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Michael Jacoubowsky is a cyclist and he explained what happens to the pavement under different weather conditions. He explained the difference between a car and a bicycle using that street and he opposes the current recommendation. Nathan Schrenk lives two houses down from the circle and he is happy with the circle and those who were driving 50 mph no longer do it. He supports the recommendation. Paul Hoekenga is gratified with the results of the city engineering process. He concurred that the airborne cars are not occurring anymore, and he agreed there is less traffic on McGarvey and it is safer. Kathy Schrenk concurred that it is an enforcement issue but in reality this cannot be resolved as such due to the lack of Police Department resources. Consequently, she supports the current recommendation. Doran Donnelly is a resident for 10 years thanked the Council for this opportunity and process on how to resolve the issues. He mentioned that airborne cars were terrifying and one crashed into a neighbor's yard. Howard Smith thanked the city staff for taking action and installing these devices. He believes this is a huge success and he is happy that this process is culminating in such a success story. Valerie Kissner said that the speed hump causes her much hardship and she submitted a petition to remove the speed humps. She opined that the majority of the neighbors are now opposed to the speed humps. John Kissner said that this has not been calming at all. He does not support it and opposes it. He provided various examples of how he finds this extremely difficult to live with. He reiterated that all of the neighbors in the street signed the petition to remove the hump. Carol Patane said she has lived on the street for over decades and she loves the hump because it has helped her tremendously. She resides on the upper part of McGarvey and most residents appreciate the hump. Anthony Weibell appreciates the speed humps and in his view it has made a considerable difference. He asked about the materials that are going to be used on the permanent devices. One Council Member asked staff to show the specific location of certain speakers who spoke tonight and had such different perspectives. Staff responded and also provided information on the difference between the temporary and the permanent materials. Various Council Members asked questions about the speed humps and speed cushions. One Council Member asked about a peer review to validate staff's findings or merely to validate options. It was asked if a peer review would be unreasonable and staff said that it would not be unreasonable. Motion by Council Member Bain to move forward with alternative one and put in some "grooves" for cyclists. Motion died for lack of a second. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 11, 2010 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 8 MINUTE BOOK NO. 63 Page No. 008