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
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Consideration of DRAFT Ordinance 2018-41, "An Ordinance to Revise the Traffic Flow, Pavement Markings, and Signage on Cummins Street Between Church Street and 5th Avenue South".
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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 2018-41.
Background
On May 25, 2016, the City of Franklin received a petition to reconfigure the traffic flow on Cummins Street, between Church Street and 5th Avenue South, from its current configuration of two-way traffic to one-way traffic southbound. The petition was signed by all the adjacent property owners noting that the City of Franklin owns the property located at 510 Columbia Ave. Staff put this request on hold to wait for the final results of the Downtown Parking Study.
The intersection of Cummins Street and 5th Avenue South is currently configured with stop control on the Cummins Street approach only. The sight distance from Cummins Street onto 5th Avenue South 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 has developed the following two options for the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to consider:
* Option A - Convert Cummins Street to a one-way street and allow traffic to go southbound only. This option eliminates the sight distance issue at Cummins Street and 5th Avenue South. This option also maximizes area parking.
* Option B - Prohibit parking on the east side of Cummins Street and eliminate 7 parking spaces on the west side of 5th Ave South to correct the intersection sight distance.
Financi...
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