County wants address posts at lake residencesby Nathan Arneal The North Bend City Council heard about 911 address posts and followed up on a couple of discussions from its previous meeting at the May 21 meeting. North Bend Volunteer Fire Department Chief Waylon Fischer told the council about Dodge County’s effort to mark residences at Pioneer Lake with posts giving the address for emergency personnel to find locations more quickly. “Though with fire calls, we can normally find the house pretty easily,” Fischer said, drawing a few laughs. He said the address posts are not a requirement. If a resident does not want one in front of their house, a sheriff’s deputy will serve them with a liability waiver to sign and the post will not be placed. Fischer also said the homeowners have some leeway as to where the posts are placed, as long as they are along the roadway. The posts will be placed for free. If a residents declines now and wants one placed in the future, there will be a cost, Fischer said. Fischer said he would reach out to all Pioneer Lake residents with information about the project. He said this is something being asked of all lake communities in Dodge County. Some have been all for it with their homeowners association requiring the address posts, while others have declined to participate. The city council gave permission for Fischer and the county to place the address posts. The council reviewed a letter from the city engineers at JEO Consulting regarding the speed humps placed on Cottonwood Street. At the previous council meeting, May 7, a group of residents said the humps were the wrong kind of speed bumps, requiring vehicles to slow down too much, and questioned the legality of the humps. The letter noted that there are no codes governing the installation of speed humps by the state of Nebraska nor the city of North Bend. It said the Cottonwood speed humps do meet national guidance from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. “Based on a review of national guidance,” the letter read, “the speed humps installed on Cottonwood Street are consistent with current guidance regarding street classification, posted speed limits and placement. Furthermore, the installation does not appear to conflict with existing state or local codes.” The letter noted that the installed humps are slightly narrower that recommended, which could make the hump more abrupt than desired. A couple of councilman said they have received requests from residents to place speed humps on other streets in town.
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