CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the first reading and pass the ordinance to establish an all-way stop at the intersection of Fairway Drive and Country Club Boulevard.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Ashley Hagen, Project Manager
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
On December 7, 2017, the Transportation Advisory Board recommended approval of the proposed all-way stop at the intersection of Fairway Drive and Country Club Boulevard (Approved 10-0); staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The City has received multiple requests to investigate the establishment of an all-way stop at the intersection of Fairway Drive and Country Club Boulevard. Presently, the intersection is controlled by a two-way stop, with County Club Boulevard stopping for Fairway Drive.
Prior to 2015, Country Club Boulevard terminated at Fairway Drive. However, with the development of the Atwater Subdivision primary access to the development required an extension of Country Club Boulevard west of Fairway Drive. Due to the extension of Country Club Boulevard and the curvature of Fairway Drive, numerous requests for an all-way stop intersection have been submitted due to sight distance concerns when exiting the subdivision traveling east on Country Club Drive.
Fairway Drive and Country Club Boulevard are both classified as a collector roadway according to the City's Master Thoroughfare Plan. A collector roadway is defined by municipal code as a street that connects the local and neighborhood connector streets to the arterial roads. The installation of an all-way stop on two collector roadways is based upon the guidelines and standards outlined in the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Criteria considered in the evaluation of an all-way stop include, but are not limited to:
* Crash History
o Five or more reported crashes in a 12-month period that are susceptible to correction by a multi-way stop...
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