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Home My WebLink About2003 Ordinance No. 084• • • ORD INAN CE NO . .m_ SE RI ES OF 2003 BY AU Tli ORJTY COUNC IL BILL NO . 77 INTR ODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMB.:R WO LOSYN A:-< OR DI NANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ALL-WAY STOP SIGNS AT K:-<OX CO RT AND TUFTS AVE:-<UE IN TflE CIT Y OF E:-<G LEWOOD, COLORADO . WHEREAS , a pe1i1ion signed by a majority of1he residenl s in 1he area of Knox Co urt :md Tuft s has been fo rwa rded to the Ciry req uesti ng a fo ur .. wa y stop at thi s in tr!rscc1io n; and WHEREAS, 1hi s issue was re vie wed by 1he Traffi i: Engin ee r in 1he Publ ic Work s Departm ent. who determined th at an all-way sto p was nm necessary in this area at thi s tim e; and WHEREAS, pursuan110 Englewood Municip al Code 11-1 -3-2 8 , when 1he City Co un ci l, fo r th e purposes of publi c health , safety and we lfa re , make :; a di:tennin atio n which is different fr om that of th e Traffic Engineer, suc h regu laii ons may be imposed by Cou ncil after a publi c hearing and tes tim ony. NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNC IL OF TH E CIT Y OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORA DO , TH AT: S.ec 1ion I. Upon finding 1ha1 i1 is necessary for 1he publi c hea llh , safe ly and we lfare of 1he ci1ize ns of 1he City of Eng lewood and after holdin g a publi c hearing on the is sue, th e City Co un cil requires that the Public Work s Department install and maint ai n official traffi c devices fo r an all-way sto p at ch e intersection of Knox Co urt and Tuft s A ve nue in the City of En gle wood, Co lorado. and 1ha1 su ch insta ll ation be co mplc1ed within fc urteen days of the final reading of th is Ordinance . Introdu ce d. read in full , and pa ssed on fir st reading on fo e 3"' da y of November , 2003 . Public Hea ring was held on Novem ber 17, 2003 . Publi shed as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 7'' day of Nove mb er, 2003. Read by titl e and passed on fin al reading on 1he 1st day of December, 2003 . Publ is hed by ti tle as Ordinance No . J!l_, Series , '200 3, on The 5'' 11 bi • • COUNCIL COMMUN I CAT ION Dale: Age nda It em : Subject: o, ember 3, ~003 1 1 a i Ordinance 10 Direc t Public Works 10 Ins tall an All -Way Sto p al W es t Tufts ,l\venu e and Knox Cou rt. Initiated By: I Staff So urce: Public W or ks Depa rt ment Ken Ross, D irec tor of Pu blic Works COUNC IL GOAL AN D PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION No p rev ious C ou ncil ac ti on. RErOMMENDED ACTION Public Works ca nn ot recomm end th e in stall ati o n of th e all -way stop al Wes t Tu fts Avenue and Kn ox Court be cau se this interse cti o n does not mee t M anual of U niform Tr affi c Co ntrol D ev ices (MUTCD) wa rr an ts fo r an all -way stop. A Pu b li c H ea ri ng is req uired by the Englewood Municipa l Code o n thi s matter. Staff reco mm ends se ttin g a Pub lic H ea rin g fo r November 17, 2003 l o ga th er cit ize n i nptil on this iss ue. BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS , AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED Th e City of Sheridan has in stall ed numerous sto p signs and spe ed bumps on th e eas t-wes t stree ts w ithin th ei r juri sdicti o n. Th e harshn ess of th e traffic ca lming techniq ues that th ey have utili zed has res ulted in car s, tru cks , and sc hoo l busses us ing Tu fts Aven ue in Engl ewood in ord er to avoid th ese str ee ts . Pub lic W ork s has rece ived a pe titi o n signed by th e maj orit y of resi dents th at live in th e area bounded by Lowell and Irvin g on th e three cul-de-sacs -Kin g and Juli an Stree ts, an d Knox Court. TI1e purpos e of the petiti o n was l o requ est an all-way sto p al Tufts Ave nu e and Kn ox Court. Pub lic W orks con ducted a traffic/spee d study and th e numbers did not in dica te a major problem. Bu t th e percep tio n of th e neighbo rh ood is ce rt ainly different. Staff recommends against ins tallin g the all -wa v sl op fo r th e pu rpo se of traffic ca lming for th e foll ow ing reasons: 0 There is no t a signi fican t number o f cros s traffic on Knox Court: th erefore it w ill be obvious the:.~ che de vice is me ant to in co nvenie nce dri ve rs and no t to ass ign ri ght •of-way. This w ill res ult i n complian ce probl ems cl own th e roa d. 0 Stop signs do n't dec rease ave rage spee ds , pe ople jus t speed up i n be tween sl op sig ns 10 make up fo r lost lim e. Th e average spe ed on Tuft s to da y is ~9 mph. D Stop sign s in crease noise. pollu tion , and fuel co nsum ption. 