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I <br />c <br />.JOSEPH STEINITZ CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE TRAFFIC <br />PROBLEM ON 6TH AVENUE THROUGH ROCKViDGE. HE NOTED THAT SINCE HE WROTE <br />THE BOARD COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SITUATION, HE HAS LEARNED THAT A GOOD <br />MANY MORE CONDOMINIUM UNITS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ON 6TH AVENUE SOUTH <br />OF 12TH STREET, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE IMPERATIVE THAT THIS TRAFFIC <br />BE CONTROLLED PROPERLY. MR. STEINITZ STATED THAT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION <br />IS NOW OUT OF HAND; THAT MAIL BOXES AND ANIMALS ARE NOT SAFE, AND IT <br />IS TOO DANGEROUS TO WALK ON 6TH AVENUE. HE NOTED THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY <br />A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT BIG TRUCKS AND TRACTOR <br />TRAILERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH IT. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD <br />LIKE TO SEE THE SPEED LIMIT CUT DOWN FROM 35 M.P.H. TO 25 M.P.H. <br />BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ENFORCE THE 35 M.P.N. REGULATION. <br />MR. STEINITZ INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD GOTTEN SHERIFF .JOYCE TO <br />SEND A DEPUTY TO DO A TRAFFIC CHECK, AND IN THE 25 MINUTES THE DEPUTY <br />CLOCKED THE TRAFFIC, 80% OF THE VEHICLES PASSING WERE VIOLATING THE <br />TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, BUT THE DEPUTY WOULD NOT ISSUE A TICKET UNTIL <br />SOMEONE WENT 50 M.P.H. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT BASICALLY MR, STEINITZ WAS SAYING <br />THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM IF THE CARS WOULD COMPLY WITH A 35 M.P.H. <br />SPEED LIMIT, AND THAT HE FELT IF THE LIMIT WERE MADE 25 M.P.H., CARS <br />WOULD THEN TRAVEL 35 M.P.H. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT THIS IS AN IM— <br />PORTANT ARTERIAL ROAD, AND HE DOES NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF LOWERING THE <br />LIMIT TO 25 M.P.H. JUST TO ACCOMPLISH GETTING THE SPEED DOWN TO 35 M.P.H.' <br />HE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE IS A SIGN IN REGARD TO TRUCK TRAFFIC AT THE <br />INTERSECTION OF 6TH AVENUE AND U.S.E. <br />MR. STEINITZ STATED THAT THE SIGN THE CHAIRMAN REFERRED TO <br />HAS BEEN DOWN FOR A LONG TIME, AND HE FELT IT SHOULD BE LOCATED ON U.S. <br />1 RATHER THAN ON 6TH AVENUE. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS POINTED OUT THAT THE ROAD & BRIDGE <br />DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THESE SIGNS ARE DOWN, AND THEY WILL <br />BE PUT BACK UP PROMPTLY. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO LOCATING THE SIGN IN REGARD <br />TO TRUCK TRAFFIC ON U.S.I.SOUTH OF KENNEDY'S, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT <br />FELT WE COULD HAVE THE DOT STUDY THIS. - <br />0 <br />8COK j PAi <br />