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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - October 20, 1999 E-1140 • •�COUNCIL COMMUNICATION o�4Povk AGENDA TITLE: Amend Traffic Resolution to Adopt Multi -way Stop at Elm Street and Evergreen Drive MEETING DATE: October 20, 1999 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt the attached resolution amending Traffic Resolution 97-148 to establish a multi -way stop at the intersection of Evergreen Drive and Elm Street. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At the October 6, 1999 City Council meeting, Elm Street residents brought their concerns about speeding and safety of Elm Street between Evergreen Drive and Lower Sacramento Road and for traffic control at Evergreen Drive and Elm Street. City Council directed the Public Works Department to review these concerns and also directed the Police Department to increase enforcement in this area. In January 1999, staff brought a report to City Council on a three-way stop study for the Elm Street and Evergreen Drive intersection. According to the study, the intersection did not meet State guidelines for three-way stop signs. At that meeting, staff recommended installing no -parking zones adjacent to the intersection corners to enhance safety. These improvements were completed on January 29, 1999. Since the previous study, there have been no collisions on the Elm Street segment and one reported collision on Evergreen Drive south of Elm Street. This collision involved a parked motorist leaving the curb and a motorist turning south from Elm Street to Evergreen Drive. Stop signs would not have affected or prevented this collision. Staff was unable to update the traffic counts in time to include them with this report; however, we plan to have data available at the City Council meeting. There has been some new construction in the area since the previous count, and more is planned. However, most likely not enough to meet the State's guidelines for three-way stop control. Given the length of Evergreen Drive and the conflicting nature of the turning movements, a multi -way stop at this location as part of overall neighborhood traffic management is reasonable. As part of the overall neighborhood traffic management, staff has worked with the developer building homes on the south side of Elm Street at Lower Sacramento Road to install three short landscaped islands in the wide portion of Elm Street. In addition to the aesthetic improvement, this is a "traffic calming" feature which should help reduce traffic speeds. The residents also requested bicycle lanes be installed on Elm Street connecting to the existing bicycle lanes on Evergreen Drive and Elm Street east of Lower Sacramento Road. Bicycle lanes are planned to be installed once construction on the south side of Elm Street is completed. This work will be done soon. FUNDING: Funding is approximately $1,600 for the bicycle lanes using the Measure K Non -Competitive Bicycle Lane Program. Richard C. Prima, J Public Works Director Prepared by Paula J. Fernandez, Associate Traffic Engineer and Richard Prima, Public Works Director Attachment cc: City Attorney Police Chief Affected residents/concemed citizens Street Superintendent Associate Traffic Engineer APPROVED: H. Dixon Flynn -- City CELMEVRGRNSTOP.DOC 10/12/99 RESOLUTION NO. 99-161 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING MULTI -WAY STOP CONTROL AT ELM STREET AND EVERGREEN DRIVE, THEREBY AMENDING TRAFFIC RESOLUTION NO. 97-148 BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby approve the installation of a four-way stop control at the intersection of Elm Street and Evergreen Drive; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that City of Lodi Traffic Resolution No. 97-148, Section 2 — C (1) "Stop Intersections" is hereby amended by installing four-way stop control at the intersection of Elm Street and Evergreen Drive. Dated: October 20, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- I hereby certify that Resolution No. 99-161 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held October 20, 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 NN.�"IMCHE City Clerk 99-161 CITY COUNCIL H. DIXON FLYNN KEITH LAND, Mayor City Manager STEPHEN J. MANN CITY OF L O D I ALICE M. REIMCHE Mayor Pro Tempore City Clerk SUSAN HITCHCOCK CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. BOX 3006 RANDALL A. HAYS ALAN S. NAKANISH! City Attorney PHILLIP A. PENNING LORI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209) 333-6706 FAX (209) 333-6710 October 14, 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Antonio D. Michelucci Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Scott 2519 West Elm Street 2639 West Elm Street Lodi, CA 95242 Lodi, CA 95242 Mr. and Mrs. R. Ozminkowski, Jr. 2707 West Elm Street Lodi, CA 95242 Mr. Michael D. Manser 2715 West Elm Street Lodi, CA 95242 SUBJECT: Amend Traffic Resolution to Adopt Multi -way Stop at Elm Street and Evergreen Drive Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of Wednesday, October 20, 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, or me at 333-6759. AA- Richard C. P a, Jr. Public Works Director RCP/Im Enclosure cc: Affected resi nts/concerned citizens City Clerk NCELMEVRGRNSTOP MR THOMAS P DOUCETTE MR MICHAEL D MANSER MR & MRS R OZMINKOWSKI JR LODI BLDG PARTNERS I LP 2715 W ELM ST 2707 W ELM ST 2375 W MARCH LN LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 STOCKTON CA 95207 STEPHEN J & GAY N MARINO TR BRUCE M & KATHRYN R DINGMAN 2663 W ELM ST 2657 W ELM ST SCOTT A & ROBIN K TOSCHI LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 2645 W ELM ST LODI CA 95242 MICHAEL H & CINDY G WEST ALEXIS A REDMON ET AL MR & MRS ANTONIO D MICHELUCCI 2531 W ELM ST 2525 W ELM ST 2519 W ELM ST LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 STEVEN J & DIANE L JARVIS RUBEN & DOREEN A RODRIGUEZ 2513 W ELM ST RUTH A KELLAND TR 2501 W ELM ST LODI CA 95242 2507 W ELM ST LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 LINDA S OBA ET AL MR & MRS CONRAD E KESSELL TR MARK L & SHELIA LICKSTEIN 2662 W ELM ST 2700 W ELM ST 2706 W ELM ST LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 LEOLA BIZEK TR THOMAS E & BONNIE S SCOTT JUNE I ROBERTS TR 74 EVERGREEN DR 2639 W ELM ST 116 EVERGREEN DR LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 DAN L & SUSAN R FIELDS MARCEL & BONNIE M GRONDAHL 2651 W ELM ST 2656 W ELM ST LODI CA 95242 LODI CA 95242 ELMEVRGRNSTOP2