City of Franklin - File #: 18-0781

• File #: 18-0781
• Version: 1
• Type: Contract/Agreement
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/20/2018
• In control: Capital Investment Committee
• On agenda: 7/26/2018
• Title: Consideration of DRAFT Ordinance 2018-40, "An ordinance to Establish No Parking Zones and to Approve a Signage and Pavement Marking Plan for Church Street".
• Sponsors: Paul Holzen, Jonathan Marston

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2018	1	Capital Investment Committee	deferred

DATE:                                                               July 20, 2018

TO:                                          Board of Mayor and Aldermen

FROM:                                          Eric Stuckey, City Administrator

                                          Paul Holzen, Director of Engineering

                                          Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering

SUBJECT:                                          

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Consideration of DRAFT Ordinance 2018-40, “An ordinance to Establish No Parking Zones and to Approve a Signage and Pavement Marking Plan for Church Street”.

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Purpose

The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning Ordinance 2018-40.

Background

As part of the downtown parking study, staff developed a pavement marking and signage plan for Church Street.  The attached pavement marking and signage plan proposes the following three major changes to Church Street:

•                     The intersection of Cummins Street and Church Street is currently configured with stop control on the Cummins Street approach only.  The sight distance from Cummins Street onto Church Street does not meet the minimum requirements as published in both the City of Franklin Transportation & Street Technical Standards and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ A Policy on Geometric Design of highway and Streets (Green Book).  Staff is proposing to eliminate all parking on Church Street between Columbia Ave and 5^th Ave South.      

•                     Church Street, between 5^th Ave South and 4^th Ave South, varies in width from 34.5’ to 30’.  The eastern side of Church Street, between 5^th Ave South and 4^th Ave South, has 2~parallel parking spaces and 2~ travel lanes.  This section of church street also functions as the State Route for SR 96 and US 31 and would be a primary route for local delivery trucks.  The minimum acceptable width, that would be recommended by engineering, would be 38’ for this type of a roadway.  Staff is proposing to prohibit parking on the south side of Church Street between 5^th Ave South and 4^th Ave South.  This would eliminate around 7 parking spaces. 

•                     Church Street, between 2^nd Ave South and 1^st Ave South, varies in width and between 26’-28’ wide not including the parallel parking on the north side.  The minimum acceptable width that would accommodate parking on the south side would be 30’.  Staff is proposing to prohibit parking on the south side of Church Street between 2^nd Ave South and 1^st Ave South.

In the past three years there have been 41 crashes on Church Street, with 24% of the crashes being a direct result of inadequate roadway width.

Financial Impact

The cost associated with this change is under $10,000 and would be paid for out of the street departments annual budget.

Recommendation

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Staff recommends approval of Ordinance 2018-40.