DATE: July 10, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Stop Sign at Cole and Sunnyside Avenues
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
Adopt Resolution designating the intersection of Cole and Sunnyside Avenues a stop intersection and authorizing a stop sign at the intersection, stopping westbound traffic on Cole Avenue, making it a one-way stop.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the installation of a stop sign at this location, improving traffic safety by requiring vehicles on Cole Avenue to stop in the westbound direction. This item pertains to a location in District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
If the recommended action is not approved by your Board, the traffic controls at this location will remain unchanged.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The estimated cost for the one-way stop is $175 for materials and $100 for equipment and labor performed by Department of Public Works and Planning personnel. Sufficient appropriations are included in the Department's Roads Org 4510 FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget Fund 0010, Subclass 11000, Account 7260 (Special Departmental Expense).
DISCUSSION:
Cole and Sunnyside Avenues are two-lane county roads that intersect in a county pocket in Clovis. The intersection of Cole and Sunnyside is under the County's exclusive jurisdiction. Cole is a dead-end road that is approximately a fourth of a mile long, which tees into Sunnyside Avenue. It serves seven residential homes that are on two-acre sized lots. Cole Avenue has a pavement width of approximately of 25-feet. There are no yellow centerline stripes separating opposing traffic in the east and westbound directions. However, yellow centerline stripes separate north and southbound traffic. The traffic volume on Sunnyside and Cole Avenues is approximately 4000 vehicles per day (VPD) and 200 VPD, respectively.
Each intersection has the po...
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