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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 11,2003 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />SAID CODE BY PLACING 4-WAY STOP SIGNS AT SIMPSON STREET <br />AND 26TM S. E.; PROVIDING FORA PENALTYNOT TO EXCEED $200.00; <br />MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES <br />IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF <br />SEPTEMBER 1, 2003, WAS PRESENTED. <br /> <br />City Manager Malone advised that the Traffic Commission voted unanimously <br />to deny this request and recommended that this not be placed. He said there <br />was a citizen that requested the stop sign. The report was that it did not meet <br />the warrants for a 4-way stop sign and there have not been any accidents at this <br />location. <br /> <br />Mike Atkins came forward speaking on behalf of the request for the stop signs. <br />Mr. Akin presented pictures of the intersection along with a petition signed by <br />four people on 26th Street S.E. Mr. Atkins advised that he did go before the <br />Traffic Commission and, basically, they did not feel comfortable <br />recommending the stop signs because of the mandates. He said the speeding <br />vehicles and the amount of traffic on these streets warrant the stop signs. <br /> <br />Nita Bankston, 2520 Culbertson, appeared stating that her mother lives directly <br />east of Mike Atkins at 2760 Simpson and she is back and forth between that <br />intersection five to ten times a day. The traffic is bad and it only gets worse <br />when school starts. She said living on Culbertson, she goes through the four- <br />way stop sign at Culbertson and 26th S. E. all the time and there is not the <br />traffic there because everyone chooses to use Simpson because there is not a <br />stop sign and it is a straight shot. <br /> <br />David Griffin, 545 26th S. E., appeared stating that he does not have children <br />at home but he has lived at that this location for approximately 10 years. He <br />said there are a lot of speeders on that street that come from 24th to Collegiate <br />and his main concern is a child walking home from school. He said there are <br />a large number of kids that take this street and he has said for a number of years <br /> <br /> <br />