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Session 1703, Minutes August 18, 1997 recommended to Council by the Traffic Commission. Two of those three, staff agrees with, the other one staff feels should be postponed until further experience can be obtained. Ms. Yvette Emanuel, 1093 Roth Avenue, wished to make clear that the times for through traffic should be 3:30 p.m. ~ 6:00 p.m instead of 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. which will accommodate the children getting out of school. Their arguments for a stop sign at Purcell on Bartmer going west are because of the high volume of speeding traffic. There are a lot of children that are outside at this area. This is the same reasoning behind a stop sign on Colby, southbound, at Bartmer. Mr. Schoomer asked where the proposed curb cut for Schnucks occurs in relation to the entrance to Bartmer. Mr. OIlendorff replied that the main curb cut is about a 150 feet east of where Bartmer comes in. Mr. Ware thinks that the Roth Grove Neighborhood Association has done a good job in proactively evaluating this situation in trying to deter traffic in an effort to avoid future accidents. He would recommend approval to include all the stop signs based on the studies and discussions with the Traffic Commission. There is always going to be some gray areas, because of not being able to make the appropriate counts during certain times of the day, but he feels this would eliminate many problems and prevent Council from having to discuss this again in the future. Mr. Ware moved to accept the traffic proposal with all three requested stop signs, and with the through traffic restricted from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mrs. Thompson seconded the motion. 5 Responding to Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Ollendorff said that once signs are put up in the appropriate places, people usually obey them. He continued saying that little enforcement was anticipated and that if several complaints did start coming in, then police officers would be posted occasionally to enforce. Responding to Mr. Munkel, Ms. Emanuel reported that there had been no children hit by cars to her knowledge. She did say that there were many near misses and car accidents. Mr. Munkel commented that most people living in neighborhoods seem to know where the dangers are and maybe by passing an ordinance, Council can prevent someone being hurt or killed. Mr. Ware commented that the Roth Grove Neighborhood Association has been working on this for nine months. Many meetings have been held over this time period with the neighborhood group as well as with the Traffic Commission. Mrs. Thompson wished to reiterate Mr. Ware's comments concerning the hard work and efforts that the Roth Grove Neighborhood Association had invested into solving this problem. They are to be commended.