlier public disclosure of design documents for three major water‑related projects they say total over $75 million.
Multiple residents used the public comment period to raise safety and transparency concerns.
Bridal Delormier, who said she recently moved her father to an assisted‑living facility near Lakeview Terrace, asked the council to refer a request for a lighted, push‑button crosswalk (and curb cuts for accessibility) near Hemingway Park to the traffic board, citing high speeds on the roadway and community support gathered on social platforms. Delormier also criticized recently added agenda language that she said broadly authorizes removal of attendees for "disruptive" acts such as applause or video recording and asked the council to reconsider that phrasing.
Fred Veil, calling in for the record, urged earlier public release of project parameters for three major city projects—the municipal pool complex, potential wastewater reuse, and a municipal golf‑course irrigation overhaul—saying the combined prospective cost exceeds $75,000,000 and pointing to city water‑use statistics that show several categories of use have increased over recent years. Veil asked why Boulder City had not applied for water‑conservation grants in the last five years.
Council members acknowledged the requests; staff noted that major project budgets and any member funding for regional agreements would be returned to the governing body for approval. The council did not take immediate action on the crosswalk request or on Veil’s transparency call; staff and the traffic board were identified as next contacts for the crosswalk suggestion.
