October 2026 minutes

October 12, 2026
Attendance: 13
Minutes
Ted welcomed everyone in attendance. Ted stated we are going to begin with city news. There is a sidewalk in the works to be installed along 3rd street and Lincoln which will require cutting into a 10 foot embankment. Ted stated the city did not reach out to NLIA about the sidewalk project. He stated that neighbors on the section of the road that would be affected by the installation of the sidewalk were not notified about the project. Ted stated he reached out to the city staff involved with the installation of the sidewalk asking questions and bringing up concerns of neighbors and the homeowners to be directly affected by the project. Ted stated no public meeting was called to discuss and prepare the residents for the installation of the sidewalk. Ted stated he asked the commissioners to do a study on the installation of the sidewalk and they agreed that should be done and the project should be slowed down and more information will be gathered.
Ted discussed the need for improvements to safe crossing of the railroad and the lack of the support to Woodlawn students using the pedestrian railroad crossing at 4th street over to Locust. He also brought it to the attention of the neighbors that the crossing guard that was paid by the railroad was removed by the city. Ted has been notified that there is funding available to make more improvements and he and a neighbor, are going to work on obtaining the funding to create a safe crossing at 4th and Locust and other improvements. Neighbors were in agreement that this improvement needs to be made.
Ted brought it to the attention of neighbors that the city now owns the old Marriot property and that there are fun plans instore for that location such as a farmers market.
Ted stated that he and a city are working on the plans for a pedestrian bridge to cross over the river to make the farmers market and other activities across the river easily accessible to NLIA neighbors.
A neighbor expressed his concerns with random grants being obtained without clear understanding of the grants stipulations.
A neighbor asked for clarification on how to support the sidewalk project. Ted expressed that it is important to express the need for sidewalks however to encourage a study to be done before installing sidewalks. The neighbor went on to ask if the bridge for pedestrians would also accommodate bicycles. Ted stated it would have a separation to allow cyclists and pedestrians allowing joint use.
Neighbors expressed gratitude that there is now a 4 way stop on 7th and Lyon Street.
Neighbors expressed that the train horns seem to have gotten louder and heavier over the years.
Jerry Jost was introduced to neighbors and he did a presentation on voting and gave out sample ballots.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:35pm