Many of you may recall the meetings at CMJH to gather feedback for the Cheyenne Road and Cheyenne Blvd "study" which we believe is really a pre-planned reconfiguration for tourism.  The first meeting was held at CMJH on August 16th, 2022 and was communicated as exploratory; however, they had stations with diagrams and a very clear sense of what they intended to do. You will also recall that almost no one got notice of that meeting.  The next meeting was in April of 2023 to show us what they plan to do, essentially what they communicated initially.  This is the way these games are played.  Since then, we are no longer getting notices for feedback though many of us are providing it anyways on, for example, the bike lane poles ("delineators) put up at the CMJH which we were initially told were because the school decided to remove the crosswalk and attending on the north side of the Junior High when, in reality it was the City.  Many parents and citizens have expressed concerns about the public safety impact as children at this age are not as aware of when to cross and get distracted by their friends, and we have seen them jay-walking and car having to slam on their brakes when the dart out at the wrong time as the cars are distracted by the poles trying to navigate the narrowing of the lanes.  We provided this video as one example (correspondence attached below) 

Recently, the City added the pole mazes ("more delineators") in sets of two at Cheyenne Blvd and Woodburn and Cheyenne Blvd and Ramona.  Many people immediately complained about that immediately as well sharing a video of the pole maze at Woodburn and Cheyenne Blvd and the pole maze at Ramona and Cheyenne Blvd.  The explanation this time was that residents had asked for the pop-outs, but it appears from Ivywild Improvement Society who is a CON-O affiliate and supporter (i.e. remember CON-O is an funded by the City and acts as an agent of the City) that this is really about the "Master Plan".  That's always a sign of the source when "Master Plan" is part of the argument for development and change.  Cars driving westboud on St Elmo are now forced to drive into oncoming traffic to cross onto Cheyenne Blvd.  On Monday, 10/17/2023, when the Beanabout was under construction and roads were closed, residents noted streams of cars doing a u-turn in between the pole maze at Woodburn and Cheyenne Blvd to go east onto St Elmo.  

The most tragic news is there was a fatal accident of a youth on what appears to be a scooter and a car over the weekend at the pole maze at Woodburn and Cheyenne Blvd.  Press reported that there was no CSPD report on Monday which is also odd.  We are gathering more information, but this is exactly the fear with these poles. They are a distraction and confusing to motorists.