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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) UNAPPROVED October 8, 2014 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. UNAPPROVED October 8, 2014 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