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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-12-13 TRAFFIC COMMISSION MINUTES TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES December 13, 1999 Attending: Mayor Nancolas, Chief Sobba, Chief Allcott, Linda James, and Gordon Law. 1. Minutes of last meeting were reviewed and Gordon was to follow-up on one issue with regard to placement of Sign near the crosswalk on Chicago. 2. Caldwell High School zone issues — we discussed the concerns with the speedlimit and school zone on Indiana. It was the decision of the commission that the School Zone should begin at or just before the school property on the south side of the school. The recommendation was to place the 30-mph. sign at that location and to place a"reduced speed ahead/school zone" sign north of Ustick. There would also be a 50-mph sign placed for southbound traffic just south of the 30-mph sign. It was felt that this would give vehicles time to slow down prior to getting to the school and give them some warning of the reduction in speed. Gordon will see that signage is done after council approval. 3. Change of signs on Oregon near Ustick — we discussed the need to change the private road sign and remove the dead end sign. We also discussed the need to have stop signs at Idaho and Washington south of Ustick. Gordon to follow up after council approval. 4. Request for turn pockets on Chicago and 21 — Directed the Engineering dept. to look at the intersection to see if there was room to safely do this and to direct a letter to the requesting party explaining the process. 5. Centennial Speed limit — request to increase to 45 mph. We had discussed this at previous meetings and were going to evaluate accident records for the area. The highway district provided a traffic analysis that indicated that the average speed was about 40 mph and that the 85% speed was 45, which is sometimes used to set speedlimits. Chief Sobba will evaluate traffic accidents to see if speed was the major contributing factor and report back at the next meeting. 6. Discussion on proposed improvement projects on Cleveland a.nd Blaine between lO and Hwy 19. We will also ask them to consider improvements to the gutters and curbs and to deal with the major dips at cross streets. Gordon was also directed to discuss the potential to change the movements at l O th and Cleveland to allow north and south bound traffic to move at the same time. He will continue to work with Idaho Transportation Dept. on that issue. The meeting adjourned at about 12:00.