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Code of Ordinances Amendment - Title 9 Motor Truck Routes re Central Avenue Copyrighted August 3, 2020 City of Dubuque Action Items # 6. City Council Meeting ITEM TITLE: Code of Ordinances Amendment Title 9 Motor Truck Routes SUM MARY: City Manager recommending approval of an amendment to the City's Code of Ordinances removing of truck traffic from Central Street and W hite Street effective December 2022 related to the completion and opening of the Southwest Arterial the first week of September 2020. ORDINANCE Amending City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Title 9 Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 16 Miscellaneous City Provisions, Division 2 Trucks and/or Machinery, Section 9-16-321.901 Motor Truck Routes SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; MotionA DISPOSITION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Central Avenue-W hite Truck Route-MVM Memo City Manager Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo Ordinance Amendment Ordinance Suggested Motion Wording Supporting Documentation Dubuque THE CITY OF � ui-Aseria cih DuB E , . � . , � II � Maste iece on tj2e Mississi i zoo�•zoiz•zois YP pp zoi�*zoi9 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Central Avenue / White Street Truck Route DATE: July 30, 2020 City Engineer Gus Psihoyos and Assistant City Engineer Bob Schiesl are recommending removal of truck traffic from Central Street and White Street effective December 2022. The Southwest Arterial (US52) is anticipated to open the first week of September. As part of the completion and opening of the Southwest Arterial, the new highway will be officially designated as US Highway 52. With the re-designation and rerouting of US52, there will be changes implemented to the State of lowa designated highways through Dubuque. These changes include: • US Highway 52 will be re-designated and rerouted from Luxemburg to New Vienna along highway 136 to Dyersville; and then easterly along US20 to the Southwest Arterial (US52) to US Highway 61-151. • The US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque will be removed. • The lowa DOT and City, in joint cooperation, will transfer the jurisdiction of the Southwest Arterial from the City to the State of lowa in exchange for the Transfer of Jurisdiction of the Northwest Arterial (lowa 32), from the State to the City. With the removal of the US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque, commercial vehicles will no longer be permitted to use those corridors unless changes are adopted to current City Code. Currently, with Central Avenue and White Street as State of lowa designated highway routes for commercial motor vehicles, approximately 700 trucks travel through the Central Avenue and White Street corridors daily. With the removal of the US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque, and based on current city ordinance, commercial motor truck traffic will be required to use marked highways within city limits, which include the Northwest Arterial, Southwest Arterial and Highway 20. City staff and Greater Dubuque Development Corporation (GDDC) have met with several businesses and the trucking firms that serve them that regularly use the North/South routes of Central Avenue and White Street to conduct their daily business. The conclusion from these interviews is that changing and preventing these businesses from using Central Avenue and White Street would cause a severe impact on their current business model. In some cases, it was stated that the business model might not be able to survive if this change was made without ample planning for this change. The fact that the lowa DOT and the City are working on the Northwest Arterial Rehabilitation - State of Good Repair Project and how it will impact the flow of traffic throughout the corridor during the 2022 construction season needs to be considered. Prior to the Transfer of Jurisdiction, the lowa DOT shall bring the Northwest Arterial to be transferred to the City up to a good state of repair with shared cost between IDOT and the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (DMATS). The scope of those improvements is currently being negotiated and will be further defined and mutually agreed upon prior to transfer. It is anticipated that the roadway rehabilitation and reconstruction work will occur during the 2022 construction season, completed by December 2022. The Smart Traffic Routing with Efficient and Effective Traffic System (STREETS), will use advanced traffic control strategies to enable dynamic traffic routing to maximize the use of existing roadway capacities in the Dubuque metropolitan area. The initial deployment of STREETS covers 33 signalized intersections within the City of Dubuque. The STREETS project seeks to employ Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) strategies which will require a suite of modeling tools and methods that will enable the City of Dubuque to evaluate the potential benefits of implementing ATDM strategies in a dynamic and proactive fashion using both real-time and historic data. The benefits from implementation of STREETS include, but are not limited to: • Reduced wear and tear on major corridors • Reduced congestion • Improved travel times • Improved safety • Reduced emissions • Enhanced system monitoring capabilities The eight signalization intersections along the Northwest Arterial will be greatly improved by this STREETS project. This project will greatly improve traffic movement through the Northwest Arterial and along the US20 