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City Council Meeting Minutes May 19, 2015 Page9of34 Council member Leh asked how much the one car per minute at peak took off the saturation of the other streets. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted the impact might be hard to measure but noted at saturation there would be relief and effect on the overall corridor with the one car per minute. Council member Leh asked about timeline and delay impacts. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted it is a twenty year goal and twenty year traffic forecast provided by DRCOG. This item is being presented since there exists an opportunity to purchase the Pine Street property needed for the extension. Council member Stolzmann asked about current lane widths Highway 42 and the ones on South Boulder Road (SBR) that were just paved. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted the lanes on Hwy. 42 are 12' or wider and on SBR 10 1/2' since it is not a state highway. Council member Stolzmann asked if the smaller lanes we_ re chosen on South Boulder Road to calm traffic. Public Works Director Kowar noted the lanes are not standard on SBR because of amount of area to work with and CDOT would not approve the smaller lanes on a State Highway. Council member Stolzmann understood the difference in lane width and commented there were Tots of other options besides the 3 lane and 5 lane options. She has heard dissatisfaction with congestion and safety with the traffic on Hwy 42 and agrees something needs to be done and suggested a 4 lane with a regional bike path. Mayor Muckle called for public comment on the study. PUBLIC COMMENT John Leary, 1116 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO was not clear about the purpose of the Lee Avenue alternative. He saw a bigger issue than a 60 car peak relief. When the plan was adopted there was a lot of discussion to wait and see if we need this on Hwy. 42. The study only addresses generation of traffic by DELO and Tebo property. He stated the City does not know how transportation is going to work with Hwy 42, railroad tracks and stops to make left turns into Pine Plaza. He recommended modeling should be done before a decision is made to spend so much money. Carlos Hernandez, 279 Chestnut Street, Louisville, CO noted he had been on the Louisville Revitalization Commission for about six years and talked about this issue many times. He noted this is a key bike /pedestrian corridor would make a good ride from Dutch Creek to Steel Ranch without going on Highway 42 and Main Street. Traffic would be diverted. This would be comparable to streets being introduced in other cities which add to the grid and run parallel to major streets to deal with growing traffic. He urged Council not to miss the opportunity to acquire this property.