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recommended the third option which would be more in line with the character of the <br />historic plaza. Included in this, Mr. Walker noted, is a provision that the City would take <br />ownership of Delmar from the Lions Gate to Big Bend. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch asked Mr. Rich Wilson, Director of Public Works and Parks if he could <br />address the question from Mr. Ellis during Citizen Comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Rich Wilson stated the retrofit roundabout shows it is slid a little bit east but as they <br />have been reviewing it, it was believed that it can stay in its present location. He noted <br />it will be shifted two feet south to make it on the center line of Delmar but would not <br />have any effect on the over-all plan or traffic control. Mr. Wilson said the idea is that it <br />will stay in the same location and create as much symmetry as possible, going through <br />the Lions Gate center, the island will be symmetrical and the legs coming off will be <br />symmetrical. He noted going east it would not be symmetrical as they will be putting in <br />a left turn lane for Sergeant King Drive. Mr. Wilson said the retrofit design is very <br />similar to the roundabout now and changes will not be noticed. He indicated the <br />engineers’ recommendation was to replace the painted lines shown in front of City Hall <br />and the music building with bollards or some raised pavement to protect pedestrians <br />where the pedestrian crossings are located. Mr. Wilson noted that based on the Civic <br />Plaza 1993 Design Plan, bollards were recommended to be included on any work done <br />on the Plaza. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch asked if there were any concerns about the pedestrian crossing by the <br />Lion gates. She said the majority of comments she heard have indicated is easier to <br />get across. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson said the majority of calls and emails he received have indicated that it is so <br />much easier to cross. He said it is probably longer to cross the intersection but <br />pedestrians only have to cross one lane of traffic at a time, to the island, and one lane to <br />get to the other side. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert said he has just heard two things. One was that an educational component <br />needed. He asked if the City staff has anything other than the signs to educate the <br />drivers. Secondly, he understood that Council was voting on one of the options <br />presented, and then it would go to East-West Gateway and asked if at this point, would <br />there be an opportunity for citizens to weigh in on it. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson stated the Trolley project had been given deadlines and needed the final set <br />of plans approved by the City by mid-September. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert noted it was his understanding that the City just received the need for this <br />approval recently from East-West Gateway. He noted for the record “that was a bunch <br />of baloney”. He said irrespective of the roundabout, all of a sudden the City gets a <br />phone call from East-West Gateway saying the City has to get this done and thought it <br />was sloppy. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch spoke as a member of the Transportation Board there was some on both <br />parts. She said the District Administrator told her a week ago Friday that they had just <br />learned that the city was redesigning what the FTA approved and if so the FTA would <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br />