The Los Alamos County Council met September 6, 2011 to consider the
NM502 Study Final Report and related matters. Here, I present a partial
summary of the meeting.
Presentations and discussion at the meeting included
|
- MIG, Inc. summarized the results of their "Final
Draft Report" from the NM502 Study
- Norbert Ennslin and Joel Williams gave presentations in support of
the "Cady/Gavron" petition (with more than 500 co-signers),
requesting that Trinity Drive not be reduced below 4 lanes
- William Mead gave a presentation in support of the "Mead"
petition (slides available
here)
- OURSTON Roundabout Engineering presented the results of their peer
review of the MIG Study (highlights here, full report
here)
- Public comments
- Council questions and discussion
|
The following motion (as contained in the Draft Minutes of 9/15/11) was made by Councilor Wismer and seconded. |
Councilor
Wismer moved, seconded by Councilor Berting, that Council
acknowledge the MIG Report and only consider the conclusions
stated in the report.
I Further move that Council direct staff to return to
Council at a future work session, no later than December 2011,
with specific design alternatives that are consistent with the
goals identified in the Los Alamos Street Design Policy and
include the following options along with pro’s and con’s: the
design considered and approved in 2007; options with two lane
roundabouts with either two or four lane roads, that include
right-of-way options; an option that includes four lanes and
signalized intersection with the pedestrian crossings at
appropriate locations; consideration of the Hawk option and other
options that may develop during discussions and widening the
Technical Advisory Committee. |
|
The following votes were cast:
Councilor Wismer |
Y |
Councilor Stover |
Y |
Councilor Selvage |
Y |
Councilor Chiravalle |
N |
Councilor Israelevitz |
Y |
Councilor Berting |
Y |
|
The motion passed, 5-1.
|
It will be interesting to see how discussions and plans proceed. |