Traffic Safety Advisory Committee Meeting - June 11, 2026
Traffic Safety Advisory Committee Meeting - June 11, 2026
This meeting of the Astoria Traffic Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) focused on preliminary discussion of a traffic safety concern at a home daycare on Lexington Avenue, and also included the approval of previous meeting minutes and public testimony from neighbors. The agenda for this meeting was dated April 28, 2026, though the user-provided date for this summary is June 11, 2026.
Consent Calendar
- The draft minutes from the January 27, 2026 TSAC meeting were approved by a motion from Commissioner Henry, seconded by Commissioner Nge, with all commissioners voting in favor.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Jerry Pewford (396 West Lexington) testified about safety concerns from the daycare across the street. He stated he has video of children running into the street, as well as issues with cars parking in his driveway and mailbox, and described past verbal altercations with the daycare operator. He emphasized the need for traffic safety action to prevent a child being hit.
- Simon (393 West Lexington) testified about traffic safety hazards including cars stopping in the middle of the road, children frequently in the street (multiple times every day), and recent damage to his vehicle mirrors. He also mentioned having to build a fence due to children entering his property, and expressed fear that a child will eventually be struck.
Discussion Items
- New Business: Preliminary Discussion for July Agenda – 397 W. Lexington (Kayla’s Kiddie Cove): The committee discussed whether to accept a staff report and public hearing on traffic safety issues related to a home daycare operating at this address. Commissioner Wilmack expressed confusion about the committee's role since it is not an elected body, questioning whether TSAC should be handling such matters. Commissioner McGee noted that the daycare can operate in any zone by state law, but traffic concerns remain relevant. Staff (Sam Peterson) explained that this is a test of the new TSAC protocols, and that if TSAC declines to address it, the matter would likely go to city council and then be deferred back. Code Compliance Specialist Victoria Sage stated that 90% of complaints are traffic-related but fall outside code compliance’s purview, with parking and moving vehicles being the responsibility of police and public works. Commissioners discussed the appropriate venue: some preferred TSAC as a first hearing body to give recommendations to council, others favored letting council first separate non-traffic issues. After hearing from staff and code compliance, consensus emerged that TSAC is an appropriate body to consider the traffic safety aspects, and staff should prepare a report for the July 28, 2026 meeting.
Key Outcomes
- The committee agreed to proceed with having staff prepare a traffic safety report on the Kayla’s Kiddie Cove location for discussion at the July 28, 2026 TSAC meeting. No formal vote was taken, but the consensus was noted.
- The meeting was adjourned at 6:06 p.m.
Note on Date Discrepancy
- The agenda provided for this meeting is dated April 28, 2026. The user has specified the meeting took place on June 11, 2026, and this summary uses that date. The content of the transcript matches the April 28 agenda, causing a potential discrepancy in the actual meeting date.
Meeting Transcript
For those of you in the audience, the traffic safety advisory committee will run before the planning commission meeting, and the planning commission will follow right after that. Okay, I see that now. Uh the APC meeting is next, and this meeting is recorded and will be transcribed. Uh Sam, may we have a roll call, please? Absolutely. Commissioner Corcoran. Here. Commissioner Henry. Here. Commissioner Wilmack. Here. Commissioner Francis. Commissioner Croning. Commissioner McGee. Here. Commissioner Have care. Here. And we are also joined by myself and code compliance specialist Victoria Sage. Welcome to you both. Okay, let's review the minutes from the January 27th meeting. Everybody have a chance to take a look at those. Any comments on those? I would entertain a motion to adopt them. I move that we propose the meeting of minutes from January 27th, 2026. Second. Excellent. A motion uh by Commissioner Henry and seconded by Commissioner Nge. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Okay. Thank you for the minutes. Um they segue nicely into the uh agenda for old business, which was uh when manager Scott Spence provided the brief history surrounding the creation of TSAC and introduced to us uh well what we approved in December as being the protocols for receiving TSAC traffic safety advisory kind of solicitations or concerns. Um and we have some uh protocols and policies that were established by that, kind of some triggers, that kind of a thing. It looks like we have an issue that sounds like it's gonna be one of these issues. Um we need to just talk about at a high level this evening and basically answer the question is this the kind of thing that we think that the traffic safety advisory committee ought to um take into consideration. Uh yes. Um let's see. So that we don't have to make any votes or anything this evening. We're just gonna kind of clarify that this thing that's comed up is something come up as something that's appropriate for us to consider. And that's in the context of other routes people might have and that kind of a thing. All right. Okay. Um did y'all take a look a little bit about the notes about uh Kayla's Kitty Cove or no okay. I didn't see that. Okay, great. Okay, very good. So there is uh I guess I'll just give some background. Yeah, there is uh uh a home uh child care facility that's operating uh off Lexington and has been.
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