1 Cummings, Katherine
From: Nima Sem
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1:56 PM
To: webCityClerk
Subject: Flock Cameras
Please remove these cameras as there a violation of our 4th amendment rights.
From: Danielle Davies
To: webCityClerk
Cc: Charlie Davies; Diana
Subject: Item F.4 Public Comment- Lone Oak
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 2:46:54 PM
Good Afternoon Councilmembers,
I am writing to voice my support of speed humps for the quarter of a mile straight Lone Oak road where speeding and cut through traffic has been an ongoing issue for the last 13+ years.
Expanding and road "improvement" is the last thing we want as it will only encourage more cut through traffic. O'Hara avenue is already extremely difficult and congested during the morning school drop off hours and having additional cut through traffic creates a huge safety concern. The situation is only getting worse, not better. Ideally speed humps would be placed on Lone Oak between Caper and Gracie. However if speed humps are really only possible on the older section of Lone Oak Road then that would be the next best thing to discourage people cutting through neighborhoods.
A larger "road improvement" is not what my family and I want. We enjoy walking down the country roads for evening walks, please help us make this neighborhood safe for our families, children, and fur children.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
From,
Danielle Davies
From: Gil Hagar
To: webCityClerk
Subject: August 25 Council Meeting – Lone Oak Road Improvements Date: Monday, August 24, 2026 4:27:15 PM
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
I live at , and I am writing regarding the Lone Oak
Road Improvement Options before the Council tomorrow night.
We appreciate the Council taking a look at this issue. Lone Oak is a unique, somewhat rural neighborhood in the middle of Brentwood, consisting largely of one-acre properties. We enjoy that character and don't believe widening the road and rebuilding it to current suburban street standards addresses the primary problem we are trying to solve.
Our main goal should be reducing unnecessary cut-through traffic and vehicle speeds — not increasing Lone Oak's capacity to carry more traffic.
Lone Oak varies from approximately 17 to 30 feet wide, and roughly 95% has no sidewalks. Many residents, including my wife and I, walk the neighborhood daily and are literally walking in the roadway. This becomes increasingly concerning as outside traffic increases.
The nearby elementary school and newer private school appear to be significant contributors. School traffic increasingly uses Lone Oak as a shortcut back to Ohara Ave. The additional speed-limit signs installed approximately six months ago were appreciated, but from what we observe every day, they do not appear to have made a meaningful impact on speeds or driver behavior.
We Need Near-Term Solutions
The City's proposed full improvement project is estimated at approximately $5.2 million and is realistically five or more years away, given the right-of-way acquisition, funding, design and other work required before construction.
The neighborhood shouldn't have to wait five or six years to address traffic and pedestrian-safety concerns that exist today.
I would encourage the City to explore signage and other traffic-control measures specifically designed to discourage unnecessary through traffic on Lone Oak, particularly during school drop-off and pick up periods.
For example, Engineering could evaluate a school-day, time-restricted No Right Turn from eastbound Grant Street onto Lone Oak Road during morning drop-off and afternoon pickup. That is only one possibility.
There may be other signage, turn restrictions or traffic-control measures that Engineering determines would be more effective.
Before widening Lone Oak, I believe we need to consider an important unintended consequence:
Would making Lone Oak wider, smoother and easier to drive encourage even more people to use it as a shortcut?
The narrow, rural character of the road currently provides some natural traffic calming. If the problem is too much cut-through traffic and excessive speed, increasing the road's capacity and convenience could work against what we are trying to accomplish.
A More Practical Approach
I don't believe our choices should be limited to a roughly $5.2 million complete reconstruction years from now or simply leaving Lone Oak as it is today.
I would ask the Council to direct staff to evaluate a scaled, lower-cost approach that:
Reduces school-related and other unnecessary cut-through traffic.
Explores signage, turn restrictions and other traffic-control measures to discourage through traffic, particularly during school hours.
Evaluates other appropriate traffic-calming measures to reduce vehicle speeds.
Repairs the significant dips and deteriorated areas and resurfaces the existing roadway where appropriate.
Preserves Lone Oak's rural character and avoids unnecessary widening that could encourage additional traffic.
Makes improvements within the existing roadway and right-of-way wherever reasonably possible.
The recent utility work associated with the Shea Homes development also represents a missed opportunity. Portions of Lone Oak were cut, repaired and repaved for utility access while much of the remaining roadway still has significant dips and deteriorated areas. It would have been an ideal time to coordinate more comprehensive repairs while paving operations were already underway.
The goal should not be to make Lone Oak capable of carrying more traffic. The goal should be to make Lone Oak safer for the neighborhood it was intended to serve.
We aren't asking the City to turn Lone Oak into a new suburban street.
We enjoy its rural character. We are asking for a decent, well-maintained and safe road, along with reasonable measures now to reduce unnecessary traffic and speeds.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Gil Hagar
From: Glory Avina
To: =yCouncil Members; webCityClerk
Subject: Lone Oak Rd and Today"s Safety Solutions
Date: Monday, August 24, 2026 9:14:17 PM
Dear Mayor Meyer and Members of the Brentwood City Council, My name is Glory Avina, and my family and I recently became homeowners on Lone Oak Road. My husband and I have three young children, and I am writing to strongly support immediate traffic-calming measures for our street, including:
1. A gate at Gracie Lane and Lone Oak Road
2. A gate at Lone Oak Road and Grant Street
3. Speed humps along the main residential portion of Lone Oak Road We love our new home and neighborhood, but the traffic conditions on Lone Oak immediately became one of our biggest concerns.
There are not continuous, effective sidewalks along the road, yet vehicles travel through Lone Oak throughout the day and night at speeds that make walking and biking feel unsafe. My children cannot safely ride their bikes along our street, and even taking a family walk requires us to be constantly alert for passing vehicles.
I am also deeply concerned for other residents who rely on Lone Oak for walking and biking.
We have neighbors affected by a neurological condition who ride their bikes here daily, and watching vehicles pass them at high speeds is frightening.
I understand that the City collected traffic and speed data on Lone Oak over seven consecutive days from January 27 through February 2, 2026, and determined that the roadway did not meet the City's formal criteria for speed humps at that time. However, the City's own report also recognizes that traffic conditions are dynamic and can change as nearby development progresses, school circulation changes, and regional traffic increases.
That distinction is important. A limited traffic study may not fully capture what residents experience at different hours, evenings, weekends, or as development surrounding Lone Oak continues.
The City has also reported that unsafe speed is a significant traffic-safety issue citywide. Of more than 1,650 traffic collisions in Brentwood over a recent three-year period, 387 were related to unsafe speed. This is precisely why I believe we should take residents' concerns about speeding seriously before a serious collision occurs.
We are not asking the City to wait for someone to be injured before Lone Oak qualifies for additional protection.
I understand that broader roadway improvements have been proposed, but those projects could require millions of dollars and take years to fund and construct. Our neighborhood needs practical safety measures that can make a difference much sooner while maintaining the existing character of Lone Oak Road.