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DATE: OCTOBER 9, 1989 ~ I
TO:
WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
SUBJECT: STOP SIGN AND SIGHT DISTANCE EVALUATION - TUSTIN VILLAGE
WAY AND ALLIANCE
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached resolution
6alling for the installation of a 3-way stop at Tustin Village Way and
Alliance.
BACKGROUND:
At a recent City Council meeting, staff received a request to evaluate
the intersection of Tustin Village Way and Alliance Avenue. The
specific concern centered on a need for a 3-way stop sign at the
intersection as well as any needed sight distance improvements.
DISCUSSION: ~
· To determine the need for a 3-way stop sign, traffic counts were taken
for all three approaches and sight distance measurements were' conducted.
The results indicate that existing counts fall slightly below State
warranting criteria and sight distance is marginal - depending on the
number of parked cars in the area.
It is the situation of parking in the area and its effect of sight
distance that provides the strongest support for the stop signs.
Because levels of curb parking on each leg of the intersection are high,
adequate sight distance for vehicles exiting Alliance in particular is
sometimes poor. This condition is aggravated by the recent removal of a
pre-existing stop sign that was located just south of Alliance on Tustin
Village Way at the old freeway off-ramp.
It is noted that red zones already are installed on Tustin Village Way
both north and south of Alliance. While the sight distance problem
could be reduced by a significant lengthening of those red zones, such
an improvement would reduce the availability of needed curb parking.
It'is therefore staff's conclusion that the level of traffic using the
intersection, the change in traffic patterns caused by the recent
removal of the Tustin Village/Freeway off-ramp stop sign, and existing
parking/sight distance conditions do create the need for a stop sign at
Tustin Village Way and Alliance.
Bob Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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RESOLUTION NO. 89-~60
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
PLACEMENT OF A STOP SIGN AT TUSTIN
VILLAGE WAY AND ALLIANCE AV-ENUE
· The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does
hereby resolve as follows:
A stop sign for Tustin Village Way and Alliance Avenue is
hereby designated as an authorized stop location in the City of
Tustin.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council o'f the City of Tustin, California, held on the 16th
day of october, 1989.
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ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk