Resident opposes medians, street light at Garden Acres and Berkshire, urges removing medians to preserve business access
Summary
A resident urged the council not to install a traffic light at Garden Acres and Berkshire and asked the city to remove medians between Hensel/Inwood and North Avenue to preserve business access and avoid additional cost.
A resident told the council she opposed installation of a traffic signal at Garden Acres and Berkshire and urged removal of medians on the corridor from Hensel/Inwood to North Avenue to preserve business access and reduce costs.
Karen Hall (resident) said she found workshop information encouraging but asked the council: "Please do not install that light at Garden Acres And Berkshire. Just remove the medians from Hensel or Inwood down to North Avenue. That way you don't have to build the light. You save money." She said local businesses should be able to turn into parking lots without additional constraints.
Nut graf: The comment framed local business and resident concerns about planned median installations and potential signalization on a commercial corridor; the speaker said the medians reduce access for customers and first responders and that removing them would avoid the cost of adding a new traffic signal.
Hall said she and others surveyed neighbors and business owners in the area and that most did not want a new signal. The remarks were made during the council’s citizens‑on‑agenda public comment period; the transcript did not record a staff response or a council directive on the record.
Ending: The record shows the concern entered into public comment but no formal action or staff direction to change the project design was recorded in the meeting transcript.
