JFK Rd No Parking removedMEMORANDUM
August 28, 2002
TO:The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM:Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT:Removal of "No Parking" Zone on John F. Kennedy Road
Public Works Director Mike Koch is recommending that the current parking restriction
on John F. Kennedy Road be amended to allow parking from 230 feet north of Spring
Valley Road to 360 feet south of the Northwest Arterial. This section of John F.
Kennedy Road was recently widened from its rural two-lane roadway to a curb and
gutter pavement of 40 feet in width.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Michael A. Koch, Public Works Director
TO:Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM:Michael A. Koch, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:Removal of "No Parking" Zone on John F. Kennedy Road
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
August 28, 2002
INTRODUCTION
The enclosed ordinance amends the existing parking prohibition on John F.
Kennedy Road between Spring Valley Road and the Northwest Arterial.
DISCUSSION
John F. Kennedy Road was reconstructed along with the construction of the
Northwest Artedal from John F. Kennedy Road to U.S. 52. The limits of the
reconstruction on Kennedy Road were from Spdng Valley to the westerly City
limits.
The pavement was widened from its rural two-lane roadway to a curb and gutter
pavement of 40 feet in width. This is identical to the width of the older portion of
Kennedy Road south of Spring Valley Road. This older section of Kennedy Road
has historically been striped for two lanes of through traffic and a separate left-
turn lane because of the number of intersecting streets and curb cuts with high
left-turn usage. Furthermore, there is little, if any, need for street parking in these
areas.
The portion of Kennedy Road where parking is being restored is a completely
residential area where there is no need for separate left-turn lanes, since there
are only residential driveways through this area. Also, in contrast to the older
section of Kennedy Road, there is a need for residential parking on the street
itself.
The parking in the new section of Kennedy Road can be accomplished by
allowing the two through lanes of traffic head-to-head at the centerline of the
street, with two 12-foot wide lanes leaving 8 feet on each side of the street for
parking. This is identical to the traffic lanes on Asbury Road in the vicinity of
Carter Road and the majority of the streets in the downtown area, including
heavily-traveled White Street.
Enclosed is a drawing of the proposed striping of John F. Kennedy. it allows for
a left-turn lane without parking at the Northwest Arterial intersection, and then
tapers back to the centedine of Kennedy Road south of the Northwest Arterial.
This will allow parking to take place to within 360 feet of the Northwest Arterial
and extending to 230 feet of Spdng Valley Road, where the transition would take
place back to three (3) traffic lanes.
North of the Northwest Artedal there are intersecting streets which will generate a
need to again establish distinct left-turn lanes to the soccer complex, after which
striping will be gradually tapered to match the two-lane stripping in the County
section of Kennedy Road.
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the current parking restriction on John F. Kennedy Road be
amended to allow parking from 230 feet north of Spring Valley Road to 360 feet
south of the Northwest Arterial.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
The City Council is requested to approve the recommendation and to adopt the
attached Ordinance amending the parking prohibition on John F. Kennedy Road
between Spring Valley and the Northwest Arterial.
MAK/vjd
cc: Bill Schlickman, Engineering
David Ness, Engineering