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<br />,\ <br /> <br />REPORT. <br /> <br />itothe Honorable Mayor and City 'Cou n c i I <br />From the . City Manager <br /> <br />September 11,2000 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Requests for 4-Way Stop Sign Installation - Hopkins Avenue at King Street <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Consider, and approve (by resolution) or deny, requests for the installation of stop signs' <br />on the eastbound and westbound approaches of Hopkins Avenue at King Street. <br /> <br />Background <br />1. Requests for Stop Signs <br />The City has received several requests to install 4-way stop signs on Hopkins <br />Avenue at King Street, adjacent to Stafford Park, primarily citing pedestrian safety <br />concerns. This issue has been discussed at several recent public meetings, <br />including a June 21, 2000 meeting on various Stafford Park issues, and a July 20, <br />2000 meeting on traffic issues that included specific discussion of this stop sign <br />request. (Notice of the July 20th meeting was sent to the ten-block area described <br />below, as well as a larger portion of the Edgewood Park neighborhood to the north.) <br />Notes from the July 20th meeting are attached. Most of the residents making <br />comments at these meetings appeared to support the stop sign request, but <br />concerns and some opposition have also been expressed, primarily related to <br />increased noise, exhaust emission, and traffic congestion impacts on the immediate <br />neighbors. <br /> <br />On August 25, 2000, a "Notice" was mailed to 280 residences in a ten-block area <br />around Stafford Park and the subject intersection, consisting of the blocks on both <br />sides of Hopkins Avenue and extending two blocks east and west of the Park. The <br />notice provided a summary of traffic analyses relevant to the requested stop sign <br />installation, and indicated that comments on the issue could be submitted to the <br />City's Traffic Engineer before September 4, 2000. As of that time, 21 <br />communications .were received on this subject. 12 indicated support; six (6) <br />indicated opposition, and three (3) suggested alternative traffic calming measures. <br />The notice also announced that the 4-way stop would be considered by the City <br />Council at this September 11, 2000 meeting. <br /> <br />2. Stop Sian "Warrant" Analysis <br />Staff has investigated the intersection of Hopkins Avenue and King Street and <br />determined the following: <br /> <br />,. At present there are stop signs on the King Street approaches, but not on the <br />Hopkins Avenue approaches. <br /> <br />,. One accident was reported in the immediate vicinity during four years, a <br />property damage only collision at the Hopkins/King intersection. <br /> <br />,. On Hopkins Avenue, the average speed is approximately 32 miles per hour <br />-1- <br />