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STAFF REPORT <br />DATE:December 2, 2025 <br />CONSENT <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Nate Stanley, City Engineer <br />AGENDA ITEM: Amend Motion Authorizing Engineering services for 2026 Crosswalk <br />Layouts <br />REVIEWED BY: Nicole Miller, City Administrator <br />Clarissa Hadler, Finance Director <br />Adam Swanepoel, Assistant Public Works Director <br />Chad Isakson, Assistant City Engineer <br />Jack Griffin, Municipal Sr. Project Manager. <br />CORE STRATEGIES: <br />☐ Vibrant, inclusive, connected community ☐ Efficient, reliable, innovative services <br />☐ Responsive, transparent, adaptive governance ☐ Balanced Finances now and future <br />☒ Managed Growth ☒ Resilient Infrastructure <br />BACKGROUND: On December 3, 2024, the City Council adopted a Pedestrian Crosswalk Policy to guide <br />the City in determining when to mark a crosswalk and when to leave a crosswalk unmarked. Earlier this <br />year staff received a request from a property owner to install marked crosswalks; on November 18, 2025 <br />the request was brought to the City Council to authorize engineering services for the preparation of <br />conceptual layouts and planning-level cost estimates for new proposed crosswalks to be installed in 2026. <br />The request includes three intersections, 5th Street and Ivwood Circle, 5th Street and Julia Avenue, and <br />Village Parkway and Lower 31st Street. After some discussion, Council approved the item authorizing the <br />engineering services for the crosswalks. <br />However, at the November 18, 2025 City Council meeting there was a question of whether pedestrian <br />counts were necessary as a part of the engineering analysis for these crosswalks. Due to a lack of clarity <br />around this issue at the time of discussion Council added language to the motion delaying the work to May <br />2026, as there was concern that if pedestrian counts were needed as part of the analysis they could be skewed <br />low during the winter months and not adequately reflect the number of people wishing to cross at the <br />locations being analyzed. Staff has since reviewed the Pedestrian Crosswalk Policy and verified that for <br />these three locations pedestrian counts are not needed to qualify the locations as candidates for a marked <br />crosswalk and play no role in the analysis. <br />ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Should the City Council amend the motion authorizing engineering <br />services for the preparation of conceptual layouts and planning-level cost estimates for three new proposed <br />crosswalks to be installed in 2026, at the intersections of 5th Street and Ivwood Circle, 5th Street and Julia <br />Avenue, and Village Parkway and Lower 31st Street to begin immediately?