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CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY 6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, MO 63130 Phone: 314-505-8560, Fax: (314) 862-0694 Date: September 30, 2008 To: Members of the Traffic Commission From: Angelica Gutierrez, Project Manager Re: October 8, 2008 Traffic Commission Meeting This is to inform you that the next Traffic Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8,2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the in the EOC Room (basement) at City Hall. We recommend that you visit the site to be discussed prior to the meeting. Please call 505- 8568 to confirm your attendance. AGENDA FOR THE MEETING 1. Restrict parkinQ on one side of Northmoor Dr. between Asbury Ave and Manhattan Ave. Please find attached a traffic request submitted by Tobey Tung, resident at 7247 Northmoor Dr, on September 18, 2008, requesting to restrict parking on one side of Northmoor Dr between Asbury Ave and Manhattan Ave. This is to allow buses, ambulances and fire trucks to travel on that portion of Northmoor Dr. On her request, Ms. Tung stated that there is a concerned expressed by all the neighbors that any emergency vehicle cannot get through when cars parked on both sides. This same request was presented to the commission on the meeting held in June 13, 2007 and July 11, 2007 by Deputy Fire Chief Donald Miner, with the University City Fire Department, requesting that the City prohibit parking on one side of Northmoor from Big Bend west to city limits. The Sanitation Department has also mentioned that it is extremely difficult for the trash trucks to navigate along Northmoor. Our Street Department stated that it is difficult for snow plowing when cars are parked on both sides of the street. These are the comments from last year meetings: "Councilman Stefany Brot suggested making the street residential parking by permit only, which would greatly reduce the number of cars parking on the street. The residents did not seem to agree with this approach. There was a very long discussion regarding this topic. Many residents along Northmoor stated that parking on one side of the street only would increase speed on a street that is already used as a "cut-thru" street. The residents were concerned with the fire departments request but said making the street less safe on a daily basis does not help the residents. Several residents stated that they do not have driveways and parking on the street is their only option. The overall opinion of the residents was to limit parking in the bottle neck areas to small cars only, by posting no suv or van parking signs. No bottle neck areas were identified." AGenda Traffic Commission MeetinG October 8, 2008 PaGe 1