HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - July 24, 1985REQUEST FOR
4 -MY STOP SIGNS
ELI AND SACRAMF.MO
STREET
Council was reminded that the
City had received a
petition from a number of
businessmen near the
intersection of Sacramento and Elm Streets requesting
the installation of a 4 -way stop at that location.
The Public Works Department has
taken traffic counts,
checked the accident records and
generally reviewed the
problems and solutions at the
intersections of both
School and Sacramento with Elm
since they are almost
identical. Staff reported that in checking the warrants
for 4 -way stops at these two
intersections, it was
determined that there were only
two accidents per year
at each intersection subject to correction by 4 -way
stops. Five are required. It was
also determined that
the traffic volumes just barely
meet the warrants for
4 -way stops.
Further information which was developed was reviewed by
Staff. Staff concluded the -.r report by advising that it
would appear that the two best alternatives at this time
are to either leave the signing the way it is or to
convert both intersections to 4 -way stops. It w,s
Staff's recommendation to install 4 -way stops at both
intersections. This recommendation is based on treating
the downtown improvement district as one large parking
lot.
A lengthy discussion followed with questions being
directed to Staff.
Mayor Hinchman then moved for adoption of Resolution No.
85-95 establishing 4 -way stops at School and Elm, and at
Sacramento and Elm. The motion was seconded by Mayor
Pro Tempore Reid. The motion failed to carry the
following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Reid and Hinchman (Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - Olson, Pinkerton, and Snider
Absent: Council Members - None
LODZ
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CC0=UNC1LC0MM=UNICAT10N
TO: City Council
FROM: City Manager
- DATE: July 12, 1985
SUBJECT: 4 -Way Stops at School and Elm., and at Sacramento and Elm
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution establishing
4 -way stops at School and Elm, and at Sacramento and Elm.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City received a petition from a number of
business men near the intersection of Sacramento and Elm Streets requesting the
installation of a 4 -way stop at that location, copy enclosed as Exhibit A.
The Public Works Department has taken traffic counts, checked the accident .'
records and generally reviewed the problems and solutions at intersections of
both School and Sacrar� ato with Elm since they are almost identical. In
checking the warrants for 4 -way stops at these two intersections, it was
determined that there were .only two accidents per year at each intersection
subject to correction by 4 -way stops. Five are required. It was also
determined that the traffic volumes meet, just barely, the warrants for 4 -way
stops (See Exhibit B).
Further discussion and investigation led the department to consider all of the
streets in.the area and their use. A map was developed showing the streets in
the downtown area and the traffic controls; yield signs; 2 -way and 4 -way stops,.
traffic` signals. See Exhibit C. In reviewing the downtown area it appears
that. Lodi Avenue and Lockeford, should be used for cross-town traffic,
east -west, and Church and Stockton should be used for cross-town traffic,
north -south. These four streets would then leave the downtown area free of
through °traffic and tend to eliminate vehicles which have no reason for
impacting the downtown area. Pine and Elm.'would then be used to bring traffic
into the central business district from east and west of town, but would not be
used for major cross-town movement. The remaining streets, School, Sacramento,
Walnut, Oak and Locust should be used primarily for access to the various
bus.inesses and as a "parking lot". With this in mind it appears that it may be
,beneficial to provide 4 -way stops at the two intersections in question.
Sacramento Street, with its present signing, is one of the better ways to get
north and. south
through downtown from
one industrial area to another. The major:
problem at the
intersection of Sacramento and Elm is a sight distance problem"
- created .by delivery
traffic and
semi-commercial/industrial use'. One
alternative is
to eliminate the angle
parking on Sacramento Street immediately
north and south
of the intersection to
increase visibility. While it appears
APPROVED:
,p
FILE N0.
=q
THUMAS A. PETERSON,
City Manager
1itlPi fi�.r,4s-rsc
aras s
#3;
City Council
July 12, 1985
:Page,2
x
that this would improve traffic flow, it
may be that the sight distance problem
we now .have at that intersection is one
of the reasons we do not have a lot of
accidents. People realize it is a dangerous
intersection and drive carefully.
r-,
It would appear that the two best alternatives at this time are to either.leave
s
the-signing the way it is or to convert
both intersections to 4-way stops. It
is this department's recommendation
to install 4-way stops at both
intersections. This recommendation
is . based on treating the downtown
improvement istrict as one large parking
lot.
M,1
Ja k L. Ronsko
Pub is Works Director
/GER/cag
/_-N
G FFIGNA BROS. AUTO PARTS, MC.
108 N. SACRAMENTO STREET / LODI, CALIFORNIA 85240
(209) 368.4754 RECEIVE tJ
1185MAY 14 Ali 8= 42
May 13, 1985
LCE Al. RE CHE
VTY CLW
CITY 4F LODI
To the OFFICE of the CITY MANAGER:
We, the undersigned merchants, hereby petition the
CITY of LODI to install 4 -Way Stop
signs at the inter-
section of Elm:and Sacramento Sts.
We believe this to be necessary to
traffic safety in
this vicinity.
(Signed)
JOE $ SAN 100 N.
SACRAMENTO ST.
JOE HASSAN 47 N.
SACRAMENTO ST.
GRAFFIGNA BROS. AUTO PARTS, INC. 108
N. SACRAMENTO ST.
c L.a._v��
S/M/DITTY'S TAVERN 114 N.
SACRAMENTO ST.
C
^/
I
CHAPALITO CAFE 107 N.
SACRAMENTO ST.
PERLA' S AFE, 11331 N.
G
SACRAMENTO ST.
UADALAJARA 121 N.
SACRAMENTO ST.
44
PAYLESS MARKET 101 N.
SACRAMENTO ST.
00 T
ZcI
Q
r
J
ALM2
o 05
ZE
2500
COv
Ei.M i�,- SCAACO1-
STREET
NO_ C:+TE T i bAM ! NJ
1. 5.4.8411S41MAJ-MOp
2 12•Zt•84 ib� tv11t�`-MOS p « �� �� (A;---
1 5.24-64 ! t2 5 j MoD-M1N
Z 12.29.84~ 2.01"? i NIAJ MDD 0 �, q)
��
U
TO: . Sacramento Street Proprietors
cc: City Clerk
JLR/eeh
�a
f ' "•
-CITY COUNCIL
THOMAS A. PETERSON
DAVID M. HINCHMAN, Mayor
CI LODI
City Manager
FRED M. REID
!!
ALICE M. REIMCHE
Mayor Pro-TemporeCL
EST PINE STREET
City Clerk
EVELYN M. OLSONCALL
'JAMES
BOX 3006STEIN
ba, EA MID&^I13
RONALD M.
W. PINKERTON, Jr.
,�f 5241-191G
City Attorney
JOHN R. (Randy) SNIDER
(209) 334-5634
Y tLER
Itt
,01-TY bKL)O 1 1985
TO: . Sacramento Street Proprietors
cc: City Clerk
JLR/eeh
•
CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL 2?.,,,, EST.
'
CALL B
_
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241.1910
Albino Paz
Perla's CafE
113-1/2 N. Sacramento St.
Lodi, CA 95240
V
1.1910
C
N -
a d,
L
o, u :...
O
c •.c'
Guadalupe Nieto
o
ihapal ito Cafe
107 N. Sacramento St.
IV to,°1
Lodi, CA 85240
y_ Sy Q
to L' A O
J
95241-1910
Joe Hassan
100 N. ', Sacramento' Street
Codi, CA 95240