File #: 17-383    Version: 1 Name: Franklin School Ordinance Amendment Re: One-Way Streets
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 12/1/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/12/2017 Final action: 12/12/2017
Title: Communication from 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 1300 Block of DOUGLAS STREET (from Columbia Terrace to Armstrong Avenue), the 1300 Block of BESTOR STREET (from Columbia Terrace to Armstrong Avenue), and the 800 block of ARMSTRONG AVENUE (from Douglas Street to Bestor Street) as One-Way Streets in TRAFFIC SCHEDULE "N".
Indexes: Goal 3 - Beautiful Peoria, Improve Peoria Public Schools, Invest in our infrastructure and transportation, Reinvest in neighborhoods
Attachments: 1. ORD NO 17,533, 2. Ordinance Amending Code Chapter 28 Fredonia, 3. Franklin Letter, 4. C1-REV PROP SCENARIO-09-26-17
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from 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 1300 Block of DOUGLAS STREET (from Columbia Terrace to Armstrong Avenue), the 1300 Block of BESTOR STREET (from Columbia Terrace to Armstrong Avenue), and the 800 block of ARMSTRONG AVENUE (from Douglas Street to Bestor Street) as One-Way Streets in TRAFFIC SCHEDULE "N".

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BACKGROUND: The City of Peoria has received a request from the Peoria Public School District to change the character of the roadways of Douglas Street, Bestor Street, and Armstrong Avenue surrounding Franklin School. Currently, the traffic on these roads is two-way, but Douglas is posted one-way during school days by Peoria Public School staff.

The Peoria Public School District is currently designing upgrades to Franklin School to accommodate additional students. These improvements include changing the low volume roadways around Franklin School property to one-way operation. They requested this change in hopes that it will help control traffic around the school and make drop-off and pick-up time safer for the students and more efficient for the parents. Peoria Public School District held several meetings with area residents concerning the project. The changes proposed are as follows:

* The 1300 block of Douglas Street (from Columbia Terrace to Armstrong Avenue) shall be a one-way street with traffic flowing south.

* The 1300 block of Bestor Street (from Columbia Terrace to Armstrong Avenue) shall be a one-way street with traffic flowing north.

* The 800 block of Armstrong Avenue (from Douglas Street to Bestor Street) shall be a one-way street with traffic flowing east.

Peoria Fire Department and Traffic Engineering staff have reviewed the proposal by the Peoria Public Schools and support the School's recommendations.

The request was brought before the City's Transpor...

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