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TransportationCommission | 2008-02-27 | 3 | Staff Khan replied that the hook ramp created the benefit of creating an arterial in front of the Pulte building. The City was interested in the alternative because of the importance of the southbound access. There were constraints with respect to the entrance to the Pulte building. No action was taken. 7. NEW BUSINESS 7A. Residents' appeal to Proposed Changes to Central Avenue Staff Khan presented the staff report, and detailed the background of this matter. He noted that parents and school officials had submitted concerns regarding circulation and drop-off zones in front of the school. Parents had been concerned about double-parking during the school drop-off time, people blocking entrances and children's safety. Staff's major concern was separating the vehicular traffic from the children exiting the cars. He noted that one goal was to remove parking on the west of the school driveway; he displayed the loading zone area at the school on the overhead screen. He noted that if the white zone were to be moved onto school property, the cars would also be moved. The double-parked cars would be addressed by removing the parking altogether west of the school entrance. The third action was to create a one-hour parking zone in front of the zone where an unrestricted zone had previously existed. He noted that cars could not remain in a white zone unattended. He added that it aided children with special needs and their parents. Staff Khan noted that his discussions with the school indicate that they have seen substantial improvements in this area as a result of the changes implemented to date. They also wanted to create a program at the school that would allow teachers or volunteers to receive the children, open the door and get them out of the cars, which would improve the traffic flow. Staff encouraged the principal and the parents to implement this. Staff conducted a survey of the parking supply as compared to demand. Christina Hanson, a resident, sent a survey to staff that she conducted at approximately 30 minute intervals, and staff conducted another survey between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Staff found that if one-hour parking was installed, the smallest number of available parking spaces at 9 a.m. was five spaces; there were 16 spaces available at 3 p.m. He noted that staff's intention was to improve traffic circulation, address children's safety, take the vehicular traffic away from access of children getting into the school, address access for special needs children by providing some parking for parents to enter the school, and to improve parking conditions by removing several red curbs to provide additional parking spaces. The striping would be redesigned to allow the parking at that location. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Krueger whether any of the red curbs were in place to provide visibility, or whether it was due to the striping, Staff Khan replied that the existing red curb at Fifth and Central would be removed because it had been installed for visibility reasons when there was no stop sign. They wanted to maintain some visibility at the signalized intersection of Ballena and Central, but there was a substantial amount of red curb that could be addressed to accommodate the parking configuration. 3 | TransportationCommission/2008-02-27.pdf |