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Case #5: Report from Public Works Committee 1) Consider Traffic Restriction on City Streets Regency Ponds Public Works Director Olson indicated because of the need to implement the recommendation of the Public Works Committee regarding traffic concerns in the Regency Ponds subdivision at the earliest possible opportunity, the recommendations were ratified at the June 27, 2006 City Council meeting. The action was to focus police patrol to insure compliance with the 30 mph speed limit and that the use of the speed trailer be continued, and that temporary all way (3-way) stop signs be placed at the intersections of Kamacite Street and 14ih Avenue and Kamacite Street and 147th Lane. These temporary stop signs will be removed upon termination of the county road closures. Welcomes Road Neighborhood Public works Director Olson explained there was discussion of looking at the contractors' use of the roadways during the construction of the watermain project. This traffic is anticipated to cease with the completion of the utility work. The City had received a petition from the Welcomes Road Neighborhood for certain issues associated with the road. One request was for traffic counts before and after the road is paved; staff indicated those counts would be sent to the residents. City Engineer Jankowski indicated staff has not been able to locate any pre-project traffic counts on Welcomes Road. Public Works Director Olson indicated a letter will be sent to the residents informing them that a traffic count could not be found. The recommendation of the Committee was that staff be directed to delay the opening of Welcomes Road until the watermain construction on the west side of Welcomes Road is complete. 2) Discussion of Traffic Concerns in the Elmcrest Park Area Public Works Director Olson stated within the past several months the City has received complaints relating to outside traffic using neighborhood streets to access Elmcrest Park where increased park activity has generated additional traffic. Traffic counts were taken on four separate dates between June 6, 2006 and June 12,2006. The results show that the park generated an average of 785 trips daily and that rougWy 73% ofthe trips are using the Quicksilver access, which is the main access point to the park. The Quicksilver access has since been paved, which should eliminate dust complaints. The hope is to continue to increase the percentage of people that use the Quicksilver access, rather than cutting through the neighborhood. Staff was directed to prepare a sandwich board to place in the middle of the parking lot to the entrance to the main road. This sign has been prepared and states Please respect our neighbors - enter/exit park using Quicksilver Street. In addition a flyer was distributed by the youth association informing parents to use Quicksilver as the primary entrance/exit to the park. Staff was also directed to post exit City Council / July 11,2006 Page 8 of 13