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Page 2 <br />Traffic Meeting Minutes <br />September 8, 2004 <br />__________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />3.Pedestrian and Vehicular Safety on Delmar Blvd. between Old Bonhomme and <br /> <br />North & South Blvd. <br /> <br />Susan Schafers made the following point that the pedestrian crosswalk at Center Drive puts <br />the pedestrians in jeopardy since there was not a logical reason for it to be there. (no <br />school, no business, etc.)Shesaid it gives pedestrians a false sense of security being in the <br /> <br />crosswalk, and expecting the motorists to stop, in spite of the pedestrian crosswalk signs. <br />Tobias Gibson suggested that it should either be removed or better marked, perhaps by a <br />blinking yellow light. Susan Schafers said that since the street is so wide, it was difficult to <br />see the pedestrian crosswalk signs. The idea was discussed of removing the Center Drive <br />crosswalk altogether. Shelley Welsch suggested that the synagogues be contacted to get <br />their opinion on removing it before we recommend it to St. Louis County. Shelley also <br />mentioned that the synagogue attendees can’t use a button or infrared activated lighted <br />crosswalk either, which was pointed out at the recent town hall meeting at Agudas <br />Synagogue. The Commission agreed to first contact the synagogues to obtain their <br />feedback before recommending the removal of the crosswalk to the County. Susan <br />Schafers was not in favor of reducing the speed limit on Delmar to 30 MPH. She said it <br />would not be appropriate since motorists won’t travel at that speed and since it is a four <br />lane major road. She said motorists will travel closer to 30 MPH for a couple of days <br />during police enforcement, but after that ends, the motorists will be traveling around 42 <br />MPH again. <br /> <br />4.Approval of the minutes from the July 14, 2004 meeting <br /> <br /> <br />The Traffic Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the minutes. <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. <br /> <br />Minutes prepared by Tim Moffitt, Deputy Director for Engineering <br />V:\WP51\Mariela-Projects\Traffic Commission\minutes\2004\Minutes 9-08-04.doc <br />