To: PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION
From: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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EXTENSION OF RED CURB ON 1900 BLOCK OF S. PROSPECT AVE.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In response to a request from school officials at Saint Lawrence Martyr Church, staff has engaged its consultant Traffic Engineer to analyze the need to extend the red curb (indicating a "no parking" restriction) along the easterly curb of the 1900 Block of S. Prospect Avenue. The school shares the campus with St. Lawrence Catholic Church. A sight distance analysis of this block was completed with a recommendation to increase the red curb just south of the northern driveway on S. Prospect Avenue that serves the school and church parking lot. The recommended twenty-foot extension of the red curb is proposed immediately south of the existing red curb (currently about 14 feet in length) installed just south of the driveway. A copy of the consultant Traffic Engineer's report is attached.
If installed, the additional red curb would eliminate parking for the approximate length of one typical vehicle. In accordance with City policy related to placement of red curb adjacent to private driveways, staff is bringing this item forward to the Public Works Commission for review and consideration as to whether the red curb ought to be installed. If Public Works Commission decides in favor, their decision is appealable to the City Council for 30 days. If no appeal is made, staff would order the red curb to be installed. A copy of the City's policy on this topic is attached.
Staff has notified residences on the block to inform them of the recommendation of the Traffic Engineer and to invite them to attend tonight's meeting and provide input on that the matter. The notice was sent to 49 addresses on both sides of S. Prospect in the block north of Avenue G to Avenue F. A vicinity map and sample of the notice are provided in the attachments.
BACKGROUND
Staff received a petition in February 2022 from staff at th...
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