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5. Please share any other comments or concerns you have about the johnson Road Full Improvements Project. Response I favor the three lane option with one very la rge drainage pipe (along with other utilities) beneath 1. the center (turn) lane. Seems to me that such an arrangement might facilitate maintenance without ~ Respons~ the necessity of closing down the whole road. I don't understand how pedestrians are able too safely cross the roundabout. I don't see it planned here and I watched the presentation and didn't hear it addressed. Living east of keller Smithfield we had 4 stops signs to stop traffic to allow pedestrians to pass. how does this work with a 2. roundabout? Given children are to walk to high school within the 2 m ile limits they are going to [VieW Response] have to cross at johnson across Keller Smithfield to get to the high school. Were studies done to evaluate pedestrian and bicycle traffic across the round about? The round about near Walmart Is quite frightening as there are folks who don't know how a roundabout wor ks I can't see them slowing down for bike or walkers. 3. The best option is to keep continuity on johnson Rd from 377 to Keller Smithfield Rd. Three lanes ~Response] with closed drainage is safer & w ill a llow traffic to flow most efficiently. Do it right the first time. Our property currently sits at 1650 johnson Road. Big Bear Creek runs directly t hrough the middle of our property. Our concern after attending the meeting is that if all water is being moved to Big Bear Creek. you will not be improving the drainage as the presentation suggested but you will only be transferring a drainage issue to us as well as those homes upstream of us. We purchased our property last year understanding that we currently have Big Bear Creek running through it. however. never dreamed that the city would propose to transfer additional water through our property. I would like to show you video and still pictures of what happens as t he situation currently is when it rains at our property. In no way w ill Big Bear Creek be able to accept more 4. water with the current situation upstream. At this point out property was researched and through [VieW Response] our research has been working properly and never flooded our site or our immediate neighbors for over forty years. lfthere is not serious consideration or research done or videos seen of the current water running through the property you w ill flood our property without a doubt. Please allow us the opportunity to show you what happens currently and to explain what you w ill do to ensure that we w ill not experience a flood at the first ra in during or after construction. We have been consistently promised that the city would not make any decisions that would adversely affect a howmonwers property. Not sure that adequate research is being done to alleviate the issue instead of moving the issue to another part of johnson. Thank you Question 3: No curbs--there are too many cyclists and having a curb leaves the cyclist no where to go when being run off the road. Bar ditches are a bad idea as well because they get filled w ith rocks and debris and it's not a good place to wreck. Burying the utilit ies would not only benefit the trees by not having to be cut away from the lines but will benefit the cyclists as well by having one 5. less obstacle to deal with when being run off t he road .. and it happens a lot! I like the idea of [ View Response J sidewalks but would not be beneficial to me so I would at least want them on the south side for the school if the johnson Road residents don't support t hem. I real ize this is out of t he scope oft his proJect but making the intersection of Rufe Snow and johnson a round-about would keep traffic flowing smoother. 1/19 I am in favor of the single lane roundabout and the 3 lane johnson road improvement. I am concerned that a 10 foot trail included in the plan would not actually connect to anything which 6. would make it useless since the nearest completed trail is south of 1709. IView Response I Is there a project plan (including t ime frames) for the city's trail improvements? I've seen the current and master plans but there are no time tables on those maps. I'd like to see t ree impacts limited and acquisition of ROW minimized, but I also think it's important to maximize trail & sidewalk improvements while addressing the drainage issues. I am concerned about the capacity of the stream south of johnson & Rhonda to accommodate d rainage from the 7. IView Response I entire project. I am bothered by the presence of homes within the FEMA statutoryfloodway in that area as well. I would like to hear more about how the flow w ill be managed at that point and southward. Most of the homes in this area have acreage (with horses or cattle); therefore, it is imperative to maintain the country feel. In the nearly 10 years that I have lived here, I have only known of one 8. wreck (a teen hit a mail box while texting). I see no need for a turn lane and have never had a IView Response I problem exiting my driveway even during rush t imes. A wider road would only encourage speeding. There needs to be a sidewalk for public safety. Don't see the need for two sidewalks. But not overly opposed to having two. Don't need a 10 foot wide trail. 9. IView Response I Have already flipped riding mower once trying to mow the deepest part of my bar ditch. Keeping composure turning off mower as gasoline pours out gas cap vent onto me. Wait ing for blade to stop before pushing mower off me. Really want curb and gutter!!! I strongly urge the city to install enclosed drainage alongjohnson Road. Any other solution is 10. temporary, likely insufficient, requires higher ROW and contributes to the inevitable need for [YJeW Resp"OOSe] future repairs to the new roadway. Has anyone communicated wit h Southlake to f ind out what their plans are for johnson rod from 11. Pearson to FM 1938? If Southlake plans on widening the road it would make sense for Keller's plans [VieW Resp~ to match. Don't like the ideal of the round about. Can't get out of our driveway as it is at t imes now due to all t he traffic and cars that speed down our road going 50-60 mph. Stopping at the top of the hill to turn in our driveway is difficult, people behind don't want to stop for oncoming traffic to get past us. 12. IView Response I Please listen to your residents that live on johnson Rd and surrounding roads, work for us too. I have lived here for over 30 years and what is going on around my neighborhood saddens me. What happened to Keep Kel ler Country and Beautiful? johnson Rd is one of the prettiest roads in Keller and it's about to be destroyed. Please be sure to do additional studies to make sure the creek can handle the addit ional water 13. flow from whatever drainage solutions are selected before proceeding. The city owes it to those IView Response I property owners to not cause excessive flooding and damage to those properties johnson road from Randall Mill to Rufe Snow has got to be the worst roads in Keller. I have to 14. travel this road everyday several times a day and has so many potholes and patches. Th is road IView Response I needs a desperately need a new pavement o n both sides of the roads. I'm concerned with what w ill happen to the residents around Big Bear Creek at Rhonda Rd if you channel all of the drainage to there. Residents there have already expressed concern with the amount of water they already have during a normal storm. Adding more water to it sounds like it could be catastrophic to the surrounding properties. Something would need to be done to address 15. the creek's capacity. IView Response I I travel johnson road daily. While I agree something needs to be done to address all of your goals, I would hate to lose the beauty of the t rees and properties surrounding it. Preserve as much as you can, please. The round about is a must for this area. The4 way stop is not working anymore in the mornings 16. and afternoons. Too much traffic and people don't know hoe to yield right of way. For some reason [VleW Resp~ people pu ll up to the 4 way stop and can't remember how right of way works. Please do not add lanes and destroy the beautiful oak trees that have been there for years. Most ALL of the traffic issues are due to people going to/from work in Southlake/ Westlake· not due to 17. the residents of Keller. They need to use 1709 more. These people speed excessively and there is IView Response I never Keller police monitoring johnson Rd. One sidewalk would be good on whichever side that saves the most trees and does not im pact residents property.