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<br /> 10 <br /> <br />OTHER BUSINESS <br /> <br /> Ms. Hamilton said that Council has had trouble filling the Blue Ridge Apartment <br />Council and Chamber of Commerce slots on the Housing Advisory Committee. She <br />suggested that a different group of people be added to the mix, including the Directors of <br />AHIP, Habitat for Humanity, Piedmont Housing Alliance, and CRHA, and also citizen <br />involvement on a geographic basis. She said she would like to see us move forward on <br />this. <br /> <br /> Dr. Brown agreed and said he will put it on the next agenda. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch said he was on Council when funds were appropriated for five <br />community police officers. He said 118 officers were authorized, but not more than 110 <br />positions could be filled. He said money went to overtime in the end of the year <br />appropriation. <br /> <br /> Mr. O’Connell said that the positions that were cut in this year’s budget were <br />administrative positions and the number of police on the street has not changed. He said <br />the department is at full staffing now. <br /> <br /> Mr. Norris said he agrees with Mr. Gaines about moving forward with a public <br />thth <br />hearing and renaming of the 9/10 Street Corridor and making the Jefferson School <br />appointments. <br /> <br /> Mr. Tolbert said that the sidewalk “thumb” on Cherry Avenue grew out of <br />rezoning of the Cherry Hill property. He said the chief issue of the Fry’s Spring <br />neighborhood was traffic and there were safety concerns at that intersection. He said the <br />Cherry Hill developer offered to pay up to $60,000 to improve the intersection. He said <br />the traffic engineer at that time looked at the intersection and worked with the <br />neighborhood. The traffic engineer then left the City and the current City engineer <br />picked up the project, made minor changes, and it was built. He said a mistake was made <br />by not going back to the neighborhood for review of the project. He said there is a good <br />chance that the Church was not part of the discussion. He said the City’s policy is not to <br />landscape unless the neighborhood agrees to take on the maintenance. He said the <br />sidewalk was built a year ago, concerns were expressed, and the traffic engineering <br />consultant looked at it and tried to improve it. He said the Church did not like alternative <br />suggestions for funerals. He said the neighborhood was met with again in the spring and <br />they again said they wanted it taken out. He said the City also started getting calls from <br />people who originally wanted it in. He said there are safety concerns, but it is obvious <br />the Church will not be happy with the sidewalk. He said he does not know if that is the <br />only design that works. He said it does not meet the warrants for a four-way stop. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch said the reason it does not meet the warrants is that the main street is <br />defined as Cherry turning into Cleveland and other streets are defined as the side streets. <br />He said if you say that Cleveland Avenue goes across the intersection and Cherry <br />Avenue, it will meet the warrants. He said common sense says a four-way stop can be <br />put there. <br /> <br /> Responding to a question from Mr. Taliaferro, Mr. Bill Winch, traffic engineering <br />consultant for the City, said that there has not been a problem with accidents at the site <br />yet. Mr. Winch said he can take another look at the warrants using Mr. Lynch’s <br />suggestion. <br /> <br /> Responding to a question from Dr. Brown, Mr. Tolbert said that to his knowledge <br />approximately six people in the neighborhood support the sidewalk, and he thinks they <br />support it because it improves pedestrian safety. <br /> <br /> Dr. Brown said he has not heard from anyone that likes it. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hamilton said it is difficult when neighborhoods do not speak with one voice. <br /> <br /> <br />
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