WRITTEN
PUBLIC
COMMENT
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
JUNE 18, 2024
1 From: Alena Callimanis <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 4:03 AM
To: Linda Evans <[email protected]>; John Pena <[email protected]>; Kathleen Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>; Deborah McGarrey <[email protected]>; Steve Sanchez <[email protected]>
Cc: Monika Radeva <[email protected]>
Subject: Regarding the $600,000 study for Jefferson Traffic Circle still on the books Good morning! I found out tonight there is a slight chance I will get a ticket for the Firebirds, If it happens, please forgive me for prioritizing that!
I saw in the budget that the $600,000 study for Jefferson was still there. Please let me expand on my concern.
Currently, if there is an opening when someone exits the circle, you can drive into that vacant spot pretty easily if you don’t hesitate and accelerate quickly. But what if there are two cars in the circle side by side.
Let’s say one exits. That second car may need to move to the right to get to the next exit. Hopefully I will see that happening so I won’t drive into the circle. So I might be forced to wait longer until both lanes are clear.
You have the two lanes around the circle further down. As I mentioned in the meeting, if you don’t drastically slow down, it is very easy to drift into that other lane unintentionally. I have never seen a car merging at that point from the west or east. One side is Silver Rock Way and the other is the development.
Avenue 52 is heavily travelled, as is Jefferson, so all four roadways can have cars or trucks at the start of the circle. The backup trying to navigate a two lane traffic circle would be unacceptable all the time. If you did that, you would be creating safety issues instead of solving them.
Thanks for listening.
Alena
Alena Callimanis
81469 Rustic Canyon Dr
LA, Quita, CA 92253
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JUNE 18, 2024 - WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM RESIDENT ALENA CALLIMANIS BUSINESS SESSION ITEM NO. 4 - FY 2024/25 BUDGET - JEFFERSON & AVE 52 ROUNDABOUT