City of Gainesville - File #: 080005.

• File #: 080005.
• Version: 1
• Name: NE 4th Avenue One-way Street Conversion - Duckpond Neighborhood (B)
• Type: Staff Recommendation
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/23/2008
• In control: City Manager
• Final action: 6/23/2008
• Title: NE 4th Avenue One-way Street Conversion - Duckpond Neighborhood (B) This item involves a request to convert NE 4th Avenue from a one-way street to a two-way street between NE 1st Street and NE Boulevard and consider the removal of the traffic signal at N. Main Street and 4th Avenue.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2008	1	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass
6/9/2008	0	City Commission	Continued

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NE 4^th Avenue One-way Street Conversion - Duckpond Neighborhood (B)

This item involves a request to convert NE 4^th Avenue from a one-way street to a two-way street between NE 1^st Street and NE Boulevard and consider the removal of the traffic signal at N. Main Street and 4^th Avenue.

Explanation

At the February 25, 2008, Duckpond Neighborhood Association (DNA) meeting, the Board of Directors voted to recommend that NE 4^th Avenue be converted to a two-way street, parking bays be staggered along the section that converted to provide for traffic calming, and that the traffic signal at N. Main Street and 4^th Avenue be removed.  The conversion of this street to two-way traffic will improve traffic circulation in the neighborhood.  Residents along NE 4^th Avenue and within a half block of the effected segment brought forth a petition to the DNA to recommend to the City Commission that this conversion be made. The DNA voted to recommend that the City Commission study all of the one-way streets in the Duckpond Neighborhood.

Fiscal Note

The implementation of this project will cost approximately $500 and is available in the Public Works Department FY08 operating budget.  

Recommendation

Recommended Motion:  The City Commission:  1) direct the City Manager or designee to convert NE 4^th Avenue between NE 1^st Street and NE Boulevard to a two-way street; 2) stagger the parking bays along NE 4^th Avenue to provide for traffic calming; 3) remove the traffic signal at N. Main Street and 4^th Avenue in accordance with the traffic signal removal procedures established by the Florida Department of Transportation; and 4) study the remaining one-way streets in the Duckpond Neighborhood.

Alternative Recommendation

The City Commission:  1) reject the request to convert NE 4^th Avenue from a one-way street to a two-way street between NE 1^st Street and NE Boulevard; and 2) leave the traffic signal at N. Main Street and 4^th Avenue in place.