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Support for Resolution 2025-48 to Enhance Public Input for Active Transportation Plan and Reconsider Bunts Road Project
Dear Mayor and Members of City Council,
I respectfully urge your support for the resolution introduced by Council member Bullock, which seeks to enhance public input in infrastructure projects, including the Bunts Road Rehabilitation Project.
The current process has excluded significant community concerns related to safety, traffic flow, and neighborhood impact due to procedural deadlines and misaligned input channels and lack of data.
Proceeding without fully incorporating this feedback risks undermining public trust, creating unsafe conditions, exposing the City to liability, and is a wasting taxpayer funds.
Furthermore, it is evident that the current plan lacks broad community support, appearing to prioritize the interests of a small group rather than those of the wider neighborhood most affected.
The residents deserve a seat at the table to ensure their concerns, and alternatives, are fully considered before final decisions are made.
Therefore, I respectfully ask the Council to reconsider and change the Bunts Road project to better reflect the community's needs and input.
I strongly endorse this resolution as a prudent and necessary measure to ensure transparent and community-centered planning, so that irreversible harm can be prevented.
I’d like to express my support for Councilman Bullock’s resolution to enhance public input in City infrastructure projects, including the Active Transportation Plan initiatives like the Bunts Road Rehabilitation Project. Community engagement is essential to ensuring that projects reflect the needs, safety, and values of the people who use our street every day. By strengthening opportunities for residents to participate and be meaningfully in the process, we can create more effective and broadly supported outcome for everyone.
I support Councilmember Bullock and his proposal to make improvements in gathering public input before, during, and after infrastructure projects are completed in this city. This includes the active transportation plan. Residents deserve a voice at the table.