Agenda - Council - 05/12/2009 - Laserfiche WebLink

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City Engineer Janlcawski stated. that the staff recommendaw fih theeleast ixnpacteitrhrns a He stated that them won't be a consensus from the neighbors and go . that their recorniraendation is prohibiting left tt~1at back oothehPublic~Worics Collmmittee yin traffic counts and accident history.. and presen ©ctober oi' 2009. Chair Elvi stated that rerouting TH 47 to a different area has been ~ cH~ stated th atath s would g would take a majority of traffic off of there and it could be signalize help several of the neighborhoods in the area. Public Works Director Oison stated that he thinks the permanent so1u16 ~~ ~~e sa tonget more people cutting through is the congestion they are f nding on 5, 1 capacity on 4Z would alleviate the need to cut throung~ . He not ~ hat there was som asupport song-term plan to have TH 47 be upgraded and realzg for a signal at the intersection, but the signal wouldn't do anything for-cut through traffic. Chair Elvig stand that he would lzlce to see if there is a stxaw poll ~~ corriments ~~ could take to see what those .present would life to see done after he opens it up to eilmember lvlcGlorie stand that he is in the construction and- d~mout of h Te~eHe stated Coup farniiiar with the neigl~borhoo at tra ~hc nurnbers~the thougktt about he Fact that for every one that when he started looking durnpster he put in the neighborhood, he took 4 trips oougnt alletl~aape ~ is for~arloofiriguand about the hailstorm that happened and asked the City p siding that happened in the neighborhood, which .h ~~ ~ t meoleriodsit gen a ed 3f240 trips information. He discovered that far every siding fob in p in and out of~the neighborhood and the rooting generated nei7hborhood.eHe stated that there are 100 more jobs, it would add 15,600 trips in and out of th g many 'other issues related to this type of wof r e ahinale.mHeg fated that even~thougl1 the inspections, storm- chasers, and gutter installers, p numbers may seem shacking, there may be some good reasons why they happened. He stated thaC he has copies of this information available if any residents would like to see it. ' rks Director Olsen stated that he reviewed the perrriits and there were 29 permits in the Public W o time fxame that the traffic counts were taken, CQUncXlrriernb~r Ivlc~lone stated that some ofi the totters. included i as c;onnecti n po tha h d sides of the fend, He stated that tl~e belief was .that there w channelization to the present day issues, so kie taolc a two year look at the pexmit data for hail storrrts over that time period, hTe statod float he was looking at traffic, in general, not just the tune pexod whexe-the. traffic study was completed. Chair Elvig stated that he spoke with a business owner about the cis ds doeshthe same thing and she cuts through the neighborhood too and noted that one of her tr actually hit a kid cutting through. She stated that this business- owner didn't believe the traffic Public Works Committee /February 17, 2pQ9 Fage 3 of 19 -112-