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6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, MO 63130 Phone: 314-862-6767, Fax: (314) 862-0694 CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION November 14, 2007 Chairman Benjamin Halpert called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Those members present were: ?Greg Patterson, Catherine Nichols, Morton Hyman, Donnie Robinson, Traffic Commissioners ?Angelica Gutierrez, Mariela Tapia, Public Works Representatives ?Sgt. Michael King, Officer Shaun Margul, Police Department ?Robert Wagner, Council Member Residents present were: ?James Cline – 1276 Hafner Place ?Krissy Underwood – 1011 East Park Industrial Parkway ?Ilan Davidovici – 1000 Chartres Ave ?Richard and Carole Hinds – 7814 LaFon Place ?Wayne Bell and Ken Rich– 7821 LaFon Place 1.ADDITIONAL “NO PARKING SIGNS” FOR CUNNINGHAM INDUSTRIAL BUSSINESS PARK The meeting started with the presentation of Krissy Underwood representing Universal Sewing Supply Company, explaining that tractor trailers park illegally along East Park Industrial Drive and Bartmer Industrial making an unsafe situation for drivers along these streets. Mr. Wagner asked if there is an alternative area for trucks to park in U.City, and Sgt. King answered that Cunningham Industrial Park is the only area in University City where trucks can park legally. Another issue mentioned by Ms. Underwood is that a lot of trucks park overnight on the streets and on the private parking lots. Mariela Tapia explained that Police can issue parking tickets for trucks parked illegally on the street, but for trucks parked on their private parking lot, the company can tow them at the company’s expense, and Ms. Underwood agreed they could work on that. Ms. Underwood asked commissioners to enforce existing no parking signs and prohibit parking at least on the south side of Bartmer Ind. Dr. between Sutter and East Park Ind. Dr. and also on the west side of East Park Ind. Dr. between Olive and Bartmer Ind. Dr. to prevent the unsafe situation for drivers. The traffic commissioners recommended: a.For the Police Dept to find alternative ways to enforce parking violations since most of the times commercial drivers ignore parking ticket and do not pay fine. b.Add parking signs as requested by the Eng. Division - No parking signs for a distance of 30 feet on both sides of the entrance of Universal Sewing Supply facing Bartmer Ind. Dr.; and for a distance of 30 feet on both sides of the north entrance of Universal Sewing Supply facing East Park Ind. Dr. to be installed. c.For the Police Dept to step up their surveillance in the area d.For the Police Department to investigate the acquisition of Trailer restriction Boot to enforce payment of parking ticket. 2.REQUEST TO INSTALL CLOSING GATE ON INTERSECTION OF HAFNER PLACE AND CANTON AVENUE. Jim Cline from The Hafner Place Block Association, resident at 1276 Hafner Place presented his request to install a flag type entry gate for the intersection of Hafner Place and Canton Ave, in order to keep the street closed, to improve visibility of barrier, help prevent accidents and to improve beautification of the neighborhood. Mariela Tapia stated that on the municipal code, Hafner Place and Canton Avenue is listed as one of the intersections under the section “Streets Closed”; in addition to that, she stated that per Mr. Cline’s request, there had been a lot of accidents due to lack of visibility of the existing bollard posts and chains and the solution would be to have a new gate more visible for drivers to prevent accidents. Minutes – November 14, 2007 Page 1 V:\WP51\ENGINEERING DIVISION\Public Works- Traffic Commission\Traffic Commission\minutes\2007\Minutes 11-14-07.doc