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and a trolley stop that will junk up the whole block of Delmar. He stated it needed more <br />study. <br /> <br />Millicent Dohr, 6930 Waterman <br /> <br />Ms. Dohr believed the roundabout has improved the traffic flow. She stated her biggest <br />concern with the roundabout is the west bound traffic on Delmar does not yield at all. <br />Ms. Dohr said that better signage was needed, noting the drivers in the roundabout <br />have the right-of-way, others need to yield and traffic generally needs to slow down. <br />She stated the people need to be educated and the roundabout will be a good thing for <br />the city. <br /> <br />Elsie Glickert, 6712 Elzel <br />Ms. Glickert questioned why this meeting was held at 8:30 in the morning. She said <br />instead of calling it a special session it could be called a surreptitious meeting. Ms. <br />Glickert said the residents are entitled to a public hearing on this subject as this is the <br />City’s Historic District. She said in looking over the engineering study and the <br />recommendation from the staff, it was a foregone conclusion that the city will have a <br />roundabout. Ms. Glickert said the Council minutes where the Civil Engineer made a <br />statement that this is being done because people on Trinity are having difficulty making <br />left-hand turns onto Delmar. She did not understand why the entire driving public is <br />punished because of the few people who live south and north of Delmar turning off of <br />Trinity have not practiced the virtue of patience. Ms. Glickert called for a Public Hearing <br />on this subject so the public can be heard. <br /> <br />Sondra Ellis, 6901 Kingsbury <br />Ms. Ellis spoke in favor of the roundabout and found that it made it much easier to get <br />onto Delmar. She agreed with the previous speaker that drivers going west on Delmar <br />tend not to yield but thought that was just a case of needing practice in using a <br />roundabout. Ms. Ellis stated she liked the way the crosswalks were set up and they <br />have been able to walk across with cars stopping for them. Ms. Ellis said she was in <br />favor of the roundabout. <br /> <br />Dorsey Ellis, 6901 Kingsbury <br /> <br />Mr. Ellis found the roundabout very helpful. He said generally drivers were being <br />respectful and the thinks it will take time for people to realize the cars in the roundabout <br />have the right-of-way and thought it was a matter of education. Mr. Ellis noted in <br />reading the report there was a proposal to adopt the version of the roundabout that <br />historians say is more consistent with the original plan. He noted that it looked like the <br />actual roundabout would not be at the intersection in that drawing and he saw nothing <br />on how the traffic would flow in the new roundabout proposal compared to the way it <br />worked in the mock roundabout. Mr. Ellis stated the current configuration of the <br />roundabout worked pretty well and was not clear to him that moving it to the east will <br />have the same facilitation. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker said there was a timing issue for Council to move forward on this matter. He <br />stated staff recommended Council approve the roundabout in Civic Plaza and to <br />authorize the City Manager to spend $50,000 from the fund reserve to hire the original <br />engineering firm to redesign the current roundabout to the retrofit design. Mr. Walker <br />noted there were various options included in the packet Council received and staff <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br />