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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Amending Traffic Resolution 97-148 by Approving Installation
of Stop Signs on Wellswood Avenue at Mission Street
MEETING DATE: October 6, 200+4
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution amending Traffic
Resolution 97-148 by approving the installation of stop signs on
Wellswood Avenue at Mission Street, as shown on Exhibit A.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Wellswood Avenue and Mission Street intersection has been
reviewed based on a speeding complaint on Mission Street between
Central Avenue and Garfield Street. The Police Department placed the
radar trailer on Mission Street and then provided traffic enforcement.
The radar trailer indicated the majority of the drivers were traveling at 24 mph.
The Wellswood Avenue and Mission Street intersection is a four -legged intersection, with a short cul-de-sac
on the south leg. There are currently no traffic controls at this intersection. Based on the Department's
guidelines, at low traffic volume intersections with cul-de-sacs, the intersections are usually not controlled. To
determine the appropriate traffic control for the intersection, traffic volumes and accident history were
reviewed. A safe approach study was also performed.
Accident history for four-plus years, from 2000 to the present, indicates there has been one right-angle
accident at this intersection in 2001. Mission Street carries more traffic than Wellswood Avenue, connecting
Central Avenue and Garfield Street and functioning as the major street at this intersection. During staffs field
review, we noticed several motorists accessing Mission Street from an auto dealership's rear driveway on
Garfield Street. Staff considered a yield control on the Wellswood Avenue approaches; however, the
intersection field review indicated the landscaping and fencing at the comers could affect the driver's ability to
see approaching vehicles on Mission Street. We determined the landscaping affected visibility to the point a
stop control is recommended.
Based on the traffic review, we recommend that City Council approve the installation of stop signs on
Wellswood Avenue at Mission Street, as shown on Exhibit A. It should be noted that the auto dealership
adjacent to Garfield Street will be moving to the new Auto Center on Beckman Road.
FUNDING: Approxim osts of $500 to install op signs and legends from the Street Maintenance Account.
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Richard C. Prima, Jr.
Public Works Director
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Street Superintendent
Police Chief
Senior Traffic
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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-198
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AMENDING TRAFFIC RESOLUTION NO. 97-148, BY
APPROVING INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON
WELLSWOOD AVENUE AT MISSION STREET
WHEREAS, staff recommends amending Section 2 (C)-2 of Traffic Resolution
No. 97-148, approving the installation of stop signs on Wellswood Avenue at Mission Street, as
shown on Exhibit A attached.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve
amending Section 2 (C)-2 of Traffic Resolution No. 97-148, approving the installation of stop
signs on Wellswood Avenue at Mission Street.
Dated: October 6, 2004
1 hereby certify that Resolution No. 2004-198 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held October 6, 2004, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hitchcock, and Howard
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS -- None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Land and Mayor Hansen
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL
LARRY D. HANSEN, Mayor
JOHN BECKMAN
Mayor Pro Tempore
SUSAN HITCHCOCK
EMILY HOWARD
KEITH LAND
Teri Hamilton
429 Mission Street
Lodi, CA 95240
CITY OF LODI
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET
P.O. BOX 3006
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910
(209)333-6706
FAX (209) 333-6710
EMAIL pwdept@lodi.gov
http:\kwww.lodi.gov
September 29, 2004
JANET S. KEETER
Interim City Manager
SUSAN J.BLACKSTON
City Clerk
D. STEVEN SCHWABAUER
City Attorney
RICHARD C. PRIMA, JR.
Public Works Director
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution Amending Traffic Resolution 97-148 by Approving
Installation of Stop Signs on Wellswood Avenue at Mission Street
Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of
Wednesday, October 6, 2004. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the
City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street.
This item is on the consent calendar and is usually not discussed unless a
Council Member requests discussion. The public is given an opportunity to address
items on the consent calendar at the appropriate time.
If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council,
City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the
mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street.
If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's
card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and
give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the
Council, please contact Susan Blackston, City Clerk, at 333-6702.
If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Rick Kiriu,
Senior Engineering Technician — Traffic, at 333-6800, extension 2668.
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Richard C. Prima, Jr.
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Enclosure
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