corridor; minimizing congestion and traffic wait times. The STREETS project should be nearing completion at the end of 2022 or Spring of 2023. As a result of the discussions with local businesses on the impact that a sudden change to the Central Avenue and White Street corridor travel patterns would have on their business and the fact that the upcoming Northwest Arterial Rehabilitation - State of Good Repair Project will impact traffic flow; along with the positive impact that the future STREETS project will have on the Northwest Arterial and along the US20 corridor; staff 2 believes that an immediate change to the present Central Avenue and White Street corridor truck route through the City should be reconsidered. Staff is recommending that the current city ordinance regulating commercial motor vehicles be amended to allow motor trucks to continue to use the Central Avenue and White Street corridor as an authorized truck route through December 31, 2022. This time extension will allow work on the Northwest Arterial to be completed in addition to implementing the STREETS traffic improvements. This additional time will also allow for the City, GDDC, and local impacted businesses to work together and collaborate on alternate solutions for commercial motor vehicles travel through and around the City. I concur with recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. � Mic ael C. Van Milligen MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer Bob Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer 3 Dubuque THE CITY OF � AII�Ameriea Cipl DuB E � v, ;���� ��� , I I Maste iece on the Mississi i Z°°'�Z°1Z'z°13 � pp zoi�*zoi9 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer Robert Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer DATE: July 23, 2020 RE: Central Avenue / White Street Truck Route BACKGROUND The Southwest Arterial (US52) is anticipated to open the first week of August. As part of the completion and opening of the Southwest Arterial, the new highway will be officially designated as US Highway 52. With the re-designation and rerouting of US52 there will be changes implemented to the State of lowa designated highways through Dubuque. These changes include: • US Highway 52 will be re-designation and rerouting from Luxemburg to New Vienna along highway 136 to Dyersville; and then easterly along US20 to the Southwest Arterial (US52) to US Highway 61-151. • The US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque will be removed. • The lowa DOT and City, in joint cooperation will transfer the jurisdiction of the Southwest Arterial from the City to the State of lowa in exchange for the Transfer of Jurisdiction of the Northwest Arterial (lowa 32), and portions of existing U.S. 52/lowa 3 from the lowa 32/John Deere Road intersection to the intersection of U.S. 61 in downtown Dubuque, from the State to the City. With the removal of the US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque, commercial vehicles will no longer be permitted to use those corridors unless changes are adopted to current City Code. Currently, with Central Avenue and White Street as State of lowa designated highway routes for commercial motor vehicles, approximately 700 trucks travel through the Central Avenue and White Street corridors daily. The removal of the US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque will not occur immediately on day 1 when the Southwest Arterial opens because it will take approximately 2-3 weeks to remove and change all the existing highway directional signage to reroute US52 through Dubuque and Dubuque County. Based on current City Code and the re-designation and rerouting of US52, the effects to commercial motor vehicle traffic on Central Avenue and White Street would be as follows. STATE CODE The state code language on the City's authority related to the regulation of commercial/truck traffic: 321.473 Limitations on trucks by local authorities. 1. Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as to the weight thereof, on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways. 2. Local authorities may issue special permits, during periods such restrictions are in effect, to permit limited operation of vehicles upon specified routes with loads in excess of any restrictions imposed under this section, but not in excess of load restrictions imposed by any other provision of this chapter, and such authorities shall issue such permits upon a showing that there is a need to move to market farm produce or to move to any farm, feeds or fuel for home heating purposes. 3. a. A person who violates the provisions of an ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to subsection 1 shall, upon conviction or a plea of guilty, be subject to a fine determined by dividing the difference between the actual weight and the maximum weight established by the ordinance or resolution by one hundred, and multiplying the quotient by two dollars. b. The fine for violation of a special permit issued pursuant to subsection 2 shall be based upon the difference between the actual weight of the vehicle and load and the maximum weight allowed by the permit in accordance with section 321.463. CITY ORDINANCE The City of Dubuque has adopted an ordinance as authorized by lowa Code §321.473 regulating motor trucks. The current City of Dubuque ordinance reads as follows: 9-16-321.901: MOTOR TRUCK ROUTES: A. