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Home My Public Portal About20081009minutesMINUTES TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION October 9, 2008 8:00 a.m. July 08 - June 09 Com m ission Mem bers Present Attendance Record Tony W all 3 of 3 Ernest Raub 3 of 3 Michael Hughes 3 of 3 Kevin Kelly 3 of 3 Jeff Ahlers *Arrived late 3 of 3 Rick Prather 2 of 3 Bill Yarnell 2 of 3 Comm ission Members Not Present Ron Fitzwater 1 of 3 Bill W ashburn 2 of 3 Com m ission Liaison Present Sgt. Jeff Stieferm ann C ounc ilm an R on M edin Staff Members Present Matt Morasch, Deputy Director for Public W orks Britt Sm ith, Division Director for Streets/Parking Drew Hilpert, Associate City Counselor Angie Haslag, Adm inistrative Assistant Melva Fast - Asst to City Administrator G uests Kris Hilgedick - News Tribune, Karl Schulte - New Business #1, Councilm an Rich Koon, Councilm an Mike Harvey, Jeff K. - Chamber, Brad Schrim pf - New Business #2, Jan Dunning - Old Business #1, T he m eeting was called to order by Vice C hairm an H ughes at 8:00 a.m . A quorum was present at this tim e. 1.Introductions Introductions of the Com m ission m em bers were m ade for the guest present. 2. Acceptance of the Septem ber 4, 2008 meeting minutes T he m eeting m inute s from th e S eptem ber 4, 2008 T rans portatio n and T raffic C om m ission were unanim ously approved. 3.New Business 1.Request for change of time limit for the Post Office parking spaces on the south side of High Street. (Requestor: Karl Schulte) The written staff report from the com m ission mem bers m eeting packet was read by Mr. Hughes. M r. Schulte s pok e on his reques t a nd com m ente d th at it is difficult to get in and out of the Post O ffice in ten m inute s w hen it is busy inside. * M r. Ahlers arrived at 8:05 a.m . A group discussion then occurred am ong the com m ission mem bers. Som e of the mem bers also mentioned some of the problem s they have experienced. It was also noted that com plaints were received of tickets being written. Transportation & Traffic Commission October 9, 2008 Page 2 A m otio n w as m ade by M r. Ahlers to change th e tim e lim it to T w enty (20) m inute park ing, s ec onded by M r. Kelly. Additional discussion occurred and Mr. Ahlers and Mr. Kelly amended the first m otion. A new am ended m otion was m ade to raise the parking tim e lim it to Fifteen (15) m inute parking on the South and North side of High Street and on the East side of W ashington Street, seconded by Mr. Raub. All in favor, motion passes. The reques t will go before the C ity C ouncil. * Mr. Ahlers took over as chair of the meeting. 2.Request for parking on the east side of the 600 block of Jefferson Street for tenants at 611 & 613 Jefferson. (Requestor: Roger Schrim pf - Schrimpf M anagem ent) Mr. Sm ith gave the staff report on this area of town. He noted it is a m ixed use area which can be considered as light industrial. Tenants were parking there vehicles in the spaces at the old B & L Market, now owned and used by Prairie Farm s, and will now have to find new perm anent parking. Staff recom m ends to deny the request at this tim e to allow for a parking study to be done by City staff and address all the areas at one tim e. A group discussion occurred am ong the m embers of the com m ission and the guest that were present. It was noted that there is 4 hour parking available in the Ecco parking lot and the City also has a lot it rents spaces in. There is concern if all day parking is allowed it will effect area businesses. A m otion to table the request to allow staff to com plete a parking study was made by Mr. Yarnell, seconded by M r. W all. After a little m ore discussion, M r. Yarnell withdrew his m otion and a new m otion was m ade. A new m otion was m ade by Mr. Hughes to pass this request on to the C ity Public W orks D ivision to conduct a complete parking study, seconded by Mr. Yarnell. All in favor, m otion passes. 3.Request for a yield sign on Boonville Rd for making a right turn from Boonville on to West Main. (Requestor: City Staff) Mr. Sm ith gave a staff report and com m ented there was som e confusion on if the right turn was a stop control or a yield since there is no sign placed. A temporary yield sign was placed to see if it would help with the confusion. After little discussion a motion was m ade by Mr. Yarnell to approve staffs recom m endation to perm anently place the yield sign on Boonville R d turning right o n to W es t M ain, seconded by Mr. Hughes. All in favor, m otion pas s es . T he request w ill go before th e C ity C ounc il. 4 .Request for rem oval of th e Handicap parking space on M cCarty St. in fro nt of C ity Hall (Requestor: City Staff) Mr. Sm ith gave a staff report on the request. He inform ed the com m ission that HUD had m ade an evaluation of C ity H all and th ey noted the tw o handicap spac es . It w as suggeste d to rem ove the sec ond space that is not in compliance with HUD. M r. Sm ith told the com m ission that sidewalks are being replaced in the near future around City Hall and the space could be added back in to com pliance. After little discussion Mr Yarnell m oved to accept staffs recom m endation, seconded by Mr. Hughes. All in favor, m otio n passes. T he reques t will go before C ity C ouncil. 5.Request for striping of Southw est Blvd from Route C to Sunrise. (Requestor: Pete Abbott) Staff only introduced this item to the com m ission m embers and will have further discussion during the Novem ber m eeting. A request was m ade to table this item until N ovem ber so m em bers of the area had tim e to review and to m ak e arrangem ent to attend th e m eeting. S taff m em bers presente d a ph o to of th e area an d w o u ld like to rem ove th e park ing to allow for lane re-striping along this stretc h of roadway. A m otio n to ta ble th is request until th e N ovem ber m eetin g w a s m a d e by M r. P rath e r, s e c o n d e d by M r. W all. A ll in favor, request tabled. Transportation and Traffic Commission October 9, 2008 Page 3 4.Old Business 1.Request to remove the tw o hour parking time limit on the south side of the 100 block of West Dunklin Street. (Requestor: Barb Rector) Mr. Sm ith gave a staff and noted staff would like to take a m ore system wide approach on this area of town. Staff would like to include this area in the parking study to be done by city staff. W ith little dis c u s s ion a m otion to refer th is item to C ity S taff was m ade by M r. Yarnell, seconded by M r. K elly. A ll in favor, motion passes. Staff will include this area in the parking study to be done. 5.Other Business 1. Discuss possibility of selling ads for the sides of busses to earn City revenue. (Chairman Ahlers) Mr. Ahlers was contacted by Ms. McMillan, Deputy Director of Planning and Transportation and noted her departm ent is already look ing in to advertising and sta ff is work ing on a proposal. The Transportation and Traffic would like Ms. McMillan to give a presentation to the com m ission when the proposal is complete and the tim e is appropriate. 2. Discuss option of m oving the T ransportation & Traffic Commission m eetings to W ednesday mornings. (Chairman Ahlers) Som e discussion occurred am ong the m embers of the com m ission and will discuss again during the N ovem ber m eeting. T he N ovem ber m eeting will re m ain on T hursday. 3. Next meeting is scheduled for November 6, 2008 6. Adjournment W ith no other business, a m otion to adjourn was m ade by M r. W ashburn, seconded by Mr. W all and the m eeting was adjourned at 8:58 a.m . Respectfully subm itted, Angi e Hasl ag Angie Haslag Adm inistrative Assistant