Thank you so much for keeping us all informed Perry. You are truly amazing. It’s a lot of work on your part and you are a busy man. I, for one, really appreciate the effort and time it takes. I am sure many, besides myself, appreciate what you are doing.
Curious who will be using the bike paths crisscrossing the city core during our winter months.
If we can squeeze bike paths with marginal utility into downtown Ketchum by creating one-way streets, why not instead use the space created by the one-way traffic to create more parking and actually help our businesses year-round?
The answer to parking is simple. Stop taking away any more spots and leave Washington Lot as it is. If demand increases, that lot is an ideal spot for a parking structure. underground if possible!
Your point on seasonality is one that was not discussed in the meeting. The Council decided to delay implementation of the pilot plan given all the other stuff going on, which gives the staff time to come up with things like seasonality and...COST. That wasn't shared yet. One-way streets are something "new" that KBAC and others need to think hard about. I don't know how well they will go down with residents and businesses. .
The consensus from KBAC members was that while there are merits to the biked/ped plan, a pilot program in Summer 2025 would not provide accurate results due to already planned construction and disruption throughout town. There is also caution and concern about the creation of one way streets. Businesses throughout town, but especially those on 4th, Washington, and Leadville, need to share with the City how one way streets would change access of deliveries and services and messaging to customers about access. The City will also need to learn from businesses if employee and access needs would be met with one way streets, and if businesses would be more visible, or less visible, to customers.
It is heartening to hear Council members voice that the community cannot sustain the on-going construction and disruption throughout town. The impacts this construction has had to the community, and to businesses, is real, direct, and has great diminished the ability to conduct business in Ketchum.
I tuned into the full meeting this week. The whole bike path thing was ridiculous and such a waste of everyone’s time. I do believe Cordovano asked the question regarding how many months of the year a bike line would be truly usable?
I was actually happy to hear Amanda Breen say that the community cannot currently stomach any more focus groups on things like this right now, and recommending at least a year or more deferral on further deliberation on the bike path issue .
Good Lord- the bike path and the one way streets thing is just insane. Ketchum is not an urban city! And that’s what I think of when I think of bike lanes and one way streets .
Thank you for your work in disclosing the failures of this City Council. I wonder, though, just how much of what they have done can realistically reverse their actions. It seems to me that we will be stuck with three large hotels in town. While the Marriott has yet to be built, certainly they have commitments from the City Council that probably cannot be reversed. As more commitments/building permits are issued, we will be unable to reverse them. The loss of parking? How can that be reversed? So, I really don't think the major damage can be reversed. There should have been a recall months ago, followed by litigation. Waiting until November will see the Plan adopted and more commitments made that cannot be reversed. IMHO!
If people moved from TWF to be residents at Bluebird, that means they are now Blaine County residents. So, the mayor tried to use semantics to convince us that TWF residents do not live at Bluebird. Duh, Neil.
Thank you so much for keeping us all informed Perry. You are truly amazing. It’s a lot of work on your part and you are a busy man. I, for one, really appreciate the effort and time it takes. I am sure many, besides myself, appreciate what you are doing.
There isn't much we can do about the past.
But there is something we can do about the future.
Do you think Spencer Cordovano and Tripp Hutchinson will vote the right way on this ?
VERY happy to see that editorial on the Mountain Express. Well written too.
Curious who will be using the bike paths crisscrossing the city core during our winter months.
If we can squeeze bike paths with marginal utility into downtown Ketchum by creating one-way streets, why not instead use the space created by the one-way traffic to create more parking and actually help our businesses year-round?
The answer to parking is simple. Stop taking away any more spots and leave Washington Lot as it is. If demand increases, that lot is an ideal spot for a parking structure. underground if possible!
Your point on seasonality is one that was not discussed in the meeting. The Council decided to delay implementation of the pilot plan given all the other stuff going on, which gives the staff time to come up with things like seasonality and...COST. That wasn't shared yet. One-way streets are something "new" that KBAC and others need to think hard about. I don't know how well they will go down with residents and businesses. .
The consensus from KBAC members was that while there are merits to the biked/ped plan, a pilot program in Summer 2025 would not provide accurate results due to already planned construction and disruption throughout town. There is also caution and concern about the creation of one way streets. Businesses throughout town, but especially those on 4th, Washington, and Leadville, need to share with the City how one way streets would change access of deliveries and services and messaging to customers about access. The City will also need to learn from businesses if employee and access needs would be met with one way streets, and if businesses would be more visible, or less visible, to customers.
It is heartening to hear Council members voice that the community cannot sustain the on-going construction and disruption throughout town. The impacts this construction has had to the community, and to businesses, is real, direct, and has great diminished the ability to conduct business in Ketchum.
I tuned into the full meeting this week. The whole bike path thing was ridiculous and such a waste of everyone’s time. I do believe Cordovano asked the question regarding how many months of the year a bike line would be truly usable?
I was actually happy to hear Amanda Breen say that the community cannot currently stomach any more focus groups on things like this right now, and recommending at least a year or more deferral on further deliberation on the bike path issue .
Good Lord- the bike path and the one way streets thing is just insane. Ketchum is not an urban city! And that’s what I think of when I think of bike lanes and one way streets .
Thank you for your work in disclosing the failures of this City Council. I wonder, though, just how much of what they have done can realistically reverse their actions. It seems to me that we will be stuck with three large hotels in town. While the Marriott has yet to be built, certainly they have commitments from the City Council that probably cannot be reversed. As more commitments/building permits are issued, we will be unable to reverse them. The loss of parking? How can that be reversed? So, I really don't think the major damage can be reversed. There should have been a recall months ago, followed by litigation. Waiting until November will see the Plan adopted and more commitments made that cannot be reversed. IMHO!
If people moved from TWF to be residents at Bluebird, that means they are now Blaine County residents. So, the mayor tried to use semantics to convince us that TWF residents do not live at Bluebird. Duh, Neil.