6. Resolution 4745 - Stop Signs - 2nd & 3rd Ave W at 7th St WThe Kalispell
Department
REPORT:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor and City Council
Frank Garner, Chief of Police
Stop Sign Resolution
MEETING DATE: October 7, 2002
BACKGROUND: The department received a request from Flathead High School and
residents on the west side of Kalispell to install stop signs at the intersection of 7`h Street
and 2"d and 3rd Avenues West. Residents in the area expressed their concern over these
intersections at a neighborhood meeting sponsored by the High School and the Police
Department. As a result a traffic study was commissioned to study the intersections. The
traffic study concluded that stop signs are warranted on 2"d and 3rd Avenues West at 71h
Street West for north and southbound traffic.
RECOMMENDATIONS: The council should adopt the attached resolution specifying
stop signs be located on 2'd and 3`d Avenues West where they intersect with 7d` Street for
north and southbound traffic.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None
ALTERNATIVES: As recommended by council.
Chief of Police
Chris Kukulski
City Manager
Frank Garner, Chief of Policc • Roger Krauss. Asst. Chief of Policc
KPD phone (406) 758-7780. FAX (406) 758-7799 • 312 1 st Ave. East, Kalispell, MT 59901
RESOLUTION NO. 4745
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLACEMENT OF STOP SIGNS IN THE NORTH
AND SOUTH BOUND LANES ON 2ND AVENUE WEST AND 3RD AVENUE WEST AT
THEIR INTERSECTIONS WITH SEVENTH STREET WEST AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That vehicles, including motor vehicles, bicycles, or other vehicles shall be
required to stop in the North and South bound lanes of 2nd Avenue West and.
3rd Avenue West at their intersections with 7th Street West.
SECTION II. The Chief of Police is authorized and directed to erect stop signs at the above
locations.
SECTION III. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage by the
City Council and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2002.
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk
City of Kalispell Public Works Department
Post Office Box 1997, Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997 - Telephone (406)758-7720, Fax (406)758-7831
September 23, 2002
To: Frank Garner, Chief of
CC: Chris A. Kukulski, City
From: James C. Hansz, PE, Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Subject: Stop Sign Analysis @ Second and Third Avenues West and Seventh Street West
As you requested, we completed traffic counts at the uncontrolled intersection of Second Avenue
West and Seventh Street West and also for the Third Avenue West intersection one block away. As
expected, the traffic counts show Seventh Street West to be the street carrying the majority of traffic. In
order to improve traffic safety we concur with your recommendation that north bound and south bound
traffic on Second Avenue West and Third Avenue West should be STOP controlled.
Please schedule this issue for City Council consideration as soon as possible. Once their approval
is obtained we can install the STOP signs as recommended. In order to expedite the installation we will
install the sign poles now so that this part of the work does not delay sign installation once the Council
has approved the change.
memo0462002
Date:
To:
From:
RE:
The Kalispell
s
September 17, 2002
Public Works Director, Jim Harz
Chief of Police, Frank Garner 7J
Stop Sign Request
Department
I have received a written request from the High School for stop sign installation
on 2°d and 3rd Avenues West at 7 h Street. Both intersections are uncontrolled at this
time.
We have also received a similar request from neighbors in the area. We have had
several severe accidents at these intersections in the past although the accident warrant is
not strictly met. It is my sense that 7d' Street is the main artery and 2❑d and 3`d Avenues
are secondary. I believe we could install stop signs on the avenues at 7"' Street based on
that warrant.
Would you please analyze those intersections for that purpose and let me know if
two-way stop sign installations on 2nd and 3`d Avenues West at Th Street can be justified.
KPD
Flank Garner, Chief of Policc • Roger Knauss, Assi- Chief of Policc
(406) 758-7780, FAX (406) 758-7799 • 312 Is( Avc. East, Kalispell, MT 59901
DATE: September 13, 2002
TO: Frank Garner
FROM: Callie Langohr, principal cy,_
SUBJECT: Request for Additional Stop Signs
The purpose of this memo is to request additional stop signs in the
neighborhood of Flathead High School. We would like stop signs for
north and south bound traffic at the intersection of Second Avenue West
and Seventh Street. Additional north and south bound traffic signs
placed at the intersection of Third Avenue West and Seventh Street
would also be beneficial. By eliminating two uncontrolled intersections
in close proximity of Flathead High School, we are hoping to increase
safety for the high volume of vehicle and pedestrian traffic in the area.
Flathead High School • 644 4th Avenue West • Kalispell, MT 59901
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