HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/06/2011 03Ci Response to Bill Duerr re: Traffic Calming in Barge Chestnut Neighborhood •
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Item N67, G•Z
For Meeting of: December 6, 2011
ITEM TITLE: Response to Bill Duerr re Traffic Calming in Barge Chestnut
neighborhood.
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❑ Memo to Council from City Manager Cooper re Bit Duerr request . •
I] Memo to Council re Bit Duerr request
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Yakima City Council
FR: Don Cooper, City Manager
CC: Michael Morales, Assistant City Manager
Joan Davenport, Planning Manager
DT: November 22, 2011
RE: Mr. Duerr's request — Phase 2 Traffic Calming in Barge Chestnut neighborhood
At the November 1, 2011 City Council meeting, Mr. Duerr asked the City Council to
research and direct staff to determine if the street vacation compensation paid to the City
of Yakima by Memorial Hospital could be used to install any additional traffic calming
devices.
I looked into this issue and gathered additional information from staff. Attached to this
memo is a memo from Assistant City Manager Michael Morales and Planning Manager
Joan Davenport. Essentially, I concur with the recommendations of Mr. Morales and
Mrs. Davenport that a certain period of time (1 -year) needs to pass before any further
traffic calming devices be placed in the area. This would enable traffic engineers to
review traffic patterns and to determine the best locations for additional traffic calming
devices should they be required.
I believe the City Council can utilize the remaining funds that were acquired as the result
of compensation for right of way acquisition to fund these improvements. The Council
would need to make a motion to reserve those funds for that purpose and direct the staff
to develop Phase 2 traffic calming plan for the Barge Chestnut neighborhood.
If you have any questions or need any additional information please feel free to contact
me at your convenience.
C: Mr. Bill Duerr
3206 W. Yakima Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
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TO: Honorable Mayor Cawley and Members of the City Council
FROM: Michael Morales, Assistant City Manager
Joan Davenport, Planning Manager
DATE: November 17, 2011
SUBJ: Citizen Inquiry Regarding Funding of Phase 2 Traffic Calming in Barge
Chestnut Neighborhood
At the November 1, 2011 City Council meeting, Mr. Bill Duerr asked the City Council to
research and direct staff to determine if the street vacation compensation paid to the city of
Yakima by Memorial hospital would be used to install any additional traffic calming devices.
Mr Duerr noted that when the Phase 1 of the Traffic Calming Plan was approved by City
Council on January 18, 2011 (as noted in Council minutes below):
There was a motion by Council member Edler, seconded by Lover to direct staff to implement
the project installation of the first phase of the traffic calming devices and to look into the
feasibility of directing the dollars from Memorial's purchase of the streets to these projects as a
® part of that motion.
Funding for Phase 1 of the Barge- Chestnut Traffic Calming Plan was provided by the City of
Yakima for $50,000 as a demonstration project. The Phase 1 physical devices installed in the
neighborhood are designed to complement the "Closed Campus" plan of Yakima Valley
Memorial Hospital when both 28 Avenue and 30 Avenue are blocked or diverted, which will
occur in the spring. After the Closed Campus is implemented, the only way for traffic
destined to the Hospital (employees, visitors, patients, ambulances) will be from Tieton Drive.
The need for any additional traffic calming devices in the neighborhood (referred to as Phase
2) would be determined after the Phase 1 devices are evaluated for effectiveness and after
the Closed Campus is implemented. A period of approximately one year is generally
recommended to allow traffic patterns to stabilize before any additional devices would be
considered.
When the City of Yakima approved street right of way vacations for portions 28 and 30
Avenues through the campus, the required compensation for the land was $127,050. This
compensation was paid to the City of Yakima and deposited into a separate fund for tracking
purposes (Fund 123 Economic Development under Right of Way Vacations G10). Under
state law, half of the funds collected from Street Vacations must be spent on transportation
related projects.
Summary: At this time, we cannot pre- determine if additional traffic calming devices will be
installed in the neighborhood after the evaluation of Phase 1 Traffic Calming and the hospital
1111 Closed Campus implementation.
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