ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
Saturday, April 10, all Nottingham children are invited to come to the pool
area for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Coffee, juice and doughnuts will be provided,
along with a fun hunt for candy filled eggs. Ages 0-2 will start hunting at
10:00, ages 3-6 at 10:15, and 7 and older at 10:30. Please join us for this
great neighborhood and family activity. Call Corrine Miller 530-8026 with
questions.
SPEEDING
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD - UPDATE
Dear NF residents:
My name is Brian Shields, and I am the City Traffic Engineer for Overland Park. Councilmember Goodman asked me to write a short message to outline some of the initiatives the City is undertaking to combat speeding problems like you have mentioned.
Some of the solutions offered typically include speed bumps (currently against City policy), lower speed limits, all-way stops and similar measures. Most of these are not possible or practical. Let me give you a few short reasons. The City has adopted federal guidelines covering the installation of all traffic control devices. For an all-way stop to be installed, certain minimum amounts of traffic must be present throughout a typical day. We only have about 35 to 40 locations city-wide that meet these guidelines (which is why you don't see many). Placing stop signs where they are not warranted will typically result in motorists having a higher disregard for them. As for reduced speed limits, drivers tend to drive at a speed that feels comfortable and appropriate for the given roadway conditions. We typically set the speed limit on a collector at 30 mph and for the most part a majority of drivers will tend to drive at or near this speed. Unfortunately, there are those drivers that are determined to make things bad for all of us by driving way above the speed limit.
We have been dealing with this issue for a long time and are proposing a new method for attacking the problem. You may have heard of it ... traffic calming. Traffic calming is a way to narrow roadways intermittently or install speed humps to slow traffic 24/7. We are working on a pilot project for this summer to test the effectiveness of traffic calming measures in OP. When the results are in this fall, we hope that the City Council will realize the benefits of using traffic calming measures in OP and approve a full program that would give residents a voice in the way traffic is managed in their neighborhood. If you would like to learn more about our proposed traffic calming program, please go to the following link:
http://www.opkansas.org/_Res/Traffic_&_Transportation/traffic_calming.cfm
We will collect some data in your neighborhood to determine the extent of speeding on the streets as well as the traffic volumes. This will help us later should we have a traffic calming program in place and need to select some locations for improvement.
Sincerely,
Brian Shields
City Traffic Engineer
Tennis
Anyone?
Nottingham residents interested in a regular tennis group are encouraged to
call Elizabeth Wood at 685-2006. Singles, doubles, mixed-doubles - anything
goes!
NOISE
DISTURBANCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
According to the City of Overland Park...
It shall be unlawful to make or cause to be made a Noise Disturbance within the City. A Noise Disturbance shall include any or all of the following:The owning, keeping or harboring of any animal that continuously, repeatedly, or persistently for thirty(30)minutes or more, without provocation by the complainant, creates a sound which is Plainly Audible across any property boundary line.
Please be considerate of your neighbors.
DEED
RESTRICTION REMINDER - 2nd Notice
Our Deed Restrictions state that "No vehicle, truck, trailer, bus, campers,
boats, or other apparatus, except passenger automobiles, shall be left or
stored on said property, except in an enclosed garage". If you, as a
homeowner, have any of the restricted vehicles or items stored on your driveway,
you are in violation of the Nottingham Forest Declaration of Restrictions.
Please make arrangements to store these items in your garage or elsewhere.
Notices will be mailed out to homeowners who are deemed in violation of the
Declaration of Restrictions (Deed Restrictions).
Property
Concerns at NW corner of 119th & Switzer
According to Terry Goodman, OP City Council - Ward IV, the vacant land at
the NW corner of 119th & Switzer is shown on the master plan as low density
residential with a small area set aside for a park.
ADS
Nanny for Hire - College student in elementary education
available for FT/PT summer child care. Own transportation. Laurel Moser 638-7910.
Baby items for sale
One Sealy crib mattress. Good condition. Used less than two years and was
protected so there are no stains, asking $30. One Graco play pen, blue, white
and yellow. Rarely used, good condition. Comes with instructions and carry
case, asking $25. Call Cory at 913-814-9193