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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - January 16, 1985 (82)CITY COUNCIL I=ING JANUARY 16, 1985 CX11� SIS I3 i' SII? ",lr i?errrrrs .Iones, 10'"0 ttioodrnty Street, Lodi, addr<s�ed the i'tII3I.IC M Imo' requesting a variance for a sidewalk inst<ri lat ion, at Al, svTiA I' )1b1Sthat Ir,crri ion. Pot lowing his presentlrtion, cor, �ci; , ��ri rx�tion �'i1ftIF,r'�TCE IC7IZ r,r;Inyor Snider ;;ir�c ;. SIDEtV�,I.Y ; herrn second. referred the ruttter to St,l, f, cold directed the Ci City Clerk to t lace this i tEr, on the agenda IETTUES .ATI(1�; for• the Februtjrtir 6, 1985 Regular Council Meeting. HFx�I��._.S'i'� 1 CITY COUNCIL JOHN R. DAVID MRHINCJHM DER, Mayor CITY OF L O DI Mayor Pro Tempore CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET EVELYN M. OLSON POST OFFICE BOX 320 JAMES W. PINKERTON, Jr. LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241 FRED M. REID (209) 334-5634 February 20, 1985 Mr. Dennis Jones 1020 Woodrow Street Lodi, CA 95240 Subject: Appeal re sidewalk installation at 1020 Woodrow Street, Lodi Dear Mr. Jones: HENRY A. CLAVES, Jr. City Manager ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk RONALD M. STEIN City Attorney This letter will confirm the action of the Lodi City Council taken at a Regular Meeting of the Council held February 6, 1985; whereby the Council denied your appeal for the installation of a sidewalk at your home located at 1020 Woodrow Street, Lodi. The Council, however, gave you the option of depositing at this time the amount of money such an installation would cost; thereby, allowing the Citv to make the subject installation when it deems it is appropriate to do so. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call. Very truly yours, Alice M. Reimche City Clerk AMR: jj The following persons gave testimcmy regarding the subject: a) mir. Dan Vierra Lodi Health Food Store Central and Eden b) mr. Dan Pechin Representing Christ Evangel Lutheran Church 420 S. Central Ave_, Lodi c) NIr. Ron Heier Pure Sausage and Meat Company 620 S. Central Ave., Lodi d) Mr. Larry Anson 600 S. Central Ave., Lodi c) Reverend Elmer Scofield Ebenezer Congregational Church 825 S. Central Ave., Lodi f) Mr. Herr 845 S. Ce'tral Ave., Lodi g) Teresa Parks 604 S. Stockton St., Lodi Following a lengthy discussion, with questions being directed `o Staff and to those persons who had given testimony, Cou,Lcil, on motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Hinclwm, Pinkerton second, determined that the line of sight problems being experienced at Eden Street and Central Avenue, as set forth in exhibits presented for Council's perusal, be solved as proposed by Staff with the establishing of certain parallel parking stalls and the elimination of a m=in -un, of four angle 1 TO OR Emu MW Lam=• �= � _�. 5 . f�. � �- � ;. y still 4 ASK s �' <� ,.''e3Fq _.. ..- :.._ b i+3i�_nF'..,.i:t3SEi1!•�.-.-`Si ":.T>Q:Lk2^.''.x_....... _'._ :.-...:... _ ....::..:.. .. ,..,F:'.,.C_sY ." . ...: .. ... ✓. w .. •.. .._". wt mag OR Emu MW t mot 10 W MW F y still 4 ASK s - .M EWE kv h -` 23 i h.7�!. (. LcC. r / ? i 3 _ RECEiVED DATE. ( ALICE M REIMCHE CITY CLERK . f �. U � , ' CITY OF LODI 39r-`- �z , L ny 8 CITY COUNCIL HENRY A. GLAVES, Jr. �'`� City Manager JOHN R. (Randy) SNIDER. Mayor CITY OF L O 9 i I ALICE M. REIMCHE DAVID M. HINCHMAN -I L City Clerk Mayor Pro Tempore CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET :... EVELYN M. OLSON POST OFFICE BOX 320 RONALD M. STEIN JAMES W. PINKERTON, Jr. LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241 '. :.. City Attorney FRED M. REID (209) 334-5634 January 11, 1985 _N 0 T I C E The City Council at their meeting of January 16, 1985, in the Council Chamber of City Hall at 7:30 p.m., is considering the possibility of eliminating angle parking on Central Avenue between Lodi and Vine Street. Your interest by either attendance or tetter to the Council is welcome. If you would like to review a copy of the memorandum to the City Council regarding the parking, they are available in the Public Works Department at City Hall between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Should you desire other information, feel free to contact me at City Hall. Sincerely yours Robison ssistant City Engineer GER/cag ak i r. f ��- X97 z- CITYOF LOD4Y�PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT • FROM: City .