I strongly support Councilmember Bullock’s resolution to improve public input on Active Transportation Plan projects, including the Bunts Road Rehabilitation Project.

As currently planned, the Bunts Road project does not adequately address important safety issues. Bunts is already a high-crash corridor, with significant vehicle volumes, numerous driveways, and frequent turning movements. Adding a multi-use side path without stronger safety protections, clear design standards, and enforceable ordinances risks creating new hazards rather than solving existing ones.

Residents have repeatedly raised concerns about these issues, but much of that input has not been fully incorporated into the plan development process. By strengthening the role of City Council in reviewing and acting on public feedback, this resolution will help ensure that resident voices are not only heard but meaningfully integrated into safer and more effective project outcomes.

For the safety of our neighborhoods, I urge adoption of this resolution.

Thank you to our city leaders who contributed to the recent passing of the Complete Streets Ordinance and the CASE Advisory Board - both of which were passed to address these concerns for and the importance of increasing public input on future projects. Additionally, the Bunts Road project specifically has had significant support from the date of the first public meeting. I urge our city leaders to move forward on our important infrastructure projects without additional delays to address the challenges facing vulnerable community members using our streets. In the last few weeks, Lakewood has seen at least four additional crashes where a person on a bike or a pedestrian was hit by a car. We must take action now to stop preventable injuries and deaths in what we are so proud to call the most walkable and bikeable city in the state.

I support council member Bullock's effort to enhance the public input for the active transportation plan. The Bunts Rd residents are directly impacted by the Bunts Road Rehabilitation Plan and should be directly involved in the process due to their lived experience with the daily traffic concerns of the heavily traveled street.

Hello my name is Fermin
I'm a year round bike commuter who uses bunts for errands, recreation, and work.

I want to point out a critical flaw in the argument against the bunts multi use path.

Every year I experience first hand what its like to commute outside of a car in the winter. You are forced to ride along side multi ton vehicles as all the other options are covered in snow.

If safety is the goal then the multi use path is best way to do it especially for the winter. Unlike what we currently have, multi use paths are actually plowed during the winter. You can see the examples when you go to the metro park; they do a decent job at plowing. None of this plowing would happen if the multi use path isn't implemented.

The path would greatly benefit seniors and wheelchair/powerchair users. They would be able to would and wheel to their destinations without obstruction or difficulty while maintaining their independence since there's no snow and ice blocking the west side of the street anymore.

The opposition calls for alternative routes but don't consider what happens when the snow hits. These routes become obstructed or straight up unfeasible for those who don't have a car. Main roads get plow priority when side streets are less so. Without infrastructure like multi paths, any alternative is dead in the water in the water.

Every winter I witness powerchair users being forced to share the side of the road with cars in the snow slush and ice. This multi use path can put an to these dangerous situations.

The idea of complete streets is to make the streets safe for all, all year round.

Thank you for listening and your consideration.

I write in strong support of the current efforts to enhance and strengthen public input in the planning and implementation of City infrastructure projects, including those under the Active Transportation Plan such as the Bunts Road Rehabilitation Project.

The proposed resolution, recognizes a clear gap between the timing and channels of public input and the mechanisms by which that input is formally incorporated into project development. This disconnect has led to legitimate safety concerns from residents whose feedback, while constructive and thoughtfully offered has too often fallen outside the official input process due to procedural cutoffs or misalignment with the responsible viewing bodies.

I support the resolution to improve how we, as a City, integrate community voices into our decision making. The Bunts Road Multimodal project, in particular, has surfaced significant concerns relating to public safety, neighborhood character, and the adequacy of data informing the plan. Moreover, lapses in public notification and procedural transparency have contributed to limited awareness and hindered meaningful engagement.

Many residents have invested time and effort to offer alternative solutions and mitigate potential negative impacts. Their input deserves to be fully heard, documented, and evaluated within the formal planning process, not retroactively and not disregarded due to technicalities.

The enhancements proposed in the resolution are a necessary and positive step towards a more inclusive, transparent, and accountable infrastructure planning process. I encourage City council to adopt this resolution tonight and continue working collaboratively with residents to ensure that ALL voices are meaningfully considered int he projects that shape our community.

