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Traffic Commission 6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri 63130, Phone: (314) 505-8560, Fax: (314) 862-0694 Commissioner Warbin firmly believes that Trinity Ave should be closed off at both sides of Delmar Blvd. Additional problems may be caused by creating additional points of conflict, particularly for drivers that are not familiar with roundabouts, and when flow of traffic is disrupted outside the rotary. Commissioner Hales explained to Commissioner Warbin that last November there was a presentation with three (3) options considered by the Commission, two (2) to leave Trinity Open and one (1) to close it off. Parking spaces in the sketch provided at this April meeting seem narrow and street width tight. Commissioner Hales further explained that there was a significant turn out from citizens and members of the church who were emphatic about keeping Trinity open. Commissioner Hales wonder why this has not been taken to Council as it was supposed to. Mr. Wilson answered explaining that staff believes the commission was still confused about the options presented in November and still not in favor of any of the proposed alternatives, except to open Trinity Ave on both sides of Delmar Blvd. Mr. Wilson wanted to take the opportunity to at least deal with the parking issue to create a new parking layout that may relieve the concern about the need to exit Trinity Ave. Mr. Wilson indicated that the request to open Trinity on the south side of Delmar is not critical as staff has observed that there is no congestion created by the closure of Trinity and in fact traffic flows fairly smoothly southbound on Trinity Ave. The winter conditions were not ideal to try different parking arrangements to mitigate the turning around and traffic flow in front of City Hall. Mr. Wilson explained that from his engineering point of view, the closure of Trinity is the most appropriate course of action. D. Approval of Minutes February 12, 2014 Commissioner Warbin made a motion to approve the February 12, 2014 minutes. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Tunstall, and was unanimously approved. E. Street Cleaning – Parking Restrictions Mr. Wilson presented the request to approve a revised list of parking restrictions along several streets in University City for street cleaning purposes. Mr. Wilson explained that it was determined that the high traffic streets, areas in front of schools, and high density streets will be swept. Therefore, streets will be swept once per month from March through November. Traffic Commission Minutes – April 9, 2014 Page 4