Community Development District 3 supervisors are flirting with the idea of bailing on a proposed study of signage on the multi-modal paths in The Villages.
Supervisor Steffan Franklin represented CDD 3 at a meeting July 26 of the Multi-Modal Path Discussion Group which included representation from CDDs 1 through 10 and the Amenity Authority Committee. The group discussed the idea of having engineering firm Kimley-Horn Associates Inc. do a study of signage and potential improvements. You can read more about that meeting HERE
However, on Friday, CDD 3 supervisors questioned the need for any changes and whether they should spend residents’ money on a study.
“I don’t think it makes any sense to spend money on a study,” said CDD 3 Chairman Bill Ray.
CDD 3 Supervisor Gail Lazenby, who sat in the audience at the July 26 meeting, said he was shocked at some of the ideas brought up at the gathering. For instance, there had been a suggestion about changing a particular stop sign to a yield sign because no one stops at it.
“I almost fell off my chair. It’s the absolute worst reason to do it. There are rules for a reason, and people need to be held accountable,” Lazenby said.
And while the Multi-Modal Path Discussion Group has won praise for bringing all of the districts together, Lazenby said he fears the group could take on “a life of its own.”
Last year, the group spent months debating side-striping on the multi-modal paths but then settled for enhanced markings. The study for the enhanced markings was about $5,000 and the installation of the markings cost about $25,000.
“It will become, ‘What’s the next thing we want to look at,'” Lazenby warned.