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must travel over marked highways when operating in the City and may not depart from such marked highways, except that any motor truck whose destination is in the City may depart from such highway at that point on the highway nearest to its destination and then proceed directly to such destination. B. Motor trucks whose trips originate within the City must travel by the most direct route to that point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin. C. Motor trucks entering the city on an unmarked highway must proceed to the nearest marked highway by the most direct route and then proceed to their destination, except when the destination lies between the point of entry into the city and the marked highway. D. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must not travel over the following streets: • Ice Harbor Drive, from 1 st Street to the 3rd Street Overpass • Main Street, from 5th Street to 9th Street. E. The city manager is authorized to designate and establish by appropriate signs alternate motor truck routes and to post signs limiting motor trucks registered with a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons)from operating on nonhighway streets and the streets designated in subsection D of this section. F. The provisions of this section governing the travel of motor trucks on residential streets do not apply to public or private carriers of passengers on tour, fixed demand response, or dial-a-ride routes or school or church buses. G. The scheduled fine for a violation of this section is fifty dollars ($50.00). DISCUSSION With the removal of the US52 highway designation on Central Avenue and White Street through Dubuque, and based on current city ordinance, commercial motor truck traffic will be required to use marked highways within city limits, which include the Northwest Arterial, Southwest Arterial and Highway 20. There will be limited exceptions to the ordinance with the only authorized commercial motor truck traffic on Central Avenue and White Street being: • Motor trucks making a local delivery • Motor trucks whose trips originate within the city. The trucks must travel by the most direct route to that point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin City staff and Greater Dubuque Development Company (GDDC) have meet with several businesses that regularly use the North/South routes of Central Avenue and White Street to conduct their daily business. The conclusion from these interviews is that changing and preventing these businesses from using Central Avenue and White Street would cause a severe impact on their current business model. In some cases, it was stated that the business model might not be able to survive if this change was made without ample planning for this change. The fact that the lowa DOT and the City are working on the Northwest Arterial Rehabilitation - State of Good Repair Project and how it will impact the flow of traffic throughout the corridor during the 2022 construction season needs to be considered. Also, as the Southwest Arterial (US52) opens, driver behavior and local travel patterns will change, and this will be adapted into the STREETS project to improve efficiency and traffic flow. UPCOMING PROJECTS Northwest Arterial Rehabilitation - State of Good Repair Prior to the Transfer of Jurisdiction and pursuant to lowa Administrative Code Section 306.8, the lowa DOT, at its cost, shall bring the Northwest Arterial to be transferred to the City up to a good state of repair. The scope of those improvements is currently being negotiated and will be further defined and mutually agreed upon prior to transfer. It is anticipated that the roadway rehabilitation and reconstruction work will occur during the 2022 construction season, completed by December 2022. STREETS Projecf The Smart Traffic Routing with Efficient and Effective Traffic System (STREETS) will use advanced traffic control strategies to enable dynamic traffic routing to maximize the use of existing roadway capacities in the Dubuque metropolitan area. The initial deployment of STREETS covers 33 signalized intersections within the City of Dubuque. The STREETS project seeks to employ Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) strategies which will require a suite of modeling tools and methods that will enable the City of Dubuque to evaluate the potential benefits of implementing ATDM strategies in a dynamic and proactive fashion using both real-time and historic data. The benefits from implementation of STREETS include, but are not limited to: • Reduced wear and tear on major corridors • Reduced congestion • Improved travel times • Improved safety • Reduced emissions • Enhanced system monitoring capabilities The eight (8) signalization intersections along the Northwest Arterial will be greatly improved by this STREETS project. This project will greatly improve traffic movement through the Northwest Arterial and along the US20 corridor; minimizing congestion and traffic wait times. The STREETS project should be nearing completion at the end of 2022 or Spring of 2023. US 20 and Northwest Arterial Intersection Capacity Improvements The lowa Department of Transportation (lowa DOT) is in the process of reviewing the intersection of Highway 20 and the Northwest Arterial. This intersection experiences traffic delays and congestion during certain hours of the day and improvements are necessary to maintain the efficiency of this intersection. In working with the lowa DOT, it is our hope that in the next few years, a comprehensive plan is developed to implement capacity improvements to the intersection. East-West Corridor Study: Implementation The US Highway 20 corridor is the primary east-west route in the City of Dubuque and future traffic volume projections indicate