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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Traffic Resolution Amendment - Garfield Street at Oak Street,
Intersection Control
MEETING DATE: September 2, 1992
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution amending the 'raffic
Resolution #.87-163 to approve switching the location of the
traffic control from Garfield Street to Oak Street and replacing
the existing "yield" signs with "stop" signs as shown on the
attached map.
BACKGROUND PTORMATION: The intersection of Garfield Street and Oak Street has
been studied due to the high accident rate. The
intersection is currently controlled by "yield" signs on
Garfield Street.
Available accident records over the three-year period from 1989 through 1991
indicate that there have been seven accidents correctable with the installation of
"stop" signs. Recently acquired traffic volumes indicate that the existing "yield"
signs are on the major street. Generally, traffic controls are placed controlling
minor street traffic. Traffic volumes on Garfield Street and Oak Street are 990 and
785 vehicles per day (vpd), respectively.
With the traffic controls switched to Oak Street, the low approach speeds necessary
for drivers to see oncoming vehicles on Garfield Street suggests that a "stop"
control is appropriate. The approach speeds with the traffic controls as they
currently exist on Garfield Street do not support a "stop" control.
Staff feels that switching the control to the minor street and changing the "yield"
signs to stop signs will reduce accidents. In a similar situation, the yield
control on Garfield Street at Walnut Street (immediately south of the Oak Street
intersection) was switched to Walnut Street. Since that time (January 1988), the
number of correctable accidents has dropped from four (January 1984 to October 1987)
to one (October 1987 to the present). Multi -way stop controls are not justified at
this location.
APPROVED:_ jw�S?�- `.i' • ..G-tdrT
THOMAS A PETERSON . K..,.,.
City Manager J
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Traffic Resolution Anxndni2t - Garfield Street at Oak Street, Intersection Control
September 2, 1992
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FUNDING: Funding to be provided by the Street M ntenance Account.
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(Jac,. Ronsko
Pub Work Director
Prepared by Rick S. Kirin, Senior Engineering Technician
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Attachment
cc: City Attorney
Police Chief
Street Superintendent
Associate Traffic Engineer
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-154
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING INTERSECTION CONTROLS AT THE INTERSECTION OF
GARFIELD STREET AT OAK STREET, AND
THEREBY AMENDING TRAFFIC RESOLUTION NO. 87-163
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RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby
approve the conversion of the location of the traffic control from
Garfield Street to Oak Street and the replacemenent of the existing
"Yield" signs with "Stop" signs, as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto;
and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that City of Lotti Traffic Resolution 87-163,
Section 2C "Stop Intersections* and Section 2D "Yield Intersections" is
hereby amended by designating the location of the traffic control from
Garfield Street to Oak Street and replacing the existing "Yield" signs
with "Stop" signs.
Dated: September 2, 1992
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 92-154 was passed and
adapted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular
meeting held September 2, 1992 by the following vote:
Ayes= Council Members - Hinchman, Pennino, Sieglock, Snider
and Pinkerton (Mayor)
Noes= Council Members - None
Absent: Council Members - None
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Alice M. Reimch! }j
City Clerk V.
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