REPORTS - RULE 53

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▶ 5:42 Robert A. Boisselle: from committee do we have reports under rule 53 I have a report from the traffic Commission we had a meeting June 19th of this year at 530 in this chamber

▶ 5:51 Robert A. Boisselle: a number of topics were discussed most of them were with stop signs this time

▶ 5:58 Robert A. Boisselle: the first one was request by residents to add a stop sign at the intersection

▶ 6:01 Speaker 7: of seawall road woods road and in Linfields Parkway and Perkins Street and

▶ 6:08 Robert A. Boisselle: that was approved we have a request by multiple residents to have a four-way

▶ 6:13 Robert A. Boisselle: stop reconsidered at Dell Avenue and East Foster Street based on a new crash history data. That was a lengthy discussion. A number of residents were there. The police department also gave their statistics. The engineering had some questions concerning the counts of traffic through the area and they were recommending an engineering study before a solution is recommended. We also had a

▶ 6:43 Robert A. Boisselle: The city requests to formally accept a north-south bike route counter flow portion on West Highland Avenue from Chipman Avenue to Ashland Street, and that was approved. We also request by pedestrians and bicycle advisory committee to remove one parking space in front of Mexico Lindo immediately next to the crosswalk for pedestrian safety and visibility and replaced it with a space in front of the alley south of Mexico Lindo. Now this alleyway is between Mexico Lindo and the eastern bank and there was some discussion with safety officials, especially the fire department, that they prefer not to have it blocked for any possible fires that could occur at that particular site and that was still left open for discussion and the safety officials will be getting back to the traffic Commission on the acceptance or not acceptance of a parking space we also had a request by residents to add a stop sign on Felicia Road at Longfellow Road and that was not passed and the requests by residents to add a

▶ 7:53 Robert A. Boisselle: crosswalk across Upham Street and Dell Avenue and that was approved and a request by our president alderman limmerman to add a crosswalk across

▶ 8:02 Robert A. Boisselle: Howard Street and Carli doubt Road and that was approved and that concludes the meeting of the traffic Commission for June 19th for this year thank you are