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, , . <br /> ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEM RANDUM <br /> No. 07-15 <br /> February 28, 2007 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council Me bers <br /> FROM: Steve G ity Manager <br /> Greg Crow , irector of Economic &Urban Develop er�� <br /> Suzan Stickl , Senior Planner �.wf �_ <br /> Vasudha Pinnamaraju, GIS Planner � • � � <br /> SUBJECT: Change the street name from Seymour Street to North ailroad Avenue. <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff is of the opinion that the proposed street name <br /> change would help in emergency response. <br /> BACKGROUND: Seymour Street and West Semor Drive are both w�thin the corporate limits of <br /> City of Decatur. West Semor Drive is in the southwest part of the C'ty of Decatur and Seymour <br /> Street is located near Grand Avenue and the Canadian National/ Illi ois Central Railroad in the <br /> City of Decatur. In a recent emergency situation, emergency respo ders responded to both the <br /> locations. It is important for all the emergency responders to respon to the correct address. At <br /> the request of the Emergency Telephone Systems Board (ETSB , the Economic & Urban <br /> Development Department is proposing to change the street name fro Seymour Street to North <br /> Railroad Avenue. <br /> The following information is relevant to the proposal: <br /> 1. Although Semor and Seymour are spelled differently they are omonyms. This tends to <br /> create confusion among emergency responders. <br /> 2. Currently, there are no addresses issued on Seymour Street. <br /> 3. The proposed street name change will not effect any legally is ued addresses. <br /> 4. North Railroad Avenue feeds into Seymour Street. Changing eymour Street to North <br /> Railroad Avenue would be a logical extension of North Railro d Avenue. <br /> 5. Staff believes that the proposed street name change will minirrlize the delays in <br /> emergency response. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: NA. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The proposed changes have be n reviewed and considered <br /> acceptable by ETSB. <br /> STAFF REFERENCES: If Council members have questions t ey may contact Vasudha <br /> Pinnamaraju at 424-2781, v��inr�am�'�dccaturnet.org <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: NA <br /> II <br />