0 O ne st op sign w ill not al ter th e dri, ing pa tt erns oi this ne ighbo rh ood. D Onc e an all -wa y slo p is install ed, it w ill neve r l;e remov ed, eve n th ough the intended purp ose is not sa ti s11 ed . FINANCIAL IMP ACT II will cost 5500 to ins tall th e all -wa, slo p al th i s intersect io n. • LI ST OF ATTAC H MENTS Pr o pos d Bill for an O rdinance • • • TO: THROUGH : FROM: DATE: MEMORANDUM Ci ty Co uncil Gary Sears , City Manager -~ Ken Ross , Direc tor o f Publi c Wor~ October 15 , 2003 SUBJECT: AL L WAY STOP REQUEST AT KNOX COURT AND TUFTS A VE . We received a petition sign ed by th e majority ofres idents li vi ng betwe en Lowell Bl vd. and Irving St. on the three cul-de-sac s -King, Knox, and Juli an -requesting an all-way sto p at Knox Co urt and Tufts Ave. Our ne ighboring jurisdictions -Sheridan 10 the north and Den ve r to the south -have installed nume rous tr affic co ntrol de vic es th at have had a detrimental effect on traffic on Tufts Avenue. Sherid an has installed mid-block stop sign s on Dill Road , as we ll as mid-block slop signs and spe ed bumps on Mountain Rd ., thereb y makin g ii an unattractive route for ve hicles; Denver has two all -w ay stops betwe en Tufts Ave. and Belle view on Lowell Bl vd. We conducted a speed stud y to determine the magnitude of the problem . Th e results are summ arize d bel ow : Westbound Tufts Eastbound Tufts Average Daily Traffic 389 385 Averaee Sneed 29 muh 29 mnh Median Sneed 30 mph 30 mph 85 1 Percentile Sneed 33.! mph 33.4 moh Peak Time Period 5:00 o.m . 7:00 a.m. Percentage of Vehic les 5.6 7% 6.98 % Traveling 40 mph or Hieber There are about 77 4 vehicl es per da y that tr avel lhi s'loca l stree t. The re are abou t 50 res id ences in the imm ediate area. Based on In stitute of Transportation Engineers trip ge neration rat es, we wo uld ex pec t that the immedia te neighborhood alone wo uld gene rate about 500 trips per da y. From an engineeri ng point o f view, th e numbers wo uld not in dicat e a huge pro blem in terms of either spee din g or cu t-through traffic . But the perc ept ion of th e neighborhood seems to be th at th ere is a problem , and th ey have submi tted a petiti on requ esti ng the all-way stop at Kno x and Tufts . S H ERIDAN • • t:ng1cwccrJ Pu'llic Works ... @ SEP :c o3 (n\ Summarv Report of Proposed 4-wav Stop Sign 1Sur.itlt; ~ J ~!/ ~ ~ ... ···················· I. Doroth y Martinez surveyed residents who live in the 4500 and 4600 blocks of S. Julian Street , the 4500 and 4600 blocks of S. Knox Court, the 4500 and 4600 blocks of S. King Street, and the 3300 through 3500 blocks ofS. Tuft s Avenue on Tuesday, September 9, 2003, Thursday , September 11 , 2003, Friday, September 12, 2003 and Saturday, September 13 , 2003 . In the area surveyed there are a total of 59 houses . The breakdown of the neighborhood is as follows : • 14 houses on W. Tufts Avenue between S. Irving Street and S. Lowell Blvd .(9 households surveyed= 64 .2%) • 14 houses in the 4500 and 4600 blocks ofS. Julian Street (8 households su rve yed = 57 .1%) • 16 houses in the 4500 and 4600 blocks ofS. Knox Coun (12 households surveyed= 75%) • 15 houses in the 4500 and 4600 blorks ofS. King Street (7 households surveyed = 46 .7%) I surveyed a total of 53 resident; representing 36 households ( 61 % of neighborhood). Of those 53 residents surveyed, 50 were in favor of installing a 4-way stop sign at the intersection ofW. Tufts Avenue and S. Knox Coun and 3 were opposed to installing a 4-way stop sign at the intersection ofW. Tufts Avenue and S. Knox Coun. The addresses with a star to their left indicate those addresses at the 4 comers of the W. Tufts Avenue and S. Knox Coun intersection . These residents will be impacted the most by the installation of a 4-way stop sign at the W. Tufts Avenue and S. Knox Coun intersection . The percentage of residents surveyed in favor of installing the 4-way stop sign is 94 .3%. The percentage of residents surveyed opposing the 4-way stop sign is 5. 7%. \I. 1th 50 residents of 53 (94 .3%) in favor of installing a 4-way stop sign and 3 residents of 53 (5 . 7%) opposing installing the 4-way stop sign , it is clear the need for a stop sign is wanted . Of the 3 residents opposing the 4-way sto p sig n. 2 residents expre ssed a need for a 4-way stop sign at the intersection ofW. Tufts Avenue and S. Lowe ll Blvd . One of the residents at 3501 W. Tufts Avenue expressed a desire to have a total of3 stop signs erected at W. Tufts Avenue and S. King Street , W. Tufts Avenue and S. Knox Coun . and W. Tufts and S. Julian Street. The residents and I thank you for yo ur time and co nsi de ration in this maner . Sincerel y, , err.,\ -1~1 o n, +-7v 1,--~' • • -'Yi!, -,,lj Doroth y A. , lartinez ' Proposed 4-way Stop Sign at W. 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