TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMMISSION

 

Wednesday, September 8, 2004

 

Oak Creek City Hall

 

1)       Members in Attendance

 

George Artka, Ann Lampe, Cliff Nelson, Tom Rosandich, Bill Schaper, Henry Jackson, were present.   David Schneider and Bob Anderson were not present.

 

2)       Review of Minutes

 

The minutes of the June 9, 2004 meeting were approved on a motion by Cliff Nelson.  Seconded by Tom Rosandich.  Motion passed.

 

3)       Old Business

 

A.  None

 

4)       New Business

 

A.    Request for stop signs on E. Ryan Road at the intersection of S. Pennsylvania Avenue.

 

          Cliff Nelson made a motion to install stop sign on E. Ryan Road.  Tom Rosandich seconded.  Motion passed with Bill Schaper opposing.

 

B.    Request for Dead End sign on the street sign for E. Oak Creek Drive at S. 11th Street.

 

          Street has a “no outlet” sign.  Existing “Dead End” sign is missing and will be replaced.  Bill Schaper made a motion to deny the “Dean End” sign on the street sign.  Cliff Nelson seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

 

C.    Request for lane direction sign on W. Puetz Road at S. 27th Street.

 

     Bill Schaper made a motion to install lane direction signs on W. Puetz Road at the intersection of S. 27th Street.  Subsequent to meeting, WisDOT installed the signs as part of their intersection improvement project.  George Artka seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

 

D.    Request for “Stop Ahead” sign on E. Groveland Drive for the intersection with S. Verdev Drive.

         

     Bill Schaper made a motion to deny the “stop ahead” sign.  Cliff Nelson seconded the motion.  The Street Division will install double stop signs and Engineering will do a traffic study to evaluate the effect of the double stop signs.  Motion passed.

 

 

 

E.    Request for stop signs on E. Honeysuckle Drive at the intersection of S. Orchard View Drive.

 

     Bill Schaper made a motion to deny the stop signs on Honeysuckle Drive.  George Artka seconded the motion.  Request for “no parking” to be considered at next Traffic and Safety meeting.  Motion passed.

 

F.    Request for “No Parking” signs on both sides of Centennial Drive from Oak Leaf Park to Mayhew Drive and pavement lane direction markings at the intersection of Centennial Drive and Howell Avenue.

 

     Held until Commission could review intersection plans.

 

5.               Adjournment

 

Bill Schaper moved to adjourn the Traffic and Safety Commission meeting.  Seconded by Cliff Nelson.   Motion passed.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Henry W. Jackson

Secretary, Traffic and Safety Commission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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