Attachment 2 - Public CommentFrom: Frank Lawrence
Sent: Sunday, June 6, 2021 8:06 PM
To: Council ; Town Manager
Cc: Mary Babbitt Hammers; Ned Finkle
Subject: Shannon Road Traffic Calming plan ‐ Comment
To the Town of Los Gatos. Reference Council Meeting, June 15, 2021
We, the undersigned, are a group of concerned residents, residing on or adjacent to Shannon Road
between Los Gatos Boulevard and Short Road.
We daily experience speeding traffic on our street, presenting a hazard to all road users, including
seniors and children walking or riding to and from school.
This comment is submitted in support of the proposal for an initial trial installation of Speed Humps on
Shannon Road, between Los Gatos Boulevard and Short Road.
To have the persistent speeding problem addressed & resolved, the residents have consistently and
emphatically supported action to moderate traffic speeds on Shannon Road, through the Town’s Traffic
Calming process.
By engaging with the Department of Parks & Public Works (P&PW), under the Towns Traffic Calming
process on four separate occasions over the last two years, a majority and super‐majority of the
Shannon Road property owners/residents have supported action:
1.by signing a petition to the Town requesting a formal traffic study
2.on two (2) separate occasions, voting for traffic calming measures at the two online Neighborhood
Consultations, organized by the P&PW.
3.by a super‐majority (>67%) in a recent postal ballot, also organized by the P&PW Department.
All pre‐requisites of the Town’s Traffic Calming policy having been satisfied, it is our hope and
expectation that the Council will approve the Consent motion before you and permit the trial
implementation of Speed Humps to proceed, as proposed by the Department of Parks and Public Works.
Ned Finkle
Mary Babbitt Hammers
Frank Lawrence
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Frank
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