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C ITY OF D ELAFIELD M EETING M INUTES P UBLIC W ORKS C OMMITTEE Chair : Dan Jashinsky Members: Art Baumann, Jeremy Craven, James Kebisek, Ald. George Pavin, Daniel Scardino, Matt Scherer July 1, 2026 6:30 PM City Hall, Council Chambers 500 Genesee St. Office: (262) 6 46-6 220 - E-Mail: clerksoffice@cityofdelafieldwi.gov – www.cityofdelafieldwi.gov Regular Meeting 1. Call to Orde r The meeting was called to order at 6:3 2 PM. 2. Roll Call Committee Members Present: Dan Jashinsky, Chair Art Baumann James Kebisek – exited the meeting after item 9.c.ii. George Pavin, Ald. D5 Dan Scardino Matt Scherer Members Excused: Jeremy Craven Also Present: Robbie Malazan, City Engineer Brian Pehl, City Engineer Molly Schneider, City Clerk Kat hrynn Bach , Administrative and Billing Clerk 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Minutes Discussion and possible action on the following minutes: a. Approval of Minutes of th e Ju ne 3 , 2026 , Regular Meeting . Jashinsky asked if there were any comments or changes to the presented minutes. Hearing no request for changes, the minutes of the June 3 , 2026, Regular Meeting were approved. 5. City of Delafield Citizen Comments Mary Da n iel , 309 Wisconsin Ave, was hoping for updates regarding the start dates for the repair on the Genesee Street Bridge, the paving by St. John ’s, and an update on the pier installation. Jacki e Valde , 816 Mill St., noted she had sent an email to the Public Works Committee earlier that day . Valde summarized the concerns presented in the email. There are pedestrian concerns regarding the Lake Street and Bleeker Street area and a blind corner. Genesee Street drivers often cut around the main road and use Mill street to avoid traffic. When they take this route, they are speeding, which is a concern. T h e re are two parking spots on Oneida between M ain and the alleyway. Cars parked here are too close to the alley which impedes delivery drive rs. Valde noted con cer ns a bout e b ikes . Bikes without p eda ls are not a ctuall y ebikes . The electronic skatebo ards and ebikes a re being used wher e they should not be. Suz i Th ompso n – 700 Milwaukee St. – spoke regarding concerns about g aso line po wered motor bikes being driven by und er age children . Th e parking on Milwaukee street is li mited to gravel, but there is no gravel . People parking there are parking on the storm sewer in the ditch be cause there is no sho ulder to park on any longer. Hearing no one further who wished to speak, Citizen's Comments were closed. Jashin sky move d forwa rd to item 7 .a . Office: (262) 6 46-6 220 - E-Mail: clerksoffice@cityofdelafieldwi.gov – www.cityofdelafieldwi.gov 6. Unfinished Business a. Update regarding the WisDOT Genesee Street/CTH “C ” Bridge Replacement Project currently scheduled for construction in 2029, and the recommendations made to the Common Council. Jashinsky provided an update regarding the Council determination on the Cty HWY C Project and the status update regarding the responses from the DOT . The items that the PWC ha d previo u sly su ggested were supported by the DOT . The barrier wal l might be an issue. If the wa ll i s not able to be to be added, the t rail w ould b e 1 6ft wide and raised . T hey will still b e addin g a bik e accommodation on the west s ide. T h e colored concrete was supported by the DOT and the block liners and fence w er e also supported by the DOT . T he Dot supported the HWY C name as well. Bauman n cl arified the co st share . T he paths on the ends of the bridge woul d be 100% cost shar e to the City . T h e City em blem will b e on the fence. The DOT is going to present c ost estim ates as next step. Scardino is su pportive of the trai l over t he sidewa lk . Jashinsky moved to item 9 . 7. New Business a. Discussion and possible action regarding engineering and site plan elements of The Hobby Farm Development, including trail crossing improvements and signage, site grading, driveway widening, and site restoration. Pehl s ummarized the project. The proposed business i s located on Cushing P ark R d . where th ere i s bike traffi c and pedestrian traffi c, and safety is a concern with regar d to business ac cess . Signage and grading for safety was suggest ed. Robert Widu le, 112 S . C us h ing P ark Rd ., was pres ent to discuss the propo sal. T he proposed busine ss is an a gribus iness for flow ers and a vineyard in the fut ure wi th primarily weeken d oper ations proposed at the time. Striping i s plann ed, stop s igns on b oth sid es o f the trai l are proposed , a caution hidden dri ve way sign i s proposed for the r oad and tr ail. The knoll is goi ng to be cut back fo r bet ter sit e li ne . S ignage to p revent trail blockage is planne d . Jash insky a sked a bout run off cont rols. Pehl note d that the drainage at thi s time does not tri gger anything for stormwater management. Widule added that the kno ll is the on ly grading change and that should not affect the draining . Ther e is no culvert . P ehl add ed that cutt ing down the knoll further w ould require cutting down tree s, so at this time, t hey a re only r ecommend ing the minim al change in t he kno ll to prevent the rem oval of trees. Scher er aske d for clarification a bout the stop sig ns on the tra il. Dis cussion oc curred regarding the stop sign s on the trail. Motion by Bauman , seconded by Scardino , to approve the engineering and site plan elements of The Hobby Farm Development, including trail crossing improvements and signage contingent upo n sta ff comments being add ressed. All in favor. Motion carried. Jashi nsky m oved ba ck to item 6 .B . 