Powell Street Reconstruction

Project Updates

Jan. 31, 2022

City held a virtual open house on 1-12-2022 with a fair attendance.  Much input from the public.  Preferred Concept design will be presented to Council at the Study Session on February 1, 2022.  

Jan. 4, 2022

Staff will conduct a virtual Open House on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.  

Nov. 30, 2021

Staff is working towards a virtual open house for residents to review the concept design. 

Nov. 11, 2021

Staff intended to present the concept design to City Council on November 16, 2021. However, it was decided that another community engagement event needs to be conducted to discuss the results of the April 2021 community survey and the resulting concept design. Staff will be inviting the community again to discuss the project in late November or in December. Afterward, the project will be rescheduled for a future council meeting.

Oct. 28, 2021

Staff is working on revising the drawings to comply with City ordinances and guidelines.  

Sept. 29, 2021

City Council has approved the Traffic Calming Guidebook.  Staff will restart design work to include allowed traffic calming items as are practical for this project.  

June 28, 2021

The project design development is paused while City staff review the public comments received during the June 8^th council meeting. 

June 10, 2021

Please note: The Council will not be discussing the project during the upcoming June 15^th council meeting. The project design development is paused while City staff review the public comments received during the June 8^th council meeting. We appreciate the citizen comments and concerns about traffic issues and look forward to resuming the design efforts at a later time.

May 26, 2021

City Staff has, after several meetings and discussions, review of citizen comments, review of survey results and verifying compliance with City Code come to the following design criteria.  The intersection at Powell and Sam's will not line up but instead be off-set, Powell will have a 10-foot drive lane, 8-foot parking lane, planter and sidewalk on each side per City standards, the back of new sidewalk on the south side of Powell will remain at the same location as the back of the existing sidewalk, the new sidewalk on the north side of Powell will match the layout on the south side, There will be no loss of legal parallel parking along Powell, bulb-outs will be installed on the west side of the intersection of Powell and Sam's and the east side of the intersection of Powell and South Kelsey.

April 29, 2021

City has a survey link above seeking public input on alternate configurations for the intersection of Sams St. and Powell St.  Please review the Design Alternatives before taking the Opinion Survey.  You may find it beneficial to have both open at once.  This project is still in the Scoping phase.