Two speakers used the committee’s public comment period to call attention to neighborhood impacts of the Rudell/Riddell alignment tied to the Mingo quiet‑zone exhibit and to request faster action on sidewalks and traffic calming in the North Lakes neighborhood.

Jane Piperlott of 1407 North Austin, who said she has nearly nine years of engagement with the property across from the service center, asked the committee to delay action on the exhibit and an associated alignment. Piperlott said the property had been included in a voter‑approved bond proposal that listed broad street projects and that “nowhere in that bond proposal does it say anything about this road being built through that.” She told the committee, “This got approved by the voters by deception,” and closed her remarks by asking the committee to, “delay this until an investigation is done on this.”

Lauren Penn of 2308 Georgetown Drive (North Lakes) reported that neighbors had completed a community walking audit and said they found missing sidewalks between the neighborhood and the North Lakes Recreation Center and that students zoned for the new Reeves Elementary may lack a safe walking route. Penn asked whether the speed‑management and traffic calming action plan would include walking audits and requested information on “low cost and high impact changes like curb extensions or paint and post solutions” that could be piloted quickly. She also asked whether the sidewalk route to Reeves Elementary would be completed before school opens in August for students as young as 5.

Committee members acknowledged the comments and one member said staff had taken notes and would consider bringing the concept of walking audits back for further discussion. Staff later agreed to provide additional information on the quiet‑zone alignment and to address public concerns about the alignment as the design advances.

Why it matters: the public comments raised concerns about transparency for bond‑funded or planned roadway work and brought forward pedestrian‑safety and school‑access issues that intersect with the committee’s traffic‑calming and TRIP funding discussions.