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File #: 201197    Version: 1
Type: Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 3/21/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/14/2016 Final action: 2/14/2017
Enactment date: 4/14/2016 Enactment #: 201197
Title: Traffic and Parking Director submitting responses to various Board Orders submitted 3/10/16.

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Traffic and Parking Director submitting responses to various Board Orders submitted 3/10/16.

 

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To the Honorable Board:

 

Agenda Item 200884                     

That the Director of Traffic and Parking install a SLOW-CHILDREN PLAYING sign near 76 Rogers Avenue.

Traffic and parking will install a Caution Children sign in the vicinity requested.

 

Agenda Item 200977                     

That the Director of Traffic and Parking remove the empty street pole that was previously used for handicapped parking at 32 Otis St.

Traffic and Parking will install a street cleaning and resident permit parking only sign at the location described above.

 

Agenda Item 200983                     

That the Director of Traffic and Parking inspect the intersection of Pearl and Franklin Streets for speeding traffic and the possible installation of STOP signs.

The installation of Stop Signs is governed by the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).  The MUTCD is a federal, state and city standard.  Per the MUTCD Stop Signs cannot be installed on Pearl St at Franklin St.

 

Agenda Item 200994                     

That the Traffic Commission consider amending Article 14 to provide a separate and simplified means for requesting speed bumps where needed.

We will forward this board order to the Traffic Commission

 

Please contact me with any questions.

 

Suzanne Rinfret

Director of Traffic and Parking