| Fight Back Southwest Information |
FundingTotal: $54,000 Administrative/Communications: $3,000 Traffic: $23,000 Crime: $21,000 Blight/Beautification: $7,000 |
| Traffic The Traffic Committee, headed by Elizabeth Compton, has identified many areas in Coronado that may benefit from relocation or realignment of "Stop" signs. The committee is also working to determine areas in the neighborhood where speeding and cut-through traffic have become a true hazard. Intersections where traffic exceeds the City mandated threshold include 10th Street between the 1600 and 2000 blocks, Monte Vista Road between 7th and 8th Streets, 11th Street between McDowell Road and Almeria, and Granada and Coronado between 7th and 10th Streets. The above mentioned areas may also be eligible for a nine to one funding match from the City, which would vastly increase the original $54,000 Fight Back grant funds. The Committee will be working with the City Traffic engineers to come up with traffic calming solutions in the coming months. Once that process has started the neighborhood will be asked for feedback. The Traffic Committee will also be talking to the City about installing 22 calming "gateways" in order to discourage cut-through and speeding. The last area identified as a speeding hazard is on Oak Street, from 7th to 10th Street where traffic calming devices are also being considered. |
| Crime The Crime and Safety Committee, chaired jointly by Shant Khalsa and Bonny Olson has made trash relocation, from the alleys to curbside, its first priority. This process is co-ordinated by the City at no cost, but requires communication with all neighbors and a general approval percentage. Moving trash to curbside reduces identity theft, alley loitering, trash picking, and allows each resident a private bin (like the recycling one) to control contents, cleanliness, and convenience of daily use. The second task is alley re-zoning. This is a much bigger project and will take time, energy and funds, but not from residents. Alleys can become a magnet for crime and blight. By closing them, problems with transients, foot traffic and illegal dumping can be alleviated. This process also takes communication with all residents and 75% signature approval, block by block. Since quarterly pickup would also move to curbside like many other valley areas, the Crime Committee is researching gates to be installed at either end of the alleys. The Fight Back grant has allotted gate funds for seven alley locations, pending each blocks approval, on a first come-first serve basis. |
| Blight/Beautification The Blight Committee, headed by Samantha Bollinger came up with several solutions to beautifying the surrounding neighborhood. The first was to reinstate the tree planting program started in Fight Back West. Plans are for hoping to plant up to150 trees at reduced cost sometime during the winter/spring of 2007. Trees will need to be planted in the median strips to receive City funding. In addition, the Blight committee will follow-up with an education program geared toward caring for your new trees. |
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