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REQUEST TO CONSIDER THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON SE JEFFERSON STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SE EVERGREEN AVENUE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Residents of Golden Gate and its surrounding areas have requested the Public Works Department install STOP signs on SE Jefferson Street at its intersection with SE Evergreen Avenue. The Board is asked to consider the request.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Michael J. Grzelka, P.E.
Title: County Engineer
REQUESTED BY: Residents of Golden Gate and its surrounding areas
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
SE Jefferson Street is a major collector, which connects CR-A1A (SE Dixie Highway) to SE St. Lucie Boulevard and Sandsprit Park, so there are many motorists towing boat trailers along the corridor. Residents of Golden Gate and its surrounding areas have complained of excessive speeding along the corridor. Many conventional traffic calming features involve vertical deflections (such as speed tables and raised intersections), which would generate irritable noises for nearby residents or horizontal restrictions (such as lane narrowing and bulb-outs), which would deter motorists trailering boats. Although deterring motorists from trailering boats along the corridor seems reasonable, there is no other feasible access to Sandsprit Park from CR-A1A (SE Dixie Highway). The route along SE Indian Street and SE St. Lucie Boulevard is a feasible alternative to SE Jefferson Street for passenger vehicles; however, it is not feasible for high-profile vehicles because they cannot safely pass under the historic tree canopy along SE St Lucie Boulevard.
As an alternative to conventional traffic calming features, the residents of Golden Gate and the surrounding areas have asked the Public Works Department to install STOP signs on SE Jefferson Street at its approaches to SE Evergreen Avenue.
The County has adopted the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The MUTCD provides warrants for engineers to use to determine where STOP signs should be installed. The warrants are based on Crash Experience, Sight Distance, Transition to Signal Control, 8-Hour Volume, and other factors. None of these warrants have been met at this intersection.
ISSUES:
Staff cannot support the installation of STOP signs on SE Jefferson Street at its intersection with SE Evergreen Avenue because when STOP signs are installed where they are not warranted, unintended consequences result.
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This item has been reviewed for legal sufficiency to determine whether it is consistent with applicable law, has identified and addressed legal risks, and has developed strategies for legal defensibility.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board deny the residents’ request to install STOP signs on SE Jefferson Street at its intersection with SE Evergreen Avenue.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Move that the Board adopt a Resolution authorizing the installation of STOP signs on SE Jefferson Street at its intersection with SE Evergreen Avenue and authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
None
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☐Resolution
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