Lafayette City Council To Walk Down the Boulevard

The Lafayette City Council is having a mobile meeting that has nothing to do with a mobile app.

The council's special meeting will convene at Community Hall at the Library at 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday). Shortly thereafter, participants will march down Mount Diablo Boulevard from First Street to Brown Avenue to visualize improvements planned for that stretch of Mount Diablo — pedestrian/bike and streetscape improvements, including the installation of medians to separate eastbound and westbound traffic.

The concept of medians and improvements on Mount Diablo date to a master plan approved by the council a quarter-century ago, according to a report by the city's engineering services manager, Tony Coe (the report is attached to this article). The city was awarded a grant of $540,000 toward the project in early 2012.

Originally, the medians were to be combined with but the latter was nixed after a contentious meeting in October 2012.

City staff on April 19 submitted a $2 million application for a OneBayArea grant for the median project.

Staff is seeking City Council authorization to complete final construction documents based on the current design.

City Manager Steve Falk has asked for input on the plans to be emailed to cityhall@lovelafayette.org

The City Council is packing in its late-month meetings. After a Monday night meeting, this one is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Community Hall at the Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd.