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<br />Consensus of the. Committee was to direct staff to draft a case for a future Public Works <br />Committee meeting regarding the placement of crosswalks on County roads, including maps, the <br />County policy regarding, and associated costs. <br /> <br />Consensus of the Committee was to direct staff to add the discussion of a future policy regarding <br />underpasses, overpasses, and other types of crossing mechanisms at trail crossings located at <br />high traffic areas on a future work session agenda. <br /> <br />Case #3: <br /> <br />Review Policy for Considering Traffic Control Modification Requests <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski explained the City receives a number of requests for traffic control <br />modifications each year. In reviewing the agendas for the Public Works Committee where such <br />requests are initially referred, there have been nine such cases that have been considered since <br />January of2005. Mr. Jankow~ki reviewed the following summary of these cases: <br /> <br />1. Consider replacing Yield signs with Stop signs at Marmoset & 154th Lane <br />2. Consider placing all way Stop signs at Radium & 144th Lane <br />3. Consider changing street sign name at Old County Road 5 <br />4. Consider placing crosswalk at 16ih Avenue & Quicksilver Street <br />5. Consider raising the speed limit on Riverdale Drive <br />6. Consider realigning roadway at 169th Avenue & Neon Street <br />7. Consider traffic control measures in Regency Pond neighborhood in response to CR 56 <br />construction <br />8. Consider traffic control measures in Elmcrest Park neighborhood <br />9. Consider establishing a bike lane on Waco Street <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski advised some of these issues have been initiated by individual Council <br />members in response to significant neighborhood concerns and others by a formal citizen <br />petition. However, the current policy for bringing an issue before the Committee requires only a <br />written request or an email from a single individual. A number of the above cases have been <br />initiated in this manner. As the City continues to grow in population the number of such requests <br />can be anticipated to increase in number. Researching such issues involves a considerable <br />amount of time and resources on the part of City staff associated with taking traffic counts, <br />reviewing accident histories, and preparing materials for presentation to the Committee. Mr. <br />Jankowski indicated staff is requesting input on the part of the Committee for modifying the <br />current policy by establishing appropriate criteria for submitting a traffic modification request to <br />the Committee for review. Such criteria might consist of a petition signed by a certain number or <br />percentage of residents within a specified distance of the traffic modification request. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski advised staff recommends that the policy for processing citizen traffic <br />modification requests before to Public Works Committee be modified by requiring a written <br />petition for the desired change signed by a specified number of property owners or residents <br />residing within a specified distance from the requested modification. <br /> <br />There was discussion of possible standards to include in a policy for processing citizen traffic <br />modification requests. <br /> <br />Public Works Committee / September 19, 2006 <br />Page 5 of 9 <br />