2019.09.09 Public Safety Commission Packet

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NEW BRIGHTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Memorandum To: Public Safety Commissioners From: Tony Paetznick, Director of Public Safety Subject: Traffic Control Sign Petition Date: September 5, 2019 Public Safety received the attached petition on August 22nd that requests the installation of stop signs by the City of New Brighton at several intersections in the residential neighborhood that is located east of the northern half of Hansen Park. The resident who submitted the document has indicated that he will be in attendance at our regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, September 9th at 6:30pm. The Department of Community Assets and Development (DCAD) was also made aware of the receipt of this petition and has assembled some historical information that follows in this packet, including a street sign inventory map and historical stop sign requests for that neighborhood along with some highlighted traffic counts for that neighborhood. DCAD has started collecting additional vehicle count data. Further attached to this document are annual reported traffic crash maps since 2014 along with a couple more localized maps of just stop signs and yield signs in the area requested, and a comparison neighborhood of similar layout, that being the residential streets behind the Public Safety Center. DCAD Director Craig Schlichting and I will both be in attendance at the September 9th meeting to provide context for all of this data and answer any questions of the Commission related to this request. Finally, at the end I have attached the presentation from the August Public Safety Commission meeting on the topic of Addressing Citizen Requests for Traffic Safety Concerns as much of the information discussed last month will potentially be of use by Commissioners in analyzing the neighborhood petition and developing any recommendations for consideration by the City Council.