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Agenda item K-1 - Request for additional traffic control near
Heritage School was introduced by Public Works Director
Ronsko who presented diagrams of the subject area.
Air. Ronsko apprised the Council that a "Cameittee of
Concerned Parents" has requested that four-way stops be
installed at (1) Central Avenue and Eden Street, (2) Garfield
Street and Eden Street, and (3) Tokay Street and Garfield
Street. The Engineering Division initiated traffic studies
at the three intersections to determine existing conditions
and problems and if four-way stops are ;warranted by
recognized traffic engineering procedures.
In an earlier traffic investigation at Tokay Street and
Garfield Street, we felt the accident hazard might be
corrected without the installation of four-way stops. In an
attarpt to modify the situation, a stop sign was relocated at
the southeast corner for better visibility, all school
crossings, pavement legends and stop bars were repainted, and
double yellow centerlines were installed to clearly delineate
the intersection. Our observations since these improvements
show motorists will still not yield the right-of-way to six
and seven year old children attempting to cross Tokay Street,
and. in lieu of an adequate traffic patrol, which the school
says they cannot provide, additional stop signs my be the
only reasonable soluti n: