Jim Smith of Golden Real Estate expressed concern over the management of the intersection of 6th Ave. and Johnson Road. He presented to council his findings that traffic does not move for 80 minutes a day due to federally mandated flushing periods that stop traffic from moving at the intersection for at least a minute before and after the W Rail train makes its crossing. Dan Hartman, director of public works, responded to Smith’s comments and stated that the issue has been noticed and is currently being looked into but that RTD “doesn’t express much flexibility” due to federal regulations. RTD is looking to overlap the 40 second clearing period and the initiation period to maybe shorten the time but staff will update council as they learn more.