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ATTACHMENT B - ENGAGEMENT SUMMARIES (CONT.) OPEN HOUSE 3 1 Mapping Northwest Main – Open House 3 Summary Date/Location: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 6 -8 p.m. at The Rookery Activity Center Format: Open House Attendees: ~76 Purpose: The goal of the open house was to share the preferred planning scenario and gather community feedback on specific elements of the scenario, such as roadway and trail networks, drainage routes, and the greenway system. Meeting Format: The open house was a come-and-go station concept with display boards and large printouts of the design aspects of the preferred planning scenario. Attendees were invited to leave comments directly on the printouts with Post -it notes to describe what elements of the scenario they may or may not like. Summary of Feedback and Comments Comment Themes: A total of 24 comments were received via the open house comment form, post its on project layouts, website comment form, and comments left on the interactive map. The comments are summarized by theme below: Traffic and vehicle safety: • Concern that development will increase in traffic near the proposed residential/commercial and high-density areas • Concern that the increase in cars and traffic will be noisy • Existing issues, such as cars failing to yield and dangerous merging, will be exasperated by development • Concern for traffic along Main Street • Safety concerns for pedestrians crossing roads Trail connectivity and sidewalks : • Desire for new sidewalks and trails • Excitement for the trail connections proposed in the preferred scenario 2 • Desire for connections to community amenities such as the parks and commercial area Nature and green spaces: • Concern that development will negatively impact local wildlife • Desire to preserve open and green space • Concern about development’s impact on existing water resources Property impacts: • Confusion about greenways drawn over existing properties in the preferred scenario • Concern that the area will change if neighbors sell to developers Comments Received on Planning Scenario Maps at Community Open House Proposed Roadway Network • “Concerned about an increase of traffic with this new plan. We have no sidewalks on Pinto /Mustang Ln. Already dangerous to walk down these roads. Don’t recommend median on Sunset” (comment located on Mustang Ln & Pinto Ln intersection south of study area). • “Concerned about crossing Main at 4th Ave with increased traffic. Stoplight maybe?”(comment located on Main Street just outside of E study area boundary) • “2040 would be a good timing for Pine St” (comment located on Pine St on the N boundary of study area) Proposed Trail Network • “I would like this trial continued” (comment located on Main Street just outside of E study area boundary) Proposed Drainage Routes • “Noise barrier with trees would be ideal” (comment located on Carl Street near the E study area boundary) • “More separation between Main St and trail (waterway) or trees” (comment located on central Main Street) • “Move the park closer to commercial” (comment located near planned residential/commercial use) • “Keep traffic closer to Main where there is more high density ” (comment located near the northern proposed park) MAPPING NORTHWEST MAIN - MAIN STREET MASTER PLAN AUGUST 25, 2025 INDEX | 56Page 110 of 171