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Traffic Committee Meeting Minutes
November 7, 2000
Attending: Mayor Nancolas, Chief Sobba, Gordon Law, and Chief Allcott. Absent: Linda
James.
1. Review of Minutes of Oct. 4, 2000, meeting.
2. Items assigned to Linda were not reported on.
3. Follow-up on sidewalk issue at 10 Ave. overpass and Albany by Carpenters: no further
action needed.
4. Update on Parking concerns with the City's Depot parking lot rentals, from July 26, 2000
meeting. Lots have been numbered and repainted. Betty Jo will need to assign specific
spaces in rentals this year. Mayor and Chief Sobba are to work on ordinance to allow
Caldwell Police to ticket violators on City controlled lots.
5. Report on sign directing traffic from N. Illinois back to the Centennial interchange. The
sign is up, however, the lettering is fairly small.
6. Request to modify Ustick Rd. exit system from Wal-Mart parking lot. Chief Allcott
presented proposal. Plan was approved. ACTION: Mayor to meet with Wal-Mart
Manager and if there are no objections, Gordon will get the project done.
7. Request for diagonal parking on 6` Ave. at Old Sears building. They temporarily
withdrew this so as not to hold up their building permit, but will likely resubmit. No
action needed at this time.
8. Accident history review for Chicago and 21 S `. Chief Sobba has no STEP team at this
time and will look into this if needed in the future. Turn pockets have been done on 21
We will see how that affects accident rates.
9. Request for stop sign at Airport and Beech. Chief Sobba reported that it did not appear to
be necessary at this time. ACTION: Chief Sobba will contact requesting party to
inform.
10. Concern with Basketball standards being placed on City right-of-way/sidewalks. Follow
up from last meeting; Chief Sobba reports that there are no current prohibitions in Code.
Chief Allcott still needs to check with ICRMP on liability issues.
11. Request for speed limit signs on Larch and Fairoaks. Discussed this and determined that
they should be given the option to purchase and the City will place the signs. ACTION:
Chief Sobba to notify that has been working with complainant of this option.
12. Parking on Oregon south of Ustick at new soccer fields. Discussed concerns with the
narrowness of Oregon and parking on the east side on the roadway and obstructing
driveways. East side of roadway is not designed for parking in some areas. Decided that
we need to monitor this more before taking action on parking restrictions etc. ACTION:
Gordon with have Denny Shippey get with Chief Allcott and review options for
improving shoulder on east side of Oregon to hold parking.
13. Request for Stop Ahead sign on Ustick near Lake and Florida and repair Stop sign at
Florida and Ustick. ACTION: Gordon to have this done.
14. Request for street sign at Chaparro and Ray. ACTION: Gordon to have this done.
15. Request for Diagonal parking on east side of 11` between Arthur and Main. Originally
this was approved, however, as crew went to do it, they discovered that the street was not
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wide enough. The owner would need to pay to have street widened first. This had been
communicated to the Owner and they are not able at this time. ACTION: Gordon will
have parallel parking marked there and monitor to see how this does as the traffic doesn't
seem to be that heavy at this time for that business.
16. Request for Dead End on Aviation off of HWY 20/26. ACTION: Gordon will have
this done.