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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTRAB Minutes 2 13 18Committee Name: Traffic Review Advisory Board Date: 2/13/18 Location: City Hall 1 Attendees: Absent: Jim Collins, Transportation Director Director William Christianson, Board Jake Krause, Council Member Marlene Binder, Secretary Dan Scieszinski, Board Daniel Becker, Chairman Ross Wandschneider, Board Steve Haas, Vice-Chairman Topic Facilitator Discussion Actions Call to order Meeting Minutes Daniel Becker Daniel Becker called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. The minutes from the 1/9/2017 TRAB meeting were accepted. Carried: 5 - 0 Agenda Items A request to allow parking on W. 4th Ave., south side, from Michigan St. to 142’ west between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Mon. through Fri. (Current Condition: No parking, south side, from Michigan St. to 142’ west of Michigan St. between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) Jim Collins Jim Collins said the old Sanitation/Public Works Building is now vacant. He said he thought the parking restriction was implemented when larger vehicles were turning here but now that Public Works has moved into their new facility, the restriction is no longer necessary. He told the street is 31’ wide here and is not heavily traveled now. Kenneth Voss, of 507 W. 4th Avenue, requested unrestricted parking in this area. Carried: 5 - 0 Committee Name: Traffic Review Advisory Board Date: 2/13/18 Location: City Hall 2 Topic Facilitator Discussion Actions A request for no parking on Georgia Street, west side, from South Park Avenue to Osborn Avenue during council approved special events (Current Condition: No parking restrictions, police sometimes sign with temporary no parking signs) Jim Collins Sgt. Stenson Jim Collins told there was discussion at the last TRAB meeting about restricting parking on the west side of Georgia Street from South Park to Osborn with flip down no parking signs during special events. Sargent Stenson suggested the wording on the flip down sign state “this is a special event” so as to avoid any confusion. 1st: Dan Sceiszinski 2nd: William Christianson Carried: 5 - 0 A request for no parking on Georgia Street, west side, from Osborn Avenue to 91 feet north (Current Condition: No parking restriction) Jim Collins Jim Collins said this is a request from the Board for no parking on Georgia Street, west side from Osborn Ave. to 91’ north. He explained park users and attendees often park in this area near the corner causing congestion, creating site restrictions and sometimes blocking access to the fire hydrant. 1st: William Christianson 2nd: Dan Sceiszinski Carried: 5 - 0 A request to allow parking on Grove Street, east side, from Parkway Avenue to 120 feet south (Current Condition: No parking, east side, from Parkway to 120 feet south) Jim Collins Jim Collins told the Sign Dept. crew was doing maintenance on signs and questioned if this parking restriction was still needed. He said the building has been removed and now there is no need to restrict parking in this area. 1st: Ross Wandschneider 2nd: Steve Haas Carried: 5 - 0 Committee Name: Traffic Review Advisory Board Date: 2/13/18 Location: City Hall 3 Topic Facilitator Discussion Action A request for preferred alternatives on the Oshkosh Avenue corridor Jim Collins Jim Collins gave a synopsis of the January 30, 2018 joint workshop with Common Council and Plan Commission. James Rabe, Director of Public Works, and Steve Ghode, Assistant Director of Public Works, also gave information including costs and answered questions asked by Board members. There was discussion and the Board agreed that Alt. 2A was the preferred option for the intersection of Oshkosh Avenue and Sawyer Street. The Board was in agreement with KL Engineering’s Oshkosh Avenue corridor recommendations: Alt. 3 – Four lane Divided from Koeller Street to N. Eagle Street; Alt. 1 – Four lane Undivided from N. Eagle Street to the Fox River as well as adding the right turn bypass lane at the Koeller roundabout and adding signals with left turn lanes at the Westfield intersection. Mr. Becker stated that he saw a lot of benefits to the divided lane proposal. Oshkosh Ave./Sawyer St. Carried: 4 – 1 (Christianson) Corridor Recommendations 1st: Dan Sceiszinski 2nd: Steve Haas Carried: 5 – 0 Staff Statements Pedestrian push buttons install at Main Street & Ceape Avenue Jim Collins Jim Collins told the Board pedestrian push buttons were installed at the intersection of Main and Ceape. He explained when pressed, a longer pedestrian cycle is brought up which takes the signals on Main Street out of coordination for that cycle but will synchronize on the next cycle. Committee Name: Traffic Review Advisory Board Date: 2/13/18 Location: City Hall 4 Topic Facilitator Discussion Action 9th Avenue and Koeller Street Roundabout Jim Collins Jim Collins said he has received a Board member request to make the left inside lane a left turn and straight lane. He discussed this with WisDOT traffic engineers and the engineers modeled this revised layout for the year 2035. He told the model showed 630 left turns, 295 straight and 275 right turns at peak hour, which is probably why there are two left turn lanes. He said the current layout has an overall delay of 46 second and provides an E level of service and the revised layout increases the overall delay to 47.5 seconds, which provides an F level of service for the inner lane and E for the outer lane. He explained geometric changes to the center island would need to be made if through capabilities were added. Update on the merge of the Parking Utility Commission with the TRAB Jim Collins Jim Collins told the merger of the Parking Utility Commission (PUC) with the TRAB is on the Council agenda tonight. He said no one on the PUC was interested in serving on the TRAB so we have a vacancy here. Adjournment Dan Becker Meeting adjourned at 5:22 p.m. Next meeting: March 13, 2018 at City Hall 1st: Dan Sceiszinski 2nd: William Christianson