2017.01.30 Public Safety Commission Packet

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Community Assets & Development Department MEMORANDUM DATE: January 25, 2017 TO: Public Safety Commission FROM: Craig Schlichting, Director of Community Assets & Development/City Engineer SUBJECT: Striping, Signage and Lighting Requests Over the last year City Staff has received inquiries/requests to review parking, signage, striping and street lights in various areas. All regulatory signs and street lights must be approved by Resolution of the City Council. The City Council has referred these requests to the Public Safety Commission for consideration and policy guidance. Following your review, I ask that the Public Safety Commission accept, deny, or continue to study each request and ultimately forward your recommendations back to the City Council for final action. Area 1 – Consider a yield sign at the corner of Northwest Parkway adjacent to APi Group entrance. Summary – Steve Cronkhite, Director of Health, Safety and Environmental for APi Group, has requested the placement of a yield sign for southbound traffic turning left on Northwest Parkway. Mr. Cronkhite stated that he believes this is a dangerous intersection and has been cut off several times by vehicles traveling southbound on Northwest Parkway. Last year APi Group worked with their contractor to install a yield sign at the exit from their facility and is still experiencing this issue. The right‐of‐way rule is typically used at uncontrolled intersections, it reads as follows: Section 2B.04 Right-of-Way at Intersections Support: 01 State or local laws written in accordance with the "Uniform Vehicle Code" (see Section 1A.11) establish the right-of-way rule at intersections having no regulatory traffic control signs such that the driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection must yield the right-of- way to any vehicle or pedestrian already in the intersection. When two vehicles approach an intersection from different streets or highways at approximately the same time, the right-of-way rule requires the driver of the vehicle on the left to yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right. The right-of-way can be modified at through streets or highways by placing YIELD (R1-2) signs (see Sections 2B.08 and 2B.09) or STOP (R1-1) signs (see Sections 2B.05 through 2B.07) on one or more approaches. At times the volume and speed of traffic, or accident history suggest regulatory signage may be considered. To determine the need for “yield” or “stop” signs at this location we refer to the MN Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: