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Christian, Kevin
From:Sarah Flickinger <sarah@flickimc.com>
Sent:Tuesday, February
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:RE: 2/6/2018 Council Meeting Agenda Item 11
Good afternoon Mayor Harmon and Council Members,
I just wanted to comment on one small piece of the Traffic Safety Report. There is a notation that a pattern cannot be
detected at the intersection of Oceanaire and Madonna in order to proactively address the intersection’s safety
deficiencies. There is a group of neighbors who brought this intersection up recently during the San Luis Ranch
development and had a list of suggested improvements already needed, which would be needed even more so with that
development.
Spending a lot of time at this intersection as a driver, a cyclist, a pedestrian and a parent trying to get a young child to
and from school safely, there are some simple changes that can be made to significantly improve the safety of this
intersection. When you travel through it multiple times each day, there are clear patterns relating to both the road
configuration (lane striping, visibility) and lack of enforcement / illegal driving practices that can and should be
addressed. Fixing these issues would be fairly easy with some restriping and active transportation facilities.
I would be more than happy to avail myself for meetings/walk throughs/making a list/coordinating outreach with the
School Site Council/neighbors/others to share solutions toward making this intersection safer. This is a major school and
city bus crossing location, and there are a lot of bicyclists travelling through it as well. Please feel free to be in touch;
there are patterns, and many of us who travel through here daily would be more than happy to offer realistic, attainable
solutions.
Sincerely,
Sarah Flickinger
20-year City Resident
Parent, CL Smith Elementary School
79 Del Oro Court, SLO (13 years)
805.215.2561
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