8. Correspondence 9. Reports of City Officials a. Director of Public Works N o re port. b. City Engineer Office: (262) 6 46-6 220 - E-Mail: clerksoffice@cityofdelafieldwi.gov – www.cityofdelafieldwi.gov Mal zahn repor ted on the Street Im pr ovement Prog ram sche d ule. Na gawicka E ast was milled, but there a re some is sues with p oor so il s. With the issues on Nagawicka, the ne xt schedule d roads wil l be delay ed about a week . Mal zahn will provide a more detailed sche dule in the near fut ure. c. Traffic Staff Jashinsky summarized the tr affic s taff mem bers that re viewed the re quest s. Malzahn reported after all other traffic items were considered that there is another traffic item being reviewed that could be presented in the future to the Public Works Committee. i. Discussion and possible action on installation of flexible tub delineators on Milwaukee Street between addresses 1704 to 1923. T h e Mayo r had r equest ed this revi ew . The delineators are meant for lane guidan ce , not speed cont ro l. T hey are also an i ssue for emergenc y vehicles when the y must mov e out of the lane in an emergency . The recommen dation is to put th e delineators on the no rth fog line side and the should er. T he re quest was for season al i nstallation . C olor should be cla rified. The co st would be a ro und $1 500 wh ich include s spares . Bau man clarified the loc ation for the pro posed delineators . He suggested using wh ite to match t he fog l ine colo r. Jashinsky a greed. Motion by Bau man , seconded by S cardino , t o approve the delineators in white color and pla cing them on the north side fog line. All in favor. Motion carried. ii. Discussion and possible action on installation of traffic signals at intersection at Main Street and Genesee Street. Ma lzahn summari zed th e reques t. T his had be en d iscusse d previ ously. If this w ere to be ins talled, ad ditional changes w ould be required at th e nea rby inters ections. The cras hes in the are a were sc ar ce , and th e in tersec tion does not meet the minimum criteria of 5 crashes in 1 2 month s for this type of traffic control . The tr affic staff does not recomm end installing the requested traffic signals. Baumann added th at both 4 way stops on either side would need to b e rem ove d fo r the t raffic li ght to work properly. The complain t noted pedestrian saf ety issues, but the tra ffic light will not address ped estrian safety and will li kely crea te less sa fety. Motion by Baum ann , seconded by Pav in , to follow the traffic staf f recommendation to no t install the tra ffic s ignal s at the Main Street and Genesee Street inters ection . All in favor. Motion carried. Public Works Committee member James Kebisek exited the meeting at this time and did not return. A quorum was still present. iii. Discussion and possible action on installation of LED rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at all crosswalk signage within the City of Delafield. Malz ahn repo rted t hat the tr affic st aff ha d determined that the sys tem wide impl ementation is not re commend ed and this should be r eviewed o n a cas e-by- case ba sis. T he tra ffic s taff had previously approved installation of this type of crosswalks signal in two sp ots – Genesee Street at B ark R iver and Milwaukee Street at the L ake C ountry T rail cr ossing. The requesto r ha d recen tly modi fied the re quest to Malzahn , limiting the r eques t to only a few locations . Tr affic s taff thought the C ouncil should con sider the pl an for us e and th e cos ts fo r installation and long term maintenance. Jashin sky as ked if thes e were s ol a r and what type of maintenance had occurred at those that were installed al ready . Ma lza hn confirmed they were solar and not ed that t he one at St. J o h n ’s has been i n place for few years and had required minimal maintenance . S here r asked i f anyon e had ever been hit. There w as no avai lable information on this data. Scardin o noted that th ese ques tions come in quar terly. J a s hinsky noted conc ern about app roving th ese with out gui delin es. Bauman added thi s i s meant f or crosswalks that are not alr eady cont rolled . Office: (262) 6 46-6 220 - E-Mail: clerksoffice@cityofdelafieldwi.gov – www.cityofdelafieldwi.gov Jash insky would like to prop ose that the traffic staff or Public Works Committee dra w up criter ia for when these should be installed. Motion by Jashinsky , seconded by S cher er , to have it em three fu rther di scussed by the Traffic Committee and Public Works Committee to develop criteria for w hen to us e the RRFB s where trails cros s City road s. All in favor. Motion carried. iv. Discussion and possible action on installation of crosswalk pavement markings on Sylvester Drive at the Nagawicka Road intersection. Mal zahn ex plained that north a nd s outh of this location , there are mar ked out cro sswalk s. In o rde r to keep consistency in their area, this also should be marked. Motion by Bauman , seconded by Pavin , to approve the installation of crosswalk pavement markings on Sylvester Drive at the Nagawicka Road intersection , p er recommendatio n of Traffic Committee. Mo ti o n c arried with Scherer abst aining. v. Discussion and possible action on restricting parking at the intersection of Hickory Knoll and Blue Spruce Lane , and placing a stop sign on Hickory Knoll at the intersection. Malz ahn expla ined that t he inte rse ction doe s not me et the requirements for a controlled in tersec tion. There coul d be s ight line improvements . T he proposed pa rking a nd tra ffic contro l were discus sed. A yield sig n was su ggested a s a possib ility , but a line of si ght would be more us eful . Motion by Scardino , seconded by Scherer , to accept the recommendation of th e traffic comm ittee to deny re quest fo r the restricting parking at the intersection of Hickory Knoll and Blue Spruce Lane, and not placing a stop sign on Hickory Knoll at the intersection , but to trim vegetation in the site along the Right of Way edge so long as it does not affe ct pr ivate property trees. All in favor. Motion carried. d. Public Works Committee Meeting Dates & Deadlines i. Next Meeting: August 5 , 2026 ii. Meeting Submittal Deadline : July 8 , 2026 e. Request for Future Agenda Items Note: No discussion on requested items 10. Adjournment Having no further business, the July 1, 2026 Public Works Committee meeting was adjourned at 7:34 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Molly Schneider, City Clerk