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Item 9. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Terry Maurer, City Engineer~ DATE: July 10, 2006 SUBJECT: Update on Various Transportation Issues The following is a quick update on various transportation issues that the Engineering Department is continuing to work on. At Monday evening's meeting, I will be in attendance for more detailed discussion on any of these issues. 1. School Street/Jackson Avenue Intersection Analysis We are currently fInishing up our analysis on the intersection geometries at School Street and J ackson Avenue, as previously authorized by the City Council. Our initial findings appear to indicate that adding left turn arrows on all four legs and dedicated left turn lanes on Jackson Avenue north and south is a workable solution. The levels of service in the a.m. and p.m. peak hour and the school peak hour appear to be well within reasonable ranges. The one small negative is that by combining southbound Jackson through and right turn movements in order to get a dedicated left turn, there is a fairly large queue in the morning due to school traffic. We will be completing our report in the next couple of weeks and look for an opportunity to update the City Council in more detail and get direction on how to proceed. 2. Highland Road Improvement . The preconstruction meeting for the Highland Road Improvement Project was held a couple of weeks ago and the contractor is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 10, 2006. Attached is a copy of the newsletter that was sent to all the affected property owners. These include properties adjacent to Highland Road and those that are dependent on Highland Road for accessing their individual homes. We are working with the contractor, Bauerly Brothers, Inc., on a Change Order for the addition of sanitary sewer at the west end. When that Change Order is complete, we will present it to the City Council for direction on how to proceed.