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City Council Meeting Minutes November 28, 2017 Page 5 of 16 meetings He noted the West Street crosswalk by Cleo Mudrock Park; the crosspan was removed and it allowed people to go faster; he would like speeds reduced on the street. Another intersection of concern is County Road and Bella Vista, people aren't stopping Also, at the crosswalk on Hecla between the Balfour buildings people aren't stopping Crystal Masterson, 327 South McKinley Court, agreed with earlier speakers She appreciates the new crosswalk and the widening of the bike lane on Hoover, but people still are not stopping at the Bella Vista and Hoover crosswalk. She would like more signage telling people to stop in crosswalks; and would like a public awareness campaign about who should stop. Some cars are actually going around the cars stopping for pedestrians Lena Eisen, 322 Lilac Circle, became aware of the issues walking her kids to school. People don't stop for crosswalks and sometimes yell at pedestrians Where and when the speeding is happening matters There are places people simply speed if they can, particularly on Bella Vista There should be more funding for traffic management and safety. The definition of a pedestrian seems to be an issue, what should kids do when crossing the street; teach them how to cross with a bike She would like to see a greater community awareness campaign. Julia Knearl, 946 West Alder, stated she appreciates the work done on this. She likes that there is a grassroots campaign to get people aware of the issues of traffic safety She would like to see a City campaign on this issue, would like the cnteria to include context and time of day in the campaign and be specific to Louisville. She would like to know what kind of mitigation is effective and what speeds are achievable. Kristine Diehl, 921 St Andrews Lane, lives on a street people use to cut through from Dillon to 88th Street. She thinks the parameters are excellent, but would like to see speeding addressed specifically with speed humps, crosswalks and so on, to give kids a safe place to walk. The established speed limit may not be a safe speed to be driving on these streets. Dylan Frusciano, 700 Garfield Avenue, stated he was the community member who started the STFD campaign. He thanked the community for understanding what it was meant to accomplish. He thanked the City for addressing this issue. He would like to see next steps and commitments from this meeting The City should adjust the streets to make it uncomfortable to speed. He stated he sees speeding every day in the LMS school zone. He hopes collectively we can make a difference Councilmember Loo noted for the public that this item was not put on due to any recent incident or issue. This item was on the Council calendar for over two months. Councilmember Stolzmann stated she supports using the data to see how we approach this and likes the phased approach. She asked if we need more accurate equipment to get the data. She noted we have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on bike and