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NO Since the construction of 20th "Avenue SW includes the construction of a sidewalk on the westside of the roadway and the J.A. Thompson Elementary School would be the destination of school children from the Oslo Park area, Mrs. Kathleen Geyer, School Board Transportation Coordinator, is arranging a meeting at which she, the principal of the school, and members of the Traffic Engineering Staff will meet to determine the proper school route for children in the area. Based upon this meeting the appropriate location, signing and markings for the school route will be established and installed once the roadway project has been completed. Some citizens in the Oslo Park area have requested that the temporary FOUR-WAY STOP established at the above referenced intersection be kept permanently and that staff agree to this at the present time. Since 20th Avenue SW is an established roadway on the County Thoroughfare Plan and has the Higher Functional Classification, it is anticipated that 14th Street SW will become the subordinate street with STOP SIGN control once 20th Avenue SW is opento traffic. Since traffic conditions are "ever changing" Traffic Engineering Staff was preparing to complete a Traffic Study relative: to intersectional controls once 20th Avenue SW was open to traffic. Controls would then be established based upon actual traffic conditions. In accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, adopted throughout the State of Florida, STOP-SIGNs are intended for use on the less important roadway at an intersection and not for speed control. "MULTI -WAY" or "FOUR-WAY STOPS" should only be utilized where the volume of traffic on the intersecting roads is approximately equal. This method of control is also appropriate when Traffic Signals are warranted and interim control is required before the signal can be install. Minor Street Traffic Volumes for establishing MULTI -WAY STOP control dictate that at least 500 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of an average day must pass through the intersection. A combination vehicular and pedestrian volume from the minor street must average at least 200 units per hour for the same 8 hour period and the average minor street vehicular traffic delay is at least 30 seconds per vehicle during the maximum hour. When the 85 percentile approach speed of the major street exceeds 40 MPH the above minor Vehicular Volume Warrants are reduced to 70% of the above requirements. It is staff's position that it guarantee what the proper intersection. The temporary be maintained until after the complete and is operational. Study will be accomplished to for the subject intersection. is impossible at this time to control will be at this FOUR-WAY STOP condition would 20th Avenue SW construction is Once this occurs a detailed determined the proper control 11 BOOK fait