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6.2C Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council FroOl the City Manager November 13, 2006 Subject Stop Signs Installation on Lowell Street at Katherine Avenue Recommendation Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing installation of stop signs on Lowell Street at its intersection with Katherine Avenue. Background On August 10, 2006, residents of Lowell Street and Katherine Avenue submitted a petition to the City to install stop signs on Lowell Street at Katherine Avenue. Neither street is currently controlled (no stop signs) at this intersection. A total of 21 residents representing properties within a block of the subject intersection, induding all four properties on the comers, signed the petition. The intersection of Lowell Street and Katherine Avenue has had a reasonably good safety record. From October 2002 through the end of 2005, Police records show two accidents at that intersection. 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 Lowell Street at Katherine Avenue. These circumstances include: ).> It is possible that recent accidents and the many near-misses reported by neighbors result from drivers on both streets not realizing that traffic on the cross street does not stop, and failing to behave as is their obligation under the Vehide Code at an uncontrolled intersection. ).> Because the traffic volume on Lowell Street is relatively low, the stop signs will not inconvenience large numbers of drivers, and the noise consequences of the stops will not be as noticeable as at intersections on busier streets. ).> Residents of all four comer properties at the intersection, who are most susceptible to additional noise and emissions from vehicle braking and acceleration with stop signs, signed the requesting petition. Page 1 of2