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Session 1774 <br />February 7, 2000 <br /> <br />There are other options for dealing with the safety concerns expressed by the residents <br />which can be discussed with the Traffic Commission at their next meeting if the City <br />Council would refer the matter back for further study. <br /> <br />Mr. Wagner stated that he and Mr. Lieberman had met with the Washington residents and <br />had talked with them on the phone and they would like to see the following happen: The <br />speed limit reduced to 20 mph, a stop sign at West Point and the last one, which was not <br />brought forward to Traffic Commission, installing a no right turn sign at Hanley during the <br />rush hours of 4pm - 6 pm. In his opinion, this will reduce the volume of high speed traffic <br />coming out of Clayton toward the intersection of Delmar and Hanley. The City Manager <br />said he will put the children at play signs up, which should do some good also. <br /> <br />Mr. Lieberman said that, as Mr. Wagner reported, after a good deal of discussion of this <br />matter, not only with the residents but with the police - it seems that Mr. Wagner's <br />recommendations make a lot of sense for this area. Mr. Lieberman thinks that these would <br />be some really strong moves toward reaching the goals that the residents expressed, which <br />is slowing down the traffic coming down through there. These recommendations should <br />very well do the job - if it doesn't, then we will find something else that will work. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe concurs with the recommendations, because they seem to meet the tenor of <br />what the residents were requesting. If it doesn't work, we'll go back to the drawing board. <br /> <br />Mr. Munkel requested that legislation be prepared for the 81st street, south of Nob Hill <br />issue. <br /> <br />Elizabeth Proost, 7481 Washington, said that they have a speeding problem on their street. <br />The police and Mr. Ollendorff have looked into this and have prepared reports, which the <br />residents do not agree with. She said that they really need to get stop signs on the street. <br />If they can get anything that would make the traffic slow down, it would be very important. <br />Their street is unique in that it is 36' wide, straight and on a hill. A normal street width is <br />28' wide. It is very close to the Delmar/Hanley intersection and people cut through there. <br />There is just too many children on this street to allow this to continue. The Traffic <br />Commission has approved many of their recommendations and they would like to go <br />forward with them. They would very much like to see the Council support their <br />recommendations and pass them. First, they would like to see a stop sign in the middle of <br />Washington, at the bottom of the hill to slow the traffic down. She described other bad <br />situations on West Point and Jackson. <br /> <br />Mary Fahey, 7440 Washington, said that she lost an animal that was hit by a car on <br />Washington and she came here tonight because she also has two small children. She does <br />not want the same thing to happen to her children. The reports do not indicate that there <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />