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Commissioner Eggert continued to express her opposition to 4 -way stops. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman for purposes of discussion, not to put a 4 -way stop at the corner of 20th Avenue and 8th Street. William Koolage,17yr.resident of the area, spoke strongly in favor of having a 4 -way stop and also of lowering the speed limit on 8th Street. He pointed out that speed limit on 8th Street is 45 mph along its length, which he felt is an unacceptable limit on that street. He also noted that 45 mph to the average driver in the county does not mean that, and the people going west on 8th Street go much faster than 45. Regardless of the petition. for the child care.center, he felt the least the Commission can do for traffic safety in that area is put in a 4 -way stop there and also bring the speed limit down to 35 mph on 8th Street. Director Davis reported that basically there are two ways to establish a speed limit in Florida - (1) the statutory speed, and (2) by shooting the prevailing speeds of the vehicles using that corridor with a radar gun to establish a percentile you can establish above and beyond the statutory speed. He advised that we plan on doing that once the improvements and signalization is up there because to-do that now and then go in and make the improvements, you would simply have to change it all over again, and it is not good to change those things often. He noted that the reason for the traffic speed on 8th Street it that it is a more rural section as you get outside the City. Director Davis informed the Board that the radar gun showed 41 mph as the prevailing speed on 8th Street, and he advised that they are recommending in favor of a 4 -way stop because it is an effective interim solution prior to the signal going up, and it will get people used to stopping on 8th Street. Also, there is a SEP 2 0 1988 20 BOOK 74 F.ti,U 304