Let’s try pedestrian safety suggestions
I appreciated Kathy Sullivan’s more expansive solutions to the serious concerns about pedestrian safety downtown.
As a member of the Downtown Association, she presented more proactive suggestions than just saying that flashing pedestrian lights would detract from the ambiance of downtown. It’s obviously a tricky proposition. How do we create a situation in which downtown businesses thrive, which is the obvious goal of the Downtown Association, while providing a safe environment for residents and visitors?
Perhaps the dialog has now progressed to the point where these are not mutually exclusive endeavors. Downtown businesses need patrons and people will not venture downtown if they fear for their safety. Expanding our creative options to benefit both downtown businesses and the safety of their patrons should be our goal.
She has offered many good starting points for reaching consensus. Among them is closing Monterey Street downtown on select weekends or even every weekend when commute traffic is not an issue. Her suggestions merit further discussion and trial implementation.
Working together and thinking outside the box, we can create a win-win situation for our downtown businesses and pedestrian safety!
Debra Ullman
Morgan Hill
Cut down on wasteful spending
Very biased views on downtown presented in last issue. Let’s interview and talk with a vast array of real citizens without vested business interest in downtown and find out what they are thinking.
Downtown is not the only place that feels unsafe. More traffic in the entire town by distracted careless drivers is pronounced.
My opinion: too much taxpayer money is being poured into downtown. Instead, that money should have been spent on infrastructure such as road and pipe repairs. No new taxes please.
Learn to spend the resources more wisely. City government tends to be somewhat wasteful spending our tax dollars. The economy isn’t going to be like it is now forever. We need to spend more carefully.
Marie Lamb
Morgan Hill
Downtown businesses need patrons and people will not venture downtown if they fear for their safety. Expanding our creative options to benefit both downtown businesses and the safety of their patrons should be our goal
