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Volunteers, council and staff back 74 West corridor cleanup; residents press for Spring Street speed reduction
Summary
Residents described repeated crashes on Spring Street and asked for a lower speed limit; a neighborhood volunteer, Esco, outlined a funded cleanup for the 74 West corridor and said a code amendment to limit parking and junk cars will be presented for public notice and council action.
During public comments, Denise Kart of Doc Hills Family Care Home urged the council to lower the Spring Street speed limit after three major accidents in under three months and said a recently added speed sign had reduced speeds but a 25 mph limit would be safer than the current 35 mph posted speed.
Later in the agenda, resident Esco presented a vision for a cleaned and landscaped 74 West corridor and said volunteers, city management, code enforcement and facilities director Robert Brown are on board. "Lowe's has donated to me about $2,000 worth of equipment," Esco said, adding that he had personally supplied about $700 more to support volunteer work. Esco described low-maintenance landscaping and neighborhood pride as tools to attract investment and increase property values.
Esco and other speakers said the cleanup effort would be paired with a code amendment being drafted by a council member to address parking practices and yard-stored vehicles that detract from beautification. Staff said that amendment will be posted for the required citizen notice and returned to council for a vote in January.
Council members and staff applauded the volunteer organizing and encouraged residents to keep attending meetings. The council did not take immediate formal action on the speed-limit request during this meeting; staff said they would follow up with the police chief about targeted enforcement and bring speed-change options to the manager for possible council consideration.