US Highway 20 alone will not provide sufficient capacity for east-west travel in the City. Capacity along alternate east-west corridors will need to be improved to provide connectivity between the western growth areas and the downtown urban core. The City Council listed the East - West Corridor Capacity Improvement Implementation as a "Top-Priority" in its 2017-2019 Goals and Priorities and directed City staff to begin implementation plans. In the effort to advance this top priority, the City has already completed 2 roundabouts (Grandview/ Delhi and Grandview/ University) of the 5 planned roundabout intersections; reconstructed the Loras / Grandview signalized intersection; and completed the advanced protective purchase of a vacant parcel of property at the corner of University and Asbury Road. Cost of improvements to-date $3.25 million. The section of University Avenue, from Pennsylvania Avenue to Loras Boulevard, referred to as the "Overlap Section" was recommended for converting the three intersections along University Avenue to roundabouts. The next steps in the design development process is to begin the preliminary engineering and environmental (NEPA) study phase for intersection capacity improvements along the University Avenue, Loras Boulevard to Pennsylvania Avenue "Overlap Section". The preliminary engineering phase is anticipated to take approx. 12 months to complete. Once the preliminary engineering and environmental (NEPA) study are completed, corridor impacts will be identified, and property acquisition could begin which is anticipated to take approximately 2 years to complete. Construction of the intersection capacity improvements could begin in 2023- 24. CONCLUSION As a result of the discussions with local businesses on the impact that a sudden change to the Central Avenue and White Street corridor travel patterns would have on their business and the fact that the upcoming Northwest Arterial Rehabilitation - State of Good Repair Project will impact traffic flow; along with the positive impact that the future STREETS project will have on the Northwest Arterial and along the US20 corridor; staff believes that an immediate change to the present Central Avenue and White Street corridor truck route through the City should be reconsidered. RECOMMENDATION Staff is recommending that the current city ordinance regulating commercial motor vehicles be amended to allow motor trucks to continue to use the Central Avenue and White Street corridor as an authorized truck route through December 31, 2022. This time extension will allow work on the Northwest Arterial to be completed in addition to implementing the STREETS traffic improvements. This additional time will also allow for the City, GDDC, and local impacted businesses to work together and collaborate on alternate solutions for commercial motor vehicles travel through and around the City. Prepared by: Crenna M. Brumwell, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 589-4381 ORDINANCE NO. 30-20 AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 9 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, CHAPTER 16 MISCELLANEOUS CITY PROVISIONS, DIVISION 2 TRUCKS AND/OR MACHINERY, SECTION 9-16-321.901 MOTOR TRUCK ROUTES NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: Section 1. Section 9-16-321.901 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: 9-16-321.901: MOTOR TRUCK ROUTES: A. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must travel over marked highways when operating in the city and may not depart from such marked highways, except that any motor truck whose destination is in the city may depart from such highway at that point on the highway nearest to its destination and then proceed directly to such destination. B. Motor trucks whose trips originate within the city must travel by the most direct route to that point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin. C. Motor trucks entering the city on an unmarked highway must proceed to the nearest marked highway by the most direct route and then proceed to their destination, except when the destination lies between the point of entry into the city and the marked highway. This prohibition shall not apply to Central Avenue and White Street between 4th Street and 32nd Street from the de -designation of Central Avenue and White Street as the Iowa Highway 52 motor truck route through the City of Dubuque by the Iowa Department of Transportation and continue through December 31, 2022. D. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must not travel over the following streets: Ice Harbor Drive, from 1st Street to the 3rd Street Overpass. Main Street, from 5th Street to 9th Street. E. The city manager is authorized to designate and establish by appropriate signs alternate motor truck routes and to post signs limiting motor trucks registered with a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) from operating on nonhighway streets and the streets designated in subsection D of this section. F. The provisions of this section governing the travel of motor trucks on residential streets do not apply to public or private carriers of passengers on tour, fixed demand response, or dial -a -ride routes or school or church buses. G. The scheduled fine for a violation of this section is fifty dollars ($50.00). Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication. Passed, approved, and adopted this 3rd day of Aug 2020. Roy D. viol, Mayor Attest: Kevin. Firnstahl, City Clerk EFFECT OF AMENDMENT 9-16-321.901: MOTOR TRUCK ROUTES: A. