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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 5847OR~GfNAL l\BSOLUTION NO. 5847 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OP PALO ALTO REAFFIRMING ITS SUPPORT FOR A MULTI-USE FACILITY POR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN USE ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD ROUTE LOCATION WHEREAS, this Council has considered and evaluated the development of a pedestrian and bicycle facility &long the Frontage Road Route location; and WHEREAS, this Council has concluded that the proposed facility will be in the public intereL~ and serve the needs of the citizenry of Palo Alto and adjacent communities; NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. This Council reaffirms its support for the development of a multi-use facility for pedestrians and bicyclists along the Frontage Road Route location. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: October 27, 1980 AYES: Eyerly, Fazzino. Henderson, Levy, Renzel and Sher NOES: None ABSENT: Brenner, Witherspoon ABST~NTIONS : Fl etcher APPROVED AS TO PORM: ~Q;.(/A~ APPROVED: a~, '"1-, Luaetr, • Mayor . ~ ' . ' EXRl:&IT "B" l. Location: Los Robles/La Donna 'Requ~: Install stop signs on Loe Robles to facilitate CTOeaing of Los llobles for school children. Discusaiou: Los Robles is a through street at La Donna. Los Robles i8 also a collector street. No accidents were reported in 1978 and 1979. However, several students living in this area have started using thilJ route to go to Wilbur School since the school di•tri~t atoppecl busing. This intersection is also used by Vent11ra.neigh- boTbood students to go to Creekside School. Staff also diacusaed this requeet with Will Beckett, Chairman of the ~af f ic and Parking ec-ittee, Ba-rron Park Residents Association. It appears that tba -:~ittee ia split on this itJsue. Some llellbera feel that t.he •top sip ¥111 only prOYide a fel.ae sense of aecurity to bikers amt pedestrians, since .oet drivers de not stop at atop signs. Others f.el that a atop sign vill elow the traffic· at the intersect~on (if not stop it), and thus improve the safety. In light of the City Council's acceptance of atop signs as a traffic ma..ugement tool, and in order to improve the safety of bikers and pedestrians at this location, staff feel.a that this inte-raection should be made a 31ay •top. :Rec~ciation: • Install stop •igns on Loa Robles at La Donna. 2. Location: Vebster/Coleridge leque•t: Inatsll stop signs on Coleridee. Discuesion: Coleridge is a through atreet at w.1-b5't"":-There 18 no accident history or right-of-way control prcblern at t~s location. However, Coleridge at Middlefield (one block east of Webster)' is closed to through tTaffi.c. Despite 3 '•Not a Through 3treet" sign at the ts.ginning of Colerid&e and :i "Dead End" sign at the easterly end of the atreec~ eaatbound drivers continue driving on Coleridge past Webster as if Coleridge were connected to Middlefield. In fruat-ration, theaa drivers often make.hasty U-turns, causing safety problem. The illusion that Coleridge connects to Middlefield can be •H.aiaaud by landscaped sc:?:eening at the end of Coleridge at • \ • • Middlaf ield. The Parks Depart:llent baa planted several trees in the• area. BDINYSr, staff believes that until the tTees mature, atop aigna OD Coleridge would sufficiently dalay eastbound motorists at Webster; tbu• giYing thea an extra mmaent to see that Coleridge 1a a dead end. lac~tion: lnat:all stop •igns on Coleridge at llebster: QUh393:0 8/21/80 • & • . . . .. ' • • .. ... 3. Location: Hamilton/Seneca Request: Install stop signs on Hamilton to discourage conundter traffic. Discussion: Representatives of Hamilton Avenue residents have requested-that stop signs be installed on Hamilton to discourage Conttmlte traffic. A traf~ic study of this area revealed earlier that a substantial amount of commuter traffic uses Hamilton. Staff feels that the addition of stop signs at this lo~ation will discourage the commute traffic. Recommendation: Install stop signs en Hamilton at Seneca. PRoPos>!.s B-2 AND B-3 we-RE RECCff'ENDED FOR N>PRCNN... CN 10/7/8) BY TIE POi...JCf AND i'Rocax.Ju:s CcJ.t1ITTEE ~ p & P Ccff.tIITEE SENT FROPO.SAL B-1 TO CITY CCAN::I L WITHJtfr RECCJffNDATICH. P & P Ccr+umE ALSO RECCM"ENDED !NSTAUATIOO OF STOP SIGNS 00 Q.VHl1NG AT HARRIET. 4. Location: Channing/Harriet Request: Install stop signs on Channing to facilitate children crossing the street. Discussion: Channing ( a collector street) is a through street at Harriet. No accidents were reported in 1978 and 1979, and the visibility is clear. 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