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6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, MO 63130 Phone: 314-505-8560, Fax: (314) 862-0694 CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION July 9, 2008 Greg Patterson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Those members present were: . Donnie Robinson . Hyla Bondareff . Paulette Smith . Morton Hyman . Sgt King (U City Police Department), . Arthur Sharpe, Jr (Future Council Liaison) . Angelica Gutierrez (Traffic Commission Liaison-U City Public Works Department). Residents/property owners present were: . Delois Buckley - resident and home owner at 7387 Liberty Ave. Before any item was discussed, Council member Arthur Sharpe Jr. and the commissioners were introduced, since this was the first meeting for Mr. Sharpe as a Council Liaison for the Traffic Commission. 1. ParkinQ Restriction for 8516 Olive Blvd This item was discussed on the June 11, 2008 meeting, Public Works is reviewing the possibility of a one- hour parking restriction being implemented in the rear of the property for five (5) of the parking spaces to address the businesses' customer parking needs. Mr. Paterson explained that Public Works Department considers that all businesses along the complete length of the alley (8400 and 8500 blocks of Olive Blvd), should be contacted and have a survey of their needs. Also, Public Work is considering the installation of parking meters in order to help maintain the parking area in good conditions. After information is collected, this item will be in the agenda for the September 2008 meeting, to allow time for the businesses to reply to notice that Public Works will be sending in July 2008. Mr. Paterson requested to second the motion to present this item to the agenda for the September's meeting, to allow time for the businesses to reply their comments to the Public works Department. The Commissioners voted unanimously for this request to be approved. 2. ChanQe the 7300 block of Liberty Ave to be one-way street from PaQe Ave to Hanley Ave. Mr. Patterson introduced this item explaining that more data will need to be collected and presented to Public Works to determine feasibility of this request. Sgt. King provided the speed trailer results for Liberty Ave. as follows: "Smart Trailer radar was located at 7367 Liberty Ave between 7/01/08 and 7/09/08; 1853 vehicles traveled east and west bound on Liberty Ave. Minutes - June 11, 2008 V:IWPSIIENGINEERING DIVISIONIPublic Works- Traffic Commissionlminutesl20081Minutes 7-09-08.doc Page 1