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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 1, 1999 E-11CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMLTNICATION AGENDA TITLE: Amend Traffic Resolution to Adopt Four -Way Stop Control at Pine Street and Guild Avenue and Establish Guild Avenue as a Through Street MEETING DATE: September 1, 1999 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt the attached resolution amending the Traffic Resolution 97-148 by approving the installation of a four-way stop control at Pine Street and Guild Avenue and designating Guild Avenue as a through street. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At the July 7, 1999 City Council meeting, City Council awarded the contract for the project for Guild Avenue Street Construction and Street Overlay, Industrial Way to Pine Street, to Teichert Construction Company of Stockton. This project includes constructing the new Guild Avenue from Industrial Way to Lodi Avenue. The construction for this project has started and is anticipated to be completed by November 1999. Once this project is constructed, Guild Avenue will extend approximately one and a half miles and traffic at Pine Street will increase substantially. Traffic volumes on Guild Avenue will continue to increase with development in the industrial area east of Beckman Road. Staff recommends installing four-way stop controls at Pine Street and Guild Avenue given the new roadway construction and increased traffic volumes. Since 1997, staff has received three requests for four-way stop signs. In June 1998, staff installed larger stop signs and stop -ahead signs on Guild Avenue. Since then, there have been four right-angle collisions. The four-way stop control will reduce this type of collision. Staff also recommends designating Guild Avenue as a through street which will allow staff to install stop signs on the cross streets intersecting Guild Avenue except at higher volume streets, such as Victor Road and Pine Street. The following changes to the Traffic Resolution 97-148 are recommended: Section 2B — Through Streets Section 2C — Stop Intersections Guild Avenue 1. Multi -Way Stop Intersections Pine Street and Guild Avenue 2. Two -Way and One -Way Stop Intersections Guild Avenue stops at Victor Road FUNDING: Street Maintenance Account, less than $500. Richard C. Prima, Jr. Public Works Director Prepared by Paula J. Femandez, Associate Traffic Engineer RCP/PJ F/lm Attachment cc: City Attorney Street Superintendent Police Chief Senior Civil Engineer Fujitani Associate Civil Engineer Chang Associate Traffic Engineer Interested Parties APPROVED: H. Dixon Flynn -- City CPINEGUILD.DOC oeneiss RESOLUTION NO. 99-134 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF A FOUR-WAY STOP CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PINE STREET AND GUILD AVENUE, AND DESIGNATING GUILD AVENUE AS A THROUGH STREET, THEREBY AMENDING TRAFFIC RESOLUTION NO. 97-148 WHEREAS, on July 7, 1999 the City Council awarded the contract for Guild Avenue Street Construction and Street Overlay, Industrial Way to Pine Street; and . WHEREAS, this project includes constructing the new Guild Avenue from Industrial Way to Lodi Avenue; and WHEREAS, upon completion of this project, Guild Avenue will extend approximately one and a half miles, and traffic at Pine Street will increase substantially; and WHEREAS, traffic volumes on Guild Avenue will continue to increase with development in the industrial area east of Beckman Road; and WHEREAS, staff recommends installing four-way stop controls at Pine Street and Guild Avenue because of the new. roadway construction and increased traffic volumes; and WHEREAS, since 1997 staff has received three requests for four-way stop signs, and in June 1998, staff installed larger stop signs and stop -ahead signs on Guild Avenue; and WHEREAS, four right-angle collisions have occurred since June 1998, and the installation of four-way stop controls will reduce this type of collision; and WHEREAS, staff also recommends designating Guild Avenue as a through street which will allow staff to install stop signs on the cross streets intersecting Guild Avenue except at higher volume streets, such as Victor Road and Pine Street. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby approve the installation of four-way stop controls at Pine Street and Guild Avenue, and hereby designates Guild Avenue as a through street; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that City of Lodi Traffic Resolution No. 97-148, Section 2B "Through Streets" and Section 2C "Stop Intersections" is hereby amended as follows: Section 2B — Throuct Streets Guild Avenue Dated: September 1, 1999 Section 2C — Stop Intersections 1. Multi -Way Stop Intersections Pine Street and Guild Avenue 2. Two -Way and One -Way Stop Intersections Guild Avenue stops at Victor Road I hereby certify that Resolution No. 99-134 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held September 1, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Mann, Nakanishi, Pennino and Land (Mayor) NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ' ALICE M. REIIVICHE City Clerk 99-134 CITY COUNCIL KEITH LAND, Mayor STEPHEN J. MANN Mayor Pro Tempore SUSAN HITCHCOCK ALAN S. NAKANISHI PHILLIP A. PENNINO CITY OF LODI CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. 60X•3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209) 3 33-6 706 FAX (209) 333-6710 August 26, 1999 H. DIXON FLYNN City Manager ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk RANDALL A. HAYS City Attorney Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mindt Ms. Leonda Adamson Mr. Tom Flinn, Deputy Director 67 South Guild Ave. 1377 East Lodi Ave. S. J. Co. Public Works Department Lodi, CA 95240 Lodi, CA 95240 P. O. Box 1810 Stockton, CA 95201-1810 SUBJECT: Amend Traffic Resolution to Adopt Four -Way Stop Control at Pine Street and Guild Avenue and Establish Guild Avenue as a Through Street Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of Wednesday, September 1, 1999. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street. This item is on the consent calendar and is usually not discussed unless a Council Member requests discussion. The public is given an opportunity to address items on the consent calendar at the appropriate time. If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council, City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street. If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the Council, please contact Alice Reimche, City Clerk, at 333-6702. If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Paula Fernandez, Associate Traffic Engineer, at 333-6800, ext. 667. 'ajdq2 Richard C. Prima, Jr. Public Works Director RCPJIrn Enclosure / cc: City Clerk t/ NCPINEGUILD.DOC