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<br />6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, MO 63130 <br />Phone: 314-862-6767, Fax: (314) 862-0694 <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY <br />MINUTES OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION <br />September 15, 2010 <br /> <br />Greg Patterson called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. The members present were: <br /> <br /> Paulette Smith <br /> <br /> Hyla Bondareff <br /> <br /> Stefany Brot <br /> <br /> Melcine Henderson <br /> <br /> Catherine Nichols <br /> <br /> Angelica Gutierrez, Public Works Representative <br /> <br /> Shaun Margul, Police Department Representative <br /> <br />Also present were: <br /> <br /> <br /> Sarah Stanton, Washington University Representative <br /> <br /> Patrick Owens, Great Rivers Greenway Representative <br /> <br /> Dustin Riechmann, CBB (Traffic Engineering Firm) Representative <br /> <br /> <br />1. Great Rivers Greenway Project – Centennial Greenway Trail on Melville Ave. from <br />Kingsbury Blvd to Delmar Blvd. <br /> <br />Patrick Owens, Project Manager, from the Great Rivers Greenway – Centennial Greenway <br />presented this project and explained that a new trail system will be constructed through University <br />City from Forest Park to the Creve Coeur Park. In 2006, design started and some public hearings <br />were held, involving the City of University City and all other municipalities, Saint Louis County, <br />Washington University, Ames Places, which is a private subdivision, located south of Delmar within <br />the project limits. Some permanent easements were donated by Joe Edwards, Brandt’s, and <br />Washington University. <br /> <br />Mr. Owens provided two letters of support, one from Washington University and one from the <br />Ghasedi’s property owners (Smoothie King). Once this trail is connected to the remaining of the <br />segments of the trail, there will be a complete connection. Mr. Owens provided a presentation with <br />pictures showing the location of the project and the proposed streetscape features. <br /> <br />Along Melville Avenue, between Kingsbury Boulevard and 400 linear feet north of Delmar <br />Boulevard, the pedestrian path will be widened to 14 feet to include a greenway with trees, lighting, <br />and signage, raised concrete pedestrian crossings at four intersections, a new plaza at Delmar, <br />and a new signalized intersection at Delmar and Melville. <br /> <br />Officer Margul requested installation of new cameras on the project’s limits and Mrs. Stanton from <br />Washington University responded that currently there are two existing cameras that do not provide <br />a good view of pedestrians travelling the sidewalks, and this project will include a security system <br />of “blue light phones” and the project team is internally exploring the possibility to enable the option <br />to install cameras to the top of the blue light phones poles for University City Police Department <br />surveillance. <br /> <br />Mr. Owens explained that there will be significant loss of parking by removing one parking lane on <br />Melville Avenue between Kingsbury Ave. and Delmar Blvd., and to try to remedy this there will be <br />Traffic Commission Minutes – September 15, 2010 Page 1 <br /> <br />