[Neighbors] Building a coalition: Lead and Coal

Thu Jan 11 07:28:18 MST 2018

Thank you Eliza and Pat for addressing this issue. That accident was deadly, and I believe the driver did not make it. The family has hired a private investigator.
The decorative street light at the NE corner of Solano/Lead, SE, which was knocked down one year ago in another accident is not working properly again. The contractor has tried several times to fix the problem but it is not completely resolved. The last time the contractor worked on it the light came on consistently for a few months and I acknowledged that through Sean Foran but now it is not reliable and hasn't been for several weeks.

This is a public safety issue. As I explained in previous emails and to the Nob Hill Board, pedestrians attending the Christmas Twilight Parade attempted to beat the traffic as they crossed the heavily trafficked Lead. When the light works, it has been very helpful to residents and to the APD in fighting increasing neighborhood crime. 
Please ask that the decorative light issue get resolved; we need the light. Has the contractor been paid? Is the work warrantied?
Flora SilvaResident

    On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 7:06:46 PM MST, Davis, Pat via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:  

 Eliza, thank you for emailing here. We realized on the other thread that you had emailed another Davis but I received your message now.  I’m in a neighborhood meeting until 9 tonight but I’ll go home that way and inspect it and put the work orders in. I’m happy to send you any pictures, too, if you’d like so you can inspect it while you are out of town. 
And you can always call me on my cell if you have an urgent matter like this: 306-2971
Pat
Pat Davis-City Councilor

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM -0700, "Eliza Peralta via Neighbors_nobhill-nm"<neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

Any upcoming meetings? I live on Lead and Solano and while we were on vacation, it appears there was a giant accident outside our home and it broke parts of a barrier wall. The city has yet to clean up anything! Also, I keep emailing Pat Davis and calling, no response. Count my hubby and I in! Eliza 
On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Thomas Simic <tomsimic at hotmail.com> wrote:

I agree and am not in favor of Lead & Coal becoming a 2 way.  First  responders use this route to get to emergencies. There would be no place for vehicles to pull over to the side if it were two ways and certainly would impede response time.  I have lived in this neighborhood for 12 years and  am quite aware of the increased traffic and noise from motorcycles speeding up the hill to Carlisle, as well as cars with modified mufflers.  It is hard to leave any doors or windows  open  during nice weather because I find soot and dust on counter tops and furniture from vehicles speeding and kicking up dust. 

From: Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm-bounces@ mailman.swcp.com> on behalf of Flora Silva via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman. swcp.com>
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 7:08 PM
To: Robert L Anderson; Ben Wasserott; Ben Wasserott via Neighbors_nobhill-nm
Cc: Don Hancock; Aguirre Joesph; Julie Kidder; Ryan Sindon; Nob Hill; TheBoard NobHill-NM
Subject: Re: [Neighbors] Building a coalition: Lead and Coal Ben, thank you and the coalition for taking the initiative to help resolve the Lead/Coal traffic issues. I read the letter that you sent to Councilor Davis and as a 43 year resident in Nob Hill, living along Lead, all your points are very valid. As expected, there is more traffic, including the semi-trucks taking Lead & Coal. Construction crews (not affiliated with ART) and other delivery trucks will not have the patience nor the time to deal with Central Avenue.
Over the past several years the issue of making Lead/Coal two-way streets has been debated. I agree with Bob and am not in favor of making Lead/Coal two ways.
One of the most important concerns has to do with providing emergency vehicles and first responders with a non-congested route for those very important calls. Air quality is definitely worse after ART. I have had to order more filters for my husband's oxygen equipment. When I change the old ones, the proof is there...they are black! 
Two way streets for Lead/Coal would be totally out of the plan for me based on worse air quality due to more backed up traffic congestion like Zuni as Bob stated. In addition, now that traffic has been diverted  through residential areas, I see more trash on our streets. Residents are stuck cleaning up after the drivers who have no respect or concern for this neighborhood or City. Whatever happened to the program, Keep Albuquerque Beautiful?
Again, thank you for your positive involvement in community affairs.
Flora Silva, Resident

On Friday, December 8, 2017, 4:44:57 PM MST, Ben Wasserott via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman. swcp.com> wrote:

I am happy to discuss the desired baseline study in person and any other concerns. Please let me know if I can attend a meeting in January or not.

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Robert L Anderson<citizen at comcast.net> wrote:

Adrian can you put Mr. Wasserott on our December 11 agenda, or January?  We need to support this quickly.
Also Ben, in the baseline study we need an air quality monitor network along the Led/Coal/Zuni corridor.  (I am not for two way streets as a solution as that would only increase the air quality and noise problem - just look at Zuni now.  There are other solutions like enforcements, inspections, roundabouts, dead-ends, bumps, etc. imo.  We can explore these.)
Air quality here is an increasing problem as my family and friends can testify.  Our young  kids, who are more susceptible to asthma complain of breathing problems in the rush hours of traffic produces a steady stream of CO plus when the increasing amount of big diesel powered vehicles pass by our house at Coal and Richmond it is gaging. If prospective buyers knew of all this before probably might not move to this area of Nob Hill.  I have to clean the ceiling fans blades of the soot more often now than before the rebuild.  We are breatbreathinging in that stuff daily.  
Our location is on an upgrade of Coal where vehicles are in a steady acceleration mode (often drag racing) which produce much more pollution than normal.  Add to that our corner is a busy turn onto Coal which means the acceleration increases as vehicles move from a stand still to a higher speed in three directions.  The pollution is bad here.  We need to include this problem in the baseline study.
Sincerely,Bob AndersonAlbuquerque, NM
citizen at comcast.net

On Nov 23, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Ben Wasserott <bwasserott at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Nobhill NA board,

I am board member and property owner within the University Heights Neighborhood Association boundaries.

I would like to open a dialogue about improving Lead and Coal for safety and walkability of our neighborhoods including all properties adjacent to Lead and Coal from San Mateo to Broadway. As they stand the impacts of the traffic from these roads are untenable and something has to change.

Firstly, we are seeking a baseline survey of multiple variables about the impact of Lead/Coal being arterial roads such as auto collisions, safety, walkability, noise and property values etc. Secondly, we wish to have all remedies for decreasing the negative impacts of the traffic on Lead and Coal to be realized as soon as possible. Thirdly, it is our position (andrecommendation) that businesses, residents and pedestrians alike would benefit from Lead and Coal being converted into two-way residential streets (just like downtown).
Here is a link to our letter to Pat Davis.

Here is a link to our letter to the Public.

I would be more happy to stop by your NA meeting in January (or at your convenience) to get your members unique perspective on these issues and give you ours.
Thank you and happy Holidays!

-- 
Ben Wasserott

-- 
Ben Wasserott

______________________________ _________________
Neighbors_nobhill-nm mailing list
Neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman. swcp.com
https://mailman.swcp.com/cgi- bin/mailman/listinfo/ neighbors_nobhill-nm

-- 

Eliza Peralta, RN BSN

_______________________________________________
Neighbors_nobhill-nm mailing list
Neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com
https://mailman.swcp.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/neighbors_nobhill-nm

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.swcp.com/pipermail/neighbors_nobhill-nm/attachments/20180111/25ff748e/attachment.html>