Submitted By
Jack Chalabian, Transportation Commission Chairperson Bill McKenna, Village Engineer
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Concur with the Transportation Commission's Recommendation to Upgrade the Two-Way STOP Signs to All-Way STOP Signs at the Intersection of East Avenue and Division Street and Direct Staff to Prepare the Necessary Ordinance
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Overview
Overview
The Village of Oak Park received a petition to install all-way STOP signs at the intersection of East Avenue and Division Street. The Village conducted crash analysis and traffic studies for the intersection. The Transportation Commission voted three to one to recommend upgrading to all-way STOP signs at the intersection of East Avenue and Division Street at its September 11, 2017 meeting.
Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the Motion.
Fiscal Impact
Staff estimates it will cost less than $1,500 to install signage and related pavement markings to upgrade from a two-way to an all-way STOP controlled intersection. There are available funds in the FY2017 General Fund, Public Works - Street Services, account no. 1001-43740-761-550634 for this work.
Background
On October 26, 2016, the Village of Oak Park received a petition to upgrade to all-way STOP signs at the intersection of East Avenue and Division Street. Persons representing 54.6% of the street frontage on the petitioning blocks signed the petition. The petition was certified as a valid petition. Reasons provided for the petition are: the number of recent traffic accidents, severity of the accidents as well as speed of vehicles traveling eastbound and westbound on Division Street. See Attachment A for a copy of the petition and the related letter of explanation.
See Attachment B for copies of the written public testimony received by the Village for this item. There are a total of twenty-five emails included in the written public testimony. Twenty-one of the emails are in support of the up...
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