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Queen Street_Traffic ControlTHE CITY OF DUBUQUE Masterpiece on the Mississippi Dubuque All-American City 2007 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Traffic Control Along Queen Street DATE: November 10, 2008 City Engineer Gus Psihoyos recommends City Council approval of an ordinance providing for the designation of Queen Street between East 24th Street and its terminus at Burden Avenue as a "through street." If approved and adopted, stop signs will be placed at all side street intersections along Queen Street between East 24th Street and its terminus at Burden Avenue, including Edwards Street, Henry Street, Marquette Street, Pfotzer Street, Sutter Street and Clinton Street. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. G L Michael C. Van Milligen MCVM/jh Attachment cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer THE CITY OF DUBUQUE Masterpiece on the Mississippi Dubuque All-American City 2007 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Mana e FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer SUBJECT: Traffic Control along Queen Street DATE: INTRODUCTION November 10, 2008 The purpose of this memo is to present to the City Council a recommendation by City staff to designate portions of Queen Street as a "through street". DISCUSSION Queen Street extends from East 22"d Street north to Burden Avenue. Vehicles traveling on Queen Street are currently required to YIELD at Regent Street and STOP at East 24th Street. Three of the five intersections between East 24th Street and Burden Avenue are T-intersections. Since traffic controls currently exist at the intersections of East 22"d Street, Regent Street and East 24th Street, this recommendation relates to the section of Queen Street between East 24th and its terminus at Burden Avenue. Based on observations and motorists' contacts with the Police Department and Legal Staff, Queen Street is viewed as a "through street" having priority over the side streets. RECOMMENDATION Based primarily upon the need to clarify and assign right-of-way, I would recommend that stop signs be placed at all the side street intersections along Queen Street between East 24th Street and its terminus at Burden Avenue including Edwards Street, Henry Street, Marquette Street, Pfotzer Street, Sutter Street, and Clinton Street. The enclosed ordinance provides for the designation of a "through street" for Queen Street. Designation of a particular route as a "through street" gives priority to traffic along that route, and automatically provides authority for the installation of stop signs on all side streets. With this designation, individual stop sign ordinances are not required at each of the intersecting side streets. ACTION TO BE TAKEN The City Council is requested to adopt the attached ordinance providing for the designation of Queen Street between East 24th Street and its terminus at Burden Avenue as a "through street". If approved and adopted stop signs will then be placed at the intersections of Edwards Street and Queen Street, Henry Street and Queen Street, Marquette Street and Queen Street, Pfotzer Street and Queen Street, Sutter Street and Queen Street, and Clinton Street and Queen Street. cc: Crenna Brumwell, Assistant City Attorney Bill Schlickman, Traffic Engineering Assistant ~+ ~ \ ~ ~ ' .. ~.~ -O-AA ~ v- , ~ ~~ \~ l .. `. `:. ~ \~ ~. D l~ ~. 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(b) The following streets are designated as through streets: Queen Street, from the north right-of-way line of East Twenty-Fourth Street to its northerly terminus at Burden Avenue. Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on publication. Passed, approved and adopted the 17th day of November, 2008. Roy D. Buol, Mayor Attest: Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk EFFECT OF AMENDMENT Sec. 32-321.321. Entering Through Streets. (b) The following streets are designated as through streets: Queen Street, from the north right-of-way line of East Twenty-Fourth Street to its northerly terminus at Burden Avenue.