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r <br /> . <br /> _ EXCERPTS FROM , <br /> : TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> � JANUARY, 1994 � <br /> Item #2 Request for a four-way stop intersection at Lincoln <br /> Avenue and 17th Street. <br /> Schiller was confused by the accidents per million figure, which <br /> was not nearly the number as was found on Illinois Street at the <br /> last meeting, when staff recommended against traffic control. <br /> He did not notice a sight hazard. <br /> Newell stated his main concern here was that all accidents were <br /> related to school traffic and a definite accider►t pattern is <br /> present. He would like to install a yield sign at this inter- <br /> section to designate who has the right-of-way. . <br />� Schiller believes this is the same problem addressed on Illinois <br /> Street. <br /> I Newell stated that the difference is that there is much more <br /> �traffic here 'ust before and 'ust after school. There was no <br /> 7 7 <br /> accident pattern on Illinois or sight distance problems to <br /> warrant traffic control. Short of getting the school parking <br /> lot entrance blocked off, there is no other way to stop the <br /> traffic flow. There is a stop sign a block away, but the high <br /> school students run it. Those drivers would run a stop sign <br /> here also, so it would be of no use. <br /> Moss asked if stop signs for Lincoln could be installed instead <br /> of yield. <br /> Newell believes 90 or 95� cf the time there is very little need <br /> for traffic control, except before and after school, and a yield <br /> sign would be better obeyed under those circumstances than a <br /> stop sign. <br /> It was moved and seconded (Nordholm, Cook) to accept staff <br /> recommendation that yield signs be placed at thi�- i�ei-�etiorr <br /> facing Lincoln Avenue. There be:.ng. no one opposed, the motion <br /> carried. <br />