ABSTRACT: Earlier this week, the speed hump placed on Dolores St. between 15th Av. and Santa Lucia Av. was removed by the City. It was originally installed in mid-October 2007 at a cost of approximately $5,000.00 for a 60-90 day trial period. After numerous residents spoke during Appearances at the City Council meeting of February 5, 2008 calling for the removal of the speed hump and after a neighborhood meeting in March of residents, Public Safety Director George Rawson, City Administrator Rich Guillen and police officers, the City finally removed the speed hump and two speed humps signs, replacing the signs with two 20 M.P.H. signs. Apparently, the City acted only after the attorney representing the neighbors spoke of “
misappropriation of funds,” installation without a vote of the city council per the Municipal Code, et cetera.
AFTER: View of Dolores St. without Speed Hump
Dolores St. between 15th Av. & Santa Lucia Av.
BEFORE: View of Dolores St. with Speed Hump
Dolores St. between 15th Av. & Santa Lucia Av.
COMMENTS:
• From mid-October 2007 to today, the City never notified the Dolores St. residents of the installation of the speed hump, responded to residents’ questions or notified residents of the removal of the speed hump, according to a source familiar with the process.
• At the City Council meeting on February 5, 2008, after Appearances, not one city council member acknowledged or addressed the residents’ concerns about the speed hump.
• Moral of the Speed Hump Debacle: Only with the presence of an attorney and the threat of a lawsuit, did the Dolores St. neighbors finally prevail and get the City to remove the speed hump on Dolores St.
AFTER: View of Dolores St. without Speed Hump 
BEFORE: View of Dolores St. with Speed Hump
5 comments:
Typical of the mismanagement and misfeasance of our village's government
This is so characteristic of the people in charge of Carmel's government. Help your friends, screw everybody else and don't worry if what you do is illegal, misappropriates funds badly needed elsewhere etc.
To also learn the city attorney told Rich Guillen the speed hump was legal and the city therefore had no intention of removing it is unbelievable. This city attorney is covering the city's butt and obviously not interested in proper procedure or residents. I think it is very telling the city did not remove the speed hump soon after hearing from the residents at the Feb. meeeting, but waited and reluctantly removed it only after the neigbors got legal representation and theatened a lawsuit against the city. All of this is shameful conduct on the part of the city council, administrator and city attorney. And they never seem to change their behavior, at times it only gets worse.
Because of Sue McCloud's dictatorial "leadership" residents had to spend their own money and hire an attorney just to get their neighborhood street back to what it was before Sue colluded with Jeff White and had the speed hump installed on Dolores St. And then taxpayer money spent for labor to remove what never should have been installed. What a disgrace. What a terrible mayor. And this is just one example of her many unilateral acts, all of them bad for the people who live here. Does this mayor know no shame?
And the answer is...no the mayor knows no shame. Her appointees seem to be likewise.
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