City Council Minutes 1997 01 21 - Laserfiche WebLink

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AUTHORIZATION TO IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORIZATION TO SYSTEM AUTHORIZATION TO AUTHORIZATION TO AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS - 88TH STREET BID - DIAMOND MASTER INFIELD GROOMING BID - MEMORY SQUARE POOL BATHHOUSE ROOF BID - RECREATION CENTER CAPITAL OUTLAY BID - UTILITY VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION TO BID - RECREATION CENTER TENNIS COURT CONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN IMPROVEMENT - ENGINEERING FEES AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND LOUISVILLE UDFCD AGREEMENT NO. 96- 01.0SA - DRAINAGE WAY "A" IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORIZATION TO PROCURE PROPOSALS FOR DESIGN WORK FOR SPORTS COMPLEX RESTROOMS AUTHORIZATION TO PROCURE PROPOSALS FOR MOWING CONTRACT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Mary McLaughlin, 458 Lois Drive, Louisville, Colorado, reported that on November 19, 1996, she was one of the first individuals to drive over the new unmarked speed bump on her way to a meeting. She found no one who remembered the new speed bump being announced in the paper or anywhere. She did not see the bump before she hit it. She felt her back and her neck snap and was horrified. At the meeting she knew she had a problem, because she could feel the top half and bottom half of her back like they were coming apart and it hurt to move. Since that night she had experienced back pain, headaches, nausea, and she has had to miss work. The notion is wrong that if you drive the speed limit, the speed bump will not hurt you. It fails to take into account many variables like people with back and neck injuries, people with osteoporosis, people with osteoarthritis, people for whom any jolt is too much, low profile cars, the condition of one's shocks or struts, newcomer's to the area, and the willingness of people to tolerate bumps and jolts. She believed the speed bump on Hoover was improperly installed and cannot be traveled safely at the 25 m.p.h, speed limit. She commented that the editor of the local paper said so, as he tried it out going both directions. The Mayor told her so on the phone the next day. She stated the issue is not speed bumps, but trying to control traffic by installing a hazard, which is a threat to public safety. She felt the City had no business causing injuries, damaging cars, or impeding the free flow of traffic on a public right-of-way. She suggested the following: Stop signs, rumble strips that warn of a reduced speed area or cross walks ahead, temporary or permanent speed readers, hidden cameras, increased police patrols, stiffer fines, and penalties for chronic speeders that involve their cars and their licenses. She pointed out that speed bumps belong in parking lots, trailer parks, and school driveways where the speed limit is below 15 m.p.h., not on a major through street.