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6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, MO 63130 Phone: 314-862-6767, Fax: (314) 862-0694 Date: February 3, 2006 To: Members of the Traffic Commission From: Mariela Tapia, Secretary of the Traffic Commission. Re: February 8, 2006 Traffic Commission Meeting This is to inform you that the next Traffic Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jackson Park Elementary School- playroom. Please call Sandy Weinberg at 505-8563, and advise her if you will not be attending the meeting. AGENDA FOR THE MEETING 1.Request for “no parking” along the curb between 8218 and 8230 Swarthmore Ct. Please find attached a traffic request form dated December 29, 2005 submitted by Robyn Grier. Ms. Grier is the property owner of 8227 Swarthmore Court. She is requesting that a “no parking” area be established along the “s-shaped” curb between 8218 and 8230 Swarthmore Ct. The area requested for “no parking” is shown in the picture attached to the traffic request. Ms. Grier states that the curb is not designed to be a parking space and because of that, cars parked there block her driveway, making it difficult for her to pull into the driveway. The Engineering Division contacted Vivian Dednam, resident at 8230 Swarthmore Ct and she stated that sometimes because of cars parked on the street, it is difficult to take out the garbage can. There is a new development at Swarthmore Court and more cars will be parked on the street. University City’s Municipal Code states that parking is prohibited across from a private or public driveway on a street or alley less than twenty-one (21) feet in width. Swarthmore court is 29 feet wide. For curb parking, since a vehicle can be driven directly into and out of an end stall, only the length of the vehicle, about 18 feet, needs to be accommodated. The length of the “s-shaped” curb is 18 feet. The driveways at Swarthmore Court have a width between 10 and 20 feet which is the recommended width for residential driveways. Swarthmore Court is a residential, low volume (no outlet) street where most of the houses have garages (including the newly constructed ones). The engineering division recommends that the request for “no parking” be denied. 1 V:\WP51\Mariela-Projects\Traffic Commission\agenda\2006\February's meeting\Agenda 2-8-06.doc