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TRAFFIC & PARKING ADVISORY BOARD
STAFF REPORT
May 10, 2022
PUBLIC COMMENT
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
OLD BUSINESS
Follow-up on previous Council actions.
NEW BUSINESS
1. A REQUEST TO UPDATE THE BUS LOADING AND PARKING REGULATIONS ADJACENT
TO OSHKOSH WEST HIGH SCHOOL ON N. EAGLE STREET AND SOUTHLAND AVENUE.
This is a request from the Oshkosh School District.
Current Status (Eagle Street) – No parking, stopping, standing, waiting, bus loading
zone, west side from 420’ south of Taft Avenue to Southland Avenue between 7:00 a.m. –
4:30 p.m. on school days.
Proposed Status (Eagle Street) – 30 minutes parking, west side from 420’ south of Taft
Avenue to 230’ north of Eagle Avenue (7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on school days). No parking,
stopping, standing, waiting, bus loading zone, west side from Eagle Street to 230’ north
(7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on school days).
Current Status (Southland Avenue) – No parking, north side, from 813’ east of Westfield
Street to Eagle Street (7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on school days).
Proposed Status (Southland Avenue) – No parking, north side from 607’ west of Eagle
Street to 375’ west of Eagle Street. No parking, stopping, standing, waiting, bus loading
zone, north side from 375’ west of Eagle Street to Eagle Street.
TPAB AGENDA ITEMS 2 May 10th, 2022
School Buses at Oshkosh West currently load and unload on the west side of N.
Eagle Street. GO TRANSIT currently has a stop for Route 3 on N. Eagle Street and a stop
for Route 6 on Southland Avenue. The GO TRANSIT bus stops will remain in their
current locations and per City ordinance, no parking is allowed within 50’ of these stops.
Oshkosh West High School has reconfigured student and visitor entrance and exits to the
building and therefore would like to relocate 4 of the 8 buses currently using the west
side of North Eagle Street to load and unload on Southland Avenue. The school is
concerned with conflicts between buses and parents picking-up and dropping-off and
this change will create clear separation (please see attached map).
Under this proposal, 4 school buses would continue to load and unload on N. Eagle
Street and 4 buses would load/unload on Southland Avenue. This would create an area of
short term (30 minute) parking on N. Eagle Street to accommodate visitors and would
allow parents to drop off and pick-up students and/or forgotten items throughout the day
via the main school entrance. I evaluated the area and these changes should have
minimal impact to the area. North Eagle Street is 44’ wide and Southland Avenue is 48’
wide. Both of these streets are wide enough to accommodate the proposed uses.
As this proposal only affects the school side of these streets and the effects are almost
entirely to school users, I recommend approval of this request.
STAFF STATEMENTS
2. WISCONSIN STREET IS SCHEDULED FOR RECONSTRUCTION IN 2023.
FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS
ADJOURNMENT