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, y <br /> EXCERPTS FROM <br /> TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> NOVEMBER 13 ,� 1991 <br /> - - -- - --- - - � ... - - - ------ - --- <br /> 1B. Request for stop signs on Division Street facing Lowber <br /> Street; and <br /> 1C. Request for stop signs on Walnut Street facing Lowber Street <br /> to replace the existing yield signs. <br /> Dennis Hawthorne of 1275 E. Division Street is the <br /> minister of the church on the southwest corner of Lowber and <br /> Division Street, so he is very familiar with the area. � He <br /> stated that the concern in the neighborhood duplicated that <br /> of what was previously discussed. He personally knows of <br /> two unreported accidents at the intersection of Division and <br /> Lowber and he has witnessed north/south Lowber traffic going <br /> as fast as 55 mph. He also stated that he felt that drivers <br /> did not care who had the right-of-way, but it was a question <br /> of who takes it. <br /> � • Mr. Newell stated that if persons were driving that <br /> fast, then a stop sign was not going to stop them. <br /> Mr. Hawthorne stated that he felt that the traffic was <br /> not from the immediate neighborhood and that that was part <br /> of the problem. <br /> Mr. Herring stated that he agreed with the request on <br /> 1C. to change from yield signs to stop signs, if stop signs <br /> were placed at Division Street also. <br /> Dr Cook stated that the bottom line was to get the <br /> traffic slowed down somehow. <br /> . Mr. Hawthorne stated that he didn' t want the traffic to <br /> slow down, he wanted them to stop. <br /> Dr. Cook stated that he felt the staff recommendation <br /> would not slow people down. <br /> Mr. Swartz asked if there was any type of traffic <br /> control on Lowber and Hickory � and was answered in the <br /> affirmative. He further stated that again that signs are <br /> not effective for slowing traffic down. Mr. Swartz then <br /> � stated that we have a blanket ordinance allowing us to move <br /> the parking back up to 50 feet in each direction at any <br /> intersection in the City. <br /> Mr. Newell stated that �moving parking back from an <br /> intersection addresses one source of the problem and if that <br /> is not suf.f5_cient, then the intersection could become a <br />