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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 January 9, 2008 There were not enough commissioners to call the meeting to order. At 6:45 p.m. those present were Greg Patterson (Traffic Commissioner), Major Green and Sgt King (U City Police Department), Robert Wagner (Council Liaison) and Mariela Tapia (Traffic Commission Secretary-U City Public Works Department). Also present were residents representing the requested traffic items. Please find the attendance sheet attached. Greg Patterson explained to those present that there was not a quorum; therefore, the Traffic Commission could not make any recommendations and the items on the agenda would be discussed at the next Traffic Commission Meeting. However, the ones that were present were allowed to make comments. 1.School District Request to Establish two (2) Pick Up/Drop off zones for Jackson Park School. There was nobody present to discuss this request. However, this item was discussed on December’s meeting and a pick up/drop off zone was recommended to be established on the south side of Balson Ave., west of Jackson Ave. 2.Request from St. Louis County to Restrict Traffic from Westgate Ave onto Olive Blvd. Background: Garry Earls, Director of Highways and Traffic of St. Louis County sent a letter to the City stating that the County intends to remove the stops signs on Olive at the intersection of Olive Blvd and Westgate/Sutter Ave. in order to enhance the traffic flow on Olive Boulevard that was identified as one of the alternate routes in lieu of the I-64/40 closure. Olive Blvd is currently under the maintenance jurisdiction of the County, between Ferguson Ave and the city limit of Saint Louis (Skinker Blvd). The third week of December, St. Louis County implemented the changes making Westgate Ave. a one-way street south bound from Olive to North Drive, and the stop light at the intersection of Olive and Sutter/Westgate was removed. The stop sign for southbound Sutter at Olive remains in place. Temporary barricades are in place to deter traffic to move northbound on Westgate. The City installed a changeable message board for southbound Sutter indicating “Olive traffic does not stop”. Discussion: Present were Elsie Glickert and Fr. Ken Brown. Mrs. Glickert stated that she requested the overhead stop flashing light at the intersection of Olive and Westgate in 1961. She mentioned that there is no reason to restrict northbound movement on Westgate. She believes that the measure will restrict police action, and that is an inconvenience for the people that live in the neighborhood including residents of the 24 condominiums recently sold and clients of the grocery store. The residents of the neighborhood should not be inconvenienced because the drivers on I-64/40 are Minutes – January 9, 2008 Page 1 V:\WP51\ENGINEERING DIVISION\Public Works- Traffic Commission\Traffic Commission\minutes\2008\Minutes 1-09-08.doc