DATE: July 20, 2018
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, City Engineer/Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of Ordinance 2018-40, "An Ordinance to Establish No Parking Zones and to Approve a Signage and Pavement Marking Plan for Church Street". (Deferred from the 9/27/2018 CIC; 10/25/18 CIC voted 3-0 to refer this item to the 11/13 WS; deferred from 11-13-18 WS, 11-27-18 WS, 12-11-18 WS; 01/08/19 WS; 1/22/19 BOMA 1st Reading 8-0). SECOND AND FINAL READING
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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 (3) 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 5th Ave. South. Five (5) year crash history show eight (8) accidents with six (6) associated with sight distance, one (1) associated with parking to close to an intersection and one (1) rear end.
* Church Street, between 5th Ave. South and 4th Ave. South, varies in width from 34.5' to 30'. Church Street, between 5th Ave. South and 4th Ave. South, currently has one (1) travel lane in each direction and parallel parking on both sides of the street. This sect...
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