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File #: 206458    Version: 1
Type: Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 7/30/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/23/2018 Final action: 8/23/2018
Enactment date: 8/23/2018 Enactment #: 206458
Title: Traffic and Parking Director responding to Items from the 6/28/18 Board meeting.

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Traffic and Parking Director responding to Items from the 6/28/18 Board meeting.

 

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To the Honorable Board:

 

In response to Agenda Items:

Agenda Item 206197                     

That the Director of Traffic and Parking install a NO THRU TRAFFIC 7-9AM AND 4-6PM EXCEPT FOR ABUTTERS sign on Fenwick Street at Broadway.

 

Turning Prohibitions are under the jurisdiction of the City’s Traffic Commission.  This Board Order will be placed as an agenda item for the July Traffic Commission

 

Agenda Item 206202                     

That the Director of Traffic and Parking share how it enforces the prohibition of cars and trucks parked in bus lanes and bike lanes.

 

Parking control Offices are instructed to issue citations to any vehicle observed parking in a Bus Lane or Bike Lane.

 

Agenda Item 206210                     

That the Director of Traffic and Parking update the Ward 2 Alderman on the traffic calming petition that was presented by residents of Lake Street in July 2017.

 

The signatures on the petition have been verified and the required number of signatures to proceed with the petition confirmed.  The Traffic Calming petition has been forwarded to SPCD, Traffic and Infrastructure for processing.

 

Agenda Item 206270                     

That the Administration and the Traffic Commission implement an extensive 20mph Safety Zone across all of Ward 6.

 

Once a comprehensive plan is submitted to the Traffic Commission and approved by the Traffic Commission Traffic and Parking will implement.

 

 

Please contact me if I can be of further assistance.

 

Suzanne Rinfret

Director, Traffic and Parking