City of Moline Traffic Engineering Committee met March 7.
Here is the minutes as provided by the Committee:
1. Approval of minutes for the Traffic Engineering Committee meeting of
February 7, 2017. Motion to approve minutes by Christ, seconded by Klauer.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. Revisit the request to install no parking signs from the residence of 2320 18th
Street A to 2324 18th Street A. Klauer stated that this area has been surveyed and
resulted in very little right-of-way to widen the apron and therefore widening the
street would not resolve this issue. Hinton stated that ruts from sanitation trucks
where visible when he drove on 18th Street A. Versluis motioned to approve the
installment of no parking signs from the residence of 2320 18th Street A to 2324 18th
Street A, seconded by Klauer. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Revisit the request to install speed bumps in the alley of 4
th Avenue between 43rd
and 44th Streets. Sergeant Pickens stated that an area check had been completed
and resulted in two traffic stops with only one being related to the alley. Versluis
motioned to deny the request for speed bumps in the alley of 4
th Avenue between 43rd
and 44th Streets, seconded by Christ. Motion carried unanimously.
4. Request to install a person with disabilities parking space at the residence of 829
17th Avenue. Sergeant Pickens explained that the tenant lives on the main level of
the rental property and feels the back entrance is not usable. This entrance has poor
lighting and the inside landing is too narrow with steps leading to the basement.
Resident feels that all parking on property is not usable and therefore would like a
person with disabilities parking space in front of the residence. Versluis motioned to
deny request for a person with disabilities parking space at the residence of 829 17th
Avenue based on the fact that the resident is not the homeowner, seconded by Christ.
Hinton stated that we have approved requests for persons with disabilities parking
spaces from tenants in the past. Committee discussed that the front entrance does
have stairs that the resident would have to use and there is additional parking in the
back of this property. Sergeant Pickens stated that the landlord will need to address
the issues with lighting and the narrow landing on the inside of the back entrance in
order to make it usable. Motion to deny the request carried with the following votes
Ayes: Versluis, Christ, Klauer, and Sergeant Pickens. Nays: none.
5. Request for the traffic lights located at 501 River Drive to be operable at all
times. Committee discussed that the lights located at 501 River Drive currently
switch to flashing yellow during the evening and early morning hours. John Deere is
requesting that these lights be changed because their employees are having
difficulties safely crossing the street during heavy traffic when lights are on flashing
yellow. Hinton stated that the best option is to keep the lights operable at all times.
Committee discussed keeping the lights on green until the crosswalk button is pushed
as there isn’t any north or south bound lanes, only traffic from the east and west.
Sergeant Pickens explained that if the lights were operational they would be on green
until triggered by the crosswalk button and that it would be possible to set up a time
frame between each trigger of the crosswalk. Versluis pointed out that the lights near
Garfield Elementary on 16th Street stay yellow unless the crosswalk button is pushed.
Once the button is pushed the light turns to red and then back to yellow, never
changing to green. Sergeant Pickens motioned to approve the request for the traffic
lights located at 501 River Drive to be operable at all times, seconded by Versluis.
Motion carried unanimously.
6. Request to install traffic lights at the intersection of 12th Avenue and 34th Street.
The committee discussed the concern of west bound traffic coming over the hill and
not having appropriate time to stop during certain weather conditions. Versluis stated
that there are a lot of young drivers going through this intersection before and after
school. These drivers are not paying attention and tend to roll through the stop signs.
Hinton explained that cost is something to keep in mind as there will be additional
expenses besides the traffic lights, and a traffic study will associate with this as well.
Sergeant Pickens went over the traffic report for this intersection stating that in the
last five years there’s a record of 21 total accidents with one resulting in personal
injury. Committee discussed that this intersection is only busy at certain times and
the cause of most issues is due to impatient drivers which does not warrant a traffic
light. Committee also discussed that we currently have one hundred and four traffic
lights within the city of Moline whereas Davenport, a city double our size has
seventy. Most cities our size have thirty to forty traffic lights not one hundred and
four. Klauer suggested a traffic count and to take time in house to look at warrants
and review the results with the committee next month. Klauer also stated that
crosswalks and ADA compliant ramps are already planned for installment at this
intersection for 2017. Klauer motioned to do further investigation in house and
review at next month’s committee, seconded by Sergeant Pickens. Motion carried
unanimously.
7. Other. Alderman Waldron inquired about the 38th Street bridge lighting across John
Deere Road. Hinton explained that this is a priority however other projects are taking
precedence at this time.
Motion to adjourn by Hinton, seconded by Versluis. Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 1:56 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Heather Hurley
Administrative Secretary, Public Works - Engineering
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