Thank you for your continued leadership and thoughtful attention to this matter.

As a Bunts Road homeowner, I support this resolution. My husband and I worry for the safety of all the children (and others) who would be put in harms way should the multiuse path be built across so many driveways on our busy street. We appreciate Council member Bullock - thank you for helping us to feel heard as residents and tax payers.

President Kepple - Please, ask Councilmember Bullock to clarify if this communication, and attached resolution, effectively intends to retroactively apply the public input process outlined in the recently passed Complete Streets Ordinance to the Bunts Rd project, or does this intend something more general. Does the administration expect passage of this resolution would delay the Bunts Rd project?

I support the resolution on City Council’s public input process for Active Transportation Plan projects.
Residents’ voices will be heard & incorporated into the development of critical infrastructure projects. By holding public hearings & creating formal opportunities for feedback, Council is ensuring that Bunts rehabilitation reflects the needs & priorities of all.
Specifically, the residents of Bunts Road – those who will actually be impacted by a major overhaul of the design of our street – would like to offer a concession.
A member of Bike Lakewood previously suggested a bike lane be created on the roadway in place of on-street parking. Bunts residents agree.
We urge you to consider this option.
The renters on Bunts live largely in my area of Bunts – south of Madison. They often live in the rental for a year. They will be minimally impacted by the removal of on-street parking since all houses on Bunts have a driveway. Cars are already not permitted to park on the street from 7-9 a.m. and from 4-7 p.m. weekdays.
We have received overwhelming support from the owners of these rental homes.

Bunts has long been in need of comprehensive rehabilitation. Improved roadway design, drainage, lighting, and crossings will make it safer for all. This has never been disputed.
The resolution wisely reserves Council’s right to guide Lakewood toward cost-effective improvements. Proactive rehabilitation now prevents greater costs later & demonstrates prudent stewardship of taxpayer dollars – which is especially important as the election draws near.

This resolution shows leadership by committing to both infrastructure improvement and civic engagement. Together, these steps will strengthen our community, enhance quality of life, & build trust between residents and City Hall.
I urge Council to pass this resolution and take responsible action on Bunts & ATP. Our community deserves safe, modern, & inclusive infrastructure, developed with meaningful public input.

I support this resolution.

I support having public input to active transportation plan and other infrastructure projects. We pay taxes so we should have input on using tax dollars.

I appreciate that the council is still considering public input for the Bunts Road project. Thank you Councilman Bullock for addressing this at the meeting. I live on Bunts Road and have reviewed information about this. I am still opposed to the multiuse path - mostly for safety reasons. I am confident that Councilman Bullock and the council will take into consideration the opinions of the residents on Bunts Road.

I'm really not sure what this resolution is proposing. In what way would additional feedback be received, documented, and acted upon under this resolution that changes the current practice? Let me be clear: I fully support and expect the administration, council, and other city departments to hold community engagement meetings, to gather feedback, and to work with members of the community when developing plans for any public infrastructure projects and more. However, this resolution appears to highlight active transportation projects specifically, which seems to conflict with the recently passed Complete Streets Ordinance. Further, this resolution highlights the bunts road project and seems to imply that people living on bunts road are directly affected while others in the city are not (first WHEREAS clause in the proposed resolution, for example), which is simply not true. The notion that someone living on Bunts road is more affected or should have more input simply because they live on Bunts is ludicrous. Everyone in Lakewood will be impacted by complete streets and active transportation projects. Those that rely on active transportation are disproportionately affected when facilities for such travel does not exist.

Lakewood should not be upending a public feedback system that works to create a more confusing system. Instead, city leaders should be doubling down on their community engagement efforts to encourage and enable more people, including the vast majority that are typically uninformed and disengaged, to exercise their civic duties and unique experiences to enhance our great city. This resolution seems to serve a niche group and open the door for change and cancelation of a project that has long been settled and is sorely needed.

I support council member Bullock in his effort to enhance the PUBLIC input for the active transportation plan. As a Bunts Rd resident and LIFE LONG Lakewood resident I appreciate and support any council member who is interested in the viewpoint and input of residents in regards to the active transportation plan and any other project that impacts residents’ property, neighborhood, and city.