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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE <br />ITEM NO <br />\ <br />%> <br />% <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Pon Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Adriinistrator ’s <br />Report <br />Item Description: <br />Closure of Old Beach Road <br />/ <br />Attachments: 1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />Accident Information <br />April 24 Old Beach Road Memo <br />Resolution Approving the Closure of Old Beach Road <br />The City Council at its April 24 meeting held a public hearing to receive comments regarding <br />the proposed closure of Old Beach Road. After closing the public hearing the Council <br />considered the recommendation for closure and continued action regarding the closure to the <br />May 8th Council meeting. <br />Additional Information <br />During the public hearing a number of comments were received regarding accident information <br />and the safety of the 15/19 intersection. The following infomiation is provided to address those <br />comments. <br />1.Accident Information <br />The attached table shows accident information for the full years of 1993 and 1994 and <br />for the time period January to April of ’93, ’94 and ’95. The January to April time <br />frame reflects the period in 1995 during which Old Beach Road has been closed. The <br />information shows that left turning movements have not caused a large number of <br />accidents, either at the Old Beach Road intersections or at the intersectiori of 19 and 15. <br />The information also shows that moving the left turns to the 15 and 19 intersection by <br />closing Old Beach Road has not resulted in a safety problem at the intersection. <br />The 1993 accident information related to the intersection of 15 and 19 reflects accident <br />numbers significantly lower than those presented by a member of the public at the public <br />hearing. His accident numbers were significantly higher, probably because they included <br />all accidents that were within the grid zone used in the city ’s police records system, but <br />not all of these were at the intersection. <br />In 1993 there were no accidents involving left turns from west bound County Road 15 <br />to south bound County Road 19. There were also no accidents involving left turns from <br />15 to Old Beach Road or from Old Beach Road to 19. In 1994 there were no accidents <br />relating to left turns from west bound 15 to southbound 19. There were six (6) accidents