ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending Schedule ‘N’ of Chapter 28 of the CODE of the City of Peoria by Designating the ALLEY from WEST ST. JAMES STREET to NORTH ORANGE STREET a One-Way Alley with Traffic Flowing from West St. James Street to North Orange Street (South and West).
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BACKGROUND: The City of Peoria received a request from the Cottage District Neighborhood Collaborative/Moss Bradley Residential Association to change the traffic pattern of the alley that runs between St. James and Orange Street. The request is to change the alley from two-way traffic to one-way running south and west (from St. James Street to Orange Street).
Reasons for changing this alley to one-way include:
• Speeding traffic in the alley disobeying the posted stop signs.
• The alley is not wide enough to accommodate two-way traffic.
• The sight lines at the St. James end of the alley makes exiting the alley in that direction dangerous for pedestrians and vehicles on St. James.
This request was discussed at the April meeting of the City’s Transportation Commission, with representatives from the neighborhood in attendants. The Transportation Commission voted to recommend the one-way conversion of this alley to City Council.
The proposed change will permanently convert the alley between W. St. James Street and N. Orange Street one-way alley heading south and west, from St. James Street to Orange Street. Upon approval of this ordinance City staff will change the traffic pattern with sign corrections
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impact will be minimal. An estimated $500 in material and labor will be required to establish the proper signage for the one-way operation. This expense will come out of existing operating funds.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: The Moss Bradley Neighborhood Association, which represents this area, voted to make this recommendation. The request was discussed by the City Transportation Commission at their April 2018 open meetings. The April 2018 meeting was attended by 2 representatives of the neighborhood, who were all in favor of the change.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The alley which runs between W. St. James Street and N. Orange Street, would be designated a one-way street in Traffic Schedule “N” and will be changed from two-way to one-way operation headed south and west (from St. James to Orange). This will control the traffic through the alley and will also provide better pedestrian safety, because pedestrians will only need to look for traffic in one direction.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The alley between W. St. James Street and N. Orange Street will remain in two-way operation. Traffic and pedestrians will be managed as they have been in the past.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Safe Peoria
2. Not applicable.
3. Not applicable.
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
2. Invest in our infrastructure and transportation.
3. Have an efficient government.
DEPARTMENT: Public Works