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C�.2A- � REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager September 27, 2004 Subject Stop Signs Installation on Jeter Street at Harrison Avenue Recommendation Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing installation of stop signs on Jeter Street at its intersection with Harrison Avenue. Background On August 26, 2004, residents of Jeter Street and Harrison Avenue submitted a petition to the City to install stop signs on Jeter Street at Harrison Avenue. Neither street is currently controlled (no stop signs) at this intersection. A total of 31 residents representing 21 properties within a block of the subject intersection, including all four properties on the corners, signed the petition. The intersection of Jeter Street and Harrison Avenue has had a reasonably good safety record until recently. From the beginning of 1997 through the end of 2003, Police records show only finro accidents recorded at that intersection. Approximately 2.5 million drivers safely passed through the intersection in that period of time. However, an additional injury collision in the intersection was reported in July, 2004. Although the accident history does not indicate an unusually hazardous intersection, staff believes there are circumstances such that the Council could reasonably make a finding that stop signs are warranted on Jeter Street at Harrison Avenue. These circumstances include: � It is possible that the recent accident and the many near-misses reported by neighbors result from drivers on both streets not realizirag that traffic on the cross street does not stop, and failing to behave as is their obligation under the Vehicle Code at an uncontrolled intersection. Y The intersection is within 800 feet of both John Gill Elementary School and Holy Redeemer School, and is likely crossed by school-aged students walking to and from those schools, as well as the slightly-more-distant McKinley School and Mount Carmel School. Page 1 of 2