Cedar Avenue one‑way proposal introduced to committee and immediately tabled after resident concerns

The council introduced an ordinance to designate the 3100 block of Cedar Avenue one‑way southbound from Davis Street to Crane Street, but a motion to table the item carried after residents and members raised technical and access concerns.

A resident who identified as a long‑time Manuka neighbor and former planning‑commission member said the traffic study accompanying the proposal was not signed and sealed by a professional engineer and warned the one‑way conversion could motivate drivers to cut through the St. Joseph's/Divine Mercy Parish driveway to bypass the new pattern. "If I'm coming up Cedar Avenue and I get to Cancrane Street, I can't go straight to Davis ... I'm gonna say, hey, the church gotta park driveway right here. I'll cut through the church," the resident said, urging the council to consider additional signage and enforcement.

Council members echoed the request for clearer documentation and answers about sight‑distance calculations, alternative options and whether the report should have been submitted with a developer's traffic study. One member moved to table the measure immediately so staff could obtain signed, sealed engineering documentation and address the church‑access questions; the motion passed on a recorded voice vote.

The council directed staff to return with responses to the resident's technical questions before the ordinance proceeds to committee. The tabling preserves the council's ability to consider the measure after the administration and the developer provide clarified studies and any proposed additional signage or traffic controls.

Next steps: staff were asked to collect signed engineering documentation, confirm sight‑line determinations and recommend signage or turn‑restriction measures to prevent cut‑through traffic on church property.