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the traffic volumes and speeds. The City of University City has the option to offer the residents a restriction to prohibit through traffic on certain streets at certain hours. If the Police Department would be agreeable with prohibiting through traffic as proposed by the resident, the Department of Public Work and Parks recommends that a petition with over 75% of the adjacent property owners affected by the cut through shall be submitted to the Department of Public Works and Parks for administrative review and further approval by the Traffic Commission and City Council. 6. Loop Trolley Project – UPDATE Traffic The City received a Traffic Impact Study including analysis of the Trolley operations impact on different scenarios. Copy of the study was presented to the Traffic Commission at the last meeting for the Commission’s information and possible discussion at the meeting. This Traffic Impact Study - TIS was part of the Plan Commission approval of the Trolley at their February 27, 2013 meeting. The City Council approved the Conditional Use Permit to build the Trolley at their March 11, 2013 meeting. This approval includes a statement that the implementation and operation of the trolley would result in slightly degraded traffic operations at the study area intersections, but all intersections would be anticipated to operate at a Level of Service D or better. The analysis also included recommendations for additional turn lanes at specified intersections and signal upgrades. The Department of Public Works and Parks staff has indicated that the anticipated Level of Service is within acceptable levels and are in agreement with the results of the analysis. The recommendations included in the report and all other recommended conditions from the Department of Public Works and Park’s review should be incorporated into the final plans of the Trolley project. The conditions are as follows: 1. Provide Lighting Maintenance Agreement 2. Provide trolley route maintenance agreement 3. Provide parking mitigation plan approved by Traffic Commission (9 spaces to date) 4. Provide permanent easement for trolley (includes concrete, tracks and wiring) 5. Provide fund for removal of tracks in case of future failure 6. Provide safety plan/SOP’s/emergency procedures and training for City EMS 7. Provide traffic signal synchronization agreement (to be done six months after start of operation) 8. Obtain University City right-of-way permit 9. Obtain University City forestry activity permit Parking The Delmar Loop Area Parking Study is being prepared by the traffic engineer CBB, to include all the previously identified issues the Delmar Loop faces, and are part of the implementation of the Loop Trolley project. Surveys were sent to businesses and obtained over 20 responses about loading and parking needs – a public meeting was held on April 23, 2013 and public input from different businesses was gathered. The study will be completed within 30 days and will be presented at a future Traffic Commission meeting. 7. Driveable Mock Roundabout on Delmar Blvd and Trinity Ave - UPDATE The Traffic Impact Study (TIS) submitted to the City by the Traffic Engineer CBB, contains a list of recommendations for the City to consider. As mentioned above, the findings of the report revealed that all intersections (including Delmar Blvd and Trinity Ave) would be anticipated to operate at a Level of Service D or better. Recently there have been some doubts about whether the Roundabout is properly designed to fit this intersection, even when the simulation model part of the TIS demonstrates that Level of Service will be acceptable. In order to address the concern about the traffic functionality of the proposed roundabout, the City is planning to temporarily install a drivable mock roundabout at the intersection of Delmar Blvd and Trinity Ave. The plan is to replicate the design of the roundabout proposed in the upcoming project to be able to measure the effectiveness of the current design of the future roundabout. The proposed temporary roundabout improvements include the following: - Installation of approximately 2,000 linear feet of Asphalt Curb along the edges of Delmar and Trinity www.ucitymo.org 2