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MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS & SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE <br /> September 19, 2022 <br /> AUDITORIUM <br /> Present: Councilmembers Kyle Baker, Tom Bullock, Sarah Kepple, Cindy Marx, Tristan Rader, <br /> Jason Shachner <br /> Also Present: Police Chief Kaucheck, Planning Director Shawn Leininger, Chief of Staff John <br /> Storey, City Planner Baas, City Engineer Papke, Assistant Law Director Swallow, Clerk Bach <br /> and Council staff <br /> Call to Order: 6:37 PM <br /> Approval of the minutes of the March 21, 2022 meeting of the Public Works & <br /> Sustainability Committee. <br /> Motion by Councilmember Rader, seconded by councilmember Bullock to approve the minutes <br /> of the March 21, 2022 Meeting of Public Works & Sustainability. All members voted in favor. <br /> Motion passed. The minutes were approved. <br /> ORDINANCE 25-2022 -AN ORDINANCE modifying Section 333.03(b)(2) of the <br /> Lakewood Codified Ordinances establishing a 25 miles-per-hour speed limit for <br /> Lake Avenue to ensure the calming of traffic and safe passage of cyclists. (11t read& <br /> referred to PWS 7/18/22) <br /> Councilmember Bullock expressed support for Ordinance 25-2022. He also mentioned a future <br /> idea of reducing speeds on other streets in Lakewood such as Hilliard and Franklin. <br /> Councilmember Marx spoke in support of Ordinance 25-2022 and explained that there are many <br /> pedestrians on Lake Avenue. She explained that a reduction of speed would benefit elderly <br /> apartment residents who walk to Lake and 117th. <br /> Councilmember Rader spoke in favor of Ordinance 25-2022, explaining that Lake Avenue is an <br /> attainable place to start implementing a reduced speed limit. <br /> Director Leininger deferred to Mark Papke to speak about the speed study that was conducted in <br /> 2020 on Lake Avenue. <br /> Engineer Papke explained the process, outlined in ORC 4511.21, into which the city must enter <br /> with ODOT to change the speed limit on any city street. He explained that the process requires a <br /> speed study with preferably two years of data and crash reports to support the proposed change. <br /> The City conducted a speed study in February—April of 2021 and plans to conduct another in <br /> spring 2023 to demonstrate two years of data. Additional steps would be required after that point. <br /> He clarified that the actual speed data collection period will be approximately one week. <br /> He added that when ODOT evaluated Lake Ave. in 2020 as part of the project to install bike <br /> lanes, it did not recommend a change to the speed limit at that time. <br /> 1 <br />