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Session 1939 November 15, 2004 ON THE EAST LEG OF TRINITY AVE. AT DELMAR BLVD BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M. AND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M. ON ALL DAYS EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. (Held over from 10/11/04 and 11101104) Mayor Adams commented that Bill Number 8740 was held over from previous meetings and asked Mr. Wagner and Ms. Brot "what is their pleasure" in respect of this Bill? Mr. Wagner said he agreed with restricting left turns at dangerous times, but the result of doing so will move more traffic into the area of Kingsland Avenue and Delmar Boulevard which has an insufficient left turn phase causing traffic to back-up at this junction. His understanding is that the City Manager approached the County of St. Louis to obtain a longer turn phase at this light. His considers this Bill more attractive with the change just mentioned because the issues are "coupled together." Ms. Welsch said her understanding was the Council would not vote on the Bill until information was received from the County and Mayor Adams advised that the City had received information and then he asked Mr. Ollendorff to report on the matter. Ms. Welsch then asked if the Council would also wait to hear if it is appropriate to not limit traffic turning left on Saturdays. Mr. Ollendorff said the County responded in a letter dated November 1, 2004 which covered seven or eight different issues relating to This intersection issue. They agreed with most minor items such as repainting crosswalks, no left and no through traffic, but they did not respond one way or the other about changing the signals at Kingsland Avenue. They did say that if the City prohibited the left and through traffic in front, the City should direct the opening of the gate on Kingsbury Avenue at Big Bend Boulevard. Mr. Ollendorff said he regards this as a partial response only and further communication with the County is needed. The City can argue that it has no jurisdiction over private street gates and that the City Council has generally avoided making recommendations to owners of private streets to do so. He wants to persevere with the County, either with the Department of Highways and Traffic staff or with elected officials. The basic request is that there be a left-turn arrow at Kingsland Avenue and Delmar Boulevard to ease the flow from this area. He believes it is appropriate to hold this ordinance while the partial answer from the County is pursued further. Mr. Wagner agreed with detaining the ordinance for additional information. He does not favor delay but neither does he want to impose a decision upon citizens which is unacceptable. He wants further information from the County and asked that Ames Place trustees be notified about the County's request to open the gates and to determine their feelings on this matter. Ms. Brot asked if East West Gateway is involved in this issue and was advised by Mr. Ollendorff that the City Council has received a professional traffic study, advice and requests from citizens and from the City staff and have agreed upon six or seven action Page 7