HomeMy Public PortalAbout20141008minutesUNAPPROVED October 8, 2014
MINUTES
Transportation and Traffic Commission
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Commission Members (present)
Roger Schwartze (acting Chairman)
Ryan Towner
Donna Deetz
Mark Kross
Timothy Diemler
Jeremy Murray
Ron Fitzwater
Commission Members (absent)
Jeff Ahlers (Chairman)
Michael Hughes (Vice Chair)
Staff Liaisons (present)
Sgt. Doug Ruediger
Carlos Graham
Staff (present)
Matt Morash
Britt Smith
Tia Griffin
Beth Sweeten
Guest(s):
Madeleine Leroux (News Tribune), Dick Otke, Jim Hartman, E. Wayne Lee, Kim Marshall, and
Christa Luebbering
The meeting was called to order by acting Chairman Schwartze at 8:15 a.m., and a quorum was
present at that time.
1. Introduction
Chairman Ahlers and Vice Chairman Hughes were absent. A motion was made by Ms.
Deetz for Mr. Schwartze to chair the meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. Kross
and all were in favor. Mr. Schwartze welcomed all and requested attendees to sign in.
2. Acceptance of the September 10, 2014 meeting minutes
Mr. Diemler made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Mr. Murray. All were
in favor, motion carried.
3. New Business
a) Request to create a passenger loading zone in front of Capital Early Learning Center
located at 609 Marshall Street. (Requestor: Andrew Prevo)
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Mr. Smith gave the staff report and said that Marshall Street currently has limited
development along the street. However, a new building recently began construction
just to the south of the Early Learning Center. This new building will house the
relocated barbershop, which is currently located around the corner on Elm Street.
The barbershop is relocating due to the construction of the Lafayette Street
interchange. Staff recommends approval of the request. Property owners of the area
have been notified of the request.
The requestor was not present and we received no feedback from the barber shop.
After a brief discussion Mr. Fitzwater made a motion to approve the request to add a
fifteen minute passenger loading zone in front of Capital Early Learning Center. Ms. Deetz
seconded the motion and all were in favor. Motion carries
b) Request to remove parking on Creek Trail between Edgewood and the city limits.
(Requestor: staff)
Mr. Bange gave the staff report. He stated that the request is being made due to the
extension of Creek Trail Drive and its connection of Frog Hollow Road. This action
will increase the traffic on Creek Trail by approximately 600 cars per day. This
increase raises concerns of congestion, delay and the safety of turning vehicles.
Creek Trail measures 38 feet wide, considering the curbing and eight foot wide
parking lanes, the through traffic is limited to twenty-one feet of pavement. This
would lead to congestion and delay.
Many business owners in the Creek Trail Drive area wrote in, called or were present at
the meeting. The majority of them were against having parking removed. They stated
that many of the parking lots in the area are normally full and they use the street as
overflow parking.
After a lengthy discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Diemler to only remove parking
on the newly constructed area of Creek Trail Drive, and leave current parking as is. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Towner. All were in favor. The motion carries.
4. Old Business
a) Staff report on possible changes to the Lafayette Street school zone near JC High
School. (Britt Smith)
Mr. Smith gave an update on an item from last month, when the commission
discussed moving the school zone near JC High School. He stated that there is
currently an ordinance that marks the current school zone and we would have to
make a recommendation to City Council to change it. However, we would have an
expenditure of costs and we would also have to take that the public works and
planning committee.
The Commission discussed the item and decided to table the item until the next
meeting, after Mr. Smith is able to look into options and talk to the landowners
around the school zone.
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5. Other Business
a) January meeting (Britt Smith)
This item was not discussed
E. Wayne Lee was present at the meeting and brought up an incident where he
tripped and fell while trying to cross the street at Ventura and Truman Blvd. He is
requesting that a crosswalk be placed at the intersection. Mrs. Griffin will do a traffic
study and see if there is a possibility of adding a crosswalk or adjusting the length of
the crosswalk at the signaled intersection. This item will be brought forward to our
next meeting.
6. Adjourn
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mr. Kross, and seconded by Mr. Towner.
Meeting adjourned at 9:29 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Beth Sweeten
Administrative Technician, Public Works