Neighborhood Meeting

As a CFB requirement our engineers have provided a photometric study where light does not shine over our property line, this does not mean that light cannot be seen. Some of the lights that you may see are, building lighting via wall packs, emergency lighting at all building entrances and we also provide required lighting for security at all parking surfaces.

A large playfield will remain at the North, additional play areas are being added to the East side as well.

The traffic study did indicate some delays for motorists on Timber Oaks at Kelly, especially during the morning peak period, once the school is open and operational.  The amount of delay did not suggest additional measures were needed.  The study did recommend the southbound approach on Timber Oaks be striped for two lanes, left turn only and right turn only, to separate out the two turning movements which will help to reduce the amount of delay for right turning vehicles.  A crosswalk and stop line will also be installed at this location on Timber Oaks.   Once the school is open, if significant delays are occurring on Timber Oaks during the school’s peak periods, the city can be requested to evaluate the intersection for other traffic control options. 

This will be a demolition and new construction project, all large equipment required for new construction will be utilized. The site will be fully fenced, please see Slide “Staging Plan – Construction” from the Sheffield presentation.  Construction will start in September 2020 and run thru June 2022.

Sheffield will be used as an elementary school while this project is under construction, and will remain as a district facility afterwards.

Students will be housed at Sheffield Primary and Furneaux until the new campus is complete. Sheffield will not require any additional temporary classrooms.

Refer to the response in Question 3 above. 

I do have a concern about traffic on Timber Oaks. I know that a traffic study was done, but what I don't think that study shows that cars come onto Timber Oaks to pick up kids. Those cars either turn around on the street or they drive around to Shadow Ridge back to Timber Oaks to Kelly. This street is a no outlet, no through traffic street. My concern since I live on Shadow Ridge is that there will be more cars driving down my street. My understanding is that buses and cars will be exiting the school onto Timber Oaks and during high traffic times it may be difficult for myself and other residents to be able to drive out of our neighborhood. There is no other way for residents to enter or exit our neighborhood. Cars also stop on Kelly to let kids out in front of the school which holds up traffic and is dangerous for the kids. One of the reasons that my husband and I bought a house 29 years ago in this neighborhood is because there was little traffic and that when we had children they would be able to walk to school. We have 3 children that are now adults and all 3 attended both Sheffield location, Dan F. Long and Newman Smith.

I would like to know what the plan is for the traffic flow so that residents of this neighborhood will be able to access our homes or Kelly Blvd. I was on the virtual meeting to hear about the project and when this concern was brought up no one had an answer. Another question that was brought up was whether or not construction equipment and trucks will be using Timber Oaks.

Answer:

With regard to the traffic question, as mentioned in the response to Question 3 above there are no plans at this time to change the traffic control at the Kelly / Timber Oaks intersection.  It is currently a two-way stop with a stop sign on Timber Oaks.  The southbound approach on Timber Oaks at Kelly will be striped for two lanes to separate out the left turn and right turn traffic.  As part of the study, it was also recommended to restrict parking on both sides of Timber Oaks adjacent to the school to keep the traffic lanes open during the school’s peak periods so traffic can flow smoothly.

We expect to have some construction traffic on the section of Timber Oaks bordering the Sheffield Elementary site.