+Manager DATE: January 11, 1985 r— COUNCIL COMMUNICATION SUBJECT: Central Avenue, Vine to Lodi Sight Distance and Angle Parking Study RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council take the necessary action to replace the existing 133 angle parking stalls on Central Avenue between Vine Street and Lodi Avenue with 95- parallel parking stalls, stalls to be painted only in the high use areas. BACKGROLIND INFORMATION: The City Council was recently asked to improve the intersection of Eden Street and Centra{ Avenue to :Hake it safer for children using the intersection going to and from school. At the City Council's request, Public Works Department has been reviewing the sight distance problem in the area of Central and Eden, and in doing so has also, by necessity, observed other angle parking on Central Avenue. Parking surveys were taken just prior to Christmas and after Christmas to determine the usage being made of the existing parking stalls. On December 18, 19 and 20, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, observations were taken of the area between Tokay and through Eden to Flora. Detailed information is shown on Exhibit A. December 28, 29, 30 and 31, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, observations were taken on all the angle parking between Vine Street and Lodi Avenue. Detailed information is shown on Exhibit B. The average occupancy was 17% and the maximum occupancy was 53%, with considerable differences from one Erea and the next. It was noted during these observations that: APPROVED: (1) At times some people parked parallel in the angle parking areas, particularly in front of residences. (2) Children have a difficult, and hazardous, time nuking the crossing of Central Avenue because of autos, vans, and pickups parked near the intersections. (3) Sight distances at all crossings was limited at times because of parked cars. (4) Some vehicles crossed over the center line in normal driving because of the proximity of parked cars in angle stalls. (5) Church attendance in the area does not appear to increase parking on either Saturday or Sunday. HENRY A. GLAVES, City Manager FILE NO. Council Communication January 11, 1985 Page 2 The Average Daily Traffic on Central Avenue in this area is 3,200 to 4,000. The street h?s a curb to curb width of 55 feet, the same as the widest portions of School Street in the downtown area where parallel opposite angle parking has recently been installed. Field measurements of standard automobiles on Central Avenue give a clear distance between automobiles o- 24 feet, tip of bumper to tip of bumper. While this may be reasonable for two lanes in a minor residential area, it is narrow for the through traffic which Central Avenue carries as a collector, particularly when one con -siders the "shy" distance that drivers normally use in passing parked vehicles. Traffic records were reviewed to determine the effect of the angle parking on vehicular movement in the area and between January, 1983, and September 30,1984, approximately 13 accidents attributable to angle parking were reported during 1983, and 7 during the first 9 months of 1984. Consideration was given to the possibility of angle and parallel parking on opposite s.ides of the street in the business areas, but because of the number of angle stalls that would be eliminated to provide comparable sight distance at the intersections, the net stall loss is near that for parallel parking. Based on usage, accidents and sight distance for pedestrians, it is our recommendation that the City Council consider the replacement of all angle parking in the area with parallel. Notices have been sent to the owners of the property fronting on the street where angle parking is presently in use notifying them of this possibility. While there are many alternates to total elimination of angle parking, it would appear that other alternates are only a partial solution. k Ronsko lic Works Director Attachment JLR/GER/cag F SEE 37 AWE. A S_ kmm toST- 2 ......... 9 EDEN ST 20 OKAI IA. 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