Well, we'll be able to do it.

Well, we're going to be able to do that.

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Now let's gather for a picture.

Yeah, thank you.

Okay.

Okay, next we had the consent agenda, and we had two items pulled, one on quail hollow road, and one on the city hall, all remaining.

Do we have a motion to approve?

Motion to approve.

Second.

All in favor of the motion.

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

That is unanimous.

So let's go back to the other two items.

Yeah, I believe I pulled the quail hollow drive item for discussion.

We had received a lot of resident interest in this, and I've asked the transportation department just to provide a brief review of what the plan is here and for any opportunity for council to weigh in or ask questions.

Hi, Barbara.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Council.

I'm Barbara Godwin with the Transportation Department.

Just going to briefly go through some background information on the Quail Hollow Drive Green Street project for you.

So just to set where we are, we're between Hardemont Road and Millbrook Road.

So this project was identified in the Midtown St.

Albans Area Plan, which was adopted back in 2020.

Quail Hollow was identified to receive stormwater improvements, traffic calming measures, as well as improvements to bike infrastructure along the corridor.

And it was identified as a high priority implementation as part of that plan.

So it was also identified through the neighborhood traffic management program to receive traffic calming treatments.

So most recently in March of 2025, City Council voted to remove Quail Hollow from the traffic calming process so that traffic calming treatments would be addressed through the Green Street project.

And then as also just more background, this segment of Quail Hollow is part of the big branch greenway alignment.

So again, looking at that section, segment five between Hardmont Road and Millbrook Road.

So when we talk about design trade-offs, the Midtown St.

Albans area plan really gave us a few different options to consider when it comes to a concept.

So some of the recommendations call staff to look at considering a shared use path on the east side of the street.

It also uh considered looking at separated bike lanes, which would allow for uh north and south bike travel on both sides of the street, and then um as sort of a compromise option between those two staff came up with a two-way cycle track option for the east side of the street, a lot of trade-offs uh that were considered when we really took a look at these three different concepts.

Um, and ultimately we decided to move forward with concept C because it allowed for a lot of flexibility at the curb that option B would not have allowed.

Um, it also prevented us from moving behind the curb with delivery of the project, which would protect a lot of mature trees.

So these uh graphics just give you an idea about what phase one of the Green Street project will really look like once delivered.

Um so again, this is really an effort of paint, striping, and signage.

Um, this uh concept on the left here represents the cycle track and what it will look like upon delivery on the east side of the street.

Uh again, two-way bike travel with a painted protected buffer, as well as parking on the west side of the street.

And then we've also included some painted curb bump outs in the design on the west side of the street.

This really allows for some of the pedestrian improvements to take place with delivery of phase one, which was a lot of feedback that we heard during the engagement process for the project.

So those painted bump outs really allow shorter pedestrian crossings as well as helping to tighten up movement of vehicles through the intersections, which creates a little more visibility for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers as they're moving through the intersection.

So this slide just kind of encompasses all of the design and safety enhancements that were reflected upon in the last slide looking at the graphics.

So again, we'll have dedicated space for cyclists that is separate of pedestrians and drivers.

Traffic calming will actually be supported through phase one.

While we're delivering the cycle track, we're also reducing width of the travel lane.

Also lowering the speed limit to 25 miles per hour along the corridor to continue to support that traffic calming effort.

Adding always stops at Orleans Place, which is adjacent to the Quail Hollow Swim Club, to again help facilitate safer crossings.