HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 18, 1987 (57)CITY OF LO R I COUNCIL COMINIU NICATIO
PUBLIC WORKS DEPART,VIENT
FROM:
MEETING DATE:
City Council
City Manager
February 18, 1,-
AGENDA
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AGENDA TITLE: Approve Conversion of "Yield" Signs to "Stop" Signs on
Fairmont Avenue at Walnut Street and Pleasant Avenue at
Oak Street
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the "Yield" signs on Fairmont Avenue at Walnut
Street and Pleasant Avenue at Oak Street be replaced with "Stop" signs.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: As part of a new, ongoing program, City Traffic
Engineering staff is analyzing high accident rate intersections in order to
improve safety. the first step in the process consists of preliminary
screening to generate a list of intersections sorted by control type and
accident rate. Intersections with the highest accident rate (# of accidents
per year per million vehicles entering the intersection) are analyzed first.
Based on the preliminary screening, it appears more recommendations to change
"Yields" to "Stops" will be forthcoming.
In the case of Fairmont/Walnut, both the number of accidents (11 in 3 years)
and the sight obstructions at the corners justify the change from "Yield" to
"Stop". The volumes on Walnut are more than double those on Fairmont, thus
the right-of-way control is on the appropriate street.
At Pleasant/Oak, the number of accidents indicate "Stop" control is
appropriate. Elimination of parking at the southwest corner to improve
visibility is an alternative, but is not recommended because of the
relatively high parking demand.
(Jack L. Ron-ko
Public Works Director
JLR/RCP/ma
cc: Street Superintendent
Police Chief
Debbie Olsen, 141 S. Fairmont Avenue
Nadine Peterson, 200 S. Sunset
John L. Barkley, 404 W. Pine Street, Suite 9
APPROVED: i
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FILE NO.
CFAIRM02/TXTW.02M February 4, 1987
RESOLUTION NO. 81-26
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONt7ERSION OF "YIELD" SIGNS
TO "STOP" SIGNS ON FAIRMONT AVENUE AT WALNUT STREET
AND PIEASANT A'JEUJE AT OAK STREET
RESOLVE, that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby
approve the conversion of "yield" signs to "stop" signs on Fairmont
Avenue at Walnut Street and Pleasant Avenue at Oak Street.
Dated: February 4, 1987
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 87-26 was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a Regular
Meeting held February 18, 1987 by the following vote:
AYES: C:c uacil Menbers - Olson, Snider, Pinkerton,
Hinchman and Reid (Mayor)
NOES: Council Members - None
ABSENT: Council Members - None
ABSTAIN: Council Menbers - None
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