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must travel over marked highways when operating in the city and may not depart from such marked highways, except that any motor truck whose destination is in the city may depart from such highway at that point on the highway nearest to its destination and then proceed directly to such destination. B. Motor trucks whose trips originate within the city must travel by the most direct route to that point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin. C. Motor trucks entering the city on an unmarked highway must proceed to the nearest marked highway by the most direct route and then proceed to their destination, except when the destination lies between the point of entry into the city and the marked highway. This prohibition shall not applv to Central Avenue and White Street between 4tn Street and 32"d Street from the de-designation of Central Avenue and White Street as the lowa Hiqhway 52 motor truck route throuqh the City of Dubuque bv the lowa Department of Transportation and continue through December 31, 2022. D. Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must not travel over the following streets: Ice Harbor Drive, from 1 st Street to the 3rd Street Overpass. Main Street, from 5th Street to 9th Street. E. The city manager is authorized to designate and establish by appropriate signs alternate motor truck routes and to post signs limiting motor trucks registered with a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) from operating on nonhighway streets and the streets designated in subsection D of this section. F. The provisions of this section governing the travel of motor trucks on residential streets do not apply to public or private carriers of passengers on tour, fixed demand response, or dial-a-ride routes or school or church buses. G. The scheduled fine for a violation of this section is fifty dollars ($50.00). Suggested Motion Wording for Ordinances - Motion B / Motion A Motion B I move to receive and file the communications and further move that the requirement that a proposed Ordinance be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which is to be finally passed be suspended. Second & vote called; then: Motion A I move final consideration and passage of the Ordinance. Second & vote called If Motion B does not pass: I move to receive and file the communications and I move first (or second) consideration of the Ordinance. Upon third reading: I move final consideration and passage of the Ordinance. STATE OF IOWA SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: 08/07/2020 and for which the charge is 32.62 /AC Subscribed to before me, a Notary Publicinand for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 7th day of August, 2020 No ; blic in and for Dubuque ounty, Iowa. JANET K. PAPE Commtesion Humber 199559 2022 lily Comm. Exp. Ad text : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION ORDINANCE NO. 30-20 AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 9 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, CHAPTER 16 MISCELLANEOUS CITY PROV-ISIONS, DIVISION 2 TRUCKS AND/OR MACHINERY, SECTION 9-16-321.901 MOTOR TRUCK ROUTES NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: Section 1. Section 9-16-321.901 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: 9-16-321.901: MOTOR TRUCK ROUTES: A. "Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must travel over marked highways when operating in the city and may not depart from such marked highways, except that any motor truck whose destination is in the city may depart from such highway at that point on the highway nearest to its destination and then proceed directly to such destination. B. "Motor trucks whose trips originate within the city must travel by the most direct route to that point on a marked highway nearest to such point of origin. C. "Motor trucks entering the city on an unmarked highway must proceed to the nearest marked highway by the most direct route and then proceed to their destination, except when the destination lies between the point of entry into the city and the marked highway. This prohibition shall not apply to Central Avenue and White Street between 4th Street and 32nd Street from the de -designation of Central Avenue and White Street as the Iowa Highway 52 motor truck route through the City of Dubuque by the Iowa Department of Transportation and continue through December 31, 2022. D. "Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) must not travel over the following streets: Ice Harbor Drive, from 1st Street to the 3rd Street Overpass. Main Street, from 5th Street to 9th Street. E. "The city manager is authorized to designate and establish by appropriate signs alternate motor truck routes and to post signs limiting motor trucks registered with a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (5 tons) from operating on nonhighway streets and the streets designated in subsection D of this section. F."The provisions of this section governing the travel of motor trucks on residential streets do not apply to public or private carriers of passengers on tour, fixed demand response, or dial -a -ride routes or school or church buses. G. "The scheduled fine for a violation of this section is fifty dollars ($50.00). Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication. Passed, approved, and adopted this 3rd day of August 2020. /s/Roy D. Buol, Mayor Attest: /s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, City Clerk Published officially in the Telegraph Herald newspaper on the 7th day of August 2020. /s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, City Clerk It 8/7